THE FANTASTIC: The best  fantasy and science fiction novels

A Listmania! list by thesci-figuy "thesci-figuy" (Surrey, United Kingdom)
 
The Court of the Air
1.  The Court of the Air by Stephen Hunt
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  "Fantasy adventure with its finger pressed hard down on the fast-forward button all the way. Is it set in the far future, an alternative reality, or just somewhere imagined? Who cares. Read it."
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Brasyl (Gollancz S.F.)
2.  Brasyl (Gollancz S.F.) by Ian McDonald
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  "One of the best SF novels. Ever."
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Thirteen
3.  Thirteen by Richard K. Morgan
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  "This book has picked up some well-deserved awards. Bleaker than normal, it makes you think."
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The Kingdom Beyond the Waves
4.  The Kingdom Beyond the Waves by Stephen Hunt
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  "A professor is searching for a lost utopia, but instead finds u-boat privateers, a company of female mercenaries, evil steammen and giant killer lizards. Great fun."
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Halting State
5.  Halting State by Charles Stross
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  "Want to see why Charles Stross is being hailed a genius to the science fiction scene? Look no further."
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Heart-Shaped Box
6.  Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
The list author says:
  "Horror, but not like daddy used to write it. Joe might look like King senior, but he has his own unique voice. This is the book that found it for him."
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Making Money: A Discworld Novel
7.  Making Money: A Discworld Novel by Terry Pratchett
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  "You might not think the world of investment banking needs much satire, what with the credit crunch and all, but El Tel takes the world of high finance and sticks it in Discworld anyway. Great fun."
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Pirate Freedom (Sci Fi Essential Books)
8.  Pirate Freedom (Sci Fi Essential Books) by Gene Wolfe
The list author says:
  "Gene Wolfe should get a Nobel prize for literature - and this novel is why. He never will of course, because he writes in the SFF genre. But we can dream!"
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Spook Country
9.  Spook Country by William Gibson
The list author says:
  "A long way from Billy's original cyberpunk works, but he's as clever as always. And the scary thing about this is that it ain't even sci-fi anymore. I had that Big Brother in the back of my cab once.."
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The H-Bomb Girl
10.  The H-Bomb Girl by Stephen Baxter
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  "Marketed as tween-lit, but it isn't really. Time travelers go back to the 1960s to stop world war III from kicking off. It's the end of the world as we know it, but the beginning of a great read!"
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The Name of the Wind: The Kingkiller Chonicle: Book 1 (The Kingkiller Chronicle)
11.  The Name of the Wind: The Kingkiller Chonicle: Book 1 (The Kingkiller Chronicle) by Patrick Rothfuss
The list author says:
  "More traditional epic fantasy, here, but streets ahead of the many others writing in this genre."
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Last Argument Of Kings: The First Law: Book Three: Book Three of the First Law (Gollancz S.F.)
12.  Last Argument Of Kings: The First Law: Book Three: Book Three of the First Law (Gollancz S.F.) by Joe Abercrombie
The list author says:
  "If Quentin Tarantino was writing a fantasy novel, this is more or less what you would expect him to write. Violent and clever, Joe goes all medieval on you with hardly a wizard or dragon in sight!"
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Victory of Eagles (Temeraire 5)
13.  Victory of Eagles (Temeraire 5) by Naomi Novik
The list author says:
  "Now here's a fantasy novel that does have dragons, and lots of them. It also has a flintlock fantasy setting in a parallel reality Napoleonic war. The latest of the series."
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