Science fiction
2,220 books
Most recommended
By how often readers hand it to someone else.
Ancillary Justice
Ann Leckie2013
A Memory Called Empire
Arkady Martine2019
The Windup Girl
Paolo Bacigalupi2009
Anathem
Neal Stephenson2008
The Forever War
Joe Haldeman1974
The Yiddish Policemen's Union
Michael Chabon2007
Dune
Frank Herbert1965
Flowers for Algernon
Daniel Keyes1966
Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury1953
Leviathan Wakes
James S. A. Corey2011
Redshirts
John Scalzi2012
The Time Traveler's Wife
Audrey Niffenegger2003
Stood up
Published 2005 or earlier and still recommended.
The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood1985
Neuromancer
William Gibson1984
Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card1985
Doomsday Book
Connie Willis1992
Hyperion
Dan Simmons1989
Perdido Street Station
China Miéville2000
The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin1969
Rendezvous with Rama
Arthur C. Clarke1973
Speaker for the Dead
Orson Scott Card1986
The Fall of Hyperion
Dan Simmons1990
Red Mars
Kim Stanley Robinson1992
A Fire Upon the Deep
Vernor Vinge1992
Recent
Published in the last 3 years.
Starter Villain
John Scalzi2023
Service Model
Adrian Tchaikovsky2024
The Ministry of Time
Kaliane Bradley2024
Light Bringer
Pierce Brown2023
The Mercy of Gods
James S. A. Corey2024
Death of the Author
Nnedi Okorafor2025
Translation State
Ann Leckie2023
Alien Clay
Adrian Tchaikovsky2024
The Deep Sky
Yume Kitasei2023
System Collapse
Martha Wells2023
Lords of Uncreation
Adrian Tchaikovsky2023
Chain-Gang All-Stars
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah2023