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Are These the 75 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time?

By Adrienne Westenfeld: "... Over two years ago, we published a version of this list featuring 50 books. But why stop at 50? Now, as part of our latest Summer Fiction Week, we've cast a wider net and expanded the list to 75 titles. Choosing the 75 best science fiction books of all time wasn't easy, so to get the job done, we had to establish some guardrails. Though we assessed single installments as representatives of their series, we limited the list to one book per author. We also emphasized books that brought something new and innovative to the genreā€”to borrow a great sci-fi turn of phrase, books that "boldly go where no one has gone before. Now, in ranked order, here are the best science fiction books of all time."
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The Echo Wife (Sarah Gailey)
The Echo Wife (Sarah Gailey)
2
The Calculating Stars (Mary Robinette Kowal)
The Calculating Stars (Mary Robinette Kowal)
3
Redshirts (John Scalzi)
Redshirts (John Scalzi)
4
Beautyland (Marie-Helene Bertino)
Beautyland (Marie-Helene Bertino)
5
The Ten Percent Thief (Lavanya Lakshminarayan)
The Ten Percent Thief (Lavanya Lakshminarayan)
6
Midnight Robber (Nalo Hopkinson)
Midnight Robber (Nalo Hopkinson)
7
Snow Crash (Neal Stephenson)
Snow Crash (Neal Stephenson)
8
Starmaker (Olaf Stapledon)
Starmaker (Olaf Stapledon)
9
Contact
Contact
10
Under the Skin (Michel Faber)
Under the Skin (Michel Faber)
11
Way Station (Clifford D. Simak)
Way Station (Clifford D. Simak)
12
Sea of Rust (C. Robert Cargill)
Sea of Rust (C. Robert Cargill)
13
What Mad Universe (Fredric Brown)
What Mad Universe (Fredric Brown)
14
The Book of Phoenix (Nnedi Okorafor)
The Book of Phoenix (Nnedi Okorafor)
15
Semiosis (Sue Burke)
Semiosis (Sue Burke)
16
Excession (Iain M. Banks)
Excession (Iain M. Banks)
17
The Claw of the Conciliator (Gene Wolfe)
The Claw of the Conciliator (Gene Wolfe)
18
Lord of Light (Roger Zelazny)
Lord of Light (Roger Zelazny)
19
This Is How You Lose the Time War (Amal El-Mohtar)
This Is How You Lose the Time War (Amal El-Mohtar)
20
The Resisters (Gish Jen)
The Resisters (Gish Jen)
21
Rosewater (Tade Thompson)
Rosewater (Tade Thompson)
22
Children of Time (Adrian Tchaikovsky)
Children of Time (Adrian Tchaikovsky)
23
Solaris (Stanislaw Lem)
Solaris (Stanislaw Lem)
24
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
25
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
26
A Wrinkle in Time
A Wrinkle in Time
27
Time Machine, the (George Orwell)
Time Machine, the (George Orwell)
28
The Body Scout (Lincoln Michel)
The Body Scout (Lincoln Michel)
29
An Unkindness of Ghosts (River Solomon)
An Unkindness of Ghosts (River Solomon)
30
The Mountain in the Sea (Ray Nayler)
The Mountain in the Sea (Ray Nayler)
31
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
32
The Stars My Destination (Alfred Bester)
The Stars My Destination (Alfred Bester)
33
The Sparrow (Mary Doria Russell)
The Sparrow (Mary Doria Russell)
34
The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
35
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter Miller)
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter Miller)
36
Project Hail Mary (Andy Weir)
Project Hail Mary (Andy Weir)
37
Zone One (Colson Whitehead)
Zone One (Colson Whitehead)
38
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Becky Chambers)
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Becky Chambers)
39
Engine Summer (John Crowley)
Engine Summer (John Crowley)
40
The Children of Men (P.D. James)
The Children of Men (P.D. James)
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