In 2011, NPR set out to make a list of what their listeners believed to be the best science fiction and fantasy books ever written. More than 5,000 people nominated books, then over 60,000 people voted on the best ones. This list is highlights the most popular books voted by NPR readers across these two genres.
#1 | 4.57 | 719 reads | |
#2 | 4.25 | 1,676 reads | |
#3 | 4.27 | 1,273 reads | |
#4 | 4.28 | 1,861 reads | |
#5 | 4.39 | 1,586 reads | |
#6 | 4.19 | 2,433 reads | |
#7 | 3.93 | 1,566 reads | |
#8 | 4.22 | 108 reads | |
#9 | 3.9 | 1,212 reads | |
#10 | 4.02 | 1,094 reads | |
#11 | 4.2 | 490 reads | |
#12 | 3.98 | 824 reads | |
#13 | 4.06 | 1,972 reads | |
#14 | 3.86 | 591 reads | |
#15 | 4.43 | 644 reads | |
#16 | 4.02 | 408 reads | |
#17 | 3.65 | 249 reads | |
#18 | 4.4 | 1,080 reads | |
#19 | 4.09 | 933 reads | |
#20 | 3.83 | 1,049 reads | |
#21 | 3.93 | 617 reads | |
#22 | 4.1 | 1,082 reads | |
#23 | 3.65 | 707 reads | |
#24 | 3.99 | 382 reads | |
#25 | 4.19 | 558 reads | |
#26 | 3.95 | 556 reads | |
#27 | 3.95 | 338 reads | |
#28 | 4.14 | 429 reads | |
#29 | 4.71 | 53 reads | |
#30 | 3.91 | 406 reads | |
#31 | 3.73 | 279 reads | |
#32 | 4.1 | 295 reads | |
#33 | 3.86 | 154 reads | |
#34 | 3.73 | 173 reads | |
#35 | 3.92 | 208 reads | |
#36 | 3.69 | 485 reads | |
#37 | 3.53 | 232 reads | |
#38 | 4.26 | 671 reads | |
#39 | 3.75 | 283 reads | |
#40 | 3.63 | 113 reads | |
#41 | 3.86 | 159 reads | |
#42 | 3.83 | 146 reads | |
#43 | 4.43 | 1,472 reads | |
#44 | 3.62 | 225 reads | |
#45 | 4.04 | 405 reads | |
#46 | 3.96 | 345 reads | |
#47 | 3.81 | 130 reads | |
#48 | 4.16 | 591 reads | |
#49 | 3.99 | 250 reads | |
#50 | 4.08 | 207 reads | |
#51 | 4.25 | 539 reads | |
#52 | 3.98 | 518 reads | |
#53 | 4.23 | 243 reads | |
#54 | 3.88 | 559 reads | |
#55 | 3.9 | 123 reads | |
#56 | 3.9 | 319 reads | |
#57 | 4.31 | 240 reads | |
#58 | 3.09 | 97 reads | |
#59 | 3.89 | 87 reads | |
#60 | 4.4 | 218 reads | |
#61 | 3.79 | 118 reads | |
#62 | 3.65 | 234 reads | |
#63 | 4.02 | 730 reads | |
#64 | 4 | 366 reads | |
#65 | 3.96 | 114 reads | |
#66 | 3.99 | 229 reads | |
#67 | 3.23 | 148 reads | |
#68 | 3.78 | 24 reads | |
#69 | 4.13 | 416 reads | |
#70 | 3.89 | 422 reads | |
#71 | 4.61 | 1,088 reads | |
#72 | 3.69 | 115 reads | |
#73 | 3.94 | 114 reads | |
#74 | 4.19 | 468 reads | |
#75 | 4 | 171 reads | |
#76 | 3.93 | 309 reads | |
#77 | 3.88 | 116 reads | |
#78 | 4.1 | 232 reads | |
#79 | 3.82 | 175 reads | |
#80 | 3.36 | 256 reads | |
#81 | 3.96 | 346 reads | |
#82 | 3.89 | 158 reads | |
#83 | 3.52 | 252 reads | |
#84 | 3.71 | 40 reads | |
#85 | 4.22 | 185 reads | |
#86 | 3.83 | 161 reads | |
#87 | 3.59 | 128 reads | |
#88 | 4.03 | 205 reads | |
#89 | 3.89 | 352 reads | |
#90 | 3.38 | 116 reads | |
#91 | 3.95 | 116 reads | |
#92 | 3.68 | 53 reads | |
#93 | 4 | 173 reads | |
#94 | 3.9 | 188 reads | |
#95 | 3.75 | 174 reads | |
#96 | 3.56 | 52 reads | |
#97 | 3.73 | 153 reads | |
#98 | 4.03 | 157 reads | |
#99 | 3.19 | 69 reads | |
#100 | 3.81 | 110 reads |