Base list blatantly copied (and slightly extended) from
https://www.fortheloveofwords.net/npr-top-100-science-fiction-fantasy-books/
Genres from SF Signal's
A Guide to Navigating NPR's Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books
- 🌌: SciFi
- ⚔️: fantasy
- in between:
- 🌌⚔️: Can I have both?
- 🖼️: I only read books with pictures.
- 😨: What about horror?
- 🖋️: I'd rather not be seen in that area of the bookstore
- The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, by J.R.R. Tolkien (⚔️)
- The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy, by Douglas Adams (🌌)
- Ender’s Game, by Orson Scott Card (🌌)
- The Dune Chronicles, by Frank Herbert (🌌)
- A Song Of Ice And Fire Series, by George R. R. Martin (⚔️)
- A Game of Thrones (#1)
- A Clash of Kings (#2)
- A Storm of Swords (#3)
- A Feast for Crows (#4)
- A Dance with Dragons (#5)
- 1984, by George Orwell (🖋️)
- Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury (🖋️)
- The Foundation Trilogy, by Isaac Asimov (🌌)
- Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley (🖋️)
- American Gods, by Neil Gaiman (⚔️)
- The Princess Bride, by William Goldman (⚔️)
- The Wheel Of Time Series, by Robert Jordan (⚔️)
- Animal Farm, by George Orwell (🖋️)
- Neuromancer, by William Gibson (🌌)
- Watchmen, by Alan Moore (🖼️)
- I, Robot, by Isaac Asimov (🌌)
- Stranger In A Strange Land, by Robert Heinlein (🌌)
- The Kingkiller Chronicles, by Patrick Rothfuss (⚔️)
- The Name of the Wind (#1)
- The Wise Man’s Fear (#2)
- The Slow Regard of Silent Things (#2.5)
- Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut (🖋️)
- Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley (😨)
- Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?, by Philip K. Dick (🌌)
- The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood (🖋️)
- The Dark Tower Series, by Stephen King (⚔️)
- The Little Sisters of Eluria (#0.5)
- The Gunslinger (#1)
- The Drawing of the Three (#2)
- The Waste Lands (#3)
- Wizard and Glass (#4)
- The Wind Through the Keyhole (#4.5)
- Wolves of the Calla (#5)
- Song of Susannah (#6)
- The Dark Tower (#7)
- 2001: A Space Odyssey, by Arthur C. Clarke (🌌)
- The Stand, by Stephen King (🖋️)
- Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson (🌌)
- The Martian Chronicles, by Ray Bradbury (🌌)
- Cat’s Cradle, by Kurt Vonnegut (🖋️)
- The Sandman Series, by Neil Gaiman (🖼️)
- A Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess (🖋️)
- Starship Troopers, by Robert Heinlein (🌌)
- Watership Down, by Richard Adams (⚔️)
- Dragonflight, by Anne McCaffrey (⚔️)
- The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress, by Robert Heinlein (🌌)
- A Canticle For Leibowitz, by Walter M. Miller (🌌)
- The Time Machine, by H.G. Wells (🌌)
- 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, by Jules Verne (🌌)
- Flowers For Algernon, by Daniel Keys (🖋️)
- The War Of The Worlds, by H.G. Wells (🌌)
- The Chronicles Of Amber, by Roger Zelazny (⚔️)
- The Belgariad, by David Eddings (⚔️)
- The Mists Of Avalon, by Marion Zimmer Bradley (⚔️)
- The Mistborn Series, by Brandon Sanderson (⚔️)
- Mistborn: The Final Empire (#1)
- The Well of Ascension (#2)
- The Hero of Ages (#3)
- Ringworld, by Larry Niven (🌌)
- The Left Hand Of Darkness, by Ursula K. LeGuin (🌌)
- The Silmarillion, by J.R.R. Tolkien (⚔️)
- The Once And Future King, by T.H. White (⚔️)
- Neverwhere, by Neil Gaiman (⚔️)
- Childhood’s End, by Arthur C. Clarke (🌌)
- Contact, by Carl Sagan (🌌)
- The Hyperion Cantos, by Dan Simmons (⚔️)
- Stardust, by Neil Gaiman (⚔️)
- Cryptonomicon, by Neal Stephenson (🌌)
- World War Z, by Max Brooks (😨)
- The Last Unicorn, by Peter S. Beagle (⚔️)
- The Forever War, by Joe Haldeman (🌌)
- Small Gods, by Terry Pratchett (⚔️)
- The Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant, The Unbeliever, by Stephen R. Donaldson (⚔️)
- Lord Foul’s Bane (#1)
- The Illearth War (#2)
- The Power That Preserves (#3)
- The Vorkosigan Saga, by Lois McMaster Bujold (🌌)
- Shards of Honour (#1)
- The Warrior’s Apprentice (#2)
- Ethan of Athos (#3)
- Falling Free (#4)
- Brothers in Arms (#5)
- The Vor Game (#6)
- Barrayar (#7)
- Mirror Dance (#8)
- Cetaganda (#9)
- Memory (#10)
- Komarr (#11)
- A Civil Campaign (#12)
- Diplomatic Immunity (#13)
- CryoBurn (#14)
- Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance (#15)
- Going Postal, by Terry Pratchett (⚔️)
- The Mote In God’s Eye, by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle (🌌)
- The Sword Of Truth, by Terry Goodkind (⚔️)
- The Road, by Cormac McCarthy (🖋️)
- Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, by Susanna Clarke (⚔️)
- I Am Legend, by Richard Matheson (😨)
- The Riftwar Saga, by Raymond E. Feist (⚔️)
- Magician: Apprentice (#1)
- Magician: Master (#2)
- Silverthorn (#3)
- A Darkness At Sethanon (#4)
- The Shannara Trilogy, by Terry Brooks (⚔️)
- The Sword of Shannara (#1)
- The Elfstones Of Shannara (#2)
- The Wishsong of Shannara (#3)
- The Conan The Barbarian Series, by R.E. Howard (⚔️)
- The Farseer Trilogy, by Robin Hobb (⚔️)
- Assassin’s Apprentice (#1)
- Royal Assassin (#2)
- Assassin’s Quest (#3)
- The Time Traveler’s Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger (🖋️)
- The Way Of Kings, by Brandon Sanderson (⚔️)
- A Journey To The Center Of The Earth, by Jules Verne (🌌)
- The Legend Of Drizzt Series, by R.A. Salvatore (⚔️)
- Old Man’s War, by John Scalzi (🌌)
- The Diamond Age, by Neil Stephenson (🌌)
- Rendezvous With Rama, by Arthur C. Clarke (🌌)
- The Kushiel’s Legacy Series, by Jacqueline Carey (⚔️)
- Kushiel’s Dart (Phèdre #1)
- Kushiel’s Chosen (Phèdre #2)
- Kushiel’s Avatar (Phèdre #3)
- Kushiel’s Scion (Imriel #1)
- Kushiel’s Justice (Imriel #2)
- Kushiel’s Mercy (Imriel #3)
- The Dispossessed, by Ursula K. LeGuin (🌌)
- Something Wicked This Way Comes, by Ray Bradbury (⚔️)
- Wicked, by Gregory Maguire (⚔️)
- The Malazan Book Of The Fallen Series, by Steven Erikson (⚔️)
- Gardens of the Moon (#1)
- Deadhouse Gates (#2)
- Memories of Ice (#3)
- House of Chains (#4)
- Midnight Tides (#5)
- The Bonehunters (#6)
- Reaper’s Gale (#7)
- Toll the Hounds (#8)
- Dust of Dreams (#9)
- The Crippled God (#10)
- The Eyre Affair, by Jasper Fforde (⚔️)
- The Culture Series, by Iain M. Banks (🌌)
- Consider Phlebas (#1)
- The Player of Games (#2)
- Use of Weapons (#3)
- The State of the Art (#4)
- Excession (#5)
- Inversions (#6)
- Look to Windward (#7)
- Matter (#8)
- Surface Detail (#9)
- The Hydrogen Sonata (#10)
- The Crystal Cave, by Mary Stewart (⚔️)
- Anathem, by Neal Stephenson (⚔️)
- The Codex Alera Series, by Jim Butcher (⚔️)
- The Book Of The New Sun, by Gene Wolfe (⚔️)
- The Thrawn Trilogy, by Timothy Zahn (🌌)
- Heir to the Empire (#1)
- Dark Force Rising (#2)
- The Last Command (#3)
- The Outlander Series, by Diana Gabaldan (🖋️)
- The Elric Saga, by Michael Moorcock (⚔️)
- The Illustrated Man, by Ray Bradbury (🌌)
- Sunshine, by Robin McKinley (😨)
- A Fire Upon The Deep, by Vernor Vinge (🌌)
- The Caves Of Steel, by Isaac Asimov (🌌)
- The Mars Trilogy, by Kim Stanley Robinson (🌌)
- Lucifer’s Hammer, by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle (🌌)
- Doomsday Book, by Connie Willis (🌌)
- Perdido Street Station, by China Mieville (⚔️)
- The Xanth Series, by Piers Anthony (⚔️)
- The Space Trilogy, by C.S. Lewis (🌌)