Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels, An English-Language Selection, 1949-1984

1.
1984
1984 4.20 avg rating — 5,226,255 ratings
2.
Dune (Dune, #1)
Dune (Dune, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 1,570,281 ratings
3.
The Left Hand of Darkness
The Left Hand of Darkness 4.10 avg rating — 209,450 ratings
4.
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 3.97 avg rating — 2,718,893 ratings
5.
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 4.09 avg rating — 495,973 ratings
6.
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia 4.25 avg rating — 143,153 ratings
7.
The Martian Chronicles
The Martian Chronicles 4.16 avg rating — 279,636 ratings
8.
Childhood’s End
Childhood’s End 4.12 avg rating — 169,997 ratings
9.
A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 753,913 ratings
10.
The City and the Stars
The City and the Stars 4.08 avg rating — 35,755 ratings
11.
Neuromancer (Sprawl #1)
Neuromancer (Sprawl #1) 3.89 avg rating — 354,063 ratings
12.
The Stars My Destination
The Stars My Destination 4.06 avg rating — 54,396 ratings
13.
The Man in the High Castle
The Man in the High Castle 3.59 avg rating — 229,242 ratings
14.
A Canticle for Leibowitz (St. Leibowitz, #1)
A Canticle for Leibowitz (St. Leibowitz, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 116,701 ratings
15.
Flowers for Algernon
Flowers for Algernon 4.23 avg rating — 763,597 ratings
16.
A Mirror for Observers
A Mirror for Observers 3.80 avg rating — 459 ratings
17.
The End of Eternity
The End of Eternity 4.24 avg rating — 60,793 ratings
18.
Norstrilia
Norstrilia 3.99 avg rating — 2,837 ratings
19.
Way Station
Way Station 4.03 avg rating — 29,185 ratings
20.
Alas, Babylon
Alas, Babylon
by: Pat Frank
4.09 avg rating — 47,859 ratings
21.
The Female Man
The Female Man 3.47 avg rating — 8,757 ratings
22.
The Space Merchants (The Space Merchants, #1)
The Space Merchants (The Space Merchants, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 11,055 ratings
23.
The Drowned World
The Drowned World 3.47 avg rating — 20,156 ratings
24.
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch 4.01 avg rating — 42,324 ratings
25.
Martian Time-Slip
Martian Time-Slip 3.78 avg rating — 14,089 ratings
26.
The Demolished Man
The Demolished Man 3.97 avg rating — 33,423 ratings
27.
Time Out of Joint
Time Out of Joint 3.86 avg rating — 16,198 ratings
28.
The Paradox Men
The Paradox Men 3.64 avg rating — 397 ratings
29.
Mission of Gravity (Mesklin #1)
Mission of Gravity (Mesklin #1) 3.90 avg rating — 7,528 ratings
30.
Hothouse
Hothouse 3.62 avg rating — 6,026 ratings
31.
The Fifth Head of Cerberus
The Fifth Head of Cerberus 3.99 avg rating — 8,118 ratings
32.
Nova
Nova 3.80 avg rating — 8,860 ratings
33.
The Puppet Masters
The Puppet Masters 3.89 avg rating — 33,861 ratings
34.
Cat’s Cradle
Cat’s Cradle 4.15 avg rating — 428,386 ratings
35.
The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun, #1)
The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 33,788 ratings
36.
Engine Summer
Engine Summer really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2,173 ratings
37.
The Death of Grass
The Death of Grass 3.88 avg rating — 10,706 ratings
38.
Crash
Crash 3.59 avg rating — 28,421 ratings
39.
The Door Into Summer
The Door Into Summer 4.02 avg rating — 28,112 ratings
40.
More Than Human
More Than Human 3.94 avg rating — 19,215 ratings
41.
Woman on the Edge of Time
Woman on the Edge of Time 3.92 avg rating — 18,311 ratings
42.
The Midwich Cuckoos
The Midwich Cuckoos 3.90 avg rating — 28,433 ratings
43.
The Day of the Triffids
The Day of the Triffids 4.01 avg rating — 115,100 ratings
44.
Dr. Bloodmoney
Dr. Bloodmoney 3.70 avg rating — 10,011 ratings
45.
Make Room! Make Room!
Make Room! Make Room! 3.71 avg rating — 9,423 ratings
46.
Have Space Suit—Will Travel
Have Space Suit—Will Travel 3.93 avg rating — 31,059 ratings
47.
The Ophiuchi Hotline
The Ophiuchi Hotline 3.87 avg rating — 3,660 ratings
48.
Non-Stop
Non-Stop 3.89 avg rating — 7,404 ratings
49.
Pavane
Pavane 3.70 avg rating — 3,535 ratings
50.
High-Rise
High-Rise 3.60 avg rating — 36,509 ratings
50.
On Wings of Song
On Wings of Song 3.76 avg rating — 1,054 ratings
52.
The Sirens of Titan
The Sirens of Titan 4.15 avg rating — 153,672 ratings
53.
Ring Around the Sun
Ring Around the Sun 3.81 avg rating — 2,148 ratings
54.
Stand on Zanzibar
Stand on Zanzibar 3.94 avg rating — 17,111 ratings
55.
Earth Abides
Earth Abides 3.95 avg rating — 33,025 ratings
56.
Camp Concentration
Camp Concentration 3.73 avg rating — 3,016 ratings
57.
Bring the Jubilee
Bring the Jubilee 3.71 avg rating — 2,819 ratings
58.
334
334 3.64 avg rating — 1,188 ratings
59.
A Case of Conscience (After Such Knowledge, #4)
A Case of Conscience (After Such Knowledge, #4) 3.61 avg rating — 7,134 ratings
60.
Nova Express (The Nova Trilogy, #2)
Nova Express (The Nova Trilogy, #2) 3.67 avg rating — 3,307 ratings
61.
Orbitsville
Orbitsville
by: Bob Shaw
3.66 avg rating — 919 ratings
62.
Journey Beyond Tomorrow
Journey Beyond Tomorrow 3.51 avg rating — 380 ratings
63.
Rogue Moon
Rogue Moon 3.48 avg rating — 3,236 ratings
64.
Riddley Walker
Riddley Walker 4.02 avg rating — 8,553 ratings
65.
Venus Plus X
Venus Plus X 3.71 avg rating — 2,078 ratings
66.
Galaxies
Galaxies 3.57 avg rating — 219 ratings
67.
The Inheritors
The Inheritors 3.51 avg rating — 5,408 ratings
68.
Downward to the Earth
Downward to the Earth 3.92 avg rating — 3,794 ratings
69.
The Inverted World
The Inverted World 3.95 avg rating — 10,475 ratings
70.
The Palace of Eternity
The Palace of Eternity
by: Bob Shaw
3.62 avg rating — 483 ratings
71.
The Wanderer
The Wanderer 3.37 avg rating — 3,218 ratings
72.
The Long Tomorrow
The Long Tomorrow 3.68 avg rating — 2,751 ratings
73.
Tau Zero
Tau Zero 3.83 avg rating — 16,138 ratings
74.
Bug Jack Barron
Bug Jack Barron 3.78 avg rating — 1,916 ratings
75.
The Centauri Device
The Centauri Device 3.36 avg rating — 1,802 ratings
76.
The Final Programme
The Final Programme 3.48 avg rating — 1,084 ratings
77.
Limbo
Limbo 3.43 avg rating — 554 ratings
78.
Greybeard
Greybeard 3.55 avg rating — 2,194 ratings
79.
Walk to the End of the World (Holdfast Chronicles, #1)
Walk to the End of the World (Holdfast Chronicles, #1) 3.56 avg rating — 473 ratings
79.
Timescape
Timescape 3.72 avg rating — 11,411 ratings
81.
The Crystal World
The Crystal World 3.60 avg rating — 4,697 ratings
82.
The Dream Master
The Dream Master 3.58 avg rating — 3,115 ratings
83.
The Alteration
The Alteration 3.63 avg rating — 1,728 ratings
84.
The Walking Shadow
The Walking Shadow 3.58 avg rating — 69 ratings
85.
Heroes and Villains
Heroes and Villains 3.53 avg rating — 3,108 ratings
86.
The Unreasoning Mask
The Unreasoning Mask 3.50 avg rating — 521 ratings
87.
Oath of Fealty
Oath of Fealty 3.74 avg rating — 3,532 ratings
88.
The Year of the Quiet Sun
The Year of the Quiet Sun 3.60 avg rating — 750 ratings
89.
Wild Seed (Patternist, #1)
Wild Seed (Patternist, #1) 4.21 avg rating — 38,337 ratings
90.
Looking Backward from the Year 2000
Looking Backward from the Year 2000 3.25 avg rating — 69 ratings
91.
The Embedding
The Embedding 3.41 avg rating — 793 ratings
92.
No Enemy But Time
No Enemy But Time 3.47 avg rating — 1,618 ratings
93.
Man Plus (Man Plus #1)
Man Plus (Man Plus #1) 3.75 avg rating — 8,616 ratings
94.
Miracle Visitors
Miracle Visitors 3.13 avg rating — 143 ratings
95.
The Dancers at the End of Time (Eternal Champion, #10)
The Dancers at the End of Time (Eternal Champion, #10) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4,053 ratings
96.
Juniper Time
Juniper Time 3.63 avg rating — 438 ratings
97.
The Dreaming Dragons
The Dreaming Dragons 3.27 avg rating — 44 ratings
98.
Michaelmas
Michaelmas 3.41 avg rating — 331 ratings
99.
The Complete Roderick
The Complete Roderick 3.65 avg rating — 501 ratings
100.
The Birth of the People's Republic of Antarctica
The Birth of the People's Republic of Antarctica 3.22 avg rating — 190 ratings