Booklists

Science Fiction & Fantasy ‘s Classics Reading List

• A Basic Library of Science Fiction: from the Center for the Study of Science Fiction at the University of Kansas. Compiled by Professor James Gunn.^*

Fantasy

• Great Science Fiction and Fantasy Works: A site dedicated to presenting works in the fields of science-fiction and fantasy–sometimes collectively called “speculative fiction”–that get high grades for literary quality without needing any bonus points just for being science fiction or fantasy.^*

Children’s SF

• Fun Books for 6th Graders
• Recommended Children’s SF and Fantasy^*

Miscellaneous

• The Carl Brandon Society: Lists of SF by people of color.^*

• Feminist Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Utopia^*

• The Heinlein Society: Chartered as a non-profit corporation and organized to fully qualify as an educational charity, The Heinlein Society promotes the work of Robert Heinlein through booklists, discussion groups, bibliographic endeavors, and more. Cross-listed.^*

• Intro to Hard SF for the Non-SF Reader^*

• Lambda Sci-Fi Recommended Reading List: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender themed SF.^*

Relationships and Sexuality

• Alternative Sexualities in Fantasy and SF^*
• Polyamory
• Sex and Censorship
• Sex Toys Future 2

Themes and Motifs

• Empathy in Speculative Fiction
• Fish Out of Water
• Hatching the Cuckoo’s Egg

Worldbuilding

• Local Color
• Xenolinguistics 2

* Asterisk indicates an offsite link