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Stories About Other Worlds

Description: Whether they are imaginary planets, fantasy worlds, or alternate universes.

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Rank Title Author Added

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The Hobbit / The Lord of the Rings

by J. R. R. Tolkien

9,133 members

57 reviews

½ 4.6

6 Members: macha, cpg, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

2

A Wizard of Earthsea

by Ursula K. Le Guin

16,068 members

377 reviews

4

6 Members: macha, aulsmith, merrystar, andomck, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

3

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

by L. Frank Baum

22,205 members

424 reviews

3.9

6 Members: macha, aulsmith, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

4

The Left Hand of Darkness

by Ursula K. Le Guin

16,057 members

385 reviews

4

5 Members: macha, hipdeep, aulsmith, andomck, ManWithAnAgenda

5

Perdido Street Station

by China Miéville

9,431 members

315 reviews

4

5 Members: macha, andomck, Dilara86, Crucius83, ManWithAnAgenda

6

The Phantom Tollbooth

by Norton Juster

17,611 members

425 reviews

½ 4.3

5 Members: macha, hipdeep, merrystar, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

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by Frank Herbert

42,974 members

695 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: macha, aulsmith, andomck, ManWithAnAgenda

8

Northern Lights

by Philip Pullman

36,398 members

744 reviews

4.1

5 Members: merrystar, andomck, Dilara86, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

9

A Wrinkle in Time

by Madeleine L'Engle

39,792 members

963 reviews

4

5 Members: merrystar, andomck, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

10

25,049 members

580 reviews

4.1

4 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, andomck, ahef1963

11

The Dispossessed

by Ursula K. Le Guin

10,789 members

268 reviews

4.1

4 Members: macha, aulsmith, andomck, ManWithAnAgenda

12

Howl's Moving Castle

by Diana Wynne Jones

12,336 members

439 reviews

½ 4.3

5 Members: merrystar, Dilara86, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

13

by Terry Pratchett

15,868 members

254 reviews

4.1

4 Members: merrystar, Dilara86, cej1027, ahef1963

14

by Terry Pratchett

12,186 members

181 reviews

4.2

4 Members: aulsmith, Dilara86, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

15

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy in Five Parts

by Douglas Adams

4,149 members

43 reviews

½ 4.4

4 Members: macha, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963

16

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass (with Alice's Adventures Under Ground)

by Lewis Carroll

2,020 members

18 reviews

4.1

4 Members: macha, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

17

A Game of Thrones

by George R. R. Martin

42,903 members

1,124 reviews

½ 4.4

4 Members: macha, KimarieBee, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,merrystar

18

The Colour of Magic

by Terry Pratchett

22,212 members

447 reviews

3.8

4 Members: merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

19

The Subtle Knife

by Philip Pullman

25,023 members

355 reviews

4.1

4 Members: merrystar, Dilara86, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

20

The Word for World is Forest

by Ursula K. Le Guin

2,938 members

94 reviews

3.8

3 Members: macha, aulsmith, ManWithAnAgenda

21

The Amber Spyglass

by Philip Pullman

23,718 members

409 reviews

4

4 Members: merrystar, Dilara86, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

22

The Wee Free Men

by Terry Pratchett

10,855 members

260 reviews

4.2

3 Members: merrystar, Dilara86, ahef1963

23

Lords and Ladies

by Terry Pratchett

9,770 members

125 reviews

4

3 Members: merrystar, Dilara86, ahef1963

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The Chronicles of Narnia

36,107 members

322 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963

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The Gormenghast Trilogy

by Mervyn Peake

4,462 members

67 reviews

4.1

3 Members: macha, andomck, ManWithAnAgenda

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A Storm of Swords

by George R. R. Martin

25,153 members

450 reviews

½ 4.4

3 Members: macha, KimarieBee, ahef1963,merrystar

27

The Neverending Story

by Michael Ende

12,186 members

229 reviews

4.1

2 Members: merrystar, Dilara86

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A Clash of Kings

by George R. R. Martin

30,748 members

546 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: macha, KimarieBee, ahef1963,merrystar

29

by Neal Stephenson

8,341 members

291 reviews

4.2

2 Members: macha, Dilara86

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To Your Scattered Bodies Go

by Philip José Farmer

3,715 members

70 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: aulsmith, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: aulsmith: Riverworld

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by Terry Pratchett

12,514 members

190 reviews

4

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

32

by China Miéville

3,428 members

215 reviews

3.9

2 Members: andomck, Dilara86

33

by Terry Pratchett

11,352 members

157 reviews

4.1

2 Members: hipdeep, merrystar

34

Treasure Island

by Robert Louis Stevenson

34,376 members

439 reviews

3.8

2 Members: cej1027, ahef1963

35

Lud-in-the-Mist

by Hope Mirrlees

1,976 members

55 reviews

3.8

2 Members: merrystar, Dilara86

36

by J. M. Barrie

19,099 members

326 reviews

3.9

2 Members: aulsmith, ahef1963

37

The Worm Ouroboros

by E. R. Eddison

2,324 members

46 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: macha, andomck

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by Terry Pratchett

4,019 members

196 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: Dilara86, ahef1963

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40,478 members

1,590 reviews

4.2

2 Members: cej1027, ahef1963

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by Mary Doria Russell

7,757 members

407 reviews

4.1

Member: KimarieBee

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The Princess Bride

by William Goldman

25,006 members

533 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

42

by Sheri S. Tepper

2,392 members

49 reviews

4

2 Members: macha, aulsmith

43

Journey to the Centre of the Earth

14,984 members

230 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: cej1027, ahef1963

44

Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

by Gregory Maguire

29,004 members

651 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

45

The Secret Country

899 members

22 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

46

The Farseer Trilogy (Assassin's Apprentice / Royal Assassin / Assassin's Quest)

310 members

5 reviews

4.2

Member: KimarieBee

47

The Forever War

by Joe Haldeman

9,457 members

253 reviews

4

2 Members: macha, ManWithAnAgenda

48

by Stephen King

22,950 members

495 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

49

The Mote in God's Eye

6,372 members

109 reviews

3.9

Member: KimarieBee

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by H. Beam Piper

1,195 members

41 reviews

3.9

Member: hipdeep

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488 members

25 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

52

A Deepness in the Sky

by Vernor Vinge

4,052 members

70 reviews

4.2

Member: aulsmith

53

The Hydrogen Sonata

by Iain M. Banks

1,985 members

86 reviews

3.9

Member: macha

54

The Unspoken Name

by A K Larkwood

848 members

33 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

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by Alan Dean Foster

909 members

5 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

56

Learning the World

900 members

17 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: aulsmith

57

Liveship Traders Trilogy

134 members

1 review

4.2

Member: KimarieBee

58

by Iain M. Banks

5,458 members

144 reviews

4

Member: macha

59

The Crucible of Time

by John Brunner

741 members

9 reviews

3.8

Member: aulsmith

60

Needful Things: The Last Castle Rock Story

by Stephen King

10,912 members

123 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ahef1963

61

Deadhouse Gates

by Steven Erikson

3,670 members

90 reviews

4.2

Member: macha

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by Natasha Pulley

480 members

24 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

63

The Way of Kings

by Brandon Sanderson

9,438 members

310 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

64

Ancillary Justice

6,011 members

367 reviews

4

Member: Dilara86

65

The Songs of Distant Earth

by Arthur C. Clarke

3,383 members

56 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

66

Four Ways to Forgiveness

by Ursula K. Le Guin

1,219 members

26 reviews

3.9

Member: aulsmith

67

The Binding Stone

by Don Bassingthwaite

123 members

½ 3.5

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

68

Merchanter's Luck

by C. J. Cherryh

1,176 members

19 reviews

4

Member: macha

69

The Andalite Chronicles

by Katherine Applegate

728 members

12 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

70

224 members

1 review

½ 3.4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

71

by Gregory Maguire

8,800 members

128 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: aulsmith
Explanations: aulsmith: Oz

72

The Hork-Bajir Chronicles

by K. A. Applegate

773 members

10 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

73

To Stand Beneath the Sun

by Brad Strickland

27 members

1 review

½ 3.5

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

74

The Ellimist Chronicles

by K. A. Applegate

429 members

8 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

75

The Broken Citadel

by Joyce Ballou Gregorian

202 members

6 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: merrystar

76

by Melissa Crandall

99 members

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

77

Rocannon's World

by Ursula K. Le Guin

1,525 members

39 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

78

by Sharon Shinn

1,163 members

21 reviews

3.9

Member: merrystar

79

by C. J. Cherryh

345 members

12 reviews

4.1

Member: macha

80

Planet of Exile

by Ursula K. Le Guin

1,348 members

35 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

81

Summers at Castle Auburn

by Sharon Shinn

1,231 members

34 reviews

4.1

Member: merrystar

82

by Robin McKinley

5,660 members

243 reviews

4.1

Member: merrystar

83

Sky Without Stars

by Jessica Brody

430 members

7 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

84

Search for Senna

by K. A. Applegate

816 members

21 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

85

A Stranger in Olondria

by Sofia Samatar

745 members

35 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

86

Dark Lord of Derkholm

by Diana Wynne Jones

2,446 members

57 reviews

4.1

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

87

by Melanie Rawn

2,421 members

27 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

88

Beneath the Sugar Sky

by Seanan McGuire

1,345 members

105 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

89

Come Tumbling Down

by Seanan McGuire

897 members

69 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

90

In an Absent Dream

by Seanan McGuire

1,027 members

85 reviews

4.2

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

91

Across the Green Grass Fields

by Seanan McGuire

645 members

50 reviews

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

92

The Reluctant Swordsman

727 members

14 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

93

298 members

4 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

94

The Bone Shard Daughter

by Andrea Stewart

1,342 members

22 reviews

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

95

The Midnight Bargain

615 members

41 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

96

Lightfall: The Girl & the Galdurian (Lightfall, 1)

312 members

27 reviews

4.2

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

97

by Peter Wartman

85 members

13 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

98

by China Miéville

3,501 members

194 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

99

Dragons of Autumn Twilight

by Margaret Weis

5,718 members

89 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

100

The Crystal Shard

by R. A. Salvatore

3,020 members

41 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

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December 2013
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