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Goodreads' Top 50 Sci-Fi Books

Goodreads is having a sci-fi & fantasy week. Here's a list of readers' top rated sci-fi books. Have many of these have you read?
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
George Orwell
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11/22/63 (Stephen King)
11/22/63
Stephen King
3
2001: A Space Odyssey (Arthur C. Clarke)
2001: A Space Odyssey
Arthur C. Clarke
4
Ancillary Sword (Ann Leckie)
Ancillary Sword
Ann Leckie
5
Binti (Nnedi Okorafor)
Binti
Nnedi Okorafor
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Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
Kurt Vonnegut
7
Childhood's End (Arthur C. Clarke)
Childhood's End
Arthur C. Clarke
8
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
David Mitchell
9
Contact (Carl Sagan)
Contact
Carl Sagan
10
Dark Matter (Blake Crouch)
Dark Matter
Blake Crouch
11
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K Dick)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Philip K Dick
12
Doomsday Book (Connie Willis)
Doomsday Book
Connie Willis
13
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
Frank Herbert
14
Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card)
Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card
15
Foundation (Iaac Asimov)
Foundation
Iaac Asimov
16
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World - Haruki Murakami
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World - Haruki Murakami
17
Heir to the Empire (Timothy Zahn)
Heir to the Empire
Timothy Zahn
18
Hyperion (Dan Simmons)
Hyperion
Dan Simmons
19
I, Robot (Isaac Asimov)
I, Robot
Isaac Asimov
20
Kindred (Octavia Butler)
Kindred
Octavia Butler
21
Leviathan Wakes (James S.A. Corey)
Leviathan Wakes
James S.A. Corey
22
Nexus (Ramez Naam)
Nexus
Ramez Naam
23
Old Man's War (John Scalzi)
Old Man's War
John Scalzi
24
Ready Player Oner (Ernest Cline)
Ready Player Oner
Ernest Cline
25
Red Rising (Pierce Brown)
Red Rising
Pierce Brown
26
Saga 1 (Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples)
Saga 1
Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples
27
Shards of Honor (Lois McMaster Bujold)
Shards of Honor
Lois McMaster Bujold
28
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut
29
Snow Crash (Neal Stephenson)
Snow Crash
Neal Stephenson
30
Speaker for the Dead (Orson Scott Card)
Speaker for the Dead
Orson Scott Card
31
Station Eleven (Emily St John Mandel)
Station Eleven
Emily St John Mandel
32
The Diamond Age (Neal Stephenson)
The Diamond Age
Neal Stephenson
33
The Dispossessed (Ursula K Le Guin)
The Dispossessed
Ursula K Le Guin
34
The Forever War (Joe Haldeman)
The Forever War
Joe Haldeman
35
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood
36
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams
37
The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin
38
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Becky Chambers)
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
Becky Chambers
39
The Martian (Andy Weir)
The Martian
Andy Weir
40
The Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury)
The Martian Chronicles
Ray Bradbury
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