What are your top 10 science fiction books? (lemmy.world)

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I'm new to scifi books, and books in general. (only got into reading 3 years ago) I've read dune, the dispossessed , a fire upon the deep and the stars my destination. I'm currently reading the left hand of darkness . What should i read next? Suggest me some of your must-reads.

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[-] RustyHeater@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

A few:

The Unincorporated Man by Dani and Eytan Kollin. The story and parallels of society really slap.
Lightning by Dean Koontz. Not exactly known for sci-fi per se, but this one checks lots of boxes including time travel.
The Dosadi Experiment by Frank Herbert. A good non-Dune choice.
Leviathan Wakes by James SA Corey. A great space opera.
Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers series. It's Trek with a different angle and adventure from the series leaders.
Warm Bodies by author Isaac Marion. Probably controversial but i dig the way it did the zombie genre. Darker than the movie.
The Sequence by Lucien Telford. A hidden gem really. Gene editing thriller sci-fi.

On my backlog:

The Last Policeman by Ben H. Winters
Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Junkyard Pirate by Jamie McFarlane

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