I'd vote for Piers Anthony's Bio of a Space Tyrant series as fairly decent sci-fi...I enjoyed reading the original 5 books and only just discovered that he published a 6th in 2002 (that I can't vouch for).
Heinlein is amazing - if you haven't read anything of his some required reading would definitely be: Stranger In A Strange Land, The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress, The Number Of The Beast, Starship Troopers & The Cat Who Walks Thru Walls.
(I've read pretty much every one of his books/stories and they're all good but these are the best of the sci-fi kind...)
Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park was an excellent read....waaay better than the movie.
David Brin's Uplift series (books 1-3) were quite good and very different....I haven't gotten around to his second set of books based on the same idea tho.
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