NPR did a survey to find the top 100 Sci-fi and Fantasy books. I took the list, and checked off the ones I’ve read.
It’s a very good list, but here are a few that didn’t make the list:
Cyberiad by Stanislaw Lem. Although his Solaris did make the list, I feel Cyberiad is both a more creative and more accessable book.
Transmetropolitan by Warren Ellis. True, this is a graphic novel series, but Watchman made the list, so why not Transmet?
The Dark is Rising Series by Susan Cooper. I loved this as a kid, it’s an amazing story of classic good vs. evil
Wrinkle in Time Series by Madeline L’Engle. Time- and space-bending adventures. I remember them, like C.S. Lewis’s Space Trilogy, getting somewhat Christian-y at times, but they were still fantastic stories. Plus it introduced young Tev to the concept of a tesseract!
The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander. The first book, Black Cauldron, was adapted into a movie by Disney – one of the darker Disney flicks, and one that’s not a musical. The full series is much more epic.
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O’Brien. Sure, it’s a kid’s book, but it could almost be a parallel book to Flowers for Algernon, if Algernon had escaped along with other test animals.