Best British Science Fiction

1.
1984
1984 4.20 avg rating — 5,226,201 ratings
2.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1) 4.22 avg rating — 1,969,993 ratings
3.
Brave New World
Brave New World 3.99 avg rating — 2,015,653 ratings
4.
The War of the Worlds
The War of the Worlds 3.83 avg rating — 340,287 ratings
5.
Childhood’s End
Childhood’s End 4.12 avg rating — 169,996 ratings
6.
The Time Machine
The Time Machine 3.89 avg rating — 552,926 ratings
7.
The Day of the Triffids
The Day of the Triffids 4.01 avg rating — 115,100 ratings
8.
2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)
2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 330,496 ratings
9.
The Island of Dr. Moreau
The Island of Dr. Moreau 3.73 avg rating — 131,603 ratings
10.
Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)
Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 179,277 ratings
11.
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #2)
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #2) 4.20 avg rating — 309,584 ratings
12.
The Invisible Man
The Invisible Man 3.63 avg rating — 211,129 ratings
13.
The City and the Stars
The City and the Stars 4.08 avg rating — 35,754 ratings
14.
The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)
The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 136,054 ratings
15.
Inverted World
Inverted World 3.95 avg rating — 10,475 ratings
16.
Fire Caste (Warhammer 40,000)
Fire Caste (Warhammer 40,000) 4.24 avg rating — 755 ratings
17.
Life, the Universe and Everything (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #3)
Life, the Universe and Everything (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #3) 4.16 avg rating — 246,197 ratings
18.
Frankenstein
Frankenstein 3.89 avg rating — 1,772,202 ratings
19.
A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 753,913 ratings
20.
Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy, #1)
Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 103,662 ratings
21.
Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me Go 3.85 avg rating — 813,216 ratings
22.
The Kraken Wakes
The Kraken Wakes 3.76 avg rating — 11,261 ratings
23.
Just One Damned Thing After Another (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #1)
Just One Damned Thing After Another (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 50,761 ratings
24.
Revelation Space (Revelation Space, #1)
Revelation Space (Revelation Space, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 60,092 ratings
24.
The Drowned World
The Drowned World 3.47 avg rating — 20,156 ratings
26.
Rendezvous with Rama
Rendezvous with Rama 4.12 avg rating — 179,277 ratings
27.
The Fountains of Paradise
The Fountains of Paradise 3.95 avg rating — 31,288 ratings
27.
The Nine Billion Names of God
The Nine Billion Names of God 4.06 avg rating — 8,477 ratings
29.
High-Rise
High-Rise 3.60 avg rating — 36,509 ratings
30.
Non-Stop
Non-Stop 3.89 avg rating — 7,404 ratings
31.
The Children of Men
The Children of Men 3.67 avg rating — 51,105 ratings
32.
The Chrysalids
The Chrysalids 3.93 avg rating — 60,781 ratings
33.
The Player of Games (Culture, #2)
The Player of Games (Culture, #2) 4.28 avg rating — 78,338 ratings
33.
Lost in a Good Book (Thursday Next, #2)
Lost in a Good Book (Thursday Next, #2) 4.13 avg rating — 55,640 ratings
35.
Slow River
Slow River 3.85 avg rating — 4,155 ratings
35.
Jackboot Britain
Jackboot Britain 3.63 avg rating — 112 ratings
37.
Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)
Children of Time (Children of Time, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 160,022 ratings
38.
A for Andromeda
A for Andromeda 3.57 avg rating — 788 ratings
39.
River of Gods (India 2047, #1)
River of Gods (India 2047, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 6,110 ratings
40.
Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2)
Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2) 4.01 avg rating — 58,443 ratings
41.
Brasyl
Brasyl 3.67 avg rating — 3,080 ratings
41.
The Dervish House
The Dervish House 3.86 avg rating — 4,639 ratings
41.
Stand On Zanzibar
Stand On Zanzibar 3.94 avg rating — 17,111 ratings
44.
The Quatermass Experiment (Quatermass #1)
The Quatermass Experiment (Quatermass #1) 4.03 avg rating — 133 ratings
45.
2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)
2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 330,496 ratings
46.
Quatermass (Quatermass #4)
Quatermass (Quatermass #4) 3.84 avg rating — 180 ratings
46.
Quatermass II (Quatermass #2)
Quatermass II (Quatermass #2) 4.17 avg rating — 71 ratings
48.
The Seeds of Time
The Seeds of Time 3.81 avg rating — 2,707 ratings
49.
The Embedding
The Embedding 3.41 avg rating — 793 ratings
50.
The Crystal World
The Crystal World 3.60 avg rating — 4,697 ratings
51.
The Centauri Device
The Centauri Device 3.36 avg rating — 1,802 ratings
52.
Last and First Men
Last and First Men 3.79 avg rating — 6,762 ratings
53.
Dark Eden
Dark Eden 3.78 avg rating — 8,376 ratings
54.
Light (Kefahuchi Tract, #1)
Light (Kefahuchi Tract, #1) 3.60 avg rating — 6,527 ratings
55.
Where Time Winds Blow
Where Time Winds Blow 3.52 avg rating — 187 ratings
56.
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (Dirk Gently, #1)
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (Dirk Gently, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 146,635 ratings
57.
Accelerando
Accelerando 3.87 avg rating — 21,991 ratings
57.
Star Maker
Star Maker 3.91 avg rating — 9,116 ratings
57.
Goldilocks
Goldilocks
by: L.R. Lam
3.72 avg rating — 5,564 ratings
60.
The Girl With All the Gifts
The Girl With All the Gifts 3.95 avg rating — 240,820 ratings
60.
Only Forward
Only Forward 4.22 avg rating — 6,062 ratings
62.
The Quiet War (The Quiet War, #1)
The Quiet War (The Quiet War, #1) 3.61 avg rating — 2,355 ratings
62.
The Affirmation
The Affirmation 3.90 avg rating — 2,278 ratings
62.
Memoirs of a Spacewoman
Memoirs of a Spacewoman 3.58 avg rating — 520 ratings
62.
The Time Ships
The Time Ships 3.95 avg rating — 6,339 ratings
66.
The Death of Grass
The Death of Grass 3.88 avg rating — 10,706 ratings
66.
A Scientific Romance
A Scientific Romance 3.65 avg rating — 622 ratings
68.
The Black Corridor
The Black Corridor 3.57 avg rating — 522 ratings
69.
Greybeard
Greybeard 3.55 avg rating — 2,194 ratings
70.
The Drought
The Drought 3.55 avg rating — 2,935 ratings
71.
The Wanting Seed
The Wanting Seed 3.72 avg rating — 6,792 ratings
71.
The Fall of Chronopolis
The Fall of Chronopolis 3.72 avg rating — 177 ratings
73.
The Squares of the City
The Squares of the City 3.40 avg rating — 675 ratings
73.
The Crucible of Time
The Crucible of Time 3.73 avg rating — 1,187 ratings
75.
Low Flying Aircraft And Other Stories
Low Flying Aircraft And Other Stories 3.81 avg rating — 338 ratings
76.
The Prestige
The Prestige 3.92 avg rating — 24,071 ratings
76.
Julia
Julia 3.73 avg rating — 12,424 ratings
78.
Passport to Eternity
Passport to Eternity 3.80 avg rating — 117 ratings
78.
Planesrunner (Everness #1)
Planesrunner (Everness #1) 3.68 avg rating — 1,177 ratings
78.
Fremder
Fremder 3.78 avg rating — 289 ratings
78.
Pushing Ice
Pushing Ice 4.07 avg rating — 21,504 ratings
78.
One
One
by: Eve Smith
4.01 avg rating — 474 ratings
83.
Hello America
Hello America 3.34 avg rating — 1,709 ratings
83.
The Passion of New Eve
The Passion of New Eve 3.67 avg rating — 5,008 ratings
83.
Cloud Atlas
Cloud Atlas 4.01 avg rating — 262,723 ratings
83.
Early Riser
Early Riser 3.87 avg rating — 16,863 ratings
87.
An Infinite Summer
An Infinite Summer 3.73 avg rating — 197 ratings
87.
The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman
The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman 3.73 avg rating — 3,950 ratings
87.
The Snow
The Snow 3.25 avg rating — 591 ratings
87.
The Humans
The Humans
by: Matt Haig
4.08 avg rating — 151,022 ratings
91.
Great North Road
Great North Road 4.07 avg rating — 17,918 ratings
92.
The Prince of Milk
The Prince of Milk
by: Exurb1a
4.23 avg rating — 3,012 ratings
93.
The Sentimental Agents in the Volyen Empire (Canopus in Argos, #5)
The Sentimental Agents in the Volyen Empire (Canopus in Argos, #5) 3.95 avg rating — 453 ratings
93.
Quatermass and the Pit (Quatermass #3)
Quatermass and the Pit (Quatermass #3) 4.27 avg rating — 121 ratings
93.
The Silent Multitude
The Silent Multitude 3.42 avg rating — 33 ratings
96.
The Possessors
The Possessors 3.56 avg rating — 261 ratings
97.
The Black Cloud
The Black Cloud 3.90 avg rating — 5,132 ratings
97.
Vermilion Sands
Vermilion Sands 3.89 avg rating — 1,852 ratings
99.
Imperial Earth
Imperial Earth 3.73 avg rating — 6,938 ratings
100.
Ossian's Ride
Ossian's Ride 3.29 avg rating — 163 ratings
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