Lists Year Title Author
1 25 1953 The Demolished Man Alfred Bester
2 25 1965 Dune Frank Herbert
3 25 1953 More Than Human Theodore Sturgeon
4 24 1959 A Canticle for Leibowitz Walter M. Miller Jr.
5 24 1951-53 The Foundation Trilogy Isaac Asimov
6 24 1969 The Left Hand of Darkness Ursula K. Le Guin
7 24 1968 Stand on Zanzibar John Brunner
8 23 1953 Childhood's End Arthur C. Clarke
9 23 1895 The Time Machine H.G. Wells
10 23 1898 The War of the Worlds H.G. Wells
11 22 1950 The Martian Chronicles Ray Bradbury
12 21 1974 The Dispossessed Ursula K. Le Guin
13 21 1970 Ringworld Larry Niven
14 21 1953 The Space Merchants Frederik Pohl, C.M. Kornbluth
15 21 1957 The Stars My Destination Alfred Bester
16 20 1952 City Clifford D. Simak
17 20 1962 The Man in the High Castle Philip K. Dick
18 20 1954 Mission of Gravity Hal Clement
19 20 1949 Nineteen Eighty-Four George Orwell
20 19 1932 Brave New World Aldous Huxley
21 19 1956 The City and the Stars Arthur C. Clarke
22 19 1975 The Forever War Joe Haldeman
23 19 1977 Gateway Frederik Pohl
24 19 1973 Rendezvous with Rama Arthur C. Clarke
25 19 1961 Stranger in a Strange Land Robert A. Heinlein
26 19 1971 To Your Scattered Bodies Go Philip José Farmer
27 18 1953 Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury
28 18 1930 Last and First Men Olaf Stapledon
29 18 1948 The World of Null-A A.E. van Vogt
30 17 1958 A Case of Conscience James Blish
31 17 1972 Dying Inside Robert Silverberg
32 17 1966 Flowers for Algernon Daniel Keyes
33 17 1962 Hothouse Brian Aldiss
34 17 1966 The Moon is a Harsh Mistress Robert A. Heinlein
35 16 1968 Camp Concentration Thomas Disch
36 16 1962 A Clockwork Orange Anthony Burgess
37 16 1949 The Humanoids Jack Williamson
38 16 1946 Slan A.E. van Vogt
39 16 1937 Star Maker Olaf Stapledon
40 16 1980 Timescape Gregory Benford
41 16 1963 Way Station Clifford D. Simak
42 15 1980 The Book of the New Sun Gene Wolfe
43 15 1949 Earth Abides George R. Stewart
44 15 1818 Frankenstein Mary Shelley
45 15 1967 Lord of Light Roger Zelazny
46 14 1968 Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Philip K. Dick
47 14 1981 Downbelow Station C.J. Cherryh
48 14 1984 Neuromancer William Gibson
49 14 1917 A Princess of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs
50 14 1970 Solaris Stanislaw Lem
51 14 1924 We Yevgeny Zamiatin
52 13 1946 Adventures in Time and Space ed. Raymond J. Healy, J. Francis McComas
53 13 1975 Deathbird Stories Harlan Ellison
54 13 1975 Dhalgren Samuel R. Delany
55 13 1975 The Female Man Joanna Russ
56 13 1972 The Gods Themselves Isaac Asimov
57 13 1982 Helliconia Spring Brian Aldiss
58 13 1989 Hyperion Dan Simmons
59 13 1950 I, Robot Isaac Asimov
60 13 1941 Lest Darkness Fall L. Sprague de Camp
61 13 1938 Out of the Silent Planet C.S. Lewis
62 13 1959 The Sirens of Titan Kurt Vonnegut
63 13 1969 Slaughterhouse-Five Kurt Vonnegut
64 13 1959 Starship Troopers Robert A. Heinlein
65 13 1983 Startide Rising David Brin
66 13 1870 Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Jules Verne
67 13 1969 Ubik Philip K. Dick
68 13 1930 The World Below S. Fowler Wright
69 12 1972 Beyond Apollo Barry N. Malzberg
70 12 1954 The Caves of Steel Isaac Asimov
71 12 1955 Cities in Flight James Blish
72 12 1967 Dangerous Visions ed. Harlan Ellison
73 12 1951 The Day of the Triffids John Wyndham
74 12 1912 The Lost World Arthur Conan Doyle
75 12 1976 Man Plus Frederik Pohl
76 12 1954 A Mirror for Observers Edgar Pangborn
77 12 1982 No Enemy But Time Michael Bishop
78 12 1975 Norstrilia Cordwainer Smith
79 12 1920 R.U.R. Karel Čapek
80 12 1968 Rite of Passage Alexei Panshin
81 12 1927 The Short Stories of H.G. Wells H.G. Wells
82 12 1970 Tau Zero Poul Anderson
83 11 1975 The Best of Henry Kuttner Henry Kuttner
84 11 1985 Blood Music Greg Bear
85 11 1964 Davy Egar Pangborn
86 11 1956 Double Star Robert A. Heinlein
87 11 1986 Ender's Game Orson Scott Card
88 11 1911 The Hampdenshire Wonder J.D. Beresford
89 11 1864 Journey to the Center of the Earth Jules Verne
90 11 1935 Odd John Olaf Stapledon
91 11 1978 The Persistence of Vision John Varley
92 11 1973 Roadside Picnic Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
93 11 1960 Rogue Moon Algis Budrys
94 11 1944 Sirius Olaf Stapledon
95 10 1972 334 Thomas Disch
96 10 1966 Babel-17 Samuel R. Delany
97 10 1974 Before the Golden Age ed. Isaac Asimov
98 10 1976 The Best of C.M. Kornbluth C.M. Kornbluth
99 10 1961 The Big Time Fritz Leiber
100 10 1969 Bug Jack Barron Norman Spinrad
101 10 1889 A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Mark Twain
102 10 1966 The Crystal World J.G. Ballard
103 10 1971 The Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth and Other Stories Roger Zelazny
104 10 1976 Dorsai Gordon Dickson
105 10 1967 The Einstein Intersection Samuel R. Delany
106 10 1973 The Embedding Ian Watson
107 10 1979 Engine Summer John Crowley
108 10 1951 Gray Lensman E.E. 'Doc' Smith
109 10 1726 Gulliver's Travels Johathan Swift
110 10 1888 Looking Backward Edward Bellamy
111 10 1957 The Midwich Cuckoos John Wyndham
112 10 1955 Of All Possible Worlds William Tenn
113 10 1968 Pavane Keith Roberts
114 10 1952 Player Piano Kurt Vonnegut
115 10 1976 The Science Fiction of Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe
116 10 1920 A Voyage to Arcturus David Lindsay
117 9 1975 The Best of C.L. Moore C.L. Moore
118 9 1992 Doomsday Book Connie Willis
119 9 1978 Dreamsnake Vonda N. McIntyre
120 9 1990 The Fall of Hyperion Dan Simmons
121 9 1972 The Fifth Head of Cerberus Gene Wolfe
122 9 1951 The Illustrated Man Ray Bradbury
123 9 1961 The Lovers Philip José Farmer
124 9 1975 A Martian Odyssey and Other Science Fiction Tales Stanley G. Weinbaum
125 9 1957 On the Beach Nevil Shute
126 9 1967 The Past Through Tomorrow Robert A. Heinlein
127 9 1992 Red Mars Kim Stanley Robinson
128 9 1980 Riddley Walker Russell Hoban
129 9 1970 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume One ed. Robert Silverberg
130 9 1980 The Snow Queen Joan Vinge
131 9 1945 That Hideous Strength C.S. Lewis
132 9 1964 The Wanderer Fritz Leiber
133 9 1936 War with the Newts Karel Čapek
134 9 1948 Who Goes There? John W. Campbell
135 9 1975 The Wind's Twelve Quarters Ursula K. Le Guin
136 8 1927 The Absolute at Large Karel Čapek
137 8 1972 Again, Dangerous Visions ed. Harlan Ellison
138 8 1945 Animal Farm George Orwell
139 8 1957 The Black Cloud Fred Hoyle
140 8 1953 Bring the Jubilee Ward Moore
141 8 1923 The Clockwork Man E.V. Odle
142 8 1956 The Death of Grass John Christopher
143 8 1927 Deluge S. Fowler Wright
144 8 1962 The Drowned World J.G. Ballard
145 8 1953 E Pluribus Unicorn Theodore Sturgeon
146 8 1992 A Fire Upon the Deep Vernor Vinge
147 8 1922 The Girl in the Golden Atom Ray Cummings
148 8 1964 Greybeard Brian Aldiss
149 8 1955 The Long Tomorrow Leigh Brackett
150 8 1979 On the Wings of Song Thomas Disch
151 8 1943 Perelandra C.S. Lewis
152 8 1886 She H. Rider Haggard
153 8 1972 The Sheep Look Up John Brunner
154 8 1886 Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Robert Louis Stevenson
155 8 1966 This Immortal Roger Zelazny
156 8 1956 Under Pressure Frank Herbert
157 7 1880 Across the Zodiac Percy Greg
158 7 1952 Astounding Science Fiction Anthology ed. John W. Campbell
159 7 1921 Back to Methuselah George Bernard Shaw
160 7 1871 The Battle of Dorking Sir George Chesney
161 7 1969 Behold The Man Michael Moorcock
162 7 1975 The Best of Frederik Pohl Frederik Pohl
163 7 1946 The Best of Science Fiction ed. Groff Conklin
164 7 1954 Brain Wave Poul Anderson
165 7 1973 Casey Agonistes Richard McKenna
166 7 1971 Chronopolis and Other Stories J.G. Ballard
167 7 1955 The Chrysalids John Wyndham
168 7 1871 The Coming Race Edward Bulwer Lytton
169 7 1961 Dark Universe Daniel F. Galouye
170 7 1960 Deathworld Harry Harrison
171 7 1970 Downward to the Earth Robert Silverberg
172 7 1966 The Dream Master Roger Zelazny
173 7 1950 The Dying Earth Jack Vance
174 7 1872 Erewhon Samuel Butler
175 7 1948 Final Blackout L. Ron Hubbard
176 7 1979 The Fountains of Paradise Arthur C. Clarke
177 7 1915 Herland Charlotte Perkins Gilman
178 7 1972 The Iron Dream Norman Spinrad
179 7 1896 The Island of Doctor Moreau H.G. Wells
180 7 1988 Islands in the Net Bruce Sterling
181 7 1948 The Lensman Series E.E. 'Doc' Smith
182 7 1972 The Listeners James Gunn
183 7 1909 The Machine Stops and Other Stories E.M. Forster
184 7 1966 Make Room! Make Room! Harry Harrison
185 7 1968 Nova Samuel R. Delany
186 7 1913 The Poison Belt Arthur Conan Doyle
187 7 1975 The Science Fiction of Jack London Jack London
188 7 1946 The Skylark of Space E.E. 'Doc' Smith
189 7 1932 To-Morrow's Yesterday John Gloag
190 7 1954 Untouched by Human Hands Robert Sheckley
191 7 1931 The Weigher of Souls Andrew Maurois
192 7 1966 The Witches of Karres James H. Schmitz
193 7 1976 Woman on the Edge of Time Marge Piercy