27 of the Best Sci-Fi Books Everyone Should Read

There are several works that have left a lasting impression on readers and helped to define the genre as we know it today in the broad world of science fiction books, where the imagination knows no limitations. Science fiction has the ability to take us to fantastic realms and challenge our perspective of reality, from exhilarating space odysseys to mind-bending futuristic visions. 

We have compiled a list of the top 27 science fiction works that have wowed readers, stirred many conversations, and established themselves as timeless classics. Get yourself for a thrilling journey across the pages of these wonderful brilliant works, where the limitations of possibility are disregarded and the power of the human imagination has no bounds.

The Blazing World and Other Writings

by Margaret Cavendish - Kate Lilley

Frankenstein

by Mary Shelley

Foundation

by Isaac Asimov

The Stars My Destination

by Alfred Bester

Solaris

by Stanislaw Lem

Dune

by Frank Herbert

The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

by Robert A Heinlein

Ice

by Anna Kavan

The Left Hand of Darkness

by Ursula K Le Guin- David Mitchell- Charlie Jane Anders

A Scanner Darkly

by Philip K Dick

Kindred (Anniversary)

by Octavia E Butler

Neuromancer

by William Gibson

Consider Phlebas

by Iain M Banks

Hyperion

by Dan Simmons

Jurassic Park

by Michael Crichton

Snow Crash

by Neal Stephenson

Vurt

by Jeff Noon - Dean Williamson

Under the Skin

by Michel Faber

Metro 2033

by Dmitry Glukhovsky - Rupert Degas

The Resisters

by Gish Jen

Exhalation: Stories

by Ted Chiang

Moonrise: The Golden Age of Lunar Adventures

by Mike Ashley

The Power

by Naomi Alderman

The Heart Goes Last

by Margaret Atwood

The Martian

by Andy Weir

Children of Time

by Adrian Tchaikovsky

The Three-Body Problem

by Cixin Liu - Ken Liu

Oryx and Crake

by Margaret Atwood