'cause I can't resist a book meme....
Here's NPR's list of the top 100 SF/Fantasy novels and series, according to popular vote... because it's popular vote, there are definitely a few WTF entries and a bunch of brilliant books that are missing, but overall it's fun to think about anyway...
Bolding is for books/series I've read
Italics are for books/series I plan on reading
Underlining is for books/series I've read part of but not all
And then I will comment in parentheses on whatever interests me.
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1. The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, by J.R.R. Tolkien (I actually did a book report on Fellowship of the Ring in the fourth grade...an old favorite as well as a classic!)
2. The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, by Douglas Adams (LOVED these in high school, am mildly entertained by them as an adult)
3. Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card (love this book, though unfortunately I had the ending spoiled for me before I read it, so never got to experience the big reveal)
4. The Dune Chronicles, by Frank Herbert (I've read Dune a bunch of times, though I didn't really get it when I was in high school I've come to understand it much better upon re-reading as an adult. I read the second and third book just this past year, and will finish the series one of these days...boy does it get weird!)
5. A Song Of Ice And Fire Series, by George R. R. Martin (I've read the first four and LOVED them. I know book 5 just came out but I think I'm going to take a break from the series until they're all published so I don't have to re-read the first ones to refresh my memory more than once, 'cause that's quite a monstrous undertaking)
6. 1984, by George Orwell (liked it well enough, but was bored by the big manifesto in the middle of the novel)
7. Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury (didn't appreciate it when required to read it in middle school, was blown away by it upon re-reading as an adult. What's the opposite of the Suck Fairy?)
8. The Foundation Trilogy, by Isaac Asimov (yeah, I know. I'll get to it one of these days. We have them on our bookshelf, I just haven't made them a priority)
9. Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley (someday...)
10. American Gods, by Neil Gaiman (love this one)
11. The Princess Bride, by William Goldman (even better than the movie!)
12. The Wheel Of Time Series, by Robert Jordan (actually made it all the way to book 7 before I gave up because nothing was happening...)
13. Animal Farm, by George Orwell (read in 7th grade for school, and I should re-read it someday)
14. Neuromancer, by William Gibson (read for a book group a while back, liked but didn't love it)
15. Watchmen, by Alan Moore (haven't seen the movie yet, but loved the graphic novel)
16. I, Robot, by Isaac Asimov (see comments on Foundation)
17. Stranger In A Strange Land, by Robert Heinlein (feel like I should read this, but can't scrape up the interest)
18. The Kingkiller Chronicles, by Patrick Rothfuss (absolutely loved the first one, fully intend on continuing but I don’t buy hardcovers. Waiting for the paperback. Library? What’s that?)
19. Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut (I think I should re-read this, because I don’t remember it well. It didn’t make a big impression on me - I was pretty young when I read it and am not sure I really got it.)
20. Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley (another classic I never got around to)
21. Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?, by Philip K. Dick (liked it better than the movie Blade Runner which was based on it! Though my favorite PKD book is A Scanner Darkly)
22. The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood (loved it. Haven’t read any other Atwood, but I fully intend to…someday)
23. The Dark Tower Series, by Stephen King (read these in one fell swoop a few years back when the last book finally came out, and absolutely loved them. WHAT an ending!!!)
24. 2001: A Space Odyssey, by Arthur C. Clarke (after reading the book, the movie suddenly makes a lot more sense!)
25. The Stand, by Stephen King (read and loved it in high school, re-read it last year and it held up well)
26. Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson (Hiro Protagonist…hee hee hee!)
27. The Martian Chronicles, by Ray Bradbury (I love these, but I have to turn off the little part of my brain that wants to tell Bradbury what we now know Mars is really like. It’s best if I can approach them as fantasy, not SF)
28. Cat's Cradle, by Kurt Vonnegut (one of my favorites by Vonnegut)
29. The Sandman Series, by Neil Gaiman (LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE these. Did I mention I LOVE them?)
30. A Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess (never seen the movie either…I should get on that.)
31. Starship Troopers, by Robert Heinlein
32. Watership Down, by Richard Adams (I will never outgrow this book. In fact, it deals with pretty complex adult themes.)
33. Dragonflight, by Anne McCaffrey (in total agreement with phoenixfalls here…this one has DEFINITELY been visited by the Suck Fairy since I read the series back in middle school. I still enjoy some of the later volumes, but this one…yikes.)
34. The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress, by Robert Heinlein (loved the sentient computer!)
35. A Canticle For Leibowitz, by Walter M. Miller (a classic that’s also a favorite of mine)
36. The Time Machine, by H.G. Wells (meh…I didn’t love it, much as I thought I “should”)
37. 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, by Jules Verne (I do want to read this someday, but like Martian Chronicles I think I’ll need to approach it as fantasy rather than SF…says the marine science major who KNOWS that the inaccuracy will totally piss her off)
38. Flowers For Algernon, by Daniel Keys (brilliant. Still makes me cry.)
39. The War Of The Worlds, by H.G. Wells (someday…)
40. The Chronicles Of Amber, by Roger Zelazny (I adore the first five books, the second five not quite as much but still worth reading)
41. The Belgariad, by David Eddings (ok, I admit it. This series is a guilty pleasure of mine. Is it great writing? Hell, no. But it’s a favorite re-read for comfort when I’m stressed out and just needing some fluff.)
42. The Mists Of Avalon, by Marion Zimmer Bradley (one of my all-time favorite standalones. Might even make it onto the “five books I’d want on a deserted island” list)
43. The Mistborn Series, by Brandon Sanderson (I have the first book, haven’t read it yet. I was meh about Elantris but have heard that this is much better from people whose taste I trust, so I’ll give it a shot at some point)
44. Ringworld, by Larry Niven
45. The Left Hand Of Darkness, by Ursula K. LeGuin (a favorite!)
46. The Silmarillion, by J.R.R. Tolkien (best read in bits and pieces, because it’s kind of dry, and easy to get all the names mixed up since they all sound the same, but lovely. My favorite part is the creation story at the beginning, it’s gorgeous.)
47. The Once And Future King, by T.H. White (I expected to love this, but was unmoved. I finished it because I made myself, but it was disappointing. Maybe because everyone who raves about it read it as a kid, and I didn’t come to it until I was grown and had read quite a few versions of the King Arthur story that were much more adult and complex)
48. Neverwhere, by Neil Gaiman (not my favorite of Gaiman’s, but still good)
49. Childhood's End, by Arthur C. Clarke (I know nothing about this book and it wouldn’t even be on my radar screen if it weren’t for the fact that I just read that it’s one of phoenixfalls’s all-time favorites…now I have to check it out…)
50. Contact, by Carl Sagan (liked it much better than the movie. Was blown away by the ending, which did not make it into the movie at all)
51. The Hyperion Cantos, by Dan Simmons (my MOST FAVORITEST SCIENCE FICTION EVER!!!!! Might be time to re-read for the umpteenth time…)
52. Stardust, by Neil Gaiman (charming ☺)
53. Cryptonomicon, by Neal Stephenson (loved this one, and was therefore surprised when I couldn’t get into the Baroque Cycle, which is a sort of prequel trilogy)
54. World War Z, by Max Brooks
55. The Last Unicorn, by Peter S. Beagle (a favorite. Gorgeous.)
56. The Forever War, by Joe Haldeman (interesting as a product of its time)
57. Small Gods, by Terry Pratchett (one of my favorite Discworlds)
58. The Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant, The Unbeliever, by Stephen R. Donaldson (read the first book and just wasn’t interested in continuing. It had nothing to do with the big controversial scene, the story just didn’t grab me.)
59. The Vorkosigan Saga, by Lois McMaster Bujold (I read these for the first time in the past couple of years and loooooooooooved them! Can’t wait for Cryoburn to come out in paperback.)
60. Going Postal, by Terry Pratchett (haven’t read this one yet, but I do intend to work my way through all of the Discworld books eventually.)
61. The Mote In God's Eye, by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
62. The Sword Of Truth, by Terry Goodkind (was interested in enough in the first book to pick up the sequel, but it went downhill from there. Somehow I made it through book 4 before giving up.)
63. The Road, by Cormac McCarthy (I liked this much better than the other McCarthy I’ve read)
64. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, by Susanna Clarke (I loved this when I read it, and have been meaning to re-read…when I have time. Yeah, right!)
65. I Am Legend, by Richard Matheson (have not read this or seen the movie, but I’ve heard good things so I’ll get to it someday.)
66. The Riftwar Saga, by Raymond E. Feist (don’t know anything about this one)
67. The Shannara Trilogy, by Terry Brooks (loved these when I read them in middle school, before I realized how formulaic they were…have not come near them ever since, I’m CERTAIN that they’ve been visited by the Suck Fairy)
68. The Conan The Barbarian Series, by R.E. Howard (eh, I’ll pass)
69. The Farseer Trilogy, by Robin Hobb (I usually don’t prefer first person narration, but that’s because it’s so hard to do well. THIS is how it should be done. I absolutely love this trilogy - Fitz is one of the best-written characters I’ve ever read.)
70. The Time Traveler's Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger (loved it, was meh about the movie)
71. The Way Of Kings, by Brandon Sanderson (with the caveat that it’ll depend on how I like the Mistborn books…if I like them I’ll probably check this out, if not I won’t bother)
72. A Journey To The Center Of The Earth, by Jules Verne (I should read this if only to be able to answer my students’ questions about how, just, NO when we study Earth’s layers)
73. The Legend Of Drizzt Series, by R.A. Salvatore (I’ve always been under the impression that these are no more intelligent than your average D&D-based fantasy…am I wrong?)
74. Old Man's War, by John Scalzi (never read anything by Scalzi, but feel like I should)
75. The Diamond Age, by Neil Stephenson (we have a copy of this and hubby keeps bugging me to read it…will get to it sooner or later)
76. Rendezvous With Rama, by Arthur C. Clarke
77. The Kushiel's Legacy Series, by Jacqueline Carey (I *love* these books to pieces. I like Phedre’s books better than Imriel’s but still love them all. Have to catch up on Moirin!)
78. The Dispossessed, by Ursula K. LeGuin (somehow haven’t gotten around to this one yet)
79. Something Wicked This Way Comes, by Ray Bradbury
80. Wicked, by Gregory Maguire (was entertaining, but didn’t blow me away.)
81. The Malazan Book Of The Fallen Series, by Steven Erikson (I’ve heard good things about this series. It’s not high on my priority list, because the last thing I need is to get wrapped up in another long fantasy series, but I’d like to read it someday)
82. The Eyre Affair, by Jasper Fforde (LOVE this. I saw Fforde speak earlier in the year, he was hilarious!)
83. The Culture Series, by Iain M. Banks (another author that I’ve never read but have been meaning to try)
84. The Crystal Cave, by Mary Stewart
85. Anathem, by Neal Stephenson (another one that we have on our shelf but I haven’t tried yet)
86. The Codex Alera Series, by Jim Butcher (mildly interested)
87. The Book Of The New Sun, by Gene Wolfe
88. The Thrawn Trilogy, by Timothy Zahn
89. The Outlander Series, by Diana Gabaldan (I’ve only read the first two, and liked them way better than I expected to, since I’m not really a big romance reader. There was enough substance to them besides the romance to keep me interested and I definitely plan on continuing with the series someday)
90. The Elric Saga, by Michael Moorcock (I read these so long ago that I barely remember them, except that I liked them. Doesn’t necessarily mean I’d like them today, since I was just in middle school at the time, but I’d like to try)
91. The Illustrated Man, by Ray Bradbury (I love Bradbury’s short stories!)
92. Sunshine, by Robin McKinley
93. A Fire Upon The Deep, by Vernor Vinge (love it. This is what space opera should be.)
94. The Caves Of Steel, by Isaac Asimov (I remember liking it, but don’t remember anything about it)
95. The Mars Trilogy, by Kim Stanley Robinson
96. Lucifer's Hammer, by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
97. Doomsday Book, by Connie Willis (just bought a copy of this at a Borders closing sale and can’t wait to read it!)
98. Perdido Street Station, by China Mieville (dark doesn’t even begin to describe this one, but ooooh is it good)
99. The Xanth Series, by Piers Anthony (somehow I missed these, though they seem to be a sort of rite of passage for fantasy readers!)
100. The Space Trilogy, by C.S. Lewis
Bolding is for books/series I've read
Italics are for books/series I plan on reading
Underlining is for books/series I've read part of but not all
And then I will comment in parentheses on whatever interests me.
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1. The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, by J.R.R. Tolkien (I actually did a book report on Fellowship of the Ring in the fourth grade...an old favorite as well as a classic!)
2. The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, by Douglas Adams (LOVED these in high school, am mildly entertained by them as an adult)
3. Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card (love this book, though unfortunately I had the ending spoiled for me before I read it, so never got to experience the big reveal)
4. The Dune Chronicles, by Frank Herbert (I've read Dune a bunch of times, though I didn't really get it when I was in high school I've come to understand it much better upon re-reading as an adult. I read the second and third book just this past year, and will finish the series one of these days...boy does it get weird!)
5. A Song Of Ice And Fire Series, by George R. R. Martin (I've read the first four and LOVED them. I know book 5 just came out but I think I'm going to take a break from the series until they're all published so I don't have to re-read the first ones to refresh my memory more than once, 'cause that's quite a monstrous undertaking)
6. 1984, by George Orwell (liked it well enough, but was bored by the big manifesto in the middle of the novel)
7. Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury (didn't appreciate it when required to read it in middle school, was blown away by it upon re-reading as an adult. What's the opposite of the Suck Fairy?)
8. The Foundation Trilogy, by Isaac Asimov (yeah, I know. I'll get to it one of these days. We have them on our bookshelf, I just haven't made them a priority)
9. Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley (someday...)
10. American Gods, by Neil Gaiman (love this one)
11. The Princess Bride, by William Goldman (even better than the movie!)
12. The Wheel Of Time Series, by Robert Jordan (actually made it all the way to book 7 before I gave up because nothing was happening...)
13. Animal Farm, by George Orwell (read in 7th grade for school, and I should re-read it someday)
14. Neuromancer, by William Gibson (read for a book group a while back, liked but didn't love it)
15. Watchmen, by Alan Moore (haven't seen the movie yet, but loved the graphic novel)
16. I, Robot, by Isaac Asimov (see comments on Foundation)
17. Stranger In A Strange Land, by Robert Heinlein (feel like I should read this, but can't scrape up the interest)
18. The Kingkiller Chronicles, by Patrick Rothfuss (absolutely loved the first one, fully intend on continuing but I don’t buy hardcovers. Waiting for the paperback. Library? What’s that?)
19. Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut (I think I should re-read this, because I don’t remember it well. It didn’t make a big impression on me - I was pretty young when I read it and am not sure I really got it.)
20. Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley (another classic I never got around to)
21. Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?, by Philip K. Dick (liked it better than the movie Blade Runner which was based on it! Though my favorite PKD book is A Scanner Darkly)
22. The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood (loved it. Haven’t read any other Atwood, but I fully intend to…someday)
23. The Dark Tower Series, by Stephen King (read these in one fell swoop a few years back when the last book finally came out, and absolutely loved them. WHAT an ending!!!)
24. 2001: A Space Odyssey, by Arthur C. Clarke (after reading the book, the movie suddenly makes a lot more sense!)
25. The Stand, by Stephen King (read and loved it in high school, re-read it last year and it held up well)
26. Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson (Hiro Protagonist…hee hee hee!)
27. The Martian Chronicles, by Ray Bradbury (I love these, but I have to turn off the little part of my brain that wants to tell Bradbury what we now know Mars is really like. It’s best if I can approach them as fantasy, not SF)
28. Cat's Cradle, by Kurt Vonnegut (one of my favorites by Vonnegut)
29. The Sandman Series, by Neil Gaiman (LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE these. Did I mention I LOVE them?)
30. A Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess (never seen the movie either…I should get on that.)
31. Starship Troopers, by Robert Heinlein
32. Watership Down, by Richard Adams (I will never outgrow this book. In fact, it deals with pretty complex adult themes.)
33. Dragonflight, by Anne McCaffrey (in total agreement with phoenixfalls here…this one has DEFINITELY been visited by the Suck Fairy since I read the series back in middle school. I still enjoy some of the later volumes, but this one…yikes.)
34. The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress, by Robert Heinlein (loved the sentient computer!)
35. A Canticle For Leibowitz, by Walter M. Miller (a classic that’s also a favorite of mine)
36. The Time Machine, by H.G. Wells (meh…I didn’t love it, much as I thought I “should”)
37. 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, by Jules Verne (I do want to read this someday, but like Martian Chronicles I think I’ll need to approach it as fantasy rather than SF…says the marine science major who KNOWS that the inaccuracy will totally piss her off)
38. Flowers For Algernon, by Daniel Keys (brilliant. Still makes me cry.)
39. The War Of The Worlds, by H.G. Wells (someday…)
40. The Chronicles Of Amber, by Roger Zelazny (I adore the first five books, the second five not quite as much but still worth reading)
41. The Belgariad, by David Eddings (ok, I admit it. This series is a guilty pleasure of mine. Is it great writing? Hell, no. But it’s a favorite re-read for comfort when I’m stressed out and just needing some fluff.)
42. The Mists Of Avalon, by Marion Zimmer Bradley (one of my all-time favorite standalones. Might even make it onto the “five books I’d want on a deserted island” list)
43. The Mistborn Series, by Brandon Sanderson (I have the first book, haven’t read it yet. I was meh about Elantris but have heard that this is much better from people whose taste I trust, so I’ll give it a shot at some point)
44. Ringworld, by Larry Niven
45. The Left Hand Of Darkness, by Ursula K. LeGuin (a favorite!)
46. The Silmarillion, by J.R.R. Tolkien (best read in bits and pieces, because it’s kind of dry, and easy to get all the names mixed up since they all sound the same, but lovely. My favorite part is the creation story at the beginning, it’s gorgeous.)
47. The Once And Future King, by T.H. White (I expected to love this, but was unmoved. I finished it because I made myself, but it was disappointing. Maybe because everyone who raves about it read it as a kid, and I didn’t come to it until I was grown and had read quite a few versions of the King Arthur story that were much more adult and complex)
48. Neverwhere, by Neil Gaiman (not my favorite of Gaiman’s, but still good)
49. Childhood's End, by Arthur C. Clarke (I know nothing about this book and it wouldn’t even be on my radar screen if it weren’t for the fact that I just read that it’s one of phoenixfalls’s all-time favorites…now I have to check it out…)
50. Contact, by Carl Sagan (liked it much better than the movie. Was blown away by the ending, which did not make it into the movie at all)
51. The Hyperion Cantos, by Dan Simmons (my MOST FAVORITEST SCIENCE FICTION EVER!!!!! Might be time to re-read for the umpteenth time…)
52. Stardust, by Neil Gaiman (charming ☺)
53. Cryptonomicon, by Neal Stephenson (loved this one, and was therefore surprised when I couldn’t get into the Baroque Cycle, which is a sort of prequel trilogy)
54. World War Z, by Max Brooks
55. The Last Unicorn, by Peter S. Beagle (a favorite. Gorgeous.)
56. The Forever War, by Joe Haldeman (interesting as a product of its time)
57. Small Gods, by Terry Pratchett (one of my favorite Discworlds)
58. The Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant, The Unbeliever, by Stephen R. Donaldson (read the first book and just wasn’t interested in continuing. It had nothing to do with the big controversial scene, the story just didn’t grab me.)
59. The Vorkosigan Saga, by Lois McMaster Bujold (I read these for the first time in the past couple of years and loooooooooooved them! Can’t wait for Cryoburn to come out in paperback.)
60. Going Postal, by Terry Pratchett (haven’t read this one yet, but I do intend to work my way through all of the Discworld books eventually.)
61. The Mote In God's Eye, by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
62. The Sword Of Truth, by Terry Goodkind (was interested in enough in the first book to pick up the sequel, but it went downhill from there. Somehow I made it through book 4 before giving up.)
63. The Road, by Cormac McCarthy (I liked this much better than the other McCarthy I’ve read)
64. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, by Susanna Clarke (I loved this when I read it, and have been meaning to re-read…when I have time. Yeah, right!)
65. I Am Legend, by Richard Matheson (have not read this or seen the movie, but I’ve heard good things so I’ll get to it someday.)
66. The Riftwar Saga, by Raymond E. Feist (don’t know anything about this one)
67. The Shannara Trilogy, by Terry Brooks (loved these when I read them in middle school, before I realized how formulaic they were…have not come near them ever since, I’m CERTAIN that they’ve been visited by the Suck Fairy)
68. The Conan The Barbarian Series, by R.E. Howard (eh, I’ll pass)
69. The Farseer Trilogy, by Robin Hobb (I usually don’t prefer first person narration, but that’s because it’s so hard to do well. THIS is how it should be done. I absolutely love this trilogy - Fitz is one of the best-written characters I’ve ever read.)
70. The Time Traveler's Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger (loved it, was meh about the movie)
71. The Way Of Kings, by Brandon Sanderson (with the caveat that it’ll depend on how I like the Mistborn books…if I like them I’ll probably check this out, if not I won’t bother)
72. A Journey To The Center Of The Earth, by Jules Verne (I should read this if only to be able to answer my students’ questions about how, just, NO when we study Earth’s layers)
73. The Legend Of Drizzt Series, by R.A. Salvatore (I’ve always been under the impression that these are no more intelligent than your average D&D-based fantasy…am I wrong?)
74. Old Man's War, by John Scalzi (never read anything by Scalzi, but feel like I should)
75. The Diamond Age, by Neil Stephenson (we have a copy of this and hubby keeps bugging me to read it…will get to it sooner or later)
76. Rendezvous With Rama, by Arthur C. Clarke
77. The Kushiel's Legacy Series, by Jacqueline Carey (I *love* these books to pieces. I like Phedre’s books better than Imriel’s but still love them all. Have to catch up on Moirin!)
78. The Dispossessed, by Ursula K. LeGuin (somehow haven’t gotten around to this one yet)
79. Something Wicked This Way Comes, by Ray Bradbury
80. Wicked, by Gregory Maguire (was entertaining, but didn’t blow me away.)
81. The Malazan Book Of The Fallen Series, by Steven Erikson (I’ve heard good things about this series. It’s not high on my priority list, because the last thing I need is to get wrapped up in another long fantasy series, but I’d like to read it someday)
82. The Eyre Affair, by Jasper Fforde (LOVE this. I saw Fforde speak earlier in the year, he was hilarious!)
83. The Culture Series, by Iain M. Banks (another author that I’ve never read but have been meaning to try)
84. The Crystal Cave, by Mary Stewart
85. Anathem, by Neal Stephenson (another one that we have on our shelf but I haven’t tried yet)
86. The Codex Alera Series, by Jim Butcher (mildly interested)
87. The Book Of The New Sun, by Gene Wolfe
88. The Thrawn Trilogy, by Timothy Zahn
89. The Outlander Series, by Diana Gabaldan (I’ve only read the first two, and liked them way better than I expected to, since I’m not really a big romance reader. There was enough substance to them besides the romance to keep me interested and I definitely plan on continuing with the series someday)
90. The Elric Saga, by Michael Moorcock (I read these so long ago that I barely remember them, except that I liked them. Doesn’t necessarily mean I’d like them today, since I was just in middle school at the time, but I’d like to try)
91. The Illustrated Man, by Ray Bradbury (I love Bradbury’s short stories!)
92. Sunshine, by Robin McKinley
93. A Fire Upon The Deep, by Vernor Vinge (love it. This is what space opera should be.)
94. The Caves Of Steel, by Isaac Asimov (I remember liking it, but don’t remember anything about it)
95. The Mars Trilogy, by Kim Stanley Robinson
96. Lucifer's Hammer, by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
97. Doomsday Book, by Connie Willis (just bought a copy of this at a Borders closing sale and can’t wait to read it!)
98. Perdido Street Station, by China Mieville (dark doesn’t even begin to describe this one, but ooooh is it good)
99. The Xanth Series, by Piers Anthony (somehow I missed these, though they seem to be a sort of rite of passage for fantasy readers!)
100. The Space Trilogy, by C.S. Lewis