Palace (1996) by Mark Krieghbaum and Katherine Kerr. Sequel: The Eyes of God (1998) by Mark Krieghbaum
Infinity Beach (2000) by Jack McDevitt


The Mote In God's Eye (1974) by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
Ringworld (1970) by Larry Niven
The Demolished Man (1951) by Alfred Bester
The Stars My Destination (1956) by Alfred Bester
The Empire of the Atom (1957) by A.E. van Vogt
The Anome (1973) by Jack Vance
The Door Into Summer (1957) by Robert A. Heinlein
Orphans of the Sky (1963) by Robert A. Heinlein
Dune (1965) by Frank Herbert
1984 (1949) by George Orwell
Fahrenheit 451 (1953) by Ray Bradbury
Night's Dawn Trilogy by Peter Hamilton: The Reality Dysfunction (1996), The Neutronium Alchemist (1997), The Naked God (1999)
A Canticle For Liebowitz (1959) by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov: Foundation (1951), Foundation and Empire (1952), Second Foundation (1953)
Beyond the Blue Event Horizon (1980) by Frederik Pohl
The Dragon Never Sleeps (1988) by Glen Cook
In Conquest Born (1987) by C.S. Friedman
The Nightland (1912) by William Hope Hodgson
A Princess of Mars (1912) by Edgar Rice Burroughs
A Martian Odyssey (1934) by Stanley G. Weinbaum
Who Goes There? (1938) by John W Campbell (as Don A. Stuart)
The Weapon Shop (1942) by A.E. van Vogt
Mimsy Were the Borogoves (1943) by Henry Kuttner and C.L. Moore (as Lewis Padgett)
Arena (1944) by Frederic Brown
First Contact (1945) by Murray Leinster
Scanners Live In Vain (1948) by Cordwainer Smith
The Little Black Bag (1950) by C.M. Kornbluth
Coming Attraction (1950) by Fritz Lieber
It's A Good Life (1953) by Jerome Bixby
The Cold Equations (1954) by Tom Godwin
Fondly Fahrenheit (1954) by Alfred Bester
Flowers For Algernon (1959) by Daniel Keyes
A Rose For Ecclesiastes (1963) by Roger Zelazny
Vintage Season (1946) by Henry Kuttner and C.L. Moore (as Lawrence O'Donnell)
The Witches of Karres (1949) by James H. Schmitz
The Big Front Yard (1958) by Clifford Simak