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NPR Top 100 Science Fiction Fantasy

December 19, 2021
100 Books
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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.

Position	Details	Readers Count
#1	The Lord of the Rings J.R.R. Tolkien	1,158 reads
#2	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams	2,736 reads
#3	Ender's Game Orson Scott Card	2,017 reads
#4	Dune Frank Herbert	3,002 reads
#5	A Game of Thrones George R.R. Martin	2,575 reads
#6	1984 George Orwell	4,235 reads
#7	Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury	2,577 reads
#8	The Foundation Trilogy: Foundation, Second Foundation, Foundation And Empire Isaac Asimov	197 reads
#9	Brave New World Aldous Huxley	2,034 reads
#10	American Gods Neil Gaiman	1,703 reads
#11	The Princess Bride William Goldman	743 reads
#12	The Eye of the World Robert Jordan	1,206 reads
#13	Animal Farm George Orwell Boris Grabnar (Translator) Celâl Üster (Translator) Celâl Üstüner (Translator)	3,346 reads
#14	Neuromancer William Gibson	947 reads
#15	Watchmen Alan Moore	996 reads
#16	I, Robot Isaac Asimov	707 reads
#17	Stranger in a Strange Land Robert A. Heinlein	446 reads
#18	The Name of the Wind Patrick Rothfuss	1,686 reads
#19	Slaughterhouse 5 Kurt Vonnegut	1,569 reads
#20	Frankenstein Mary Shelley	1,737 reads
#21	Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Philip K. Dick	991 reads
#22	The Handmaid's Tale Margaret Atwood	1,856 reads
#23	The Gunslinger Stephen King	1,090 reads
#24	2001: A Space Odyssey Arthur C. Clarke Stanley Kubrick	610 reads
#25	The Stand Stephen King	896 reads
#26	Snow Crash Neal Stephenson	839 reads
#27	The Martian Chronicles Ray Bradbury	541 reads
#28	Cat's Cradle Kurt Vonnegut	721 reads
#29	The Absolute Sandman, Volume One	72 reads
#30	A Clockwork Orange Anthony Burgess	703 reads
#31	Starship Troopers Robert A. Heinlein	449 reads
#32	Watership Down Richard Adams	469 reads
#33	Dragonflight Anne McCaffrey	225 reads
#34	The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress Robert A. Heinlein	308 reads
#35	A Canticle for Leibowitz Walter M. Miller Jr.	315 reads
#36	The Time Machine H. G. Wells	750 reads
#37	Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Jules Verne Anthony Bonner (Translator) Jakob Gunnarsson (translator)	387 reads
#38	Flowers for Algernon Daniel Keyes	1,103 reads
#39	The War of the Worlds H. G. Wells	448 reads
#40	Nine Princes in Amber Roger Zelazny	176 reads
#41	Pawn of Prophecy David Eddings	251 reads
#42	The Mists Of Avalon Marion Zimmer Bradley	210 reads
#43	Mistborn: The Final Empire Brandon Sanderson	2,366 reads
#44	Ringworld Larry Niven	338 reads
#45	The Left Hand of Darkness Ursula K. Le Guin	659 reads
#46	The Silmarillion J.R.R. Tolkien	544 reads
#47	The Once and Future King T. H. White	164 reads
#48	Neverwhere Neil Gaiman	936 reads
#49	Childhood's End Arthur C. Clarke	385 reads
#50	Contact Carl Sagan	301 reads
#51	Hyperion Dan Simmons	840 reads
#52	Stardust Neil Gaiman	790 reads
#53	Cryptonomicon Neal Stephenson	391 reads
#54	World War Z Max Brooks	873 reads
#55	The Last Unicorn Peter S. Beagle	180 reads
#56	The Forever War Joe Haldeman	491 reads
#57	Small Gods Terry Pratchett	364 reads
#58	Lord Foul's Bane Stephen R. Donaldson	139 reads
#59	Shards of Honour Lois McMaster Bujold	131 reads
#60	Going Postal Terry Pratchett	359 reads
#61	The Mote in God's Eye Larry Niven Jerry Pournelle	178 reads
#62	Wizard's First Rule Terry Goodkind	369 reads
#63	The Road Cormac McCarthy	1,232 reads
#64	Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell Susanna Clarke	564 reads
#65	I Am Legend Richard Matheson	488 reads
#66	Magician: Apprentice Raymond E. Feist	338 reads
#67	The Sword of Shannara Terry Brooks	210 reads
#68	The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian Robert E. Howard	35 reads
#69	Assassin's Apprentice Robin Hobb	653 reads
#70	The Time Traveler's Wife Audrey Niffenegger	701 reads
#71	The Way of Kings Brandon Sanderson	1,769 reads
#72	Journey to the Center of the Earth Jules Verne	215 reads
#73	Homeland R. A. Salvatore	192 reads
#74	Old Man's War John Scalzi	766 reads
#75	The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer Neal Stephenson	271 reads
#76	Rendezvous with Rama Arthur C. Clarke	478 reads
#77	Kushiel's Dart Jacqueline Carey	168 reads
#78	The Dispossessed Ursula K. Le Guin	395 reads
#79	Something Wicked This Way Comes Ray Bradbury	307 reads
#80	Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West Gregory Maguire	435 reads
#81	Gardens of the Moon Steven Erikson	492 reads
#82	The Eyre Affair Jasper Fforde	254 reads
#83	Consider Phlebas Iain M. Banks	405 reads
#84	The Crystal Cave Mary Stewart	63 reads
#85	Anathem Neal Stephenson	284 reads
#86	Furies of Calderon Jim Butcher	234 reads
#87	The Shadow of the Torturer Gene Wolfe	186 reads
#88	Heir to the Empire Timothy Zahn	317 reads
#89	Outlander Diana Gabaldon	533 reads
#90	Elric of Melniboné Michael Moorcock	145 reads
#91	The Illustrated Man Ray Bradbury	198 reads
#92	Sunshine Robin McKinley	78 reads
#93	A Fire Upon the Deep Vernor Vinge	261 reads
#94	The Caves of Steel Isaac Asimov	296 reads
#95	Red Mars Kim Stanley Robinson	286 reads
#96	Lucifer's Hammer Larry Niven Jerry Pournelle	91 reads
#97	Doomsday Book Connie Willis Rafael Marín Trechera (Translator)	220 reads
#98	Perdido Street Station China Miéville	257 reads
#99	A Spell for Chameleon Piers Anthony	101 reads
#100	Out of the Silent Planet C. S. Lewis	169 reads

Position	Details	Readers Count
#1	The Lord of the Rings J.R.R. Tolkien	1,158 reads
#2	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams	2,736 reads
#3	Ender's Game Orson Scott Card	2,017 reads
#4	Dune Frank Herbert	3,002 reads
#5	A Game of Thrones George R.R. Martin	2,575 reads
#6	1984 George Orwell	4,235 reads
#7	Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury	2,577 reads
#8	The Foundation Trilogy: Foundation, Second Foundation, Foundation And Empire Isaac Asimov	197 reads
#9	Brave New World Aldous Huxley	2,034 reads
#10	American Gods Neil Gaiman	1,703 reads
#11	The Princess Bride William Goldman	743 reads
#12	The Eye of the World Robert Jordan	1,206 reads
#13	Animal Farm George Orwell Boris Grabnar (Translator) Celâl Üster (Translator) Celâl Üstüner (Translator)	3,346 reads
#14	Neuromancer William Gibson	947 reads
#15	Watchmen Alan Moore	996 reads
#16	I, Robot Isaac Asimov	707 reads
#17	Stranger in a Strange Land Robert A. Heinlein	446 reads
#18	The Name of the Wind Patrick Rothfuss	1,686 reads
#19	Slaughterhouse 5 Kurt Vonnegut	1,569 reads
#20	Frankenstein Mary Shelley	1,737 reads
#21	Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Philip K. Dick	991 reads
#22	The Handmaid's Tale Margaret Atwood	1,856 reads
#23	The Gunslinger Stephen King	1,090 reads
#24	2001: A Space Odyssey Arthur C. Clarke Stanley Kubrick	610 reads
#25	The Stand Stephen King	896 reads
#26	Snow Crash Neal Stephenson	839 reads
#27	The Martian Chronicles Ray Bradbury	541 reads
#28	Cat's Cradle Kurt Vonnegut	721 reads
#29	The Absolute Sandman, Volume One	72 reads
#30	A Clockwork Orange Anthony Burgess	703 reads
#31	Starship Troopers Robert A. Heinlein	449 reads
#32	Watership Down Richard Adams	469 reads
#33	Dragonflight Anne McCaffrey	225 reads
#34	The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress Robert A. Heinlein	308 reads
#35	A Canticle for Leibowitz Walter M. Miller Jr.	315 reads
#36	The Time Machine H. G. Wells	750 reads
#37	Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Jules Verne Anthony Bonner (Translator) Jakob Gunnarsson (translator)	387 reads
#38	Flowers for Algernon Daniel Keyes	1,103 reads
#39	The War of the Worlds H. G. Wells	448 reads
#40	Nine Princes in Amber Roger Zelazny	176 reads
#41	Pawn of Prophecy David Eddings	251 reads
#42	The Mists Of Avalon Marion Zimmer Bradley	210 reads
#43	Mistborn: The Final Empire Brandon Sanderson	2,366 reads
#44	Ringworld Larry Niven	338 reads
#45	The Left Hand of Darkness Ursula K. Le Guin	659 reads
#46	The Silmarillion J.R.R. Tolkien	544 reads
#47	The Once and Future King T. H. White	164 reads
#48	Neverwhere Neil Gaiman	936 reads
#49	Childhood's End Arthur C. Clarke	385 reads
#50	Contact Carl Sagan	301 reads
#51	Hyperion Dan Simmons	840 reads
#52	Stardust Neil Gaiman	790 reads
#53	Cryptonomicon Neal Stephenson	391 reads
#54	World War Z Max Brooks	873 reads
#55	The Last Unicorn Peter S. Beagle	180 reads
#56	The Forever War Joe Haldeman	491 reads
#57	Small Gods Terry Pratchett	364 reads
#58	Lord Foul's Bane Stephen R. Donaldson	139 reads
#59	Shards of Honour Lois McMaster Bujold	131 reads
#60	Going Postal Terry Pratchett	359 reads
#61	The Mote in God's Eye Larry Niven Jerry Pournelle	178 reads
#62	Wizard's First Rule Terry Goodkind	369 reads
#63	The Road Cormac McCarthy	1,232 reads
#64	Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell Susanna Clarke	564 reads
#65	I Am Legend Richard Matheson	488 reads
#66	Magician: Apprentice Raymond E. Feist	338 reads
#67	The Sword of Shannara Terry Brooks	210 reads
#68	The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian Robert E. Howard	35 reads
#69	Assassin's Apprentice Robin Hobb	653 reads
#70	The Time Traveler's Wife Audrey Niffenegger	701 reads
#71	The Way of Kings Brandon Sanderson	1,769 reads
#72	Journey to the Center of the Earth Jules Verne	215 reads
#73	Homeland R. A. Salvatore	192 reads
#74	Old Man's War John Scalzi	766 reads
#75	The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer Neal Stephenson	271 reads
#76	Rendezvous with Rama Arthur C. Clarke	478 reads
#77	Kushiel's Dart Jacqueline Carey	168 reads
#78	The Dispossessed Ursula K. Le Guin	395 reads
#79	Something Wicked This Way Comes Ray Bradbury	307 reads
#80	Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West Gregory Maguire	435 reads
#81	Gardens of the Moon Steven Erikson	492 reads
#82	The Eyre Affair Jasper Fforde	254 reads
#83	Consider Phlebas Iain M. Banks	405 reads
#84	The Crystal Cave Mary Stewart	63 reads
#85	Anathem Neal Stephenson	284 reads
#86	Furies of Calderon Jim Butcher	234 reads
#87	The Shadow of the Torturer Gene Wolfe	186 reads
#88	Heir to the Empire Timothy Zahn	317 reads
#89	Outlander Diana Gabaldon	533 reads
#90	Elric of Melniboné Michael Moorcock	145 reads
#91	The Illustrated Man Ray Bradbury	198 reads
#92	Sunshine Robin McKinley	78 reads
#93	A Fire Upon the Deep Vernor Vinge	261 reads
#94	The Caves of Steel Isaac Asimov	296 reads
#95	Red Mars Kim Stanley Robinson	286 reads
#96	Lucifer's Hammer Larry Niven Jerry Pournelle	91 reads
#97	Doomsday Book Connie Willis Rafael Marín Trechera (Translator)	220 reads
#98	Perdido Street Station China Miéville	257 reads
#99	A Spell for Chameleon Piers Anthony	101 reads
#100	Out of the Silent Planet C. S. Lewis	169 reads

NPR Top 100 Science Fiction Fantasy

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