Best Philip K. Dick Books

The best books by Philip K. Dick — 13 titles spanning Sci-Fi, Biography & Memoir, averaging 3.81 BLT stars.

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Philip K. Dick didn't write science fiction so much as philosophical vertigo dressed up as pulp. His best work — Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Ubik, The Man in the High Castle — keeps pulling the rug out from under you: reality shifts, identities dissolve, and the machinery of power turns out to be far stranger than anyone suspected. His prose is fast and unpretentious, built for ideas rather than atmosphere, which makes the paranoia hit harder. Dick was obsessed with a handful of questions — what makes someone human, who controls what we believe is real, whether consciousness itself can be trusted — and he attacked them from every angle across his career. For readers who want science fiction that unsettles rather than reassures, Dick is essential.

Philip K. Dick's highest-rated book in our collection is Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (4.18 BLT stars). Browse the full list below.

Where to Start with Philip K. Dick

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    Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

    Blade Runner

    by Philip K. Dick

    4.18 BLT Score (517.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.09 Goodreads (517.9K)
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    The Complete Short Stories

    by Philip K. Dick, Jonathan Lethem, Chris Malbon, Georgia Hill, Anna Millais, Jeremy Wilson, Raisa Álava, Chris Thornley

    4.06 BLT Score (9.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.17 Goodreads (9.7K)
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    Ubik

    by Philip K. Dick

    4.02 BLT Score (124.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.11 Goodreads (124.5K)
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    The Minority Report and Other Classic Stories

    by Philip K. Dick

    4.01 BLT Score (14.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.11 Goodreads (14.8K)
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    The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick

    by Philip K. Dick, Pamela Jackson

    3.92 BLT Score (1.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.15 Goodreads (1.1K)
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    The Penultimate Truth

    by Philip K. Dick

    3.77 BLT Score (11.5K ratings)
    ★ 3.78 Goodreads (11.5K)
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    Martian Time-Slip

    by Philip K. Dick

    3.76 BLT Score (14.6K ratings)
    ★ 3.78 Goodreads (14.6K)
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    The Man in the High Castle

    by Philip K. Dick

    3.71 BLT Score (237.7K ratings)
    ★ 3.59 Goodreads (237.7K)
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    The World Jones Made

    by Philip K. Dick

    3.65 BLT Score (4.1K ratings)
    ★ 3.65 Goodreads (4.1K)
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    Great Classic Science Fiction

    Great Classic Stories (BBC Audio)

    by H.G. Wells, James H. Schmitz, Stanley G. Weinbaum, Philip K. Dick, Frank Herbert, Fritz Leiber, Andre Norton

    3.65 BLT Score (522 ratings)
    ★ 3.42 Goodreads (522)
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    The Game-Players of Titan

    by Philip K. Dick

    3.63 BLT Score (5.1K ratings)
    ★ 3.65 Goodreads (5.1K)
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    Our Friends From Frolix 8

    by Philip K. Dick

    3.60 BLT Score (3.6K ratings)
    ★ 3.58 Goodreads (3.6K)
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    The Man Who Japed

    by Philip K. Dick

    3.59 BLT Score (3.3K ratings)
    ★ 3.58 Goodreads (3.3K)

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