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Bookriot's Most Influential Sci-Fi Books of All Time

"The most influential sci-fi books of all time have shaped not just science fiction and its myriad sub-genres, but horror, fantasy, and manga, as well. Filmmakers have drawn inspiration for the stories between their covers, and real-world STEM developments have been made in their names. Without these books, for better or worse, our world would not be what it is today." - K.W. Colyard (Bookriot)
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Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
1
Mary Shelley
Blake or the Huts of America (Martin R. Delany)
Blake or the Huts of America
2
Martin R. Delany
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne)
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
3
Jules Verne
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
4
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Time Machine (H.G. Wells)
The Time Machine
5
H.G. Wells
Of One Blood, or the Hidden Self (Pauline Hopkins)
Of One Blood, or the Hidden Self
6
Pauline Hopkins
A Princess of Mars (Edgar Rice Burroughs)
A Princess of Mars
7
Edgar Rice Burroughs
We (Yevgeny Zamyatin)
We
8
Yevgeny Zamyatin
Metropolis (Thea Von Harbou)
Metropolis
9
Thea Von Harbou
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
10
Aldous Huxley
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
11
The Complete Robot (Isaac Asimov)
The Complete Robot
12
Isaac Asimov
Shadow Over Mars (Leigh Brackett)
Shadow Over Mars
13
Leigh Brackett
Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell)
Nineteen Eighty-Four
14
George Orwell
Astro Boy (Osamu Tezuka)
Astro Boy
15
Osamu Tezuka
Farenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Farenheit 451
16
Ray Bradbury
Starship Troopers (Robert A. Heinlein)
Starship Troopers
17
Robert A. Heinlein
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter M. Miller, Jr.)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
18
Walter M. Miller, Jr.
A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine L'engle)
A Wrinkle in Time
19
Madeleine L'engle
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
20
Frank Herbert
Babel-17 (Samuel R Delany)
Babel-17
21
Samuel R Delany
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K. Dick)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
22
Philip K. Dick
The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Left Hand of Darkness
23
Ursula K. Le Guin
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
24
Kurt Vonnegut
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang (Kate Wilhelm)
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang
25
Kate Wilhelm
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
26
Douglas Adams
Daughters of a Coral Dawn (Katherine V.Forrest)
Daughters of a Coral Dawn
27
Katherine V.Forrest
Psion (Joan D. Vinge)
Psion
28
Joan D. Vinge
Vampire Hunter D (Vampire Hunter D, #1) (Hideyuki Kikuchi)
Vampire Hunter D (Vampire Hunter D, #1)
29
Hideyuki Kikuchi
Akira (Katsuhiro Otomo)
Akira
30
Katsuhiro Otomo
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
Neuromancer
31
William Gibson
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
32
Margaret Atwood
Watchmen (Alan Moore)
Watchmen
33
Alan Moore
Lilith's Brood
Lilith's Brood
34
Ghost in the Shell (Masamune Shirow)
Ghost in the Shell
35
Masamune Shirow
Jurassic Park (Michael Crichton)
Jurassic Park
36
Michael Crichton
Ring (Koji Suzuki)
Ring
37
Koji Suzuki
Sailor Moon Vol. 1 (Naoko Takeuchi)
Sailor Moon Vol. 1
38
Naoko Takeuchi
The Thrawn Trilogy (Timothy Zahn)
The Thrawn Trilogy
39
Timothy Zahn
Ammonite (Nicola Griffith)
Ammonite
40
Nicola Griffith
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