The Most Significant SF & Fantasy Books of the Last 50 Years, 1953-2002
I forgot that I was going to use this list to plan a reading list and try to pick up some of these and read them. I'm crossing out ones I have already read or attempted to read.

1. The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien
   
   
2. The Foundation Trilogy, Isaac Asimov
   
   
3. Dune, Frank Herbert
   
   
4. Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert A. Heinlein
   
   
5. A Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula K. Le Guin
   
   
6. Neuromancer, William Gibson
   
   
7. Childhood's End, Arthur C. Clarke
   
   
8. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K. Dick
   
   
9. The Mists of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley
   
   
10. Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
    
    
11. The Book of the New Sun, Gene Wolfe
    
    
12. A Canticle for Leibowitz, Walter M. Miller, Jr.
    
    
13. The Caves of Steel, Isaac Asimov
    
    
14. Children of the Atom, Wilmar Shiras
    
    
15. Cities in Flight, James Blish
    
    
16. The Colour of Magic, Terry Pratchett
    
    
17. Dangerous Visions, edited by Harlan Ellison
    
    
18. Deathbird Stories, Harlan Ellison
    
    
19. The Demolished Man, Alfred Bester
    
    
20. Dhalgren, Samuel R. Delany
    
    
21. Dragonflight, Anne McCaffrey
    
    
22. Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card
    
    
23. The First Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, Stephen R. Donaldson
    
    
24. The Forever War, Joe Haldeman
    
    
25. Gateway, Frederik Pohl
    
    
26. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, J.K. Rowling
    
    
    
27. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
    
    
28. I Am Legend, Richard Matheson
    
    
29. Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice
    
    
30. The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K. Le Guin
    
    
31. Little, Big, John Crowley
    
    
32. Lord of Light, Roger Zelazny
    
    
33. The Man in the High Castle, Philip K. Dick
    
    
34. Mission of Gravity, Hal Clement
    
    
35. More Than Human, Theodore Sturgeon
    
    
36. The Rediscovery of Man, Cordwainer Smith
    
    
37. On the Beach, Nevil Shute
    
    
38. Rendezvous with Rama, Arthur C. Clarke
    
    
39. Ringworld, Larry Niven
    
    
40. Rogue Moon, Algis Budrys
    
    
41. The Silmarillion, J.R.R. Tolkien
    
    
42. Slaughterhouse-5, Kurt Vonnegut
    
    
43. Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson
    
    
44. Stand on Zanzibar, John Brunner
    
    
45. The Stars My Destination, Alfred Bester
    
    
46. Starship Troopers, Robert A. Heinlein
    
    
47. Stormbringer, Michael Moorcock
    
    
48. The Sword of Shannara, Terry Brooks
    
    
49. Timescape, Gregory Benford
    
    
50. To Your Scattered Bodies Go, Philip Jose Farmer