# Best Sci-Fi Books in The World

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A list of the 8 best sci-fi books, including Dune. The order here is where we started — no votes have been cast yet, so voting decides it from here.

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**Updated:** 2026-08-18 04:07:33

1. **[Dune](/e/dune---144.md)** (book) — Frank Herbert's 1965 desert-planet epic of politics, ecology, and prophecy. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Dune-by-Herbert, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune_(novel)
2. **[Foundation](/e/foundation---145.md)** (book) — Isaac Asimov's saga of a galactic empire's fall, foreseen by psychohistory. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Foundation-by-Asimov, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundation_(Asimov_novel)
3. **[Neuromancer](/e/neuromancer---146.md)** (book) — William Gibson's 1984 novel that coined "cyberspace" and defined cyberpunk. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/literature-and-writing/neuromancer-william-gibson, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuromancer
4. **[The Left Hand of Darkness](/e/the-left-hand-of-darkness---147.md)** (book) — Ursula K. Le Guin's novel of a genderless society on an ice planet. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/538943/the-left-hand-of-darkness-by-ursula-k-le-guin/, https://britannica.com/topic/The-Left-Hand-of-Darkness
5. **[Fahrenheit 451](/e/fahrenheit-451---148.md)** (book) — Ray Bradbury's novel of a future where firemen burn books. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Fahrenheit-451-novel-by-Bradbury, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_451
6. **[1984](/e/1984---149.md)** (book) — George Orwell's dystopia of surveillance, propaganda, and Big Brother. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four_in_popular_media, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Nineteen-Eighty-four
7. **[Brave New World](/e/brave-new-world---150.md)** (book) — Aldous Huxley's dystopia of engineered happiness and social control. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Brave-New-World, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_New_World
8. **[Ender's Game](/e/ender-s-game---151.md)** (book) — Orson Scott Card's novel of a child trained to command Earth's fleet. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://enderverse.fandom.com/wiki/Ender's_Game_(Novel), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ender%27s_Game

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