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50 Great 21st Century Science Fiction Books

A small sampling of the best science fiction, including post-apocalyptic, near- and far-future, hard, and speculative genres, of the 21st Century.
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Ink (Sabrina Vourvoulias)
Ink
1
Sabrina Vourvoulias
Station Eleven (Emily St John Mandel)
Station Eleven
2
Emily St John Mandel
Super Sad True Love Story (Gary Shteyngart)
Super Sad True Love Story
3
Gary Shteyngart
How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe (Charles Yu)
How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe
4
Charles Yu
Rainbows End
Rainbows End
5
The Humans (Matt Haig)
The Humans
6
Matt Haig
Moxyland (Lauren Beukes)
Moxyland
7
Lauren Beukes
Quantum Thief by Hannu Rajaniemi
Quantum Thief by Hannu Rajaniemi
8
The Queue (Basma Abdel Aziz)
The Queue
9
Basma Abdel Aziz
All the Birds in the Sky (Charlie Jane Anders)
All the Birds in the Sky
10
Charlie Jane Anders
New York 2140 (Kim Stanley Robinson)
New York 2140
11
Kim Stanley Robinson
Borne (Jeff Vandermeer)
Borne
12
Jeff Vandermeer
The Stars Are Legion (Kameron Hurley)
The Stars Are Legion
13
Kameron Hurley
Six Wakes (Mur Lafferty)
Six Wakes
14
Mur Lafferty
All Our Wrong Todays (Elan Mastai)
All Our Wrong Todays
15
Elan Mastai
Waking Gods (Sylvain Neuvel)
Waking Gods
16
Sylvain Neuvel
Seveneves (Neal Stephenson)
Seveneves
17
Neal Stephenson
The Water Knife (Paolo Bacigalupi)
The Water Knife
18
Paolo Bacigalupi
Lagoon (Nnedi Okorafor)
Lagoon
19
Nnedi Okorafor
The Traitor Baru Cormorant (Seth Dickinson)
The Traitor Baru Cormorant
20
Seth Dickinson
Persona (Genevieve Valentine)
Persona
21
Genevieve Valentine
Infomocracy (Malka Older)
Infomocracy
22
Malka Older
Crosstalk (Connie Willis)
Crosstalk
23
Connie Willis
Company Town (Madeline Ashby)
Company Town
24
Madeline Ashby
The Martian (Andy Weir)
The Martian
25
Andy Weir
The Bone Clocks (David Mitchell)
The Bone Clocks
26
David Mitchell
California (Edan Lepucki)
California
27
Edan Lepucki
The Girl With All the Gifts (M R Carey)
The Girl With All the Gifts
28
M R Carey
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August (Claire North)
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
29
Claire North
Parasite (Mira Grant)
Parasite
30
Mira Grant
Terms of Enlistment: Frontlines (Marko Kloos)
Terms of Enlistment: Frontlines
31
Marko Kloos
Intrusion (Ken MacLeod)
Intrusion
32
Ken MacLeod
Redshirts (John Scalzi)
Redshirts
33
John Scalzi
The Dog Stars (Peter Heller)
The Dog Stars
34
Peter Heller
Reamde
Reamde
35
After the Apocalypse
After the Apocalypse
36
Embassytown
Embassytown
37
Ready Player One (Ernest Cline)
Ready Player One
38
Ernest Cline
Rule 34 (Charles Stross)
Rule 34
39
Charles Stross
Machine Man (Max Barry)
Machine Man
40
Max Barry
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