Most Popular Science Fiction Books of 2025

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Cosmic Mates #5

Double Take

Cara Bristol

Science Fiction · Romance

February 24, 2025

Xarc'n Warriors #13

Fated to the Hunter

Lynnea Lee

Science Fiction · Alien Romance · Dystopia · Post-Apocalyptic · Adult

September 25, 2025

Wish Upon the Stars #7

Wish Upon the Stars 7

Malcolm Tent

Fantasy · Science Fiction · LitRPG · Young Adult

February 10, 2025

Afterglow

Matti Järvinen, Sara Norja

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Anthology · Poetry

June 26, 2025

Phantom Soup

Mitchell Pluto

Science Fiction

April 2, 2025

Blue Star Enterprises #1

Blueprints for Tomorrow

M.J. Markgraf

Science Fiction · Space Opera · Self-published

November 11, 2025

Terrible Worlds: Innovations #1

The Hungry Gods

Adrian Tchaikovsky

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Post-Apocalyptic

August 12, 2025

When the Moon Hits Your Eye

John Scalzi

Science Fiction

March 25, 2025

All Better Now

Neal Shusterman

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult · Thriller

February 4, 2025

In Death #61

Framed in Death

J. D. Robb

Science Fiction · Romance · Thriller

September 2, 2025

Splinter Effect #1

Splinter Effect

Andrew Ludington

Science Fiction · Adventure · Thriller

March 18, 2025

In Death #60

Bonded in Death

J. D. Robb

Science Fiction · Romance · Thriller

February 4, 2025

They Both Die at the End #3

The Survivor Wants to Die at the End

Adam Silvera

Science Fiction · Magical Realism · Young Adult · Romance

May 6, 2025

Saga #12

Saga: Volume 12

Fiona Staples, Brian K. Vaughan

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Graphic Novels · Comics

May 13, 2025

Shatter Me: The New Republic #1

Watch Me

Tahereh Mafi

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult · Romance

April 15, 2025

Clecanian #8

Bewitching Rhaego

Victoria Aveline

Science Fiction · Paranormal Romance · Romance

May 21, 2025

On the Calculation of Volume #3

On the Calculation of Volume 3

Solvej Balle

Science Fiction · Translation

November 18, 2025

Flybot

Dennis E. Taylor

Science Fiction · Cyberpunk

June 26, 2025

Wild Dark Shore

Charlotte McConaghy

Science Fiction · Post-Apocalyptic · Mainstream

March 4, 2025

Extremity

Nicholas Binge

Horror · Science Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

September 16, 2025

Dissolution

Nicholas Binge

Science Fiction · Mystery

March 25, 2025

Dorothy Gentleman #1

Murder by Memory

Olivia Waite

Science Fiction · Novella · Mystery

March 18, 2025

Old Man's War #7

The Shattering Peace

John Scalzi

Science Fiction

September 16, 2025

The Third Rule of Time Travel

Philip Fracassi

Horror · Science Fiction

March 18, 2025

What We Can Know

Ian McEwan

Science Fiction · Dystopia

September 23, 2025

Alien Universe

Alien: Seventh Circle

Philippa Ballantine

Horror · Science Fiction · Military Science Fiction · Psychological Horror · Alien

January 7, 2025

Automatic Noodle

Annalee Newitz

Science Fiction · Novella

August 5, 2025

The Starship In The Stone #2

Here Be Dragons

M.R. Forbes

Science Fiction · Space Opera

March 1, 2025

Apollo Murders #3

Final Orbit

Chris Hadfield

Science Fiction · Alternate History · Historical Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

October 7, 2025

The Deepest Fake

Daniel Kalla

Science Fiction · Psychological Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

July 29, 2025

The Rift Trilogy #3

The Rift 3

Douglas E. Richards, Joshua T. Calvert

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction

March 7, 2025

The Rift Trilogy #2

The Rift 2

Douglas E. Richards

Science Fiction · Thriller

March 1, 2025

The Rift Trilogy #1

The Rift

Douglas E. Richards, Joshua T. Calvert

Science Fiction · Thriller

January 31, 2025

Sentient Object Adventures #1

Scanned and Stuffed

Skye MacKinnon

Science Fiction · Erotic Romance · Forced Proximity · Monster Romance · Adult

July 8, 2025

We Are All Ghosts in the Forest #2

Salt Oracle

Lorraine Wilson

Science Fiction · Dystopia

November 6, 2025

The A.L.I.V.E. Series #5

Into the Cage

R.D. Brady

Science Fiction · Self-published

March 4, 2025