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Thrillist - The 33 Best Science-Fiction Novels of All Time

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We (Yevgeny Zamyatin)
We
1
Yevgeny Zamyatin
First Lensman
First Lensman
2
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
3
Ray Bradbury
The Stars My Destination (Alfred Bester)
The Stars My Destination
4
Alfred Bester
The Sirens of Titan (Kurt Vonnegut)
The Sirens of Titan
5
Kurt Vonnegut
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter M. Miller, Jr.)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
6
Walter M. Miller, Jr.
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
7
Anthony Burgess
Babel-17 (Samuel R Delany)
Babel-17
8
Samuel R Delany
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (Robert a Heinlein)
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
9
Robert a Heinlein
Stand on Zanzibar (John Brunner)
Stand on Zanzibar
10
John Brunner
His Master's Voice (Stanislaw Lem)
His Master's Voice
11
Stanislaw Lem
Ubik (Philip K. Dick)
Ubik
12
Philip K. Dick
Roadside Picnic (Boris & Arkady Strugatsky)
Roadside Picnic
13
Boris & Arkady Strugatsky
The Gods Themselves (Isaac Asimov)
The Gods Themselves
14
Isaac Asimov
The Forever War (Joe Haldeman)
The Forever War
15
Joe Haldeman
The Dispossessed (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Dispossessed
16
Ursula K. Le Guin
The Mote in God's Eye (Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle)
The Mote in God's Eye
17
Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
The Time-Swept City (Thomas F.Monteleone)
The Time-Swept City
18
Thomas F.Monteleone
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
19
Douglas Adams
Shadow of the Torturer (Gene Wolfe)
Shadow of the Torturer
20
Gene Wolfe
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
Neuromancer
21
William Gibson
Dayworld (Philip Jose Farmer)
Dayworld
22
Philip Jose Farmer
Contact (Carl Sagan)
Contact
23
Carl Sagan
Speaker for the Dead (Orson Scott Card)
Speaker for the Dead
24
Orson Scott Card
A Fire Upon the Deep (Vernor Vinge)
A Fire Upon the Deep
25
Vernor Vinge
Parable of the Sower (Octavia Butler)
Parable of the Sower
26
Octavia Butler
Hot Sky at Midnight (Robert Silverberg)
Hot Sky at Midnight
27
Robert Silverberg
The Diamond Age (Neal Stephenson)
The Diamond Age
28
Neal Stephenson
Midnight Robber (Nalo Hopkinson)
Midnight Robber
29
Nalo Hopkinson
Oryx and Crake (Margaret Atwood)
Oryx and Crake
30
Margaret Atwood
The Three-Body Problem (Cixin Liu)
The Three-Body Problem
31
Cixin Liu
The Windup Girl (Paolo Bacigalupi)
The Windup Girl
32
Paolo Bacigalupi
Ancillary Justice (Ann Leckie)
Ancillary Justice
33
Ann Leckie
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