Ranking Author Dan Simmons’s Best Books (A Bibliography Countdown)
“What are Dan Simmons’s Best Books?” We looked at all of Simmons’s authored bibliography and ranked them against one another to answer that very question!
We took all of the books written by Dan Simmons 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 Dan Simmons
48 ) Omega Canyon
Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 47
- Amazon: 42
- LibraryThing: 44
48 ) Banished Dreams
Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 47
- Amazon: 42
- LibraryThing: 44
48 ) Going After The Rubber Chicken
Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 47
- Amazon: 42
- LibraryThing: 44
47 ) The Year’s Best Fantasy Second Annual Collection

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 38
- Amazon: 42
- LibraryThing: 44
46 ) Flashback

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 44
- Amazon: 39
- LibraryThing: 38
45 ) Darwin’s Blade

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 43
- Amazon: 40
- LibraryThing: 36
44 ) The Hollow Man

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 41
- Amazon: 38
- LibraryThing: 33
43 ) Song of Kali
Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 47
- Amazon: 32
- LibraryThing: 32
42 ) Children of the Night
Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 30
- Amazon: 34
- LibraryThing: 44
41 ) Drood

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 39
- Amazon: 37
- LibraryThing: 31
40 ) The Second Omni Book of Science Fiction

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 15
- Amazon: 42
- LibraryThing: 43
39 ) Vampires: The Greatest Stories

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 45
- Amazon: 16
- LibraryThing: 37
38 ) Phases of Gravity

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 36
- Amazon: 25
- LibraryThing: 35
36 ) The Abominable

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 35
- Amazon: 36
- LibraryThing: 23
36 ) The Fifth Heart

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 40
- Amazon: 28
- LibraryThing: 26
35 ) A Winter Haunting

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 33
- Amazon: 28
- LibraryThing: 30
33 ) Entropy’s Bed at Midnight

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 2
- Amazon: 42
- LibraryThing: 44
33 ) Fires of Eden

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 42
- Amazon: 7
- LibraryThing: 39
32 ) Hardcase

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 31
- Amazon: 28
- LibraryThing: 28
31 ) Worlds Enough and Time

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 29
- Amazon: 34
- LibraryThing: 21
30 ) The Guiding Nose of Ulfant Banderoz

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 21
- Amazon: 22
- LibraryThing: 41
29 ) Black Hills

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 36
- Amazon: 22
- LibraryThing: 25
28 ) Prayers to Broken Stones
Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 24
- Amazon: 32
- LibraryThing: 22
27 ) Masques 3

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 32
- Amazon: 42
- LibraryThing: 2
26 ) Far Horizons

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 27
- Amazon: 22
- LibraryThing: 26
25 ) The Earth Strikes Back

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 18
- Amazon: 41
- LibraryThing: 13
23 ) LoveDeath

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 28
- Amazon: 16
- LibraryThing: 24
23 ) Muse of Fire

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 34
- Amazon: 5
- LibraryThing: 29
22 ) This Year’s Class Picture

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 12
- Amazon: 42
- LibraryThing: 10
21 ) Southern Blood

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 46
- Amazon: 1
- LibraryThing: 16
20 ) Summer of Night

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 10
- Amazon: 9
- LibraryThing: 41
17 ) Hyperion

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 4
- Amazon: 9
- LibraryThing: 44
17 ) Summer Sketches

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 16
- Amazon: 1
- LibraryThing: 40
17 ) Carrion Comfort

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 18
- Amazon: 28
- LibraryThing: 11
16 ) Olympos

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 16
- Amazon: 25
- LibraryThing: 15
13 ) Dark Visions

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 20
- Amazon: 16
- LibraryThing: 19
13 ) Hard as Nails

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 22
- Amazon: 16
- LibraryThing: 17
13 ) The Crook Factory

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 26
- Amazon: 16
- LibraryThing: 13
12 ) Hard Freeze
Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 23
- Amazon: 9
- LibraryThing: 17
11 ) Omni Visions Two

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 1
- Amazon: 42
- LibraryThing: 5
10 ) The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror Third Annual Collection

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 9
- Amazon: 25
- LibraryThing: 11
9 ) Between Time and Terror

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 5
- Amazon: 5
- LibraryThing: 33
8 ) Midnight Graffiti

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 12
- Amazon: 4
- LibraryThing: 20
7 ) The Terror

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 11
- Amazon: 16
- LibraryThing: 7
6 ) Ilium

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 14
- Amazon: 9
- LibraryThing: 9
5 ) Rivals of Dracula

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 24
- Amazon: 1
- LibraryThing: 1
4 ) Endymion
Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 8
- Amazon: 7
- LibraryThing: 8
3 ) The Rise of Endymion

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 7
- Amazon: 9
- LibraryThing: 5
2 ) The Fall of Hyperion
Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 5
- Amazon: 9
- LibraryThing: 4
1 ) Hyperion Cantos

Review Website Ranks:
- Goodreads: 3
- Amazon: 9
- LibraryThing: 3