Most Popular Science Fiction Books

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Silo #2

Shift Omnibus Edition

Hugh Howey

Science Fiction · Collection

January 2013

The Wind's Twelve Quarters

Ursula K. Le Guin

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Locus Award · Short Stories

1975

Jurassic Park #1

Jurassic Park

Michael Crichton

Science Fiction · Thriller

1990

Nightfall

Isaac Asimov, Robert Silverberg

Science Fiction

1990

The Xenogenesis Series #2

Adulthood Rites

Octavia E. Butler

Science Fiction

1988

Not Before Sundown

Johanna Sinisalo

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Urban Fantasy · Translation · Alternate History

2003

Mystic City #1

Mystic City

Theo Lawrence

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Dystopia · Science Fantasy · Young Adult

October 2012

The Maze Runner Series #1

The Maze Runner

James Dashner

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult

October 5, 2009

The Maze Runner Series #2

The Scorch Trials

James Dashner

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult

October 7, 2010

In Death #5

Ceremony in Death

J. D. Robb

Science Fiction · Romance · Thriller

1997

Saga #4

Saga: Volume Four

Fiona Staples, Brian K. Vaughan

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Comics

December 2014

After the Flood

P. C. Jersild

Science Fiction · Post-Apocalyptic · Translation

1986

Transition

Iain M. Banks

Science Fiction

August 29, 2009

The Selection Series #2

The Elite

Kiera Cass

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult · Romance

April 19, 2013

Saga #1

Saga: Volume One

Fiona Staples, Brian K. Vaughan

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Graphic Novels · Hugo Award · Comics

October 10, 2012

Wayward Pines #1

Pines

Blake Crouch

Science Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

August 2012

Empire of the Ants

Bernard Werber

Science Fiction · Translation

1991

The Book of the New Sun #4

The Citadel of the Autarch

Gene Wolfe

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Prix Apollo

December 1982

Fahrenheit 451

Ray Bradbury

Science Fiction · Post-Apocalyptic · Hugo Award

1953

Carve the Mark #1

Carve the Mark

Veronica Roth

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Young Adult

January 17, 2017

W.A.R.P. #1

The Reluctant Assassin

Eoin Colfer

Science Fiction · Young Adult

April 2013

The Sand Chronicles #1

Sand

Hugh Howey

Science Fiction · Dystopia

January 2014

The Murderbot Diaries #3

Rogue Protocol

Martha Wells

Science Fiction · Novella

August 6, 2018

Foundation trilogy #3

Second Foundation

Isaac Asimov

Science Fiction

1953

The Robot Series #2

The Naked Sun

Isaac Asimov

Science Fiction

1957

Thousandth Floor #1

The Thousandth Floor

Katharine McGee

Science Fiction · Young Adult

August 29, 2016

1Q84

Haruki Murakami

Science Fiction · Translation

October 21, 2011

Endgame #2

Sky Key

Nils Johnson-Shelton, James Frey

Science Fiction · Young Adult · Adventure

October 6, 2015

Black Man

Richard K. Morgan

Science Fiction · Arthur C. Clarke Award

May 2007

TimeRiders #2

Day of the Predator

Alex Scarrow

Science Fiction · Young Adult

October 2010

The Murderbot Diaries #2

Artificial Condition

Martha Wells

Science Fiction · Hugo Award · Novella

May 8, 2018

The Robot Series #1

The Caves of Steel

Isaac Asimov

Science Fiction

1954

Matched Trilogy #1

Matched

Ally Condie

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult

November 27, 2010

The Long Earth #1

The Long Earth

Terry Pratchett, Stephen Baxter

Science Fiction

June 14, 2012

Ringworld #1

Ringworld

Larry Niven

Science Fiction · Hugo Award · Locus Award · Nebula Award

1970

Saga #5

Saga: Volume Five

Fiona Staples, Brian K. Vaughan

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Comics

September 9, 2015