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~
- addl votes for Ursula K LeGuin, the whole hainish cycle is great, sheβs the π
- Iain M Banks - Culture series
- NK Jamison - Broken Earth trilogy
- Robert Heinlein - Stranger in a strange land
- Greg Eganβs books are really βhard sci fiβ but still very enjoyable to read
- the Expanse series is fun
- 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)
Upcoming: - Bunny (Mona Awad)
- Titus Groan (Mervyn Peake)
- The Word for World is Forest (Ursula K. Leguin)
- Too Like the Lightning (Ada Palmer)
- The Fall of Hyperion (Dan Simmons)
- Gardens of the Moon (Stephen Erikson) β although I might start instead with Midnight Tides (fellow spec fic nerds can advise me if this is an insane choice)
- The Fellowship of the Ring (Why are you booing me) Currently reading Exhalation (Ted Chiang) and on track to finish the rest of this list by the new year.
yes yes im poor ur poor but to be surprised by a raspberry chocolate almond croissant when u were expecting a plain almond croissant is a wonderful thing and worth the 7.5% of ur entire net worth atm