Ranking Author Christopher Priest’s Best Books (A Bibliography Countdown)
“What are Christopher Priest’s Best Books?” We looked at all of Priest’s authored bibliography and ranked them against one another to answer that very question!
We took all of the books written by Christopher Priest and looked at their Goodreads, Amazon, and LibraryThing scores, ranking them against one another to see which books came out on top. The books are ranked in our list below based on which titles have the highest overall score between all 3 review sites in comparison with all of the other books by the same author. The process isn’t super scientific and in reality, most books aren’t “better” than other books as much as they are just different. That being said, we do enjoy seeing where our favorites landed, and if you aren’t familiar with the author at all, the rankings can help you see what books might be best to start with.
The full ranking chart is also included below the countdown on the bottom of the page.
Happy Scrolling!
The Top Book’s Of Christopher Priest
28 ) Episodes
Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 28
- Amazon: 22
- LibraryThing: 23
28 ) It Came from Outer Space
Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 28
- Amazon: 22
- LibraryThing: 23
27 ) Mona Lisa
Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 27
- Amazon: 22
- LibraryThing: 23
26 ) Existenz
Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 25
- Amazon: 21
- LibraryThing: 22
25 ) The Magic
Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 18
- Amazon: 22
- LibraryThing: 18
24 ) The Extremes
Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 22
- Amazon: 15
- LibraryThing: 20
22 ) A Dream of Wessex
Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 10
- Amazon: 19
- LibraryThing: 23
22 ) Ersatz Wines
Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 10
- Amazon: 22
- LibraryThing: 23
18 ) Indoctrinaire
Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 24
- Amazon: 8
- LibraryThing: 16
18 ) The Quiet Woman
Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 26
- Amazon: 3
- LibraryThing: 19
18 ) The Adjacent
Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 16
- Amazon: 15
- LibraryThing: 17
18 ) The Last Deadloss Visions
Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 14
- Amazon: 11
- LibraryThing: 23
16 ) Real-time world
Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 20
- Amazon: 5
- LibraryThing: 21
16 ) Real-Time World +2
Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 1
- Amazon: 22
- LibraryThing: 23
15 ) Short Circuit
Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 20
- Amazon: 22
- LibraryThing: 1
13 ) Fugue for a Darkening Island
Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 23
- Amazon: 5
- LibraryThing: 12
13 ) The Perfect Lover
Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 10
- Amazon: 22
- LibraryThing: 8
12 ) The Book on the Edge of Forever
Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 14
- Amazon: 11
- LibraryThing: 13
9 ) The Space Machine
Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 18
- Amazon: 1
- LibraryThing: 14
9 ) The Separation
Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 13
- Amazon: 11
- LibraryThing: 9
9 ) An Infinite Summer
Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 7
- Amazon: 15
- LibraryThing: 11
8 ) An American Story
Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 16
- Amazon: 15
- LibraryThing: 1
6 ) The Gradual
Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 8
- Amazon: 9
- LibraryThing: 14
6 ) The Dream Archipelago
Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 6
- Amazon: 20
- LibraryThing: 5
5 ) The Islanders
Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 9
- Amazon: 10
- LibraryThing: 3
3 ) The Affirmation
Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 2
- Amazon: 11
- LibraryThing: 4
3 ) The Glamour
Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 5
- Amazon: 2
- LibraryThing: 10
2 ) The Prestige
Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 4
- Amazon: 4
- LibraryThing: 7
1 ) The Inverted World
Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 3
- Amazon: 5
- LibraryThing: 6
Christopher Priest’s Best Books
Christopher Priest Review Website Bibliography Rankings
| Book | Goodreads | Amazon | LibraryThing | Overal Rank |
| The Inverted World | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 |
| The Prestige | 4 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| The Affirmation | 2 | 11 | 4 | 3 |
| The Glamour | 5 | 2 | 10 | 3 |
| The Islanders | 9 | 10 | 3 | 5 |
| The Gradual | 8 | 9 | 14 | 6 |
| The Dream Archipelago | 6 | 20 | 5 | 6 |
| An American Story | 16 | 15 | 1 | 8 |
| The Space Machine | 18 | 1 | 14 | 9 |
| The Separation | 13 | 11 | 9 | 9 |
| An Infinite Summer | 7 | 15 | 11 | 9 |
| The Book on the Edge of Forever | 14 | 11 | 13 | 12 |
| Fugue for a Darkening Island | 23 | 5 | 12 | 13 |
| The Perfect Lover | 10 | 22 | 8 | 13 |
| Short Circuit | 20 | 22 | 1 | 15 |
| Real-time world | 20 | 5 | 21 | 16 |
| Real-Time World +2 | 1 | 22 | 23 | 16 |
| Indoctrinaire | 24 | 8 | 16 | 18 |
| The Quiet Woman | 26 | 3 | 19 | 18 |
| The Adjacent | 16 | 15 | 17 | 18 |
| The Last Deadloss Visions | 14 | 11 | 23 | 18 |
| A Dream of Wessex | 10 | 19 | 23 | 22 |
| Ersatz Wines | 10 | 22 | 23 | 22 |
| The Extremes | 22 | 15 | 20 | 24 |
| The Magic | 18 | 22 | 18 | 25 |
| Existenz | 25 | 21 | 22 | 26 |
| Mona Lisa | 27 | 22 | 23 | 27 |
| Episodes | 28 | 22 | 23 | 28 |
| It Came from Outer Space | 28 | 22 | 23 | 28 |
