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Sci-fi books people recommend most.

If you could recommend only one book in Sci-fi, what would it be and why?

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The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

by Becky Chambers

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The Martian

by Andy Weir

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Fuzzy Nation

by John Scalzi

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Agent to the Stars

by John Scalzi

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Chilling Effect

by Valerie Valdes

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The Spare Man

by Mary Robinette Kowal

Sci-fi
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Strange Love

by Ann Aguirre

Sci-fi
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Monk and Robot

by Becky Chambers

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0 stories 0 reviews
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Captain Vorpatril's Alliance

by Lois McMaster Bujold

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1 story 0 reviews
#1 by 0

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