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Good and Very Good Sci-Fi Books

All the sci-fi books (or books that have elements of sci-fi) that I've read and consider good or very good. I would gladly recommend them to those who want to explore the genre.
(Yes I think Dark Side of the Moon fits this list very well!)
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
George Orwell
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Altered Carbon (Richard K. Morgan)
Altered Carbon
Richard K. Morgan
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The Andromeda Anthology (Fred Hoyle & John Elliot)
The Andromeda Anthology
Fred Hoyle & John Elliot
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Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
Aldous Huxley
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A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
Anthony Burgess
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Crosstalk (Connie Willis)
Crosstalk
Connie Willis
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep (Philip K Dick)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep
Philip K Dick
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The End of Eternity (Isaac Asimov)
The End of Eternity
Isaac Asimov
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Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury
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The Ferryman (Justin Cronin)
The Ferryman
Justin Cronin
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Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
Flowers for Algernon
Daniel Keyes
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The Futurological Congress (Stanislaw Lem; Trans. by Michael Kandel)
The Futurological Congress
Stanislaw Lem; Trans. by Michael Kandel
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In Ascension (Martin Macinnes)
In Ascension
Martin Macinnes
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The Invincible (Stanislaw Lem)
The Invincible
Stanislaw Lem
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Limes Inferior (Janusz A. Zajdel)
Limes Inferior
Janusz A. Zajdel
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The Man Who Fell to Earth (Walter Tevis)
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Walter Tevis
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Metropole (Ferenc Karinthy)
Metropole
Ferenc Karinthy
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The Palace of Dreams (Ismail Kadare)
The Palace of Dreams
Ismail Kadare
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Paradyzja (Janusz A. Zajdel)
Paradyzja
Janusz A. Zajdel
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A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Becky Chambers)
A Psalm for the Wild-Built
Becky Chambers
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Ringworld (Larry Niven)
Ringworld
Larry Niven
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Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut
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Solaris (Stanisław Lem)
Solaris
Stanisław Lem
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The Stepford Wives (Ira Levin)
The Stepford Wives
Ira Levin
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Tales of Pirx the Pilot (Stanislaw Lem)
Tales of Pirx the Pilot
Stanislaw Lem
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Tell Me an Ending (Jo Harkin)
Tell Me an Ending
Jo Harkin
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This Time Tomorrow (Emma Straub)
This Time Tomorrow
Emma Straub
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The Three-Body Problem (Liu Cixin)
The Three-Body Problem
Liu Cixin
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The Time Machine (H.G. Wells)
The Time Machine
H.G. Wells
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We (Yevgeny Zamyatin)
We
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