61 Best Science Fiction Books

"What’s great about this adventure—which I find rare in pop culture—is the celebration of the mind, invention, and science." - Ev Williams

Noah Kagan recommended this book in the "Tools of Titans" book.

"A fantastic read. The best." - Chris Sacca

"I loved the fact that the hero never once implies that it’s courage, spirit and faith that saves him [...] just lots of practical tinkering and problem-solving: Science the crap out of it." - Matt Ridley

Max Levchin recommended this book on LinkedIn.

"Enjoyed the book." - Christopher Paolini

"A badass space adventure." - PewDiePie

Ryan Shea recommended this book on his website.

"Ti dicono che è uno Sci-fi. Mentono. È un fantasy profetico. È tipo la Bibbia." - Zac D'Aleo

"As a teenager, I was a total Dune fanatic." - Paul Krugman

"Loved it." - Tobi Lütke

Entrepreneur.com article.

"Best cyberpunk novel ever written. Slightly dated but very prescient." - Naval Ravikant

"Ten years ahead of the time anticipated what's going to happen." - Sergey Brin

On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.

"Such a good book but you can’t give it to someone now. I've tried; it doesn’t work. You have to read it before you’ve been on the internet." - Seth Godin

"[The author]'s dark vision." - Tristan Harris

Recommended on Jordan Peterson's website.

J. Cole mentioned reading this book on The Fayetteville Observer.

On the "books read" section of Emma Watson's GoodReads profile.

On the "Top 100 Books Referenced by Noam Chomsky" list.

Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.

"A book of philosophy disguised as a silly humor book." - Elon Musk

"I looked forward to books by [this author] when he was alive." - Shah Rukh Khan

"Classic. I love [this book]." - Naval Ravikant

"I love [this book]." - Seth Rogen

Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.

"If 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas' and 'Star Wars' had a love-child, it would read something like this." - Tim Ferriss

Most Recommended Books reached out to Kathryn Minshew directly.

"[The author's] biggest-selling book to date." - Tyler Cowen

"Really blew me away." - George R. R. Martin

"Should be required reading to remind everyone that we all live in an incredible magical utopic civilization." - Tim Urban

"[One of my ten favorite books] I might think of if I were asked the question at an interview this minute." - Nolan Bushnell

Sahil Lavingia recommended this book on Notion.

"One of the best sci-fi books of our times." - Feng Zhu

"It's pretty clear from [this book] that [the author] was in sympathy with [her father's] educational philosophy." - David Deutsch

"Great book." - Glenn Beck

List of books Bill Gates read in 2012.

"For me, it's relaxing honestly. You spend so much preparation for the games, sometimes you just need to get away from it for a little bit." - LeBron James

"An impressive and powerful experience." - Adam Savage

"I'm buying [this book] and reading it this weekend in memorium." - Brad Feld

Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.

Ryan Shea recommended this book on his website.

"Haven’t tore through a novel like that in quite a while. I couldn’t put it down. Highly recommended if you like sci-fi." - Thomas Frank

One of Elon Musk's favorite books about space.

"Made me want to work on AI, which led to Lisp." - Paul Graham

John Carmack mentioned this book on Twitter.

"Probably the [science fiction book] I read the most when I was younger." - Bill Gates

"I’m a big fan of [the author]." - Christopher Sommer

Ryan Shea recommended this book on his website.

"Drop everything and read [Understand]." - Naval Ravikant

Patrick Collison labeled this book "substantially above average."

"Incredible collection of short stories." - Tim Ferriss

Ezra Klein recommended this book on Twitter.

"Incredible." - Tim Ferriss

"I like [this book], although it kind of goes off the rails at the end." - Elon Musk

Sahil Lavingia recommended this book on Notion.

"One of my favorite sci-fi novels of all time." - Bill Gates

"ONE OF MY FAVORITE BOOKS." - Alexis Ohanian

Ryan Shea recommended this book on his website.

"About [the author's] own experience of being a prisoner of war in Dresden." - Jack Edwards

On the "books read" section of Emma Watson's GoodReads profile.

"I loved [this book]." - Daniel Pink

"I'll like you five times more if you have read this book." - Jenn Im

"I have vivid memories of the [Altered Carbon] book(s)." - Zooko Wilcox

Ryan Shea recommended this book on his website.

Lex Fridman mentioned this book on Instagram.

Sahil Lavingia recommended this book on Notion.

"An incredible book." - DeRay Mckesson

Sahil Lavingia recommended this book on Notion.

Sahil Lavingia recommended this book on Notion.

"If you like Hunger Games, you’ll like this. It’s a really fun three-book series." - Noah Kagan

"This was my fave book as a kid." - Liv Boeree