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Io9's the Best "Entry Level" Science Fiction Books to Convert Your Friends

io9 is great blog about science, technology and popculture related to them.
Read article in the source which can teach you how to convert your friends to the only right and valuable literature - SF ;)
There are some fantasy books too - book authors often write books of both genres and love to "easier" fantasy can evolve in love to hard sf - it was so in my case.
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"The Graveless Doll of Eric Mutis" by Karen Russell
"The Graveless Doll of Eric Mutis" by Karen Russell
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"The Pelican Bar" by Karen Joy Fowler
"The Pelican Bar" by Karen Joy Fowler
2
61 Hours (Lee Child)
61 Hours
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Lee Child
Amalthea (Lady) (The Last Unicorn)
Amalthea (Lady) (The Last Unicorn)
4
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods
5
Neil Gaiman
Ancilliary Justice (Ann Leckie)
Ancilliary Justice
6
Ann Leckie
BABEL-17 Samuel R. Delany
BABEL-17 Samuel R. Delany
7
The Best of Kage Baker
The Best of Kage Baker
8
Boneshaker (Cherie Priest)
Boneshaker
9
Cherie Priest
Childhood's End, Arthur C. Clarke (1953)
Childhood's End, Arthur C. Clarke (1953)
10
China Mountain Zhang
China Mountain Zhang
11
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
12
David Mitchell
Dangerous Visions
Dangerous Visions
13
Dead Until Dark (Charlaine Harris)
Dead Until Dark
14
Charlaine Harris
Dead Witch Walking (Kim Harrison)
Dead Witch Walking
15
Kim Harrison
The Dervish House (Ian Mcdonald)
The Dervish House
16
Ian Mcdonald
The Dispossessed (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Dispossessed
17
Ursula K. Le Guin
Dragon Waiting (John M. Ford)
Dragon Waiting
18
John M. Ford
Feed (Mira Grant)
Feed
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Mira Grant
A Game of Thrones (George R.R. Martin)
A Game of Thrones
20
George R.R. Martin
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
21
Gillian Flynn
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
22
Margaret Atwood
Heart-Shaped Box (Joe Hill)
Heart-Shaped Box
23
Joe Hill
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (NK Jemisin)
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
24
NK Jemisin
The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
The Hunger Games
25
Suzanne Collins
Imaro (Charles Saunders)
Imaro
26
Charles Saunders
Kirinyaga (Mike Resnick)
Kirinyaga
27
Mike Resnick
The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Left Hand of Darkness
28
Ursula K. Le Guin
Leviathan Wakes
Leviathan Wakes
29
The Lies of Locke Lamora
The Lies of Locke Lamora
30
Little Brother (Cory Doctorow Novel)
Little Brother (Cory Doctorow Novel)
31
Little, Big
Little, Big
32
Mermaid's Song (Alida Van Gorres)
Mermaid's Song
33
Alida Van Gorres
The Moon and the Sun
The Moon and the Sun
34
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
35
Kazuo Ishiguro
Old Man's War (John Scalzi)
Old Man's War
36
John Scalzi
Orson Scott Card Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card Ender's Game
37
Oryx and Crake (Margaret Atwood)
Oryx and Crake
38
Margaret Atwood
Pattern Recognition (William Gibson)
Pattern Recognition
39
William Gibson
Ready Player One (Ernest Cline)
Ready Player One
40
Ernest Cline
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