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Worlds Without End Roll-Your-Own Reading Challenge

NPR Best SFF

NPR Best SFF

This challenge focuses on NPR's lists of best science fiction and fantasy.

Suggested rules:

  1. You can mix and match lists.
  2. You must read the specific book or series mentioned on the list, not just any book by the author. However, you can read any book within that series i.e. if you've already started the series you can use the third book for the challenge.
  3. You can count all the books in a series that is on the list.
  4. Only books read within the time frame of the challenge count. You cannot include books you read prior to the challenge start date. Re-reads are fine, though.

NPR: Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books (This list is featured on WWEnd and includes a lot of older publications.)

50 Favorite Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books of the Past Decade (This list has more recent publications.)

And NPR may be releasing another related list later in 2022.

Challenge Details
Genre: Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror
Challenge Span: June 2022 – December 2023

Reading Levels
Select your reading level below. You can adjust your level up or down at any time during the challenge.

 Novice = 12 books + 1 reviews
 Apprentice = 24 books + 2 reviews
 Journeyman = 36 books + 3 reviews
 Master = 48 books + 4 reviews

This challenge has expired. Please have a look at some of our other challenges for something that may interest you.

AndyDoesFargo

AndyDoesFargo

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
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Barryoc

Barryoc

2001:  A Space Odyssey
All Systems Red
Animal Farm:  A Fairy Story
Annihilation
Cat's Cradle
Childhood's End
A Clockwork Orange
A Darker Shade of Magic
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Dune
Elric of Melniboné
Fahrenheit 451
The Forever War
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
I, Robot
The Illustrated Man
The Martian Chronicles
Neuromancer
Out of the Silent Planet
Piranesi
Slaughterhouse-Five
Starship Troopers
This Is How You Lose the Time War
The Time Machine
dalex

dalex

Binti: The Complete Trilogy
The Bird King
Black Sun
A Darker Shade of Magic
Every Heart a Doorway
Fevered Star
The Hero of Ages
The Martian
A Master of Djinn
The Space Between Worlds
Spinning Silver
The Well of Ascension
daxxh

daxxh

Cat's Cradle
Crossroads of Twilight
A Crown of Swords
The Dark Tower
The Drawing of the Three
Fevered Star
The Gathering Storm
Knife of Dreams
The Path of Daggers
Riot Baby
Towers of Midnight
Winter's Heart
Fortuo

Fortuo

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Hneite

Binti
Binti: Home
Binti: The Complete Trilogy
Binti: The Night Masquerade
The City of Brass
Consider Phlebas
A Dance with Dragons
Dandelion Wine
Dark Force Rising
The Echo Wife
Farewell Summer
Foundation
Foundation and Chaos
Foundation and Empire
Foundation's Edge
Foundation's Fear
Foundation's Triumph
Four Ways to Forgiveness
Gardens of the Moon
Harrow the Ninth
Heir to the Empire
The Hero of Ages
I Am Legend
The Jade Setter of Janloon
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Komarr
The Last Command
Lost in the Moment and Found
A Master of Djinn
Mexican Gothic
Mistborn:  The Final Empire
Nona the Ninth
Out of the Silent Planet
Perelandra
Red Mars
The Sandman: Preludes and Nocturnes
Second Foundation
Small Gods
Something Wicked This Way Comes
The State of the Art
The State of the Art
Station Eleven
That Hideous Strength
Thud!
The Time Machine
The Well of Ascension
Where the Drowned Girls Go
The Word for World is Forest
imnotsusan

imnotsusan

Animal Farm:  A Fairy Story
Brave New World
Dragonflight
A Fire Upon the Deep
Going Postal
Neverwhere
The Princess Bride
The Road
The Sandman: Preludes and Nocturnes
Shards of Honor
Snow Crash
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Linguana

Linguana

A Canticle for Leibowitz
Children of Ruin
City of Blades
City of Miracles
The Dispossessed
The Dragon Reborn
Elric of Melniboné
The Fifth Elephant
The Jade Setter of Janloon
Lost in the Moment and Found
The Sandman: The Kindly Ones
Snow Crash
Sunshine
Where the Drowned Girls Go
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Momosnyx

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RenJ7

RenJ7

Ancillary Justice
Binti: The Complete Trilogy
Circe
The Echo Wife
Every Heart a Doorway
Gideon the Ninth
Jade City
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
Mexican Gothic
Mistborn:  The Final Empire
Spinning Silver
This Is How You Lose the Time War
rretzler

rretzler

Binti: The Night Masquerade
The Butcher of Anderson Station
The Churn
A Closed and Common Orbit
A Desolation Called Peace
Fugitive Telemetry
Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory
Leviathan Wakes
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
A Memory Called Empire
Network Effect
Record of a Spaceborn Few
Translation State
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thereddeath

thereddeath

Dune
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WishdragonRn

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