David Pringle's Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels

1
Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury
63,313 members
1,141 reviews
4
6 Members
hipdeep, Rtrace, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
2
The Left Hand of Darkness
by Ursula K. Le Guin
18,864 members
455 reviews
4.1
5 Members
hipdeep, Rtrace, merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda, backstage-bamboo
3
Dune
by Frank Herbert
50,549 members
806 reviews
½ 4.3
4 Members
Rtrace, merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda, backstage-bamboo
4
The Martian Chronicles
by Ray Bradbury
18,611 members
363 reviews
4
3 Members
Rtrace, merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda
5
Flowers for Algernon
by Daniel Keyes
18,600 members
438 reviews
4.1
3 Members
Rtrace, cej1027, ahef1963
6
A Canticle for Leibowitz
by Walter M. Miller
13,246 members
342 reviews
3.9
3 Members
Rtrace, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
7
Have Spacesuit, Will Travel
by Robert A. Heinlein
4,060 members
64 reviews
3.8
3 Members
hipdeep, Rtrace, ManWithAnAgenda
8
Cat's Cradle
by Kurt Vonnegut
24,861 members
347 reviews
4.1
3 Members
Rtrace, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
9
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
by Philip K. Dick
22,142 members
531 reviews
4
3 Members
hipdeep, Rtrace, ManWithAnAgenda
10
Nineteen Eighty-Four
by George Orwell
94,142 members
1,451 reviews
4.2
3 Members
Rtrace, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
11
The Door into Summer
by Robert A. Heinlein
4,388 members
89 reviews
3.8
3 Members
Rtrace, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
12
Childhood's End
by Arthur C. Clarke
11,446 members
272 reviews
3.9
2 Members
Rtrace, ManWithAnAgenda
13
Nova
by Samuel R. Delany
2,487 members
51 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
Rtrace, andomck
14
The Sirens of Titan
by Kurt Vonnegut
11,681 members
150 reviews
4
2 Members
Rtrace, merrystar
15
The Dispossessed
by Ursula K. Le Guin
12,875 members
310 reviews
4.2
2 Members
Rtrace, ManWithAnAgenda
16
A Clockwork Orange
by Anthony Burgess
28,622 members
416 reviews
4
2 Members
Rtrace, ahef1963
17
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
by Philip K. Dick
4,879 members
75 reviews
3.9
2 Members
Rtrace, backstage-bamboo
18
Neuromancer
by William Gibson
25,957 members
418 reviews
3.9
2 Members
hipdeep, Rtrace
19
The Man in the High Castle
by Philip K. Dick
16,002 members
400 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
Rtrace, ManWithAnAgenda
20
The Stars My Destination
by Alfred Bester
6,964 members
197 reviews
4
2 Members
Rtrace, merrystar
21
The Book of the New Sun
by Gene Wolfe
750 members
11 reviews
4.2
Member
sgwarnog
22
The Day of the Triffids
by John Wyndham
8,412 members
239 reviews
4
2 Members
Rtrace, ahef1963
23
The Midwich Cuckoos
by John Wyndham
3,371 members
100 reviews
3.8
2 Members
Rtrace, ahef1963
24
The Demolished Man
by Alfred Bester
5,117 members
124 reviews
3.9
Member
Rtrace
25
The City and the Stars
by Arthur C. Clarke
3,334 members
70 reviews
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
26
Alas, Babylon
by Pat Frank
5,494 members
156 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
27
The Space Merchants
by Frederik Pohl
2,144 members
64 reviews
3.8
Member
Rtrace
28
More Than Human
by Theodore Sturgeon
3,361 members
84 reviews
3.9
Member
Rtrace
29
The Inheritors
by William Golding
1,720 members
52 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
30
The End of Eternity
by Isaac Asimov
4,136 members
109 reviews
4
Member
Rtrace
31
A Case of Conscience
by James Blish
2,051 members
62 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
Rtrace
32
Way Station
by Clifford D. Simak
2,873 members
99 reviews
3.9
Member
Rtrace
33
The Wanderer
by Fritz Leiber
1,251 members
28 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
Rtrace
34
Stand on Zanzibar
by John Brunner
3,563 members
60 reviews
3.9
Member
Rtrace
35
The Dancers at the End of Time
by Michael Moorcock
929 members
12 reviews
3.9
Member
Rtrace
36
Earth Abides
by George R. Stewart
4,068 members
129 reviews
3.9
Member
Rtrace
37
The Puppet Masters
by Robert A. Heinlein
3,944 members
53 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
Rtrace
38
Venus Plus X
by Theodore Sturgeon
958 members
20 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
Rtrace
39
The Long Tomorrow
by Leigh Brackett
934 members
34 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
Rtrace
40
Rogue Moon
by Algis Budrys
956 members
35 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
Rtrace
41
Mission of Gravity
by Hal Clement
1,583 members
34 reviews
3.8
Member
Rtrace
42
Bug Jack Barron
by Norman Spinrad
827 members
11 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
Rtrace
43
Tau Zero
by Poul Anderson
2,095 members
63 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
Rtrace
44
Time Out of Joint
by Philip K. Dick
2,630 members
38 reviews
3.8
Member
Rtrace
45
Martian Time-slip
by Philip K. Dick
2,815 members
52 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
Rtrace
46
The Year of the Quiet Sun
by Wilson Tucker
468 members
14 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
Rtrace
47
Dr. Bloodmoney
by Philip K. Dick
2,293 members
38 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
Rtrace
48
Inverted World
by Christopher Priest
2,066 members
70 reviews
3.9
Member
Rtrace
49
Man Plus
by Frederik Pohl
1,643 members
28 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
Rtrace
50
The Fifth Head of Cerberus: Three Novellas
by Gene Wolfe
1,964 members
32 reviews
3.9
Member
Rtrace
51
The Final Programme
by Michael Moorcock
450 members
4 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
Rtrace
52
Limbo
by Bernard Wolfe
356 members
9 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
Rtrace
53
Crash: A Novel
by J. G. Ballard
3,946 members
86 reviews
½ 3.5
54
Wild Seed
by Octavia E. Butler
3,332 members
95 reviews
4.1
55
The Drowned World
by J. G. Ballard
3,137 members
76 reviews
½ 3.4
56
High-Rise: A Novel
by J. G. Ballard
2,904 members
90 reviews
½ 3.7
57
Woman on the Edge of Time
by Marge Piercy
2,853 members
55 reviews
3.9
58
The Female Man
by Joanna Russ
2,503 members
64 reviews
½ 3.5
59
Timescape
by Gregory Benford
2,345 members
39 reviews
½ 3.5
60
Make Room! Make Room!
by Harry Harrison
1,784 members
53 reviews
½ 3.6
61
Non-Stop
by Brian Aldiss
1,722 members
44 reviews
3.8
62
Pavane
by Keith Roberts
1,533 members
47 reviews
½ 3.7
63
Riddley Walker
by Russell Hoban
1,480 members
28 reviews
4.2
64
Oath of Fealty
by Larry Niven
1,452 members
8 reviews
½ 3.5
65
The Death of Grass
by John Christopher
1,362 members
56 reviews
3.8
66
The Crystal World
by J. G. Ballard
1,356 members
28 reviews
½ 3.6
67
Hothouse
by Brian W. Aldiss
1,294 members
33 reviews
½ 3.5
68
The Ophiuchi Hotline
by John Varley
1,278 members
24 reviews
½ 3.6
69
Norstrilia
by Cordwainer Smith
1,251 members
24 reviews
3.9
70
The Dream Master
by Roger Zelazny
1,243 members
29 reviews
½ 3.4
71
Camp Concentration: A Novel
by Thomas M. Disch
1,223 members
34 reviews
½ 3.6
72
Nova Express
by William S. Burroughs
1,175 members
12 reviews
½ 3.5
73
Greybeard
by Brian W. Aldiss
1,013 members
24 reviews
½ 3.4
74
Bring the Jubilee
by Ward Moore
951 members
30 reviews
½ 3.6
75
Downward to the Earth
by Robert Silverberg
859 members
21 reviews
½ 3.7
76
Engine Summer
by John Crowley
832 members
19 reviews
4
77
The Alteration
by Kingsley Amis
794 members
20 reviews
½ 3.7
78
The Centauri Device
by M. John Harrison
792 members
17 reviews
3.1
79
Heroes and Villains
by Angela Carter
755 members
12 reviews
½ 3.6
80
334
by Thomas M. Disch
754 members
18 reviews
½ 3.6
81
Ring Around the Sun
by Clifford D. Simak
700 members
23 reviews
½ 3.6
82
No Enemy But Time
by Michael Bishop
685 members
12 reviews
½ 3.4
83
Orbitsville
by Bob Shaw
581 members
8 reviews
½ 3.4
84
On Wings of Song
by Thomas M. Disch
559 members
10 reviews
½ 3.7
85
The Embedding
by Ian Watson
500 members
10 reviews
½ 3.3
86
A Mirror for Observers
by Edgar Pangborn
494 members
13 reviews
½ 3.7
87
The Unreasoning Mask
by Philip José Farmer
479 members
7 reviews
½ 3.5
88
Journey Beyond Tomorrow
by Robert Sheckley
394 members
9 reviews
½ 3.4
89
Walk to the End of the World
by Suzy McKee Charnas
372 members
7 reviews
3.2
90
Michaelmas
by Algis Budrys
358 members
7 reviews
3.1
91
Juniper Time
by Kate Wilhelm
353 members
7 reviews
½ 3.3
92
The Paradox Men
by Charles L. Harness
295 members
4 reviews
½ 3.5
93
The Palace of Eternity
by Bob Shaw
278 members
4 reviews
½ 3.4
94
Roderick
by John Sladek
220 members
3 reviews
½ 3.3
95
The Birth of the People's Republic of Antarctica: A Novel
by John Calvin Batchelor
213 members
4 reviews
½ 3.4
96
Miracle Visitors
by Ian Watson
203 members
4 reviews
½ 2.7
97
Galaxies
by Barry N. Malzberg
155 members
6 reviews
3.8
98
Roderick at Random
by John Sladek
124 members
½ 3.6
99
Dreaming Dragons
by Damien Broderick
91 members
4 reviews
½ 3.3
100
The Walking Shadow
by Brian Stableford
87 members
2 reviews
½ 3.3