Science Fiction and Fantasy Books to Read
Here are all the finalists in the NPR Science Fiction and Fantasy Vote for 2011. As I finish them I’ll put a ✔ next to them along with the date I finished. If I write a review, I’ll link to it. If you’re curious which ones I’ll be reading for a second (or more) time, I’ll indicate that with a ☞. 1632, by Eric Flint✔ (August 15, 2011) ☞1984, by George Orwell ☞2001: A Space Odyssey, by Arthur C. Clarke 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, by Jules Verne The Acts Of Caine Series, by Matthew Woodring Stover The Algebraist, by Iain M. Banks ☞Altered Carbon, by Richard K. Morgan ☞American Gods, by Neil Gaiman ☞Anansi Boys, by Neil Gaiman Anathem, by Neal Stephenson✔ (September 9, 2011) ☞Animal Farm, by George Orwell The Anubis Gates, by Tim Powers Armor, by John Steakley ☞The Baroque Cycle, by Neal Stephenson Battlefield Earth, by L. Ron Hubbard ☞Beggars In Spain, by Nancy Kress ☞The Belgariad, by David Eddings The Black Company Series, by Glen Cook The Black Jewels Series, by Anne Bishop ☞The Book Of The New Sun, by Gene Wolfe ☞Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley Bridge Of Birds, by Barry Hughart ☞The Callahan’s Series, by Spider Robinson ☞A Canticle For Leibowitz, by Walter M. Miller ☞The Cat Who Walked Through Walls, by Robert Heinlein ☞Cat’s Cradle , by Kurt Vonnegut ☞The Caves Of Steel, by Isaac Asimov The Change Series, by S.M. Stirling ☞Childhood’s End, by Arthur C. Clarke Children Of God, by Mary Doria Russell ☞The Chronicles Of Amber, by Roger Zelazny ☞The Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant, The Unbeliever, by Stephen R. Donaldson The City And The City, by China Mieville City And The Stars, by Arthur C. Clarke ☞A Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess The Codex Alera Series, by Jim Butcher The Coldfire Trilogy, by C.S. Friedman The Commonwealth Saga, by Peter F. Hamilton ☞The Company Wars, by C.J. Cherryh The Conan The Barbarian Series, by R.E. Howard Contact, by Carl Sagan ☞Cryptonomicon, by Neal Stephenson ☞The Crystal Cave, by Mary Stewart ☞The Culture Series, by Iain M. Banks✔ So far, read: Matter (July 15, 2011) and Surface Detail (September 14, 2011) The Dark Tower Series, by Stephen King The Day of Triffids, by John Wyndham Deathbird Stories, by Harlan Ellison ☞The Deed of Paksennarion Trilogy, by Elizabeth Moon The Demolished Man, by Alfred Bester ☞The Deverry Cycle, by Katharine Kerr ☞Dhalgren, by Samuel R. Delany ☞The Diamond Age, by Neil Stephenson ☞The Difference Engine, by William Gibson & Bruce Sterling ☞The Dispossessed, by Ursula K. LeGuin ☞Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?, by Philip K. Dick Don’t Bite The Sun, by Tanith Lee ☞Doomsday Book, by Connie Willis ☞Dragonflight, by Anne McCaffrey ☞Dreamsnake, by Vonda McIntyre✔ (August 4, 2011) ☞The Dune Chronicles, by Frank Herbert ☞Earth, by David Brin Earth Abides, by George R. Stewart The Eisenhorn Omnibus, by Dan Abnett The Elric Saga, by Michael Moorcock ☞Ender’s Game, by Orson Scott Card ☞Eon, by Greg Bear The Eyes Of The Dragon, by Stephen King The Eyre Affair, by Jasper Fforde ☞The Faded Sun Trilogy, by C.J. Cherryh ☞Fafhrd & The Gray Mouser Series, by Fritz Leiber ☞Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury ☞The Farseer Trilogy, by Robin Hobb The Female Man, by Joanna Russ The Fionavar Tapestry Trilogy, by Guy Gavriel Kay ☞A Fire Upon The Deep, by Vernor Vinge The First Law Trilogy, by Joe Abercrombie ☞Flowers For Algernon, by Daniel Keys ☞The Foreigner Series, by C.J. Cherryh ☞The Forever War, by Joe Haldeman ☞The Foundation Trilogy, by Isaac Asimov Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley ☞The Gaea Trilogy, by John Varley The Gap Series, by Stephen R. Donaldson ☞The Gate To Women’s Country, by Sheri S. Tepper Going Postal, by Terry Pratchett The Gone-Away World, by Nick Harkaway The Gormenghast Triology, by Mervyn Peake ☞Grass, by Sheri S. Tepper Gravity’s Rainbow, by Thomas Pynchon ☞The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood Hard-Boiled Wonderland And The End of The World, by Haruki Murakami The Heechee Saga, by Frederik Pohl ☞The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy, by Douglas Adams The Hollows Series, by Kim Harrison House Of Leaves, by Mark Danielewski ☞The Hyperion Cantos, by Dan Simmons I Am Legend, by Richard Matheson ☞I, Robot, by Isaac Asimov ☞The Illuminatus! Trilogy, by Robert Shea & Robert Anton Wilson ☞The Illustrated Man, by Ray Bradbury ☞The Incarnations Of Immortality Series, by Piers Anthony The Inheritance Trilogy, by N.K. Jemisin Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, by Susanna Clarke A Journey To The Center Of The Earth, by Jules Verne ☞Kindred, by Octavia Butler The Kingkiller Chronicles, by Patrick Rothfuss Kraken, by China Mieville ☞The Kushiel’s Legacy Series, by Jacqueline Carey Last Call, by Tim Powers The Last Coin, by James P. Blaylock ☞The Last Herald Mage Trilogy, by Mercedes Lackey ☞The Last Unicorn, by Peter S. Beagle✔ (August 6, 2011) ☞The Lathe Of Heaven, by Ursula K. LeGuin ☞The Left Hand Of Darkness, by Ursula K. LeGuin The Legend Of Drizzt Series, by R.A. Salvatore ☞The Lensman Series, by E.E. Smith The Liaden Universe Series, by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller The Lies Of Locke Lamora, by Scott Lynch ☞Lilith’s Brood, by Octavia Butler ☞Little, Big, by John Crowley ☞The Liveship Traders Trilogy, by Robin Hobb ☞Lord Of Light, by Roger Zelazny ☞The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, by J.R.R. Tolkien ☞Lord Valentine’s Castle, by Robert Silverberg ☞Lucifer’s Hammer, by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle Lud-in-the-Mist, by Hope Mirrlees The Magicians, by Lev Grossman The Malazan Book Of The Fallen Series, by Steven Erikson ☞The Man In The High Castle, by Philip K. Dick The Manifold Trilogy, by Stephen Baxter ☞The Mars Trilogy, by Kim Stanley Robinson ☞The Martian Chronicles, by Ray Bradbury ☞Memory And Dream, by Charles de Lint Memory, Sorrow, And Thorn Trilogy, by Tad Williams ☞Mindkiller, by Spider Robinson The Mistborn Series, by Brandon Sanderson ☞The Mists Of Avalon, by Marion Zimmer Bradley ☞The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress, by Robert Heinlein ☞Mordant’s Need, by Stephen Donaldson ☞More Than Human, by Theodore Sturgeon ☞The Mote In God’s Eye, by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle The Naked Sun, by Isaac Asimov The Neanderthal Parallax Trilogy, by Robert J. Sawyer ☞Neuromancer, by William Gibson ☞Neverwhere, by Neil Gaiman The Newsflesh Triology, by Mira Grant The Night’s Dawn Trilogy, by Peter F. Hamilton Norstrilia, by Cordwainer Smith ☞Novels Of The Company, by Kage Baker ☞The Number Of The Beast, by Robert Heinlein ☞Old Man’s War, by John Scalzi On Basilisk Station, by David Weber ☞The Once And Future King, by T.H. White Oryx And Crake, by Margaret Atwood The Otherland Tetralogy, by Tad Williams The Outlander Series, by Diana Gabaldan ☞Parable Of The Sower, by Octavia Butler The Passage, by Justin Cronin ☞Pattern Recognition, by William Gibson Perdido Street Station, by China Mieville The Prestige, by Christopher Priest ☞The Pride Of Chanur, by C.J. Cherryh The Prince Of Nothing Trilogy, by R. Scott Bakker ☞The Princess Bride, by William Goldman Rainbows End, by Vernor Vinge ☞Rendezvous With Rama, by Arthur C. Clarke Replay, by Ken Grimwood Revelation Space, by Alistair Reynolds Riddley Walker, by Russell Hoban The Riftwar Saga, by Raymond E. Feist ☞Ringworld, by Larry Niven ☞The Riverworld Series, by Philip Jose Farmer The Road, by Cormac McCarthy The Saga Of Pliocene Exile, by Julian May The Saga Of Recluce, by L.E. Modesitt Jr. The Sandman Series, by Neil Gaiman The Sarantine Mosaic Series, by Guy Gavriel Kay ☞A Scanner Darkly, by Philip K. Dick The Scar, by China Mieville ☞The Shannara Trilogy, by Terry Brooks The Shattered Chain Trilogy, by Marion Zimmer Bradley ☞The Silmarillion, by J.R.R. Tolkien The Sirens Of Titan, by Kurt Vonnegut ☞Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut Small Gods, by Terry Pratchett ☞Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson ☞The Snow Queen, by Joan D. Vinge Solaris, by Stanislaw Lem ☞Something Wicked This Way Comes, by Ray Bradbury ☞Song for the Basilisk, by Patricia McKillip A Song Of Ice And Fire Series, by George R. R. Martin The Space Trilogy, by C.S. Lewis The Sparrow, by Mary Doria Russell ☞The Stainless Steel Rat Books, by Harry Harrison Stand On Zanzibar, by John Brunner The Stand, by Stephen King Stardust, by Neil Gaiman The Stars My Destination, by Alfred Bester ☞Starship Troopers, by Robert Heinlein Stations Of The Tide, by Michael Swanwick ☞Steel Beach, by John Varley ☞Stranger In A Strange Land, by Robert Heinlein ☞Sunshine, by Robin McKinley The Sword Of Truth, by Terry Goodkind The Swordspoint Trilogy, by Ellen Kushner ☞The Tales of Alvin Maker, by Orson Scott Card The Temeraire Series, by Naomi Novik The Thrawn Trilogy, by Timothy Zahn ☞Tigana , by Guy Gavriel Kay ☞Time Enough For Love, by Robert Heinlein The Time Machine, by H.G. Wells ☞The Time Traveler’s Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger ☞To Say Nothing Of The Dog, by Connie Willis The Troy Trilogy, by David Gemmell Ubik, by Philip K. Dick ☞The Uplift Saga, by David Brin ☞The Valdemar Series, by Mercedes Lackey VALIS, by Philip K. Dick Venus On The Half-Shell, by Kilgore Trout/Philip Jose Farmer ☞The Vlad Taltos Series, by Steven Brust ☞The Vorkosigan Saga, by Lois McMaster Bujold The Vurt Trilogy, by Jeff Noon The War Of The Worlds, by H.G. Wells The Watchmen, by Alan Moore ☞Watership Down, by Richard Adams The Way Of Kings, by Brandon Sanderson Way Station, by Clifford D. Simak ☞We, by Yevgeny Zamyatin The Wheel Of Time Series, by Robert Jordan When Gravity Fails, by George Alec Effinger ☞Wicked, by Gregory Maguire ☞Wild Seed, by Octavia Butler The Windup Girl, by Paolo Bacigalupi World War Z, by Max Brooks ☞The Worm Ouroboros, by E.R. Edison ☞The Xanth Series, by Piers Anthony The Yiddish Policeman’s Union, by Michael Chabon