This meme is from Aaron. And it indicates that I really haven't been reading enough Sci Fi lately… then again, a bunch of these are on my hope-to-read-eventually list… and many are favorite authors…:
Since I'm tired of the BBC trying to tell us what we should have read (only some of which I agree with), I thought I'd come up with something geared a little more for my people, the science fiction and fantasy reading community. ( ) As a start, at least, I'm going to go through the Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy award winners, with a bonus section for the Auroras. Mark each one with x in a handy parentheses. (If you want, you can also indicate your opinion of a particular book with +'s or -'s.)
1. ( ) Alfred Bester:The Demolished Man (H1953)
2. ( ) Mark Clifton & Frank Riley:They'd Rather Be Right (a.k.a. The Forever Machine) (H1955)
3. ( ) Robert A. Heinlein:Double Star (H1956)
4. ( ) Fritz Leiber:The Big Time (H1958)
5. ( ) James Blish:A Case of Conscience (H1959)
6. ( ) Robert A. Heinlein:Starship Troopers (H1960)
7. ( ) Walter M. Miller, Jr.:A Canticle For Leibowitz (H1961)
8. ( ) Robert A. Heinlein:Stranger In A Strange Land (H1962)
9. (x+) Philip K. Dick:The Man In The High Castle (H1963)
10. ( ) Clifford D. Simak:Way Station (a.k.a. Here Gather The Stars) (H1964)
11. ( ) Fritz Leiber:The Wanderer (H1965)
12. ( ) Frank Herbert:Dune (H1966, N1965)
13. ( ) Roger Zelazny:This Immortal (a.k.a. …And Call Me Conrad) (H1966)
14. ( ) Robert A. Heinlein:The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress (H1967)
15. ( ) Roger Zelazny:Lord of Light (H1968)
16. ( ) John Brunner:Stand On Zanzibar (H1969)
17. (x) Ursula K. Le Guin:The Left Hand of Darkness (H1970, N1969)
18. ( ) Larry Niven:Ringworld (H1971, N1970)
19. ( ) Philip José Farmer:To Your Scattered Bodies Go (H1972)
20. ( ) Isaac Asimov:The Gods Themselves (H1973, N1972)
21. ( ) Arthur C. Clarke:Rendezvous With Rama (H1974, N1973)
22. (x) Ursula K. Le Guin:The Dispossessed (H1975, N1974)
23. ( ) Joe Haldeman:The Forever War (H1976, N1975)
24. ( ) Kate Wilhelm:Where Late The Sweet Birds Sang (H1977)
25. ( ) Frederik Pohl:Gateway (H1978, N1977)
26. ( ) Vonda McIntyre:Dreamsnake (H1979, N1978)
27. ( ) Arthur C. Clarke:The Fountains of Paradise (H1980, N1979)
28. ( ) Joan D. Vinge:The Snow Queen (H1981)
29. ( ) C.J. Cherryh:Downbelow Station (H1982)
30. ( ) Isaac Asimov:Foundation's Edge (H1983)
31. ( ) David Brin:Startide Rising (H1984, N1983)
32. ( ) William Gibson:Neuromancer (H1985, N1984)
33. ( ) Orson Scott Card:Ender's Game (H1986, N1985)
34. ( ) Orson Scott Card:Speaker For The Dead (H1987, N1986)
35. ( ) David Brin:The Uplift War (H1988)
36. ( ) C.J. Cherryh:Cyteen (H1989)
37. ( ) Dan Simmons:Hyperion (H1990)
38. ( ) Lois McMaster Bujold:The Vor Game (H1991)
39. ( ) Lois McMaster Bujold:Barrayar (H1992)
40. ( ) Vernor Vinge:A Fire Upon The Deep (H1993)
41. ( ) Connie Willis:Doomsday Book (H1993, N1992)
42. ( ) Kim Stanley Robinson:Green Mars (H1994)
43. ( ) Lois McMaster Bujold:Mirror Dance (H1995)
44. ( ) Neal Stephenson:The Diamond Age (H1996)
45. ( ) Kim Stanley Robinson:Blue Mars (H1997)
46. ( ) Joe Haldeman:Forever Peace (H1998, N1998)
47. ( ) Connie Willis:To Say Nothing of The Dog (H1999)
48. ( ) Vernor Vinge:A Deepness In The Sky (H2000)
49. (x+) J.K. Rowling:Harry Potter And The Goblet of Fire (H2001)
50. (x+) Neil Gaiman:American Gods (H2002, N2002)
51. ( ) Robert J. Sawyer:Hominids (H2003)
52. ( ) Lois McMaster Bujold:Paladin of Souls (H2004, N2004)
53. ( ) Susanna Clarke:Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell (H2005, F2005)
54. ( ) Robert Charles Wilson:Spin (H2006)
55. ( ) Vernor Vinge:Rainbows End (H2007)
56. ( ) Michael Chabon:The Yiddish Policemen's Union (H2008, N2007)
57. ( ) Samuel R. Delany:Babel-17 (N1966)
58. ( ) Daniel Keyes:Flowers For Algernon (N1966)
59. ( ) Samuel R. Delany:The Einstein Intersection (N1967)
60. ( ) Alexei Panshin:Rite of Passage (N1968)
61. ( ) Robert Silverberg:A Time of Changes (N1971)
62. ( ) Frederik Pohl:Man Plus (N1976)
63. ( ) Gregory Benford:Timescape (N1980)
64. ( ) Gene Wolfe:The Claw of The Conciliator (N1981)
65. ( ) Michael Bishop:No Enemy But Time (N1982)
66. ( ) Pat Murphy:The Falling Woman (N1987)
67. ( ) Lois McMaster Bujold:Falling Free (N1988)
68. ( ) Elizabeth Ann Scarborough:The Healer's War (N1989)
69. ( ) Ursula K. Le Guin:Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea (N1990)
70. ( ) Michael Swanwick:Stations of The Tide (N1991)
71. ( ) Kim Stanley Robinson:Red Mars (N1993)
72. ( ) Greg Bear:Moving Mars (N1994)
73. ( ) Robert J. Sawyer:The Terminal Experiment (N1995, A1996)
74. ( ) Nicola Griffith:Slow River (N1996)
75. ( ) Vonda McIntyre:The Moon And The Sun (N1997)
76. ( ) Octavia E. Butler:Parable of The Talents (N1999)
77. ( ) Greg Bear:Darwin's Radio (N2000)
78. ( ) Catherine Asaro:The Quantum Rose (N2001)
79. ( ) Elizabeth Moon:The Speed of Dark (N2003)
80. ( ) Joe Haldeman:Camouflage (N2005)
81. ( ) Jack McDevitt:Seeker (N2006)
82. ( ) Patricia A. McKillip:The Forgotten Beasts of Eld (F1975)
83. ( ) Richard Matheson:Bid Time Return (F1976)
84. ( ) William Kotzwinkle:Doctor Rat (F1977)
85. ( ) Fritz Leiber:Our Lady of Darkness (F1978)
86. ( ) Michael Moorcock:Gloriana (F1979)
87. ( ) Elizabeth A. Lynn:Watchtower (F1980)
88. ( ) Gene Wolfe:The Shadow of The Torturer (F1981)
89. ( ) John Crowley:Little, Big (F1982)
90. ( ) Michael Shea:Nifft The Lean (F1983)
91. ( ) John M. Ford:The Dragon Waiting (F1984)
92. ( ) Robert Holdstock:Mythago Wood (F1985)
93. ( ) Barry Hughart:Bridge of Birds (F1985)
94. ( ) Dan Simmons:Song of Kali (F1986)
95. ( ) Patrick Suskind:Perfume (F1987)
96. ( ) Ken Grimwood:Replay (F1988)
97. ( ) Peter Straub:Koko (F1989)
98. ( ) Jack Vance:Lyonesse: Madouc (F1990)
99. ( ) James Morrow:Only Begotten Daughter (F1991)
100. ( ) Robert R. McCammon:Boy's Life (F1992)
101. ( ) Tim Powers:Last Call (F1993)
102. ( ) Lewis Shiner:Glimpses (F1994)
103. ( ) James Morrow:Towing Jehovah (F1995)
104. ( ) Christopher Priest:The Prestige (F1996)
105. ( ) Rachel Pollack:Godmother Night (F1997)
106. ( ) Jeffrey Ford:The Physiognomy (F1998)
107. ( ) Louise Erdrich:The Antelope Wife (F1999)
108. ( ) Martin Scott:Thraxas (F2000)
109. ( ) Tim Powers:Declare (F2001)
110. ( ) Sean Stewart:Galveston (F2001)
111. ( ) Ursula K. Le Guin:The Other Wind (F2002)
112. ( ) Graham Joyce:The Facts of Life (F2003)
113. ( ) Patricia A. McKillip:Ombria In Shadow (F2003)
114. ( ) Jo Walton:Tooth And Claw (F2004)
115. ( ) Haruki Murakami:Kafka On The Shore (F2006)
116. ( ) Gene Wolfe:Soldier of Sidon (F2007)
117. ( ) Guy Gavriel Kay:Ysabel (F2008)
118. ( ) Eileen Kernaghan:Songs From The Drowned Lands (A1985)
119. ( ) Guy Gavriel Kay:The Wandering Fire (A1987)
120. ( ) Charles De Lint:Jack The Giant Killer (A1988)
121. ( ) William Gibson:Mona Lisa Overdrive (A1989)
122. ( ) Dave Duncan:West of January (A1990)
123. ( ) Guy Gavriel Kay:Tigana (A1991)
124. ( ) Robert J. Sawyer:Golden Fleece (A1992)
125. ( ) Sean Stewart:Passion Play (A1993)
126. ( ) Sean Stewart:Nobody's Son (A1994)
127. ( ) William Gibson:Virtual Light (A1995)
128. ( ) Robert J. Sawyer:Starplex (A1997)
129. ( ) Candas Jane Dorsey:Black Wine (A1998)
130. ( ) Robert Charles Wilson:Darwinia (A1999)
131. (x+) Robert J. Sawyer:Flashforward (A2000)
132. ( ) Eileen Kernaghan:The Snow Queen (A2001)
133. ( ) Julie E. Czerneda:In The Company of Others (A2002)
134. ( ) Karl Schroeder:Permanence (A2003)
135. ( ) Robert Charles Wilson:Blind Lake (A2004)
136. ( ) Edo van Belkom:Wolf Pack (A2005)
137. ( ) Karin Lowachee:Cagebird (A2006)
138. ( ) Dave Duncan:Children of Chaos (A2007)
139. ( ) Nalo Hopkinson:The New Moon's Arms (A2008)
H = Hugo Award for Best Novel
N = Nebula Award for Best Novel
F = World Fantasy Award for Best Novel
A = Aurora Award for Best Long-Form Work in English (or equivalent)