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Pos | Title | Type | Author/Editor | Score
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1 Lord of the Rings J.R.R. Tolkien 8.83 (852)
^ 2 Ender's Game S1 Orson Scott Card 8.54 (735)
3 The Gormenghast Trilogy S Mervyn Peake 8.53 (40)
4 The Vorkosigan Series S Lois M. Bujold 8.41 (88)
5 Dune S1 Frank Herbert 8.36 (736)
6 The Annals of the Black Company S Glen Cook 8.35 (64)
7 Tigana Guy G. Kay 8.34 (172)
8 The Discworld Series S Terry Pratchett 8.30 (111)
9 A Clockwork Orange Anthony Burgess 8.28 (48)
10 Hyperion S1 Dan Simmons 8.28 (367)
11 Flowers for Algernon Daniel Keyes 8.26 (120)
12 Liege Killer S1 Christopher Hinz 8.25 (35)
13 The Stars my Destination Alfred Bester 8.24 (186)
^14 The Lions of Al-Rassan Guy G. Kay 8.24 (46)
15 The Intervention S Julian May 8.23 (49)
16 Lord of Light Roger Zelazny 8.22 (196)
17 The Gap Cycle S Stephen Donaldson 8.21 (70)
18 Way Station Clifford Simak 8.20 (124)
19 Alice in Wonderland Lewis Carroll 8.20 (60)
^20 Watership Down Richard Adams 8.20 (56)
21 The Moon is a Harsh Mistress Robert A. Heinlein 8.20 (383)
22 The Demolished Man Alfred Bester 8.19 (173)
23 The Wheel of Time Series S Robert Jordan 8.17 (354)
24 The First Chronicles of Amber S Roger Zelazny 8.17 (313)
25 Something Wicked this Way Comes Ray Bradbury 8.15 (57)
26 True Names Vernor Vinge 8.15 (48)
27 Feersum Endjinn Iain M. Banks 8.14 (31)
28 A Fire Upon the Deep Vernor Vinge 8.13 (222)
29 Doorways in the Sand Roger Zelazny 8.13 (54)
30 The Quest of the Riddlemaster S Patricia McKillip 8.13 (62)
31 The Anubis Gates Tim Powers 8.12 (124)
32 The Chrysalids John Wyndham 8.12 (58)
33 The Hobbit J.R.R.Tolkien 8.10 (537)
34 Tales of the Continuing Time S Daniel Keys Moran 8.09 (65)
35 Memory, Sorrow and Thorn S Tad Williams 8.09 (144)
^36 The Illuminatus Trilogy S R.A.Wilson/R.J.Shea 8.08 (25)
37 Ubik Philip K. Dick 8.08 (106)
38 1984 George Orwell 8.08 (288)
39 Persistence of Vision C John Varley 8.07 (39)
40 The Diamond Age Neal Stephenson 8.06 (72)
^41 The Fionavar Tapestry S Guy G. Kay 8.06 (121)
42 Dangerous Visions A Harlan Ellison 8.06 (31)
43 A Canticle for Leibowitz Walter M. Miller 8.04 (247)
44 Neutron Star C Larry Niven 8.03 (122)
45 Tea with the Black Dragon R.A.MacAvoy 8.03 (36)
46 Dying Inside Robert Silverberg 8.02 (49)
^47 The Princess Bride William Goldman 8.01 (46)
48 The Chronicles of Narnia S C.S. Lewis 8.01 (174)
^49 The Last Herald Mage Trilogy S Mercedes Lackey 8.01 (36)
^50 Expanded Universe C Robert A. Heinlein 8.00 (18)
51 The Once and Future King T.H. White 7.99 (60)
52 The City and the Stars Arthur C. Clarke 7.99 (96)
^53 Bridge of Birds S1 Barry Hughart 7.99 (59)
54 More than Human Theodore Sturgeon 7.99 (80)
55 Replay Ken Grimwood 7.98 (40)
^56 Doors of his Face, Lamps of his Mouth C Roger Zelazny 7.97 (24)
57 Lest Darkness Fall L. Sprague de Camp 7.97 (61)
58 The Foundation Trilogy S Isaac Asimov 7.97 (571)
59 Player of Games Iain M. Banks 7.95 (129)
^60 Futurological Congress Stanislaw Lem 7.95 (34)
61 Snow Crash Neal Stephenson 7.95 (227)
^62 Callahan's Crosstime Saloon S1 Spider Robinson 7.95 (30)
63 The Book of the New Sun S Gene Wolfe 7.94 (172)
64 A Wizard of Earthsea S1 Ursula Le Guin 7.93 (267)
^65 Dorsai! S3 Gordon Dickson 7.93 (48)
66 Startide Rising David Brin 7.93 (330)
67 Green Hills of Earth C Robert A. Heinlein 7.92 (42)
68 The Empire Trilogy S R.Feist/J.Wurts 7.90 (77)
^69 The Dragon Never Sleeps Glen Cook 7.90 (11)
70 Animal Farm George Orwell 7.90 (77)
71 Good Omens Pratchett/Gaiman 7.89 (133)
72 Voice of the Whirlwind Walter Jon Williams 7.89 (25)
^73 Norstrilia Cordwainer Smith 7.88 (37)
^74 A Song for Arbonne Guy G. Kay 7.88 (96)
75 The Door into Summer Robert A. Heinlein 7.88 (157)
^76 The Cyberiad Stanislaw Lem 7.87 (64)
77 Wizard's First Rule S1 Terry Goodkind 7.87 (71)
^78 Vlad the Assassin Series S Steven K.Z. Brust 7.87 (89)
79 Diamond Mask S2 Julian May 7.87 (44)
80 A Wrinkle in Time Madeline L'Engle 7.87 (94)
81 The Rolling Stones Robert A. Heinlein 7.86 (32)
82 City. C Clifford Simak 7.85 (127)
83 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy S1 Douglas Adams 7.85 (473)
84 The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch Philip K. Dick 7.84 (68)
85 Tau Zero Poul Anderson 7.83 (80)
^86 Permutation City Greg Egan 7.83 (30)
^87 The Best of Cordwainer Smith C Cordwainer Smith 7.82 (18)
^88 Suldrun's Garden S1 Jack Vance 7.82 (31)
89 Speaker for the Dead S2 Orson Scott Card 7.82 (426)
90 The Dragonrider Series S Anne McCaffrey 7.82 (140)
91 Time For the Stars Robert A. Heinlein 7.82 (36)
92 Witches of Karres James Schmitz 7.81 (59)
^93 Gateway S1 Frederik Pohl 7.81 (230)
^94 The Dispossessed Ursula Le Guin 7.80 (216)
95 The Phoenix Guards S1 Steven K.Z. Brust 7.80 (39)
^96 Cat's Cradle Kurt Vonnegut 7.80 (69)
97 The Day of the Triffids John Wyndham 7.80 (81)
^98 Star Wars : The Last Command S3 Timothy Zahn 7.80 (30)
*99 Chanur's Homecoming S4 C.J. Cherryh 7.79 (23)
100 Past Through Tomorrow C Robert A. Heinlein 7.79 (77)
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{C} indicates a collection of short stories.
{A} indicates an anthology.
* indicates that the book was not on the chart last week.
^ indicates that the book has risen from last week's position.
{SA1} and {SB1} distinguish the first books from different series.
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NOTE 1 : When voting for series, _The Book of the New Sun_ will refer to the
first four books. _The Urth Cycle_ includes _The Urth of the New Sun_.
Also _The Chronicles of Amber_ refers to all ten books. You are also allowed
to vote for each book in the series individually.
NOTE 2 : The series below are listed in order of publication rather than
internal chronology.
The Gormenghast Trilogy
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Titus Groan S1 8.06 (40)
Gormenghast S2 8.53 (38)
Titus Alone S3 5.74 (21)
The Annals of the Black Company
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The Black Company S1 8.11 (64)
Shadows Linger S2 7.73 (23)
The White Rose S3 8.35 (27)
Shadow Games S4 7.87 (18)
The Silver Spike S5 7.23 (14)
Dreams of Steel S6 7.74 (16)
The Intervention
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Surveillance S1 7.97 (49)
Metaconcert S2 8.23 (49)
The Gap Cycle
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The Gap Into Conflict S1 7.43 (67)
The Gap Into Vision S2 7.65 (59)
The Gap Into Power S3 7.86 (70)
The Gap Into Madness S4 8.21 (55)
The Gap Into Ruin S5 5.01 (31)
Wheel of Time Series
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The Eye of the World S1 8.03 (354)
The Great Hunt S2 8.02 (339)
The Dragon Reborn S3 8.09 (334)
The Shadow Rising S4 8.17 (322)
The Fires of Heaven S5 8.15 (314)
Lord of Chaos S6 8.13 (301)
A Crown of Swords S7 8.05 (120)
The First Chronicles of Amber
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Nine Princes in Amber S1 7.88 (313)
The Guns of Avalon S2 8.17 (213)
Sign of the Unicorn S3 8.07 (204)
The Hand of Oberon S4 8.06 (205)
The Courts of Chaos S5 8.08 (205)
The Quest of the Riddlemaster
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The Riddlemaster of Hed S1 7.71 (62)
Heir of Sea and Fire S2 7.86 (43)
Harpist in the Wind S3 8.13 (46)
Memory, Sorrow and Thorn
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The Dragonbone Chair S1 7.67 (144)
The Stone of Farewell S2 8.09 (101)
To Green Angel Tower S3 7.93 (106)
The Illuminatus Trilogy
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The Eye in the Pyramid S1 8.05 (22)
The Golden Apple S2 8.08 (25)
Leviathan S3 8.03 (20)
The Fionavar Tapestry
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The Summer Tree S1 7.85 (121)
The Wandering Fire S2 8.02 (109)
The Darkest Road S3 8.06 (108)
The Chronicles of Narnia
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe S1 8.01 (174)
Prince Caspian S2 7.68 (111)
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader S3 7.81 (112)
The Silver Chair S4 7.69 (108)
The Horse and His Boy S5 7.74 (105)
The Magician's Nephew S6 7.87 (112)
The Last Battle S7 7.67 (107)
The Last Herald Mage Trilogy
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Magic's Pawn S1 7.86 (33)
Magic's Promise S2 7.48 (33)
Magic's Price S3 8.01 (36)
Foundation Series
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Foundation S1 7.97 (571)
Foundation and Empire S2 7.87 (457)
Second Foundation S3 7.88 (467)
Foundation's Edge S4 6.83 (184)
Foundation and Earth S5 6.73 (167)
Prelude to Foundation S6 6.59 (150)
Forward the Foundation S7 6.71 (133)
The Book of the New Sun / The Urth Cycle
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The Shadow of the Torturer S1 7.88 (172)
The Claw of the Conciliator S2 7.83 (147)
The Sword of the Lictor S3 7.93 (128)
The Citadel of the Autarch S4 7.94 (128)
The Urth of the New Sun S5 7.21 (58)
The Empire Trilogy
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Daughter of the Empire S1 7.76 (77)
Servant of the Empire S2 7.90 (74)
Mistress of the Empire S3 7.89 (64)
Vlad the Assassin Series
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Jhereg S1 7.41 (89)
Yendi S2 7.87 (40)
Taltos. S3 7.81 (31)
Teckla S4 7.32 (29)
Phoenix. S5 7.22 (28)
Athyra S6 6.70 (24)
Orca S7 3.70 (12)
Dragonrider Series [excerpt]
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Dragonflight S1 7.18 (140)
Dragonquest S2 7.82 (55)
Dragonsong S3 7.79 (51)
Dragonsinger S4 7.75 (53)
The White Dragon S5 7.77 (116)
Dragondrums S6 6.80 (35)
All of the following novels are not part of "series" as such. Instead of all
belonging to a single story, they are more or less separate novels set in the
same universe. Because of this, could you please vote for each of the books
comprising the series individually (instead of having one vote for the
entire series).
The Vorkosigan Series
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Shards of Honor 8.18 (82)
Barrayar 8.01 (88)
The Warrior's Apprentice 8.03 (88)
Borders of Infinity 7.79 (50)
The Vor Game 7.69 (74)
Ethan of Athos 7.15 (47)
Falling Free 7.29 (46)
Brothers in Arms 7.78 (50)
Mirror Dance 8.41 (74)
Cetaganda 4.53 (26)
Memory. 3.28 (12)
Tales of the Continuing Time
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Emerald Eyes 8.02 (23)
The Armageddon Blues 6.48 (13)
The Long Run 8.03 (65)
The Last Dancer 8.09 (53)
The Discworld Series
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The Colour of Magic S1 7.51 (111)
The Light Fantastic S2 7.67 (82)
Equal Rites S3 7.50 (75)
Mort S4 7.73 (104)
Sourcery S5 7.59 (66)
Wyrd Sisters S6 7.81 (74)
Pyramids S7 7.39 (91)
Guards! Guards! S8 8.08 (82)
Eric. S9 7.53 (65)
Moving Pictures S10 7.77 (56)
Reaper Man S11 8.14 (71)
Witches Abroad S12 7.89 (60)
Small Gods S13 7.81 (79)
Lords and Ladies S14 7.71 (64)
Men at Arms S15 8.30 (70)
Soul Music S16 7.94 (41)
Interesting Times S17 7.90 (34)
Maskerade S18 6.13 (22)
Feet of Clay S19 3.52 (18)
Hogfather S20 1.32 (9)
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