--- {"type":"list","title":"Best Science Fiction Books","listId":2671,"canonicalUrl":"https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2671/best-science-fiction-books","visibleItemTotal":32,"creator":{"id":"WilliamT","name":"William Tucker","url":"https://listium.com/@WilliamT"},"stats":{"views":1504,"likes":10,"followers":1},"category":"books & literature / science fiction","publishedAt":"2016-04-12T01:43:05.854Z","updatedAt":"2016-04-12T01:43:05.854Z","fields":[{"id":0,"name":"Item","type":"PrimaryText"},{"id":1,"name":"Author","type":"Text","format":"short"},{"id":2,"name":"Own","type":"Symbols","format":"checkbox"},{"id":3,"name":"Buy on Amazon","type":"Calculated","format":"shop_link"},{"id":4,"name":"Image","type":"Image"}]} --- # Best Science Fiction Books By [William Tucker (@WilliamT)](https://listium.com/@WilliamT) 1504 views · 10 likes · 1 follower Published 12 April 2016 · Updated 12 April 2016 Category: books & literature / science fiction I'm a sci-fi geek, send me any and all your suggestions ## Items ### 1. [Ender's Game](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2671/best-science-fiction-books/0/enders-game) Item ID: `0` - Author: Orson Scott Card - Own: false - Buy on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=Ender+s+Game&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/rsye9ul6rkt23ox83kls.jpg) ### 2. [Dune](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2671/best-science-fiction-books/1/dune) Item ID: `1` - Author: Frank Herbert - Own: false - Buy on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=Dune&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/a0uozn00rcbkevouuodc.jpg) ### 3. [2001: A Space Odyssey](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2671/best-science-fiction-books/2/2001-a-space-odyssey) Item ID: `2` - Author: Arthur C Clarke - Own: false - Buy on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=2001+A+Space+Odyssey&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/ctsnudxclky3efs4peiv.jpg) ### 4. [Neuromancer](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2671/best-science-fiction-books/3/neuromancer) Item ID: `3` - Author: William Gibson - Own: false - Buy on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=Neuromancer&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/athi1njky2rezz7m3wen.jpg) ### 5. [Snow Crash](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2671/best-science-fiction-books/4/snow-crash) Item ID: `4` - Author: Neal Stephenson - Own: false - Buy on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=Snow+Crash&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/y3bqf2xyl02qdaduexrd.jpg) ### 6. [Starship Troopers](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2671/best-science-fiction-books/5/starship-troopers) Item ID: `5` - Author: Robert A Heinlein - Own: false - Buy on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=Starship+Troopers&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/bcjyo2gmse56duhxvlju.jpg) ### 7. [The Forever War](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2671/best-science-fiction-books/6/the-forever-war) Item ID: `6` - Author: Joe Haldeman - Own: false - Buy on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=The+Forever+War&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/qaqnzb1nbynqjhvafgkr.jpg) ### 8. [Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2671/best-science-fiction-books/7/hitch-hikers-guide-to-the-galaxy) Item ID: `7` - Author: Douglas Adams - Own: false - Buy on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=Hitch+Hiker+s+Guide+to+the+Galaxy&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/kfg9ojwqf2jpyrwz5khs.jpg) ### 9. [Brave New World](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2671/best-science-fiction-books/8/brave-new-world) Item ID: `8` - Author: Aldous Huxley - Own: false - Buy on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=Brave+New+World&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/clsotq6jd0drm2fiai3c.jpg) ### 10. [Childhood's End](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2671/best-science-fiction-books/9/childhoods-end) Item ID: `9` - Author: Arthur C Clarke - Own: false - Buy on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=Childhood+s+End&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/da0bfkf6xfd1bockpvpo.jpg) ### 11. [Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2671/best-science-fiction-books/10/do-androids-dream-of-electric-sheep) Item ID: `10` - Author: Philip K Dick - Own: false - Buy on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=Do+Androids+Dream+of+Electric+Sheep+&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/ufj6va55kxisxsbagfbb.jpg) ### 12. [Fahrenheit 451](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2671/best-science-fiction-books/11/fahrenheit-451) Item ID: `11` - Author: Ray Bradbury - Own: false - Buy on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=Fahrenheit+451&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/f5baoa9h0bwkmmesxp2u.jpg) ### 13. [The Martian Chronicles](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2671/best-science-fiction-books/12/the-martian-chronicles) Item ID: `12` - Author: Ray Bradbury - Own: false - Buy on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=The+Martian+Chronicles&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/uamivp0jpjtfvpdl21gb.jpg) ### 14. [1984](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2671/best-science-fiction-books/13/1984) Item ID: `13` - Author: George Orwell - Own: false - Buy on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=1984&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/okuaxqzhjmawd57vknb5.jpg) ### 15. [A Fire Upon the Deep](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2671/best-science-fiction-books/14/a-fire-upon-the-deep) Item ID: `14` - Author: Vernor Vinge - Own: false - Buy on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=A+Fire+Upon+the+Deep&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/jq6qfjuryqe0uphjws3w.jpg) ### 16. [Altered Carbon](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2671/best-science-fiction-books/15/altered-carbon) Item ID: `15` - Author: Richard Morgan - Own: false - Buy on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=Altered+Carbon&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/cokwfxyhmqgwp5xe4t5b.jpg) ### 17. [Anathem](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2671/best-science-fiction-books/16/anathem) Item ID: `16` - Author: Neal Stephenson - Own: false - Buy on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=Anathem&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/ygpwusz4iqzbbiauisna.jpg) ### 18. [Blindsight](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2671/best-science-fiction-books/17/blindsight) Item ID: `17` - Author: Peter Watts - Own: false - Buy on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=Blindsight&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/dceljkmffgtaiiujnoxd.jpg) ### 19. [Book of the New Sun](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2671/best-science-fiction-books/18/book-of-the-new-sun) Item ID: `18` - Author: Gene Wolf - Own: false - Buy on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=Book+of+the+New+Sun&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/v2xlizl4d0rn9are7wai.jpg) ### 20. [Foundation](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2671/best-science-fiction-books/19/foundation) Item ID: `19` - Author: Issac Asimov - Own: false - Buy on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=Foundation&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/iglfdtklzxtuvcuhxtq5.jpg) ### 21. [Gateway](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2671/best-science-fiction-books/20/gateway) Item ID: `20` - Author: Frederick Pohl - Own: false - Buy on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=Gateway&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/oflf1yyocmujt6tmnkk7.jpg) ### 22. [Hyperion](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2671/best-science-fiction-books/21/hyperion) Item ID: `21` - Author: Dan Simmons - Own: false - Buy on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=Hyperion&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/lpdcvdcmya0nczsiq9wu.jpg) ### 23. [Rendezvous With Rama](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2671/best-science-fiction-books/22/rendezvous-with-rama) Item ID: `22` - Author: Arthur C Clarke - Own: false - Buy on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=Rendezvous+With+Rama&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/uk9zn5mgvnxl5ajt5jc3.jpg) ### 24. [Ringworld](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2671/best-science-fiction-books/23/ringworld) Item ID: `23` - Author: Larry Niven - Own: false - Buy on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=Ringworld&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/itzpvxqgqhgftdrni5p2.jpg) ### 25. [Slaughterhouse Five](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2671/best-science-fiction-books/24/slaughterhouse-five) Item ID: `24` - Author: Kurt Vonnegut - Own: false - Buy on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=Slaughterhouse+Five&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/pvi5kneb27aba0sheegb.jpg) ### 26. [Stranger in a Strange Land](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2671/best-science-fiction-books/25/stranger-in-a-strange-land) Item ID: `25` - Author: Robert A Heinlein - Own: false - Buy on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=Stranger+in+a+Strange+Land&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/oaccjbn3dmv4aauszhgc.jpg) ### 27. [The Foundation Trilogy](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2671/best-science-fiction-books/26/the-foundation-trilogy) Item ID: `26` - Author: Isaac Asimov - Own: false - Buy on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=The+Foundation+Trilogy&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/tbvfcyepi2ohzzj9ftga.jpg) ### 28. [The Left Hand of Darkness](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2671/best-science-fiction-books/27/the-left-hand-of-darkness) Item ID: `27` - Author: Ursula K Le Guin - Own: false - Buy on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=The+Left+Hand+of+Darkness&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/adgdpnhh0hafvxesqwhd.jpg) ### 29. [The Moon is a Harsh Mistress](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2671/best-science-fiction-books/28/the-moon-is-a-harsh-mistress) Item ID: `28` - Author: Robert A Heinlein - Own: false - Buy on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=The+Moon+is+a+Harsh+Mistress&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/flunjekkthwssh8rs2mw.jpg) ### 30. [The Time Machine](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2671/best-science-fiction-books/29/the-time-machine) Item ID: `29` - Author: H G Wells - Own: false - Buy on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=The+Time+Machine&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/oq8utnvchmzm2rxz5qrx.jpg) ### 31. [The War of the Worlds](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2671/best-science-fiction-books/30/the-war-of-the-worlds) Item ID: `30` - Author: H G Wells - Own: false - Buy on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=The+War+of+the+Worlds&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/hlqtdaamqsbzqm6mvsxa.jpg) ### 32. [\[empty primary field\]](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2671/best-science-fiction-books/31/) Item ID: `31` - Author: - - Own: false - Buy on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/ztbgbihvfmxvvoxns9z7.jpg)