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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

Book	Goodreads	Amazon	LibraryThing	Overal Rank

Hyperion Cantos	3	9	3	1
The Fall of Hyperion	5	9	4	2
The Rise of Endymion	7	9	5	3
Endymion	8	7	8	4
Rivals of Dracula	24	1	1	5
Ilium	14	9	9	6
The Terror	11	16	7	7
Midnight Graffiti	12	4	20	8
Between Time and Terror	5	5	33	9
The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror Third Annual Collection	9	25	11	10
Omni Visions Two	1	42	5	11
Hard Freeze	23	9	17	12
Dark Visions	20	16	19	13
Hard as Nails	22	16	17	13
The Crook Factory	26	16	13	13
Olympos	16	25	15	16
Hyperion	4	9	44	17
Summer Sketches	16	1	40	17
Carrion Comfort	18	28	11	17
Summer of Night	10	9	41	20
Southern Blood	46	1	16	21
This Year’s Class Picture	12	42	10	22
LoveDeath	28	16	24	23
Muse of Fire	34	5	29	23
The Earth Strikes Back	18	41	13	25
Far Horizons	27	22	26	26
Masques 3	32	42	2	27
Prayers to Broken Stones	24	32	22	28
Black Hills	36	22	25	29
The Guiding Nose of Ulfant Banderoz	21	22	41	30
Worlds Enough and Time	29	34	21	31
Hardcase	31	28	28	32
Entropy’s Bed at Midnight	2	42	44	33
Fires of Eden	42	7	39	33
A Winter Haunting	33	28	30	35
The Abominable	35	36	23	36
The Fifth Heart	40	28	26	36
Phases of Gravity	36	25	35	38
Vampires: The Greatest Stories	45	16	37	39
The Second Omni Book of Science Fiction	15	42	43	40
Drood	39	37	31	41
Children of the Night	30	34	44	42
Song of Kali	47	32	32	43
The Hollow Man	41	38	33	44
Darwin’s Blade	43	40	36	45
Flashback	44	39	38	46
The Year’s Best Fantasy Second Annual Collection	38	42	44	47
Omega Canyon	47	42	44	48
Banished Dreams	47	42	44	48
Going After The Rubber Chicken	47	42	44	48

Ranking Author Dan Simmons’s Best Books (A Bibliography Countdown)

The Top Book’s Of Dan Simmons

48 ) Omega Canyon

48 ) Banished Dreams

48 ) Going After The Rubber Chicken

47 ) The Year’s Best Fantasy Second Annual Collection

46 ) Flashback

45 ) Darwin’s Blade

44 ) The Hollow Man

43 ) Song of Kali

42 ) Children of the Night

41 ) Drood

40 ) The Second Omni Book of Science Fiction

39 ) Vampires: The Greatest Stories

38 ) Phases of Gravity

36 ) The Abominable

36 ) The Fifth Heart

35 ) A Winter Haunting

33 ) Entropy’s Bed at Midnight

33 ) Fires of Eden

32 ) Hardcase

31 ) Worlds Enough and Time

30 ) The Guiding Nose of Ulfant Banderoz

29 ) Black Hills

28 ) Prayers to Broken Stones

27 ) Masques 3

26 ) Far Horizons

25 ) The Earth Strikes Back

23 ) LoveDeath

23 ) Muse of Fire

22 ) This Year’s Class Picture

21 ) Southern Blood

20 ) Summer of Night

17 ) Hyperion

17 ) Summer Sketches

17 ) Carrion Comfort

16 ) Olympos

13 ) Dark Visions

13 ) Hard as Nails

13 ) The Crook Factory

12 ) Hard Freeze

11 ) Omni Visions Two

10 ) The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror Third Annual Collection

9 ) Between Time and Terror

8 ) Midnight Graffiti

7 ) The Terror

6 ) Ilium

5 ) Rivals of Dracula

4 ) Endymion

3 ) The Rise of Endymion

2 ) The Fall of Hyperion

1 ) Hyperion Cantos

Dan Simmons’s Best Books

Dan Simmons Review Website Bibliography Rankings

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