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 | 4.55 | 811 reads | ||
#2 | 4.25 | 1,873 reads | ||
#3 | 4.27 | 1,423 reads | ||
#4 | 4.28 | 2,098 reads | ||
#5 | 4.39 | 1,789 reads | ||
#6 | 4.19 | 2,880 reads | ||
#7 | 3.93 | 1,771 reads | ||
#8 | 4.15 | 126 reads | ||
#9 | 3.89 | 1,400 reads | ||
#10 | 4.02 | 1,209 reads | ||
#11 | 4.21 | 537 reads | ||
#12 | 3.99 | 899 reads | ||
#13 | 4.06 | 2,247 reads | ||
#14 | 3.86 | 667 reads | ||
#15 | 4.43 | 726 reads | ||
#16 | 4.04 | 468 reads | ||
#17 | 3.68 | 278 reads | ||
#18 | 4.39 | 1,198 reads | ||
#19 | 4.1 | 1,057 reads | ||
#20 | 3.85 | 1,186 reads | ||
#21 | 3.94 | 705 reads | ||
#22 | 4.1 | 1,237 reads | ||
#23 | 3.66 | 768 reads | ||
#24 | 4.02 | 419 reads | ||
#25 | 4.15 | 613 reads | ||
#26 | 3.93 | 612 reads | ||
#27 | 3.97 | 379 reads | ||
#28 | 4.12 | 486 reads | ||
#29 | 4.65 | 60 reads | ||
#30 | 3.91 | 491 reads | ||
#31 | 3.72 | 310 reads | ||
#32 | 4.09 | 322 reads | ||
#33 | 3.85 | 163 reads | ||
#34 | 3.76 | 208 reads | ||
#35 | 3.92 | 224 reads | ||
#36 | 3.68 | 539 reads | ||
#37 | 3.59 | 257 reads | ||
#38 | 4.27 | 762 reads | ||
#39 | 3.78 | 314 reads | ||
#40 | 3.6 | 119 reads | ||
#41 | 3.85 | 167 reads | ||
#42 | 3.87 | 163 reads | ||
#43 | 4.43 | 1,625 reads | ||
#44 | 3.65 | 249 reads | ||
#45 | 4.06 | 459 reads | ||
#46 | 3.95 | 375 reads | ||
#47 | 3.82 | 136 reads | ||
#48 | 4.16 | 665 reads | ||
#49 | 4.02 | 279 reads | ||
#50 | 4.1 | 223 reads | ||
#51 | 4.27 | 601 reads | ||
#52 | 3.98 | 575 reads | ||
#53 | 4.25 | 266 reads | ||
#54 | 3.91 | 634 reads | ||
#55 | 3.84 | 135 reads | ||
#56 | 3.93 | 347 reads | ||
#57 | 4.29 | 268 reads | ||
#58 | 3.1 | 104 reads | ||
#59 | 3.87 | 98 reads | ||
#60 | 4.43 | 250 reads | ||
#61 | 3.8 | 123 reads | ||
#62 | 3.68 | 263 reads | ||
#63 | 4.04 | 840 reads | ||
#64 | 4 | 413 reads | ||
#65 | 3.98 | 125 reads | ||
#66 | 3.99 | 248 reads | ||
#67 | 3.25 | 163 reads | ||
#68 | 3.78 | 24 reads | ||
#69 | 4.12 | 466 reads | ||
#70 | 3.9 | 494 reads | ||
#71 | 4.61 | 1,208 reads | ||
#72 | 3.75 | 134 reads | ||
#73 | 3.94 | 131 reads | ||
#74 | 4.15 | 511 reads | ||
#75 | 3.99 | 185 reads | ||
#76 | 3.93 | 349 reads | ||
#77 | 3.93 | 124 reads | ||
#78 | 4.1 | 263 reads | ||
#79 | 3.87 | 215 reads | ||
#80 | 3.38 | 281 reads | ||
#81 | 3.95 | 373 reads | ||
#82 | 3.89 | 179 reads | ||
#83 | 3.54 | 286 reads | ||
#84 | 3.72 | 42 reads | ||
#85 | 4.18 | 206 reads | ||
#86 | 3.83 | 166 reads | ||
#87 | 3.61 | 135 reads | ||
#88 | 4.07 | 229 reads | ||
#89 | 3.91 | 368 reads | ||
#90 | 3.4 | 120 reads | ||
#91 | 3.95 | 137 reads | ||
#92 | 3.7 | 60 reads | ||
#93 | 3.99 | 189 reads | ||
#94 | 3.91 | 200 reads | ||
#95 | 3.78 | 194 reads | ||
#96 | 3.56 | 52 reads | ||
#97 | 3.75 | 158 reads | ||
#98 | 4 | 174 reads | ||
#99 | 3.18 | 73 reads | ||
#100 | 3.79 | 119 reads |