![]() ![]() Shelley was the daughter of groundbreaking feminist writer Mary Wollstonecraft, wife of romantic poet Percy Shelley, and author of (in my opinion) the greatest novel ever written.įrankenstein is both a classic of the gothic genre and the first ever sci-fi novel. Written by a girl who, at the time, was not even twenty years old, Frankenstein is considered to be the originator of science fiction literature. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a lot of things. ![]() So, if you’re looking to expand your own library of the best sci-fi books that everyone should read, from both the 19th and 20th centuries, these are the ones to check out. The “contemporary sci-fi books” section is reserved for the ever-growing library of modern sci-fi books that this century will continue to gift us with. ![]() This means we’re covering everyone from Mary Shelley to Dan Simmons. How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsuįor the purposes of this list, “classic sci-fi books” refers to anything published before the start of the 21st century.To Be Taught If Fortunate by Becky Chambers.This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone.The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K.Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. ![]()
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