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The Handmaid's Tale The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 259 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,413,391 ratings — published 1985
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1984 1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 182 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,439,811 ratings — published 1949
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Station Eleven Station Eleven (Hardcover)
by (shelved 157 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.07 — 611,071 ratings — published 2014
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Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1) Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
by (shelved 152 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.19 — 261,247 ratings — published 1993
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Never Let Me Go Never Let Me Go (Paperback)
by (shelved 150 times as speculative)
avg rating 3.85 — 850,751 ratings — published 2005
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Brave New World Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 148 times as speculative)
avg rating 3.99 — 2,071,740 ratings — published 1932
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Fahrenheit 451 Fahrenheit 451 (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 144 times as speculative)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,826,274 ratings — published 1953
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The Left Hand of Darkness The Left Hand of Darkness (Paperback)
by (shelved 137 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.10 — 219,532 ratings — published 1969
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The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 134 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.35 — 9,880,053 ratings — published 2008
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Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1) Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)
by (shelved 134 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.00 — 286,962 ratings — published 2003
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Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1) Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1)
by (shelved 124 times as speculative)
avg rating 3.80 — 301,396 ratings — published 2014
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Sea of Tranquility Sea of Tranquility (Hardcover)
by (shelved 111 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.05 — 294,966 ratings — published 2022
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The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth #1) The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth #1)
by (shelved 106 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.29 — 332,332 ratings — published 2015
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Klara and the Sun Klara and the Sun (Hardcover)
by (shelved 101 times as speculative)
avg rating 3.74 — 432,414 ratings — published 2021
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This Is How You Lose the Time War This Is How You Lose the Time War (ebook)
by (shelved 98 times as speculative)
avg rating 3.84 — 332,711 ratings — published 2019
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Piranesi Piranesi (Hardcover)
by (shelved 97 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.21 — 462,876 ratings — published 2020
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The Power The Power (Hardcover)
by (shelved 96 times as speculative)
avg rating 3.75 — 251,771 ratings — published 2016
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Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2) Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 95 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,141,333 ratings — published 2009
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Kindred Kindred (Paperback)
by (shelved 93 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.31 — 270,311 ratings — published 1979
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American Gods: Tenth Anniversary (American Gods, #1) American Gods: Tenth Anniversary (American Gods, #1)
by (shelved 91 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.10 — 989,817 ratings — published 2001
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Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3) Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 90 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,707,759 ratings — published 2010
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How High We Go in the Dark How High We Go in the Dark (Hardcover)
by (shelved 89 times as speculative)
avg rating 3.81 — 70,316 ratings — published 2022
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The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1) The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)
by (shelved 88 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.08 — 490,720 ratings — published 2006
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The Road The Road (Hardcover)
by (shelved 88 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,033,398 ratings — published 2006
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Dune (Dune, #1) Dune (Dune, #1)
by (shelved 87 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,622,219 ratings — published 1965
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Stories of Your Life and Others Stories of Your Life and Others (ebook)
by (shelved 86 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.25 — 125,060 ratings — published 2002
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The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia (Paperback)
by (shelved 86 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.26 — 150,448 ratings — published 1974
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I Who Have Never Known Men I Who Have Never Known Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 82 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.11 — 449,635 ratings — published 1995
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Severance Severance (Hardcover)
by (shelved 82 times as speculative)
avg rating 3.88 — 130,369 ratings — published 2018
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The Giver (The Giver, #1) The Giver (The Giver, #1)
by (shelved 82 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,800,969 ratings — published 1993
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (ebook)
by (shelved 80 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.09 — 511,346 ratings — published 1968
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Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1) Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
by (shelved 79 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,296,677 ratings — published 2011
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Dark Matter Dark Matter (Hardcover)
by (shelved 78 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.13 — 715,824 ratings — published 2016
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The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1) The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1)
by (shelved 77 times as speculative)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,441,437 ratings — published 2020
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Babel Babel (Hardcover)
by (shelved 76 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.15 — 465,112 ratings — published 2022
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The Testaments (The Handmaid's Tale, #2) The Testaments (The Handmaid's Tale, #2)
by (shelved 75 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.20 — 421,721 ratings — published 2019
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Frankenstein: The 1818 Text Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 75 times as speculative)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,879,118 ratings — published 1818
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Slaughterhouse-Five Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 74 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,480,465 ratings — published 1969
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A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1) A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1)
by (shelved 74 times as speculative)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,282,882 ratings — published 1962
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The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam, #2) The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam, #2)
by (shelved 73 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.07 — 132,822 ratings — published 2009
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The Martian The Martian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 72 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,282,986 ratings — published 2011
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Cloud Atlas Cloud Atlas (Paperback)
by (shelved 72 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.01 — 267,312 ratings — published 2004
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Snow Crash Snow Crash (Hardcover)
by (shelved 72 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.01 — 297,554 ratings — published 1992
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Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1) Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
by (shelved 72 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,471,725 ratings — published 1985
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All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1) All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
by (shelved 71 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.12 — 366,660 ratings — published 2017
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The City & the City The City & the City (Hardcover)
by (shelved 71 times as speculative)
avg rating 3.90 — 78,475 ratings — published 2009
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1) The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
by (shelved 70 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.22 — 2,011,851 ratings — published 1979
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Exhalation Exhalation (ebook)
by (shelved 68 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.27 — 112,423 ratings — published 2019
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A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1) A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1)
by (shelved 68 times as speculative)
avg rating 4.22 — 183,560 ratings — published 2021
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The Memory Police The Memory Police (Hardcover)
by (shelved 68 times as speculative)
avg rating 3.70 — 137,597 ratings — published 1994
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Fredric Brown
“True. And there are an infinite number of universes, of course, in which we don't exist at all - that is, no creatures similar to us exist at all. In which the human race doesn't exist at all. There are an infinite number of universes, for instance, in which flowers are the predominant form of life -or in which no form of life has ever developed or will develop.”
Fredric Brown, "FREDRIC BROWN" BOOKS: What Mad Universe / Space on My Hands / Honeymoon in Hell

Paul Spencer Sochaczewski
“Just as Wallace learned and evolved, Ali was on his own journey of discovery. Starting out as a 15-year-old cook, Ali learned to collect and mount specimens. He took on responsibility for organizing travel. He nursed Wallace during many bouts of fever and injury.”
Paul Spencer Sochaczewski, "Look Here, Sir, What a Curious Bird": Searching for Ali, Alfred Russel Wallace's Faithful Companion

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