The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia by Ursula K. Le Guin

Ursula K. Le Guin is one of the best science fiction writers of all time, and if you haven’t read anything by her, you should. Last year, The Left Hand of Darkness had such a profound impact on me that I could only shake my head that I’d waited so long to read any of her books. Having read some of them now, I wish I could have met her before she passed. They are not just stories, but philosophical examinations of what it means to be human. They are thought experiments meant to make you see thing...