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The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time

The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time, from Penguin Random House. Some of these are classic tales you will surely know, but others are excellent works of science fiction that may have been flying under the radar. So, dear readers, as you make your way down the list, congratulate yourselves on the books you've read and add the unfamiliar ones to your TBR list. Note: This list is organized alphabetically.
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
Altered Carbon (Richard K. Morgan)
Altered Carbon
2
Richard K. Morgan
Amatka (Karin Tidbeck)
Amatka
3
Karin Tidbeck
Ammonite (Nicola Griffith)
Ammonite
4
Nicola Griffith
The Best of All Possible Worlds (Karen Lord)
The Best of All Possible Worlds
5
Karen Lord
The Big Book of Science Fiction (Ann Vandermeer and Jeff Vandermeer, Eds.)
The Big Book of Science Fiction
6
Ann Vandermeer and Jeff Vandermeer, Eds.
The Blazing World (Margaret Cavendish)
The Blazing World
7
Margaret Cavendish
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
8
Aldous Huxley
A Canticle for Leibowtz (Walter M. Miller Jnr)
A Canticle for Leibowtz
9
Walter M. Miller Jnr
The Children of Men (P.D. James)
The Children of Men
10
P.D. James
The City & the City (China Miéville)
The City & the City
11
China Miéville
Darwin's Radio (Greg Bear)
Darwin's Radio
12
Greg Bear
Dhalgren (Samuel R Delany)
Dhalgren
13
Samuel R Delany
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K. Dick)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
14
Philip K. Dick
Doomsday Book
Doomsday Book
15
Downbelow Station
Downbelow Station
16
Dragonflight (Anne McCaffrey)
Dragonflight
17
Anne McCaffrey
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
18
Frank Herbert
Dust (Elizabeth Bear)
Dust
19
Elizabeth Bear
The Female Man (Joanna Russ)
The Female Man
20
Joanna Russ
The Fold (Peter Clines)
The Fold
21
Peter Clines
Foundation (Asimov)
Foundation
22
Asimov
Frankenstein
Frankenstein
23
The Gone World (Tom Sweterlitsch)
The Gone World
24
Tom Sweterlitsch
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
25
Margaret Atwood
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
26
Douglas Adams
How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe (Charles Yu)
How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe
27
Charles Yu
Hyperion (Dan Simmons)
Hyperion
28
Dan Simmons
Illuminae (Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff)
Illuminae
29
Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
Jurassic Park (Michael Crichton)
Jurassic Park
30
Michael Crichton
The Last Policeman (Ben H. Winters)
The Last Policeman
31
Ben H. Winters
The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Left Hand of Darkness
32
Ursula K. Le Guin
Legend (Marie Lu)
Legend
33
Marie Lu
The Martian (Andy Weir)
The Martian
34
Andy Weir
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
Neuromancer
35
William Gibson
Oryx and Crake
Oryx and Crake
36
Otherland (Tad Williams)
Otherland
37
Tad Williams
Pandora's Star (Peter F. Hamilton)
Pandora's Star
38
Peter F. Hamilton
Planetfall (Emma Newman)
Planetfall
39
Emma Newman
The Plot Against America (Philip Roth)
The Plot Against America
40
Philip Roth
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