Best Stand-Alone Science Fiction

1.
1984
1984 4.20 avg rating β€” 5,225,900 ratings
2.
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 3.97 avg rating β€” 2,718,699 ratings
3.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating β€” 2,322,972 ratings
4.
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 4.09 avg rating β€” 495,945 ratings
5.
The Left Hand of Darkness
The Left Hand of Darkness 4.10 avg rating β€” 209,427 ratings
6.
The Martian
The Martian
by: Andy Weir
4.42 avg rating β€” 1,238,693 ratings
7.
Contact
Contact 4.15 avg rating β€” 149,995 ratings
8.
Childhood’s End
Childhood’s End 4.12 avg rating β€” 169,996 ratings
9.
Dune (Dune, #1)
Dune (Dune, #1) 4.28 avg rating β€” 1,570,174 ratings
10.
Anathem
Anathem 4.17 avg rating β€” 74,552 ratings
11.
Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me Go 3.85 avg rating β€” 813,151 ratings
12.
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1) 4.31 avg rating β€” 1,449,705 ratings
13.
Stranger in a Strange Land
Stranger in a Strange Land 3.92 avg rating β€” 323,274 ratings
14.
Brave New World
Brave New World 3.99 avg rating β€” 2,015,561 ratings
15.
The Time Traveler's Wife
The Time Traveler's Wife really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 1,843,007 ratings
16.
Earth Abides
Earth Abides 3.95 avg rating β€” 33,023 ratings
17.
Snow Crash
Snow Crash 4.01 avg rating β€” 293,456 ratings
18.
Lord of Light
Lord of Light 4.05 avg rating β€” 34,872 ratings
19.
The Hunger Games Trilogy Boxset (The Hunger Games, #1-3)
The Hunger Games Trilogy Boxset (The Hunger Games, #1-3) 4.50 avg rating β€” 231,660 ratings
20.
Kindred
Kindred 4.31 avg rating β€” 258,295 ratings
21.
Nightfall
Nightfall 4.06 avg rating β€” 37,446 ratings
22.
The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)
The Forever War (The Forever War, #1) 4.14 avg rating β€” 176,921 ratings
23.
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2)
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2) 3.89 avg rating β€” 270,587 ratings
24.
Solaris
Solaris 3.99 avg rating β€” 124,280 ratings
25.
The Gods Themselves
The Gods Themselves 4.09 avg rating β€” 67,330 ratings
26.
Starship Troopers
Starship Troopers 4.01 avg rating β€” 241,825 ratings
27.
The End of Eternity
The End of Eternity 4.24 avg rating β€” 60,789 ratings
28.
A Canticle for Leibowitz (St. Leibowitz, #1)
A Canticle for Leibowitz (St. Leibowitz, #1) 3.99 avg rating β€” 116,695 ratings
29.
Lucifer's Hammer
Lucifer's Hammer really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 45,031 ratings
30.
The Lathe of Heaven
The Lathe of Heaven 4.13 avg rating β€” 84,201 ratings
31.
Mars Base 1: A new discovery!
Mars Base 1: A new discovery! 4.71 avg rating β€” 7 ratings
32.
Fuzzy Nation
Fuzzy Nation 4.14 avg rating β€” 31,775 ratings
32.
The City and the Stars
The City and the Stars 4.08 avg rating β€” 35,753 ratings
34.
The Man in the High Castle
The Man in the High Castle 3.59 avg rating β€” 229,233 ratings
35.
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia 4.25 avg rating β€” 143,141 ratings
36.
The Time Machine
The Time Machine 3.89 avg rating β€” 552,906 ratings
37.
Flowers for Algernon
Flowers for Algernon 4.23 avg rating β€” 763,548 ratings
38.
Diver Creed Station
Diver Creed Station 4.30 avg rating β€” 200 ratings
39.
World Without End
World Without End really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 235 ratings
40.
Soft Apocalypse
Soft Apocalypse 3.52 avg rating β€” 2,752 ratings
40.
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1) 4.17 avg rating β€” 175,366 ratings
42.
The Years of Rice and Salt
The Years of Rice and Salt 3.76 avg rating β€” 15,184 ratings
42.
Beauty
Beauty 3.84 avg rating β€” 5,964 ratings
42.
Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1) 4.23 avg rating β€” 1,266,785 ratings
45.
Creatures of Light and Darkness
Creatures of Light and Darkness 3.94 avg rating β€” 4,740 ratings
45.
A Fall of Moondust
A Fall of Moondust 3.89 avg rating β€” 11,377 ratings
45.
Carrion Comfort
Carrion Comfort 3.91 avg rating β€” 24,889 ratings
45.
Seveneves
Seveneves really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 122,809 ratings
49.
The Witches of Karres (The Witches of Karres, #1)
The Witches of Karres (The Witches of Karres, #1) 4.16 avg rating β€” 2,857 ratings
50.
Divergent (Divergent, #1)
Divergent (Divergent, #1) 4.14 avg rating β€” 4,286,761 ratings
51.
Cloud Atlas
Cloud Atlas 4.01 avg rating β€” 262,715 ratings
51.
Recursion
Recursion 4.17 avg rating β€” 290,732 ratings
53.
The Windup Girl
The Windup Girl 3.75 avg rating β€” 77,343 ratings
54.
The Inverted World
The Inverted World 3.95 avg rating β€” 10,475 ratings
55.
The Masters of Solitude (Masters of Solitude, #1)
The Masters of Solitude (Masters of Solitude, #1) 4.02 avg rating β€” 224 ratings
56.
Oath of Fealty
Oath of Fealty 3.74 avg rating β€” 3,532 ratings
57.
Tomorrow and Tomorrow
Tomorrow and Tomorrow 3.84 avg rating β€” 734 ratings
58.
Dark Matter
Dark Matter 4.13 avg rating β€” 664,836 ratings
59.
The War of the Worlds
The War of the Worlds 3.83 avg rating β€” 340,277 ratings
60.
The Penultimate Truth
The Penultimate Truth 3.77 avg rating β€” 10,984 ratings
61.
Now Wait for Last Year
Now Wait for Last Year 3.90 avg rating β€” 7,617 ratings
62.
Millennium
Millennium 3.78 avg rating β€” 2,895 ratings
63.
Ubik
Ubik 4.11 avg rating β€” 118,729 ratings
64.
Time Out of Joint
Time Out of Joint 3.86 avg rating β€” 16,198 ratings
65.
Eye in the Sky
Eye in the Sky 3.75 avg rating β€” 6,668 ratings
66.
Triggers
Triggers 3.62 avg rating β€” 1,609 ratings
66.
Chocolate Lenin
Chocolate Lenin 3.50 avg rating β€” 50 ratings
66.
The Merro Tree
The Merro Tree 4.29 avg rating β€” 450 ratings
66.
The Earth Gate
The Earth Gate 3.65 avg rating β€” 26 ratings
66.
Primed
Primed liked it 3.00 avg rating β€” 13 ratings
66.
Sleepwalkers
Sleepwalkers 3.90 avg rating β€” 10 ratings
66.
Greetings Earthlings, My name is Appleton and I come from the Planet Reginta
Greetings Earthlings, My name is Appleton and I come from the Planet Reginta 3.48 avg rating β€” 23 ratings
66.
Jackboot Britain
Jackboot Britain 3.63 avg rating β€” 112 ratings
66.
The Ark
The Ark 3.90 avg rating β€” 71 ratings
66.
The Yeti
The Yeti 3.57 avg rating β€” 49 ratings
66.
The Wanderers
The Wanderers 3.54 avg rating β€” 5,449 ratings
66.
A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1)
A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1) 4.14 avg rating β€” 65,234 ratings
66.
Sex Quests: Two Tales of Futures Possible
Sex Quests: Two Tales of Futures Possible 3.67 avg rating β€” 3 ratings
66.
Bob
Bob 3.92 avg rating β€” 130 ratings
66.
Moral Compass to Be, or Not to Be
Moral Compass to Be, or Not to Be 4.42 avg rating β€” 76 ratings
66.
Dart
Dart 4.28 avg rating β€” 29 ratings
66.
Mecha Samurai Empire
Mecha Samurai Empire 4.05 avg rating β€” 895 ratings
66.
Mickey7 (Mickey7 #1)
Mickey7 (Mickey7 #1) 3.79 avg rating β€” 44,813 ratings
84.
Holy Fire
Holy Fire 3.72 avg rating β€” 2,669 ratings
84.
50,000 A.D. The Awakening
50,000 A.D. The Awakening 3.43 avg rating β€” 77 ratings
84.
Creature Tech
Creature Tech 3.92 avg rating β€” 1,170 ratings
84.
Dialogue Prompt: "We Are Not Alone In The Universe!"
Dialogue Prompt: "We Are Not Alone In The Universe!" 4.12 avg rating β€” 59 ratings
88.
All the Lives He Led
All the Lives He Led 2.88 avg rating β€” 279 ratings
88.
NSA Wormhole Project
NSA Wormhole Project 3.71 avg rating β€” 7 ratings
88.
We
We 3.88 avg rating β€” 107,850 ratings
88.
QualityLand (QualityLand, #1)
QualityLand (QualityLand, #1) 4.11 avg rating β€” 24,987 ratings
88.
Record of a Spaceborn Few (Wayfarers, #3)
Record of a Spaceborn Few (Wayfarers, #3) 4.12 avg rating β€” 56,779 ratings
93.
The Prestige
The Prestige 3.92 avg rating β€” 24,070 ratings
93.
On a Pale Horse (Incarnations of Immortality #1)
On a Pale Horse (Incarnations of Immortality #1) 4.13 avg rating β€” 41,049 ratings
95.
Mockingbird
Mockingbird 4.16 avg rating β€” 11,692 ratings
95.
DOCTOR WHO: WHO-OLOGY
DOCTOR WHO: WHO-OLOGY 4.22 avg rating β€” 2,007 ratings
95.
Only Forward
Only Forward 4.22 avg rating β€” 6,062 ratings
95.
Shift (Silo #2)
Shift (Silo #2) 4.13 avg rating β€” 143,474 ratings
95.
The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer
The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer 4.16 avg rating β€” 92,363 ratings
100.
Lovelock (Mayflower Trilogy, #1)
Lovelock (Mayflower Trilogy, #1) 3.47 avg rating β€” 2,508 ratings
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