Science Fiction

Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and capitalization) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves speculations based on current or future science or technology. Science fiction is found in books, art, television, films, games, theatre, and other media. In organizational or marketing contexts, science fiction can be synonymous with the broader definition of speculative fiction, encompassing creative works incorporating imaginative elements not found in contemporary reality; this includes fantasy, horror and related genres.

Although the two genres are often co
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Hell's Heart
Celestial Lights
Ruins
Seasons of Glass and Iron: Stories
Westward Women
Voidverse
Children of Strife (Children of Time, #4)
Entwined (The Entwined Duology, #1)
The Fountain
No Man's Land
Nobody's Baby (Dorothy Gentleman, #2)
The Celestial Seas
Green & Deadly Things
Crawlspace
Through All Our Heavens: A Novel
  • The Mobius Nexus by Mark W.L. Dennison
    The Mobius Nexus: An Alien AI Consciousness Sci-Fi Thriller (The Mobius Nexus Cycle Book 1)
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    Release date: Dec 31, 2024
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  • The Reality Reaction Team by Joe Prosit
    The Reality Reaction Team
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    Release date: Jan 09, 2026
    Read the sci-fi novel Kirkus called "Intricate neo-cyberpunk SF that takes adventurous readers on head trips inside of head trips!" ...more
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  • The Reprisal by John Hoag
    The Reprisal: The Wrath of Korn

    Release date: Feb 28, 2026
    Outnumbered ten to one, the Reprisal searches for the evil aliens that attacked and devastated Earth. Led by a heroic captain and his intrepid crew, t ...more
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  • Carl's Doomsday Scenario (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #2)
    The Price of Honey
    The Eye of the Bedlam Bride (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #6)
    A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1)
    Sea of Tranquility
    The Primal Hunter 15 (The Primal Hunter #15)
    Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)
    The Poppy Fields
    Mickey7 (Mickey7 #1)
    Beneath (Conform, #0)
    Annie Bot
    The Last Murder at the End of the World
    The First to Die at the End (They Both Die at the End, #0)
    Leviathan Falls (The Expanse, #9)
    The Path of Ascension 11 (The Path of Ascension, #11)
    The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins1984 by George OrwellThe Giver by Lois LowryDivergent by Veronica RothBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
    Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
    3,933 books — 26,184 voters
    A Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboSecrets of the Realm by Bev StoutDark Demands by Nell HendersonLost In Time by Bridgitte LesleyIt Lives in The Basement by Sahara Foley
    Indie/Self-Published Books
    3,577 books — 2,404 voters

    To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
    Best Woman-Authored Books
    8,563 books — 5,509 voters
    The Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Wise Man's Fear by Patrick RothfussMistborn by Brandon SandersonThe Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott LynchThe Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
    New Speculative Fiction Stars
    1,186 books — 2,842 voters

    Ready Player One by Ernest ClineThe Martian by Andy WeirOld Man's War by John ScalziThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsLeviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey
    Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
    1,316 books — 9,260 voters
    Words of Radiance by Brandon SandersonThe Broken Eye by Brent WeeksTower Lord by Anthony RyanPrince of Fools by Mark  LawrenceSkin Game by Jim  Butcher
    Can't Wait Science Fiction/Fantasy of 2014
    528 books — 2,306 voters

    Dune (Dune, #1)
    The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
    Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
    The Martian
    Project Hail Mary
    Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
    Fahrenheit 451
    1984
    The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)

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