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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[-] CanadianCorhen@lemmy.ca 12 points 6 days ago

10 is hard to go off the top of my head, but, in semi-random

The expanse: loved it so much we have our son the middle name Holden

Dune: always a classic for a reason

Children of Time: find myself dwelling on this

Honor Harrington: the best military sci-fi

Forever War: made me think

Hitchhiker's Guide: always makes me laugh (also like Darkside of the sun, but not listing both)

Hyperion: definitive space opera

The matian: definitive hard scifi

The culture: like the federation in star trek, but better.

[-] Take_your_zync@eviltoast.org 4 points 6 days ago

Children of time needs more hype. Probably the best science fiction to come out in recent times.

We're going on an adventure!

I didn't think the second book could be on par with the first but it was also fantastic.

[-] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 5 points 6 days ago

Third one wasn't as good, but worth a read. Adrian Tchaikovsky must be the most underhyped sci-fi author writing today, his "The Final Architecture" series is great bit of space opera.