Good Sci-Fi Reads

Try these books if you're looking for:

• science fiction, with perhaps an element of mystery
• read like Ender's Game and 2001: Space Odyssey

Ready Player One
By Ernest Cline
SCI-FI CLINE
In a bleak 2044, Wade Watts, an impoverished high school student lives primarily online alongside billions of others via a massive online game, OASIS, where players race to unravel the puzzles OASIS creator James Halliday built into the game before his death, with the winner taking control of the virtual world's parent company, as well as staggering wealth. When Wade stumbles on a clue taken from a 1980s video game, he's plunged into high-stakes conflict with a corporation dedicated to unraveling Halliday's riddles. Immersed in 80’s pop culture references, and written in the world of video games, this is the book every self-proclaimed geek dreams of finding on the shelves.

Neverwhere
By Neil Gaiman
SCI-FI GAIMAN
Richard Mayhew's life is forever changed after he rescues a young girl named Door and finds himself living in a city of monsters, saints, murderers, and angels, and he must help Door on her mission to save this strange underworld kingdom from destruction. With his classic dark sense of humor, Neil Gaiman creates a unique shadow world below the London underground.

The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
By Robert Heinlein
SCI-FI HEINLEIN
Winner of the 1972 Hugo award, this book laid down the path for future science fiction. In the year 2076, the residents of the moon rebel, with the help of the legendary supercomputer ‘mike.’

Old Man’s War 
By John Scalzi
SCI-FI SCALZI
In this imaginative and original novel, the military recruits only retirees with experience and nothing to lose. With a cast of octogenarians, this novel balances hard scientific reasoning with light humor. The detailed and accurate science make this book hard science fiction.