Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley Readers find this 19th-century novel amazingly accessible, engaging, vivid, thought provoking, and suspenseful.
Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson Here is a science fiction novel about life on Mars that will make you think differently about life on Earth.
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury In 1953, Ray Bradbury envisioned a world where reading books was a crime punishable by death, where firemen set fires, and where people could zone out 24/7 with talking walls and ear devices.