75 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time

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Read the 75 Best Sci-Fi books of all time as named by Esquire Magazine during Summer Fiction Week 2024.
Find the article here: https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/g39358054/best-sci-fi-books/

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Dune by Frank Herbert

Dune

Dune #1

Frank Herbert

737 pages • first pub 1965 (editions) user-added

fiction classics science fiction adventurous challenging slow-paced
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

Wayfarers #1

Becky Chambers

519 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

The Fifth Season

The Broken Earth #1

N.K. Jemisin

498 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Picnic by the Roadside by Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky

Picnic by the Roadside

Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky

167 pages • first pub 1972 (editions)

fiction science fiction challenging dark reflective slow-paced
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

Project Hail Mary

Andy Weir

476 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction science fiction adventurous funny hopeful medium-paced
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #1

Douglas Adams

323 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

fiction science fiction adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Brave New World

Aldous Huxley

8 hours • first pub 1932 (editions)

fiction classics dystopian literary science fiction challenging dark reflective medium-paced
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Left Hand of Darkness

Hainish Cycle

Ursula K. Le Guin

304 pages • first pub 1969 (editions)

fiction classics lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar

This Is How You Lose the Time War

Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar

4 hours, 16 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ romance science fiction adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey

The Echo Wife

Sarah Gailey

256 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction science fiction thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced