Top 100 Science Fiction Books

[SoleMan117]

Dune is always number 1

[donignacio2000]

"A Childhood's End" at #10. Nice. I really liked that book.

[TKDLION]

I agree with you about Dune. It is number 1.

Have you read Armor by John Steakley. I just finished reading it and it was amazing.

[mahender6969]

last man firest man sould and i have no mouth and i must scream.

[DrSwirl]

best covers of any genre

imo

[Jefferdaughter]

'Starman's Son' aka 'Daybreak 2250' by A. Norton is worth considering for this list.

[ellipszia]

ASimov in the 4th place??? lol It should be the first!

[dukes0916]

Great list! Wish there was at least 1 Brian Aldiss though! (Course... to include ALL the Big-Names, you'd need a 'Top 1000'!)

Glad to see a true cross-section of the genre! With both vintage & more contemporary works!

[xxCimarronColoradoxx]

Lol I was just getting ready to ask why none of the Ender's Game books were on here and then Speaker for the Dead popped up! Great list!

[BUDDY6414724297]

Where is the novel ALIEN by Allan Dean Foster?

That should be in the top ten list.

[yugoroth1]

I agree with dune, I have read over several years ago and I can vouch that it is the best Sci Fi novel! I am now currently reading the third book in the Dune Series, so that's gonna be a fun experience! (btw, I am only 13!)

[ThePieffe63]

and "Tau Zero" by P. Anderson?

[ThePieffe63]

and "The Great Explosion" by E. F. Russell?

[ThePieffe63]

and "The Demolished man", "The stars my destination" both by Alfred Bester?

[gibson2729]

how is The Road sci-fi. is it because it's in the future in a post apocolyptic world?

[mokwella]

Yep.

[TheVT43]

This list was very helpful and now I realize I'm not that well read! I'm really trying to expand out of what I normally read. SO thanks! I wanted to throw out there a si--fi book that everyone would like. It's Fifth Gospel (5th gospel dot come is his web addy) by William Roskey. It has to do with a secret military mission that plucks in a top notch captain for the job. (kind of manhattan project-esq). He goes back in time in search for Jesus Christ. IT's engages you to different levels.

[ThePieffe63]

And "Stand on Zanzibar" by J. Brunner?

[ThePieffe63]

And "Way Station" by Clifford D. Simak?

[JethroSirius]

Nice list. Thanks, for posting. I love all of the old school sci fi covers!

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[cree128]

I really like the ranks you put for the top 2 books, but would switch them.

[malakiblunt]

good list and a great tune, But you missed off Engineman by Eric Brown and Blood music at 81!!! are you insane!! ;-)

[TheBigCountry2]

I currently have 141 Science Fiction books and I got quite a few books already that you had mentioned here. I love reading all regardless of the ratings but I enjoyed yours video also a lot. Keep the good work. =)

[adamrocks454]

does any one know any books similar to the edgar rice burroughs a princess of mars?

[ThePieffe63]

@adamrocks454 Try to find the Mars series of Otis Adelbert Kline, maybe they are still in print,

[SuperUkelover]

Oh and is "Glory Season" a good book?

[SuperUkelover]

Ender's Game is a must read, 1984 is awesome but unbelievable at the end (how could he do such a thing!), but how is Dune?

[BUDDY6414724297]

That is a pretty good list.

[TwiVampFan]

Anyone seen any video reviews or read any online reviews about the e-book

April Curran Meets the Vampire of Crimson Cove High School?

[TheBCExperience1]

Dune as #1 -- hell yeah

[rjesweak]

My book that is way out there in science fiction and is all over the internet is not on you list it is the first book of 5 in this series and is exciting on ever page. google ( the new earth 250 billion years ad. auther Michael Jesweak.

[reyter2007]

From the books I have read, no question "Ender's Game" is superior to "Dune" and far superior to the "Foundation" series.

[LordMichaelRahl]

If you dont include fantasy books, then u are forgiven

[souljahminusbeatsdeb]

How could you forget "R.U.R" and "the war with newts" by carel capek?

[OUSSAMAISDEAD]

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[Mrtre7]

Two big misses:  "Limbo" by Bernard Wolfe and "We" by Eugneji Zamjatin. Relatively unkown, but in my personal top 10. Otherwise great list

[jkramerm]

i guess i gotta update my reading list...thanks

[Stormtjakka]

Valis was so good

[Xboxboi79]

Lord of the Rings was not on this list, I mean was this science fiction only, or was this all fantasy? If it was all fantasy, I can not forgive that, and also you forgot A lost World.

[mokwella]

This was a list of science ficton only. As for A Lost World, that's a good point. I was not a huge fan of that novel, but I love that Gladys moved on instead of waiting.

[TheNoseMiner]

I love flowers for algernon...but how exactly is it science-fiction? (I'm guess that it's because of the "science", in the case of his surgery?) btw... I've read almost all of these. thanks for the video. ( I think that either FH451, I Am Legend, 2001, or hitchhiker's is the best)

[mokwella]

Yeah, that operation is way out of the range of contemporary science. But otherwise the story is set in a recognizable contemporary world. So a normal narrative that depends on a science fiction element to set its events in motion - that counts I think.

[TheNoseMiner]

I love flowers for algernon...but how exactly is it science-fiction? (I'm guess that it's because of the "science", in the case of his surgery?)

[quogequox]

i've only read 21 of those, but just about half the authors.

Can't read Arthur C Clarke, i'm sure his concepts are great but his writing is abyssmal.

No Jack Vance on that? Granted a lot of his stuff is a little light, but maybe Languages of Pao.

or Alfred Bester The stars my Destination

Anywho good list thanks for the effort.

[Alkarim97]

Them Bones is also one i really liked.

[Alkarim97]

The Time patrol,The Voyage of the Space Beagle,The Big Time are some other books on my list.

[Alkarim97]

You have some excellent choices on your 100 best books list but i think Doomsday Book ,Pavane,The Alteration,Brainwave, Tau Zero,Timescape,Lest darkness fall,Bring the Jubliee,Behold the Man,The armageddon blues,city, Way station and orbitsville would be some of my choices.

[Alkarim97]

star maker by olaf stapledon is imho the greatest science fiction book ever written

[saxabass]

I would suggest Probability Moon by Nancy Kress. It is really good. The plot and alien society are both very well imagined

[rnpwt99]

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[thewildcellist]

Amazing how often "Dune" comes up as people's number one sci fi novel of all time. Last year, I ground through that book and its sequel. In my sci-fi list, Dune would not even make it onto the top 100. (Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars Trilogy certainly would, etc etc)

I do appreciate your citing some older, lesser-known novels - I'll be checking some of them out.

[credman0214]

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[credman0214]

Great list, Dune is definitely number 1 in my eyes...Don't know if anyone's heard about Galactic Battlefront but it's probably in my top ten already and their first novel just came out this year. It looks to be a legendary saga

[credman0214]

Yea Nancy Kress is great but gets little credit

[seaturtlefilms]

It is an ambitious task you have set yourself. Of course, qualify it with an "imho", which is fair enough. Even a list of "the 100 best SF novels I have read" would be a decent achievment. I would have liked to have seen some works by Nancy Kress, Robert Silverberg, Ken MacLeod, Stephen Baxter and Brian Aldiss. But good to see plenty of Wells, Clarke, Dick and Lem.

[seaturtlefilms]

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[rnpwt99]

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[MultiAlex147]

Memories of the Past by serge momjian best fiction book

[Coelacanthp]

i think the only one i knew in there was jurassic park.....that is- the movie

[emperorsblackbones]

I was glad to see "A Mote in God's Eye" and "To Your Scattered Bodies Go". Two of my favorites. Make sure to check out "Voyage of the Space Beagle" (basis for the movie Alien) and "Dragon's Egg" (life on a neutron star).

[MrTrance3000]

Nice list though

[MrTrance3000]

I think the Ilium by Dan Simmons should be up there somewhere

[WormulonDCP]

I would have put the Xeelee Sequence or the Manifold Trilogy by Stephen Baxter in that list!

[Obiturtle]

I suddenly have a lot of books to read. Thanks! :D

[BUDDY6414724297]

What about the novel ALIEN by Alan Dean Foster?

[09Hobbit1]

Great list! Has anyone read "The Coming"? A new Sci-fi paperback available from the Australian author for AU$12.00. davidbennett1@dodo.com.au

Visiting Aliens take on terrorism/drugs etc. You get the feeling that it could happen.

[burns725]

Fantastic list. Many of may favorites are showcases here, only a few that I would add and, several that i must immediately seek out.

[YetAnotherMan]

Great !!! and what is the music please ??

[mokwella]

Black Wind (Electron Mix) Artist: Dhruva Aliman. Album: Hello Moon. Added it with AudioSwap.

[livredesombres]

Great list! It shames me that I've read so few of these SG greats. Great song also!

[LeLimeLine]

Ugh... Dune... bleh.

Where the hell was Cat's Cradle?

[flashdamingo]

great list .

I have read quiet a few of these & own more that I havent got to yet. Most of these titles are older ,the more recent being hyperion & Mars trilogy

Another intersting list would be the best in the last 20 yrs.