NPR Top 100 Science Fiction Fantasy
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.
#1
#1-3 of 3 in The Lord of the Rings
1954 • 1,859 Readers • 1,178 pages • 4.5
#2
#1 of 6 in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
1979 • 4,280 Readers • 215 pages • 4.2
#3
#1 of 6 in Ender's Saga
1985 • 3,013 Readers • 256 pages • 4.3
#4
#5
#1 of 6 in A Song of Ice and Fire
1996 • 3,847 Readers • 819 pages • 4.4
#6
1949 • 6,839 Readers • 328 pages • 4.2
#7
1953 • 4,347 Readers • 227 pages • 3.9
#8
#1-3 of 9 in Foundation (Publication Order)
1950 • 415 Readers • 615 pages • 4.2
#9
1900 • 3,550 Readers • 332 pages • 3.9
#10
#1 of 2 in American Gods
2001 • 3,023 Readers • 635 pages • 4
#11
1973 • 1,564 Readers • 399 pages • 4.2
#12
#1 of 14 in The Wheel of Time
1990 • 2,261 Readers • 708 pages • 4
#13
1945 • 4,797 Readers • 122 pages • 4
#14
#15
#16
#17
#1 of 1 in Stranger in a Strange Land
1961 • 1,028 Readers • 422 pages • 3.7
#18
#1 of 3 in The Kingkiller Chronicle
1 • 3,161 Readers • 669 pages • 4.4
#19
2 Critical Insights
1968 • 2,868 Readers • 292 pages • 4.1
#20
181 • 3,041 Readers • 353 pages • 3.9
#21
1968 • 2,025 Readers • 223 pages • 3.9
#22
#1 of 3 in The Handmaid's Tale
1985 • 3,423 Readers • 324 pages • 4.1
#23
#1 of 7 in The Dark Tower
1982 • 1,904 Readers • 238 pages • 3.6
#24
#1 of 4 in Space Odyssey
1968 • 1,225 Readers • 221 pages • 4.1
#25
1978 • 1,841 Readers • 1,553 pages • 4.2
#26
1992 • 1,784 Readers • 448 pages • 3.9
#27
1950 • 1,066 Readers • 182 pages • 4
#28
1963 • 1,371 Readers • 192 pages • 4.1
#29
#1 of 90 in The Sandman
134 Readers • 4.6
#30
1962 • 1,697 Readers • 72 pages • 3.9
#31
23 Heinlein's Juveniles
1959 • 798 Readers • 353 pages • 3.7
#32
#1 of 2 in Watership Down
1972 • 1,051 Readers • 385 pages • 4.1
#33
#34
1963 • 696 Readers • 288 pages • 3.8
#35
#1 of 2 in St. Leibowitz
1959 • 743 Readers • 334 pages • 3.9
#36
1894 • 1,347 Readers • 144 pages • 3.7
#37
#1 of 3 in Capitaine Nemo
1866 • 730 Readers • 394 pages • 3.6
#38
19 • 2,007 Readers • 311 pages • 4.3
#39
#40
#1 of 15 in The Chronicles of Amber
1970 • 378 Readers • 175 pages • 3.6
#41
#42
513 Readers • 3.9
#43
#1 of 3 in The Mistborn Saga: The Original Trilogy
2006 • 4,168 Readers • 534 pages • 4.5
#44
#45
#4 of 18 in Hainish Cycle
1969 • 1,555 Readers • 267 pages • 4.1
#46
5 Middle-earth Universe
1977 • 1,175 Readers • 481 pages • 3.9
#47
#1 in The Once and Future King
1958 • 551 Readers • 650 pages • 3.8
#48
#1 of 1 in London Below, The World of Neverwhere
1996 • 1,737 Readers • 480 pages • 4.1
#49
1953 • 831 Readers • 212 pages • 4
#50
1985 • 702 Readers • 453 pages • 4.1
#51
#1 of 4 in Hyperion Cantos
1989 • 2,078 Readers • 492 pages • 4.3
#52
#1 of 1 in Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess' Stardust
1997 • 1,415 Readers • 248 pages • 4
#53
1999 • 864 Readers • 1,152 pages • 4.2
#54
15 World War Z
2006 • 1,363 Readers • 5h 59m • 3.9
#55
#56
#1 of 2 in The Forever War
1974 • 955 Readers • 203 pages • 4
#57
#13 of 41 in Discworld
1992 • 641 Readers • 388 pages • 4.3
#58
#1 of 4 in The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever
1977 • 299 Readers • 369 pages • 3.3
#59
#1 of 16 in Vorkosigan Saga (Publication Order)
1986 • 325 Readers • 272 pages • 3.9
#60
#33 of 41 in Discworld
2004 • 579 Readers • 422 pages • 4.4
#61
#1 of 3 in Moties
1974 • 400 Readers • 3.8
#62
#1 of 14 in Sword of Truth
18 • 628 Readers • 848 pages • 3.7
#63
1974 • 2,318 Readers • 287 pages • 4
#64
#1 in Strange & Norrell
2004 • 1,474 Readers • 865 pages • 4
#65
1954 • 910 Readers • 312 pages • 3.9
#66
#1 of 4 in The Riftwar Saga
1982 • 704 Readers • 485 pages • 4
#67
#10 of 33 in Shannara (Chronological Order)
1976 • 404 Readers • 670 pages • 3.3
#68
#1 of 2 in Conan the Cimmerian
2003 • 99 Readers • 464 pages • 3.9
#69
#1 of 3 in The Farseer Trilogy
1995 • 1,257 Readers • 400 pages • 4.1
#70
2003 • 1,306 Readers • 522 pages • 3.9
#71
#1 of 6 in The Stormlight Archive
2010 • 3,444 Readers • 1,007 pages • 4.6
#72
#9 of 3 in Wishbone Classics
1864 • 437 Readers • 242 pages • 3.7
#73
#74
#1 of 6 in Old Man's War
2005 • 1,354 Readers • 320 pages • 4.1
#75
1995 • 575 Readers • 536 pages • 4
#76
#1 of 4 in Rama
1973 • 860 Readers • 252 pages • 3.9
#77
#1 of 3 in Phèdre's Trilogy
2001 • 380 Readers • 930 pages • 3.9
#78
#6 of 18 in Hainish Cycle
1974 • 1,109 Readers • 400 pages • 4.2
#79
#80
#1 of 4 in The Wicked Years
1995 • 856 Readers • 406 pages • 3.4
#81
#1 of 10 in Malazan Book of the Fallen
1999 • 1,357 Readers • 559 pages • 4
#82
#83
#84
#85
2008 • 722 Readers • 1,092 pages • 4.1
#86
#87
#1 of 5 in The Book of the New Sun
1980 • 601 Readers • 276 pages • 3.7
#88
#1 of 3 in Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy
1991 • 533 Readers • 528 pages • 4.1
#89
#1 of 14 in Outlander
1991 • 1,074 Readers • 627 pages • 3.9
#90
#91
1901 • 424 Readers • 244 pages • 3.9
#92
2003 • 189 Readers • 476 pages • 3.6
#93
#1 of 5 in Zones of Thought
1992 • 675 Readers • 624 pages • 3.9
#94
#95
#96
#1 of 1 in Lucifer's Hammer, Audio
1977 • 201 Readers • 642 pages • 3.7
#97
#1 of 4 in Oxford Time Travel
1992 • 503 Readers • 593 pages • 3.8
#98
#99
#100
#1 of 3 in The Space Trilogy
1938 • 314 Readers • 155 pages • 3.8