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Science Fiction for Young Adults: A Recommended List by David Brin

Science Fiction for Young Adults: A Recommended List by David Brin

"What books can we give our teens that don't mire them in a swamp of vampires, domineering wizards or nostalgia for feudalism? These are a few of my personal science fiction favorites for young adults, weighted more toward SF and a little common sense mixed with lots of sense-o-wonder. Many are classics that I grew up with... along with some marvelous recent additions."

See the original list on David Brin's blog Contrary Brin.

1. (1979)

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY

2. (2002)

3. (1960)

The High Crusade

THE HIGH CRUSADE

4. (1977)

A Spell for Chameleon

A SPELL FOR CHAMELEON

5. (1979)

The Source of Magic

THE SOURCE OF MAGIC

6. (1954)

The Caves of Steel

THE CAVES OF STEEL

7. (1974)

The Foundation Trilogy

THE FOUNDATION TRILOGY

8. (1950)

I, Robot

9. (1991)

Orbital Resonance

ORBITAL RESONANCE

10. (2007)

The H-Bomb Girl

THE H-BOMB GIRL

11. (1998)

Dinosaur Summer

DINOSAUR SUMMER

12. (1983)

Against Infinity

AGAINST INFINITY

Gregory Benford

13. (1975)

Jupiter Project

JUPITER PROJECT

Gregory Benford

14. (1956)

The Stars My Destination

THE STARS MY DESTINATION

15. (1953)

The Demolished Man

THE DEMOLISHED MAN

16. (1950)

The Martian Chronicles

THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES

17. (1953)

Fahrenheit 451

18. (1993)

Glory Season

19. (1985)

The Postman

20. (1984)

The Practice Effect

THE PRACTICE EFFECT

21. (1985)

Ender's Game

Orson Scott Card

22. (1982)

The Pride of Chanur

THE PRIDE OF CHANUR

23. (1967)

The White Mountains

THE WHITE MOUNTAINS

John Christopher

24. (1953)

Childhood's End

CHILDHOOD'S END

Arthur C. Clarke

25. (1954)

Mission of Gravity

MISSION OF GRAVITY

26. (2008)

The Hunger Games

THE HUNGER GAMES

Suzanne Collins

27. (1941)

Lest Darkness Fall

LEST DARKNESS FALL

L. Sprague de Camp

28. (1962)

The Man in the High Castle

THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE

29. (1975)

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP?

30. (2008)

Little Brother

31. (2002)

The House of the Scorpion

THE HOUSE OF THE SCORPION

32. (2008)

The Graveyard Book

THE GRAVEYARD BOOK

33. (1961)

The Stainless Steel Rat

THE STAINLESS STEEL RAT

34. (1955)

Tunnel in the Sky

TUNNEL IN THE SKY

Robert A. Heinlein

35. (1957)

The Door Into Summer

THE DOOR INTO SUMMER

Robert A. Heinlein

36. (1958)

Have Space Suit - Will Travel

HAVE SPACE SUIT - WILL TRAVEL

Robert A. Heinlein

37. (1950)

Farmer in the Sky

FARMER IN THE SKY

Robert A. Heinlein

38. (1954)

Robert A. Heinlein

39. (1949)

Red Planet

Robert A. Heinlein

40. (1963)

Podkayne of Mars

PODKAYNE OF MARS

Robert A. Heinlein

41. (1995)

Ingathering

Zenna Henderson

42. (1965)

Dune

43. (1932)

Brave New World

BRAVE NEW WORLD

44. (2008)

Earthblood

Rosel George Brown
Keith Laumer

45. (1966)

Retief's War

46. (1964)

The Great Time Machine Hoax

THE GREAT TIME MACHINE HOAX

47. (1968)

A Wizard of Earthsea

A WIZARD OF EARTHSEA

Ursula K. Le Guin

48. (1971)

The Lathe of Heaven

THE LATHE OF HEAVEN

Ursula K. Le Guin

49. (1956)

The Shrinking Man

THE SHRINKING MAN

Richard Matheson

50. (1975)

The Dispossessed

THE DISPOSSESSED

Ursula K. Le Guin

51. (1969)

The Ship Who Sang

THE SHIP WHO SANG

52. (1976)

Dragonsong

53. (1994)

The Engines of God

THE ENGINES OF GOD

54. (1959)

A Canticle for Leibowitz

A CANTICLE FOR LEIBOWITZ

Walter M. Miller, Jr.

55. (1970)

Ringworld

56. (1997)

Shade's Children

SHADE'S CHILDREN

57. (1954)

The Stars are Ours!

THE STARS ARE OURS!

58. (1973)

Z for Zachariah

Z FOR ZACHARIAH

Robert C. O'Brien
Jane Leslie Conly

59. (1984)

Emergence

David R. Palmer

60. (1968)

Rite of Passage

RITE OF PASSAGE

61. (1964)

Davy

62. (1962)

Little Fuzzy

63. (1965)

Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen

LORD KALVAN OF OTHERWHEN

64. (1983)

The Color of Magic

THE COLOR OF MAGIC

Terry Pratchett

65. (1983)

Earthseed

66. (2009)

Zoe's Tale

67. (2012)

Store of the Worlds

STORE OF THE WORLDS

Robert Sheckley

68. (2005)

The Last Universe

THE LAST UNIVERSE

William Sleator

69. (1984)

Interstellar Pig

INTERSTELLAR PIG

William Sleator

70. (1946)

The Skylark of Space

THE SKYLARK OF SPACE

E. E. "Doc" Smith

71. (1948)

Triplanetary

E. E. "Doc" Smith

72. (1949)

Earth Abides

George R. Stewart

73. (1963)

The Man Who Fell to Earth

THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH

74. (1937)

The Hobbit

J. R. R. Tolkien

75. (1953)

More Than Human

MORE THAN HUMAN

Theodore Sturgeon

76. (1954)

The Lord of the Rings

THE LORD OF THE RINGS

J. R. R. Tolkien

77. (2003)

Red Thunder

78. (1870)

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA

79. (2010)

Mission of Honor

MISSION OF HONOR

80. (1895)

The Time Machine

THE TIME MACHINE

81. (1897)

The Invisible Man

THE INVISIBLE MAN

82. (2005)

Uglies

Scott Westerfeld

83. (2009)

Leviathan

Scott Westerfeld

84. (1976)

Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang

WHERE LATE THE SWEET BIRDS SANG

85. (1951)

The Disappearance

THE DISAPPEARANCE

86. (1933)

When Worlds Collide

WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE

Edwin Balmer
Philip Wylie

87. (1951)

The Day of the Triffids

THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS

88. (1955)

The Chrysalids

89. (1967)

Lord of Light