MefiScifi

Some science fiction books recommended by mefi-ites.

Inspired by http://ask.metafilter.com/315475/What-is-the-Snowcrash-of-today

All titles mentioned in the thread are included, including a couple non-scifi books, and a couple dis-recommends. (+x/-x) counts the positive/negative posts about the book (I will add favorites soon too). Also, if I've read the book and I liked it I reserve the right to recommend it in the face of dis-recommends. :P

• Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson
• Ready Player One, Ernest Cline (+2/-1)
• Lexicon, A Novel, Max Barry (+2)
• The Magicians Trilogy, Lev Grossman (-1)
• The Oryx and Crake Trilogy, Margaret Atwood (+2)
• Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling (+1)
• The Circle, Dave Eggers (+1)
• Reamde, Neal Stephenson (+3/-2)
• Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin (+1)
• The Fifth Season, and the Broken Earth Series, J.K. Nemison (+4)
• Ancillary Justice, Ann Leckie (+7)
• Stories of Your Life And Others, Ted Chiang (+5)
• The Wandering Earth, Liu Cixin (+1)
• Three Body Problem, Liu Cixin (+1/-1)
• The Nexus Trilogy, Ramez Naan (+1)
• House of Leaves, (+1)
• The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood (+2)
• The Martian, Andy Weir (+2)
• Station Eleven, Emily St. John Mandel (+1/-1)
• The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August, Claire North (+1)
• The Girl with all the Gifts, M.R. Carey (+1)
• Anathem, Neal Stephenson (+2/-1)
• Seveneves, Neal Stephenson (+1/-1)
• DAEMON, Daniel Suarez (+2)
• The Goldfinch, Donna Tartt. (+1) NOTE: Not science fiction.
• Perdido Street Station, China Miéville (+1)
• Blindsight, Peter Watts (+6)
• The Ware Tetralogy, Rudy Rucker (+1)
• Too Like the Lightning, Ada Palmer (-1)
• Accelerando, Charles Stross (+2)
• Echopraxia, Peter Watts (+1)
• Starfish, Peter Watts (+1)
• The Spin State Trilogy, Chris Moriarty (+1)
• The Mote in God's Eye, (+1)
• Old Man's War, John Scalzi (+1)
• New York 2140, Kim Stanley Robinson (+1)
• Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams (+1)
• Love Star, Andri Snaer Magnason (+1)
• The Culture series, Iain Banks (+1)
• The Black Mirror series, Cory Doctorow, Sylvain Neuvel, Claire North, Charlie Brooker (ed) (+2)
• The Peripheral, Willian Gibson (+2)
• The Girls, Emma Cline (+1)
• The Argonauts, Maggie Nelson (+1)
• literally show me a healthy person, Darcie Wilder (+1)
• World War Z, Max Brooks (+2)
• The Zombie Survival Guide, Max Brooks (+1)
• The Yiddish Policemen's Union, Michael Chabon (+1)
• The Golden Age, John C. Wright (+1)
• The Diamond Age: Or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer, Neal Stephenson (+1)
• Kill Decision, Daniel Suarez (+1)
• Ninefox Gambit, Yoon Ha Lee (+1)
• Uglies, Scott Westerfeld
• The Knife of Never Letting Go, Patrick Ness
• After On, Rob Reid (+1)
• The Circle, (-1)
• various writings, Rudy Rucker (+1)

Other Recommendations

A few additional recommendations trickled in from friends:

• The Mark And The Void, Paul Murray
• Skippy Dies, Paul Murray
• Armor, John Steakley
• Riddley Walker, Russell Hoban
• Red Rising Trilogy, Pierce Brown
• Night Watch Series, Sergei Lukyanenko