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    • 2025

    6 books
    The Hydrogen Sonata

    The Hydrogen Sonata

    Iain M. Banks
    Earthlight

    Earthlight

    Arthur C. Clarke
    Exit West

    Exit West

    Mohsin Hamid
    Love and Ruin

    Love and Ruin

    Paula McLain
    The Word for World is Forest

    The Word for World is Forest

    Ursula K. Le Guin
    Brave New World

    Brave New World

    Aldous Huxley

    2024

    8 books
    The City and Its Uncertain Walls

    The City and Its Uncertain Walls

    Haruki Murakami
    Surface Detail

    Surface Detail

    Iain M. Banks
    The House of Lincoln

    The House of Lincoln

    Nancy Horan
    Childhood’s End

    Childhood’s End

    Arthur C. Clarke
    Citizen of the Galaxy

    Citizen of the Galaxy

    Robert Heinlein
    City of Thieves
    ❤️

    City of Thieves

    David Benioff
    The Ministry for the Future

    The Ministry for the Future

    Kim Stanley Robinson
    Matter

    Matter

    Iain M. Banks

    2023

    10 books
    Exhalation

    Exhalation

    Ted Chiang
    Death’s End

    Death’s End

    Cixin Liu
    The Dark Forest

    The Dark Forest

    Cixin Liu
    The Three-Body Problem

    The Three-Body Problem

    Cixin Liu
    Lightbringer
    ❤️

    Lightbringer

    Pierce Brown
    Cloud Cuckoo Land

    Cloud Cuckoo Land

    Anthony Doerr
    The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag

    The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag

    Robert Heinlein
    Parable of the Talents

    Parable of the Talents

    Octavia E. Butler
    And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer

    And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer

    Fredrik Backman
    Sea of Tranquility

    Sea of Tranquility

    Emily St. John Mandel

    2022

    9 books
    The Robots of Dawn

    The Robots of Dawn

    Isaac Asimov
    Upgrade

    Upgrade

    Blake Crouch
    The Naked Sun

    The Naked Sun

    Isaac Asimov
    The Remains of the Day

    The Remains of the Day

    Kazuo Ishiguro
    The Unbearable Lightness of Being

    The Unbearable Lightness of Being

    Milan Kundera
    Dark Matter

    Dark Matter

    Blake Crouch
    Glory Road

    Glory Road

    Robert A. Heinlein
    Excession

    Excession

    Iain M. Banks
    Use of Weapons

    Use of Weapons

    Iain M. Banks

    2021

    10 books
    Dark Age

    Dark Age

    Pierce Brown
    Speaker for the Dead

    Speaker for the Dead

    Orson Scott Card
    Ender's Game

    Ender's Game

    Orson Scott Card
    Iron Gold

    Iron Gold

    Pierce Brown
    Project Hail Mary

    Project Hail Mary

    Andy Weir
    Kings of Colorado

    Kings of Colorado

    David E. Hilton
    City Of Illusions

    City Of Illusions

    Ursula K. Le Guin
    Planet of Exile

    Planet of Exile

    Ursula K. Le Guin
    Rocannon's World

    Rocannon's World

    Ursula K. Le Guin
    1984

    1984

    George Orwell

    2020

    8 books
    The Boy with the Cuckoo-Clock Heart

    The Boy with the Cuckoo-Clock Heart

    Mathias Malzieu
    The Name of the Wind

    The Name of the Wind

    Patrick Rothfuss
    Consider Phlebas

    Consider Phlebas

    Iain M. Banks
    Totto-Chan

    Totto-Chan

    Tetsuko Kuroyanagi
    The Baltimore Boys

    The Baltimore Boys

    Joël Dicker
    Foundation and Earth

    Foundation and Earth

    Isaac Asimov
    Morning Star
    ❤️

    Morning Star

    Pierce Brown
    Golden Son
    ❤️

    Golden Son

    Pierce Brown

    2019

    7 books
    Foundation’s Edge

    Foundation’s Edge

    Isaac Asimov
    Red Rising
    ❤️

    Red Rising

    Pierce Brown
    Second Foundation

    Second Foundation

    Isaac Asimov
    Foundation and Empire

    Foundation and Empire

    Isaac Asimov
    The Left Hand of Darkness

    The Left Hand of Darkness

    Ursula K. Le Guin
    Have Space Suit-Will Travel

    Have Space Suit-Will Travel

    Robert A. Heinlein
    The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
    ❤️

    The Moon is a Harsh Mistress

    Robert A. Heinlein

    2018

    5 books
    The Dispossessed
    ❤️

    The Dispossessed

    Ursula K. Le Guin
    Four Ways to Forgiveness

    Four Ways to Forgiveness

    Ursula K. Le Guin
    The Long Earth

    The Long Earth

    Terry Pratchett
    Foundation
    ❤️

    Foundation

    Isaac Asimov
    Artemis

    Artemis

    Andy Weir

    2017

    16 books
    11/22/63
    ❤️

    11/22/63

    Stephen King
    The Handmaids Tale

    The Handmaids Tale

    Margaret Atwood
    New York 2140

    New York 2140

    Kim Stanley Robinson
    Seveneves
    ❤️

    Seveneves

    Neal Stephenson
    Fahrenheit 451

    Fahrenheit 451

    Ray Bradbury
    The Glass Castle

    The Glass Castle

    Jeannette Walls
    The Thing Around Your Neck

    The Thing Around Your Neck

    Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
    The Watchmaker of Filigree Street

    The Watchmaker of Filigree Street

    Natasha Pulley
    The Great Gatsby

    The Great Gatsby

    F. Scott Fitzgerald
    Time for the Stars

    Time for the Stars

    Robert Heinlein
    Tunnel in the Sky

    Tunnel in the Sky

    Robert Heinlein
    Hearts in Atlantis

    Hearts in Atlantis

    Stephen King
    Parable of the Sower

    Parable of the Sower

    Octavia E. Butler
    The Star Beast

    The Star Beast

    Robert Heinlein
    The Paris Wife

    The Paris Wife

    Paula McLain
    Look to Windward

    Look to Windward

    Iain M. Banks

    2016

    22 books
    The Man in the High Castle

    The Man in the High Castle

    Philip K. Dick
    Caves of Steel

    Caves of Steel

    Isaac Asimov
    The Little Paris Bookshop

    The Little Paris Bookshop

    Nina George
    The Songs Of Distant Earth

    The Songs Of Distant Earth

    Arthur C. Clarke
    Farnham’s Freehold
    ❤️

    Farnham’s Freehold

    Robert Heinlein
    Night Train to Lisbon

    Night Train to Lisbon

    Pascal Mercier
    About Grace

    About Grace

    Anthony Doerr
    Breakfast of Champions

    Breakfast of Champions

    Kurt Vonnegut
    Red Planet

    Red Planet

    Robert Heinlein
    Wind/Pinball: Two Novels

    Wind/Pinball: Two Novels

    Haruki Murakami
    To the Lighthouse

    To the Lighthouse

    Virginia Woolf
    Space Cadet

    Space Cadet

    Robert Heinlein
    Rocket Ship Galileo

    Rocket Ship Galileo

    Robert Heinlein
    Starman Jones

    Starman Jones

    Robert Heinlein
    The Door Into Summer

    The Door Into Summer

    Robert Heinlein
    Never Let Me Go

    Never Let Me Go

    Kazuo Ishiguro
    The Birthday of the World

    The Birthday of the World

    Ursula K. Le Guin
    The Player of Games

    The Player of Games

    Iain M. Banks
    All the Light We Cannot See

    All the Light We Cannot See

    Anthony Doerr
    The Lathe of Heaven

    The Lathe of Heaven

    Ursula K. Le Guin
    Circling the Sun

    Circling the Sun

    Paula McLain
    Dance Dance Dance

    Dance Dance Dance

    Haruki Murakami

    2015

    14 books
    The Bone Clocks

    The Bone Clocks

    David Mitchell
    Under the Wide and Starry Sky

    Under the Wide and Starry Sky

    Nancy Horan
    The Tin Drum

    The Tin Drum

    Günter Grass
    The Martian
    ❤️

    The Martian

    Andy Weir
    The Rolling Stones

    The Rolling Stones

    Robert Heinlein
    Ideal

    Ideal

    Ayn Rand
    The Elephant Vanishes

    The Elephant Vanishes

    Haruki Murakami
    Between Planets

    Between Planets

    Robert Heinlein
    Farmer in the Sky

    Farmer in the Sky

    Robert Heinlein
    Wuthering Heights

    Wuthering Heights

    Emily Brontë
    Lust for Life

    Lust for Life

    Irving Stone
    Methuselah’s Children

    Methuselah’s Children

    Robert Heinlein
    Revolt in 2100

    Revolt in 2100

    Robert Heinlein
    Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman

    Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman

    Haruki Murakami

    2014

    6 books
    Time Enough for Love
    ❤️

    Time Enough for Love

    Robert Heinlein
    Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

    Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

    Haruki Murakami
    God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater

    God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater

    Kurt Vonnegut
    Tigerman

    Tigerman

    Nick Harkaway
    The Sparrow

    The Sparrow

    Mary Doria Russell
    Loving Frank

    Loving Frank

    Nancy Horan

    2013

    13 books
    Atlas Shrugged

    Atlas Shrugged

    Ayn Rand
    The Fountainhead
    ❤️

    The Fountainhead

    Ayn Rand
    Stranger in a Strange Land

    Stranger in a Strange Land

    Robert A. Heinlein
    Sputnik Sweetheart

    Sputnik Sweetheart

    Haruki Murakami
    We the Living

    We the Living

    Ayn Rand
    Slaughterhouse-Five

    Slaughterhouse-Five

    Kurt Vonnegut
    The Brothers Karamazov

    The Brothers Karamazov

    Fyodor Dostoyevsky
    The Story of B

    The Story of B

    Daniel Quinn
    A Wild Sheep Chase

    A Wild Sheep Chase

    Haruki Murakami
    Candide

    Candide

    Voltaire
    After Dark

    After Dark

    Haruki Murakami
    The Sheltering Sky

    The Sheltering Sky

    Paul Bowles
    Ishmael

    Ishmael

    Daniel Quinn

    2012

    15 books
    Cat's Cradle

    Cat's Cradle

    Kurt Vonnegut
    Kafka on the Shore

    Kafka on the Shore

    Haruki Murakami
    The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

    The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

    Haruki Murakami
    Norwegian Wood

    Norwegian Wood

    Haruki Murakami
    Closing Time

    Closing Time

    Joseph Heller
    At the Mountains of Madness

    At the Mountains of Madness

    H.P. Lovecraft
    Of Mice and Men

    Of Mice and Men

    John Steinbeck
    Catch-22

    Catch-22

    Joseph Heller
    A Wrinkle in Time

    A Wrinkle in Time

    Madeleine L'Engle
    VALIS

    VALIS

    Philip K. Dick
    Island

    Island

    Aldous Huxley
    Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret

    Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret

    Judy Blume
    The Time Machine

    The Time Machine

    H.G. Wells
    Watership Down

    Watership Down

    Richard Adams
    1Q84

    1Q84

    Haruki Murakami

    2007

    1 book
    Lord of the Flies

    Lord of the Flies

    William Golding