Top 50 best SF list
This list is from :http://www.blackgate.com/2011/08/14/the-50-best-sff/
It's a response to NPR's Greatest 100 list, but I like this one better because I've read more of it.
I've bolded what I've read, and struck what I disliked. In all, I've read 33 of the series/novels on this list. I like it.
1. The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien
2. Dune, Frank Herbert
3. Dandelion Wine, Ray Bradbury
4. The Chronicles of Narnia, CS Lewis
5. The Glass Bead Game, Hermann Hesse
6. Watership Down, Richard Adams
7. The Dark is Rising, Susan Cooper
8. The Secret Books of Paradys, Tanith Lee
9. The Sprawl Trilogy, William Gibson
10. The Cthulhu Mythos, HP Lovecraft
11. A Canticle for Leibowitz, Walter M. Miller, jr.
12. The Discworld Saga, Terry Pratchett
13. Lord of Light, Roger Zelazny
14. The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien
15. Conan the Barbarian Saga, Robert Howard
16. Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detection Agency, Douglas Adams
17. Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice
18. The Illustrated Man, Ray Bradbury
19. The Fountains of Paradise, Arthur C. Clarke
20. The Ender Saga, Orson Scott Card
21. The Chronicles of Prydain, Lloyd Alexander
22. Tunnel in the Sky, Robert Heinlein
23. The Foundation Trilogy, Isaac Asimov
24. The Magic of Xanth, Piers Anthony
25. The Hyperion Cantos, Dan Simmons
26. The Harper Hall trilogy, Ann McCaffrey
27. The Snow Queen, Joan D. Vinge
28. The Hitchhiker’s trilogy, Douglas Adams
29. Cryptonomicon, Neil Stephenson
30. Johnathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, Susanna Clarke
31. Animal Farm, George Orwell
32. Flowers for Algernon, Daniel Keyes
33. Starship Troopers, Robert Heinlein
34. The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, Stephen Donaldson
35. Saga of the Pliocene Exile, Julian May
36. The Martian Chronicles, Ray Bradbury
37. The Dragonflight trilogy, Ann McCaffrey
38. A Song of Ice and Fire, George RR Martin
39. The Amber Chronicles, Roger Zelazny
40. The VALIS trilogy, Philip K. Dick
41. Sandman, Neil Gaiman
42. The Diamond Age, Neil Stephenson
43. The Black Company, Glen Cook
44. The Giant’s Novels, James P. Hogan
45. Dragonlance Legends, Margeret Weis and Tracy Hickman
46. The Culture Series, Iain Banks
47. The Belgariad, David Eddings
48. The Hound and the Falcon + Alamut, Judith Tarr
49. The Atrocity Archives, Charles Stross
50. The Illuminatus Trilogy, Robert Anton Wilson
It's a response to NPR's Greatest 100 list, but I like this one better because I've read more of it.
I've bolded what I've read, and struck what I disliked. In all, I've read 33 of the series/novels on this list. I like it.
1. The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien
2. Dune, Frank Herbert
3. Dandelion Wine, Ray Bradbury
4. The Chronicles of Narnia, CS Lewis
5. The Glass Bead Game, Hermann Hesse
6. Watership Down, Richard Adams
7. The Dark is Rising, Susan Cooper
8. The Secret Books of Paradys, Tanith Lee
9. The Sprawl Trilogy, William Gibson
10. The Cthulhu Mythos, HP Lovecraft
11. A Canticle for Leibowitz, Walter M. Miller, jr.
12. The Discworld Saga, Terry Pratchett
13. Lord of Light, Roger Zelazny
14. The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien
15. Conan the Barbarian Saga, Robert Howard
16. Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detection Agency, Douglas Adams
17. Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice
18. The Illustrated Man, Ray Bradbury
19. The Fountains of Paradise, Arthur C. Clarke
20. The Ender Saga, Orson Scott Card
21. The Chronicles of Prydain, Lloyd Alexander
22. Tunnel in the Sky, Robert Heinlein
23. The Foundation Trilogy, Isaac Asimov
24. The Magic of Xanth, Piers Anthony
25. The Hyperion Cantos, Dan Simmons
26. The Harper Hall trilogy, Ann McCaffrey
27. The Snow Queen, Joan D. Vinge
28. The Hitchhiker’s trilogy, Douglas Adams
29. Cryptonomicon, Neil Stephenson
30. Johnathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, Susanna Clarke
31. Animal Farm, George Orwell
32. Flowers for Algernon, Daniel Keyes
33. Starship Troopers, Robert Heinlein
34. The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, Stephen Donaldson
35. Saga of the Pliocene Exile, Julian May
36. The Martian Chronicles, Ray Bradbury
37. The Dragonflight trilogy, Ann McCaffrey
38. A Song of Ice and Fire, George RR Martin
39. The Amber Chronicles, Roger Zelazny
40. The VALIS trilogy, Philip K. Dick
41. Sandman, Neil Gaiman
42. The Diamond Age, Neil Stephenson
43. The Black Company, Glen Cook
44. The Giant’s Novels, James P. Hogan
45. Dragonlance Legends, Margeret Weis and Tracy Hickman
46. The Culture Series, Iain Banks
47. The Belgariad, David Eddings
48. The Hound and the Falcon + Alamut, Judith Tarr
49. The Atrocity Archives, Charles Stross
50. The Illuminatus Trilogy, Robert Anton Wilson