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100 Most Popular Sci-Fi Books (Goodreads)

How many of these books have you read? This a list of books Goodreads has ranked most popular Sci-fi books on its website but this could change in the future.
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
2
George Orwell
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
3
Ray Bradbury
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
4
Aldous Huxley
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
5
Margaret Atwood
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
6
Douglas Adams
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text
7
Mary Shelley
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
8
Kurt Vonnegut
Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card)
Ender's Game
9
Orson Scott Card
Ready Player One (Ernest Cline)
Ready Player One
10
Ernest Cline
The Martian (Andy Weir)
The Martian
11
Andy Weir
Jurassic Park (Michael Crichton)
Jurassic Park
12
Michael Crichton
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
13
Frank Herbert
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
14
Cormac McCarthy
The Stand (Stephen King)
The Stand
15
Stephen King
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
16
Anthony Burgess
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
Flowers for Algernon
17
Daniel Keyes
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
18
Kazuo Ishiguro
The Time Machine (H.G. Wells)
The Time Machine
19
H.G. Wells
Foundation (Iaac Asimov)
Foundation
20
Iaac Asimov
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
21
Kurt Vonnegut
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K. Dick)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
22
Philip K. Dick
Station Eleven (Emily St John Mandel)
Station Eleven
23
Emily St John Mandel
Stranger in a Strange Land (Robert a Heinlein)
Stranger in a Strange Land
24
Robert a Heinlein
I Robot (Isaac Asimov)
I Robot
25
Isaac Asimov
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
Neuromancer
26
William Gibson
2001: A Space Odyssey (Arthur C. Clarke)
2001: A Space Odyssey
27
Arthur C. Clarke
The War of the Worlds (H. G. Wells)
The War of the Worlds
28
H. G. Wells
Dark Matter (Blake Crouch)
Dark Matter
29
Blake Crouch
Snow Crash (Neal Stephenson)
Snow Crash
30
Neal Stephenson
Red Rising (Pierce Brown)
Red Rising
31
Pierce Brown
The Andromeda Strain (Michael Crichton)
The Andromeda Strain
32
Michael Crichton
Oryx and Crake (Margaret Atwood)
Oryx and Crake
33
Margaret Atwood
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
34
David Mitchell
The Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury)
The Martian Chronicles
35
Ray Bradbury
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
36
Jules Verne
Blindness (Jose Saramago)
Blindness
37
Jose Saramago
Starship Troopers (Robert A. Heinlein)
Starship Troopers
38
Robert A. Heinlein
Hyperion (Dan Simmons)
Hyperion
39
Dan Simmons
The Man in the High Castle (Philip K. Dick)
The Man in the High Castle
40
Philip K. Dick
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