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52 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House

by PRH Editors: "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."
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
1Q84 (Haruki Murakami)
1Q84
2
Haruki Murakami
Altered Carbon (Richard K. Morgan)
Altered Carbon
3
Richard K. Morgan
Amatka (Karin Tidbeck)
Amatka
4
Karin Tidbeck
Ammonite (Nicola Griffith)
Ammonite
5
Nicola Griffith
The Best of All Possible Worlds (Karen Lord)
The Best of All Possible Worlds
6
Karen Lord
The Big Book of Science Fiction (Ann Vandermeer and Jeff Vandermeer, Eds.)
The Big Book of Science Fiction
7
Ann Vandermeer and Jeff Vandermeer, Eds.
Binti: The Complete Trilogy (Binti #1-3) (Nnedi Okorafor)
Binti: The Complete Trilogy (Binti #1-3)
8
Nnedi Okorafor
The Blazing World
The Blazing World
9
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter M. Miller, Jr.)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
10
Walter M. Miller, Jr.
Children of Men (P.D. James)
Children of Men
11
P.D. James
The City & the City (China Miéville)
The City & the City
12
China Miéville
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
13
David Mitchell
Dark Matter (Blake Crouch)
Dark Matter
14
Blake Crouch
Darwin's Radio (Greg Bear)
Darwin's Radio
15
Greg Bear
The Daughter of Doctor Moreau (Silvia Moreno-Garcia)
The Daughter of Doctor Moreau
16
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Dhalgren (Samuel R. Delany)
Dhalgren
17
Samuel R. Delany
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K. Dick)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
18
Philip K. Dick
Doomsday Book (Willis)
Doomsday Book
19
Willis
Downbelow Station
Downbelow Station
20
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
21
Frank Herbert
Dust (Elizabeth Bear)
Dust
22
Elizabeth Bear
The Fold (Peter Clines)
The Fold
23
Peter Clines
Foundation Series
Foundation Series
24
The Gone World (Tom Sweterlitsch)
The Gone World
25
Tom Sweterlitsch
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Illustrated Edition (Adams, Douglas)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Illustrated Edition
26
Adams, Douglas
How to Live Safely in a Science Fiction Universe (Yu)
How to Live Safely in a Science Fiction Universe
27
Yu
Hyperion (Dan Simmons)
Hyperion
28
Dan Simmons
Kindred (Octavia Butler)
Kindred
29
Octavia Butler
The Last Policeman (Ben H.Winters)
The Last Policeman
30
Ben H.Winters
The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Left Hand of Darkness
31
Ursula K. Le Guin
The Martian (Andy Weir)
The Martian
32
Andy Weir
The Midnight Library (Matt Haig)
The Midnight Library
33
Matt Haig
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
Neuromancer
34
William Gibson
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
35
Kazuo Ishiguro
Oryx and Crake (Margaret Atwood)
Oryx and Crake
36
Margaret Atwood
Pandora's Star (Peter F. Hamilton)
Pandora's Star
37
Peter F. Hamilton
Ready Player One (Ernest Cline)
Ready Player One
38
Ernest Cline
The Real Story
The Real Story
39
Red Rising (Pierce Brown)
Red Rising
40
Pierce Brown
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