What's a good sci-fi book or short story I should read?

What's a good sci-fi book or short story I should read?
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Slaughterhouse Five (Kurt Vonnegut) Ishmael (Daniel Quinn) Stranger in a Strange Land (Robert Heinlein) Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse)
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