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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

9,070 members

57 reviews

½ 4.6

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

2

A Wizard of Earthsea

by Ursula K. Le Guin

16,006 members

376 reviews

4

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

3

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

by L. Frank Baum

22,037 members

424 reviews

3.9

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

4

The Left Hand of Darkness

by Ursula K. Le Guin

15,962 members

384 reviews

4

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

5

Perdido Street Station

by China Miéville

9,407 members

314 reviews

4

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

6

The Phantom Tollbooth

by Norton Juster

17,515 members

425 reviews

½ 4.3

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

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by Frank Herbert

42,710 members

693 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: macha, aulsmith, andomck, ManWithAnAgenda

8

Northern Lights

by Philip Pullman

36,267 members

742 reviews

4.1

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

9

A Wrinkle in Time

by Madeleine L'Engle

39,552 members

961 reviews

4

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

10

24,968 members

580 reviews

4.1

4 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, andomck, ahef1963

11

The Dispossessed

by Ursula K. Le Guin

10,729 members

268 reviews

4.1

4 Members: macha, aulsmith, andomck, ManWithAnAgenda

12

Howl's Moving Castle

by Diana Wynne Jones

12,247 members

439 reviews

½ 4.3

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

13

by Terry Pratchett

15,799 members

252 reviews

4.1

4 Members: merrystar, Dilara86, cej1027, ahef1963

14

by Terry Pratchett

12,136 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

4,135 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

2,010 members

18 reviews

4.1

4 Members: macha, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

17

A Game of Thrones

by George R. R. Martin

42,753 members

1,123 reviews

½ 4.4

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

18

The Colour of Magic

by Terry Pratchett

22,092 members

447 reviews

3.8

4 Members: merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

19

The Subtle Knife

by Philip Pullman

24,940 members

354 reviews

4.1

4 Members: merrystar, Dilara86, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

20

The Word for World is Forest

by Ursula K. Le Guin

2,917 members

94 reviews

3.8

3 Members: macha, aulsmith, ManWithAnAgenda

21

The Amber Spyglass

by Philip Pullman

23,658 members

408 reviews

4

4 Members: merrystar, Dilara86, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

22

The Wee Free Men

by Terry Pratchett

10,806 members

258 reviews

4.2

3 Members: merrystar, Dilara86, ahef1963

23

Lords and Ladies

by Terry Pratchett

9,733 members

125 reviews

4

3 Members: merrystar, Dilara86, ahef1963

24

The Chronicles of Narnia

35,907 members

322 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963

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The Gormenghast Trilogy

by Mervyn Peake

4,441 members

67 reviews

4.1

3 Members: macha, andomck, ManWithAnAgenda

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A Storm of Swords

by George R. R. Martin

25,069 members

450 reviews

½ 4.4

3 Members: macha, KimarieBee, ahef1963,merrystar

27

The Neverending Story

by Michael Ende

12,123 members

227 reviews

4.1

2 Members: merrystar, Dilara86

28

A Clash of Kings

by George R. R. Martin

30,624 members

546 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: macha, KimarieBee, ahef1963,merrystar

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by Neal Stephenson

8,315 members

290 reviews

4.2

2 Members: macha, Dilara86

30

To Your Scattered Bodies Go

by Philip José Farmer

3,705 members

70 reviews

½ 3.7

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

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by Terry Pratchett

12,464 members

189 reviews

4

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

32

by China Miéville

3,416 members

215 reviews

3.9

2 Members: andomck, Dilara86

33

by Terry Pratchett

11,309 members

157 reviews

4.1

2 Members: hipdeep, merrystar

34

Treasure Island

by Robert Louis Stevenson

34,198 members

433 reviews

3.8

2 Members: cej1027, ahef1963

35

Lud-in-the-Mist

by Hope Mirrlees

1,973 members

55 reviews

3.8

2 Members: merrystar, Dilara86

36

by J. M. Barrie

18,990 members

326 reviews

3.9

2 Members: aulsmith, ahef1963

37

The Worm Ouroboros

by E. R. Eddison

2,307 members

46 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: macha, andomck

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by Terry Pratchett

4,012 members

195 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: Dilara86, ahef1963

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40,206 members

1,587 reviews

4.2

2 Members: cej1027, ahef1963

40

by Mary Doria Russell

7,729 members

406 reviews

4.1

Member: KimarieBee

41

The Princess Bride

by William Goldman

24,906 members

531 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

42

by Sheri S. Tepper

2,378 members

48 reviews

4

2 Members: macha, aulsmith

43

Journey to the Centre of the Earth

14,908 members

229 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: cej1027, ahef1963

44

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

by Gregory Maguire

28,932 members

649 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

45

The Secret Country

897 members

22 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

46

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

295 members

5 reviews

4.2

Member: KimarieBee

47

The Forever War

by Joe Haldeman

9,426 members

252 reviews

4

2 Members: macha, ManWithAnAgenda

48

by Stephen King

22,826 members

494 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

49

The Mote in God's Eye

6,347 members

108 reviews

3.9

Member: KimarieBee

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by H. Beam Piper

1,194 members

41 reviews

3.9

Member: hipdeep

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482 members

24 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

52

A Deepness in the Sky

by Vernor Vinge

4,039 members

70 reviews

4.2

Member: aulsmith

53

The Hydrogen Sonata

by Iain M. Banks

1,973 members

86 reviews

3.9

Member: macha

54

The Unspoken Name

by A K Larkwood

841 members

33 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

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by Alan Dean Foster

905 members

5 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

56

Learning the World

897 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

5,442 members

143 reviews

4

Member: macha

59

The Crucible of Time

by John Brunner

738 members

9 reviews

3.8

Member: aulsmith

60

Needful Things: The Last Castle Rock Story

by Stephen King

10,850 members

122 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ahef1963

61

Deadhouse Gates

by Steven Erikson

3,650 members

88 reviews

4.2

Member: macha

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by Natasha Pulley

473 members

24 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

63

The Way of Kings

by Brandon Sanderson

9,376 members

306 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

64

Ancillary Justice

5,968 members

365 reviews

4

Member: Dilara86

65

The Songs of Distant Earth

by Arthur C. Clarke

3,373 members

56 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

66

Four Ways to Forgiveness

by Ursula K. Le Guin

1,208 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

1,169 members

18 reviews

4

Member: macha

69

The Andalite Chronicles

by Katherine Applegate

727 members

12 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

70

221 members

1 review

½ 3.4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

71

by Gregory Maguire

8,769 members

128 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: aulsmith
Explanations: aulsmith: Oz

72

The Hork-Bajir Chronicles

by K. A. Applegate

766 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

201 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

1,516 members

39 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

78

by Sharon Shinn

1,162 members

21 reviews

3.9

Member: merrystar

79

by C. J. Cherryh

341 members

12 reviews

4.1

Member: macha

80

Planet of Exile

by Ursula K. Le Guin

1,344 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

5,654 members

243 reviews

4.1

Member: merrystar

83

Sky Without Stars

by Jessica Brody

426 members

7 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

84

Search for Senna

by K. A. Applegate

811 members

20 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

85

A Stranger in Olondria

by Sofia Samatar

741 members

35 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

86

Dark Lord of Derkholm

by Diana Wynne Jones

2,439 members

57 reviews

4.1

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

87

by Melanie Rawn

2,419 members

26 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

88

Beneath the Sugar Sky

by Seanan McGuire

1,333 members

104 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

89

Come Tumbling Down

by Seanan McGuire

893 members

68 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

90

In an Absent Dream

by Seanan McGuire

1,019 members

84 reviews

4.2

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

91

Across the Green Grass Fields

by Seanan McGuire

641 members

50 reviews

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

92

The Reluctant Swordsman

722 members

14 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

93

289 members

4 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

94

The Bone Shard Daughter

by Andrea Stewart

1,321 members

21 reviews

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

95

The Midnight Bargain

610 members

41 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

96

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

308 members

27 reviews

4.2

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

97

by Peter Wartman

85 members

13 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

98

by China Miéville

3,497 members

194 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

99

Dragons of Autumn Twilight

by Margaret Weis

5,688 members

89 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

100

The Crystal Shard

by R. A. Salvatore

3,000 members

41 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

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December 2013
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