{"id":690793,"date":"2026-05-24T15:11:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T15:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/690793\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T15:11:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T15:11:10","slug":"15-sci-fi-books-you-absolutely-have-to-read-before-you-die","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/690793\/","title":{"rendered":"15 sci-fi books you absolutely have to read before you die"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"elk-f9a69df7-8129-4f06-9f41-611a9b7c68fb\">Feeling the clammy grip of death on your shoulder? Hopefully you don&#8217;t, but with so much debris floating overhead, a <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/most-dangerous-types-space-junk\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/most-dangerous-types-space-junk\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/most-dangerous-types-space-junk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">satellite apocalypse<\/a> could come at any time. Then there are <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/asteroid-impact-probability-concerns\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/asteroid-impact-probability-concerns\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/asteroid-impact-probability-concerns\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">asteroid impacts<\/a>, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/best-alien-invasion-movies\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/best-alien-invasion-movies\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/best-alien-invasion-movies\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">alien invasions<\/a> and so on. That&#8217;s why we&#8217;ve rounded up 15 sci-books you just have to read before you die.<\/p>\n<p>From Isaac Asimov to <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/entertainment\/space-movies-shows\/project-hail-mary-author-andy-weir-reveals-his-favorite-scenes-in-the-movie-praises-ryan-goslings-amazing-performance-and-more-interview\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/entertainment\/space-movies-shows\/project-hail-mary-author-andy-weir-reveals-his-favorite-scenes-in-the-movie-praises-ryan-goslings-amazing-performance-and-more-interview\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/entertainment\/space-movies-shows\/project-hail-mary-author-andy-weir-reveals-his-favorite-scenes-in-the-movie-praises-ryan-goslings-amazing-performance-and-more-interview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Andy Weir<\/a>, we&#8217;ve delved into science fiction, past and present, to select the books that deserve to be on your bucket list. These novels will transport you to a range of worlds, from a dystopian future(ish) Earth through to distant desert planets. 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