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2021-08-04 · 12 points · 41 comments · 24 books named by at least one person here and at least 3 people overall. The number on the left is how many people named it in this thread.

  1. 5

    The Three-Body Problem

    Cixin Liu

    5 here · 152 all-time · #11 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 53,978 ratings on Amazon
  2. 4

    The Martian

    Andy Weir

    4 here · 103 all-time · #25 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 187,449 ratings on Amazon
  3. 3

    Project Hail Mary

    Andy Weir

    3 here · 88 all-time · #38 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 281,070 ratings on Amazon
  4. 3

    Blindsight

    Peter Watts

    3 here · 70 all-time · #48 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.2 out of 5, 8,527 ratings on Amazon
  5. 3

    The Murderbot Diaries

    Martha Wells

    3 here · 29 all-time · #198 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 69,410 ratings on Amazon
  6. 3Bobiverse

    Bobiverse

    Dennis E. Taylor

    3 here · 28 all-time · #207 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 34,413 ratings on Amazon
  7. 3This Is How You Lose the Time War

    This Is How You Lose the Time War

    Amal El-Mohtar

    3 here · 13 all-time · #502 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.2 out of 5, 20,359 ratings on Amazon
  8. 2A Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

    A Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

    Becky Chambers

    2 here · 15 all-time · #425 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 30,763 ratings on Amazon
  9. 2Fall; or, Dodge in Hell

    Fall; or, Dodge in Hell

    Neal Stephenson

    2 here · 7 all-time · #947 overall

  10. 2Fiasco

    Fiasco

    Stanisław Lem

    2 here · 7 all-time · #975 overall

  11. 1

    Anathem

    Neal Stephenson

    1 here · 83 all-time · #40 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 5,275 ratings on Amazon
  12. 1

    Seveneves

    Neal Stephenson

    1 here · 58 all-time · #64 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 31,865 ratings on Amazon
  13. 1

    The Expanse

    James S. A. Corey

    1 here · 43 all-time · #112 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 38,667 ratings on Amazon
  14. 1

    Children of Time

    Adrian Tchaikovsky

    1 here · 34 all-time · #157 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 51,405 ratings on Amazon
  15. 1Remembrance of Earth's Past

    Remembrance of Earth's Past

    Liu Cixin

    1 here · 20 all-time · #321 overall

  16. 1Broken Earth

    Broken Earth

    N.K. Jemisin

    1 here · 15 all-time · #439 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 42,847 ratings on Amazon
  17. 1Echopraxia

    Echopraxia

    Peter Watts

    1 here · 11 all-time · #566 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.2 out of 5, 2,400 ratings on Amazon
  18. 1A Memory Called Empire

    A Memory Called Empire

    Arkady Martine

    1 here · 8 all-time · #860 overall

  19. 1Expeditionary Force

    Expeditionary Force

    Craig Alanson

    1 here · 7 all-time · #1002 overall

  20. 1A Desolation Called Peace

    A Desolation Called Peace

    Arkady Martine

    1 here · 6 all-time · #1219 overall

  21. 1Lost Fleet

    Lost Fleet

    Jack Campbell

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1608 overall

  22. 1Aurora

    Aurora

    Kim Stanley Robinson

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1640 overall

  23. 1Hydrogen Sonata

    Hydrogen Sonata

    Iain M. Banks

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2250 overall

  24. 1Magic 2.0

    Magic 2.0

    Scott Meyer

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2254 overall