Geofiction: World building for the love of it

1.
The Silmarillion
The Silmarillion 4.03 avg rating — 325,025 ratings
2.
The Chronicles of Narnia (The Chronicles of Narnia, #1-7)
The Chronicles of Narnia (The Chronicles of Narnia, #1-7) 4.28 avg rating — 694,109 ratings
3.
Dune (Dune, #1)
Dune (Dune, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 1,570,235 ratings
4.
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again 4.29 avg rating — 4,345,817 ratings
5.
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass 4.06 avg rating — 597,632 ratings
6.
The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings 4.54 avg rating — 716,502 ratings
7.
Gulliver’s Travels
Gulliver’s Travels 3.59 avg rating — 293,917 ratings
8.
The Left Hand of Darkness
The Left Hand of Darkness 4.10 avg rating — 209,441 ratings
9.
The Time Machine
The Time Machine 3.89 avg rating — 552,918 ratings
10.
The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1)
The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 809,448 ratings
11.
The Neverending Story
The Neverending Story 4.18 avg rating — 215,953 ratings
12.
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1) 4.45 avg rating — 2,673,916 ratings
13.
The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1)
The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 211,204 ratings
14.
The Martian Chronicles
The Martian Chronicles 4.16 avg rating — 279,632 ratings
15.
The Atlas of Middle-Earth
The Atlas of Middle-Earth 4.23 avg rating — 13,617 ratings
16.
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Journey to the Center of the Earth 3.85 avg rating — 218,547 ratings
17.
The Wonderful World of Oz: The Wizard of Oz / The Emerald City of Oz / Glinda of Oz
The Wonderful World of Oz: The Wizard of Oz / The Emerald City of Oz / Glinda of Oz 4.02 avg rating — 2,901 ratings
18.
Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)
Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 179,277 ratings
19.
The Shaping of Middle-Earth (The History of Middle-Earth #4)
The Shaping of Middle-Earth (The History of Middle-Earth #4) 4.02 avg rating — 3,314 ratings
20.
Lost Horizon
Lost Horizon 3.95 avg rating — 24,250 ratings
21.
Tolkien's World: Paintings of Middle-earth
Tolkien's World: Paintings of Middle-earth 4.28 avg rating — 6,301 ratings
22.
The Maps of Tolkien's Middle-Earth
The Maps of Tolkien's Middle-Earth 4.15 avg rating — 7,808 ratings
23.
The Compleat Ankh-Morpork: City Guide
The Compleat Ankh-Morpork: City Guide 4.35 avg rating — 1,100 ratings
24.
Elizabeth's London: Everyday Life in Elizabethan London
Elizabeth's London: Everyday Life in Elizabethan London 3.97 avg rating — 1,037 ratings
25.
The Dictionary of Imaginary Places: The Newly Updated and Expanded Classic
The Dictionary of Imaginary Places: The Newly Updated and Expanded Classic 4.27 avg rating — 1,528 ratings
26.
The Peoples of Middle-Earth (The History of Middle-Earth #12)
The Peoples of Middle-Earth (The History of Middle-Earth #12) 4.19 avg rating — 4,797 ratings
27.
The Road to Middle-Earth: How J.R.R. Tolkien Created a New Mythology
The Road to Middle-Earth: How J.R.R. Tolkien Created a New Mythology 3.95 avg rating — 6,103 ratings
28.
The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium, An Englishman's World
The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium, An Englishman's World 3.87 avg rating — 5,818 ratings
29.
The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-Earth
The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-Earth 3.99 avg rating — 4,755 ratings
30.
Life in a Medieval Village
Life in a Medieval Village 3.87 avg rating — 2,133 ratings
31.
The Streets of Ankh-Morpork
The Streets of Ankh-Morpork 4.16 avg rating — 2,206 ratings
32.
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time 3.99 avg rating — 75,022 ratings
33.
The Silk Road in World History
The Silk Road in World History
by: Xinru Liu
3.72 avg rating — 232 ratings
34.
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World 4.06 avg rating — 81,003 ratings
34.
The Dark is Rising (The Dark is Rising, #2)
The Dark is Rising (The Dark is Rising, #2) 4.04 avg rating — 60,003 ratings
36.
The Captured: A True Story of Abduction by Indians on the Texas Frontier
The Captured: A True Story of Abduction by Indians on the Texas Frontier 4.05 avg rating — 3,950 ratings
37.
Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland 4.03 avg rating — 395,721 ratings
38.
Faulkner's County: The Historical Roots of Yoknapatawpha (Fred W. Morrison Series in Southern Studies)
Faulkner's County: The Historical Roots of Yoknapatawpha (Fred W. Morrison Series in Southern Studies) 4.09 avg rating — 11 ratings
39.
William Faulkner: The Yoknapatawpha Country
William Faulkner: The Yoknapatawpha Country 4.28 avg rating — 143 ratings
39.
Earth
Earth 3.92 avg rating — 8,137 ratings
41.
Invisible Cities
Invisible Cities 4.10 avg rating — 93,528 ratings
42.
Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883
Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 3.88 avg rating — 21,501 ratings
43.
At Home in Mitford (Mitford Years, #1)
At Home in Mitford (Mitford Years, #1)
by: Jan Karon
4.13 avg rating — 68,449 ratings
43.
Ringworld (Ringworld #1)
Ringworld (Ringworld #1) 3.94 avg rating — 127,127 ratings
45.
Rocannon’s World
Rocannon’s World 3.79 avg rating — 23,245 ratings
46.
The Complete Guide to Middle-Earth
The Complete Guide to Middle-Earth 4.19 avg rating — 11,775 ratings
47.
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket and Related Tales
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket and Related Tales 3.60 avg rating — 3,065 ratings
48.
Tales from Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #5)
Tales from Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #5) 4.09 avg rating — 31,221 ratings
49.
Women in the Middle Ages
Women in the Middle Ages 3.77 avg rating — 862 ratings
50.
Companion to Narnia: A Complete Guide to the Magical World of C.S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia
Companion to Narnia: A Complete Guide to the Magical World of C.S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia 4.17 avg rating — 1,570 ratings
51.
What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew: From Fox Hunting to Whist—the Facts of Daily Life in 19th-Century England
What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew: From Fox Hunting to Whist—the Facts of Daily Life in 19th-Century England 3.85 avg rating — 5,732 ratings
52.
The Ruins of Ambrai (Exiles, #1)
The Ruins of Ambrai (Exiles, #1) 4.08 avg rating — 9,211 ratings
52.
Charmed Life (Chrestomanci, #1)
Charmed Life (Chrestomanci, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 35,525 ratings
52.
The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)
The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1) 4.67 avg rating — 625,797 ratings
55.
Erewhon (Erewhon, #1)
Erewhon (Erewhon, #1) 3.28 avg rating — 4,464 ratings
56.
One Hundred Years of Solitude
One Hundred Years of Solitude 4.12 avg rating — 1,069,959 ratings
56.
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell 3.87 avg rating — 249,833 ratings
58.
A World Out of Time (The State, #1)
A World Out of Time (The State, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 6,753 ratings
59.
Writing Steampunk!
Writing Steampunk! 3.79 avg rating — 117 ratings
59.
Temeraire (Temeraire, #1)
Temeraire (Temeraire, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 109,176 ratings
61.
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War 4.02 avg rating — 556,619 ratings
61.
A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1)
A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 348,965 ratings
63.
Sabriel (Abhorsen, #1)
Sabriel (Abhorsen, #1)
by: Garth Nix
4.17 avg rating — 215,927 ratings
64.
The Wee Free Men (Discworld, #30; Tiffany Aching, #1)
The Wee Free Men (Discworld, #30; Tiffany Aching, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 118,207 ratings
65.
A Fish Dinner in Memison (The Zimiamvian Trilogy, #2)
A Fish Dinner in Memison (The Zimiamvian Trilogy, #2) 3.64 avg rating — 244 ratings
66.
Blindness
Blindness 4.18 avg rating — 324,656 ratings
67.
The Discoverers: A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himself
The Discoverers: A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himself 4.11 avg rating — 11,776 ratings
67.
Utopia
Utopia 3.55 avg rating — 80,684 ratings
67.
World Without End (Kingsbridge, #2)
World Without End (Kingsbridge, #2) 4.32 avg rating — 268,991 ratings
70.
The Prisoner of Zenda (The Ruritania Trilogy, #2)
The Prisoner of Zenda (The Ruritania Trilogy, #2) 3.84 avg rating — 22,056 ratings
70.
Mission of Gravity (Mesklin #1)
Mission of Gravity (Mesklin #1) 3.90 avg rating — 7,528 ratings
72.
Ronia, the Robber's Daughter
Ronia, the Robber's Daughter 4.31 avg rating — 35,375 ratings
72.
Starship Troopers
Starship Troopers 4.01 avg rating — 241,828 ratings
74.
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress 4.15 avg rating — 136,875 ratings
74.
The Book of Enoch
The Book of Enoch
by: Anonymous
3.98 avg rating — 5,540 ratings
76.
Farmer in the Sky
Farmer in the Sky 3.78 avg rating — 10,129 ratings
77.
Tooth and Claw
Tooth and Claw
by: Jo Walton
3.87 avg rating — 6,927 ratings
78.
Urmel aus dem Eis (Urmel, #1)
Urmel aus dem Eis (Urmel, #1)
by: Max Kruse
4.21 avg rating — 935 ratings
79.
Good Faeries/Bad Faeries
Good Faeries/Bad Faeries 3.97 avg rating — 74,859 ratings
80.
The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)
The Forever War (The Forever War, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 176,927 ratings
81.
Creating Yoknapatawpha
Creating Yoknapatawpha it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
82.
Tunnel in the Sky
Tunnel in the Sky 3.96 avg rating — 14,174 ratings
83.
Red Planet
Red Planet 3.83 avg rating — 10,838 ratings
84.
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea / The Mysterious Island / Journey to the Centre of the Earth / Around the World in Eighty Days
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea / The Mysterious Island / Journey to the Centre of the Earth / Around the World in Eighty Days 4.13 avg rating — 325 ratings
85.
Cathedral, Forge, and Waterwheel: Technology and Invention in the Middle Ages
Cathedral, Forge, and Waterwheel: Technology and Invention in the Middle Ages 3.88 avg rating — 925 ratings
85.
The Best Of John W. Campbell
The Best Of John W. Campbell 3.83 avg rating — 303 ratings
87.
Restoration London : Everyday Life in the 1660s
Restoration London : Everyday Life in the 1660s 4.10 avg rating — 726 ratings
88.
Planet of Exile
Planet of Exile 3.72 avg rating — 13,611 ratings
89.
The Atlas of Literature
The Atlas of Literature 4.07 avg rating — 87 ratings
90.
Fundamentals of World Building
Fundamentals of World Building 4.36 avg rating — 14 ratings
90.
Medea: Harlan's World
Medea: Harlan's World 3.78 avg rating — 251 ratings
90.
Coyote: A Novel of Interstellar Exploration
Coyote: A Novel of Interstellar Exploration 3.85 avg rating — 3,694 ratings
90.
Hav
Hav 3.90 avg rating — 688 ratings
90.
City of Stairs (The Divine Cities, #1)
City of Stairs (The Divine Cities, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 38,748 ratings
95.
Elven Star (The Death Gate Cycle, #2)
Elven Star (The Death Gate Cycle, #2) 3.99 avg rating — 19,197 ratings
95.
Changing Planes: Armchair Travel for the Mind
Changing Planes: Armchair Travel for the Mind 3.86 avg rating — 7,023 ratings
95.
Wizard's First Rule (Sword of Truth, #1)
Wizard's First Rule (Sword of Truth, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 251,990 ratings
95.
The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1)
The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1) 4.31 avg rating — 327,417 ratings
99.
Suldrun's Garden (Lyonesse, #1)
Suldrun's Garden (Lyonesse, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 5,909 ratings
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The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 317,151 ratings
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