| Leviathan Wakes | Daniel Abraham, 
                              
                            
                          
                        
                          
                            
                              Ty Franck | 2011 |  |  | 
                    
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                                        |  | Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |  | 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century |  | 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |  | 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |  | 2020 | Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult |  | 2020 | The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books |  | 2020 | 15 Recent Sci-Fi Books That Forever Shaped The Genre - Andrew Liptak for Polygon |  | 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |  | 2022 | Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22) |  | 2022 | The Greatest Science Fiction Books of the 2010s - The Portalist |  | 2024 | Best Sci-Fi of the 2010s - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24) |  | 
                    
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                            | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Douglas Adams | 1979 |  |  | 
                    
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                                        | 1984 | The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove |  | 1996 | North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans |  | 1999 | The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |  | 2002 | Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel |  | 2003 | The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |  | 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |  | 2009 | 1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section) |  | 2011 | NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books |  | 2011 | Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read |  | 2011 | Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |  | 2012 | Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels |  | 2012 | AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books |  | 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |  | 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |  | 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |  | 2016 | 75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn |  | 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |  | 2016 | Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime |  | 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |  | 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |  | 2016 | SF Masterworks |  | 2018 | The Great American Read - PBS |  | 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |  | 2019 | The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House |  | 2019 | 100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery |  | 2020 | Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult |  | 2020 | The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books |  | 2022 | The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine |  | 2023 | Your Top Science Fiction Books Of All Time (Survey Results) - Media Death Cult |  | 2024 | SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books |  | 
                    
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                            | All the Birds in the Sky | Charlie Jane Anders | 2016 |  |  | 
                    
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                                        |  | Nebula Award - Novel Winner |  |  | Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |  | 2019 | 100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery |  | 2020 | The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books |  | 2021 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |  | 
                    
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                            | The Handmaid's Tale | Margaret Atwood | 1985 |  |  | 
                    
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                                        |  | Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |  |  | Arthur C. Clarke Awards |  | 1996 | North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans |  | 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell |  | 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |  | 2004 | Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy by Cynthia Ward |  | 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |  | 2005 | ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List) |  | 2009 | 1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section) |  | 2009 | Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Reactor) |  | 2011 | NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books |  | 2012 | Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo |  | 2012 | Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels |  | 2014 | Mistressworks by Ian Sales |  | 2014 | Best-Sci-Fi-Books: The 23 Best Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |  | 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |  | 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |  | 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |  | 2016 | Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |  | 2016 | Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime |  | 2016 | Book Riot 100 Must-Read Sci-Fi Fantasy Novels by Female Authors |  | 2016 | How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe |  | 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |  | 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |  | 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |  | 2016 | Best-Sci-Fi-Books: 31 Best Literary Science Fiction Books |  | 2018 | The Great American Read - PBS |  | 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |  | 2019 | The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House |  | 2019 | 100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery |  | 2020 | Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult |  | 2020 | The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books |  | 2021 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |  | 2025 | Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5) |  | 
                    
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                            | The Queue | Basma Abdel Aziz | 2016 |  |  | 
                    
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                                        | 2020 | The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books |  | 
                    
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                            | The Player of Games | Iain M. Banks | 1988 |  |  | 
                    
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                                        | 1999 | The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |  | 2003 | The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |  | 2006 | 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels |  | 2011 | Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read |  | 2011 | NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books |  | 2011 | Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |  | 2012 | Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels |  | 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |  | 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |  | 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |  | 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |  | 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |  | 2019 | 100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery |  | 2020 | Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult |  | 2020 | The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books |  | 2023 | Your Top Science Fiction Books Of All Time (Survey Results) - Media Death Cult |  | 2024 | SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books |  | 
                    
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                            | Kindred | Octavia E. Butler | 1979 |  |  | 
                    
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                                        | 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |  | 2009 | Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Reactor) |  | 2009 | 1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section) |  | 2014 | Best-Sci-Fi-Books: The 23 Best Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |  | 2014 | Mistressworks by Ian Sales |  | 2016 | 75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn |  | 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |  | 2016 | Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |  | 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |  | 2016 | Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime |  | 2016 | Best-Sci-Fi-Books: 31 Best Literary Science Fiction Books |  | 2020 | The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books |  | 2021 | 29 of the Best Science Fiction Books Everyone Should Read - WIRED UK |  | 2022 | The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine |  | 
                    
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                            | The Girl with All the Gifts | M. R. Carey | 2013 |  |  | 
                    
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                                        | 2019 | 100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery |  | 2020 | The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books |  | 2022 | Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22) |  | 2024 | Best Sci-Fi of the 2010s - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24) |  | 
                    
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                            | Ready Player One | Ernest Cline | 2011 |  |  | 
                    
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                                        | 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |  | 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |  | 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century |  | 2016 | Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime |  | 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |  | 2018 | The Great American Read - PBS |  | 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |  | 2020 | The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books |  | 2022 | Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22) |  | 2024 | Best Sci-Fi of the 2010s - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24) |  | 
                    
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                            | Pandora's Star | Peter F. Hamilton | 2004 |  |  | 
                    
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                                        | 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |  | 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |  | 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century |  | 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |  | 2019 | The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House |  | 2019 | 100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery |  | 2020 | Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult |  | 2020 | The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books |  | 2022 | Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22) |  | 2022 | The 25 Best Sci-Fi Books from the 2000s Decade - The Portalist |  | 2024 | Classic Science Fiction - 2000-2009 - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24) |  | 
                    
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                            | Riddley Walker | Russell Hoban | 1980 |  |  | 
                    
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                                        |  | John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel |  |  | Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |  | 1985 | Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle |  | 1996 | North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans |  | 2005 | ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List) |  | 2009 | 1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section) |  | 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |  | 2016 | SF Masterworks |  | 2016 | 75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn |  | 2020 | The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books |  | 
                    
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                            | The Calculating Stars | Mary Robinette Kowal | 2018 |  |  | 
                    
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                                        |  | Nebula Award - Novel Winner |  |  | Hugo Award - Novel Winner |  |  | Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel |  | 2020 | The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books |  | 2020 | 15 Recent Sci-Fi Books That Forever Shaped The Genre - Andrew Liptak for Polygon |  | 2021 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |  | 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |  | 2022 | The Greatest Science Fiction Books of the 2010s - The Portalist |  | 
                    
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                            | Ninefox Gambit | Yoon Ha Lee | 2016 |  |  | 
                    
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                                        |  | Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |  |  | Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |  | 2019 | 100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery |  | 2020 | The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books |  | 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |  | 
                    
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                            | The Three-Body Problem | Cixin Liu | 2014 |  |  | 
                    
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                                        |  | Hugo Award - Novel Winner |  |  | Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |  | 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century |  | 2020 | The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books |  | 2020 | 15 Recent Sci-Fi Books That Forever Shaped The Genre - Andrew Liptak for Polygon |  | 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |  | 2021 | 29 of the Best Science Fiction Books Everyone Should Read - WIRED UK |  | 2022 | The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine |  | 2022 | Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22) |  | 2022 | The Greatest Science Fiction Books of the 2010s - The Portalist |  | 2024 | Classic Science Fiction - 2000-2009 - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24) |  | 2024 | Best Sci-Fi of the 2010s - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24) |  | 
                    
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                            | Station Eleven | Emily St. John Mandel | 2014 |  |  | 
                    
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                                        |  | Arthur C. Clarke Awards |  | 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |  | 2016 | Book Riot 100 Must-Read Sci-Fi Fantasy Novels by Female Authors |  | 2016 | Best-Sci-Fi-Books: 31 Best Literary Science Fiction Books |  | 2019 | The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House |  | 2019 | 100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery |  | 2020 | 15 Recent Sci-Fi Books That Forever Shaped The Genre - Andrew Liptak for Polygon |  | 2020 | The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books |  | 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |  | 2021 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |  | 2022 | The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine |  | 2022 | Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22) |  | 2022 | The Greatest Science Fiction Books of the 2010s - The Portalist |  | 2024 | Best Sci-Fi of the 2010s - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24) |  | 2024 | The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century NY Times - Poll of Writers |  | 2024 | The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century NY Times - Poll of Readers |  | 2025 | Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5) |  | 
                    
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                            | The Road | Cormac McCarthy | 2006 |  |  | 
                    
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                                        | 2009 | 1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section) |  | 2011 | NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books |  | 2012 | Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo |  | 2012 | Locus Poll Best 21st Century Science Fiction Novels |  | 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |  | 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century |  | 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |  | 2016 | Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime |  | 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |  | 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |  | 2016 | Best-Sci-Fi-Books: 31 Best Literary Science Fiction Books |  | 2016 | How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe |  | 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |  | 2020 | Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult |  | 2020 | The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books |  | 2022 | Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22) |  | 2022 | The 25 Best Sci-Fi Books from the 2000s Decade - The Portalist |  | 2023 | My Top 25 Science Fiction Books of the 21st Century by the Outlaw Bookseller |  | 2023 | My 25 Favourite Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Words in Time |  | 2024 | Classic Science Fiction - 2000-2009 - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24) |  | 2024 | The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century NY Times - Poll of Writers |  | 2024 | The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century NY Times - Poll of Readers |  | 2024 | SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books |  | 
                    
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                            | Revelation Space | Alastair Reynolds | 2000 |  |  | 
                    
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                                        | 2009 | 1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section) |  | 2012 | Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo |  | 2016 | How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe |  | 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century |  | 2016 | SF Masterworks |  | 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |  | 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |  | 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |  | 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |  | 2020 | Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult |  | 2020 | The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books |  | 2022 | Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22) |  | 2022 | The 25 Best Sci-Fi Books from the 2000s Decade - The Portalist |  | 2023 | Your Top Science Fiction Books Of All Time (Survey Results) - Media Death Cult |  | 2024 | Classic Science Fiction - 2000-2009 - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24) |  | 2024 | SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books |  | 
                    
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                            | Red Mars | Kim Stanley Robinson | 1992 |  |  | 
                    
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                                        |  | Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |  |  | British Science Fiction Association Awards |  |  | Nebula Award - Novel Winner |  | 1994 | The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle |  | 1996 | North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans |  | 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |  | 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |  | 2005 | ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List) |  | 2006 | 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels |  | 2011 | NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books |  | 2011 | Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read |  | 2011 | Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |  | 2012 | AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books |  | 2012 | Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels |  | 2012 | Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo |  | 2016 | Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime |  | 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |  | 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |  | 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |  | 2016 | How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe |  | 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |  | 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |  | 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |  | 2020 | The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books |  | 2022 | The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine |  | 
                    
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                            | Software | Rudy Rucker | 1982 |  |  | 
                    
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                                        |  | Philip K. Dick Award |  | 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |  | 2020 | The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books |  | 
                    
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                            | Old Man's War | John Scalzi | 2005 |  |  | 
                    
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                                        |  | Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |  | 2011 | NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books |  | 2012 | Locus Poll Best 21st Century Science Fiction Novels |  | 2012 | AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books |  | 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |  | 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century |  | 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |  | 2016 | Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime |  | 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |  | 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |  | 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |  | 2020 | The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books |  | 2022 | Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22) |  | 2022 | The 25 Best Sci-Fi Books from the 2000s Decade - The Portalist |  | 2024 | Classic Science Fiction - 2000-2009 - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24) |  | 
                    
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                            | Cryptonomicon | Neal Stephenson | 1999 |  |  | 
                    
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                                        |  | Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel |  |  | Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |  | 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |  | 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |  | 2011 | NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books |  | 2012 | Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels |  | 2012 | AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books |  | 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |  | 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |  | 2020 | The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books |  | 
                    
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                            | Accelerando | Charles Stross | 2005 |  |  | 
                    
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                                        |  | Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel |  |  | Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |  | 2012 | Locus Poll Best 21st Century Science Fiction Novels |  | 2012 | Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo |  | 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |  | 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |  | 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century |  | 2020 | The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books |  | 2022 | Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22) |  | 2022 | The 25 Best Sci-Fi Books from the 2000s Decade - The Portalist |  | 2023 | My Top 25 Science Fiction Books of the 21st Century by the Outlaw Bookseller |  | 2024 | Classic Science Fiction - 2000-2009 - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24) |  | 
                    
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                            | Daemon | Daniel Suarez | 2006 |  |  | 
                    
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                                        | 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century |  | 2020 | The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books |  | 2022 | Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22) |  | 2024 | Best Sci-Fi of the 2010s - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24) |  | 
                    
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                            | We Are Legion (We Are Bob) | Dennis E. Taylor | 2016 |  |  | 
                    
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                                        | 2020 | The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books |  | 2024 | Best Sci-Fi of the 2010s - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24) |  | 
                    
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                            | Annihilation | Jeff VanderMeer | 2014 |  |  | 
                    
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                                        |  | Nebula Award - Novel Winner |  | 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century |  | 2016 | Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime |  | 2020 | The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books |  | 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |  | 2022 | The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine |  | 2022 | Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22) |  | 2022 | The Greatest Science Fiction Books of the 2010s - The Portalist |  | 2024 | Best Sci-Fi of the 2010s - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24) |  | 2024 | SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books |  | 
                    
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                            | Starfish | Peter Watts | 1999 |  |  | 
                    
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                                        | 2020 | The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books |  | 
                    
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                            | The Martian | Andy Weir | 2012 |  |  | 
                    
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                                        | 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |  | 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century |  | 2016 | Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime |  | 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |  | 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |  | 2018 | The Great American Read - PBS |  | 2019 | 100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery |  | 2019 | The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House |  | 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |  | 2020 | Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult |  | 2020 | The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books |  | 2020 | 15 Recent Sci-Fi Books That Forever Shaped The Genre - Andrew Liptak for Polygon |  | 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |  | 2021 | 29 of the Best Science Fiction Books Everyone Should Read - WIRED UK |  | 2022 | Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22) |  | 2023 | Your Top Science Fiction Books Of All Time (Survey Results) - Media Death Cult |  | 2024 | Best Sci-Fi of the 2010s - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24) |  | 2024 | SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books |  | 2025 | Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5) |  | 
                    
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                            | All Systems Red | Martha Wells | 2017 |  |  | 
                    
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                                        | 2020 | The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books |  | 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |  | 2022 | Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22) |  | 2022 | The Greatest Science Fiction Books of the 2010s - The Portalist |  | 2024 | Best Sci-Fi of the 2010s - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24) |  | 
                    
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                            | To Say Nothing of the Dog | Connie Willis | 1998 |  |  | 
                    
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                                        |  | Hugo Award - Novel Winner |  |  | Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |  |  | Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel |  | 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell |  | 2014 | Best-Sci-Fi-Books: The 23 Best Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |  | 2016 | SF Masterworks |  | 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |  | 2016 | Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |  | 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |  | 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |  | 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |  | 2020 | The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books |  | 2021 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |  | 
                    
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