For my Impossible List, I plan on reading all of the Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books in NPR’s list. I highlighted the in red if I have read them.
- Lord of the Rings, by J. R. R. Tolkien (2002, 2015)
- The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams
- Ender’s Game, by Orson Scott Card (2012)
- The Dune Chronicles, by Frank Herbert
- A Song of Ice and Fire, by George R. R. Martin
- 1984, by George Orwell (2020)
- Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury (2018)
- The Foundation Trilogy, by Isaac Asimov
- Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley (2018)
- American Gods, by Neil Gaiman
- Princess Bride, by William Goldman (1996)
- Wheel of Time Series, by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
- Animal Farm, by George Orwell (1998)
- Neuromancer, by William Gibson (1996)
- Watchmen, by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons
- I, Robot, by Isaac Asimov (2012)
- Stranger in a Strange Land, by Robert A. Heinlein (1996)
- The Kingkiller Chronicles, by Patrick Rothfuss
- Slaughterhouse Five, by Kurt Vonnegut
- Frankenstein, by Mary Shelly (1997)
- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, by Philip K. Dick
- Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood (2019)
- The Dark Tower Series, by Stephen King
- 2001: A Space Odyssey, by Arthur C Clark
- The Stand, by Stephen King
- Snow Crash, by Neil Stephenson
- Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury (2012)
- Cat’s Cradle, by Kurt Vonnegut
- The Sandman Series, by Neil Gaiman
- Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess
- Starship Troopers, by Robert A Heinlein
- Watership Down, by Richard Adams (1994)
- DragonFlight, by Anne McCaffery
- The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, by Robert A Heinlein
- A Canticle for Leibowitz, by Walter M Miller Jr
- The Time Machine, by H. G. Wells (2018)
- 20000 Leagues Under the Sea, by Jules Verne (2005)
- Flowers for Algernon, Daniel Keyes
- The War of the Worlds, by H. G. Wells (2018)
- The Amber Chronicles, by Rodger Zelazny
- The Belgariad, by David Eddings
- The Mists of Avalon, by Marion Zimmer Bradley
- Mistborn Trilogy, by Brandon Sanderson
- Ringworld, by Larry Niven
- The Left Hand of Darkness, by Ursula K LeGuin (1996)
- The Silmarillion, by J R R Tolkien
- The Once and Future King, by T H White (2002)
- Neverwhere, by Neil Gaiman
- Childhood’s End, by Arthur C Clark (1996)
- Contact, by Carl Sagan
- The Hyperion Cantos, by Dan Simmons (2002)
- Stardust, by Neil Gaiman
- Cryptomonicon, by Neil Stephenson
- World War Z, by Max Brooks (2012)
- The Last Unicorn, by Peter S Beagle (2000)
- The Forever War, by Joe Haldeman
- Discworld
- Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, by Stephen R Donaldson (2000)
- The Vorkosigan Saga, by Lois McMaster Bujold
- The Mote in God’s Eye, by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
- The Sword of Truth Series, by Terry Goodkind (2014)
- The Road, by Cormac McCarthy (2009)
- Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, by Susanna Clarke (2012)
- I am Legend, by Richard Matheson (2012)
- The Riftwar Saga, by Raymond E Feist
- The Sword of Shannara trilogy, Terry Brooks
- Conan the Barbarian series, by Robert E Howard and Mark Shultz
- The Farseer Trilogy by Robin Hobb
- The Time Traveler’s Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger (2010)
- The Way of Kings, by Brandon Sanderson
- Journey to the Center of the Earth, by Jules Verne
- The Legend of Drizzt series, by R. A. Salvatore
- Old Man’s War, by John Scalzi
- The Diamond Age, by Neil Stephenson
- Rendezvous with Rama, by Arthur C Clarke
- The Kushiel’s Legacy Series, by Jacqueline Carey
- The Dispossessed, by Ursula K LeGuin
- Something Wicked This Way Comes, by Ray Bradbury (2009)
- Wicked, by Gregory Maguire
- The Malazan Book of the Fallen Series, by Stephen Erikson
- The Eyre Affair, Jasper Fforde (2011)
- The Culture Series, by Iain Banks
- The Crystal Cave, by Mary Stewart
- Anathem, by Neil Stephenson
- Codex Alera Series, by Jim Butcher
- The Book of the New Sun, by Gene Wolfe
- The Thrawn Trilogy, by Timothy Zahn
- The Outlander Series, by Diana Gabaldon
- The Elrick Saga, by Michael Moorcock
- The Illustrated Man, by Ray Bradbury
- Sunshine, by Robin McKinley
- A Fire Upon the Deep, by Vernor Vinge
- The Caves of Steel, by Isaac Asimov
- The Mars Trilogy, by Kim Stanley Robinson
- Lucifer’s Hammer, by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
- Doomsday Book, by Connie Willis (1996)
- Perdido Street Station, by China Mieville
- The Xanth Series, by Piers Anthony
- The Space Trilogy, by C. S. Lewis
