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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
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