Dad's Favorite Science Fiction

1.
Dragonflight / Dragonquest (Pern: Dragon Riders of Pern, #1-2)
Dragonflight / Dragonquest (Pern: Dragon Riders of Pern, #1-2) 4.47 avg rating — 11,361 ratings
2.
Crystal Line (Crystal Singer, #3)
Crystal Line (Crystal Singer, #3) 4.07 avg rating — 12,735 ratings
3.
Dragondrums (Harper Hall, #3)
Dragondrums (Harper Hall, #3) 4.11 avg rating — 37,901 ratings
4.
Crystal Singer (Crystal Singer, #1)
Crystal Singer (Crystal Singer, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 21,707 ratings
5.
Freedom's Landing (Catteni, #1)
Freedom's Landing (Catteni, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 12,197 ratings
6.
Dragonsdawn (Pern, #9)
Dragonsdawn (Pern, #9) 4.23 avg rating — 41,224 ratings
7.
The Rowan (The Tower and the Hive, #1)
The Rowan (The Tower and the Hive, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 18,109 ratings
8.
The Ship Who Sang (Brainship, #1)
The Ship Who Sang (Brainship, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 26,298 ratings
8.
Dune (Dune, #1)
Dune (Dune, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 1,570,405 ratings
10.
The Ship Who Searched (Brainship, #3)
The Ship Who Searched (Brainship, #3) 4.11 avg rating — 11,915 ratings
11.
The Left Hand of Darkness
The Left Hand of Darkness 4.10 avg rating — 209,474 ratings
12.
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia 4.25 avg rating — 143,172 ratings
13.
The White Dragon (The Dragonriders of Pern, #3)
The White Dragon (The Dragonriders of Pern, #3) 4.20 avg rating — 49,820 ratings
14.
Foundation (Foundation, #1)
Foundation (Foundation, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 580,927 ratings
15.
Second Foundation (Foundation, #3)
Second Foundation (Foundation, #3) 4.27 avg rating — 197,718 ratings
16.
Foundation and Empire (Foundation, #2)
Foundation and Empire (Foundation, #2) 4.22 avg rating — 220,347 ratings
17.
The City and the Stars
The City and the Stars 4.08 avg rating — 35,758 ratings
18.
The Caves of Steel (Robot, #1)
The Caves of Steel (Robot, #1) 4.19 avg rating — 109,414 ratings
19.
The Naked Sun (Robot, #2)
The Naked Sun (Robot, #2) 4.19 avg rating — 61,746 ratings
20.
The Complete Robot (Robot, #0.3)
The Complete Robot (Robot, #0.3) 4.33 avg rating — 18,918 ratings
21.
The Rest of the Robots (Robot, #0.2)
The Rest of the Robots (Robot, #0.2) 4.09 avg rating — 8,051 ratings
22.
Acorna: The Unicorn Girl (Acorna, #1)
Acorna: The Unicorn Girl (Acorna, #1) 3.72 avg rating — 10,913 ratings
23.
I, Robot (Robot, #0.1)
I, Robot (Robot, #0.1) 4.21 avg rating — 369,921 ratings
24.
The Word for World Is Forest
The Word for World Is Forest 4.06 avg rating — 40,136 ratings
25.
2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)
2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 330,505 ratings
26.
Stranger in a Strange Land
Stranger in a Strange Land 3.92 avg rating — 323,284 ratings
27.
The Illustrated Man
The Illustrated Man 4.13 avg rating — 105,371 ratings
28.
The Martian Chronicles
The Martian Chronicles 4.16 avg rating — 279,649 ratings
29.
Elvenborn (Halfblood Chronicles, #3)
Elvenborn (Halfblood Chronicles, #3) 3.99 avg rating — 8,355 ratings
30.
The Ship Avenged (Brainship, #7)
The Ship Avenged (Brainship, #7) 4.06 avg rating — 3,448 ratings
31.
The Elvenbane (Halfblood Chronicles, #1)
The Elvenbane (Halfblood Chronicles, #1) 3.96 avg rating — 15,028 ratings
32.
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 4.09 avg rating — 496,005 ratings
33.
Men at Arms (Discworld, #15; City Watch, #2)
Men at Arms (Discworld, #15; City Watch, #2) 4.41 avg rating — 109,849 ratings
34.
Hogfather
Hogfather 4.26 avg rating — 101,286 ratings
35.
Ghosthunt
Ghosthunt 3.98 avg rating — 155 ratings
36.
Blue Magic (Drinker of Souls, #2)
Blue Magic (Drinker of Souls, #2) 3.90 avg rating — 144 ratings
37.
The Snares of Ibex
The Snares of Ibex 3.94 avg rating — 160 ratings
38.
The Nowhere Hunt
The Nowhere Hunt 3.94 avg rating — 170 ratings
39.
Maeve
Maeve 4.03 avg rating — 221 ratings
39.
Golden Witchbreed (Orthe, #1)
Golden Witchbreed (Orthe, #1) 3.76 avg rating — 1,119 ratings
41.
Quester's Endgame
Quester's Endgame 4.01 avg rating — 174 ratings
41.
Ancient Light (Orthe #2)
Ancient Light (Orthe #2) 3.66 avg rating — 405 ratings
43.
Star Hunters
Star Hunters 3.99 avg rating — 214 ratings
44.
Irsud
Irsud 3.88 avg rating — 234 ratings
45.
Lamarchos
Lamarchos 3.84 avg rating — 258 ratings
46.
Drinker of Souls (Drinker of Souls, #1)
Drinker of Souls (Drinker of Souls, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 294 ratings
47.
Little Fuzzy (Fuzzy Sapiens, #1)
Little Fuzzy (Fuzzy Sapiens, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 10,604 ratings
48.
Sourcery (Discworld, #5; Rincewind, #3)
Sourcery (Discworld, #5; Rincewind, #3) 3.91 avg rating — 107,994 ratings
49.
The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1)
The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 211,209 ratings
50.
Dune Messiah (Dune Chronicles, #2)
Dune Messiah (Dune Chronicles, #2) 3.89 avg rating — 380,118 ratings
51.
The Integral Trees / The Smoke Ring
The Integral Trees / The Smoke Ring 3.72 avg rating — 3,511 ratings
51.
Time for the Stars
Time for the Stars 3.98 avg rating — 9,647 ratings
53.
Dorsai! (Childe Cycle, #1)
Dorsai! (Childe Cycle, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 10,975 ratings
53.
Friday
Friday 3.85 avg rating — 30,144 ratings
55.
A Fall of Moondust
A Fall of Moondust 3.89 avg rating — 11,379 ratings
56.
Songs of Distant Earth
Songs of Distant Earth 3.91 avg rating — 16,773 ratings
57.
Rama II (Rama #2)
Rama II (Rama #2) 3.71 avg rating — 28,888 ratings
58.
Titan (Gaea, #1)
Titan (Gaea, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 9,321 ratings
59.
The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time, #1)
The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time, #1) 4.19 avg rating — 575,815 ratings
59.
2010: Odyssey Two
2010: Odyssey Two 3.95 avg rating — 59,971 ratings
61.
The Fountains of Paradise
The Fountains of Paradise 3.95 avg rating — 31,288 ratings
62.
Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)
Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 179,290 ratings
63.
Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000
Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000 3.55 avg rating — 23,906 ratings
64.
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (Dirk Gently, #1)
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (Dirk Gently, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 146,636 ratings
64.
Ringworld (Ringworld #1)
Ringworld (Ringworld #1) 3.94 avg rating — 127,133 ratings
66.
Serpent's Reach
Serpent's Reach 3.90 avg rating — 1,422 ratings
67.
Forty Thousand in Gehenna (Unionside, #1)
Forty Thousand in Gehenna (Unionside, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 2,173 ratings
68.
Cyteen (Cyteen, #1-3)
Cyteen (Cyteen, #1-3) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10,485 ratings
69.
Explorer (Foreigner, #6)
Explorer (Foreigner, #6) 4.32 avg rating — 3,506 ratings
70.
Defender (Foreigner, #5)
Defender (Foreigner, #5) 4.21 avg rating — 3,265 ratings
71.
With Friends Like These...
With Friends Like These... 3.95 avg rating — 2,459 ratings
72.
Callahan's Crosstime Saloon (Callahan's, #1)
Callahan's Crosstime Saloon (Callahan's, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 10,575 ratings
73.
Diadem from the Stars
Diadem from the Stars 3.76 avg rating — 551 ratings
74.
Sword and Sorceress
Sword and Sorceress 3.98 avg rating — 2,692 ratings
75.
Hunters of the Red Moon (Hunters, #1)
Hunters of the Red Moon (Hunters, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 1,180 ratings
76.
Time Enough for Love
Time Enough for Love 3.97 avg rating — 36,721 ratings
77.
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1) 4.31 avg rating — 1,449,781 ratings
78.
Inheritor (Foreigner, #3)
Inheritor (Foreigner, #3) 4.21 avg rating — 4,499 ratings
79.
Invader (Foreigner, #2)
Invader (Foreigner, #2) 4.18 avg rating — 5,135 ratings
80.
Foreigner (Foreigner, #1)
Foreigner (Foreigner, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 10,804 ratings