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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

48,540 members

1,238 reviews

4.1

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

2

by Neal Stephenson

22,004 members

437 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

42,124 members

1,313 reviews

4.1

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

4

Never Let Me Go

by Kazuo Ishiguro

26,878 members

1,014 reviews

3.8

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

5

by Emily St. John Mandel

14,705 members

875 reviews

4.1

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

6

by Connie Willis

8,783 members

400 reviews

4.1

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

7

by David Mitchell

19,687 members

717 reviews

4.1

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

8

by Kim Stanley Robinson

9,406 members

208 reviews

3.8

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

9

Ancillary Justice

7,314 members

428 reviews

4

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

10

The Years of Rice and Salt

by Kim Stanley Robinson

3,786 members

118 reviews

½ 3.7

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

11

Pattern Recognition

by William Gibson

9,469 members

176 reviews

3.8

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

12

by Mary Doria Russell

8,541 members

438 reviews

4.1

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

13

The City and the City

by China Miéville

7,216 members

391 reviews

4

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

14

by Kim Stanley Robinson

5,277 members

61 reviews

3.9

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

15

Parable of the Talents

by Octavia E. Butler

4,915 members

126 reviews

4.1

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

16

by China Miéville

3,901 members

237 reviews

3.9

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

17

The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August

by Claire North

3,651 members

206 reviews

4

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

18

by Neal Stephenson

18,081 members

311 reviews

4.2

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

19

Perdido Street Station

by China Miéville

10,293 members

338 reviews

4

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

20

by Neal Stephenson

9,459 members

167 reviews

3.9

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

21

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

by Becky Chambers

7,947 members

441 reviews

4

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

22

The System of the World

by Neal Stephenson

6,210 members

75 reviews

½ 4.3

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

23

Revelation Space

by Alastair Reynolds

6,068 members

163 reviews

3.8

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

24

by Iain M. Banks

5,990 members

161 reviews

4

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

25

by Christopher Priest

3,794 members

149 reviews

3.8

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

26

A Closed and Common Orbit

by Becky Chambers

3,605 members

195 reviews

½ 4.3

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

27

by Kim Stanley Robinson

2,545 members

130 reviews

½ 3.4

4 Members: majkia, pitjrw, gypsysmom, oldminiclub

28

The Speed of Dark

by Elizabeth Moon

2,385 members

112 reviews

4

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

29

by Christopher Priest

641 members

23 reviews

3.8

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

30

The Underground Railroad

by Colson Whitehead

11,227 members

494 reviews

4

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

31

by China Miéville

5,398 members

134 reviews

4.1

3 Members: anglemark, majkia, Jim.Shine

32

by China Miéville

3,736 members

87 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: anglemark, majkia, Jim.Shine

33

by Connie Willis

2,546 members

85 reviews

3.8

3 Members: majkia, gypsysmom, Jim.Shine

34

by Alastair Reynolds

2,423 members

77 reviews

4

3 Members: majkia, gypsysmom, Jim.Shine

35

by John Crowley

1,275 members

25 reviews

3.9

3 Members: anglemark, majkia, pitjrw

36

The Family Tree

by Sheri S. Tepper

1,133 members

24 reviews

3.9

3 Members: majkia, sturlington, leslie.98

37

Galileo's Dream

by Kim Stanley Robinson

933 members

49 reviews

½ 3.4

3 Members: sturlington, gypsysmom, Jim.Shine

38

Air: Or, Have Not Have

927 members

33 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: anglemark, sturlington, Jim.Shine

39

The Book of Phoenix

by Nnedi Okorafor

697 members

40 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: majkia, sturlington, souloftherose

40

Europe In Autumn

by Dave Hutchinson

474 members

28 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: majkia, souloftherose, Jim.Shine

41

The Testament of Jessie Lamb

401 members

34 reviews

½ 3.3

3 Members: sturlington, gypsysmom, Jim.Shine

42

Dreams Before the Start of Time

by Anne Charnock

125 members

10 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: sturlington, souloftherose, gypsysmom

43

by Neal Stephenson

9,224 members

316 reviews

4.2

2 Members: majkia, sturlington

44

The Girl With All the Gifts

6,342 members

448 reviews

4

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

45

Children of Time

by Adrian Tchaikovsky

5,530 members

216 reviews

4.2

2 Members: majkia, souloftherose

46

by Ken Grimwood

3,675 members

153 reviews

4.1

2 Members: anglemark, sturlington

47

by Charles Stross

3,585 members

129 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: majkia, Jim.Shine

48

by Peter Heller

3,375 members

245 reviews

3.9

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

49

by Alastair Reynolds

2,629 members

66 reviews

3.8

3 Members: majkia, KimarieBee, oldminiclub,anglemark

50

The Book of Strange New Things: A Novel

by Michel Faber

2,475 members

142 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: majkia, sturlington

51

by M. John Harrison

2,251 members

67 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: anglemark, majkia

52

by Peter F. Hamilton

2,243 members

33 reviews

3.8

2 Members: majkia, KimarieBee

53

The Engines of God

by Jack McDevitt

2,053 members

51 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: anglemark, Jim.Shine

54

2,006 members

50 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: sturlington, Jim.Shine

55

Darwin's Children

1,830 members

25 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: KimarieBee, leslie.98

56

by Stephen Baxter

1,535 members

38 reviews

½ 3.7

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

57

The Iron Dragon's Daughter

by Michael Swanwick

1,448 members

43 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: anglemark, majkia

58

by Marge Piercy

1,397 members

28 reviews

4

2 Members: majkia, sturlington

59

The Star Fraction

1,202 members

21 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: anglemark, majkia

60

1,150 members

53 reviews

3.8

2 Members: sturlington, gypsysmom

61

The Dervish House

by Ian McDonald

1,116 members

54 reviews

3.9

2 Members: anglemark, souloftherose

62

The Cassini Division

1,098 members

21 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: anglemark, majkia

63

Hull Zero Three

990 members

52 reviews

3.2

2 Members: majkia, souloftherose

64

Learning the World

957 members

19 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: anglemark, Jim.Shine

65

Stations of the Tide

by Michael Swanwick

935 members

29 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: anglemark, majkia

66

Gibbon's Decline and Fall

by Sheri S. Tepper

875 members

12 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: souloftherose, leslie.98

67

The Hyperion Omnibus [2-in-1]

866 members

15 reviews

½ 4.4

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

68

Desolation Road

by Ian McDonald

856 members

32 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: anglemark, majkia

69

Memory of Water

by Emmi Itäranta

694 members

52 reviews

3.8

2 Members: sturlington, souloftherose

70

by Marcel Theroux

665 members

53 reviews

3.8

2 Members: sturlington, Jim.Shine

71

by Jon Courtenay Grimwood

612 members

12 reviews

3.8

2 Members: anglemark, majkia

72

by Sheri S. Tepper

557 members

29 reviews

3.8

2 Members: majkia, leslie.98

73

Yellow Blue Tibia

by Adam Roberts

528 members

37 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: anglemark, Jim.Shine

74

by Christopher Priest

386 members

19 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: anglemark, majkia

75

End of the World Blues

by Jon Courtenay Grimwood

348 members

8 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: anglemark, majkia

76

The Waters Rising: A Novel

by Sheri S. Tepper

257 members

13 reviews

½ 3.3

2 Members: majkia, leslie.98

77

Europe at Midnight

by Dave Hutchinson

256 members

21 reviews

4

2 Members: majkia, souloftherose

78

13,868 members

308 reviews

4.2

Member: Jim.Shine

79

The Diamond Age

by Neal Stephenson

11,908 members

223 reviews

4.1

Member: Jim.Shine

80

A Deepness in the Sky

by Vernor Vinge

4,460 members

80 reviews

4.2

Member: gypsysmom

81

4,404 members

68 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: majkia

82

Monsters of Men

by Patrick Ness

3,053 members

165 reviews

4.1

Member: souloftherose

83

The Raw Shark Texts

2,899 members

121 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: Jim.Shine

84

by Jeff VanderMeer

2,680 members

101 reviews

3.8

Member: sturlington

85

by Omar El Akkad

2,293 members

110 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: sturlington

86

by Richard K. Morgan

1,866 members

65 reviews

3.8

Member: majkia

87

by Ian McDonald

1,730 members

47 reviews

3.9

Member: anglemark

88

A Desolation Called Peace

by Arkady Martine

1,723 members

65 reviews

4.2

Member: gypsysmom

89

1,623 members

47 reviews

4.1

Member: majkia

90

by Richard K. Morgan

1,542 members

32 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: majkia

91

by Nicola Griffith

1,536 members

58 reviews

3.9

Member: sturlington

92

by Nick Harkaway

1,389 members

87 reviews

3.9

Member: Jim.Shine

93

1,325 members

24 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: anglemark

94

by James Morrow

1,231 members

34 reviews

3.8

Member: anglemark

95

Retribution Falls

by Chris Wooding

1,122 members

70 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: Jim.Shine

96

by Kameron Hurley

1,059 members

60 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: majkia

97

by Stephen Baxter

1,022 members

21 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: Jim.Shine

98

by Stanisław Lem

987 members

25 reviews

3.9

Member: pitjrw

99

by C. Robert Cargill

947 members

52 reviews

3.8

Member: gypsysmom

100

925 members

41 reviews

3.9

Member: majkia

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