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Esquire's 75 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time

Esquire updated their list of the 50 Best Sci-Fi Books in 2024, adding 25 more books. They drew from older and some more recent books.
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Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
1
Mary Shelley
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
2
Frank Herbert
The Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury)
The Martian Chronicles
3
Ray Bradbury
The Fifth Season (N. K. Jemisin)
The Fifth Season
4
N. K. Jemisin
Kindred (Octavia Butler)
Kindred
5
Octavia Butler
The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Left Hand of Darkness
6
Ursula K. Le Guin
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
7
Kazuo Ishiguro
Exhalation (Ted Chiang)
Exhalation
8
Ted Chiang
Station Eleven (Emily St John Mandel)
Station Eleven
9
Emily St John Mandel
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K. Dick)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
10
Philip K. Dick
The Three-Body Problem (Liu Cixin)
The Three-Body Problem
11
Liu Cixin
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
12
George Orwell
The Employees (Olga Ravn)
The Employees
13
Olga Ravn
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
14
Aldous Huxley
How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe (Charles Yu)
How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe
15
Charles Yu
The Complete Robot (Isaac Asimov)
The Complete Robot
16
Isaac Asimov
Childhood's End (Arthur C. Clarke)
Childhood's End
17
Arthur C. Clarke
Roadside Picnic (Arkady & Boris Strugatsky)
Roadside Picnic
18
Arkady & Boris Strugatsky
The Sirens of Titan (Kurt Vonnegut)
The Sirens of Titan
19
Kurt Vonnegut
Shikasta (Doris Lessing)
Shikasta
20
Doris Lessing
Red Mars (Kim Stanley Robinson)
Red Mars
21
Kim Stanley Robinson
Hyperion (Dan Simmons)
Hyperion
22
Dan Simmons
Oryx and Crake (Margaret Atwood)
Oryx and Crake
23
Margaret Atwood
Annihilation (Jeff Vandermeer)
Annihilation
24
Jeff Vandermeer
Ammonite (Nicola Griffith)
Ammonite
25
Nicola Griffith
Future Home of the Living God (Louise Erdrich)
Future Home of the Living God
26
Louise Erdrich
1Q84 (Haruki Murakami)
1Q84
27
Haruki Murakami
The Forever War (Joe Haldeman)
The Forever War
28
Joe Haldeman
Dhalgren (Samuel R. Delany)
Dhalgren
29
Samuel R. Delany
In Ascension (Martin Macinnes)
In Ascension
30
Martin Macinnes
The Stand (Stephen King)
The Stand
31
Stephen King
Ancillary Justice (Ann Leckie)
Ancillary Justice
32
Ann Leckie
A Memory Called Empire (Arkady Martine)
A Memory Called Empire
33
Arkady Martine
The City and the City (China Mieville)
The City and the City
34
China Mieville
Radiance (Catherynne M. Valente)
Radiance
35
Catherynne M. Valente
Children of Men (P.D. James)
Children of Men
36
P.D. James
Engine Summer (John Crowley)
Engine Summer
37
John Crowley
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Becky Chambers)
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
38
Becky Chambers
Zone One (Colson Whitehead)
Zone One
39
Colson Whitehead
Project Hail Mary (Andy Weir)
Project Hail Mary
40
Andy Weir
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