- addl votes for Ursula K LeGuin, the whole hainish cycle is great, she’s the 🐐
- Iain M Banks - Culture series
- NK Jamison - Broken Earth trilogy
- Robert Heinlein - Stranger in a strange land
- Greg Egan’s books are really “hard sci fi” but still very enjoyable to read
- the Expanse series is fun
samuel r. delany- triton, dhalgren, etc
the blazing world - margaret cavendish
jules verne! paris in the 20th, center of the earth, earth to moon, purchase of the north pole, off on a comet, child of the cavern, etc etc etc
cs lewis - silent planet trilogy
the marrow theives- cherie dimaline
all summer in a day - ray Bradbury
the man who fell to earth - walter tevis
the invisible man - hg wells ig they dont really match vibes with the ones youve listed but im an old school scifi nerd~
- Redwall (Brian Jacques, specifically Mossflower, Martin the Warrior, and Legend of Luke)
- His Dark Materials trilogy (Philip Pullman)
- The Great Divorce (C.S. Lewis)
- Perelandra (C.S. Lewis)
- Till We Have Faces (C.S. mf Lewis again)
- Klara and the Sun (Kazuo Ishiguro)
- Stories of Your Life and Others & Exhalation: Stories (Ted Chiang)
- Hyperion (Dan Simmons)
- Foundation (Isaac Asimov)
- Alas, Babylon (Pat Frank)
- Sabriel (Garth Nix)
Story of Your Life and Others, Ted Chiang
Klara and the Sun, Kazuo Ishiguro
Hyperion, Dan Simmons
The Sparrow, Mary Doria Russell
The Word for World is Forrest & The Lathe of Heaven, Ursula K. Le Guin
i love hearing that girl sing her heart out in the shower through the bathroom vent. or the guy hocking insane loogies all the time. the alternating smells of delicious homemade chinese food or something totally burning in the oven… am always wondering if its the same kitchen!