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How Many 21st Century SF Books Have You Read?

James Harris writes: "I've been watching a lot of science fiction book reviewers on YouTube and quite often they make me feel completely out of touch with current science fiction. It seems like there are a thousand new science fiction books published each year, and I seldom read what people are talking about.
"I feel well-read in the genre before 1980, maybe even 1990, but after that, when I hear young people talking about new science fiction I feel like I've been left behind. To see how unread I am I use the list builder feature and CSFquery to find any SF book that had gotten at least 3 citations published during the years 2000-2022. I created the checklist below...
"How well-read are you with 21st-century science fiction? Are you young or old? How many new SF books do you read each year? And what books do you recommend that are missing from the list?"
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The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
The Hunger Games
1
Suzanne Collins
The Windup Girl (Paolo Bacigalupi)
The Windup Girl
2
Paolo Bacigalupi
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
3
Cormac McCarthy
Altered Carbon (Richard K. Morgan)
Altered Carbon
4
Richard K. Morgan
Ancillary Justice (Ann Leckie)
Ancillary Justice
5
Ann Leckie
The Martian (Andy Weir)
The Martian
6
Andy Weir
Old Man's War (John Scalzi)
Old Man's War
7
John Scalzi
The Time Traveler's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
The Time Traveler's Wife
8
Audrey Niffenegger
Anathem (Neal Stephenson)
Anathem
9
Neal Stephenson
The City & the City (China Miéville)
The City & the City
10
China Miéville
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
11
Kazuo Ishiguro
Revelation Space (Alastair Reynolds)
Revelation Space
12
Alastair Reynolds
World War Z (Max Brooks)
World War Z
13
Max Brooks
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
14
David Mitchell
Embassytown (China Miéville)
Embassytown
15
China Miéville
Little Brother (Cory Doctorow)
Little Brother
16
Cory Doctorow
Oryx and Crake (Margaret Atwood)
Oryx and Crake
17
Margaret Atwood
Station Eleven (Emily St John Mandel)
Station Eleven
18
Emily St John Mandel
Boneshaker (Cherie Priest)
Boneshaker
19
Cherie Priest
Passage (Connie Willis)
Passage
20
Connie Willis
Accelerando (Charles Stross)
Accelerando
21
Charles Stross
Pandora's Star (Peter F. Hamilton)
Pandora's Star
22
Peter F. Hamilton
Ready Player One (Ernest Cline)
Ready Player One
23
Ernest Cline
The Speed of Dark
The Speed of Dark
24
Spin (Robert Charles Wilson)
Spin
25
Robert Charles Wilson
The Yiddish Policemen's Union (Michael Chabon)
The Yiddish Policemen's Union
26
Michael Chabon
Air (Geoff Ryman)
Air
27
Geoff Ryman
Blackout (Connie Willis)
Blackout
28
Connie Willis
All Clear (Connie Willis)
All Clear
29
Connie Willis
Leviathan Wakes (James S.A. Corey)
Leviathan Wakes
30
James S.A. Corey
Redshirts (John Scalzi)
Redshirts
31
John Scalzi
The Years of Rice and Salt (Kim Stanley Robinson)
The Years of Rice and Salt
32
Kim Stanley Robinson
Among Others (Jo Walton)
Among Others
33
Jo Walton
Ancillary Sword (Ann Leckie)
Ancillary Sword
34
Ann Leckie
Annihilation (Jeff Vandermeer)
Annihilation
35
Jeff Vandermeer
The Fifth Season (N. K. Jemisin)
The Fifth Season
36
N. K. Jemisin
Ilium (Dan Simmons)
Ilium
37
Dan Simmons
Midnight Robber (Nalo Hopkinson)
Midnight Robber
38
Nalo Hopkinson
Mockingjay (Suzanne Collins)
Mockingjay
39
Suzanne Collins
Rainbows End (Vernor Vinge)
Rainbows End
40
Vernor Vinge
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