



20th and 21st All-Centuries Polls Results 5 January 2013: Final Corrected Tallies Posted results for novels have been updated to combine votes across centuries -- titles voted for SF or fantasy novel in both 20th and 21st century categories. Votes have been combined in SF categories, and in fantasy categories, and then assigned for ranking to the century where each title got the most initial votes (analogous to the procedure used to compile short fiction votes). There are now 2480 unique novel category/title combinations, reduced from the earlier total of 2569.



Most adjustments made no difference to the top rankings, except in 21st century fantasy novel, where the adjustments made a difference as high as 5th place, since Rowling's Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows got some votes in the 20th century fantasy novel category. In other categories, there are no changes higher than 49th place in 20th century SF novel, 83rd place in 20th century fantasy novel, and 30th place in 21st century fantasy novel.



Again, I have left votes for books voted in SF vs fantasy categories alone, nor have I adjusted for series votes vs votes for individual novels.



On this home page, I have extended the listings of 20th century novel rankings to 75.



Finally, a correction to the editing of short fiction titles resulted in a novelette by Cory Doctorow moving from 27th to 22nd place, with other ranks adjusted accordingly. --Mark R. Kelly 29 December 2012: In November 2012 Locus Online hosted a set of polls for the best science fiction and fantasy novels and short fiction of the 20th and 21st (so far) centuries, with five categories in each century: SF novel, fantasy novel, novella, novelette, and short story. For 20th century categories, up to 10 votes in each category were allowed; for 21st century categories, 5 items in each were allowed. Results depend on rank of votes within each category, using algorithms that reward a 1st place vote twice as many points as a 5th or 10th place vote, but not 5 times or 10 times as many.



A total of 625 valid ballots were received, three-quarters of them in the last four days of November. Results for novels were posted on 21 December, below.



Here are results of Locus Online's 20th and 21st centuries polls in short fiction categories -- novella, novelette, and short story. Complete results are posted on the following pages; the first of these includes details about how the votes were compiled. Short fiction results by category and rank

Short fiction results alphabetically by author/title --Mark R. Kelly 20th Century Novella: Rank Author : Title (Year) Points Votes 1 Chiang, Ted : Story of Your Life (1998) 978 63 2 Le Guin, Ursula K. : The Word for World Is Forest (1972) 666 45 3 Tiptree, James, Jr. : Houston, Houston, Do You Read? (1976) 592 39 4 Campbell, John W. : Who Goes There? (1938) 568 39 5 Varley, John : The Persistence of Vision (1978) 561 39 6 Wolfe, Gene : The Fifth Head of Cerberus (1972) 510 34 7 Leiber, Fritz : Ill Met in Lankhmar (1970) 509 36 8 Heinlein, Robert A. : The Man Who Sold the Moon (1950) 508 34 9 Kress, Nancy : Beggars in Spain (1991) 456 33 10 Moore, C. L. (& Henry Kuttner) : Vintage Season (1946) 424 29 11 Bujold, Lois McMaster : The Mountains of Mourning (1989) 416 29 12 Martin, George R. R. : A Song for Lya (1974) 401 27 13 Lovecraft, H. P. : The Shadow Over Innsmouth (1942) 372 25 14 Heinlein, Robert A. : By His Bootstraps 325 22 15 Simak, Clifford D. : The Big Front Yard (1958) 323 23 16 Sturgeon, Theodore : Baby Is Three (1952) 322 22 17* Moorcock, Michael : Behold the Man (1966) 321 23 17* Varley, John : PRESS ENTER[] (1984) 321 23 19 Willis, Connie : The Last of the Winnebagos (1988) 309 22 20 Vinge, Vernor : True Names (1981) 307 22 21 Vance, Jack : The Last Castle (1966) 287 21 22* Crowley, John : Great Work of Time (1989) 283 19 22* Zelazny, Roger : 24 Views of Mt. Fuji, by Hokusai (1985) 283 18 24* Vance, Jack : The Dragon Masters (1962) 282 21 24* Vance, Jack : The Moon Moth (1961) 282 19 26 Heinlein, Robert A. : The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag (1942) 281 18 27 Longyear, Barry B. : Enemy Mine (1979) 256 20 28 Asimov, Isaac : The Martian Way (1952) 253 18 29 Farmer, Philip Jose : Riders of the Purple Wage (1967) 248 19 30 Zelazny, Roger : He Who Shapes (1965) 231 17 31 Chiang, Ted : Seventy-two Letters (2000) 225 16 32 Shepard, Lucius : R&R (1986) 224 16 33 Wolfe, Gene : The Death of Doctor Island (1973) 222 17 34 Delany, Samuel R. : The Star Pit (1967) 201 14 35 McCaffrey, Anne : Dragonrider (1967) 200 14 36 Resnick, Mike : Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge (1994) 195 15 37 Heinlein, Robert A. : Universe (1941) 188 13 38 McCaffrey, Anne : Weyr Search (1967) 186 13 39 Silverberg, Robert : Nightwings (1968) 177 13 40 Anderson, Poul : The Queen of Air and Darkness (1971) 176 13 41 Lovecraft, H. P. : The Case Of Charles Dexter Ward 170 12 42* Howard, Robert E. : Red Nails (1936) 165 12 42* Silverberg, Robert : Sailing to Byzantium (1985) 165 12 44 Brin, David : The Postman (1982) 162 12 45 Bear, Greg : Hardfought (1983) 160 11 46 Russell, Eric Frank : ...And Then There Were None 157 11 47 Zelazny, Roger : Home Is the Hangman (1975) 155 10 48* Haldeman, Joe : The Hemingway Hoax (1990) 152 12 48* Wolfe, Gene : Seven American Nights (1978) 152 10 50 Lovecraft, H. P. : The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath (1943) 146 10 20th Century Novelette: Rank Author : Title (Year) Points Votes 1 Keyes, Daniel : Flowers for Algernon (1959) 1646 108 2 Asimov, Isaac : Nightfall (1941) 1012 64 3 Zelazny, Roger : A Rose for Ecclesiastes (1963) 754 49 4 Asimov, Isaac : The Bicentennial Man (1976) 660 44 5 Martin, George R. R. : Sandkings (1979) 601 42 6 Bester, Alfred : Fondly Fahrenheit (1954) 554 37 7 Ellison, Harlan : A Boy and His Dog (1969) 516 36 8 Bear, Greg : Blood Music (1983) 480 34 9 Butler, Octavia E. : Bloodchild (1984) 458 30 10 Godwin, Tom : The Cold Equations (1954) 450 31 11 Tiptree, James, Jr. : The Women Men Don't See (1973) 426 29 12 Tiptree, James, Jr. : The Girl Who Was Plugged In 416 29 13 Card, Orson Scott : Ender's Game (1977) 400 28 14 Chiang, Ted : Tower of Babylon (1990) 378 26 15 Weinbaum, Stanley G. : A Martian Odyssey (1934) 357 25 16 Delany, Samuel R. : Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones (1968) 355 23 17 Dick, Philip K. : We Can Remember It for You Wholesale (1966) 352 24 18 Gibson, William : Burning Chrome (1982) 347 24 19 Lovecraft, H. P. : The Call of Cthulhu (1928) 319 23 20 Brown, Fredric : Arena (1944) 302 23 21 Blish, James : Surface Tension (1952) 298 22 22 Willis, Connie : Fire Watch (1982) 297 21 23 Ellison, Harlan : The Deathbird 290 19 24 Miller, Walter M., Jr. : A Canticle for Leibowitz (1955) 272 18 25 Zelazny, Roger : The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth (1965) 271 19 26* Smith, Cordwainer : The Ballad of Lost C'Mell (1962) 270 20 26* Niven, Larry : Inconstant Moon (1971) 270 19 28 Kuttner, Henry [Lewis Padgett] : Mimsy Were the Borogoves (1943) 246 19 29 Niven, Larry : Neutron Star (1966) 237 18 30 Kelly, James Patrick : Think Like a Dinosaur (1995) 227 17 31 Zelazny, Roger : For a Breath I Tarry (1966) 226 15 32 Sturgeon, Theodore : Microcosmic God 223 17 33 McCaffrey, Anne : The Ship Who Sang (1961) 220 17 34 Asimov, Isaac : Foundation (1942) 217 15 35* Dick, Philip K. : Second Variety (1953) 214 16 35* Smith, Cordwainer : Scanners Live in Vain (1950) 214 15 37 Shepard, Lucius : The Man Who Painted the Dragon Griaule (1984) 210 16 38 Heinlein, Robert A. : --And He Built a Crooked House (1941) 195 14 39 Leinster, Murray : First Contact (1945) 191 14 40 Kornbluth, C. M. : The Little Black Bag 189 14 41* Aldiss, Brian W. : Hothouse (1961) 186 14 41* Heinlein, Robert A. : The Roads Must Roll (1940) 186 13 43 Kornbluth, C. M. : The Marching Morons 178 12 44 Sterling, Bruce : Swarm (1982) 175 13 45 Lovecraft, H. P. : The Dunwich Horror (1929) 171 12 46 Asimov, Isaac : The Ugly Little Boy (1958) 170 12 47 Zelazny, Roger : The Keys to December (1966) 156 11 48 Leiber, Fritz : Gonna Roll the Bones (1967) 155 11 49 Chiang, Ted : Understand (1991) 150 10 50* Waldrop, Howard : The Ugly Chickens 147 11 50* Le Guin, Ursula K. : Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come out Tonight 147 10 20th Century Short Story: Rank Author : Title (Year) Points Votes 1 Clarke, Arthur C. : The Nine Billion Names of God (1953) 932 62 2 Le Guin, Ursula K. : The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas (1973) 797 52 3 Ellison, Harlan : 'Repent, Harlequin!' said the Ticktockman (1965) 767 52 4 Ellison, Harlan : I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream (1967) 717 49 5 Clarke, Arthur C. : The Star (1955) 607 40 6 Bradbury, Ray : A Sound of Thunder (1952) 504 34 7 Heinlein, Robert A. : All You Zombies-- (1959) 442 32 8 Gibson, William : Johnny Mnemonic (1981) 428 30 9 Tiptree, James, Jr. : The Screwfly Solution (1977) 425 30 10 Jackson, Shirley : The Lottery (1948) 421 28 11 Bradbury, Ray : There Will Come Soft Rains (1950) 407 29 12 Asimov, Isaac : The Last Question (1956) 381 25 13 Shaw, Bob : Light of Other Days (1966) 371 26 14 Vonnegut, Kurt : Harrison Bergeron (1961) 364 27 15 Heinlein, Robert A. : The Green Hills of Earth (1947) 362 26 16 Smith, Cordwainer : The Game of Rat and Dragon (1955) 290 22 17 Pohl, Frederik : Day Million (1966) 289 21 18 Ellison, Harlan : Jeffty Is Five (1977) 275 19 19 Clarke, Arthur C. : The Sentinel (1951) 273 19 20 Russ, Joanna : When It Changed 259 18 21 Tiptree, James, Jr. : Love Is the Plan the Plan Is Death (1973) 248 17 22 Delany, Samuel R. : Aye, and Gomorrah 243 19 23 Bixby, Jerome : It's a Good Life (1953) 232 16 24 Bradbury, Ray : The Veldt (1950) 230 17 25 Varley, John : Air Raid (1977) 206 16 26 Le Guin, Ursula K. : The Day Before the Revolution (1974) 200 14 27 Bisson, Terry : Bears Discover Fire (1990) 196 14 28 Butler, Octavia E. : Speech Sounds 181 13 29 Asimov, Isaac : Robbie (1940) 177 12 30* Bradbury, Ray : The Million Year Picnic (1946) 167 13 30* Willis, Connie : Even the Queen (1992) 167 13 30* Sturgeon, Theodore : The Man Who Lost the Sea (1959) 167 10 33 Leiber, Fritz : A Pail of Air (1951) 153 11 34 Sturgeon, Theodore : Saucer of Loneliness (1953) 151 10 35* Davidson, Avram : Or All the Seas with Oysters (1958) 144 10 35* Russell, Eric Frank : Allamagoosa (1955) 144 10 37 Card, Orson Scott : Unaccompanied Sonata (1979) 143 10 38 Martin, George R. R. : With Morning Comes Mistfall (1973) 140 10 39 Gaiman, Neil : A Midsummer Night's Dream (1990) 132 10 40 Bester, Alfred : The Men Who Murdered Mohammed (1958) 131 10 41 Asimov, Isaac : Liar! (1941) 130 8 42 Egan, Greg : Learning to Be Me (1990) 125 9 43 Gaiman, Neil : Troll Bridge (1993) 123 8 44 Wolfe, Gene : The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories 121 8 45* Leiber, Fritz : Coming Attraction 120 9 45* Silverberg, Robert : Passengers 120 9 47 Ballard, J. G. : The Terminal Beach 115 8 48 Bradbury, Ray : All Summer in a Day (1954) 114 8 49 Knight, Damon : The Country of the Kind (1956) 112 9 50 Sturgeon, Theodore : Thunder and Roses (1947) 109 8 21st Century Novella: Rank Author : Title (Year) Points Votes 1 Link, Kelly : Magic for Beginners (2005) 205 31 2 Stross, Charles : Palimpsest (2009) 108 18 3 MacLeod, Ian R. : New Light on the Drake Equation (2001) 106 15 4 Chiang, Ted : Liking What You See: A Documentary (2002) 105 17 5 Vinge, Vernor : Fast Times at Fairmont High 95 14 6 Reynolds, Alastair : Diamond Dogs (2001) 87 15 7 Willis, Connie : Inside Job 77 13 8 Stross, Charles : The Concrete Jungle (2004) 74 12 9 Baker, Kage : The Empress of Mars (2003) 72 11 10 Scalzi, John : The God Engines (2009) 71 9 11* Gaiman, Neil : Coraline 69 10 11* Vinge, Vernor : The Cookie Monster (2003) 69 9 13 Swirsky, Rachel : The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers beneath the Queen's Window 65 11 14 Le Guin, Ursula K. : The Finder (2001) 61 9 15 McDonald, Ian : The Little Goddess (2005) 60 9 16 Stross, Charles : Missile Gap (2006) 58 10 17 Chiang, Ted : The Lifecycle of Software Objects 56 8 18 Kelly, James Patrick : Burn (2005) 55 8 19* Kress, Nancy : The Erdmann Nexus (2008) 53 10 19* Chwedyk, Richard : Bronte's Egg (2002) 53 8 21st Century Novelette: Rank Author : Title (Year) Points Votes 1 Chiang, Ted : Hell Is the Absence of God (2001) 293 43 2 Chiang, Ted : The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate (2007) 232 35 3 Gaiman, Neil : A Study in Emerald (2003) 224 32 4 Bacigalupi, Paolo : The Calorie Man (2005) 124 20 5* Link, Kelly : The Faery Handbag (2004) 110 18 5* Bacigalupi, Paolo : The People of Sand and Slag (2004) 110 16 7 Ford, Jeffrey : The Empire of Ice Cream (2003) 104 17 8 Stross, Charles : Lobsters (2001) 102 16 9* Mieville, China : Reports of Certain Events in London (2004) 87 15 9* Watts, Peter : The Island 87 13 11 Reynolds, Alastair : Beyond the Aquila Rift (2005) 78 13 12 Doctorow, Cory : When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth (2006) 72 13 13* Bacigalupi, Paolo : Yellow Card Man (2006) 67 11 13* Bacigalupi, Paolo : The Fluted Girl (2003) 67 10 15 Gregory, Daryl : Second Person, Present Tense (2005) 66 11 16* Bacigalupi, Paolo : Pump Six (2008) 65 10 16* Egan, Greg : Dark Integers 65 10 18 Beagle, Peter S. : Two Hearts (2005) 61 9 19 Gardner, James Alan : The Ray-Gun: A Love Story 55 9 20 Swirsky, Rachel : Eros, Philia, Agape 49 8 21st Century Short Story: Rank Author : Title (Year) Points Votes 1 Chiang, Ted : Exhalation (2008) 306 47 2 Lanagan, Margo : Singing My Sister Down (2004) 147 22 3 Gaiman, Neil : How to Talk to Girls at Parties (2006) 121 18 4 Watts, Peter : The Things (2010) 93 14 5* Swanwick, Michael : The Dog Said Bow-Wow (2001) 89 14 5* Le Guin, Ursula K. : The Bones of the Earth (2001) 89 13 7 Johnson, Kij : 26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss 78 11 8 Abraham, Daniel : The Cambist and Lord Iron (2007) 77 12 9* Johnson, Kij : Spar (2009) 69 12 9* Reynolds, Alastair : Zima Blue (2005) 69 11 11 Liu, Ken : The Paper Menagerie (2011) 64 9 12 Gaiman, Neil : October in the Chair (2002) 59 9 13 Resnick, Mike : Travels with My Cats (2004) 54 6 14 Ford, Jeffrey : Creation (2002) 53 8 15 Bear, Elizabeth : Tideline (2007) 52 9 16 Stross, Charles : Rogue Farm (2003) 45 7 17 McIntosh, Will : Bridesicle 41 6 18 Ellison, Harlan : How Interesting: A Tiny Man (2010) 40 6 19 Johnson, Kij : Ponies (2010) 39 6 20* Fowler, Karen Joy : The Pelican Bar 38 6 20* Fowler, Karen Joy : What I Didn't See (2002) 38 5 Update 26 December 2012: Corrections made, which moves Gaiman & Pratchett's Good Omens into 8th place for 20th century fantasy novel, and Joe Abercrombie's The Blade Itself into 13th place for 21st century fantasy novel. Update 24 December 2012: A few corrections to the posted results are forthcoming, especially the combining of votes for Good Omens, tallied both as by Pratchett/Gaiman and by Gaiman/Pratchett, which will raise its rank considerably. One or two other fixes will also affect the rankings displayed below. These updates will be posted later this week... 21 December 2012: In November 2012 Locus Online hosted a set of polls for the best novels and short fiction of the 20th and 21st centuries, with five categories in each century: SF novel, fantasy novel, novella, novelette, and short story. For 20th century categories, up to 10 votes in each category were allowed; for 21st century categories, 5 items in each were allowed. Results depend on rank of votes within each category, using algorithms that reward a 1st place vote twice as many points as a 5th or 10th place vote, but not 5 times or 10 times as many.



A total of 625 valid ballots were received, three-quarters of them in the last four days of November.



Since all votes were write-in, the task of compiling results was more arduous than it is for the annual Locus Polls. As of today only results in the novel categories have been completed, and are as follows. An * indicates a tie. 20th Century SF Novel: Rank Author : Title (Year) Points Votes 1 Herbert, Frank : Dune (1965) 3930 256 2 Card, Orson Scott : Ender's Game (1985) 2235 154 3 Asimov, Isaac : The Foundation Trilogy (1953) 2054 143 4 Simmons, Dan : Hyperion (1989) 1843 132 5 Le Guin, Ursula K. : The Left Hand of Darkness (1969) 1750 120 6 Adams, Douglas : The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1979) 1639 114 7 Orwell, George : Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) 1493 105 8 Gibson, William : Neuromancer (1984) 1384 100 9 Bester, Alfred : The Stars My Destination (1957) 1311 91 10 Bradbury, Ray : Fahrenheit 451 (1953) 1275 91 11 Heinlein, Robert A. : Stranger in a Strange Land (1961) 1121 75 12 Heinlein, Robert A. : The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (1966) 1107 76 13 Haldeman, Joe : The Forever War (1974) 1095 83 14 Clarke, Arthur C. : Childhood's End (1953) 987 70 15 Niven, Larry : Ringworld (1970) 955 74 16 Le Guin, Ursula K. : The Dispossessed (1974) 907 62 17 Bradbury, Ray : The Martian Chronicles (1950) 902 63 18 Stephenson, Neal : Snow Crash (1992) 779 60 19 Miller, Walter M. , Jr. : A Canticle for Leibowitz (1959) 776 56 20 Pohl, Frederik : Gateway (1977) 759 58 21 Heinlein, Robert A. : Starship Troopers (1959) 744 53 22 Dick, Philip K. : The Man in the High Castle (1962) 728 54 23 Zelazny, Roger : Lord of Light (1967) 727 50 24 Wolfe, Gene : The Book of the New Sun (1983) 703 43 25 Lem, Stanislaw : Solaris (1970) 638 47 26 Dick, Philip K. : Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968) 632 47 27 Vinge, Vernor : A Fire Upon The Deep (1992) 620 48 28 Clarke, Arthur C. : Rendezvous with Rama (1973) 588 44 29 Huxley, Aldous : Brave New World (1932) 581 42 30 Clarke, Arthur C. : 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 569 39 31 Vonnegut, Kurt : Slaughterhouse-Five (1969) 543 39 32 Strugatsky, Arkady & Boris : Roadside Picnic (1972) 518 36 33 Card, Orson Scott : Speaker for the Dead (1986) 448 31 34 Brunner, John : Stand on Zanzibar (1968) 443 33 35 Robinson, Kim Stanley : Red Mars (1992) 441 35 36 Niven, Larry (& Pournelle, Jerry) : The Mote in God's Eye (1974) 437 32 37 Willis, Connie : Doomsday Book (1992) 433 33 38 Atwood, Margaret : The Handmaid's Tale (1985) 422 32 39 Sturgeon, Theodore : More Than Human (1953) 408 29 40 Simak, Clifford D. : City (1952) 401 28 41 Brin, David : Startide Rising (1983) 393 29 42 Asimov, Isaac : Foundation (1950) 360 24 43 Farmer, Philip Jose : To Your Scattered Bodies Go (1971) 356 25 44 Dick, Philip K. : Ubik (1969) 355 25 45 Vonnegut, Kurt : Cat's Cradle (1963) 318 24 46 Vinge, Vernor : A Deepness in the Sky (1999) 315 22 47 Simak, Clifford D. : Way Station (1963) 308 24 48 Wyndham, John : The Day of the Triffids (1951) 302 24 49 Stephenson, Neal : Cryptonomicon (1999) 300 24 50* Delany, Samuel R. : Dhalgren (1975) 297 19 50* Keyes, Daniel : Flowers for Algernon (1966) 297 23 52 Bester, Alfred : The Demolished Man (1953) 291 21 53 Stephenson, Neal : The Diamond Age (1995) 275 21 54 Russell, Mary Doria : The Sparrow (1996) 262 20 55 Dick, Philip K. : A Scanner Darkly (1977) 260 18 56* Asimov, Isaac : The Caves of Steel (1954) 259 20 56* Banks, Iain M. : Use of Weapons (1990) 259 19 58 Strugatsky, Arkady & Boris : Hard to Be a God (1964) 258 17 59 Delany, Samuel R. : Nova (1968) 252 19 60 Crichton, Michael : Jurassic Park (1990) 245 19 61 Heinlein, Robert A. : The Door Into Summer (1957) 238 17 62 L'Engle, Madeleine : A Wrinkle in Time (1962) 215 18 63* Clarke, Arthur C. : The City and the Stars (1956) 210 15 63* Banks, Iain M. : The Player of Games (1988) 210 15 65 Bujold, Lois McMaster : Memory (1996) 207 15 66 Asimov, Isaac : The End of Eternity (1955) 205 15 67 Stewart, George R. : Earth Abides (1949) 204 14 68* Heinlein, Robert A. : Double Star (1956) 203 14 68* Burgess, Anthony : A Clockwork Orange (1962) 203 16 70 Bujold, Lois McMaster : Barrayar (1991) 202 14 71* Stapledon, Olaf : Last and First Men (1930) 193 14 71* McHugh, Maureen F. : China Mountain Zhang (1992) 193 16 73 Cherryh, C. J. : Cyteen (1988) 192 14 74 McCaffrey, Anne : Dragonflight (1968) 191 15 75 Heinlein, Robert A. : Citizen of the Galaxy (1957) 188 14 20th Century Fantasy Novel: Rank Author : Title (Year) Points Votes 1 Tolkien, J. R. R. : The Lord of the Rings (1955) 5675 340 2 Martin, George R. R. : A Game of Thrones (1996) 2200 152 3 Tolkien, J. R. R. : The Hobbit (1937) 2040 138 4 Le Guin, Ursula K. : A Wizard of Earthsea (1968) 1613 113 5 Zelazny, Roger : Nine Princes in Amber (1970) 971 70 6 Mieville, China : Perdido Street Station (2000) 827 64 7 Lewis, C. S. : The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950) 821 58 8 Gaiman/Pratchett : Good Omens (1990) 701 51 9 Rowling, J. K. : Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (1997) 665 50 10 Crowley, John : Little, Big (1981) 645 41 11 Adams, Richard : Watership Down (1972) 632 46 12 Martin, George R. R. : A Storm of Swords (2000) 626 47 13 Goldman, William : The Princess Bride (1973) 610 47 14 Beagle, Peter S. : The Last Unicorn (1968) 597 45 15 White, T. H. : The Once and Future King (1958) 589 46 16 Kay, Guy Gavriel : Tigana (1990) 522 38 17 Gaiman, Neil : Neverwhere (1996) 509 38 18 Wolfe, Gene : The Book of the New Sun (1983) 494 35 19 Vance, Jack : The Dying Earth (1950) 457 31 20 Bulgakov, Mikhail : The Master and Margarita (1967) 442 29 21 Rowling, J. K. : Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2000) 440 33 22 Tolkien, J. R. R. : The Silmarillion (1977) 433 32 23 Leiber, Fritz : The Swords of Lankhmar (1968) 425 30 24 Jordan, Robert : The Eye of the World (1990) 423 29 25 Rowling, J. K. : Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (1999) 418 34 26 Donaldson, Stephen R. : Lord Foul's Bane (1977) 416 32 27 Bradbury, Ray : Something Wicked This Way Comes (1962) 411 30 28 Peake, Mervyn : Gormenghast (1950) 410 29 29 Powers, Tim : The Anubis Gates (1983) 403 29 30 Martin, George R. R. : A Clash of Kings (1998) 381 26 31 Bradley, Marion Zimmer : The Mists of Avalon (1983) 368 28 32 Hobb, Robin : Assassin's Apprentice (1995) 367 27 33 Pratchett, Terry : The Colour of Magic (1983) 363 28 34 Holdstock, Robert : Mythago Wood (1984) 326 25 35 King, Stephen : The Stand (1978) 316 22 36* L'Engle, Madeleine : A Wrinkle in Time (1962) 310 23 36* Pratchett, Terry : Small Gods (1992) 310 23 38 Howard, Robert E. : Conan the Barbarian (1950) 297 21 39 Ende, Michael : The Neverending Story (1983) 291 23 40 Peake, Mervyn : Titus Groan (1946) 287 20 41 McCaffrey, Anne : Dragonflight (1968) 281 22 42 Feist, Raymond E. : Magician (1982) 280 22 43 Orwell : George : Animal Farm (1945) 279 20 44 Silverberg, Robert : Lord Valentine's Castle (1980) 261 20 45 Lovecraft, H. P. : At the Mountains of Madness (1936) 249 20 46 Swanwick, Michael : The Iron Dragon's Daughter (1993) 247 18 47 King, Stephen : The Shining (1977) 238 18 48 Garcia Marquez, Gabriel : One Hundred Years of Solitude (1970) 223 16 49 Saint-Exupery, Antoine de : The Little Prince (1943) 217 16 50 Hughart, Barry : Bridge of Birds (1984) 213 16 51* Rice, Anne : Interview with the Vampire (1976) 211 18 51* King, Stephen : It (1986) 211 16 53 Stewart, Mary : The Crystal Cave (1970) 208 14 54 Mirrlees, Hope : Lud-In-The-Mist (1926) 206 15 55 Anthony, Piers : A Spell for Chameleon (1977) 197 16 56 Pullman, Philip : The Amber Spyglass (2000) 194 15 57 McKillip, Patricia A. : The Riddle-Master of Hed (1976) 193 14 58 Jackson, Shirley : The Haunting of Hill House (1959) 190 14 59 Brooks, Terry : The Sword of Shannara (1977) 184 14 60 Heinlein, Robert A. : Glory Road (1963) 182 13 61 Eddison, E. R. : The Worm Ouroboros (1922) 181 12 62 Le Guin, Ursula K. : Tehanu (1990) 175 12 63 Eddings, David : Pawn of Prophecy (1982) 174 14 64 Grimwood, Ken : Replay (1987) 169 11 65 Zelazny, Roger : Lord of Light (1967) 168 11 66 Grahame, Kenneth : The Wind in the Willows (1908) 166 12 67 Anderson, Poul : The Broken Sword (1954) 163 11 68 Kay, Guy Gavriel : The Lions of Al-Rassan (1995) 161 11 69 Barker, Clive : Imagica (1991) 158 10 70 Jones, Dianna Wynne : Howl's Moving Castle (1986) 149 11 71* Donaldson, Stephen R. : The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant 146 9 71* Burroughs, Edgar Rice : A Princess of Mars (1917) 146 10 73* Leiber, Fritz : Our Lady of Darkness (1977) 145 10 73* Le Guin, Ursula K. : The Earthsea Trilogy 145 10 75 Priest, Christopher : The Prestige (1995) 143 11 21st Century SF Novel: Rank Author : Title (Year) Points Votes 1 Scalzi, John : Old Man's War (2005) 734 105 2 Stephenson, Neal : Anathem (2008) 432 63 3 Bacigalupi, Paolo : The Windup Girl (2009) 367 58 4 Wilson, Robert Charles : Spin (2005) 305 49 5 Morgan, Richard : Altered Carbon (2002) 256 38 6 Watts, Peter : Blindsight (2006) 251 37 7 Collins, Suzanne : The Hunger Games (2008) 210 33 8 Gibson, William : Pattern Recognition (2003) 197 30 9 Mieville, China : The City & the City (2009) 193 29 10 Stross, Charles : Accelerando (2005) 187 31 11 Mitchell, David : Cloud Atlas (2004) 185 30 12 McDonald, Ian : River of Gods (2004) 181 29 13 Simmons, Dan : Ilium (2003) 155 24 14 McCarthy, Cormac : The Road (2006) 151 23 15 Harrison, M. John : Light (2002) 147 22 16* Willis, Connie : Black Out/All Clear (2010) 142 20 16* Chabon, Michael : The Yiddish Policemen's Union (2007) 142 23 18 Niffenegger, Audrey : The Time Traveler's Wife (2003) 137 23 19* Ishiguro, Kazuo : Never Let Me Go (2005) 125 20 19* Doctorow, Cory : Little Brother (2008 125 22 21 McDonald, Ian : The Dervish House (2010) 121 21 22 Vinge, Vernor : Rainbows End (2006) 120 21 23 Stephenson, Neal : The Baroque Cycle: The Confusion; The System of the World (2004) 119 19 24 Robinson, Kim Stanley : The Years of Rice and Salt (2002) 115 17 25 Mieville, China : Embassytown (2011) 97 14 21st Century Fantasy Novel: Rank Author : Title (Year) Points Votes 1 Gaiman, Neil : American Gods (2001) 807 116 2 Clarke, Susanna : Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (2004) 619 95 3 Rothfuss, Patrick : The Name of the Wind (2007) 422 64 4 Mieville, China : The Scar (2002) 238 34 5 Rowling, J. K. : Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (2007) 223 34 6 Martin, George R. R. : A Feast for Crows (2005) 213 34 7 Bujold, Lois McMaster : The Curse of Chalion (2001) 192 28 8 Mieville, China : The City & the City (2009) 170 28 9 Fforde, Jasper : The Eyre Affair (2001) 160 27 10 Gaiman, Neil : Coraline (2002) 156 25 11 Wolfe, Gene : The Wizard Knight (2004) 153 24 12* Bujold, Lois McMaster : Paladin of Souls (2003) 150 22 12* Pratchett, Terry : Going Postal (2004) 150 24 12* Pratchett, Terry : Night Watch (2002) 150 26 15 Lynch, Scott : The Lies of Locke Lamora (2006) 146 24 16 Abercrombie, Joe : The Blade Itself (2006) 141 24 17 Gaiman, Neil : The Graveyard Book (2008) 136 22 18 Jemisin, N. K. : The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (2010) 124 21 19 Le Guin, Ursula K. : Lavinia (2008) 123 18 20 Sanderson, Brandon : Mistborn (2006) 122 18 21 Rowling, J. K. : Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2005) 117 18 22 Le Guin, Ursula K. : The Other Wind (2001) 104 16 23 Gaiman, Neil : Anansi Boys (2005) 92 16 24* Novik, Naomi : His Majesty's Dragon (2006) 89 16 24* Kay, Guy Gavriel : Under Heaven (2010) 89 14 As promised in Roundtable blog comments about the poll, complete results, by category/rank and alphabetically by author, are also available. The first link includes details of the compilation process. Complete results by category and rank

Complete results alphabetically by author/title Short fiction results will be available as soon as possible.

