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50 Science Fiction Novels That Everyone Should Read

50 works of SF that , when taken together, make up what I feel is a core reading list. I limited the list to one book per author and did not include short story collections; I still had to eliminate many great and important books to keep the list at 50.
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1984 (Orwell)
1984
1
Orwell
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
2
Jules Verne
2312 (Kim Stanley Robinson)
2312
3
Kim Stanley Robinson
Ancillary Justice (Ann Leckie)
Ancillary Justice
4
Ann Leckie
Annihilation (Jeff Vandermeer)
Annihilation
5
Jeff Vandermeer
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
6
Aldous Huxley
Calculating God
Calculating God
7
The Calculating Stars (Mary Robinette Kowal)
The Calculating Stars
8
Mary Robinette Kowal
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Miller)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
9
Miller
Childhood's End (Arthur C. Clarke)
Childhood's End
10
Arthur C. Clarke
The City and the City (China Mieville)
The City and the City
11
China Mieville
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
12
David Mitchell
Darwin's Radio (Greg Bear)
Darwin's Radio
13
Greg Bear
The Demolished Man (Alfred Bester)
The Demolished Man
14
Alfred Bester
Doomsday Book (Connie Willis)
Doomsday Book
15
Connie Willis
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
16
Frank Herbert
Dying Inside (Robert Silverberg)
Dying Inside
17
Robert Silverberg
The Einstein Intersection (Samuel R. Delany)
The Einstein Intersection
18
Samuel R. Delany
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
19
Ray Bradbury
The Female Man (Joanna Russ)
The Female Man
20
Joanna Russ
The Forever War (Joe Haldeman)
The Forever War
21
Joe Haldeman
Foundation (Iaac Asimov)
Foundation
22
Iaac Asimov
Fourth Mansions (R. A. Lafferty)
Fourth Mansions
23
R. A. Lafferty
Gateway (Frederik Pohl)
Gateway
24
Frederik Pohl
Good News From Outer Space (John Kessel)
Good News From Outer Space
25
John Kessel
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
26
Margaret Atwood
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
The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Left Hand of Darkness
29
Ursula K. Le Guin
Leviathan Wakes (James S.A. Corey)
Leviathan Wakes
30
James S.A. Corey
The Man in the High Castle (Philip K. Dick)
The Man in the High Castle
31
Philip K. Dick
More Than Human (Theodore Sturgeon)
More Than Human
32
Theodore Sturgeon
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
Neuromancer
33
William Gibson
Old Man's War (John Scalzi)
Old Man's War
34
John Scalzi
Parable of the Talents (Octavia Butler)
Parable of the Talents
35
Octavia Butler
Ringworld (Larry Niven)
Ringworld
36
Larry Niven
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut Jr.)
Slaughterhouse-Five
37
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Snow Crash (Neal Stephenson)
Snow Crash
38
Neal Stephenson
The Speed of Dark (Elizabeth Moon)
The Speed of Dark
39
Elizabeth Moon
Stand on Zanzibar (John Brunner)
Stand on Zanzibar
40
John Brunner
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