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Space exploration2021

Project Hail Mary

Andy Weir

4.5(185)Open Library rating out of 5

Space opera1984

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Douglas Adams

4.5(179)Open Library rating out of 5

Dystopian worlds1987

Watchmen

Alan Moore; Dave Gibbons; John Higgins; DC Comics

4.5(244)Open Library rating out of 5

Life on Mars2011

The Martian

Andy Weir

4.4(340)Open Library rating out of 5

Book2015

Six of Crows

Leigh Bardugo

4.5(92)Open Library rating out of 5

Book2010

The Lost Hero

Rick Riordan

4.4(175)Open Library rating out of 5

Artificial intelligence1985

Ender's Game

Orson Scott Card

4.4(417)Open Library rating out of 5

Book2005

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

J. K. Rowling

4.4(218)Open Library rating out of 5

Book1965

Dune

Frank Herbert

4.3(465)Open Library rating out of 5

Book2002

Stories of Your Life and Others

Ted Chiang

4.4(96)Open Library rating out of 5

Time travel2002

Night Watch

Terry Pratchett

4.5(61)Open Library rating out of 5

Space exploration1996

The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide

Douglas Adams

4.4(112)Open Library rating out of 5

Book1953

Second Foundation

Isaac Asimov

4.4(142)Open Library rating out of 5

Book1996

Feet of Clay

Terry Pratchett

4.5(55)Open Library rating out of 5

Book1989

Guards! Guards!

Terry Pratchett

4.4(124)Open Library rating out of 5

Book1922

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Mark Twain

4.5(59)Open Library rating out of 5

Book2001

Mistborn Trilogy

The Final Empire, the Well of Ascension, the Hero of Ages

Brandon Sanderson

4.4(70)Open Library rating out of 5

Death's End

刘慈欣

4.3(115)Open Library rating out of 5

Space opera2018

Tiamat's Wrath

James S. A. Corey

4.5(55)Open Library rating out of 5

Book1995

The Truth

Terry Pratchett; Stephen Briggs

4.6(32)Open Library rating out of 5

Book1998

The green mile

a novel in six parts

Stephen King

4.3(110)Open Library rating out of 5

Time travel2012

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Ransom Riggs

4.4(49)Open Library rating out of 5

Book1999

Cryptonomicon

Neal Stephenson

4.5(44)Open Library rating out of 5

Book1966

Flowers for Algernon

Daniel Keyes

4.3(111)Open Library rating out of 5