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Science Fiction Books Readers Love

There are endless ways to imagine future and alternate human societies. Authors of science fiction books offer potential glimpses into those possibilities.

Science fiction novels use technological advances to explore beyond what is currently possible in our world. Many sci-fi books draw attention to and amplify issues that plague our modern world by showing where they could lead in the future.

Science fiction is one of the most beloved literary genres with hordes of fans and mega-successful books, including YA books like The Hunger Games and classics such as Dune and Childhood's End.

Whether you’re into hard science fiction, soft science fiction, sci-fi/fantasy, or dystopian fiction, we have rounded some of the best sci-fi books for your enjoyment below!

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The Quantum Thief
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by Hannu Rajaniemi
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by Carol Serling, Harlan Ellison, Whitley Strieber, Peter Crowther, Joe R. Lansdale, Loren D. Estleman, Peter S. Beagle, Laura Lippman
Fight Club
Fight Club
by Chuck Palahniuk
A Clockwork Orange
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by Anthony Burgess
Brave New World
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by Aldous Huxley
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The Last Human
The Last Human
by Lee Bacon
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by Robert McCammon
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Norby the Mixed-Up Robot
Norby the Mixed-Up Robot
by Isaac Asimov, Janet Asimov
Generosity
Generosity
by Richard Powers
The Returned
The Returned
by Jason Mott
Pathfinder
Pathfinder
by Orson Scott Card
We
We
by Yevgeny Zamyatin
Three Women
Three Women
by Marge Piercy
Bannerless
Bannerless
by Carrie Vaughn
Moving Mars
Moving Mars
by Greg Bear
The Eon Series
The Eon Series
by Greg Bear
Midshipman's Hope
Midshipman's Hope
by David Feintuch
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The Stories of Ray Bradbury
The Stories of Ray Bradbury
by Ray Bradbury
Blackfish City
Blackfish City
by Sam J. Miller
Cards of Grief
Cards of Grief
by Jane Yolen
City of Truth
City of Truth
by James Morrow
Bones of the Earth
Bones of the Earth
by Michael Swanwick
Exo
Exo
by Fonda Lee
Startide Rising
Startide Rising
by David Brin
The Lathe of Heaven
The Lathe of Heaven
by Ursula K. Le Guin
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Body Parts
Body Parts
by Jessica Kapp
The Best American Science Fiction And Fantasy 2020
The Best American Science Fiction And Fantasy 2020
by John Joseph Adams, Diana Gabaldon
The Makeshift Rocket
The Makeshift Rocket
by Poul Anderson
Make Room! Make Room!
Make Room! Make Room!
by Harry Harrison
The Forever War
The Forever War
by Joe Haldeman, John Scalzi
Dragon and Thief
Dragon and Thief
by Timothy Zahn
Semiosis
Semiosis
by Sue Burke
Way Station
Way Station
by Clifford D. Simak
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Night Train to Rigel
Night Train to Rigel
by Timothy Zahn
Catseye
Catseye
by Andre Norton
The Female Man
The Female Man
by Joanna Russ
The Falling Woman
The Falling Woman
by Pat Murphy
Jack Strong
Jack Strong
by Walter Mosley
The God Gene
The God Gene
by F. Paul Wilson
Legacy
Legacy
by Greg Bear
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
by Robert Louis Stevenson
When Gravity Fails
When Gravity Fails
by George Alec Effinger
Changing Planes
Changing Planes
by Ursula K. Le Guin, Eric Beddow
Glimmering
Glimmering
by Elizabeth Hand, Kim Stanley Robinson
Consumed
Consumed
by David Cronenberg
Heir Apparent
Heir Apparent
by Vivian Vande Velde
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Science fiction is a literary and film genre where authors use imagined technological advances to create speculative futuristic worlds. Science fiction can include space travel and adventures in the galaxy beyond Earth, like in 2001: A Space Odyssey. Often science fiction is used to create dystopian societies such as in 1984

Hard science fiction is a subgenre of science fiction that prioritizes scientific accuracy and logic. Hard science fiction books are based on real and current scientific and technological knowledge, bringing an additional degree of credibility to the book. 

Elements of science fiction have been found in writings from as far back as the ancient Sumerian epic of Gilgamesh, it wasn’t until more recently that science fiction became a standalone genre. While no specific author invented science fiction per se, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is often recognized as the first true science fiction novel.