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NPR's Top 100 Science Fiction & Fantasy Books - Page 3

More than 5,000 of you nominated. More than 60,000 of you voted. And now the results are in. The winners of NPR's Top 100 Science-Fiction and Fantasy survey are an intriguing mix of classic and contemporary titles. Over on NPR's pop culture blog, Monkey See, you can find one fan's thoughts on how the list shaped up, get our experts' take, and have the chance to share your own.
A quick word about what's here, and what's not: Our panel of experts reviewed hundreds of the most popular nominations and tossed out those that didn't fit the survey's criteria (after — we assure you — much passionate, thoughtful, gleefully nerdy discussion). You'll notice there are no young adult or horror books on this list, but sit tight, dear reader, we're saving those genres for summers yet to come.
So, at last, here are your favorite science-fiction and fantasy novels.
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avg. score: 26 of 100 (26%)
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The Malazan Book of the Fallen Series
The Malazan Book of the Fallen Series
81
The Eyre Affair (Jasper Fforde)
The Eyre Affair
82
Jasper Fforde
The Culture Series
The Culture Series
83
The Crystal Cave (Mary Stewart)
The Crystal Cave
84
Mary Stewart
Anathem
Anathem
85
The Codex Alera Series
The Codex Alera Series
86
The Book of the New Sun (Gene Wolfe)
The Book of the New Sun
87
Gene Wolfe
The Thrawn Trilogy (Timothy Zahn)
The Thrawn Trilogy
88
Timothy Zahn
The Outlander Series
The Outlander Series
89
The Elric Saga
The Elric Saga
90
The Illustrated Man (Ray Bradbury)
The Illustrated Man
91
Ray Bradbury
Sunshine
Sunshine
92
A Fire Upon the Deep
A Fire Upon the Deep
93
The Caves of Steel (Isaac Asimov)
The Caves of Steel
94
Isaac Asimov
Mars Trilogy
Mars Trilogy
95
Lucifer's Hammer (Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle)
Lucifer's Hammer
96
Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
Doomsday Book
Doomsday Book
97
Perdido Street Station (China Mieville)
Perdido Street Station
98
China Mieville
The Xanth Series
The Xanth Series
99
The Space Trilogy
The Space Trilogy
100
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