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Bookauthority's 100 Best Selling Science Fiction/Fantasy Books of All Time

bookauthority.org presents a an interesting and sometimes puzzling list of what they call the 100 best selling science fiction books of all time. The books are listed here in the order they appeared in on the website; the duplications here also occur on their original list.
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
2
Frank Herbert
Dune (Herbert 2016)
Dune
3
Herbert 2016
Exhalation (Ted Chiang)
Exhalation
4
Ted Chiang
Project Hail Mary (Andy Weir)
Project Hail Mary
5
Andy Weir
Leviathan Wakes (James S.A. Corey)
Leviathan Wakes
6
James S.A. Corey
The Color of Magic (Pratchett)
The Color of Magic
7
Pratchett
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
8
William Golding
Snow Crash (Neal Stephenson)
Snow Crash
9
Neal Stephenson
The Golden Compass (Philip Pullman)
The Golden Compass
10
Philip Pullman
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K. Dick)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
11
Philip K. Dick
Lord of the Ring Trilogy (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Lord of the Ring Trilogy
12
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Gunslinger (Stephen King)
The Gunslinger
13
Stephen King
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
14
Cormac McCarthy
The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Left Hand of Darkness
15
Ursula K. Le Guin
Red Rising (Pierce Brown)
Red Rising
16
Pierce Brown
I, Robot (Isaac Asimov)
I, Robot
17
Isaac Asimov
Island (Aldous Huxley)
Island
18
Aldous Huxley
Artemis (Andy Weir)
Artemis
19
Andy Weir
The Dark Forest (Cixin Liu)
The Dark Forest
20
Cixin Liu
The Dark Forest (Cixin Liu)
The Dark Forest
21
Cixin Liu
Oryx and Crake (Margaret Atwood)
Oryx and Crake
22
Margaret Atwood
Altered Carbon (Richard K. Morgan)
Altered Carbon
23
Richard K. Morgan
Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card)
Ender's Game
24
Orson Scott Card
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut Jr.)
Slaughterhouse-Five
25
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
The Man in the High Castle (Philip K. Dick)
The Man in the High Castle
26
Philip K. Dick
Stories of Your Life (Ted Chiang)
Stories of Your Life
27
Ted Chiang
Solaris (Stanislaw Lem)
Solaris
28
Stanislaw Lem
2001: A Space Odyssey (Arthur C. Clarke)
2001: A Space Odyssey
29
Arthur C. Clarke
We Are Legion, We Are Bob (Dennis E. Taylor)
We Are Legion, We Are Bob
30
Dennis E. Taylor
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
31
J.R.R. Tolkien
All Systems Red (Martha Wells)
All Systems Red
32
Martha Wells
Children of Time (Adrian Tchaikovsky)
Children of Time
33
Adrian Tchaikovsky
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
Neuromancer
34
William Gibson
Replay (Ken Grimwood)
Replay
35
Ken Grimwood
Death's End (Liu Cixin)
Death's End
36
Liu Cixin
The Fifth Season (N. K. Jemisin)
The Fifth Season
37
N. K. Jemisin
The Forever War (Joe Haldeman)
The Forever War
38
Joe Haldeman
Infinite (Jeremy Robinson)
Infinite
39
Jeremy Robinson
Seveneves (Neal Stephenson)
Seveneves
40
Neal Stephenson
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