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The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books for Every Kind of Reader According to Men's Health

"Defining 'science fiction' (so that one can say, definitively, this book is a sci-fi book) is a little like defining 'spiritual' or some other vague belief category that includes so many contradictory and peripheral and quasi-mystical tenants and offshoots that your friend who swears by it probably has no idea what it really is. 'Sci-fi' is a term that says everything and nothing simultaneously. We know what it means, intuitively, but not so much definitionally. At its core, science fiction is a conceit. It's a thought experiment beginning with a 'what if X' or an 'imagine a world in which Y.' It has something we might call a Device. And the Device must be its axis, it's inciting incident, its reason for existence. The story cannot be the story without the Device. And while loosening the sci-fi definition may open up just about the entire library, we've narrowed a list down to (in no particular order) some amazing reads.Here are the best sci-fi books for all readers." - menshealth.com
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Ubik (Philip K. Dick)
Ubik (Philip K. Dick)
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Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune (Frank Herbert)
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Labyrinths (Jorge Luis Borges)
Labyrinths (Jorge Luis Borges)
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984 (George Orwell)
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Neuromancer (William Gibson)
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
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The Ghost in the Shell (Masamune Shirow)
The Ghost in the Shell (Masamune Shirow)
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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 Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Haruki Murakami)
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Haruki Murakami)
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Akira (Katsuhiro Otomo)
Akira (Katsuhiro Otomo)
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Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
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Stories of Your Life and Others (Ted Chiang)
Stories of Your Life and Others (Ted Chiang)
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Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
13
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
14
Three-Body Problem Trilogy (Cixin Liu)
Three-Body Problem Trilogy (Cixin Liu)
15
Solaris (Stanislaw Lem)
Solaris (Stanislaw Lem)
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
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The Martian (Andy Weir)
The Martian (Andy Weir)
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The Children of Men (P.D. James)
The Children of Men (P.D. James)
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Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
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Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
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V for Vendetta (Alan Moore)
V for Vendetta (Alan Moore)
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2001: A Space Odyssey (Arthur C. Clarke)
2001: A Space Odyssey (Arthur C. Clarke)
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Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
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The Blazing World and Other Writings (Margaret Cavendish)
The Blazing World and Other Writings (Margaret Cavendish)
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Ringworld (Larry Niven)
Ringworld (Larry Niven)
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Rendezvous With Rama (Arthur C. Clarke)
Rendezvous With Rama (Arthur C. Clarke)
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The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K. Le Guin)
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The Island of Dr. Moreau (H. G. Wells)
The Island of Dr. Moreau (H. G. Wells)
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How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe (Charles Yu)
How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe (Charles Yu)
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Wild Seed (Octavia E. Butler)
Wild Seed (Octavia E. Butler)
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Jurassic Park (Michael Crichton)
Jurassic Park (Michael Crichton)
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Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (Edwin A. Abbott)
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (Edwin A. Abbott)
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Foundation Trilogy (Isaac Asimov)
Foundation Trilogy (Isaac Asimov)
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Rosewater (Tade Thompson)
Rosewater (Tade Thompson)
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Children of Time (Adrian Tchaikovsky)
Children of Time (Adrian Tchaikovsky)
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Area X: The Southern Reach Trilogy (Jeff Vandermeer)
Area X: The Southern Reach Trilogy (Jeff Vandermeer)
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I, Robot (Isaac Asimov)
I, Robot (Isaac Asimov)
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Stranger in a Strange Land (Robert A. Heinlein)
Stranger in a Strange Land (Robert A. Heinlein)
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The Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury)
The Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury)
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A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
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