Shannon's "Science Fiction for People Who Don't Read Science Fiction"

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I developed this list as an introduction to science fiction for people who haven’t read a lot of it and don’t think they’ll like it (such as my husband). I don’t think anyone (except me, perhaps) will like every book on this list, since there is a lot of variety here, but you may find something you do enjoy as an entry into the genre.

  1. 1.
    A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
    by Mark Twain
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  3. 3.
    Slaughterhouse-Five: A Novel
    by Kurt Vonnegut
  4. 4.
    Cat's Cradle: A Novel
    by Kurt Vonnegut
  5. 5.
    Fahrenheit 451
    by Ray Bradbury
  6. 6.
    Under the Dome: A Novel
    by Stephen King
  9. 9.
    Lucifer's Hammer
    by Jerry Pournelle
  10. 10.
    The Handmaid's Tale (Everyman's Library)
    by Margaret Atwood
  11. 11.
    Oryx and Crake
    by Margaret Atwood
  12. 12.
    The Year of the Flood: A Novel
    by Margaret Atwood
  13. 13.
    Parable of the Sower
    by Octavia E. Butler
  14. 14.
    The Children of Men
    by P.D. James
  15. 15.
    The Left Hand of Darkness (Remembering Tomorrow)
    by Ursula K. Le Guin
  16. 16.
    The Yiddish Policemen's Union
    by Michael Chabon
  17. 17.
    The Years of Rice and Salt
    by Kim Stanley Robinson
  18. 18.
    Never Let Me Go
    by Kazuo Ishiguro
  19. 19.
    Where Late The Sweet Birds Sang: A Novel
    by Kate Wilhelm
  20. 20.
    Gun, with Occasional Music (Harvest Book)
    by Jonathan Lethem
  21. 21.
    As She Climbed Across the Table: A Novel
    by Jonathan Lethem
  22. 22.
    Amnesia Moon
    by Jonathan Lethem
  23. 23.
    Altered Carbon
    by Richard K. Morgan
  24. 24.
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    Sleepless: A Novel
    by Charlie Huston
  25. 25.
    Virtual Light
    by William Gibson
This is Shannon's list. Only Shannon can edit it. You can make your own version of this list.
Created by Shannon on May 24, 2010.
 

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