Top Ten SF&F novels of the decade

[hohop]

Best SFF Novels of the Decade Readers Poll RESULTS

Only read three on the list. (#2,6,10)

 

[Soundmanred]

1. Old Man’s War by John Scalzi – 295 votes
2. American Gods by Neil Gaiman – 270 votes
3. The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss – 231 votes
4. Blindsight by Peter Watts – 221 votes
5. Kushiel’s Dart by Jacqueline Carey – 194 votes
6. A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin - 179 votes
7. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke – 167 votes
8. Anathem by Neal Stephenson – 141 votes
9. Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson – 125 votes
10. Perdido Street Station by China Mieville

There's the list so you don't have to go to a shady looking website.
For the record, I haven't heard of a single one of these books...

 

[Siddhartha]

I have read "American Gods" and enjoyed it. I am going to check out the rest of this list.

 

[Possessed Freak]

Gah, those links are painful to quote so instead I will just say this: Storm of Swords is Science Fiction, I thought it would be fantasy...

 

[Arcadio]

The only author I recognize is Neal Stephenson.

 

[allisolm]

I'm not familiar with these either, but it looks like I need to read more SFF.

1. Old Man's War by John Scalzi - Nominee, Hugo Award for Best Novel, 2006; Finalist, 2006 Locus Award for Best First Novel

2.American Gods by Neil Gaiman - Hugo Award for Best SF/Fantasy Novel, Bram Stoker Award for Best Horror Novel, Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel , Nebula Award for Best Novel

3. The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss - Quill Award (2007) - Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror, "Best Books of the Year" (2007) - Publishers Weekly - Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror, Alex Award (2008) - Young Adult Library Services Association

4. Blindsight by Peter Watts - Hugo Award nominee Best Novel 2007

5. Kushiel’s Dart by Jacqueline Carey - 2002 Locus Award for Best First Novel,
2001 Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award, Best Fantasy Novel, Barnes & Noble, Top Ten Science Fiction & Fantasy of 2001

6. A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin - 2001 Locus Award, the 2002 Geffen Award for Best Novel, 2001 Nebula Award nominee for Best Novel, Hugo Award nominee

7. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke - Hugo Award Best Novel 2005, Time's Best Novel of the Year 2004, World Fantasy Award for Best Novel 2005, Locus Award for Best First Novel 2005, Mythopoeic Award for Adult Literature 2005, British Book Awards Newcomer of the Year Award 2005.

8. Anathem by Neal Stephenson - Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel in 2009, nominated for Hugo, Arthur C. Clarke, and John W. Campbell Memorial Awards 2009, nominated for British Science Fiction Award 2008.

9. Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson - nominee John W. Campbell Award. Sanderson finished Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series after Jordan's death.

10. Perdido Street Station by China Mieville - nominated for the 2002 Nebula Award for Best Novel and Hugo Award for Best Novel. Winner of British Fantasy Society's August Derleth Award in 2000, Arthur C. Clarke Award in 2001, Premio Ignotus Award in 2002, Kurd Laßwitz Award in 2003, Amazon.com Editors' Choice Award in Fantasy in 2001.

 

[thebestMAX]

Guess I must be out of the loop too. Never heard of any of them.

 

[nageov3t]

Neil Gaiman is amazing and everything he's written or been involved with in any way is worth reading.

 

[ProfJohn]

There's the list so you don't have to go to a shady looking website.

Shady looking???

TOR is a HUGE book publisher. Probably the biggest and best publisher of Fantasy and Sci-fi books

 

[RedCOMET]

5. Kushiel’s Dart by Jacqueline Carey - 2002 Locus Award for Best First Novel,
2001 Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award, Best Fantasy Novel, Barnes & Noble, Top Ten Science Fiction & Fantasy of 2001

I have read this book, and the other books in the Kushiel Series. They are awesome, but they do have erotic elements to them which make it extra fun.

 

[PottedMeat]

Shady looking???

TOR is a HUGE book publisher. Probably the biggest and best publisher of Fantasy and Sci-fi books

the original link was some 'find best amazon deals' blog or something with like 1 comment per entry

 

[ProfJohn]

Ahhh!!! I see now that a MOD fixed that...

my bad, good mod... <--did I just say that??

 

[Maleficus]

American Gods was trash, didn't even finish it.

 

[Spoooon]

I've read 2 and 6. I think I'm going to give Old Man's War a shot next.

 

[a123456]

I really liked Old Man's War. It's the first book in a series of 3-4 books. If you haven't read it, it's sort of similar to the premise of Forever War by Haldeman.

How did Anathem make #8? It wasn't that great. Just the rep of Stephenson maybe? I loved Snow Crash and Crypto. System of the World was decent but a bit long. I'll still read everything he writes, but #8? Meh.

 

[Paratus]

I really liked Old Man's War. It's the first book in a series of 3-4 books. If you haven't read it, it's sort of similar to the premise of Forever War by Haldeman.

How did Anathem make #8? It wasn't that great. Just the rep of Stephenson maybe? I loved Snow Crash and Crypto. System of the World was decent but a bit long. I'll still read everything he writes, but #8? Meh.

Disagree. Anathem was awesome. Probably my third favorite book of his..... After Cryptonomicon and Snow Crash of course.

 

[silverpig]

Side note: Why is fantasy grouped with science fiction? Sounds odd doesn't it?

Stephen King - one of the best mystery and horror writers evAr!