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Sci-Sci-Fi Novels That Everyone Needs to Read at Least Once

Fiction can be a powerful tool for helping individuals navigate the real world. Sci-fi is no different. In light of that, Stacker has rounded up 100 of the best science fiction novels of all time.
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
2001: A Space Odyssey (Arthur C. Clarke)
2001: A Space Odyssey
2
Arthur C. Clarke
All Systems Red (Martha Wells)
All Systems Red
3
Martha Wells
Altered Carbon (Richard K. Morgan)
Altered Carbon
4
Richard K. Morgan
Ammonite (Nicola Griffith)
Ammonite
5
Nicola Griffith
Ancillary Justice (Ann Leckie)
Ancillary Justice
6
Ann Leckie
Annihilation (Jeff Vandermeer)
Annihilation
7
Jeff Vandermeer
The Blazing World (Margaret Cavendish)
The Blazing World
8
Margaret Cavendish
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
9
Aldous Huxley
Broken Stars: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation (Ken Liu, Ed.)
Broken Stars: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation
10
Ken Liu, Ed.
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Miller)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
11
Miller
The Caves of Steel (Isaac Asimov)
The Caves of Steel
12
Isaac Asimov
Chasm City (Alastair Reynolds)
Chasm City
13
Alastair Reynolds
Childhood's End (Arthur C. Clarke)
Childhood's End
14
Arthur C. Clarke
China Mountain Zhang (Maureen F Mchugh)
China Mountain Zhang
15
Maureen F Mchugh
The City & the City (China Miéville)
The City & the City
16
China Miéville
Contact (Carl Sagan)
Contact
17
Carl Sagan
Dawn (Octavia Butler)
Dawn
18
Octavia Butler
Dhalgren (Samuel R. Delany)
Dhalgren
19
Samuel R. Delany
The Diamond Age (Neal Stephenson)
The Diamond Age
20
Neal Stephenson
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (Douglas Adams)
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
21
Douglas Adams
The Dispossessed (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Dispossessed
22
Ursula K. Le Guin
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K. Dick)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
23
Philip K. Dick
Doomsday Book (Willis)
Doomsday Book
24
Willis
Double Star (Robert A. Heinlein)
Double Star
25
Robert A. Heinlein
Downbelow Station (C.J. Cherryh)
Downbelow Station
26
C.J. Cherryh
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath (H.P. Lovecraft)
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath
27
H.P. Lovecraft
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
28
Frank Herbert
Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card)
Ender's Game
29
Orson Scott Card
Every Heart a Doorway (Seanan McGuire)
Every Heart a Doorway
30
Seanan McGuire
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
31
Ray Bradbury
The Fall of Hyperion (Dan Simmons)
The Fall of Hyperion
32
Dan Simmons
The Female Man (Joanna Russ)
The Female Man
33
Joanna Russ
The Fifth Season (N.K. Jemisin)
The Fifth Season
34
N.K. Jemisin
A Fire Upon the Deep (Vernor Vinge)
A Fire Upon the Deep
35
Vernor Vinge
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
Flowers for Algernon
36
Daniel Keyes
The Forever War (Joe Haldeman)
The Forever War
37
Joe Haldeman
Foundation (Isaac Asimov)
Foundation
38
Isaac Asimov
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
39
Mary Shelley
Gateway (Frederik Pohl)
Gateway
40
Frederik Pohl
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