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Reedsy's 100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time

Whether you read sci-fi for its ability to speculate how technology will change our lives, or if you enjoy how its authors use it to hold a mirror up to modern society, you'll find some of your favorite books (and hopefully, a few titles you've never read before) in this chronological list of the best sci-fi books of all time.
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The Blazing World
The Blazing World
1
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
2
Mary Shelley
The Time Machine (H.G. Wells)
The Time Machine
3
H.G. Wells
The War of the Worlds (H.G. Wells)
The War of the Worlds
4
H.G. Wells
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
5
Aldous Huxley
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
6
George Orwell
I, Robot (Isaac Asimov)
I, Robot
7
Isaac Asimov
The Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury)
The Martian Chronicles
8
Ray Bradbury
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
9
Ray Bradbury
I Am Legend (Richard Matheson)
I Am Legend
10
Richard Matheson
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter M. Miller, Jr.)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
11
Walter M. Miller, Jr.
Solaris (Stanislaw Lem)
Solaris
12
Stanislaw Lem
Stranger in a Strange Land (Robert a Heinlein)
Stranger in a Strange Land
13
Robert a Heinlein
A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine L'engle)
A Wrinkle in Time
14
Madeleine L'engle
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
15
Anthony Burgess
The Man in the High Castle (Philip K. Dick)
The Man in the High Castle
16
Philip K. Dick
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
17
Frank Herbert
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
Flowers for Algernon
18
Daniel Keyes
The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Left Hand of Darkness
19
Ursula K. Le Guin
Dragonflight (Anne McCaffrey)
Dragonflight
20
Anne McCaffrey
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
21
Kurt Vonnegut
Ringworld (Larry Niven)
Ringworld
22
Larry Niven
Roadside Picnic (Arkady & Boris Strugatsky)
Roadside Picnic
23
Arkady & Boris Strugatsky
The Dispossessed (Ursula K Le Guin)
The Dispossessed
24
Ursula K Le Guin
The Forever War (Joe Haldeman)
The Forever War
25
Joe Haldeman
The Female Man (Joanna Russ)
The Female Man
26
Joanna Russ
Dhalgren (Samuel R. Delany)
Dhalgren
27
Samuel R. Delany
Woman on the Edge of Time (Marge Piercy)
Woman on the Edge of Time
28
Marge Piercy
The Stand (Stephen King)
The Stand
29
Stephen King
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
30
Douglas Adams
Shikasta
Shikasta
31
Downbelow Station
Downbelow Station
32
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
Neuromancer
33
William Gibson
Contact (Carl Sagan)
Contact
34
Carl Sagan
Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card)
Ender's Game
35
Orson Scott Card
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
36
Margaret Atwood
Shards of Honor (Lois McMaster Bujold)
Shards of Honor
37
Lois McMaster Bujold
Watchmen (Alan Moore)
Watchmen
38
Alan Moore
Watchers (Dean Koontz)
Watchers
39
Dean Koontz
Dawn (Octavia Butler)
Dawn
40
Octavia Butler
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