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Members: 22 participating members (show all)

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1
Perdido Street Station
by China Miéville
8,694 members, 292 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: ssanders_81 (1), Dilara86 (1), iggyjreilly (4), Lou.Clifton (4), Milesc (5), macha (15)

Thumbs down: andyl

Score: 16.36

2
The Yiddish Policemen's Union
by Michael Chabon
9,715 members, 408 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

Lists: Lou.Clifton (1), Milesc (1), krazy4katz (2), ahef1963 (2), aulsmith (2)

Thumbs down: electrice

Score: 16.09

3
The Blind Assassin
by Margaret Atwood
15,435 members, 372 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (1), LittleTaiko (1), mmignano11 (5), krazy4katz (6), ahef1963 (7)

Score: 15.69

4
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
by Susanna Clarke
24,966 members, 729 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: LittleTaiko (2), macha (3), Lou.Clifton (5), Dilara86 (13), guyalice (18), ahef1963 (19), aulsmith (19)

Thumbs down: andyl

Score: 14.96

Explanations:

aulsmith (19): historical speculative fiction

5
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
by Italo Calvino
11,354 members, 235 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: Lou.Clifton (3), thecoroner (4), guyalice (5), ahef1963 (8), Dilara86 (17)

Score: 12.89

6
The Handmaid's Tale
by Margaret Atwood
36,976 members, 1,059 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (1), krazy4katz (3), guyalice (4), Dilara86 (5)

Score: 12.54

7
Life of Pi
by Yann Martel
40,462 members, 966 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (2), mmignano11 (3), krazy4katz (5), ahef1963 (6)

Score: 11.63

8
Grendel
by John Gardner
5,481 members, 103 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: Lou.Clifton (2), macha (2), guyalice (8), ahef1963 (10)

Score: 11.36

9
Was
by Geoff Ryman
857 members, 15 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: guyalice (2), Milesc (2), aulsmith (3), Lou.Clifton (64)

Score: 11.18

10
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass
by Lewis Carroll
23,260 members, 304 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: macha (1), mmignano11 (2), kara.shamy (3), ahef1963 (5), Dilara86 (26)

Thumbs down: aulsmith, andyl

Score: 10.85

11
Freedom and Necessity
by Steven Brust
1,046 members, 19 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: merrystar (1), aulsmith (10), macha (11), Lou.Clifton (13)

Score: 10.55

12
Never Let Me Go
by Kazuo Ishiguro
20,485 members, 888 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: ssanders_81 (2), iggyjreilly (5), Lou.Clifton (8), ahef1963 (20)

Score: 10.31

13
The Trial
by Franz Kafka
18,166 members, 209 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (2), kara.shamy (5), Dilara86 (18), Lou.Clifton (42)

Score: 9.55

14
The City & The City
by China Miéville
5,565 members, 329 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: Dilara86 (4), iggyjreilly (7), Lou.Clifton (11), macha (26)

Score: 9.26

15
Orlando: A Biography
by Virginia Woolf
9,356 members, 155 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (1), macha (4), krazy4katz (10)

Score: 9.08

16
The Time Traveler's Wife
by Audrey Niffenegger
37,233 members, 1,227 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (3), guyalice (3), mmignano11 (4)

Score: 8.91

17
Cat's Cradle
by Kurt Vonnegut
20,439 members, 266 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: krazy4katz (4), aulsmith (7), ahef1963 (11), Lou.Clifton (63)

Score: 8.9

18
The Last Light of the Sun
by Guy Gavriel Kay
1,829 members, 47 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: Lou.Clifton (6), aulsmith (9), ahef1963 (16), macha (31)

Score: 8.56

19
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
by Haruki Murakami
16,543 members, 349 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: sallypursell (1), iggyjreilly (9), thecoroner (13)

Score: 8.42

20
The Sandman: A Game of You
by Neil Gaiman
5,569 members, 71 reviews
4.33 stars (4.33 stars)

Lists: macha (8), guyalice (11), Lou.Clifton (14), Dilara86 (21), ahef1963 (31)

Thumbs down: andyl

Score: 8.21

21
Tigana
by Guy Gavriel Kay
4,582 members, 135 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Lists: merrystar (2), aulsmith (17), macha (29), ahef1963 (36), Lou.Clifton (53)

Thumbs down: andyl

Score: 8.17

22
Blindness
by José Saramago
11,803 members, 365 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: iggyjreilly (1), thecoroner (10), ahef1963 (21)

Score: 8.12

23
Invisible Cities
by Italo Calvino
8,325 members, 183 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (5), Dilara86 (16), macha (18), Lou.Clifton (59)

Score: 8.06

24
Cloud Atlas
by David Mitchell
16,113 members, 645 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: Milesc (3), iggyjreilly (6), macha (9)

Score: 7.91

25
Kindred
by Octavia E. Butler
6,638 members, 299 reviews
4.2 stars (4.2 stars)

Lists: sallypursell (2), Dilara86 (10), krazy4katz (13)

Score: 7.72

26
The Sirens of Titan
by Kurt Vonnegut
9,481 members, 113 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: Milesc (4), aulsmith (8), Lou.Clifton (9)

Score: 7.52

27
The Sandman: Season of Mists
by Neil Gaiman
6,296 members, 82 reviews
4.45 stars (4.45 stars)

Lists: guyalice (10), macha (12), Dilara86 (20), ahef1963 (30), Lou.Clifton (60)

Thumbs down: andyl

Score: 7.44

28
The Sandman: Dream Country
by Neil Gaiman
6,589 members, 101 reviews
4.24 stars (4.24 stars)

Lists: guyalice (9), macha (16), Dilara86 (19), ahef1963 (28), Lou.Clifton (58)

Thumbs down: andyl

Score: 7.41

29
The Metamorphosis
by Franz Kafka
10,486 members, 171 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (4), thecoroner (6), ahef1963 (22)

Score: 7.23

30
Love in the Time of Cholera
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
25,491 members, 375 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: iggyjreilly (2), thecoroner (11), ahef1963 (49)

Score: 7.07

31
11/22/63
by Stephen King
11,521 members, 704 reviews
4.2 stars (4.2 stars)

Lists: krazy4katz (8), mmignano11 (9), ahef1963 (12)

Score: 6.84

32
The Master and Margarita
by Mikhail Bulgakov
18,041 members, 427 reviews
4.23 stars (4.23 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (3), Lou.Clifton (19), ahef1963 (44)

Score: 6.51

33
Slaughterhouse-Five
by Kurt Vonnegut
40,214 members, 642 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: krazy4katz (7), Dilara86 (14), ahef1963 (18)

Score: 6.47

34
Dangerous Angels
by Francesca Lia Block
1,778 members, 37 reviews
4.23 stars (4.23 stars)

Lists: guyalice (6), aulsmith (24), Lou.Clifton (62)

Score: 5.79

35
The Haunting of Hill House
by Shirley Jackson
7,679 members, 368 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: mmignano11 (10), ahef1963 (27), Lou.Clifton (44)

Score: 5.56

36
The Sandman: Brief Lives
by Neil Gaiman
5,079 members, 59 reviews
4.47 stars (4.47 stars)

Lists: macha (14), Lou.Clifton (17), ahef1963 (56)

Score: 5.5

37
Lust
by Geoff Ryman
211 members, 8 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (1), Lou.Clifton (61)

Score: 5.43

38
Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions
by Neil Gaiman
9,559 members, 123 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: guyalice (16), Lou.Clifton (28), ahef1963 (32)

Score: 5.42

39
A Song for Arbonne
by Guy Gavriel Kay
2,535 members, 47 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (16), macha (19), ahef1963 (35), Lou.Clifton (55)

Thumbs down: andyl

Score: 5.03

40
The Road
by Cormac McCarthy
30,973 members, 1,346 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: iggyjreilly (8), mmignano11 (8)

Score: 4.76

41
The Famished Road
by Ben Okri
2,158 members, 37 reviews
3.64 stars (3.64 stars)

Lists: Dilara86 (3), Lou.Clifton (52)

Score: 4.53

42
Oryx and Crake
by Margaret Atwood
15,650 members, 504 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: Dilara86 (11), ahef1963 (13)

Score: 4.3

43
The French Lieutenant's Woman
by John Fowles
6,088 members, 98 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (7), ahef1963 (23)

Score: 4.29

44
The Lovely Bones
by Alice Sebold
33,403 members, 914 reviews
3.7 stars (3.7 stars)

Lists: mmignano11 (7), ahef1963 (26)

Score: 4.23

45
The Satanic Verses
by Salman Rushdie
10,802 members, 128 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: guyalice (12), ahef1963 (15)

Score: 4.18

46
The Book of Lies
by Felice Picano
153 members, 4 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (5), Lou.Clifton (51)

Score: 4.17

47
Dhalgren
by Samuel R. Delany
3,337 members, 71 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: macha (7), aulsmith (11), Lou.Clifton (49)

Thumbs down: andyl

Score: 4.17

Explanations:

aulsmith (11): I think this reads better as a mainstream exploration of sexuality set in an sfnal place, rather than sf.

48
Tenth of December: Stories
by George Saunders
3,294 members, 165 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (6), Lou.Clifton (40)

Score: 4.15

49
Riddley Walker
by Russell Hoban
1,211 members, 22 reviews
4.22 stars (4.22 stars)

Lists: Milesc (6), Lou.Clifton (50)

Score: 4.06

50
Life After Life
by Kate Atkinson
7,392 members, 560 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (7), Lou.Clifton (43)

Score: 4.02

51
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
by Patrick Süskind
16,584 members, 412 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: Dilara86 (15), ahef1963 (17)

Score: 4

52
The Magician of Lhasa
by David Michie
38 members, 1 review
4.44 stars (4.44 stars)

Lists: krazy4katz (1)

Score: 4

53
The Circle
by Dave Eggers
5,062 members, 389 reviews
3.37 stars (3.37 stars)

Lists: krazy4katz (9), Lou.Clifton (32)

Score: 3.99

54
Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts
by Samuel Beckett
11,737 members, 150 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (8), ahef1963 (40)

Score: 3.97

55
Watchmen
by Alan Moore
17,542 members, 471 reviews
4.32 stars (4.32 stars)

Lists: Lou.Clifton (12), macha (25)

Score: 3.94

56
The Children of Men
by P. D. James
5,279 members, 191 reviews
3.57 stars (3.57 stars)

Lists: Lou.Clifton (7), ahef1963 (24), macha (33)

Thumbs down: Tomleesteenboek

Score: 3.94

57
Midnight's Children
by Salman Rushdie
12,664 members, 230 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (9), ahef1963 (45)

Score: 3.85

58
253
by Geoff Ryman
526 members, 19 reviews
3.5 stars (3.5 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (14), Lou.Clifton (34)

Score: 3.72

59
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
by Gregory Maguire
26,339 members, 620 reviews
3.58 stars (3.58 stars)

Lists: mmignano11 (1), Lou.Clifton (65), guyalice

Thumbs down: aulsmith, electrice

Score: 3.72

60
The Children's Hospital
by Chris Adrian
861 members, 30 reviews
3.63 stars (3.63 stars)

Lists: mmignano11 (11), Lou.Clifton (57)

Score: 3.65

61
The New York Trilogy
by Paul Auster
9,124 members, 149 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (12), ahef1963 (53)

Score: 3.63

62
The Transmigration of Timothy Archer
by Philip K. Dick
1,539 members, 13 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: macha (23), aulsmith (25)

Score: 3.62

63
Stardust
by Neil Gaiman
19,906 members, 532 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: Dilara86 (12), krazy4katz (14), ahef1963 (29), Lou.Clifton (38)

Thumbs down: aulsmith, andyl

Score: 3.55

Explanations:

aulsmith (0): Fantasy

64
Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley
48,440 members, 692 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (4), mmignano11 (6), krazy4katz (12)

Thumbs down: aulsmith, electrice

Score: 3.53

65
The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare
by G. K. Chesterton
6,280 members, 159 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Lists: Lou.Clifton (16), ahef1963 (47)

Score: 3.53

66
Labyrinth
by Kate Mosse
6,711 members, 204 reviews
3.31 stars (3.31 stars)

Lists: Lou.Clifton (18), ahef1963 (46)

Score: 3.48

67
A Maggot
by John Fowles
1,286 members, 18 reviews
3.34 stars (3.34 stars)

Lists: Lou.Clifton (20), ahef1963 (43)

Score: 3.45

68
Death: The Time of Your Life
by Neil Gaiman
2,133 members, 12 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

Lists: macha (20), ahef1963 (64)

Score: 3.31

69
The Unconsoled
by Kazuo Ishiguro
3,212 members, 71 reviews
3.59 stars (3.59 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (25), Lou.Clifton (54)

Score: 3.26

70
The Sandman: The Kindly Ones
by Neil Gaiman
4,852 members, 66 reviews
4.53 stars (4.53 stars)

Lists: macha (24), ahef1963 (57)

Score: 3.26

71
The Sandman: Worlds' End
by Neil Gaiman
4,757 members, 53 reviews
4.37 stars (4.37 stars)

Lists: macha (27), ahef1963 (58)

Score: 3.2

72
The Lions of al-Rassan
by Guy Gavriel Kay
2,922 members, 91 reviews
4.26 stars (4.26 stars)

Lists: merrystar (3), aulsmith (12)

Thumbs down: andyl

Score: 3.19

73
The Sandman: The Wake
by Neil Gaiman
4,512 members, 54 reviews
4.47 stars (4.47 stars)

Lists: macha (30), ahef1963 (59)

Score: 3.15

74
Death: The High Cost of Living
by Neil Gaiman
3,305 members, 38 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: macha (32), ahef1963 (61)

Score: 3.11

75
The Sandman: Endless Nights
by Neil Gaiman
4,083 members, 58 reviews
4.22 stars (4.22 stars)

Lists: macha (34), ahef1963 (60)

Score: 3.09

76
Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury
46,912 members, 912 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: guyalice (7), ahef1963 (9)

Thumbs down: electrice

Score: 2.77

77
The Book of Strange New Things
by Michel Faber
1,935 members, 127 reviews
3.72 stars (3.72 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (8)

Score: 2.38

78
The Best Short Stories of J. G. Ballard
by J. G. Ballard
547 members, 4 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: macha (10)

Score: 2.25

79
Cotton
by Christopher Wilson
202 members, 10 reviews
3.56 stars (3.56 stars)

Lists: iggyjreilly (10)

Score: 2.25

80
The Lathe of Heaven
by Ursula K. Le Guin
5,700 members, 172 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: macha (5), Lou.Clifton (47)

Thumbs down: andyl

Score: 2.2

81
Mischief
by Chris Wilson
23 members, 1 review
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: iggyjreilly (11)

Score: 2.2

82
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 2008: 21st Annual Collection
by Ellen Datlow
156 members, 4 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: guyalice (13)

Score: 2.11

83
Doomsday Book
by Connie Willis
7,313 members, 340 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: Lou.Clifton (10), guyalice (17), macha (21)

Thumbs down: aulsmith, andyl

Score: 2.09

84
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Tenth Annual Collection
by Ellen Datlow
268 members, 4 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Lists: guyalice (14)

Score: 2.07

85
The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories
by Susanna Clarke
3,909 members, 116 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: guyalice (15)

Score: 2.03

86
Earth Abides
by George R. Stewart
3,297 members, 110 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: Lou.Clifton (15)

Score: 2.03

87
Parable of the Talents
by Octavia E. Butler
2,808 members, 80 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: Dilara86 (9), Lou.Clifton (33)

Thumbs down: andyl

Score: 1.98

88
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream: Stories
by Harlan Ellison
1,493 members, 39 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: macha (17)

Score: 1.97

89
The Years of Rice and Salt
by Kim Stanley Robinson
3,207 members, 95 reviews
3.65 stars (3.65 stars)

Lists: macha (13), aulsmith (22)

Thumbs down: andyl

Score: 1.95

Explanations:

aulsmith (22): It's alternate history but the Bardo sequences add a note of fantasy.

90
Momo
by Michael Ende
3,522 members, 80 reviews
4.31 stars (4.31 stars)

Lists: Dilara86 (22)

Score: 1.85

91
Replay
by Ken Grimwood
3,025 members, 131 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: Lou.Clifton (22)

Score: 1.85

92
Parable of the Sower
by Octavia E. Butler
6,168 members, 182 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: Dilara86 (8), Lou.Clifton (56)

Thumbs down: andyl

Score: 1.84

93
The Dream of Perpetual Motion
by Dexter Palmer
577 members, 41 reviews
3.38 stars (3.38 stars)

Lists: Lou.Clifton (24)

Score: 1.81

94
Into the Forest
by Jean Hegland
1,421 members, 46 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: Lou.Clifton (26)

Score: 1.77

95
When She Woke
by Hillary Jordan
1,529 members, 164 reviews
3.71 stars (3.71 stars)

Lists: Lou.Clifton (27)

Score: 1.76

96
The Last Policeman
by Ben H. Winters
1,858 members, 175 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: Lou.Clifton (29)

Score: 1.72

97
Winter Well: Speculative Novellas About Older Women
by Kay T. Holt
28 members, 10 reviews
3.37 stars (3.37 stars)

Lists: Lou.Clifton (30)

Score: 1.71

98
Wool [short story]
by Hugh Howey
988 members, 72 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: Lou.Clifton (31)

Score: 1.7

99
Sailing to Sarantium
by Guy Gavriel Kay
2,363 members, 46 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (15), ahef1963 (34)

Thumbs down: andyl

Score: 1.69

100
World Made By Hand
by James Howard Kunstler
908 members, 55 reviews
3.49 stars (3.49 stars)

Lists: Lou.Clifton (35)

Score: 1.65

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