Beautifully Written, Literary Fantasy and Science Fiction

1.
American Gods (American Gods, #1)
American Gods (American Gods, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 978,814 ratings
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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again 4.29 avg rating — 4,345,998 ratings
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The Gormenghast Novels (Gormenghast, #1-3)
The Gormenghast Novels (Gormenghast, #1-3) 4.03 avg rating — 9,798 ratings
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The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 2,323,212 ratings
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Unanimity (Spiral Worlds, #1)
Unanimity (Spiral Worlds, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 143 ratings
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Dune (Dune, #1)
Dune (Dune, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 1,570,330 ratings
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In the Night Garden (The Orphan's Tales, #1)
In the Night Garden (The Orphan's Tales, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 9,242 ratings
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The Left Hand of Darkness
The Left Hand of Darkness 4.10 avg rating — 209,462 ratings
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The Man in the High Castle
The Man in the High Castle 3.59 avg rating — 229,248 ratings
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The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1) 4.52 avg rating — 1,051,239 ratings
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The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings 4.54 avg rating — 716,519 ratings
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A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 753,924 ratings
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The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1) 4.40 avg rating — 3,051,051 ratings
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Mary, Everything (The Flapper Covenant, #1)
Mary, Everything (The Flapper Covenant, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 212 ratings
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Doomsday Book (Oxford Time Travel, #1)
Doomsday Book (Oxford Time Travel, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 63,443 ratings
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A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1)
A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 348,980 ratings
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Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell 3.87 avg rating — 249,846 ratings
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The Golden Age (Golden Age, #1)
The Golden Age (Golden Age, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 3,340 ratings
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Klara and the Sun
Klara and the Sun 3.74 avg rating — 408,897 ratings
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Gravity’s Rainbow
Gravity’s Rainbow 4.01 avg rating — 46,895 ratings
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The Wise Man's Fear (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #2)
The Wise Man's Fear (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #2) 4.55 avg rating — 604,371 ratings
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Blue Mars (Mars Trilogy, #3)
Blue Mars (Mars Trilogy, #3) 3.95 avg rating — 32,650 ratings
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The Martian Chronicles
The Martian Chronicles 4.16 avg rating — 279,643 ratings
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Tales of the Dying Earth
Tales of the Dying Earth 4.12 avg rating — 5,966 ratings
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1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3)
1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3) 3.95 avg rating — 333,058 ratings
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Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World 4.11 avg rating — 148,402 ratings
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Green Mars (Mars Trilogy, #2)
Green Mars (Mars Trilogy, #2) 3.96 avg rating — 40,254 ratings
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Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 238,956 ratings
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The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1)
The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1) 4.31 avg rating — 327,432 ratings
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A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)
A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3) 4.55 avg rating — 830,528 ratings
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Life of Pi
Life of Pi 3.94 avg rating — 1,726,666 ratings
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The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2) 4.50 avg rating — 1,084,266 ratings
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The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)
The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3) 4.58 avg rating — 1,004,533 ratings
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Last Memoria (Memoria Duology, #1)
Last Memoria (Memoria Duology, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 282 ratings
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Scars of Cereba (Memoria Duology, #2)
Scars of Cereba (Memoria Duology, #2) 4.19 avg rating — 68 ratings
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Palimpsest
Palimpsest 3.66 avg rating — 5,220 ratings
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Le Grand Meaulnes
Le Grand Meaulnes 3.72 avg rating — 14,909 ratings
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In the Cities of Coin and Spice (The Orphan's Tales, #2)
In the Cities of Coin and Spice (The Orphan's Tales, #2) 4.39 avg rating — 2,959 ratings
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The Name of the Rose
The Name of the Rose 4.14 avg rating — 387,269 ratings
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Neverness (A Requiem for Homo Sapiens, #0)
Neverness (A Requiem for Homo Sapiens, #0) 4.05 avg rating — 1,727 ratings
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The King of Elfland's Daughter
The King of Elfland's Daughter 3.82 avg rating — 8,688 ratings
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The Republic of Thieves (Gentleman Bastard, #3)
The Republic of Thieves (Gentleman Bastard, #3) 4.22 avg rating — 117,655 ratings
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Norstrilia
Norstrilia 3.99 avg rating — 2,837 ratings
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The Charwoman's Shadow
The Charwoman's Shadow 3.98 avg rating — 867 ratings
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The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer
The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer 4.16 avg rating — 92,364 ratings
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The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia 4.25 avg rating — 143,163 ratings
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Solsbury Hill
Solsbury Hill 3.23 avg rating — 698 ratings
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The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas 4.37 avg rating — 49,651 ratings
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Zothique
Zothique 4.23 avg rating — 1,220 ratings
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Red Seas Under Red Skies (Gentleman Bastard, #2)
Red Seas Under Red Skies (Gentleman Bastard, #2) 4.25 avg rating — 155,313 ratings
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To Say Nothing of the Dog: Or How We Found the Bishop's Bird Stump at Last (Oxford Time Travel, #2)
To Say Nothing of the Dog: Or How We Found the Bishop's Bird Stump at Last (Oxford Time Travel, #2) 4.11 avg rating — 43,400 ratings
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A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)
A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2) 4.42 avg rating — 1,000,155 ratings
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Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1)
Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 87,061 ratings
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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 — 2,674,004 ratings
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The Road
The Road really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,001,730 ratings
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The Golem and the Jinni (The Golem and the Jinni, #1)
The Golem and the Jinni (The Golem and the Jinni, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 129,521 ratings
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Stranger in a Strange Land
Stranger in a Strange Land 3.92 avg rating — 323,283 ratings
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Dining Out with the Ice Giants (Dining Out Around The Solar System, #2)
Dining Out with the Ice Giants (Dining Out Around The Solar System, #2) 4.45 avg rating — 42 ratings
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An Enchanting Time
An Enchanting Time 4.04 avg rating — 25 ratings
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Prince of Thorns (Broken Empire, #1)
Prince of Thorns (Broken Empire, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 121,352 ratings
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Waterstone
Waterstone 4.18 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Sweet Charlotte in the Higgs Field (#1)
Sweet Charlotte in the Higgs Field (#1) 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings
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The Rain Never Came
The Rain Never Came 3.74 avg rating — 46 ratings
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Time and Time Again: Sixteen Stories of Time Travel
Time and Time Again: Sixteen Stories of Time Travel 3.98 avg rating — 199 ratings
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Do You Realize?
Do You Realize? 4.01 avg rating — 770 ratings
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Diminishing Return
Diminishing Return 4.54 avg rating — 24 ratings
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NETHERWORLD RESCUE: Arabella and Durango Cowboys' Quest for Justice
NETHERWORLD RESCUE: Arabella and Durango Cowboys' Quest for Justice it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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The Book of Atrix Wolfe
The Book of Atrix Wolfe really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4,062 ratings
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This Is How You Lose the Time War
This Is How You Lose the Time War 3.85 avg rating — 308,482 ratings
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Dark Matter
Dark Matter 4.14 avg rating — 664,970 ratings
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Dining Out Around the Solar System (Dining Out Around The Solar System, #1)
Dining Out Around the Solar System (Dining Out Around The Solar System, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 75 ratings
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Prince of Fools (The Red Queen's War, #1)
Prince of Fools (The Red Queen's War, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 34,781 ratings
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Heart String Theory: Sweet Charlotte in the Dark Forever
Heart String Theory: Sweet Charlotte in the Dark Forever 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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Litany of the Long Sun (The Book of the Long Sun, #1-2)
Litany of the Long Sun (The Book of the Long Sun, #1-2) 4.25 avg rating — 2,668 ratings
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The Slow Regard of Silent Things (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #2.5)
The Slow Regard of Silent Things (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #2.5) 3.87 avg rating — 156,942 ratings
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Sweet Dance Of Awakening
Sweet Dance Of Awakening 3.55 avg rating — 20 ratings
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The Rediscovery of Man: The Complete Short Science Fiction of Cordwainer Smith
The Rediscovery of Man: The Complete Short Science Fiction of Cordwainer Smith 4.35 avg rating — 1,212 ratings
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The Dying Earth (The Dying Earth, #1)
The Dying Earth (The Dying Earth, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 10,568 ratings
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The Ocean at the End of the Lane
The Ocean at the End of the Lane 4.02 avg rating — 650,402 ratings
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Suldrun's Garden (Lyonesse, #1)
Suldrun's Garden (Lyonesse, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 5,909 ratings
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The River Has Roots
The River Has Roots 4.05 avg rating — 16,070 ratings
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A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5)
A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5) 4.34 avg rating — 725,332 ratings
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Awake in the Night Land
Awake in the Night Land 4.35 avg rating — 481 ratings
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The Rise of Endymion (Hyperion Cantos, #4)
The Rise of Endymion (Hyperion Cantos, #4) 4.17 avg rating — 62,707 ratings
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The Complete Lyonesse (Lyonesse, #1-3)
The Complete Lyonesse (Lyonesse, #1-3) 4.36 avg rating — 703 ratings
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Endymion (Hyperion Cantos, #3)
Endymion (Hyperion Cantos, #3) 4.19 avg rating — 67,975 ratings
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The Dark Eidolon and Other Fantasies
The Dark Eidolon and Other Fantasies 4.14 avg rating — 1,654 ratings
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The Claw of the Conciliator (The Book of the New Sun, #2)
The Claw of the Conciliator (The Book of the New Sun, #2) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 16,905 ratings
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Lunar Dust, Martian Sands
Lunar Dust, Martian Sands 4.40 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Aladore
Aladore 3.57 avg rating — 14 ratings
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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 — 33,789 ratings
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Beyond Hercules
Beyond Hercules 4.33 avg rating — 21 ratings
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Don Rodriguez: Chronicles of Shadow Valley
Don Rodriguez: Chronicles of Shadow Valley 3.96 avg rating — 309 ratings
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Phantastes
Phantastes 3.90 avg rating — 12,267 ratings
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The Shadowy Horses
The Shadowy Horses 3.97 avg rating — 22,309 ratings
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Lilith
Lilith 3.88 avg rating — 7,164 ratings
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The Fall of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #2)
The Fall of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #2) 4.24 avg rating — 141,859 ratings
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The Model
The Model 3.45 avg rating — 137 ratings
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Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Jonathan Livingston Seagull 3.86 avg rating — 267,236 ratings
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The Worm Ouroboros
The Worm Ouroboros 3.70 avg rating — 5,024 ratings
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