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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Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

Snow Crash

Neal Stephenson

440 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

fiction science fiction adventurous funny 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
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 classics science fiction adventurous funny lighthearted fast-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 Resisters by Gish Jen

The Resisters

Gish Jen

320 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction dystopian adventurous challenging dark medium-paced
Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino

Beautyland

Marie-Helene Bertino

326 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction literary science fiction emotional funny reflective medium-paced
The Ten Percent Thief by Lavanya Lakshminarayan

The Ten Percent Thief

Lavanya Lakshminarayan

368 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction dystopian dark reflective tense fast-paced
Way Station by Clifford D. Simak

Way Station

Clifford D. Simak

210 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

fiction science fiction adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced
Redshirts by John Scalzi

Redshirts

John Scalzi

320 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction science fiction adventurous funny medium-paced