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Classic SF Everyone Should Read

Our Maverick (and retired) English Teacher and SF Geek looks over his bookshelves(and previous lists) and comes up with 130 essential texts, plus 4 reference works that every SF aficionado should be familiar with. He has not included work usually marketed as Juvenile or YA, feeling that these books require a separate list. As always, this list is not in any way authoritative or definitive.
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
Alas Babylon (Frank)
Alas Babylon
2
Frank
Ancillary Justice (Ann Leckie)
Ancillary Justice
3
Ann Leckie
And Chaos Died (Joanna Russ)
And Chaos Died
4
Joanna Russ
The Andromeda Strain (Michael Crichton)
The Andromeda Strain
5
Michael Crichton
Babel-17 (Samuel R Delany)
Babel-17
6
Samuel R Delany
The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World
The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World
7
Behold the Man (Michael Moorcock)
Behold the Man
8
Michael Moorcock
Blackout/All Clear (Connie Willis)
Blackout/All Clear
9
Connie Willis
Blood Music (Greg Bear)
Blood Music
10
Greg Bear
Brain Wave (Poul Anderson)
Brain Wave
11
Poul Anderson
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
12
Aldous Huxley
Bring the Jubilee (Ward Moore)
Bring the Jubilee
13
Ward Moore
Bug Jack Barron (Norman Spinrad)
Bug Jack Barron
14
Norman Spinrad
Calculating God
Calculating God
15
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter M. Miller, Jr.)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
16
Walter M. Miller, Jr.
A Case of Conscience (James Blish)
A Case of Conscience
17
James Blish
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
18
Kurt Vonnegut
Childhood's End (Arthur C. Clarke)
Childhood's End
19
Arthur C. Clarke
Cities in Flight (James Blish)
Cities in Flight
20
James Blish
The City and the City (China Mieville)
The City and the City
21
China Mieville
Cryptozoic! (Brian Aldiss)
Cryptozoic!
22
Brian Aldiss
Dangerous Visions (Harlan Ellison)
Dangerous Visions
23
Harlan Ellison
The Day of the Triffids (John Wyndham)
The Day of the Triffids
24
John Wyndham
The Demolished Man
The Demolished Man
25
The Difference Engine (Bruce Sterling & William Gibson)
The Difference Engine
26
Bruce Sterling & William Gibson
The Dispossessed (Ursula K Le Guin)
The Dispossessed
27
Ursula K Le Guin
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K. Dick)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
28
Philip K. Dick
Doomsday Book (Willis)
Doomsday Book
29
Willis
The Doors of His Face (Zelazny)
The Doors of His Face
30
Zelazny
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
31
Frank Herbert
Dying Inside (Robert Silverberg)
Dying Inside
32
Robert Silverberg
The Einstein Intersection (Samuel R. Delany)
The Einstein Intersection
33
Samuel R. Delany
The Essential Ellison: A 35-Year Retrospective (Harlan Ellison)
The Essential Ellison: A 35-Year Retrospective
34
Harlan Ellison
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
35
Ray Bradbury
The First Men in the Moon (H.G. Wells)
The First Men in the Moon
36
H.G. Wells
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said (Philip K. Dick)
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
37
Philip K. Dick
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
Flowers for Algernon
38
Daniel Keyes
The Forever War (Joe Haldeman)
The Forever War
39
Joe Haldeman
The Foundation Series
The Foundation Series
40
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