First ones off the top of my head would be UBIK by Phillip K Dick or either Stranger in a Strange Land or JOB by Heinlein.
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Foundation
Edit: changing my answer to starship troopers
I read the first book 2 years ago. Liked it. I saw Apple TV did a show but saw the cast and didn’t bother. Also the showrunner asked permission to race and gender swap characters so you know his priorities
I loved the book’s story and themes so much I was willing to give the show a shot, but what a letdown. Instead of showing us how smart the main character (race AND gender swapped for the double whammy) was - and there were plenty of things that could have just been ripped from the books so it’s not like they even had to come up with something original - they have her recite prime numbers. Like 5 different scenes dedicated just to her counting prime numbers in her head. Fkn genius I guess.
Dornick coming from a primitive culture and going on to be one of the most qualified mathematicians in the galaxy after discovering a sack of textbooks as an adult really outs the writers as people who cannot distinguish calculus from magic.