David Pringle's Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels

1
Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury
54,263 members
1,006 reviews
4
6 Members
hipdeep, Rtrace, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
2
The Left Hand of Darkness
by Ursula K. Le Guin
16,050 members
385 reviews
4
5 Members
hipdeep, Rtrace, merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda, backstage-bamboo
3
Dune
by Frank Herbert
42,932 members
695 reviews
½ 4.3
4 Members
Rtrace, merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda, backstage-bamboo
4
The Martian Chronicles
by Ray Bradbury
16,728 members
325 reviews
4
3 Members
Rtrace, merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda
5
Flowers for Algernon
by Daniel Keyes
15,910 members
383 reviews
4.1
3 Members
Rtrace, cej1027, ahef1963
6
A Canticle for Leibowitz
by Walter M. Miller Jr.
11,802 members
309 reviews
3.9
3 Members
Rtrace, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
7
Have Spacesuit, Will Travel
by Robert A. Heinlein
3,766 members
56 reviews
3.8
3 Members
hipdeep, Rtrace, ManWithAnAgenda
8
Cat's Cradle
by Kurt Vonnegut
22,412 members
301 reviews
4.1
3 Members
Rtrace, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
9
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
by Philip K. Dick
19,426 members
476 reviews
4
3 Members
hipdeep, Rtrace, ManWithAnAgenda
10
1984
by George Orwell
82,453 members
1,276 reviews
4.2
3 Members
Rtrace, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
11
The Door into Summer
by Robert A. Heinlein
4,081 members
76 reviews
3.8
3 Members
Rtrace, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
12
Childhood's End
by Arthur C. Clarke
10,242 members
232 reviews
3.9
2 Members
Rtrace, ManWithAnAgenda
13
Nova
by Samuel R. Delany
2,236 members
42 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
Rtrace, andomck
14
The Sirens of Titan
by Kurt Vonnegut
10,449 members
127 reviews
4
2 Members
Rtrace, merrystar
15
The Dispossessed
by Ursula K. Le Guin
10,780 members
268 reviews
4.1
2 Members
Rtrace, ManWithAnAgenda
16
A Clockwork Orange
by Anthony Burgess
25,996 members
389 reviews
4
2 Members
Rtrace, ahef1963
17
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
by Philip K. Dick
4,373 members
73 reviews
3.9
2 Members
Rtrace, backstage-bamboo
18
Neuromancer
by William Gibson
23,149 members
380 reviews
3.9
2 Members
hipdeep, Rtrace
19
The Man in the High Castle
by Philip K. Dick
13,902 members
359 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
Rtrace, ManWithAnAgenda
20
The Stars My Destination
by Alfred Bester
6,315 members
175 reviews
4
2 Members
Rtrace, merrystar
21
The Midwich Cuckoos
by John Wyndham
2,979 members
87 reviews
3.8
2 Members
Rtrace, ahef1963
22
The Demolished Man
by Alfred Bester
4,690 members
111 reviews
3.9
Member
Rtrace
23
The City and the Stars
by Arthur C. Clarke
2,996 members
57 reviews
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
24
Alas, Babylon
by Pat Frank
4,974 members
144 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
25
The Space Merchants
by Frederik Pohl
1,947 members
59 reviews
3.8
Member
Rtrace
26
More Than Human
by Theodore Sturgeon
3,046 members
73 reviews
3.9
Member
Rtrace
27
The Inheritors
by William Golding
1,522 members
46 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
28
The Day of the Triffids
by John Wyndham
7,510 members
207 reviews
4
Member
ahef1963
29
The End of Eternity
by Isaac Asimov
3,680 members
94 reviews
4
Member
Rtrace
30
A Case of Conscience
by James Blish
1,844 members
55 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
Rtrace
31
Way Station
by Clifford D. Simak
2,519 members
81 reviews
3.9
Member
Rtrace
32
The Wanderer
by Fritz Leiber
1,132 members
24 reviews
3.2
Member
Rtrace
33
Stand on Zanzibar
by John Brunner
3,220 members
52 reviews
3.9
Member
Rtrace
34
The Dancers at the End of Time
by Michael Moorcock
879 members
12 reviews
3.8
Member
Rtrace
35
Earth Abides
by George R. Stewart
3,651 members
115 reviews
3.9
Member
Rtrace
36
The Puppet Masters
by Robert A. Heinlein
3,665 members
46 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
Rtrace
37
Venus Plus X
by Theodore Sturgeon
871 members
14 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
Rtrace
38
The Long Tomorrow
by Leigh Brackett
846 members
31 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
Rtrace
39
Rogue Moon
by Algis Budrys
869 members
33 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
Rtrace
40
Mission of Gravity
by Hal Clement
1,443 members
28 reviews
3.8
Member
Rtrace
41
Bug Jack Barron
by Norman Spinrad
753 members
11 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
Rtrace
42
Tau Zero
by Poul Anderson
1,825 members
54 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
Rtrace
43
Time Out of Joint
by Philip K. Dick
2,318 members
30 reviews
3.8
Member
Rtrace
44
Martian Time-Slip
by Philip K. Dick
2,540 members
50 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
Rtrace
45
The Year of the Quiet Sun
by Wilson Tucker
428 members
11 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
Rtrace
46
Dr. Bloodmoney
by Philip K. Dick
2,038 members
36 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
Rtrace
47
Inverted World
by Christopher Priest
1,779 members
60 reviews
3.9
Member
Rtrace
48
Crash
by J. G. Ballard
3,562 members
77 reviews
½ 3.5
49
Wild Seed
by Octavia E. Butler
2,854 members
83 reviews
4.1
50
The Drowned World
by J. G. Ballard
2,778 members
67 reviews
½ 3.4
51
Woman on the Edge of Time
by Marge Piercy
2,587 members
52 reviews
3.9
52
High-Rise
by J. G. Ballard
2,528 members
83 reviews
½ 3.7
53
The Female Man
by Joanna Russ
2,198 members
57 reviews
½ 3.5
54
Timescape
by Gregory Benford
2,149 members
31 reviews
½ 3.5
55
The Fifth Head of Cerberus
by Gene Wolfe
1,734 members
30 reviews
4
56
Make Room! Make Room!
by Harry Harrison
1,595 members
48 reviews
½ 3.6
57
Non-Stop
by Brian Aldiss
1,526 members
35 reviews
3.8
58
Man Plus
by Frederik Pohl
1,489 members
22 reviews
½ 3.5
59
Pavane
by Keith Roberts
1,405 members
44 reviews
½ 3.7
60
Riddley Walker
by Russell Hoban
1,347 members
25 reviews
4.2
61
Oath of Fealty
by Larry Niven
1,336 members
7 reviews
½ 3.5
62
The Crystal World
by J. G. Ballard
1,212 members
25 reviews
½ 3.6
63
The Death of Grass
by John Christopher
1,184 members
55 reviews
3.8
64
The Ophiuchi Hotline
by John Varley
1,182 members
22 reviews
½ 3.7
65
Camp Concentration
by Thomas M. Disch
1,130 members
30 reviews
½ 3.6
66
Hothouse
by Brian W. Aldiss
1,122 members
29 reviews
½ 3.5
67
Norstrilia
by Cordwainer Smith
1,119 members
18 reviews
3.9
68
The Dream Master
by Roger Zelazny
1,111 members
23 reviews
½ 3.4
69
Nova Express
by William S. Burroughs
1,086 members
12 reviews
½ 3.6
70
Greybeard
by Brian W. Aldiss
909 members
20 reviews
½ 3.4
71
Bring the Jubilee
by Ward Moore
871 members
23 reviews
½ 3.6
72
The Centauri Device
by M. John Harrison
719 members
17 reviews
3.1
73
Engine Summer
by John Crowley
716 members
15 reviews
4
74
Downward to the Earth
by Robert Silverberg
712 members
16 reviews
½ 3.7
75
334
by Thomas M. Disch
698 members
18 reviews
½ 3.6
76
The Alteration
by Kingsley Amis
688 members
17 reviews
½ 3.7
77
Heroes and Villains
by Angela Carter
678 members
11 reviews
½ 3.6
78
The Book of the New Sun
by Gene Wolfe
640 members
9 reviews
½ 4.3
79
No Enemy But Time
by Michael Bishop
619 members
10 reviews
½ 3.4
80
Ring Around the Sun
by Clifford D. Simak
615 members
19 reviews
½ 3.6
81
Orbitsville
by Bob Shaw
526 members
5 reviews
½ 3.5
82
On Wings of Song
by Thomas M. Disch
511 members
9 reviews
½ 3.7
83
The Unreasoning Mask
by Philip José Farmer
447 members
6 reviews
½ 3.5
84
The Embedding
by Ian Watson
442 members
7 reviews
½ 3.3
85
A Mirror for Observers
by Edgar Pangborn
441 members
11 reviews
½ 3.7
86
The Final Programme
by Michael Moorcock
403 members
3 reviews
½ 3.4
87
Journey Beyond Tomorrow
by Robert Sheckley
355 members
8 reviews
½ 3.4
88
Walk to the End of the World
by Suzy McKee Charnas
332 members
6 reviews
3.2
89
Michaelmas
by Algis Budrys
326 members
5 reviews
3.2
90
Juniper Time
by Kate Wilhelm
312 members
7 reviews
½ 3.4
91
Limbo
by Bernard Wolfe
310 members
7 reviews
½ 3.4
92
The Paradox Men
by Charles L. Harness
263 members
3 reviews
½ 3.5
93
The Palace of Eternity
by Bob Shaw
225 members
4 reviews
½ 3.3
94
Roderick
by John Sladek
202 members
3 reviews
3.2
95
The Birth of the People's Republic of Antarctica: A Novel
by John Calvin Batchelor
191 members
3 reviews
½ 3.5
96
Miracle Visitors
by Ian Watson
189 members
4 reviews
½ 2.6
97
Galaxies
by Barry N. Malzberg
132 members
6 reviews
½ 3.7
98
Roderick at Random
by John Sladek
120 members
½ 3.6
99
The Dreaming Dragons
by Damien Broderick
79 members
3 reviews
½ 3.3
100
The Walking Shadow
by Brian Stableford
78 members
2 reviews
½ 3.3