NPR 100 Best Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books

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Overview

NPRs 2011 list of the best science fiction and fantasy books of all time. Series are counted as just the first installment 

Challenge Books

Anathem by Neal Stephenson

Anathem

Neal Stephenson

Furies of Calderon by Jim Butcher

Furies of Calderon

Codex Alera #1

Jim Butcher

The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe

The Shadow of the Torturer

The Book of the New Sun #1

Gene Wolfe

Heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn

Heir to the Empire

Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy #1

Timothy Zahn

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

Outlander

Outlander #1

Diana Gabaldon

Elric of Melniboné by Michael Moorcock

Elric of Melniboné

The Elric Saga #1

Michael Moorcock

The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury

The Illustrated Man

Ray Bradbury

Sunshine by Robin McKinley

Sunshine

Robin McKinley

A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge

A Fire Upon the Deep

Zones of Thought #1

Vernor Vinge

The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov

The Caves of Steel

Robot #1

Isaac Asimov

Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson

Red Mars

Mars Trilogy #1

Kim Stanley Robinson

Lucifer's Hammer by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle

Lucifer's Hammer

Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle