Ask HN: What are your favorite sci-fi books?

Recommendations from 100 sampled comments out of 163 eligible comments. This page covers the sample, rather than the entire HN thread.

159 books

bergheim · May 21, 2023
It is a wonderful weird cyberpunk novel that (metaverse aside, unfortunately) turned out to be kind of Nostradamusly. Easy read. Higly recommended!
Maelcum · May 21, 2023
Douglas N. Adams - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
doo_daa · May 21, 2023
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
CoastalCoder · May 21, 2023
Hitchhiker's Guide series (Douglas Adams)
rationalist · May 21, 2023
Ender's Game too, but haven't read the sequels
will_wright · May 22, 2023
and Neuromancer -- both are amazing book
kcartlidge · May 21, 2023
Neuromancer by William Gibson, plus the follow-ups (all the Sprawl) are very good too
atlasunshrugged · May 21, 2023
my favorite Stephenson book is The Diamond Age