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Goodreads' Top 50 Sci-Fi Books

Goodreads is having a sci-fi & fantasy week. Here's a list of readers' top rated sci-fi books. Have many of these have you read?
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avg. score: 10 of 50 (20%)
required scores: 1, 3, 6, 10, 16 

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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
11/22/63 (Stephen King)
11/22/63
2
Stephen King
2001: A Space Odyssey (Arthur C. Clarke)
2001: A Space Odyssey
3
Arthur C. Clarke
Ancillary Sword (Ann Leckie)
Ancillary Sword
4
Ann Leckie
Binti (Nnedi Okorafor)
Binti
5
Nnedi Okorafor
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
6
Kurt Vonnegut
Childhood's End (Arthur C. Clarke)
Childhood's End
7
Arthur C. Clarke
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
8
David Mitchell
Contact (Carl Sagan)
Contact
9
Carl Sagan
Dark Matter (Blake Crouch)
Dark Matter
10
Blake Crouch
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K Dick)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
11
Philip K Dick
Doomsday Book (Connie Willis)
Doomsday Book
12
Connie Willis
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
13
Frank Herbert
Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card)
Ender's Game
14
Orson Scott Card
Foundation (Iaac Asimov)
Foundation
15
Iaac Asimov
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World - Haruki Murakami
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World - Haruki Murakami
16
Heir to the Empire (Timothy Zahn)
Heir to the Empire
17
Timothy Zahn
Hyperion (Dan Simmons)
Hyperion
18
Dan Simmons
I, Robot (Isaac Asimov)
I, Robot
19
Isaac Asimov
Kindred (Octavia Butler)
Kindred
20
Octavia Butler
Leviathan Wakes (James S.A. Corey)
Leviathan Wakes
21
James S.A. Corey
Nexus (Ramez Naam)
Nexus
22
Ramez Naam
Old Man's War (John Scalzi)
Old Man's War
23
John Scalzi
Ready Player Oner (Ernest Cline)
Ready Player Oner
24
Ernest Cline
Red Rising (Pierce Brown)
Red Rising
25
Pierce Brown
Saga 1 (Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples)
Saga 1
26
Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples
Shards of Honor (Lois McMaster Bujold)
Shards of Honor
27
Lois McMaster Bujold
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
28
Kurt Vonnegut
Snow Crash (Neal Stephenson)
Snow Crash
29
Neal Stephenson
Speaker for the Dead (Orson Scott Card)
Speaker for the Dead
30
Orson Scott Card
Station Eleven (Emily St John Mandel)
Station Eleven
31
Emily St John Mandel
The Diamond Age (Neal Stephenson)
The Diamond Age
32
Neal Stephenson
The Dispossessed (Ursula K Le Guin)
The Dispossessed
33
Ursula K Le Guin
The Forever War (Joe Haldeman)
The Forever War
34
Joe Haldeman
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
35
Margaret Atwood
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
36
Douglas Adams
The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Left Hand of Darkness
37
Ursula K. Le Guin
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Becky Chambers)
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
38
Becky Chambers
The Martian (Andy Weir)
The Martian
39
Andy Weir
The Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury)
The Martian Chronicles
40
Ray Bradbury
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