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Locus All Century Best SF/Fantasy Books (based on http://www.locusmag.com/2012/AllCenturyPollsResults.html)

20th Century SF Novel

Rank Author : Title (Year)

  • Herbert, Frank : Dune (1965)
  • Card, Orson Scott : Ender's Game (1985)
  • Asimov, Isaac : The Foundation Trilogy (1953)
  • Simmons, Dan : Hyperion (1989)
  • Le Guin, Ursula K. : The Left Hand of Darkness (1969)
  • Adams, Douglas : The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1979)
  • Orwell, George : Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949)
  • Gibson, William : Neuromancer (1984)
  • Bester, Alfred : The Stars My Destination (1957)
  • Bradbury, Ray : Fahrenheit 451 (1953)
  • Heinlein, Robert A. : Stranger in a Strange Land (1961)
  • Heinlein, Robert A. : The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (1966)
  • Haldeman, Joe : The Forever War (1974)
  • Clarke, Arthur C. : Childhood's End (1953)
  • Niven, Larry : Ringworld (1970)
  • Le Guin, Ursula K. : The Dispossessed (1974)
  • Bradbury, Ray : The Martian Chronicles (1950)
  • Stephenson, Neal : Snow Crash (1992)
  • Miller, Walter M. , Jr. : A Canticle for Leibowitz (1959)
  • Pohl, Frederik : Gateway (1977)
  • Heinlein, Robert A. : Starship Troopers (1959)
  • Dick, Philip K. : The Man in the High Castle (1962)
  • Zelazny, Roger : Lord of Light (1967)
  • Wolfe, Gene : The Book of the New Sun (1983)
  • Lem, Stanislaw : Solaris (1970)
  • Dick, Philip K. : Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968)
  • Vinge, Vernor : A Fire Upon The Deep (1992)
  • Clarke, Arthur C. : Rendezvous with Rama (1973)
  • Huxley, Aldous : Brave New World (1932)
  • Clarke, Arthur C. : 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
  • Vonnegut, Kurt : Slaughterhouse-Five (1969)
  • Strugatsky, Arkady & Boris : Roadside Picnic (1972)
  • Card, Orson Scott : Speaker for the Dead (1986)
  • Brunner, John : Stand on Zanzibar (1968)
  • Robinson, Kim Stanley : Red Mars (1992)
  • Niven, Larry (& Pournelle, Jerry) : The Mote in God's Eye (1974)
  • Willis, Connie : Doomsday Book (1992)
  • Atwood, Margaret : The Handmaid's Tale (1985)
  • Sturgeon, Theodore : More Than Human (1953)
  • Simak, Clifford D. : City (1952)
  • Brin, David : Startide Rising (1983)
  • Asimov, Isaac : Foundation (1950)
  • Farmer, Philip Jose : To Your Scattered Bodies Go (1971)
  • Dick, Philip K. : Ubik (1969)
  • Vonnegut, Kurt : Cat's Cradle (1963)
  • Vinge, Vernor : A Deepness in the Sky (1999)
  • Simak, Clifford D. : Way Station (1963)
  • Wyndham, John : The Day of the Triffids (1951)
  • Stephenson, Neal : Cryptonomicon (1999)
  • Delany, Samuel R. : Dhalgren (1975)
  • Keyes, Daniel : Flowers for Algernon (1966)
  • Bester, Alfred : The Demolished Man (1953)
  • Stephenson, Neal : The Diamond Age (1995)
  • Russell, Mary Doria : The Sparrow (1996)
  • Dick, Philip K. : A Scanner Darkly (1977)
  • Asimov, Isaac : The Caves of Steel (1954)
  • Banks, Iain M. : Use of Weapons (1990)
  • Strugatsky, Arkady & Boris : Hard to Be a God (1964)
  • Delany, Samuel R. : Nova (1968)
  • Crichton, Michael : Jurassic Park (1990)
  • Heinlein, Robert A. : The Door Into Summer (1957)
  • L'Engle, Madeleine : A Wrinkle in Time (1962)
  • Clarke, Arthur C. : The City and the Stars (1956)
  • Banks, Iain M. : The Player of Games (1988)
  • Bujold, Lois McMaster : Memory (1996)
  • Asimov, Isaac : The End of Eternity (1955)
  • Stewart, George R. : Earth Abides (1949)
  • Heinlein, Robert A. : Double Star (1956)
  • Burgess, Anthony : A Clockwork Orange (1962)
  • Bujold, Lois McMaster : Barrayar (1991)
  • Stapledon, Olaf : Last and First Men (1930)
  • McHugh, Maureen F. : China Mountain Zhang (1992)
  • Cherryh, C. J. : Cyteen (1988)
  • McCaffrey, Anne : Dragonflight (1968)
  • Heinlein, Robert A. : Citizen of the Galaxy (1957)

20th Century Fantasy Novel

Rank Author : Title (Year)

  • Tolkien, J. R. R. : The Lord of the Rings (1955)
  • Martin, George R. R. : A Game of Thrones (1996)
  • Tolkien, J. R. R. : The Hobbit (1937)
  • Le Guin, Ursula K. : A Wizard of Earthsea (1968)
  • Zelazny, Roger : Nine Princes in Amber (1970)
  • Mieville, China : Perdido Street Station (2000)
  • Lewis, C. S. : The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950)
  • Gaiman/Pratchett : Good Omens (1990)
  • Rowling, J. K. : Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (1997)
  • Crowley, John : Little, Big (1981)
  • Adams, Richard : Watership Down (1972)
  • Martin, George R. R. : A Storm of Swords (2000)
  • Goldman, William : The Princess Bride (1973)
  • Beagle, Peter S. : The Last Unicorn (1968)
  • White, T. H. : The Once and Future King (1958)
  • Kay, Guy Gavriel : Tigana (1990)
  • Gaiman, Neil : Neverwhere (1996)
  • Wolfe, Gene : The Book of the New Sun (1983)
  • Vance, Jack : The Dying Earth (1950)
  • Bulgakov, Mikhail : The Master and Margarita (1967)
  • Rowling, J. K. : Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2000)
  • Tolkien, J. R. R. : The Silmarillion (1977)
  • Leiber, Fritz : The Swords of Lankhmar (1968)
  • Jordan, Robert : The Eye of the World (1990)
  • Rowling, J. K. : Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (1999)
  • Donaldson, Stephen R. : Lord Foul's Bane (1977)
  • Bradbury, Ray : Something Wicked This Way Comes (1962)
  • Peake, Mervyn : Gormenghast (1950)
  • Powers, Tim : The Anubis Gates (1983)
  • Martin, George R. R. : A Clash of Kings (1998)
  • Bradley, Marion Zimmer : The Mists of Avalon (1983)
  • Hobb, Robin : Assassin's Apprentice (1995)
  • Pratchett, Terry : The Colour of Magic (1983)
  • Holdstock, Robert : Mythago Wood (1984)
  • King, Stephen : The Stand (1978)
  • L'Engle, Madeleine : A Wrinkle in Time (1962)
  • Pratchett, Terry : Small Gods (1992)
  • Howard, Robert E. : Conan the Barbarian (1950)
  • Ende, Michael : The Neverending Story (1983)
  • Peake, Mervyn : Titus Groan (1946)
  • McCaffrey, Anne : Dragonflight (1968)
  • Feist, Raymond E. : Magician (1982)
  • Orwell : George : Animal Farm (1945)
  • Silverberg, Robert : Lord Valentine's Castle (1980)
  • Lovecraft, H. P. : At the Mountains of Madness (1936)
  • Swanwick, Michael : The Iron Dragon's Daughter (1993)
  • King, Stephen : The Shining (1977)
  • Garcia Marquez, Gabriel : One Hundred Years of Solitude (1970)
  • Saint-Exupery, Antoine de : The Little Prince (1943)
  • Hughart, Barry : Bridge of Birds (1984)
  • Rice, Anne : Interview with the Vampire (1976)
  • King, Stephen : It (1986)
  • Stewart, Mary : The Crystal Cave (1970)
  • Mirrlees, Hope : Lud-In-The-Mist (1926)
  • Anthony, Piers : A Spell for Chameleon (1977)
  • Pullman, Philip : The Amber Spyglass (2000)
  • McKillip, Patricia A. : The Riddle-Master of Hed (1976)
  • Jackson, Shirley : The Haunting of Hill House (1959)
  • Brooks, Terry : The Sword of Shannara (1977)
  • Heinlein, Robert A. : Glory Road (1963)
  • Eddison, E. R. : The Worm Ouroboros (1922)
  • Le Guin, Ursula K. : Tehanu (1990)
  • Eddings, David : Pawn of Prophecy (1982)
  • Grimwood, Ken : Replay (1987)
  • Zelazny, Roger : Lord of Light (1967)
  • Grahame, Kenneth : The Wind in the Willows (1908)
  • Anderson, Poul : The Broken Sword (1954)
  • Kay, Guy Gavriel : The Lions of Al-Rassan (1995)
  • Barker, Clive : Imagica (1991)
  • Jones, Dianna Wynne : Howl's Moving Castle (1986)
  • Donaldson, Stephen R. : The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant 146 9
  • Burroughs, Edgar Rice : A Princess of Mars (1917)
  • Leiber, Fritz : Our Lady of Darkness (1977)
  • Le Guin, Ursula K. : The Earthsea Trilogy 145 10
  • Priest, Christopher : The Prestige (1995)

21st Century SF Novel

Rank Author : Title (Year)

  • Scalzi, John : Old Man's War (2005)
  • Stephenson, Neal : Anathem (2008)
  • Bacigalupi, Paolo : The Windup Girl (2009)
  • Wilson, Robert Charles : Spin (2005)
  • Morgan, Richard : Altered Carbon (2002)
  • Watts, Peter : Blindsight (2006)
  • Collins, Suzanne : The Hunger Games (2008)
  • Gibson, William : Pattern Recognition (2003)
  • Mieville, China : The City & the City (2009)
  • Stross, Charles : Accelerando (2005)
  • Mitchell, David : Cloud Atlas (2004)
  • McDonald, Ian : River of Gods (2004)
  • Simmons, Dan : Ilium (2003)
  • McCarthy, Cormac : The Road (2006)
  • Harrison, M. John : Light (2002)
  • Willis, Connie : Black Out/All Clear (2010)
  • Chabon, Michael : The Yiddish Policemen's Union (2007)
  • Niffenegger, Audrey : The Time Traveler's Wife (2003)
  • Ishiguro, Kazuo : Never Let Me Go (2005)
  • Doctorow, Cory : Little Brother (2008 125 22
  • McDonald, Ian : The Dervish House (2010)
  • Vinge, Vernor : Rainbows End (2006)
  • Stephenson, Neal : The Baroque Cycle: The Confusion; The System of the World (2004)
  • Robinson, Kim Stanley : The Years of Rice and Salt (2002)
  • Mieville, China : Embassytown (2011)

21st Century Fantasy Novel

Rank Author : Title (Year)

  • Gaiman, Neil : American Gods (2001)
  • Clarke, Susanna : Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (2004)
  • Rothfuss, Patrick : The Name of the Wind (2007)
  • Mieville, China : The Scar (2002)
  • Rowling, J. K. : Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (2007)
  • Martin, George R. R. : A Feast for Crows (2005)
  • Bujold, Lois McMaster : The Curse of Chalion (2001)
  • Mieville, China : The City & the City (2009)
  • Fforde, Jasper : The Eyre Affair (2001)
  • Gaiman, Neil : Coraline (2002)
  • Wolfe, Gene : The Wizard Knight (2004)
  • Bujold, Lois McMaster : Paladin of Souls (2003)
  • Pratchett, Terry : Going Postal (2004)
  • Pratchett, Terry : Night Watch (2002)
  • Lynch, Scott : The Lies of Locke Lamora (2006)
  • Abercrombie, Joe : The Blade Itself (2006)
  • Gaiman, Neil : The Graveyard Book (2008)
  • Jemisin, N. K. : The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (2010)
  • Le Guin, Ursula K. : Lavinia (2008)
  • Sanderson, Brandon : Mistborn (2006)
  • Rowling, J. K. : Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2005)
  • Le Guin, Ursula K. : The Other Wind (2001)
  • Gaiman, Neil : Anansi Boys (2005)
  • Novik, Naomi : His Majesty's Dragon (2006)
  • Kay, Guy Gavriel : Under Heaven (2010)
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