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)
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