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Stories About Other Worlds

Description: Whether they are imaginary planets, fantasy worlds, or alternate universes.
Members: 13 participating members
ManWithAnAgenda, ahef1963, merrystar, macha, aulsmith, Dilara86, cej1027, andomck, KimarieBee, hipdeep, cpg, Crucius83

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The Hobbit / The Lord of the Rings

by J. R. R. Tolkien

8,609 members

55 reviews

½ 4.6

6 Members: macha, cpg, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

2

A Wizard of Earthsea

by Ursula K. Le Guin

15,304 members

356 reviews

4

6 Members: macha, aulsmith, merrystar, andomck, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

3

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

by L. Frank Baum

20,784 members

408 reviews

3.9

6 Members: macha, aulsmith, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

4

The Left Hand of Darkness

by Ursula K. Le Guin

15,234 members

365 reviews

4

5 Members: macha, hipdeep, aulsmith, andomck, ManWithAnAgenda

5

Perdido Street Station

by China Miéville

9,162 members

310 reviews

4

5 Members: macha, andomck, Dilara86, Crucius83, ManWithAnAgenda

6

The Phantom Tollbooth

by Norton Juster

16,794 members

419 reviews

½ 4.3

5 Members: macha, hipdeep, merrystar, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

7

by Frank Herbert

40,147 members

652 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: macha, aulsmith, andomck, ManWithAnAgenda

8

Northern Lights

by Philip Pullman

35,111 members

734 reviews

4.1

5 Members: merrystar, andomck, Dilara86, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

9

A Wrinkle in Time

by Madeleine L'Engle

37,860 members

934 reviews

4

5 Members: merrystar, andomck, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

10

24,288 members

575 reviews

4.1

4 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, andomck, ahef1963

11

The Dispossessed

by Ursula K. Le Guin

10,269 members

259 reviews

4.1

4 Members: macha, aulsmith, andomck, ManWithAnAgenda

12

Howl's Moving Castle

by Diana Wynne Jones

11,544 members

428 reviews

½ 4.3

5 Members: merrystar, Dilara86, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

13

by Terry Pratchett

15,290 members

245 reviews

4.1

4 Members: merrystar, Dilara86, cej1027, ahef1963

14

by Terry Pratchett

11,720 members

173 reviews

4.2

4 Members: aulsmith, Dilara86, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

15

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy in Five Parts

by Douglas Adams

3,986 members

43 reviews

½ 4.4

4 Members: macha, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963

16

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass (with Alice's Adventures Under Ground)

by Lewis Carroll

1,946 members

18 reviews

4.1

4 Members: macha, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

17

A Game of Thrones

by George R. R. Martin

40,844 members

1,102 reviews

½ 4.4

4 Members: macha, KimarieBee, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,merrystar

18

The Color of Magic

by Terry Pratchett

21,219 members

430 reviews

3.8

4 Members: merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

19

The Subtle Knife

by Philip Pullman

24,298 members

349 reviews

4.1

4 Members: merrystar, Dilara86, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

20

The Word for World Is Forest

by Ursula K. Le Guin

2,736 members

88 reviews

3.8

3 Members: macha, aulsmith, ManWithAnAgenda

21

The Amber Spyglass

by Philip Pullman

22,943 members

389 reviews

4

4 Members: merrystar, Dilara86, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

22

The Wee Free Men

by Terry Pratchett

10,443 members

254 reviews

4.2

3 Members: merrystar, Dilara86, ahef1963

23

Lords and Ladies

by Terry Pratchett

9,503 members

121 reviews

4

3 Members: merrystar, Dilara86, ahef1963

24

The Chronicles of Narnia

34,430 members

300 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963

25

The Gormenghast Trilogy

by Mervyn Peake

4,277 members

66 reviews

4.1

3 Members: macha, andomck, ManWithAnAgenda

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A Storm of Swords

by George R. R. Martin

23,891 members

434 reviews

½ 4.4

3 Members: macha, KimarieBee, ahef1963,merrystar

27

The Neverending Story

by Michael Ende

11,613 members

233 reviews

4.1

2 Members: merrystar, Dilara86

28

A Clash of Kings

by George R. R. Martin

29,132 members

533 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: macha, KimarieBee, ahef1963,merrystar

29

by Neal Stephenson

8,057 members

286 reviews

4.2

2 Members: macha, Dilara86

30

To Your Scattered Bodies Go

by Philip José Farmer

3,617 members

68 reviews

3.8

3 Members: aulsmith, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: aulsmith: Riverworld

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by Terry Pratchett

12,091 members

183 reviews

4

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

32

by China Miéville

3,277 members

211 reviews

3.9

2 Members: andomck, Dilara86

33

by Terry Pratchett

10,930 members

152 reviews

4.1

2 Members: hipdeep, merrystar

34

Treasure Island

by Robert Louis Stevenson

32,465 members

425 reviews

3.8

2 Members: cej1027, ahef1963

35

Lud-in-the-Mist

by Hope Mirrlees

1,892 members

55 reviews

3.9

2 Members: merrystar, Dilara86

36

by J. M. Barrie

18,019 members

313 reviews

3.9

2 Members: aulsmith, ahef1963

37

The Worm Ouroboros

by E. R. Eddison

2,224 members

44 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: macha, andomck

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by Terry Pratchett

3,813 members

188 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: Dilara86, ahef1963

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38,379 members

1,556 reviews

4.2

2 Members: cej1027, ahef1963

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by Mary Doria Russell

7,527 members

397 reviews

4.1

Member: KimarieBee

41

The Princess Bride

by William Goldman

24,427 members

526 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

42

by Sheri S. Tepper

2,313 members

47 reviews

4

2 Members: macha, aulsmith

43

Journey to the Centre of the Earth

14,131 members

220 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: cej1027, ahef1963

44

Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

by Gregory Maguire

28,157 members

637 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

45

The Secret Country

868 members

23 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

46

The Farseer Trilogy (Assassin's Apprentice / Royal Assassin / Assassin's Quest)

257 members

5 reviews

4.2

Member: KimarieBee

47

The Forever War

by Joe Haldeman

9,120 members

241 reviews

4

2 Members: macha, ManWithAnAgenda

48

by Stephen King

22,034 members

479 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

49

The Mote in God's Eye

6,132 members

107 reviews

3.9

Member: KimarieBee

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by H. Beam Piper

1,149 members

39 reviews

3.9

Member: hipdeep

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378 members

23 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

52

A Deepness in the Sky

by Vernor Vinge

3,922 members

65 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: aulsmith

53

The Hydrogen Sonata

by Iain M. Banks

1,886 members

83 reviews

3.9

Member: macha

54

The Unspoken Name

by A K Larkwood

754 members

30 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

55

Learning the World

887 members

17 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: aulsmith

56

by Alan Dean Foster

872 members

6 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

57

Liveship Traders Trilogy

122 members

1 review

4.2

Member: KimarieBee

58

by Iain M. Banks

5,296 members

134 reviews

4

Member: macha

59

The Crucible of Time

by John Brunner

724 members

9 reviews

3.8

Member: aulsmith

60

Needful Things: The Last Castle Rock Story

by Stephen King

10,507 members

118 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ahef1963

61

Deadhouse Gates

by Steven Erikson

3,498 members

89 reviews

4.2

Member: macha

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by Natasha Pulley

411 members

25 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

63

The Way of Kings

by Brandon Sanderson

8,413 members

287 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

64

Ancillary Justice

5,601 members

348 reviews

4

Member: Dilara86

65

The Songs of Distant Earth

by Arthur C. Clarke

3,283 members

53 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

66

Four Ways to Forgiveness

by Ursula K. Le Guin

1,164 members

25 reviews

3.9

Member: aulsmith

67

The Binding Stone

by Don Bassingthwaite

113 members

1 review

½ 3.6

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

68

Merchanter's Luck

by C. J. Cherryh

1,140 members

18 reviews

4

Member: macha

69

The Andalite Chronicles

by Katherine Applegate

694 members

13 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

70

214 members

1 review

½ 3.5

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

71

by Gregory Maguire

8,503 members

127 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: aulsmith
Explanations: aulsmith: Oz

72

The Hork-Bajir Chronicles

by K. A. Applegate

722 members

11 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

73

To Stand Beneath the Sun

by Brad Strickland

26 members

1 review

3.1

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

74

The Ellimist Chronicles

by K. A. Applegate

414 members

9 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

75

The Broken Citadel

by Joyce Ballou Gregorian

190 members

6 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: merrystar

76

by Melissa Crandall

96 members

1 review

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

77

Rocannon's World

by Ursula K. Le Guin

1,430 members

39 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

78

by Sharon Shinn

1,135 members

19 reviews

3.9

Member: merrystar

79

by C. J. Cherryh

325 members

12 reviews

4.1

Member: macha

80

Planet of Exile

by Ursula K. Le Guin

1,282 members

35 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

81

Summers at Castle Auburn

by Sharon Shinn

1,205 members

33 reviews

4.1

Member: merrystar

82

by Robin McKinley

5,528 members

242 reviews

4.1

Member: merrystar

83

Sky Without Stars

by Jessica Brody

383 members

8 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

84

Search for Senna

by K. A. Applegate

773 members

21 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

85

A Stranger in Olondria

by Sofia Samatar

695 members

34 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

86

Dark Lord of Derkholm

by Diana Wynne Jones

2,381 members

58 reviews

4.1

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

87

by Melanie Rawn

2,342 members

24 reviews

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

88

Beneath the Sugar Sky

by Seanan McGuire

1,240 members

100 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

89

Come Tumbling Down

by Seanan McGuire

811 members

65 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

90

In an Absent Dream

by Seanan McGuire

944 members

77 reviews

4.2

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

91

Across the Green Grass Fields

by Seanan McGuire

570 members

47 reviews

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

92

The Reluctant Swordsman

700 members

15 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

93

248 members

3 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

94

The Bone Shard Daughter

by Andrea Stewart

1,040 members

18 reviews

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

95

The Midnight Bargain

515 members

35 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

96

Lightfall: The Girl & the Galdurian (Lightfall, 1)

256 members

26 reviews

4.2

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

97

by Peter Wartman

79 members

12 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

98

by China Miéville

3,422 members

191 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

99

Dragons of Autumn Twilight

by Margaret Weis

5,467 members

89 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

100

The Crystal Shard

by R. A. Salvatore

2,833 members

37 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

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