Most Popular Science Fiction Books

Explore the most popular Science Fiction books across decades, with reader ratings and discoveries from Risingshadow.

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The Culture #2

The Player of Games

Iain M. Banks

Science Fiction · Space Opera

1988

The Passage Trilogy #1

The Passage

Justin Cronin

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Vampires · Thriller

June 6, 2010

The 5th Wave #1

The 5th Wave

Rick Yancey

Science Fiction · Young Adult

May 3, 2013

The Forever War series #1

The Forever War

Joe Haldeman

Science Fiction · Military Science Fiction · Hugo Award · Locus Award · Nebula Award

1974

Heechee Saga #1

Gateway

Frederik Pohl

Science Fiction · Hugo Award · Locus Award · Nebula Award · Prix Apollo

1977

House of Suns

Alastair Reynolds

Science Fiction · Space Opera

April 14, 2008

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen #1

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume I

Alan Moore, Kevin O'Neill

Science Fiction · 19th century · Sherlock Holmes · Historical Fiction · Comics

2000

Divergent #1

Divergent

Veronica Roth

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult · Movie

May 3, 2011

Under the Never Sky trilogy #2

Through the Ever Night

Veronica Rossi

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult

January 8, 2013

Pushing Ice

Alastair Reynolds

Science Fiction · Space Opera

2005

The Core of the Sun

Johanna Sinisalo

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Translation · Alternate History

January 1, 2016

The Culture #3

Use of Weapons

Iain M. Banks

Science Fiction · Space Opera

1990

1984

George Orwell

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Post-Apocalyptic · Social Science Fiction

1949

The Grace Year

Kim Liggett

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult

October 8, 2019

The Wolf Road

Beth Lewis

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Post-Apocalyptic

June 2016

Under the Never Sky trilogy #3

Into the Still Blue

Veronica Rossi

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult

January 24, 2014

The Hunger Games #3

Mockingjay

Suzanne Collins

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult · Movie

August 19, 2010

11/22/63

Stephen King

Science Fiction · Thriller

November 3, 2011

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #1

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Douglas Adams

Science Fiction

1979

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide

Douglas Adams

Science Fiction · Collection

1997

Remembrance of Earth's Past #1

The Three-Body Problem

Cixin Liu

Science Fiction · Translation · TV Series

November 7, 2014

Hainish Cycle

The Dispossessed

Ursula K. Le Guin

Science Fiction · Social Science Fiction · Utopia · Hugo Award · Locus Award

1974

Delirium Trilogy #1

Delirium

Lauren Oliver

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult

January 26, 2011

Jean le Flambeur #1

The Quantum Thief

Hannu Rajaniemi

Science Fiction · Space Opera

September 20, 2010

Dust Lands #1

Blood Red Road

Moira Young

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult

June 2011

The Road

Cormac McCarthy

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Post-Apocalyptic · Movie

2006

Ender #2

Speaker for the Dead

Orson Scott Card

Science Fiction · Hugo Award · Locus Award · Nebula Award

1986

The Hungry City Chronicles #2

Predator's Gold

Philip Reeve

Science Fiction · Post-Apocalyptic · Young Adult

2003

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen #2

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume II

Alan Moore, Kevin O'Neill

Science Fiction · Comics

2003

MaddAddam

The Year of the Flood

Margaret Atwood

Science Fiction · Dystopia

September 2009

Across the Universe Trilogy #1

Across the Universe

Beth Revis

Science Fiction · Young Adult

January 2011

Hainish Cycle

The Left Hand of Darkness

Ursula K. Le Guin

Science Fiction · Hugo Award · Nebula Award

1969

Prefect Dreyfus Emergency #1

The Prefect

Alastair Reynolds

Science Fiction · Space Opera

April 2007

The Helliconia Trilogy #2

Helliconia Summer

Brian Aldiss

Science Fiction

1983

The Time Traveler's Wife

Audrey Niffenegger

Science Fiction · Movie · Romance

2004

The Culture #8

Surface Detail

Iain M. Banks

Science Fiction · Space Opera

October 4, 2010