Most Popular Science Fiction Books of the 20th century

Discover popular Science Fiction books from the 20th century, with reader ratings and new favorites to explore.

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Grass

Sheri S. Tepper

Science Fiction

1989

7.6/10 27 ratings

Hyperion Cantos #4

The Rise of Endymion

Dan Simmons

Science Fiction · Locus Award

1997

7.8/10 81 ratings

Ubik

Philip K. Dick

Science Fiction

1969

8/10 39 ratings

The Helliconia Trilogy #3

Helliconia Winter

Brian Aldiss

Science Fiction · BSFA Award

1985

7.7/10 33 ratings

Slaughterhouse-Five

Kurt Vonnegut

Science Fiction

1966

7.8/10 87 ratings

In Death #1

Naked in Death

J. D. Robb

Science Fiction · Romance · Thriller

1995

7.9/10 57 ratings

The Martian Chronicles

Ray Bradbury

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1950

7.8/10 35 ratings

The Futurological Congress

Stanislaw Lem

Science Fiction · Translation

1971

8/10 28 ratings

Foundation trilogy #1

Foundation

Isaac Asimov

Science Fiction

1951

7.8/10 143 ratings

A Clockwork Orange

Anthony Burgess

Science Fiction

1962

7.8/10 90 ratings

The Xenogenesis Series #1

Dawn

Octavia E. Butler

Science Fiction

1987

7.8/10 41 ratings

In Death #6

Vengeance in Death

J. D. Robb

Science Fiction · Romance · Thriller

1997

7.8/10 25 ratings

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #2

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

Douglas Adams

Science Fiction

1980

7.7/10 183 ratings

Solaris

Stanislaw Lem

Science Fiction · Translation

1961

7.7/10 110 ratings

Blade Runner #1

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

Philip K. Dick

Science Fiction

1968

7.8/10 77 ratings

The Way #1

Eon

Greg Bear

Science Fiction

1985

7.8/10 34 ratings

Doomsday Book

Connie Willis

Science Fiction · Hugo Award · Locus Award · Nebula Award

1992

7.7/10 65 ratings

The Book of the New Sun #3

The Sword of the Lictor

Gene Wolfe

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Locus Award

1982

7.5/10 38 ratings

The Inverted World

Christopher Priest

Science Fiction · BSFA Award

1974

7.6/10 27 ratings

Rama #1

Rendezvous with Rama

Arthur C. Clarke

Science Fiction · Hard Science Fiction · BSFA Award · Hugo Award · Locus Award

1973

7.8/10 54 ratings

Hyperion Cantos #3

Endymion

Dan Simmons

Science Fiction

1996

7.7/10 88 ratings

Childhood's End

Arthur C. Clarke

Science Fiction

1953

7.7/10 88 ratings

The Wind's Twelve Quarters

Ursula K. Le Guin

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Locus Award · Short Stories

1975

7.3/10 22 ratings

Jurassic Park #1

Jurassic Park

Michael Crichton

Science Fiction · Thriller

1990

7.7/10 70 ratings

Nightfall

Isaac Asimov, Robert Silverberg

Science Fiction

1990

7.6/10 37 ratings

The Xenogenesis Series #2

Adulthood Rites

Octavia E. Butler

Science Fiction

1988

7.6/10 28 ratings

In Death #5

Ceremony in Death

J. D. Robb

Science Fiction · Romance · Thriller

1997

7.6/10 36 ratings

After the Flood

P. C. Jersild

Science Fiction · Post-Apocalyptic · Translation

1986

7.5/10 24 ratings

Empire of the Ants

Bernard Werber

Science Fiction · Translation

1991

7.5/10 35 ratings

The Book of the New Sun #4

The Citadel of the Autarch

Gene Wolfe

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Prix Apollo

December 1982

7.5/10 30 ratings

Fahrenheit 451

Ray Bradbury

Science Fiction · Post-Apocalyptic · Hugo Award

1953

7.6/10 156 ratings

Foundation trilogy #3

Second Foundation

Isaac Asimov

Science Fiction

1953

7.5/10 100 ratings

The Robot Series #2

The Naked Sun

Isaac Asimov

Science Fiction

1957

7.5/10 51 ratings

The Robot Series #1

The Caves of Steel

Isaac Asimov

Science Fiction

1954

7.3/10 44 ratings

Ringworld #1

Ringworld

Larry Niven

Science Fiction · Hugo Award · Locus Award · Nebula Award

1970

7.5/10 47 ratings

Blood Music

Greg Bear

Science Fiction · Prix Apollo

1985

7.6/10 30 ratings