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 • 1,366 Readers • 1,178 pages • 4.5
#2
#1 of 6 in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
1979 • 3,164 Readers • 215 pages • 4.2
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#5
#1 of 7 in A Song of Ice and Fire
1996 • 2,842 Readers • 819 pages • 4.4
#6
1949 • 4,968 Readers • 352 pages • 4.2
#7
1953 • 3,159 Readers • 227 pages • 3.9
#8
#1-3 of 7 in Foundation (Publication Order)
1950 • 296 Readers • 615 pages • 4.2
#9
1930 • 2,607 Readers • 332 pages • 3.9
#10
#11
1973 • 1,145 Readers • 465 pages • 4.2
#12
#1 of 14 in The Wheel of Time
1990 • 1,715 Readers • 708 pages • 4
#13
1945 • 3,492 Readers • 122 pages • 4.1
#14
#1 of 3 in Sprawl
1984 • 1,571 Readers • 271 pages • 3.9
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#17
#1 of 1 in Stranger in a Strange Land
1961 • 767 Readers • 422 pages • 3.7
#18
#1 of 3 in The Kingkiller Chronicle
1 • 2,350 Readers • 669 pages • 4.4
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#20
181 • 2,227 Readers • 353 pages • 3.9
#21
1968 • 1,488 Readers • 223 pages • 4
#22
#1 of 2 in The Handmaid's Tale
1985 • 2,410 Readers • 324 pages • 4.1
#23
#24
#1 of 4 in Space Odyssey
1968 • 919 Readers • 251 pages • 4
#25
1978 • 1,359 Readers • 1,553 pages • 4.2
#26
1992 • 1,316 Readers • 448 pages • 3.9
#27
20 • 777 Readers • 182 pages • 4
#28
1963 • 985 Readers • 192 pages • 4.1
#29
#1-3 of 11 in The Sandman
1990 • 106 Readers • 612 pages • 4.7
#30
1962 • 1,238 Readers • 149 pages • 3.9
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#34
1966 • 488 Readers • 288 pages • 3.8
#35
#1 of 2 in St. Leibowitz
1959 • 518 Readers • 334 pages • 3.9
#36
1894 • 1,001 Readers • 140 pages • 3.7
#37
#1 of 3 in Capitaine Nemo
1866 • 531 Readers • 394 pages • 3.5
#38
19 • 1,461 Readers • 311 pages • 4.3
#39
650 Readers • 3.8
#40
#1 of 10 in The Chronicles of Amber
1970 • 267 Readers • 175 pages • 3.6
#41
#42
404 Readers • 3.9
#43
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#45
#4 of 9 in Hainish Cycle
1969 • 1,149 Readers • 267 pages • 4
#46
#47
#1 of 1 in The Once and Future King
1958 • 444 Readers • 650 pages • 3.8
#48
#1 of 2 in London Below, The World of Neverwhere
1996 • 1,292 Readers • 480 pages • 4.1
#49
1953 • 619 Readers • 212 pages • 4
#50
1985 • 540 Readers • 453 pages • 4.1
#51
#52
#1 of 1 in Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess' Stardust
1997 • 1,070 Readers • 248 pages • 4
#53
1999 • 591 Readers • 1,152 pages • 4.3
#54
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#58
#1 of 3 in The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever
1977 • 237 Readers • 369 pages • 3.2
#59
#1 of 16 in Vorkosigan Saga (Publication Order)
1986 • 240 Readers • 272 pages • 3.9
#60
#61
#62
#63
2006 • 1,676 Readers • 287 pages • 4
#64
#1 of 1 in Strange & Norrell
2004 • 1,093 Readers • 1,028 pages • 4
#65
1954 • 646 Readers • 312 pages • 3.9
#66
#67
#10 of 33 in Shannara (Chronological Order)
1976 • 293 Readers • 670 pages • 3.2
#68
#1 of 5 in Conan the Cimmerian
2003 • 69 Readers • 464 pages • 3.9
#69
#70
2003 • 962 Readers • 522 pages • 3.9
#71
#1 of 10 in The Stormlight Archive
2010 • 2,502 Readers • 1,007 pages • 4.6
#72
#9 of 2 in Wishbone Classics
2001 • 271 Readers • 64 pages • 3.7
#73
#74
#75
1995 • 391 Readers • 4
#76
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#79
#80
#1 of 4 in The Wicked Years
1995 • 515 Readers • 406 pages • 3.4
#81
#1 of 10 in Malazan Book of the Fallen
1999 • 1,044 Readers • 559 pages • 4
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#83
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#85
2008 • 527 Readers • 1,092 pages • 4.2
#86
#87
#1 of 5 in The Book of the New Sun
1980 • 432 Readers • 276 pages • 3.6
#88
#1 of 3 in Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy
1991 • 379 Readers • 404 pages • 4.1
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#90
#91
1901 • 304 Readers • 244 pages • 4
#92
2003 • 128 Readers • 476 pages • 3.6
#93
#94
#95
#96
#1 of 1 in Lucifer's Hammer, Audio
1977 • 139 Readers • 642 pages • 3.6
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#99
#100
#1 of 3 in The Space Trilogy
1938 • 229 Readers • 155 pages • 3.8