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Arthur C. Clarke Award Winners and Shortlisted Books

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Based on bookaward: Arthur C. Clarke Award Shortlist
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Rank Title Author Added CK Order

1

The Handmaid's Tale

by Margaret Atwood

40,743 members

1,114 reviews

4.1

10 Members: anglemark, pitjrw, sturlington, souloftherose, gypsysmom, ahef1963, leslie.98, Jim.Shine, ManWithAnAgenda, Brandy1411

2

by Neal Stephenson

19,643 members

383 reviews

4.1

10 Members: hipdeep, anglemark, majkia, KimarieBee, sturlington, gypsysmom, ahef1963, leslie.98, Jim.Shine, ManWithAnAgenda

3

The Time Traveler's Wife

by Audrey Niffenegger

39,152 members

1,256 reviews

4.1

8 Members: anglemark, majkia, KimarieBee, sturlington, gypsysmom, ahef1963, leslie.98, Jim.Shine

4

Never Let Me Go

by Kazuo Ishiguro

22,053 members

921 reviews

3.8

8 Members: majkia, sturlington, souloftherose, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Jim.Shine, ManWithAnAgenda, oldminiclub

5

by Emily St. John Mandel

10,798 members

751 reviews

4.1

8 Members: anglemark, majkia, pitjrw, sturlington, souloftherose, gypsysmom, ahef1963, leslie.98

6

by Connie Willis

7,747 members

364 reviews

4.1

8 Members: anglemark, sturlington, souloftherose, gypsysmom, ahef1963, leslie.98, Jim.Shine, ManWithAnAgenda

7

by David Mitchell

17,129 members

665 reviews

4.1

7 Members: anglemark, majkia, sturlington, souloftherose, gypsysmom, leslie.98, Jim.Shine

8

by Kim Stanley Robinson

8,036 members

170 reviews

3.8

7 Members: anglemark, pitjrw, sturlington, souloftherose, gypsysmom, leslie.98, Jim.Shine

9

Ancillary Justice

5,600 members

348 reviews

4

6 Members: anglemark, sturlington, souloftherose, gypsysmom, leslie.98, Jim.Shine

10

The Years of Rice and Salt

by Kim Stanley Robinson

3,392 members

103 reviews

½ 3.6

6 Members: pitjrw, sturlington, gypsysmom, leslie.98, Jim.Shine, ManWithAnAgenda

11

Pattern Recognition

by William Gibson

8,730 members

170 reviews

3.8

5 Members: majkia, sturlington, gypsysmom, ManWithAnAgenda, oldminiclub

12

by Mary Doria Russell

7,526 members

397 reviews

4.1

6 Members: anglemark, KimarieBee, sturlington, gypsysmom, Jim.Shine, Brandy1411,pitjrw

13

The City & The City

by China Miéville

6,024 members

347 reviews

4

5 Members: anglemark, pitjrw, souloftherose, Jim.Shine, ManWithAnAgenda

14

by Kim Stanley Robinson

4,621 members

52 reviews

3.9

6 Members: anglemark, pitjrw, souloftherose, gypsysmom, leslie.98, Jim.Shine,sturlington

15

Parable of the Talents

by Octavia E. Butler

3,322 members

90 reviews

4.1

5 Members: majkia, sturlington, souloftherose, gypsysmom, ManWithAnAgenda

16

by China Miéville

3,276 members

211 reviews

3.9

5 Members: anglemark, pitjrw, sturlington, souloftherose, Jim.Shine

17

The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August

by Claire North

2,888 members

164 reviews

4

5 Members: majkia, sturlington, souloftherose, ahef1963, Jim.Shine

18

by Neal Stephenson

16,664 members

287 reviews

4.2

5 Members: hipdeep, pitjrw, sturlington, Jim.Shine, oldminiclub,ManWithAnAgenda

19

Perdido Street Station

by China Miéville

9,161 members

310 reviews

4

4 Members: anglemark, souloftherose, Jim.Shine, ManWithAnAgenda

20

by Neal Stephenson

8,822 members

158 reviews

3.9

4 Members: hipdeep, pitjrw, Jim.Shine, oldminiclub

21

The System of the World

by Neal Stephenson

5,759 members

71 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: hipdeep, majkia, Jim.Shine, oldminiclub

22

by Iain M. Banks

5,294 members

134 reviews

4

4 Members: anglemark, pitjrw, Jim.Shine, oldminiclub

23

Revelation Space

by Alastair Reynolds

5,239 members

139 reviews

3.8

4 Members: anglemark, souloftherose, leslie.98, Jim.Shine

24

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

by Becky Chambers

4,969 members

336 reviews

4.1

5 Members: majkia, souloftherose, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Brandy1411,sturlington
Explanations: sturlington : DNF

25

by Christopher Priest

3,397 members

134 reviews

3.8

4 Members: anglemark, sturlington, souloftherose, leslie.98

26

A Closed and Common Orbit

by Becky Chambers

2,501 members

154 reviews

½ 4.3

5 Members: souloftherose, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Brandy1411, oldminiclub,sturlington
Explanations: sturlington : DNF

27

The Speed of Dark

by Elizabeth Moon

2,180 members

106 reviews

4

4 Members: majkia, sturlington, souloftherose, Jim.Shine

28

by Kim Stanley Robinson

2,097 members

118 reviews

½ 3.4

4 Members: majkia, pitjrw, gypsysmom, oldminiclub

29

by Christopher Priest

560 members

22 reviews

3.8

4 Members: anglemark, majkia, souloftherose, Jim.Shine

30

The Underground Railroad

by Colson Whitehead

8,449 members

427 reviews

4

4 Members: sturlington, souloftherose, gypsysmom, Jim.Shine,ahef1963

31

by China Miéville

4,906 members

122 reviews

4.1

3 Members: anglemark, majkia, Jim.Shine

32

by China Miéville

3,386 members

79 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: anglemark, majkia, Jim.Shine

33

by Connie Willis

2,351 members

80 reviews

3.8

3 Members: majkia, gypsysmom, Jim.Shine

34

by Alastair Reynolds

1,989 members

65 reviews

4

3 Members: majkia, gypsysmom, Jim.Shine

35

by John Crowley

1,133 members

22 reviews

3.9

3 Members: anglemark, majkia, pitjrw

36

The Family Tree

by Sheri S. Tepper

1,024 members

22 reviews

3.9

3 Members: majkia, sturlington, leslie.98

37

Air: Or, Have Not Have

844 members

31 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: anglemark, sturlington, Jim.Shine

38

Galileo's Dream

by Kim Stanley Robinson

824 members

48 reviews

½ 3.4

3 Members: sturlington, gypsysmom, Jim.Shine

39

The Book of Phoenix

by Nnedi Okorafor

543 members

35 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: majkia, sturlington, souloftherose

40

Europe In Autumn

by Dave Hutchinson

406 members

24 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: majkia, souloftherose, Jim.Shine

41

The Testament of Jessie Lamb

373 members

33 reviews

3.2

3 Members: sturlington, gypsysmom, Jim.Shine

42

Dreams Before the Start of Time

by Anne Charnock

111 members

8 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: sturlington, souloftherose, gypsysmom

43

by Neal Stephenson

8,057 members

286 reviews

4.2

2 Members: majkia, sturlington

44

The Girl with All the Gifts

5,004 members

384 reviews

4

3 Members: majkia, souloftherose, Jim.Shine,sturlington

45

by Charles Stross

3,292 members

121 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: majkia, Jim.Shine

46

by Ken Grimwood

3,230 members

134 reviews

4.1

2 Members: anglemark, sturlington

47

Children of Time

by Adrian Tchaikovsky

3,106 members

128 reviews

4.1

2 Members: majkia, souloftherose

48

by Peter Heller

2,764 members

214 reviews

3.9

3 Members: majkia, gypsysmom, Jim.Shine,sturlington
Explanations: sturlington : DNF

49

The Book of Strange New Things

by Michel Faber

2,122 members

132 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: majkia, sturlington

50

by Alastair Reynolds

2,116 members

51 reviews

3.8

3 Members: majkia, KimarieBee, oldminiclub,anglemark

51

by Peter F. Hamilton

2,015 members

28 reviews

3.9

2 Members: majkia, KimarieBee

52

by M. John Harrison

1,996 members

62 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: anglemark, majkia

53

1,854 members

48 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: sturlington, Jim.Shine

54

The Engines of God

by Jack McDevitt

1,824 members

45 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: anglemark, Jim.Shine

55

Darwin's Children

1,671 members

23 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: KimarieBee, leslie.98

56

by Stephen Baxter

1,374 members

35 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: majkia, leslie.98, Jim.Shine,sturlington
Explanations: sturlington : DNF

57

The Iron Dragon's Daughter

by Michael Swanwick

1,319 members

42 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: anglemark, majkia

58

by Marge Piercy

1,275 members

25 reviews

4

2 Members: majkia, sturlington

59

The Star Fraction

1,106 members

19 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: anglemark, majkia

60

The Cassini Division

1,028 members

21 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: anglemark, majkia

61

The Dervish House

by Ian McDonald

1,017 members

50 reviews

3.9

2 Members: anglemark, souloftherose

62

Learning the World

888 members

17 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: anglemark, Jim.Shine

63

Hull Zero Three

857 members

51 reviews

3.2

2 Members: majkia, souloftherose

64

Gibbon's Decline and Fall

by Sheri S. Tepper

820 members

11 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: souloftherose, leslie.98

65

814 members

36 reviews

3.8

2 Members: sturlington, gypsysmom

66

Stations of the Tide

by Michael Swanwick

810 members

25 reviews

3.8

2 Members: anglemark, majkia

67

Desolation Road

by Ian McDonald

769 members

29 reviews

3.8

2 Members: anglemark, majkia

68

by Marcel Theroux

604 members

52 reviews

3.8

2 Members: sturlington, Jim.Shine

69

by Jon Courtenay Grimwood

583 members

11 reviews

3.8

2 Members: anglemark, majkia

70

Memory of Water

by Emmi Itäranta

582 members

45 reviews

3.9

2 Members: sturlington, souloftherose

71

by Sheri S. Tepper

513 members

28 reviews

3.8

2 Members: majkia, leslie.98

72

Yellow Blue Tibia

by Adam Roberts

483 members

32 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: anglemark, Jim.Shine

73

End of the World Blues

by Jon Courtenay Grimwood

334 members

8 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: anglemark, majkia

74

by Christopher Priest

323 members

15 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: anglemark, majkia

75

The Waters Rising

by Sheri S. Tepper

228 members

12 reviews

3.2

2 Members: majkia, leslie.98

76

Europe at Midnight

by Dave Hutchinson

221 members

18 reviews

4

2 Members: majkia, souloftherose

77

11,138 members

260 reviews

4.2

Member: Jim.Shine

78

The Diamond Age

by Neal Stephenson

10,971 members

197 reviews

4.1

Member: Jim.Shine

79

3,957 members

53 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: majkia

80

A Deepness in the Sky

by Vernor Vinge

3,922 members

65 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: gypsysmom

81

The Raw Shark Texts

2,595 members

118 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: Jim.Shine

82

Monsters of Men

by Patrick Ness

2,473 members

151 reviews

4.1

Member: souloftherose

83

by Jeff VanderMeer

1,976 members

83 reviews

3.8

Member: sturlington

84

by Omar El Akkad

1,741 members

88 reviews

3.8

Member: sturlington

85

by Richard K. Morgan

1,704 members

58 reviews

3.8

Member: majkia

86

by Ian McDonald

1,600 members

46 reviews

3.9

Member: anglemark

87

1,464 members

41 reviews

4.1

Member: majkia

88

by Richard K. Morgan

1,417 members

29 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: majkia

89

by Nicola Griffith

1,307 members

50 reviews

3.9

Member: sturlington

90

by Nick Harkaway

1,226 members

76 reviews

3.9

Member: Jim.Shine

91

1,217 members

22 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: anglemark

92

by James Morrow

1,138 members

31 reviews

3.8

Member: anglemark

93

Retribution Falls

by Chris Wooding

980 members

63 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: Jim.Shine

94

by Kameron Hurley

967 members

55 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: majkia

95

by Stephen Baxter

945 members

20 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: Jim.Shine

96

by Stanisław Lem

824 members

19 reviews

3.9

Member: pitjrw

97

The Hyperion Omnibus [2-in-1]

773 members

10 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: pitjrw, leslie.98,sturlington
Explanations: sturlington : DNF

98

764 members

36 reviews

3.9

Member: majkia

99

by Stephen Baxter

727 members

9 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: majkia

100

The Child Garden

715 members

17 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: anglemark

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