Penguin Classics has compiled a list of the 100 greatest books, divided into several categories. Some noteworthy titles for sf/f fans are listed here along with their respective categories:

  • (The Best Science Fiction) The Time Machine by H. G. Wells
  • (The Best Science Fiction) The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
  • (The Best Science Fiction) The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells
  • (The Best Science Fiction) The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
  • (The Best Science Fiction) We by Yevgeny Zamyatin
  • (The Best Heroes) She by H. Rider Haggard
  • (The Best Journeys) Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
  • (The Best Violence) A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
  • (The Best Subversion) 1984 by George Orwell
  • (The Best Spine-Tinglers) Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
  • (The Best Spine-Tinglers) Dracula by Bram Stoker
  • (The Best Spine-Tinglers) The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

[via Lit Pundit]

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