Science Fiction

Wonder with warmth, rigor, and human stakes.

Science Fiction4.2

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

Douglas Adams · 1980

Moderate · 554 pp.

Science Fiction3.6

Foundation

Isaac Asimov · 1951

Moderate · 521 pp.

Science Fiction3.9

Cat's Cradle

Kurt Vonnegut · 1963

Moderate · 623 pp.

Science Fiction4.2

The Dispossessed

Ursula K. Le Guin · 1974

Moderate · 408 pp.

Science Fiction4.2

11/22/63

Stephen King · 2011

Moderate · 375 pp.

Science Fiction4.2

Neuromancer

William Gibson · 1984

Moderate · 517 pp.

Science Fiction3.7

Foundation and Empire

Isaac Asimov · 1952

Challenging · 339 pp.

Science Fiction4.2

Artemis

Andy Weir · 2017

Moderate · 476 pp.

Science Fiction3.5

Slaughterhouse-Five

Kurt Vonnegut · 1969

Accessible · 499 pp.

Science Fiction4.2

To Be Taught, If Fortunate

Becky Chambers · 2019

Moderate · 333 pp.

Science Fiction3.9

The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

Robert A. Heinlein · 1966

Moderate · 346 pp.

Science Fiction4.1

1984

George Orwell · 1949

Accessible · 470 pp.

Science Fiction3.8

Under the Dome

Stephen King · 2009

Accessible · 465 pp.

Science Fiction3.5

The Handmaid's Tale

Margaret Atwood · 1985

Accessible · 314 pp.

Science Fiction4.1

Starship Troopers

Robert A. Heinlein · 1959

Accessible · 350 pp.

Science Fiction3.8

Ender's Shadow

Orson Scott Card · 1999

Accessible · 343 pp.

Science Fiction3.5

The Sirens of Titan

Kurt Vonnegut · 1959

Accessible · 330 pp.

Science Fiction4.3

I, Robot

Isaac Asimov · 1950

Challenging · 602 pp.

Science Fiction3.9

Golden Son

Pierce Brown · 2015

Moderate · 633 pp.

Science Fiction3.7

Speaker for the Dead

Orson Scott Card · 1986

Challenging · 499 pp.

Science Fiction3.7

Snow Crash

Neal Stephenson · 1992

Challenging · 470 pp.

Science Fiction4.0

Ender's Game

Orson Scott Card · 1985

Challenging · 618 pp.

Science Fiction3.8

Project Hail Mary

Andy Weir · 2021

Accessible · 589 pp.

Science Fiction4.3

The Forever War

Joe Haldeman · 1974

Challenging · 550 pp.

Science Fiction3.6

Red Rising

Pierce Brown · 2014

Moderate · 353 pp.

Science Fiction3.6

Ready Player One

Ernest Cline · 2011

Moderate · 335 pp.

Science Fiction4.1

Second Foundation

Isaac Asimov · 1953

Accessible · 475 pp.

Science Fiction4.0

Wool

Hugh Howey · 2011

Challenging · 450 pp.

Science Fiction3.8

Hyperion

Dan Simmons · 1989

Accessible · 428 pp.

Science Fiction3.8

Dark Matter

Blake Crouch · 2016

Accessible · 498 pp.

Science Fiction4.2

The Hunger Games

Suzanne Collins · 2008

Moderate · 573 pp.

Science Fiction3.7

The Man in the High Castle

Philip K. Dick · 1962

Challenging · 423 pp.

Science Fiction3.8

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Douglas Adams · 1979

Accessible · 666 pp.

Science Fiction3.8

Rendezvous with Rama

Arthur C. Clarke · 1973

Accessible · 613 pp.

Science Fiction3.5

The Stand

Stephen King · 1978

Accessible · 644 pp.

Science Fiction4.3

Fahrenheit 451

Ray Bradbury · 1953

Challenging · 659 pp.

Science Fiction4.0

Dune

Frank Herbert · 1965

Challenging · 407 pp.

Science Fiction3.8

Mostly Harmless

Douglas Adams · 1992

Accessible · 622 pp.

Science Fiction3.7

Life, the Universe and Everything

Douglas Adams · 1982

Challenging · 318 pp.

Science Fiction4.3

Recursion

Blake Crouch · 2019

Challenging · 345 pp.

Science Fiction3.6

Brave New World

Aldous Huxley · 1932

Moderate · 636 pp.

Science Fiction4.2

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

Philip K. Dick · 1968

Moderate · 470 pp.

Science Fiction4.1

The Left Hand of Darkness

Ursula K. Le Guin · 1969

Accessible · 313 pp.

Science Fiction3.9

Children of the Mind

Orson Scott Card · 1996

Moderate · 596 pp.

Science Fiction3.5

Never Let Me Go

Kazuo Ishiguro · 2005

Accessible · 546 pp.

Science Fiction3.5

Oryx and Crake

Margaret Atwood · 2003

Accessible · 561 pp.

Science Fiction4.3

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

Douglas Adams · 1984

Challenging · 589 pp.