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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Delirium Trilogy #2
Pandemonium
Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult
February 23, 2012Silo #1
Wool Omnibus
Science Fiction · Collection
January 2012The Handmaid's Tale #1
The Handmaid's Tale
Science Fiction · Dystopia · Arthur C. Clarke Award
1985Hell #1
The Descent
Science Fiction
1999The Culture #6
Look to Windward
Science Fiction · Space Opera
2000Station Eleven
Science Fiction · Dystopia · Arthur C. Clarke Award · Mainstream
September 4, 2014The Lurker at the Threshold
Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Weird Fiction
1945I Am Legend
Horror · Science Fiction · Vampires · Bram Stoker Award
1954Metro #1
Metro 2033
Science Fiction · Post-Apocalyptic · Translation · Video Game
2005The Culture #1
Consider Phlebas
Science Fiction · Space Opera
1987The Hunger Games
Sunrise on the Reaping
Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult · Movie
March 18, 2025Way Station
Science Fiction · Hugo Award
1963Saga #7
Saga: Volume Seven
Fantasy · Science Fiction · Comics
March 2017The Hungry City Chronicles #1
Mortal Engines
Science Fiction · Post-Apocalyptic · Young Adult
2001Never Let Me Go
Science Fiction
2005A Scanner Darkly
Science Fiction · BSFA Award
1977The Gods Themselves
Science Fiction · Hugo Award · Locus Award · Nebula Award
1972The Helliconia Trilogy #1
Helliconia Spring
Science Fiction · BSFA Award
1982Uplift #2
Startide Rising
Science Fiction · Space Opera · Hugo Award · Locus Award · Nebula Award
1983The Invincible
Science Fiction · Translation
1964The Hungry City Chronicles #3
Infernal Devices
Science Fiction · Post-Apocalyptic · Young Adult
2005Where the Trains Turn
Fantasy · Science Fiction · Translation
November 2014Star Wars
Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker
Science Fiction · Space Opera · Star Wars
1976Grass
Science Fiction
1989Hyperion Cantos #4
The Rise of Endymion
Science Fiction · Locus Award
1997Terminal World
Science Fiction
March 10, 2010Saga #3
Saga: Volume Three
Fantasy · Science Fiction · Comics
March 2014Across the Universe Trilogy #2
A Million Suns
Science Fiction · Young Adult
January 2012The 5th Wave #2
The Infinite Sea
Science Fiction · Young Adult
September 10, 2014Poseidon's Children #1
Blue Remembered Earth
Science Fiction · Space Opera
January 11, 2012The Passage Trilogy #2
The Twelve
Science Fiction · Dystopia · Vampires · Thriller
October 16, 2012Ubik
Science Fiction
1969The Helliconia Trilogy #3
Helliconia Winter
Science Fiction · BSFA Award
1985172 Hours on the Moon
Science Fiction · Young Adult · Translation · Thriller
April 2012Slaughterhouse-Five
Science Fiction
1966In Death #1
Naked in Death
Science Fiction · Romance · Thriller
1995