top science fiction (that i've read)

Science Fiction is a broad umbrella term for a genre that is "based on imagined future scientific or technological advances and major social or environmental changes" (Oxford Dictionary). It is my second favorite genre under fantasy, and those two genres tend to tango together.

On Goodreads, there is a list voted on by the community of the Top Science Fiction. No, over 3,000 books seems like a lot, but the genre has been around since at least 1818 with the publishing of Frankenstein by Mary Shelly.

Most of what I have read I can break down into three categories: Space/Aliens, Dystopian, Transformation, and Inventions.

Space/Aliens

1. The Martian: Andy Weir

2. The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: Douglas Adams

3. Dune: Frank Herbert

4. Ender’s Game: Orson Scott Scar

5. SAGA (1-5): Brain K. Vaughan

6. Slaughter-House Five: Kurt Vonnegut

7. The Sirens of Titan: Kurt Vonnegut

8. The Host: Stephenie Meyer

Dystopian

1. Fahrenheit 451: Ray Bradbury

2. War of the Worlds: H.G. Wells

3. The Road: Cormac McCarthy

4. Cell: Stephen King

5. Handmaid’s Tale (1-2): Margaret Atwood

6. I am Legend: Richard Matheson

7. The Giver: Lois Lowry

8. World War Z: Max Brooks

9. 1984: George Orwell

10. The Hunger Games (1-3): Suzanne Collins

11. Watchmen: Alan Moore

12. Maximum Ride (1-5): James Patterson

13. Matched (1-3): Ally Condie

14. Amped: Daniel H. Wilson

15. Divergent (1-3): Veronica Roth

16. The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys: California: Gerard Way

17. Breakfast of Champions: Kurt Vonnegut

Transformation

1. The Invisible Man: H.G. Wells

2. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

3. The Metamorphosis: Franz Kafka

4. How to Stop Time: Matt Haig

   
   

Inventions

1. Frankenstein: Mary Shelley

2. Cat’s Cradle: Kurt Vonnegut

3. The Time Machine: H.G. Wells

4. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Jules Verne

   
   

I definitely have a few anticipated reads as well! Have you read any on the list? Are there any you would argue are not science-fiction?