michael yuen

NPR's Top 100 Science Fiction & Fantasy Books

2025-11-15

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https://www.npr.org/2011/08/11/139085843/your-picks-top-100-science-fiction-fantasy-books

  1. The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, by J.R.R. Tolkien ❌

  2. The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy, by Douglas Adams ✅

  3. Ender’s Game, by Orson Scott Card ✅

  4. The Dune Chronicles, by Frank Herbert ❌

  5. A Song Of Ice And Fire Series, by George R. R. Martin ✅

  6. 1984, by George Orwell ✅

  7. Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury ❌

  8. The Foundation Trilogy, by Isaac Asimov 🔄

    • Foundation 🔄 (apparently I read this once before, in August 2016)

  9. Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley ✅

  10. American Gods, by Neil Gaiman ✅

  11. The Princess Bride, by William Goldman ✅

  12. The Wheel Of Time Series, by Robert Jordan ❌

  13. Animal Farm, by George Orwell ✅

  14. Neuromancer, by William Gibson ❌

  15. Watchmen, by Alan Moore ✅

  16. I, Robot, by Isaac Asimov ✅

  17. Stranger In A Strange Land, by Robert Heinlein ✅

  18. The Kingkiller Chronicles, by Patrick Rothfuss ❌

  19. Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut ✅

  20. Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley ❌

  21. Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?, by Philip K. Dick ✅

  22. The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood ❌

  23. The Dark Tower Series, by Stephen King 🟡 - first book

  24. 2001: A Space Odyssey, by Arthur C. Clarke ❌

  25. The Stand, by Stephen King ❌

  26. Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson ❌

  27. The Martian Chronicles, by Ray Bradbury ❌

  28. Cat’s Cradle, by Kurt Vonnegut ❌

  29. The Sandman Series, by Neil Gaiman ❌

  30. A Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess ❌

  31. Starship Troopers, by Robert Heinlein ✅

  32. Watership Down, by Richard Adams ❌

  33. Dragonflight, by Anne McCaffrey ❌

  34. The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress, by Robert Heinlein ❌

  35. A Canticle For Leibowitz, by Walter M. Miller ❌

  36. The Time Machine, by H.G. Wells ❌ - I think I tried in the past and it was brutal

  37. 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, by Jules Verne ❌

  38. Flowers For Algernon, by Daniel Keys ❌

  39. The War Of The Worlds, by H.G. Wells ❌

  40. The Chronicles Of Amber, by Roger Zelazny ❌

  41. The Belgariad, by David Eddings ❌

  42. The Mists Of Avalon, by Marion Zimmer Bradley ❌

  43. The Mistborn Series, by Brandon Sanderson ❌

  44. Ringworld, by Larry Niven ❌

  45. The Left Hand Of Darkness, by Ursula K. LeGuin ❌

  46. The Silmarillion, by J.R.R. Tolkien ❌

  47. The Once And Future King, by T.H. White ❌

  48. Neverwhere, by Neil Gaiman ❌

  49. Childhood’s End, by Arthur C. Clarke ❌

  50. Contact, by Carl Sagan ❌

  51. The Hyperion Cantos, by Dan Simmons ❌

  52. Stardust, by Neil Gaiman ❌

  53. Cryptonomicon, by Neal Stephenson ❌

  54. World War Z, by Max Brooks ✅✅

  55. The Last Unicorn, by Peter S. Beagle ❌

  56. The Forever War, by Joe Haldeman ❌

  57. Small Gods, by Terry Pratchett ❌

  58. The Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant, The Unbeliever, by Stephen R. Donaldson ❌

  59. The Vorkosigan Saga, by Lois McMaster Bujold ❌

  60. Going Postal, by Terry Pratchett ❌

  61. The Mote In God’s Eye, by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle ❌

  62. The Sword Of Truth, by Terry Goodkind ❌

  63. The Road, by Cormac McCarthy ❌

  64. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, by Susanna Clarke ❌

  65. I Am Legend, by Richard Matheson ❌

  66. The Riftwar Saga, by Raymond E. Feist ❌

  67. The Shannara Trilogy, by Terry Brooks ❌

  68. The Conan The Barbarian Series, by R.E. Howard ❌

  69. The Farseer Trilogy, by Robin Hobb ❌

  70. The Time Traveler’s Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger ❌

  71. The Way Of Kings, by Brandon Sanderson ❌

  72. A Journey To The Center Of The Earth, by Jules Verne ❌

  73. The Legend Of Drizzt Series, by R.A. Salvatore ❌

  74. Old Man’s War, by John Scalzi ❌

  75. The Diamond Age, by Neil Stephenson ❌

  76. Rendezvous With Rama, by Arthur C. Clarke ❌

  77. The Kushiel’s Legacy Series, by Jacqueline Carey ❌

  78. The Dispossessed, by Ursula K. LeGuin ❌

  79. Something Wicked This Way Comes, by Ray Bradbury ❌

  80. Wicked, by Gregory Maguire ❌

  81. The Malazan Book Of The Fallen Series, by Steven Erikson ❌

  82. The Eyre Affair, by Jasper Fforde ❌

  83. The Culture Series, by Iain M. Banks ❌

  84. The Crystal Cave, by Mary Stewart ❌

  85. Anathem, by Neal Stephenson ❌

  86. The Codex Alera Series, by Jim Butcher ❌

  87. The Book Of The New Sun, by Gene Wolfe ❌

  88. The Thrawn Trilogy, by Timothy Zahn ❌

  89. The Outlander Series, by Diana Gabaldan ❌

  90. The Elric Saga, by Michael Moorcock ❌

  91. The Illustrated Man, by Ray Bradbury ❌

  92. Sunshine, by Robin McKinley ❌

  93. A Fire Upon The Deep, by Vernor Vinge ❌

  94. The Caves Of Steel, by Isaac Asimov ❌

  95. The Mars Trilogy, by Kim Stanley Robinson ❌

  96. Lucifer’s Hammer, by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle ❌

  97. Doomsday Book, by Connie Willis ❌

  98. Perdido Street Station, by China Mieville ❌

  99. The Xanth Series, by Piers Anthony ❌

  100. The Space Trilogy, by C.S. Lewis ❌

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