NPR Top 100 Science Fiction Fantasy
More than 60,000 ballots were cast in NPR's annual summer reader's survey. These are the top 100 winners - ordered by the number of votes they received.
#1
#1-3 of 3 in The Lord of the Rings
1954 • 1,570 Readers • 1,178 pages • 4.5
#2
#1 of 6 in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
1979 • 3,622 Readers • 215 pages • 4.2
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#5
#1 of 7 in A Song of Ice and Fire
1996 • 3,287 Readers • 819 pages • 4.4
#6
1949 • 5,782 Readers • 328 pages • 4.2
#7
1953 • 3,667 Readers • 227 pages • 3.9
#8
#1-3 of 7 in Foundation (Publication Order)
1950 • 345 Readers • 615 pages • 4.2
#9
1930 • 3,027 Readers • 332 pages • 3.9
#10
#11
1973 • 1,317 Readers • 465 pages • 4.2
#12
#1 of 14 in The Wheel of Time
1990 • 1,948 Readers • 708 pages • 4
#13
1945 • 4,078 Readers • 122 pages • 4
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#17
#1 of 1 in Stranger in a Strange Land
1961 • 872 Readers • 422 pages • 3.7
#18
#1 of 3 in The Kingkiller Chronicle
1 • 2,701 Readers • 669 pages • 4.4
#19
#20
181 • 2,605 Readers • 353 pages • 3.8
#21
1968 • 1,717 Readers • 223 pages • 3.9
#22
#1 of 2 in The Handmaid's Tale
1985 • 2,877 Readers • 324 pages • 4.1
#23
#24
#1 of 4 in Space Odyssey
1968 • 1,054 Readers • 236 pages • 4
#25
1978 • 1,556 Readers • 1,553 pages • 4.2
#26
1992 • 1,493 Readers • 448 pages • 3.9
#27
20 • 904 Readers • 182 pages • 4
#28
1963 • 1,141 Readers • 192 pages • 4.1
#29
#1-3 of 75 in The Sandman
1990 • 121 Readers • 612 pages • 4.7
#30
1962 • 1,422 Readers • 149 pages • 3.9
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#34
1966 • 577 Readers • 288 pages • 3.8
#35
#1 of 2 in St. Leibowitz
1959 • 581 Readers • 334 pages • 3.9
#36
1894 • 1,150 Readers • 140 pages • 3.7
#37
#1 of 3 in Capitaine Nemo
1866 • 632 Readers • 394 pages • 3.6
#38
19 • 1,709 Readers • 311 pages • 4.3
#39
#40
#1 of 10 in The Chronicles of Amber
1970 • 318 Readers • 175 pages • 3.6
#41
#42
445 Readers • 3.9
#43
#1 of 3 in The Mistborn Saga: The Original Trilogly
2006 • 3,509 Readers • 534 pages • 4.4
#44
#45
#4 of 9 in Hainish Cycle
1969 • 1,314 Readers • 267 pages • 4.1
#46
#47
#1 of 1 in The Once and Future King
1958 • 492 Readers • 650 pages • 3.8
#48
#1 of 2 in London Below, The World of Neverwhere
1996 • 1,504 Readers • 480 pages • 4.1
#49
1953 • 691 Readers • 212 pages • 4
#50
1985 • 608 Readers • 453 pages • 4.1
#51
#52
#1 of 1 in Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess' Stardust
1997 • 1,203 Readers • 248 pages • 4
#53
1999 • 701 Readers • 1,152 pages • 4.2
#54
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#58
#1 of 3 in The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever
1977 • 254 Readers • 369 pages • 3.2
#59
#1 of 16 in Vorkosigan Saga (Publication Order)
1986 • 275 Readers • 272 pages • 3.9
#60
#61
#62
#63
1974 • 1,963 Readers • 287 pages • 4
#64
#1 of 1 in Strange & Norrell
2004 • 1,245 Readers • 865 pages • 4
#65
1954 • 767 Readers • 312 pages • 3.9
#66
#67
#10 of 33 in Shannara (Chronological Order)
1976 • 339 Readers • 670 pages • 3.2
#68
#1 of 5 in Conan the Cimmerian
2003 • 77 Readers • 464 pages • 4
#69
#1 of 3 in The Farseer Trilogy
1995 • 1,072 Readers • 400 pages • 4.1
#70
2003 • 1,113 Readers • 522 pages • 3.9
#71
#1 of 10 in The Stormlight Archive
2010 • 2,950 Readers • 1,007 pages • 4.6
#72
1864 • 336 Readers • 242 pages • 3.7
#73
#74
#75
1995 • 483 Readers • 536 pages • 4
#76
#77
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#79
#80
#1 of 4 in The Wicked Years
1995 • 645 Readers • 406 pages • 3.4
#81
#1 of 10 in Malazan Book of the Fallen
1999 • 1,180 Readers • 559 pages • 4
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#83
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#85
2008 • 607 Readers • 1,092 pages • 4.2
#86
#87
#1 of 5 in The Book of the New Sun
1980 • 511 Readers • 276 pages • 3.7
#88
#1 of 3 in Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy
1991 • 447 Readers • 404 pages • 4.1
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#90
#91
1901 • 355 Readers • 244 pages • 3.9
#92
2003 • 156 Readers • 476 pages • 3.5
#93
#94
#95
#96
#1 of 1 in Lucifer's Hammer, Audio
1977 • 175 Readers • 642 pages • 3.7
#97
#1 of 4 in Oxford Time Travel
1992 • 426 Readers • 593 pages • 3.8
#98
#99
#100
#1 of 3 in The Space Trilogy
1938 • 269 Readers • 155 pages • 3.8