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Sci-Fi - 50 Authors, One Book Each

Hard to tell sci-fi from fantasy sometimes but close enough. Too lazy to double-check that I only listed one book for each author. Some of them have so many good ones.
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The Fifth Season (N. K. Jemisin)
The Fifth Season
1
N. K. Jemisin
The Forge of God
The Forge of God
2
Alas, Babylon (Pat Frank)
Alas, Babylon
3
Pat Frank
The Dispossessed (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Dispossessed
4
Ursula K. Le Guin
Starship Troopers (Robert A. Heinlein)
Starship Troopers
5
Robert A. Heinlein
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K. Dick)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
6
Philip K. Dick
The Raven Tower (Ann Leckie)
The Raven Tower
7
Ann Leckie
The Kaiju Preservation Society (John Scalzi)
The Kaiju Preservation Society
8
John Scalzi
Rendezvous With Rama (Arthur C Clarke)
Rendezvous With Rama
9
Arthur C Clarke
System Collapse (Martha Wells)
System Collapse
10
Martha Wells
Forever Peace (Joe Haldeman)
Forever Peace
11
Joe Haldeman
Babel-17 (Samuel R Delany)
Babel-17
12
Samuel R Delany
The Female Man (Joanna Russ)
The Female Man
13
Joanna Russ
Exit West (Mohsin Hamed)
Exit West
14
Mohsin Hamed
Wool (Hugh Howey)
Wool
15
Hugh Howey
The Sisters Sputnik (Terry Favro)
The Sisters Sputnik
16
Terry Favro
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
Neuromancer
17
William Gibson
Recursion (Blake Crouch)
Recursion
18
Blake Crouch
A Memory Called Empire (Arkady Martine)
A Memory Called Empire
19
Arkady Martine
The Island of Doctor Moreau (H. G. Wells)
The Island of Doctor Moreau
20
H. G. Wells
The Three-Body Problem (Liu Cixin)
The Three-Body Problem
21
Liu Cixin
How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse (K. Eason)
How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse
22
K. Eason
Children of Time (Adrian Tchaikovsky)
Children of Time
23
Adrian Tchaikovsky
The Murders of Molly Southbourne (Tade Thompson)
The Murders of Molly Southbourne
24
Tade Thompson
A Handful of Stars (Dana Stabenow)
A Handful of Stars
25
Dana Stabenow
To Your Scattered Bodies Go (Philip José Farmer)
To Your Scattered Bodies Go
26
Philip José Farmer
Red Mars (Kim Stanley Robinson)
Red Mars
27
Kim Stanley Robinson
Woman on the Edge of Time (Marge Piercy)
Woman on the Edge of Time
28
Marge Piercy
Ringworld (Larry Niven)
Ringworld
29
Larry Niven
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
30
Frank Herbert
Gideon the Ninth (Tamsyn Muir)
Gideon the Ninth
31
Tamsyn Muir
Foundation (Iaac Asimov)
Foundation
32
Iaac Asimov
Annihilation (Jeff Vandermeer)
Annihilation
33
Jeff Vandermeer
Doomsday Book #1 (Connie Willis)
Doomsday Book #1
34
Connie Willis
How to Live Safely in a Science Fiction Universe (Yu)
How to Live Safely in a Science Fiction Universe
35
Yu
Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card)
Ender's Game
36
Orson Scott Card
This Is How You Lose the Time War (Amal El-Mohtar)
This Is How You Lose the Time War
37
Amal El-Mohtar
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
38
Robert Louis Stevenson
Zoey Punches the Future in the Dick (David Wong)
Zoey Punches the Future in the Dick
39
David Wong
Hench (Natalie Zina Walschots)
Hench
40
Natalie Zina Walschots
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