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Top 100 Sci-Fi Books

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Flatland
by Abbott, Edwin

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Call Number:
QA699 .A13
Publication Date:
1884




Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
by Adams, Douglas

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Call Number:
PS6051 .D3352 H5 2004
Publication Date:
1979




Far Horizons
by Anthology

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Call Number:
PS648 .S3 F37 1999




Four Novels of the 1960s
by Anthology

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Call Number:
PS3554 .I3 A6 2007




Caves of Steel, The
by Asimov, Isaac

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Call Number:
LEISURE FICTION ASI
Publication Date:
1954




End of Eternity, The
by Asimov, Isaac

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Call Number:
PS3551 .S5 E53 2010 / LEISURE FIC ASI
Publication Date:
1955




Foundation
by Asimov, Isaac

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Call Number:
PS3551 .S5 F59 2004 / LEISURE FIC ASI
Publication Date:
1951




Gods Themselves, The
by Asimov, Isaac

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Call Number:
PS3551 .S5 G6
Publication Date:
1972




Handmaid's Tale, The
by Atwood, margaret

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Call Number:
PR9199.3 .A48 H3 2006
Publication Date:
1985




Blood Music
by Bear, Greg

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Call Number:
PS3552 .E517 B58 1985
Publication Date:
1985




Stars My Destination, The
by Bester, Alfred

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Call Number:
PS648.S3 A5142 2012
Publication Date:
1956




Fahrenheit 451
by Bradbury, Ray

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Call Number:
PS3503 .R167 F3 2012 / LEISURE FIC BRA
Publication Date:
1954




Martian Chronicles, The
by Bradbury, Ray

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Call Number:
PS3503 .R167 M3 1963
Publication Date:
1950




Uplift War, The
by Brin, David

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Call Number:
PS648.S3 F37 1999
Publication Date:
1987




Stand on Zanzibar
by Brunner, John

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Call Number:
PR6052.R8 S8
Publication Date:
1969




Clockwork Orange, A
by Burgess, Anthony

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Call Number:
PR6052 .U638 C5 1986
Publication Date:
1962




Princess of Mars, A
by Burroughs, Edgar Rice

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Call Number:
PS3503 .U687 P6 1964
Publication Date:
1912




Xenocide
by Card, Orson Scott

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Call Number:
LEISURE FICTION CAR
Publication Date:
1991




2001: A Space Odyessey
by Clarke, Arthur C.

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Call Number:
PR6005.L36 A615 1993
Publication Date:
1968




Childhood's End
by Clarke, Arthur C.

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Call Number:
PR6005 .L3 C45 1990 / LEISURE FIC CLA
Publication Date:
1954




Fountains of Paradise
by Clarke, Arthur C.

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Call Number:
PR6005 .L36 F6
Publication Date:
1979




Rendezvous with Rama
by Clarke, Arthur C.

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Call Number:
PR6005 .L36 R46 1973 / LEISURE FIC CLA
Publication Date:
1973




Andromeda Strain, The
by Crichton, Michael

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Call Number:
PS3553 .R48 A5
Publication Date:
1969




Jurassic Park
by Crichton, Michael

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Call Number:
LEISURE FICTION CRI
Publication Date:
1990




Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
by Dick Philip K.

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Call Number:
PS3554.I3 A6 2007
Publication Date:
1968




Man in the High Castle, The
by Dick Philip K.

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Call Number:
PS3554.I3 A6 2007
Publication Date:
1962




Scanner Darkly, A
by Dick Philip K.

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Call Number:
PS3554.I3 A6 2008
Publication Date:
1977




Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch, The
by Dick Philip K.

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Call Number:
PS3554.I3 A6 2007
Publication Date:
1964




UBIK
by Dick Philip K.

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Call Number:
PS3554.I3 A6 2007
Publication Date:
1969




VALIS
by Dick Philip K.

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Call Number:
PS3554.I3 A6 2009
Publication Date:
1981




Forever War, The
by Haldeman, Joe

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Call Number:
PS648.S3 F37 1999
Publication Date:
1974




Stainless Steel Rat, The
by Harrison, Harry

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Call Number:
LEISURE FICTION HAR
Publication Date:
1961




Citizen of the Galaxy
by Heinlein, Robert A.

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Call Number:
LEISURE FICTION HEI
Publication Date:
1957




Moon is a Harsh Mistress, the
by Heinlein, Robert A.

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Call Number:
LEISURE FICTION HEI
Publication Date:
1966




Past Through Tomorrow, The
by Heinlein, Robert A.

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Call Number:
PS3515 .E288 P38 c.2
Publication Date:
1967




Puppet Masters, The
by Heinlein, Robert A.

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Call Number:
PS3515 .E288 A6 1965
Publication Date:
1951




Starship Troopers
by Heinlein, Robert A.

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Call Number:
LEISURE FICTION HEI
Publication Date:
1959




Stranger in a Strange Land
by Heinlein, Robert A.

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Call Number:
PS3515 .E288 S88 2003 / LEISURE FIC HEI
Publication Date:
1961




Dune
by Herbert,Frank

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Call Number:
PS3558 .E63 D8
Publication Date:
1965




Brave New World
by Huxley, Aldous

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Call Number:
PR6105 .U9 B7
Publication Date:
1932




Flowers for Algernon
by Keyes, Daniel

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Call Number:
PS3561 .E769 F68 1994
Publication Date:
1966




Wrinkle in Time, A
by L'Engle, Madeleine

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Call Number:
PZ7 .L5385 Wr 1962
Publication Date:
1962




Dispossessed, The
by Le Guin, Ursula K.

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Call Number:
PS3562 .E42 D5
Publication Date:
1974




Lathe of Heaven, The
by Le Guin, Ursula K.

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Call Number:
PS3562.E42 L3 2001
Publication Date:
1971




Left hand of Darkness, The
by Le Guin, Ursula K.

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Call Number:
PS3562 .E42 L4 2000 / LEISURE FIC LEG
Publication Date:
1969




Cyberiad, The
by Lem, Stanislaw

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Call Number:
PG7158 .L39 C9 1974
Publication Date:
1974




Solaris
by Lem, Stanislaw

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Call Number:
PG7158.L39 S613 1987
Publication Date:
1961




Out of the Silent Planet
by Lewis, C.S.

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Call Number:
PR6023 .E926 O54 2003
Publication Date:
1938




Canticle for Leibowitz, A
by Miller, Walter M.

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Call Number:
PS3563 .I544 C3 1961
Publication Date:
1959




Mote in God's Eye, The
by Niven & Pournelle

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Call Number:
PS3564 .I9 M6
Publication Date:
1975




1984
by Orwell, George

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Call Number:
PR6029.R8 N49
Publication Date:
1949




Contact
by Sagan, Carl

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Call Number:
LEISURE READING FICTION SAG
Publication Date:
1985




Frankenstein
by Shelley, Mary

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Call Number:
PR5397 .F7 2003
Publication Date:
1818




Snow Crash
by Stephenson, Neal

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Call Number:
LEISURE FICTION STE
Publication Date:
1992




Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, A
by Twain, Mark

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Call Number:
PS1308 .A2 E57 1982
Publication Date:
1889




20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
by Verne, Jules

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Call Number:
PQ2469 .V4 E53
Publication Date:
1870




Journey to the Center of the Earth
by Verne, Jules

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Call Number:
PQ2469 .V75 E5
Publication Date:
1864




Fire Upon the Deep, A
by Vinge, Vernor

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Call Number:
LEISURE FICTION VIN
Publication Date:
1991




Cat's Cradle
by Vonnegut, Kurt

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Call Number:
PS3572 .O5 C3
Publication Date:
1963




Sirens of Titan, The
by Vonnegut, Kurt

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Call Number:
PS3572 .O5 A6 2012
Publication Date:
1959




Slaughterhouse Five
by Vonnegut, Kurt

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Call Number:
PS3572 .O5 S6 1994
Publication Date:
1969




Invisible Man, the
by Wells, H. G.

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Call Number:
PR5772 .S4 1950
Publication Date:
1897




Time Machine, The
by Wells, H. G.

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Call Number:
PR5774 .T5 1984
Publication Date:
1895




War of the Worlds, The
by Wells, H. G.

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Call Number:
PR5774 .W3 1983
Publication Date:
1898




Doomsday Book
by Willis, Connie

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Call Number:
PS3573.I45652 D66 1994
Publication Date:
1992




Lord of Light
by Zelazny, Roger

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Call Number:
PS3576 .E43 L6
Publication Date:
1967






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A statistical survey of sci-fi literary awards, noted critics and popular polls. To qualify a book has to be generally regarded as science fiction by credible sources and/or recognized as having historical significance to the development of the genre. For books that are part of a series (with some notable exceptions) only the first book in the series is listed.

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