Top 100...
The results are in! Here is the first ever complete top 100 list for Raven's Reviews. Thanks to all the reviewers!
There is also a new page on other awards and related stuff, like the Hugo, Nebula, and Newbery.
| Rank | Author | Title | Score | Voters |
| 1 | C.J. Cherryh | Heavy Time and Hellburner | 150.5338063 | 2 |
| 2 | C.J. Cherryh | Cyteen (trilogy) | 143.3847404 | 2 |
| 3 | Lois McMaster Bujold | Mirror Dance | 128.9732154 | 3 |
| 4 | Meredith Ann Pierce | Birth of the Firebringer | 128.3842339 | 1 |
| 5 | Madeleine L'Engle | A House Like a Lotus | 126.7995465 | 1 |
| 6 | Robert Heinlein | I Will Fear No Evil | 126.7995465 | 1 |
| 7 | Neil Gaiman | Sandman (comic) | 121.5854189 | 4 |
| 8 | H.P. Lovecraft | The Dunwich Horror and Others (collection) | 114.5635288 | 2 |
| 9 | Peter S. Beagle | The Last Unicorn | 109.3092417 | 4 |
| 10 | C.J. Cherryh | Tripoint | 107.920812 | 2 |
| 11 | Ursula LeGuin | The Disposessed | 106.3257901 | 2 |
| 12 | Charles De Lint | Trader | 89.0420776 | 1 |
| 13 | Charles De Lint | Svaha | 89.0420776 | 1 |
| 14 | Ellen Kushner | Swordspoint | 89.0420776 | 1 |
| 15 | Julie E. Czerneda | Beholder's Eye | 89.0420776 | 1 |
| 16 | Sheri S. Tepper | Grass | 87.4470556 | 2 |
| 17 | Lois McMaster Bujold | Barrayar | 86.675877 | 5 |
| 18 | Orson Scott Card | Ender's Game | 73.3355338 | 5 |
| 19 | C.J. Cherryh | Finity's End | 70.9278566 | 2 |
| 20 | Sheri S. Tepper | The Gate to Women's Country | 66.1809555 | 2 |
| 21 | Sheri S. Tepper | The Family Tree | 66.1809555 | 2 |
| 22 | C.S. Lewis | The Chronicles of Narnia (series) | 65.8591999 | 7 |
| 23 | C.J. Cherryh | Foreigner (series) | 64.8525215 | 3 |
| 24 | Ursula Le Guin | The Left Hand of Darkness | 59.2112059 | 4 |
| 25 | Judith Tarr | The Hound and the Falcon (trilogy) | 54.5595335 | 3 |
| 26 | Alan Moore | Watchmen (comic) | 54.7359954 | 1 |
| 27 | Mark Twain | The Diary of Adam and Eve (story fragments) | 54.7359954 | 1 |
| 28 | Mary Shelley | Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus | 54.7359954 | 1 |
| 29 | Katherine Kurtz | Camber of Culdi (trilogy) | 54.3426628 | 1 |
| 30 | Susan Cooper | Dark is Rising (series) | 53.47467 | 4 |
| 31 | Octavia Butler | Parable of the Sower | 48.8312482 | 2 |
| 32 | R.A. MacAvoy | Tea With the Black Dragon | 48.134706 | 3 |
| 33 | Lois McMaster Bujold | Shards of Honor | 45.1616583 | 5 |
| 34 | Diane Duane | Deep Wizardry | 43.3198335 | 1 |
| 35 | Marvin Kaye, ed. | Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural (anthology) | 43.3198335 | 1 |
| 36 | Pat O'Shea | The Hounds of the Morrigan | 43.3198335 | 1 |
| 37 | Madeleine L'Engle | A Wrinkle in Time (trilogy) | 43.1755539 | 6 |
| 38 | Joan D. Vinge | Psion (trilogy) | 40.7002269 | 3 |
| 39 | Richard Adams | Watership Down | 36.3889365 | 3 |
| 40 | Lewis Carroll | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-glass | 35.5930105 | 4 |
| 41 | Larry Niven et al | The Mote in God's Eye | 36.3482628 | 2 |
| 42 | Robin McKinley | Deerskin | 33.8689064 | 2 |
| 43 | Robin McKinley | Rose Daughter | 30.4431114 | 4 |
| 44 | Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett | Good Omens | 30.5234728 | 5 |
| 45 | Charles De Lint | Dreams Underfoot (collection) | 29.0793759 | 2 |
| 46 | David Brin | Sundiver | 29.0793759 | 2 |
| 47 | William Goldstein | The Princess Bride | 25.8988995 | 6 |
| 48 | Robert Heinlein | Stranger in a Strange Land | 24.6939103 | 5 |
| 49 | Sheri S. Tepper | Raising the Stones | 23.5679613 | 2 |
| 50 | Michael Crichton | The Andromeda Strain | 21.6704484 | 4 |
| 51 | Robin McKinley | Beauty: A Retelling of the story of Beauty and the Beast | 19.0971643 | 5 |
| 52 | Ray Bradbury | Something Wicked This Way Comes | 17.9605302 | 1 |
| 53 | Emma Bull | War for the Oaks | 12.6028063 | 2 |
| 54 | Meredith Ann Pierce | Darkangel (trilogy) | 12.6028063 | 2 |
| 55 | Roald Dahl | Matilda | 11.3082543 | 5 |
| 56 | Edgar Allen Poe | Tales of Mystery & Imagination (collection) | 6.4957143 | 2 |
| 57 | Isaac Asimov | Foundation (series) | 5.5606849 | 3 |
| 58 | David Eddings | Polgara | 4.0258289 | 2 |
| 59 | David Brin | The Postman | 3.816089 | 1 |
| 60 | Jennifer Roberson | The Lady of the Forest | 3.816089 | 1 |
| 61 | Larry Niven et al | Footfall | 3.816089 | 1 |
| 62 | Marsha Wells | City of Bone | 3.816089 | 1 |
| 63 | Mickey Zucker Reichert | The Legend of Nightfall | 3.816089 | 1 |
| 64 | R. A. Salvatore, Jeff Easley | Dark Elf (trilogy- Homeland,Sojurn,Exile) | 3.816089 | 1 |
| 65 | Roald Dahl | The Big Friendly Giant | 3.816089 | 1 |
| 66 | Simon R. Green | Blue Moon Rising | 3.816089 | 1 |
| 67 | J.R.R. Tolkien | The Hobbit | 1.1101258 | 6 |
| 68 | Clare Bell | Tomorrow's Sphinx | 0.7876333 | 1 |
| 69 | Louise Cooper | Infanta | 0.7876333 | 1 |
| 70 | David Brin | Startide Rising | -0.2471313 | 3 |
| 71 | Norman Juster | The Phantom Tollbooth | -0.2528108 | 3 |
| 72 | Ray Bradbury | Fahrenheit 451 | -0.6018572 | 5 |
| 73 | J.R.R. Tolkien | The Lord of the Rings (trilogy) | -2.7238182 | 6 |
| 74 | Marion Zimmer Bradley | Firebrand | -4.2596582 | 2 |
| 75 | Peter David | Q-Squared | -4.2596582 | 2 |
| 76 | David Feintuch | Midshipman's Hope | -7.1490659 | 2 |
| 77 | Pamela Dean | Tamlin | -7.1490659 | 2 |
| 78 | Ray Bradbury | The Illustrated Man (collection) | -8.914298 | 3 |
| 79 | T.H. White | The Once and Future King | -11.9038643 | 6 |
| 80 | Robert C. O'Brien | Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH | -13.0314709 | 5 |
| 81 | Morgan Llewellyn | Finn Mac Cool | -13.5336183 | 2 |
| 82 | Piers Anthony | On a Pale Horse (Incarnations of Immortality) | -15.4775061 | 3 |
| 83 | Katherine Kurtz | Chronicles of King Kelson (trilogy) | -18.1142209 | 1 |
| 84 | Mercedes Lackey | The Last Herald-Mage (trilogy) | -21.9063767 | 4 |
| 85 | David Alexander Smith | In the Cube (Future Boston Project) | -22.1550457 | 1 |
| 86 | Harry Turtledove | The Case of the Toxic Spell Dump | -22.1550457 | 1 |
| 87 | Phillip K. Dick | Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? | -22.1550457 | 1 |
| 88 | Raymond E. Feist with Janny Wurts | Daughter of the Empire (Riftwar Saga sequel) | -22.1550457 | 1 |
| 89 | Walter Wangerin Jr. | The Book of the Dun Cow | -22.1550457 | 1 |
| 90 | William Gibson and Bruce Sterling | The Difference Engine | -22.1550457 | 1 |
| 91 | Marion Zimmer Bradley | Fall of Atlantis | -31.9830151 | 1 |
| 92 | George Orwell | 1984 | -32.0053417 | 5 |
| 93 | David Brin | Uplift War | -43.3775078 | 2 |
| 94 | Anne McCaffrey | The White Dragon (Dragonriders of Pern) | -44.5736406 | 6 |
| 95 | Douglas Adams | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (series) | -46.0933627 | 7 |
| 96 | L. Frank Baum | The Wizard of Oz (series) | -49.5594051 | 4 |
| 97 | H.G. Wells | The War of the Worlds | -49.7105368 | 4 |
| 98 | Marion Zimmer Bradley | Mists of Avalon | -60.9518631 | 3 |
| 99 | Tad Williams | Tailchaser's Song | -61.4964391 | 2 |
| 100 | Anne McCaffrey | The Ship Who Sang | -63.3638066 | 4 |
Additional books that have been nominated for the next round:
- Willow
- Rimrunners by C.J. Cherryh
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
- Ringworld by Larry Niven
- The Universe of Larry Niven (collection)
- Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
- "Homecoming" series by Orson Scott Card
- Have Spacesuit, Will Travel by Robert Heinlein
- The Cat Who Walks Through Walls by Robert Heinlein
- The Belgariad by David Eddings
If you have any suggestions of your own, please feel free to nominate them, even if you're not a reviewer. Just drop me an email with the subject line "book nomination". Please include author and title. Thanks!
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