prompter: Give me a list of the best science fiction books written in the last decade

assistant: Here is a list of some of the best science fiction books of the decade (2010-2019) based on critical acclaim and popular opinion, in no particular order:

1. The Martian by Andy Weir
2. Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
3. The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin
4. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
5. The Road by Cormac McCarthy
6. Dune by Frank Herbert
7. The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
8. The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
9. The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
10. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
11. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
12. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
13. The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells
14. Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
15. The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
16. Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan
17. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
18. The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
19. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
20. The Forever War by Joe Haldeman

prompter: 20 is too many you are giving me choice paralysis. Can you narrow this down to 3-5 options? I've read Dune and quite liked it, so don't include that one.

assistant: I would recommend based on critical acclaim and popular opinion, and that are distinct from Dune:

1. The Martian by Andy Weir: This book is a gripping, scientifically accurate tale of survival on the harsh, unforgiving landscape of Mars. It was a bestseller and has been adapted into a successful film starring Matt Damon.

2. The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin: This novel, the first in a trilogy, is a thought-provoking work of hard science fiction that explores themes of alien contact, game theory, and the nature of humanity. It won the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 2015.

3. Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie: This novel is a space opera that challenges traditional ideas of gender and identity, featuring a unique and complex protagonist who is a sentient ship that has been reduced to a single body. It won the Hugo, Nebula, and Arthur C. Clarke awards.

4. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline: This novel is a fun, fast-paced adventure set in a future world where people spend most of their time in a virtual reality universe called the OASIS. It is filled with references to 1980s pop culture and has been adapted into a successful film directed by Steven Spielberg.

I hope this helps you narrow down your reading choices!

assistant: Sure! Here is a list I pulled from NPR's "NPR-50 Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Last Decade":
1. Ancillary Justice by Leckie, Ann
2. A Master of Djinn by Clark, P. Djèlí
3. A Little Hatred by Abercrombie, Joe
4. Jade City by Lee, Fonda
5. Leviathan Wakes by Corey, James S. A
6. The City of Brass by Chakraborty, S. A.
7. A Memory Called Empire by Martine, Arkady
8. The Just City by Walton, Jo
9. A Darker Shade of Magic by Schwab, Victoria
10. City of Stairs A Novel

prompter: Please give a short summary of the book Leviathan Wakes by Corey, James S. A.

assistant: Here are ten of the best science fiction books published in the last decade:

1. "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins (2010)
2. "The Martian" by Andy Weir (2011)
3. "Ready Player One" by Ernest Cline (2011)
4. "Ancillary Justice" by Ann Leckie (2013)
5. "The Peripheral" by William Gibson (2014)
6. "Binti" by Nnedi Okorafor (2015)
7. "The Fifth Season" by N.K. Jemisin (2015)
8. "Children of Time" by Adrian Tchaikovsky (2015)
9. "The Obelisk Gate" by N.K. Jemisin (2016)
10. "The Testaments" by Margaret Atwood (2019)

These books span a range of subgenres within science fiction, from hard science fiction and space opera to dystopian and speculative fiction. All of them have been widely praised for their imaginative storytelling, complex characters, and thought-provoking themes.

prompter: which of these books had movie adaptations?

assistant: Several of the books on the list have been adapted into movies. Here are the books from the list that have been made into films:

1. "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins - adapted into a film series with four movies released between 2012 and 2015.

2. "The Martian" by Andy Weir - adapted into a film in 2015 starring Matt Damon as the main character.

3. "Ready Player One" by Ernest Cline - adapted into a film in 2018 directed by Steven Spielberg.

All three of these films were commercially successful and received generally positive reviews.

assistant: Tastes in books are quite subjective, so keep in mind that the best science science fictions books for you could be very different than the consensus. To distill a list of the best science fiction books one could look at reviewer's ratings or book awards. Goodreads is a book review aggregator and social site that is used by many book enthusiasts.

The best science fictions books written each year compete for one or more of three major science fiction awards, Hugo, Locus, and Nebula. Books that are awarded all three prizes (also called a Triple Crown) could be considered the best.

In the past 10 years, two books have been awarded all three prizes: Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie and The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin. The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal and Network Effect by Martha Wells have won both the Hugo and Nebula awards.

Here are some of the best science fiction books in the past 10 years as rated by goodreads users. As a caveat, user reviews can be more of a barometer of what is popular rather than good (though this applies to awards as well), and later novels in a series could get inflated reviews due to a higher ratio of fans to detractors.
- Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir has 4.52 avg rating — 390,557 ratings
- Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6) by Martha Wells has 4.32 avg rating — 44,739 ratings
- The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (Wayfarers, #4) by Becky Chambers has 4.42 avg rating — 23,216 ratings
- Leviathan Falls (The Expanse, #9) by James S.A. Corey has 4.54 avg rating — 40,273 ratings
- Red Rising by Pierce Brown has 4.26 avg rating — 325,440 ratings
- Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel has 4.07 avg rating — 450,734 ratings
- Dark Matter by Blake Crouch has 4.13 avg rating — 386,581 ratings
- Children of Time (Children of Time, #1) by Adrian Tchaikovsky has 4.29 avg rating — 93,359 ratings
- All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1) by Martha Wells has 4.17 avg rating — 167,765 ratings
- We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1) by Dennis E. Taylor has 4.28 avg rating — 78,902 ratings