Most Popular Science Fiction Books of the 20th century

V for Vendetta

Alan Moore, David Lloyd

Science Fiction · Graphic Novels · Comics

1990

Hyperion Cantos #1

Hyperion

Dan Simmons

Science Fiction · Hugo Award · Locus Award

1989

Watchmen

Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons

Science Fiction · Graphic Novels · Hugo Award · Locus Award · Comics

1987

Flowers for Algernon

Daniel Keyes

Science Fiction · Nebula Award

1966

Ender #1

Ender's Game

Orson Scott Card

Science Fiction · Military Science Fiction · Hugo Award · Movie · Nebula Award

1985

Zones of Thought #2

A Deepness in the Sky

Vernor Vinge

Science Fiction · Space Opera · Hugo Award

1999

The Case of Charles Dexter Ward

H. P. Lovecraft

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Weird Fiction

1951

Zones of Thought #1

A Fire Upon the Deep

Vernor Vinge

Science Fiction · Space Opera · Hugo Award

1992

Dune #1

Dune

Frank Herbert

Science Fiction · Hugo Award · Nebula Award

1965

Memoirs of a Space Traveler: Further Reminiscences of Ijon Tichy

Stanislaw Lem

Science Fiction · Short Stories · Translation

1957

Hyperion Cantos #2

The Fall of Hyperion

Dan Simmons

Science Fiction · BSFA Award · Locus Award

1990

The Cyberiad

Stanislaw Lem

Science Fiction · Short Stories · Translation

1967

The Gate to Women's Country

Sheri S. Tepper

Science Fiction · Anthropological SF

1988

The Culture #2

The Player of Games

Iain M. Banks

Science Fiction · Space Opera

1988

The Forever War series #1

The Forever War

Joe Haldeman

Science Fiction · Military Science Fiction · Hugo Award · Locus Award · Nebula Award

1974

Heechee Saga #1

Gateway

Frederik Pohl

Science Fiction · Hugo Award · Locus Award · Nebula Award · Prix Apollo

1977

The Culture #3

Use of Weapons

Iain M. Banks

Science Fiction · Space Opera

1990

1984

George Orwell

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Post-Apocalyptic · Social Science Fiction

1949

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #1

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Douglas Adams

Science Fiction

1979

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide

Douglas Adams

Science Fiction · Collection

1997

Hainish Cycle

The Dispossessed

Ursula K. Le Guin

Science Fiction · Social Science Fiction · Utopia · Hugo Award · Locus Award

1974

Ender #2

Speaker for the Dead

Orson Scott Card

Science Fiction · Hugo Award · Locus Award · Nebula Award

1986

Hainish Cycle

The Left Hand of Darkness

Ursula K. Le Guin

Science Fiction · Hugo Award · Nebula Award

1969

The Helliconia Trilogy #2

Helliconia Summer

Brian Aldiss

Science Fiction

1983

The Handmaid's Tale #1

The Handmaid's Tale

Margaret Atwood

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Arthur C. Clarke Award

1985

Hell #1

The Descent

Jeff Long

Science Fiction

1999

The Lurker at the Threshold

H. P. Lovecraft, August Derleth

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Weird Fiction

1945

I Am Legend

Richard Matheson

Horror · Science Fiction · Vampires · Bram Stoker Award

1954

The Culture #1

Consider Phlebas

Iain M. Banks

Science Fiction · Space Opera

1987

Way Station

Clifford D. Simak

Science Fiction · Hugo Award

1963

A Scanner Darkly

Philip K. Dick

Science Fiction · BSFA Award

1977

The Gods Themselves

Isaac Asimov

Science Fiction · Hugo Award · Locus Award · Nebula Award

1972

The Helliconia Trilogy #1

Helliconia Spring

Brian Aldiss

Science Fiction · BSFA Award

1982

Uplift #2

Startide Rising

David Brin

Science Fiction · Space Opera · Hugo Award · Locus Award · Nebula Award

1983

The Invincible

Stanislaw Lem

Science Fiction · Translation

1964

Star Wars

Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker

Alan Dean Foster, George Lucas

Science Fiction · Space Opera · Star Wars

1976