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The majority of the Amazon SF/Fantasy list is comprised on non-genre marketed works Larry Send a noteboard - 05/11/2010 03:47:40 PM
Amazon Top 100 (#1-10)

1. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

2. Faithful Place by Tana French

3. Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes

4. Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand

5. The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson

6. Freedom by Jonathan Franzen

7. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson


And considering my view of Stieg Larsson this just confirms it.

8. To the End of the Land by David Grossman

9. Just Kids by Patti Smith

10. The Big Short by Michael Lewis

Amazon SF/Fantasy (#1-10)

#1 - The Golden Age by Michal Ajvaz, translated by Andrew Oakland (Dalkey Archive Press)

#2 - How to Live in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu (Pantheon)


I have been meaning to read this one, though.

#3 - Redemption in Indigo by Karen Lord (Small Beer Press)

#4 - The Half-Made World by Felix Gilman (Tor)

#5 - The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin (Orbit)

#6 - The Orange Eats Creeps by Grace Krilanovich (Two Dollar Radio)

#7 - The Dream of Perpetual Motion by Dexter Palmer (St. Martin's Press)

#8 - Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor (DAW)

#9 - The Fixed Stars by Brian Conn (Fiction Collective 2)

#10 - Kill the Dead by Richard Kadrey (Eos)

Discuss amongst yourselves. I have read/own all but the Palmer and Kadrey on the second list and 7 out #11-100 on the first list (none of the final 10, however).


Several are as "literary" as they are "genre," I suppose some would argue.
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie

Je suis méchant.
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Two Amazon Best of 2010 lists: Top 10 (out of 100) and Top SF/Fantasy Larry - 04/11/2010 11:40:33 PM 712 Views
I haven't read any of those. Chas - 05/11/2010 12:04:56 AM 547 Views
I enjoyed each of those Larry - 05/11/2010 03:48:29 PM 486 Views
I just finished the Skloot. Cockatiel of Doom - 05/11/2010 04:37:26 AM 594 Views
Haven't read it Larry - 05/11/2010 03:46:31 PM 479 Views
Ah. Cockatiel of Doom - 06/11/2010 01:46:25 AM 600 Views
Yeah, Amazong rating is not what I go by. Camilla - 05/11/2010 08:34:19 AM 507 Views
The majority of the Amazon SF/Fantasy list is comprised on non-genre marketed works Larry - 05/11/2010 03:47:40 PM 1015 Views
A semi-obscure list. Werthead - 05/11/2010 09:21:43 AM 508 Views
I believe McDonald was considered at least Larry - 05/11/2010 03:46:00 PM 758 Views
I really liked Terminal World random thoughts - 05/11/2010 08:10:42 PM 507 Views
Agreed. Werthead - 06/11/2010 12:12:55 AM 484 Views
Patti Smith! Anyone here read it? *NM* (beat.) - 08/11/2010 07:55:17 PM 234 Views
Is it the Patti Smith? *NM* Camilla - 08/11/2010 08:04:51 PM 210 Views
Uhm, I just kind of. . . assumed so. She does write poetry. (beat.) - 08/11/2010 08:20:25 PM 569 Views
Re: Uhm, I just kind of. . . assumed so. She does write poetry. Camilla - 08/11/2010 08:21:55 PM 515 Views
No, but of course you had to rub it in my face sooner or later. *NM* (beat.) - 08/11/2010 08:26:16 PM 210 Views
Indeed Camilla - 08/11/2010 08:28:00 PM 518 Views
Well of course she was! Your blasphemous insinuation that she could be otherwise offends me. (beat.) - 08/11/2010 08:37:31 PM 509 Views
Re: Well of course she was! Your blasphemous insinuation that she could be otherwise offends me. Camilla - 08/11/2010 09:02:27 PM 491 Views
Right, so, instead of speculating, I went and checked. 'Cause I'm smart! (beat.) - 08/11/2010 08:24:42 PM 499 Views
Re: Right, so, instead of speculating, I went and checked. 'Cause I'm smart! ->and not lazy. Camilla - 08/11/2010 08:28:28 PM 525 Views
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