Most Popular Science Fiction Books

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Warformed: Stormweaver #1

Iron Prince

Luke Chmilenko, Bryce O'Connor

Science Fiction · LitRPG

October 15, 2020

Warformed: Stormweaver #2

Fire and Song

Bryce O'Connor

Science Fiction · LitRPG

October 31, 2023

Fullmetal Alchemist #1

Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 01

Hiromu Arakawa

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Young Adult · Graphic Novels · Manga

2002

V for Vendetta

Alan Moore, David Lloyd

Science Fiction · Graphic Novels · Comics

1990

The Hunger Games #1

The Hunger Games

Suzanne Collins

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult · Movie

September 2008

Hyperion Cantos #1

Hyperion

Dan Simmons

Science Fiction · Hugo Award · Locus Award

1989

Watchmen

Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons

Science Fiction · Graphic Novels · Hugo Award · Locus Award · Comics

1987

Flowers for Algernon

Daniel Keyes

Science Fiction · Nebula Award

1966

Ready Player One #1

Ready Player One

Ernest Cline

Science Fiction

August 2011

The Hungry City Chronicles #4

A Darkling Plain

Philip Reeve

Science Fiction · Post-Apocalyptic · Young Adult

2006

Project Hail Mary

Andy Weir

Science Fiction · Movie

May 4, 2021

Ender #1

Ender's Game

Orson Scott Card

Science Fiction · Military Science Fiction · Hugo Award · Movie · Nebula Award

1985

The Martian

Andy Weir

Science Fiction

September 2012

Revelation Space #2

Redemption Ark

Alastair Reynolds

Science Fiction · Cyberpunk · Space Opera

2002

Zones of Thought #2

A Deepness in the Sky

Vernor Vinge

Science Fiction · Space Opera · Hugo Award

1999

The Host #1

The Host

Stephenie Meyer

Science Fiction

April 30, 2008

The Hunger Games #2

Catching Fire

Suzanne Collins

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult · Movie

August 27, 2009

Remembrance of Earth's Past #3

Death's End

Cixin Liu

Science Fiction · Translation

September 20, 2016

Airman

Eoin Colfer

Science Fiction · Young Adult

January 3, 2008

Remembrance of Earth's Past #2

The Dark Forest

Cixin Liu

Science Fiction · Translation

August 5, 2015

Under the Never Sky trilogy #1

Under the Never Sky

Veronica Rossi

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult

January 3, 2012

Revelation Space #1

Revelation Space

Alastair Reynolds

Science Fiction · Cyberpunk · Space Opera

2000

Revelation Space #3

Absolution Gap

Alastair Reynolds

Science Fiction · Cyberpunk · Space Opera

2003

The Case of Charles Dexter Ward

H. P. Lovecraft

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Weird Fiction

1951

Zones of Thought #1

A Fire Upon the Deep

Vernor Vinge

Science Fiction · Space Opera · Hugo Award

1992

Cloud Atlas

David Mitchell

Science Fiction · Mainstream

2004

Poseidon's Children #2

On the Steel Breeze

Alastair Reynolds

Science Fiction · Space Opera

September 24, 2013

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind #2

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Vol. 2

Hayao Miyazaki

Science Fiction · Translation · Comics

March 3, 2004

Dune #1

Dune

Frank Herbert

Science Fiction · Hugo Award · Nebula Award

1965

Memoirs of a Space Traveler: Further Reminiscences of Ijon Tichy

Stanislaw Lem

Science Fiction · Short Stories · Translation

1957

The Selection Series #1

The Selection

Kiera Cass

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult · Romance

April 19, 2012

Hyperion Cantos #2

The Fall of Hyperion

Dan Simmons

Science Fiction · BSFA Award · Locus Award

1990

The Cyberiad

Stanislaw Lem

Science Fiction · Short Stories · Translation

1967

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind #1

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Vol. 1

Hayao Miyazaki

Science Fiction · Translation · Comics

February 11, 2004

The Gate to Women's Country

Sheri S. Tepper

Science Fiction · Anthropological SF

1988

Revelation Space

Chasm City

Alastair Reynolds

Science Fiction · Cyberpunk · Space Opera · BSFA Award

2001