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Bold means I've read it, underlined means I've read part of it, italics means I intend to read it.

1. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, by J.R.R. Tolkien - Tons of times when I was younger, but only the first Swedish translation (there's a second one out now). I feel like re-reading it in English.
2. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams
3. Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card
4. The Dune Chronicles, by Frank Herbert - I liked the first book, but I've only read that one and the second, and I know there are tons more.
5. A Song of Ice and Fire Series, by George R. R. Martin
6. 1984, by George Orwell
7. Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury
8. The Foundation Trilogy, by Isaac Asimov - I remember the bit where Hari Seldon is asked how many people there are in his organization. He gives a number, then qualifies it with "that's if you don't count the wives". Um.
9. Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
10. American Gods, by Neil Gaiman
11. The Princess Bride, by William Goldman
12. The Wheel Of Time Series, by Robert Jordan - I was really into these when I was younger, but I've outgrown them.
13. Animal Farm, by George Orwell
14. Neuromancer, by William Gibson
15. Watchmen, by Alan Moore - Browsed the first few pages.
16. I, Robot, by Isaac Asimov
17. Stranger In A Strange Land, by Robert Heinlein - I finished it, but I'm not a fan of Heinlein. It feels like he writes stories for boys.
18. The Kingkiller Chronicles, by Patrick Rothfuss
19. Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut
20. Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley - Listened to it recently. I thought I'd like it more, given that it's a classic and also an epistolary story, which I usually love, but actually it kind of bored me.
22. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, by Philip K. Dick
23. The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood
24. The Dark Tower Series, by Stephen King
25. 2001: A Space Odyssey, by Arthur C. Clarke
26. The Stand, by Stephen King
27. Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson
28. The Martian Chronicles, by Ray Bradbury
29. Cat's Cradle, by Kurt Vonnegut
30. The Sandman Series, by Neil Gaiman - God, I love them.
31. A Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess
32. Starship Troopers, by Robert Heinlein
33. Dragonflight, by Anne McCaffrey
34. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, by Robert Heinlein
35. A Canticle for Leibowitz, by Walter M. Miller
36. The Time Machine, by H.G. Wells
37. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, by Jules Verne - I read all the Jules Verne in my library as a kid.
38. Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keys
39. The War of the Worlds, by H.G. Wells
40. The Chronicles of Amber, by Roger Zelazny
41. The Belgariad, by David Eddings - Loved them as a kid. I know I wouldn't now.
42. The Mists of Avalon, by Marion Zimmer Bradley
43. The Mistborn Series, by Brandon Sanderson
44. Ringworld, by Larry Niven
45. The Left Hand of Darkness, by Ursula K. LeGuin - One of my favorite books.
46. The Silmarillion, by J.R.R. Tolkien - Tons of times.
47. The Once and Future King, by T.H. White
48. Neverwhere, by Neil Gaiman
49. Childhood's End, by Arthur C. Clarke
50. Contact, by Carl Sagan
51. The Hyperion Cantos, by Dan Simmons - The first one is awesome.
52. Stardust, by Neil Gaiman
53. Cryptonomicon, by Neal Stephenson - I'm conflicted about this one. I found lots of the geeky bits amusing, but I disagree with Stephenson's political opinions, and also the story is all about men.
54. World War Z, by Max Brooks
55. The Last Unicorn, by Peter S. Beagle
56. The Forever War, by Joe Haldeman
57. Small Gods, by Terry Pratchett
58. The Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant, The Unbeliever, by Stephen R. Donaldson - It was a long time ago. Oh, the manpain. Also, the vocabulary--seriously, it's not okay to use "orbs" all the time instead of "eyes".
59. The Vorkosigan Saga, by Lois McMaster Bujold
60. Going Postal, by Terry Pratchett
61. The Mote in God's Eye, by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
62. The Sword of Truth, by Terry Goodkind
63. The Road, by Cormac McCarthy - It's in my audiobook queue.
64. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, by Susanna Clarke
65. I Am Legend, by Richard Matheson
66. The Riftwar Saga, by Raymond E. Feist - I read part of the first book, or something.
67. The Shannara Trilogy, by Terry Brooks
68. The Conan the Barbarian Series, by R.E. Howard
69. The Farseer Trilogy, by Robin Hobb
70. The Time Traveler's Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger
71. The Way of Kings, by Brandon Sanderson
72. A Journey to the Center of the Earth, by Jules Verne
73. The Legend of Drizzt Series, by R.A. Salvatore
74. Old Man's War, by John Scalzi
75. The Diamond Age, by Neil Stephenson
76. Rendezvous With Rama, by Arthur C. Clarke
77. The Kushiel's Legacy Series, by Jacqueline Carey - It's in my audiobook queue.
78. The Dispossessed, by Ursula K. LeGuin - I plan to reread this soon.
79. Something Wicked This Way Comes, by Ray Bradbury
80. Wicked, by Gregory Maguire
81. The Malazan Book of the Fallen Series, by Steven Erikson
82. The Eyre Affair, by Jasper Fforde
84. The Crystal Cave, by Mary Stewart
85. Anathem, by Neal Stephenson
86. The Codex Alera Series, by Jim Butcher
87. The Book of the New Sun, by Gene Wolfe
88. The Thrawn Trilogy, by Timothy Zahn
89. The Outlander Series, by Diana Gabaldon
90. The Elric Saga, by Michael Moorcock
91. The Illustrated Man, by Ray Bradbury
92. Sunshine, by Robin McKinley - Read this recently and thought it was tremendously good entertainment (meant in a positive sense).
93. A Fire Upon the Deep, by Vernor Vinge
94. The Caves of Steel, by Isaac Asimov
95. The Mars Trilogy, by Kim Stanley Robinson - Some of my favorite books ever. I even love the pages-long geology descriptions.
96. Lucifer's Hammer, by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
97. Doomsday Book, by Connie Willis - Very good, but so bleak.
98. Perdido Street Station, by China Mieville - I find Mieville kind of dense and slow to read, but I got through this one.
99. The Xanth Series, by Piers Anthony
100. The Space Trilogy, by C.S. Lewis

Just to alleviate the male bias in the list, a couple of recs of great SF/F books by female authors I've recently read:
"Natural History", by Justina Robson
"Spin State", by Chris Moriarty
"City of Pearl", by Karen Traviss
"The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms", by N K Jemisin
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