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Here’s an update to this list. It only includes books I reviewed on my blog (ie. ones I’ve read in the last 12 years).

Best of the best

• Second Foundation by Isaac Asimov
• The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks
• Navigator by Stephen Baxter
• The Time Ships by Stephen Baxter
• Existence by David Brin
• Foundation’s Triumph by David Brin
• The Uplift War by David Brin
• Immunity Index by Sue Burke
• Semiosis by Sue Burke
• The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
• West of January by Dave Duncan
• Ascending by James Alan Gardner
• The Humans by Matt Haig
• Children of Dune by Frank Herbert
• Under Fortunate Stars by Ren Hutchings
• Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
• Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie
• The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
• Death’s End by Cixin Liu
• The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu
• Autonomous by Annalee Newitz
• The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz
• 84K by Claire North
• Blasphemy by Douglas Preston
• House of Suns by Alastair Reynolds
• Pushing Ice by Alastair Reynolds
• 2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson
• New York 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson
• The Sparrow by Maria Doria Russell
• Golden Fleece by Robert J. Sawyer
• Starplex by Robert J. Sawyer
• The End of All Things by John Scalzi
• Stealing Worlds by Karl Schroeder
• Anathem by Neal Stephenson
• Seveneves by Neal Stephenson
• Bones of the Earth by Michael Swanwick
• Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
• The Doors of Eden by Adrian Tchaikovsky
• Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky
• A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge
• Marooned in Realtime by Vernor Vinge
• Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
• All Clear by Connie Willis
• Spin by Robert Charles Wilson

Runner ups

• Forward the Foundation by Isaac Asimov
• Foundation by Isaac Asimov (+)
• Foundation and Earth by Isaac Asimov
• Foundation and Empire by Isaac Asimov (+)
• Foundation’s Edge by Isaac Asimov
• Prelude to Foundation by Isaac Asimov
• The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
• Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks
• Use of Weapons by Iain M. Banks
• Ark by Stephen Baxter
• Bronze Summer by Stephen Baxter
• Conqueror by Stephen Baxter
• Emperor by Stephen Baxter
• Flood by Stephen Baxter
• Iron Winter by Stephen Baxter
• The Massacre of Mankind by Stephen Baxter
• The Medusa Chronicles by Stephen Baxter & Alastair Reynolds
• Proxima by Stephen Baxter
• Stone Spring by Stephen Baxter
• Ultima by Stephen Baxter
• Weaver by Stephen Baxter
• World Engines: Creator by Stephen Baxter
• Foundation and Chaos by Greg Bear
• Moving Mars by Greg Bear
• Foundation’s Fear by Gregory Benford
• Timescape by Gregory Benford
• Mars by Ben Bova
• Brightness Reef by David Brin
• Earth by David Brin
• Heaven’s Reach by David Brin
• Infinity’s Shore by David Brin
• The Postman by David Brin
• The Practice Effect by David Brin
• Startide Rising by David Brin
• Interference by Sue Burke
• The Last Shadow by Orson Scott Card
• Shadows in Flight by Orson Scott Card
• A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers
• The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers
• Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers
• The Light of Other Days by Arthur C. Clarke & Stephen Baxter
• Mission of Gravity by Hal Clement
• Sphere by Michael Crichton
• StarBridge by A. C. Crispin
• StarBridge 2: Silent Dances by A. C. Crispin & Kathleen O’Malley
• StarBridge 3: Shadow World by A. C. Crispin and Jannean Elliott
• StarBridge 4: Serpent’s Gift by A. C. Crispin with Deborah A. Marshall
• StarBridge 5: Silent Songs by A. C. Crispin & Kathleen O’Malley
• Ancestor’s World: A Novel of StarBridge by A. C. Crispin & T. Jackson King
• Voices of Chaos: A Novel of StarBridge by A. C. Crispin & Ru Emerson
• To Each This World by Julie E. Czerneda
• The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K. Dick
• Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow
• Expendable by James Alan Gardner
• Hunted by James Alan Gardner
• Vigilant by James Alan Gardner
• Emperor, Swords, Pentacles by Phyllis Gotlieb
• A Judgment of Dragons by Phyllis Gotlieb
• The Kingdom of the Cats by Phyllis Gotlieb
• The Accidental Time Machine by Joe Haldeman
• Camouflage by Joe Haldeman
• Old Twentieth by Joe Haldeman
• The Reality Dysfunction by Peter F. Hamilton
• Hunters of Dune by Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson
• Chapterhouse: Dune by Frank Herbert
• Dune by Frank Herbert (+)
• Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert
• God Emperor of Dune by Frank Herbert
• Heretics of Dune by Frank Herbert
• Carve the Sky by Alexander Jablokov
• Brother Jonathan by Crawford Kilian
• Courtship Rite by Donald Kingsbury
• Psychohistorical Crisis by Donald Kingsbury
• Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty
• Station Eternity by Mur Lafferty
• City of Illusions by Ursula K. Le Guin
• The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin
• Planet of Exile by Ursula K. Le Guin
• Rocannon’s World by Ursula K. Le Guin
• Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie
• Provenance by Ann Leckie
• Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee
• The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu
• Activation Degradation by Marina J. Lostetter
• Noumenon by Marina J. Lostetter
• Noumenon Infinity by Marina J. Lostetter
• Noumenon Ultra by Marina J. Lostetter
• Omnifix by Scott Mackay
• Outpost by Scott Mackay
• Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
• Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
• Counting Heads by David Marusek
• The Many-Colored Land by Julian May
• Ancient Shores by Jack McDevitt
• Infinity Beach by Jack McDevitt
• Thunderbird by Jack McDevitt
• Time Travelers Never Die by Jack McDevitt
• China Mountain Zhang by Maureen F. McHugh
• Defenders by Will McIntosh
• Love Minus Eighty by Will McIntosh
• City of Truth by James Morrow
• Angry Young Spaceman by Jim Munroe
• The Employees by Olga Ravn
• Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds
• Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson
• Red Moon by Kim Stanley Robinson
• Children of God by Mary Doria Russell
• The Child Garden by Geoff Ryman
• Far-Seer by Robert J. Sawyer
• Fossil Hunter by Robert J. Sawyer
• The Oppenheimer Alternative by Robert J. Sawyer
• Quantum Night by Robert J. Sawyer
• Red Planet Blues by Robert J. Sawyer
• Triggers by Robert J. Sawyer
• Wake by Robert J. Sawyer
• Watch by Robert J. Sawyer
• Wonder by Robert J. Sawyer
• Agent to the Stars by John Scalzi
• The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi
• The Consuming Fire by John Scalzi
• Fuzzy Nation by John Scalzi
• The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi
• Head On by John Scalzi
• The Human Division by John Scalzi
• The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi
• The Last Colony by John Scalzi
• The Last Emperox by John Scalzi
• Lock In by John Scalzi
• Old Man’s War by John Scalzi
• Redshirts by John Scalzi
• Starter Villain by John Scalzi
• Zoe’s Tale by John Scalzi
• Ashes of Candesce by Karl Schroeder
• Pirate Sun by Karl Schroeder
• Queen of Candesce by Karl Schroeder
• The Sunless Countries by Karl Schroeder
• Sun of Suns by Karl Schroeder
• Lady of Mazes by Karl Schroeder
• Lockstep by Karl Schroeder
• Permanence by Karl Schroeder
• At Winter’s End by Robert Silverberg
• The New Springtime by Robert Silverberg
• All Flesh is Grass by Clifford D. Simak
• Project Pope by Clifford D. Simak
• Cavalcade by Alison Sinclair
• Legacies by Alison Sinclair
• Still Forms on Foxfield by Joan Slonczewski
• Reamde by Neal Stephenson
• Passion Play by Sean Stewart
• Accelerando by Charles Stross
• More than Human by Theodore Sturgeon
• All These Worlds by Dennis E. Taylor
• For We Are Many by Dennis E. Taylor
• Heaven’s River by Dennis E. Taylor
• We Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis E. Taylor
  
• Cage of Souls by Adrian Tchaikovsky
• Children of Ruin by Adrian Tchaikovsky
• Mammoth by John Varley
• Titan by John Varley
• Paris in the Twentieth Century by Jules Verne
• The Children of the Sky by Vernor Vinge
• The Peace War by Vernor Vinge
• Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge
• The Silent City by Elisabeth Vonarburg
• The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
• Behemoth Book One: B-Max by Peter Watts
• Behemoth Book Two: Seppuku by Peter Watts
• Maelstrom by Peter Watts
• Starfish by Peter Watts
• Artemis by Andy Weir
• The Cityborn by Edward Willett
• Blackout by Connie Willis
• Crosstalk by Connie Willis
• The Affinities by Robert Charles Wilson
• Axis by Robert Charles Wilson
• Burning Paradise by Robert Charles Wilson
• The Divide by Robert Charles Wilson
• Julian Comstock by Robert Charles Wilson
• Last Year by Robert Charles Wilson
• Memory Wire by Robert Charles Wilson
• Vortex by Robert Charles Wilson
• A Scientific Romance by Ronald Wright
• How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu

Honourable mentions

• World Engines: Destroyer by Stephen Baxter
• Eon by Greg Bear
• Sundiver by David Brin
• The Dragon’s Eye by Joël Champetier
• The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke
• The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton
• Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton (*)
• Sandworms of Dune by Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson
• The Stars Are Legion by Kameron Hurley
• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
• Dying Inside by Robert Silverberg
• Highway of Eternity by Clifford D. Simak
• Mastodonia by Clifford D. Simak
• Children of Memory by Adrian Tchaikovsky
• Grass by Sheri S. Tepper
• Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
• The Time Machine by H. G. Wells
• The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells