NPR's Top 100 Science Fiction, Fantasy Books

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More than 60,000 ballots were cast in our annual summer readers' poll. Here's a printable list of the top 100 winners. For even more great reads, check out the complete list of 237 finalists.

• 1. The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, by J.R.R. Tolkien
• 2. The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, by Douglas Adams
• 3. Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card
• 4. The Dune Chronicles, by Frank Herbert
• 5. A Song Of Ice And Fire Series, by George R. R. Martin
• 6. 1984, by George Orwell
• 7. Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury
• 8. The Foundation Trilogy, by Isaac Asimov
• 9. Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
• 10. American Gods, by Neil Gaiman
• 11. The Princess Bride, by William Goldman
• 12. The Wheel Of Time Series, by Robert Jordan
• 13. Animal Farm, by George Orwell
• 14. Neuromancer, by William Gibson
• 15. Watchmen, by Alan Moore
• 16. I, Robot, by Isaac Asimov
• 17. Stranger In A Strange Land, by Robert Heinlein
• 18. The Kingkiller Chronicles, by Patrick Rothfuss
• 19. Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut
• 20. Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley
• 21. Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?, by Philip K. Dick
• 22. The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood
• 23. The Dark Tower Series, by Stephen King
• 24. 2001: A Space Odyssey, by Arthur C. Clarke
• 25. The Stand, by Stephen King
• 26. Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson
• 27. The Martian Chronicles, by Ray Bradbury
• 28. Cat's Cradle, by Kurt Vonnegut
• 29. The Sandman Series, by Neil Gaiman
• 30. A Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess
• 31. Starship Troopers, by Robert Heinlein
• 32. Watership Down, by Richard Adams
• 33. Dragonflight, by Anne McCaffrey
• 34. The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress, by Robert Heinlein
• 35. A Canticle For Leibowitz, by Walter M. Miller
• 36. The Time Machine, by H.G. Wells
• 37. 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, by Jules Verne
• 38. Flowers For Algernon, by Daniel Keys
• 39. The War Of The Worlds, by H.G. Wells
• 40. The Chronicles Of Amber, by Roger Zelazny
• 41. The Belgariad, by David Eddings
• 42. The Mists Of Avalon, by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• 43. The Mistborn Series, by Brandon Sanderson
• 44. Ringworld, by Larry Niven
• 45. The Left Hand Of Darkness, by Ursula K. LeGuin
• 46. The Silmarillion, by J.R.R. Tolkien
• 47. The Once And Future King, by T.H. White
• 48. Neverwhere, by Neil Gaiman
• 49. Childhood's End, by Arthur C. Clarke
• 50. Contact, by Carl Sagan
• 51. The Hyperion Cantos, by Dan Simmons
• 52. Stardust, by Neil Gaiman
• 53. Cryptonomicon, by Neal Stephenson
• 54. World War Z, by Max Brooks
• 55. The Last Unicorn, by Peter S. Beagle
• 56. The Forever War, by Joe Haldeman
• 57. Small Gods, by Terry Pratchett
• 58. The Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant, The Unbeliever, by Stephen R. Donaldson
• 59. The Vorkosigan Saga, by Lois McMaster Bujold
• 60. Going Postal, by Terry Pratchett
• 61. The Mote In God's Eye, by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
• 62. The Sword Of Truth, by Terry Goodkind
• 63. The Road, by Cormac McCarthy
• 64. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, by Susanna Clarke
• 65. I Am Legend, by Richard Matheson
• 66. The Riftwar Saga, by Raymond E. Feist
• 67. The Shannara Trilogy, by Terry Brooks
• 68. The Conan The Barbarian Series, by R.E. Howard
• 69. The Farseer Trilogy, by Robin Hobb
• 70. The Time Traveler's Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger
• 71. The Way Of Kings, by Brandon Sanderson
• 72. A Journey To The Center Of The Earth, by Jules Verne
• 73. The Legend Of Drizzt Series, by R.A. Salvatore
• 74. Old Man's War, by John Scalzi
• 75. The Diamond Age, by Neil Stephenson
• 76. Rendezvous With Rama, by Arthur C. Clarke
• 77. The Kushiel's Legacy Series, by Jacqueline Carey
• 78. The Dispossessed, by Ursula K. LeGuin
• 79. Something Wicked This Way Comes, by Ray Bradbury
• 80. Wicked, by Gregory Maguire
• 81. The Malazan Book Of The Fallen Series, by Steven Erikson
• 82. The Eyre Affair, by Jasper Fforde
• 83. The Culture Series, by Iain M. Banks
• 84. The Crystal Cave, by Mary Stewart
• 85. Anathem, by Neal Stephenson
• 86. The Codex Alera Series, by Jim Butcher
• 87. The Book Of The New Sun, by Gene Wolfe
• 88. The Thrawn Trilogy, by Timothy Zahn
• 89. The Outlander Series, by Diana Gabaldan
• 90. The Elric Saga, by Michael Moorcock
• 91. The Illustrated Man, by Ray Bradbury
• 92. Sunshine, by Robin McKinley
• 93. A Fire Upon The Deep, by Vernor Vinge
• 94. The Caves Of Steel, by Isaac Asimov
• 95. The Mars Trilogy, by Kim Stanley Robinson
• 96. Lucifer's Hammer, by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
• 97. Doomsday Book, by Connie Willis
• 98. Perdido Street Station, by China Mieville
• 99. The Xanth Series, by Piers Anthony
• 100. The Space Trilogy, by C.S. Lewis