Most Popular Science Fiction Books

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Delirium Trilogy #2

Pandemonium

Lauren Oliver

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult

February 23, 2012

Silo #1

Wool Omnibus

Hugh Howey

Science Fiction · Collection

January 2012

The Handmaid's Tale #1

The Handmaid's Tale

Margaret Atwood

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Arthur C. Clarke Award

1985

Hell #1

The Descent

Jeff Long

Science Fiction

1999

The Culture #6

Look to Windward

Iain M. Banks

Science Fiction · Space Opera

2000

Station Eleven

Emily St. John Mandel

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Arthur C. Clarke Award · Mainstream

September 4, 2014

The Lurker at the Threshold

H. P. Lovecraft, August Derleth

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Weird Fiction

1945

I Am Legend

Richard Matheson

Horror · Science Fiction · Vampires · Bram Stoker Award

1954

Metro #1

Metro 2033

Dmitry Glukhovsky

Science Fiction · Post-Apocalyptic · Translation · Video Game

2005

The Culture #1

Consider Phlebas

Iain M. Banks

Science Fiction · Space Opera

1987

The Hunger Games

Sunrise on the Reaping

Suzanne Collins

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult · Movie

March 18, 2025

Way Station

Clifford D. Simak

Science Fiction · Hugo Award

1963

Saga #7

Saga: Volume Seven

Fiona Staples, Brian K. Vaughan

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Comics

March 2017

The Hungry City Chronicles #1

Mortal Engines

Philip Reeve

Science Fiction · Post-Apocalyptic · Young Adult

2001

Never Let Me Go

Kazuo Ishiguro

Science Fiction

2005

A Scanner Darkly

Philip K. Dick

Science Fiction · BSFA Award

1977

The Gods Themselves

Isaac Asimov

Science Fiction · Hugo Award · Locus Award · Nebula Award

1972

The Helliconia Trilogy #1

Helliconia Spring

Brian Aldiss

Science Fiction · BSFA Award

1982

Uplift #2

Startide Rising

David Brin

Science Fiction · Space Opera · Hugo Award · Locus Award · Nebula Award

1983

The Invincible

Stanislaw Lem

Science Fiction · Translation

1964

The Hungry City Chronicles #3

Infernal Devices

Philip Reeve

Science Fiction · Post-Apocalyptic · Young Adult

2005

Where the Trains Turn

Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Translation

November 2014

Star Wars

Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker

Alan Dean Foster, George Lucas

Science Fiction · Space Opera · Star Wars

1976

Grass

Sheri S. Tepper

Science Fiction

1989

Hyperion Cantos #4

The Rise of Endymion

Dan Simmons

Science Fiction · Locus Award

1997

Terminal World

Alastair Reynolds

Science Fiction

March 10, 2010

Saga #3

Saga: Volume Three

Fiona Staples, Brian K. Vaughan

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Comics

March 2014

Across the Universe Trilogy #2

A Million Suns

Beth Revis

Science Fiction · Young Adult

January 2012

The 5th Wave #2

The Infinite Sea

Rick Yancey

Science Fiction · Young Adult

September 10, 2014

Poseidon's Children #1

Blue Remembered Earth

Alastair Reynolds

Science Fiction · Space Opera

January 11, 2012

The Passage Trilogy #2

The Twelve

Justin Cronin

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Vampires · Thriller

October 16, 2012

Ubik

Philip K. Dick

Science Fiction

1969

The Helliconia Trilogy #3

Helliconia Winter

Brian Aldiss

Science Fiction · BSFA Award

1985

172 Hours on the Moon

Johan Harstad

Science Fiction · Young Adult · Translation · Thriller

April 2012

Slaughterhouse-Five

Kurt Vonnegut

Science Fiction

1966

In Death #1

Naked in Death

J. D. Robb

Science Fiction · Romance · Thriller

1995