The Word for World Is Forest by Ursula K. Le Guin
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335 books — 253 voters
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
Best of Cyberpunk
372 books — 1,183 voters

Blindsight by Peter Watts
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8 books — 3 voters
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222 books — 161 voters

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Big Dumb Objects
68 books — 77 voters
Blindsight by Peter Watts
First Contact
261 books — 360 voters

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Time Dilation
10 books — 5 voters
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Best Intelligent Sci-Fi
271 books — 249 voters

Diaspora by Greg EganBlindsight by Peter WattsAccelerando by Charles Stross
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153 books — 186 voters
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Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
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83 books — 27 voters
The Secret by Rhonda Byrne
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8,096 books — 19,877 voters

1984 by George OrwellDiaspora by Greg EganBlindsight by Peter WattsA Storm of Swords by George R.R. MartinSapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
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Raft by Stephen Baxter
Excellent Space Opera
1,017 books — 3,652 voters

1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1,319 books — 5,846 voters
Diaspora by Greg EganBlindsight by Peter WattsRing by Stephen BaxterTimelike Infinity by Stephen BaxterSeveneves by Neal Stephenson
best hard science fiction
391 books — 717 voters

Blindsight by Peter WattsSeveneves by Neal StephensonAccelerando by Charles Stross
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,213 books — 8,960 voters

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Best Science Fiction
3,657 books — 6,986 voters
War and Peace by Leo TolstoyTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
I Should Probably Read This Sometime...
11,467 books — 10,235 voters

1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,760 books — 25,997 voters