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Dystopian worlds1998

Parable of the Talents

Octavia E. Butler

4.1(22)Open Library rating out of 5

Alien life1986

Foundation and Earth

Isaac Asimov

4.0(70)Open Library rating out of 5

Artificial intelligence2016

We Are Legion

(We Are Bob)

Dennis E. Taylor

4.1(19)Open Library rating out of 5

Book1956

Double Star

Robert A. Heinlein

4.1(18)Open Library rating out of 5

Book1993

Einstein's dreams

Alan P. Lightman

4.1(18)Open Library rating out of 5

Book1985

Eon

Greg Bear

4.1(18)Open Library rating out of 5

Alien life1994

Mirror dance

a Vorkosigan adventure

Lois McMaster Bujold

4.1(18)Open Library rating out of 5

Time travel2016

Paper Girls, Vol. 2

Brian K. Vaughan; Cliff Chiang

4.1(18)Open Library rating out of 5

Dystopian worlds2009

The Maze Runner

James Dashner

4.0(162)Open Library rating out of 5

Dystopian worlds2013

Champion

Marie Lu; Steven Kaplan; Mariel Stern

4.1(16)Open Library rating out of 5

Book1977

The Illuminatus! Trilogy

The Eye in the Pyramid, the Golden Apple, and Leviathan

Robert Shea; Robert Anton Wilson

4.1(16)Open Library rating out of 5

Book1724

Pandemonium

Lauren Oliver

4.1(15)Open Library rating out of 5

Book1977

The Dragons of Eden

Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence

Carl Sagan

4.1(15)Open Library rating out of 5

Book2008

Little Brother

Cory Doctorow

4.0(58)Open Library rating out of 5

Book2006

Captain Underpants and the Preposterous Plight of the Purple Potty People

The Eighth Epic Novel

Dav Pilkey

4.2(12)Open Library rating out of 5

Book2012