The Best Classical Science Fiction Works

1.
Dune (Dune, #1)
Dune (Dune, #1) 4.28 avg rating β€” 1,570,419 ratings
2.
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1) 4.31 avg rating β€” 1,449,792 ratings
3.
Foundation (Foundation, #1)
Foundation (Foundation, #1) 4.17 avg rating β€” 580,936 ratings
4.
1984
1984 4.20 avg rating β€” 5,226,813 ratings
5.
The Martian Chronicles
The Martian Chronicles 4.16 avg rating β€” 279,654 ratings
6.
Stranger in a Strange Land
Stranger in a Strange Land 3.92 avg rating β€” 323,285 ratings
7.
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 β€” 1,970,085 ratings
8.
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 3.97 avg rating β€” 2,719,132 ratings
9.
I, Robot (Robot, #0.1)
I, Robot (Robot, #0.1) 4.21 avg rating β€” 369,924 ratings
10.
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress 4.15 avg rating β€” 136,881 ratings
11.
The War of the Worlds
The War of the Worlds 3.83 avg rating β€” 340,306 ratings
12.
Foundation and Empire (Foundation, #2)
Foundation and Empire (Foundation, #2) 4.22 avg rating β€” 220,352 ratings
13.
Flowers for Algernon
Flowers for Algernon 4.23 avg rating β€” 763,653 ratings
14.
Rendezvous With Rama
Rendezvous With Rama 4.12 avg rating β€” 179,291 ratings
15.
2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)
2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1) 4.17 avg rating β€” 330,506 ratings
16.
Brave New World
Brave New World 3.99 avg rating β€” 2,015,786 ratings
17.
Second Foundation (Foundation, #3)
Second Foundation (Foundation, #3) 4.27 avg rating β€” 197,722 ratings
18.
The Time Machine
The Time Machine 3.89 avg rating β€” 552,954 ratings
19.
Speaker for the Dead (Ender's Saga, #2)
Speaker for the Dead (Ender's Saga, #2) 4.11 avg rating β€” 267,200 ratings
20.
Childhood’s End
Childhood’s End 4.12 avg rating β€” 170,006 ratings
21.
Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy, #1)
Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy, #1) 3.93 avg rating β€” 103,667 ratings
22.
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 4.09 avg rating β€” 496,016 ratings
23.
Neuromancer (Sprawl #1)
Neuromancer (Sprawl #1) 3.89 avg rating β€” 354,087 ratings
24.
Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1) 4.27 avg rating β€” 285,955 ratings
25.
The Stars My Destination
The Stars My Destination 4.06 avg rating β€” 54,401 ratings
26.
The Caves of Steel (Robot, #1)
The Caves of Steel (Robot, #1) 4.19 avg rating β€” 109,414 ratings
27.
Slaughterhouse-Five
Slaughterhouse-Five 4.10 avg rating β€” 1,451,354 ratings
28.
Dune Messiah (Dune Chronicles, #2)
Dune Messiah (Dune Chronicles, #2) 3.89 avg rating β€” 380,127 ratings
29.
Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park, #1)
Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park, #1) 4.12 avg rating β€” 1,031,636 ratings
30.
The Past Through Tomorrow (Future History, #1-21)
The Past Through Tomorrow (Future History, #1-21) 4.16 avg rating β€” 16,724 ratings
31.
A Canticle for Leibowitz (St. Leibowitz, #1)
A Canticle for Leibowitz (St. Leibowitz, #1) 3.99 avg rating β€” 116,706 ratings
32.
Solaris
Solaris 3.99 avg rating β€” 124,317 ratings
33.
The Day of the Triffids
The Day of the Triffids 4.01 avg rating β€” 115,104 ratings
34.
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2)
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2) 3.89 avg rating β€” 270,615 ratings
35.
The Man in the High Castle
The Man in the High Castle 3.59 avg rating β€” 229,256 ratings
36.
Frankenstein
Frankenstein 3.89 avg rating β€” 1,772,362 ratings
37.
The Left Hand of Darkness
The Left Hand of Darkness 4.10 avg rating β€” 209,479 ratings
38.
Gateway (Heechee Saga, #1)
Gateway (Heechee Saga, #1) 4.06 avg rating β€” 46,820 ratings
39.
The Demolished Man
The Demolished Man 3.97 avg rating β€” 33,423 ratings
40.
The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)
The Forever War (The Forever War, #1) 4.14 avg rating β€” 176,937 ratings
41.
Children of Dune (Dune #3)
Children of Dune (Dune #3) 3.96 avg rating β€” 237,046 ratings
42.
The Door Into Summer
The Door Into Summer 4.02 avg rating β€” 28,114 ratings
43.
Ubik
Ubik 4.11 avg rating β€” 118,746 ratings
44.
The Dispossessed
The Dispossessed 4.25 avg rating β€” 143,180 ratings
45.
Cat’s Cradle
Cat’s Cradle 4.15 avg rating β€” 428,404 ratings
46.
A Wrinkle in Time (A Wrinkle in Time Quintet, #1)
A Wrinkle in Time (A Wrinkle in Time Quintet, #1) 3.97 avg rating β€” 1,263,411 ratings
47.
The End of Eternity
The End of Eternity 4.24 avg rating β€” 60,801 ratings
48.
Ringworld (Ringworld #1)
Ringworld (Ringworld #1) 3.94 avg rating β€” 127,133 ratings
49.
The Postman
The Postman 3.89 avg rating β€” 36,992 ratings
50.
To Your Scattered Bodies Go (Riverworld, #1)
To Your Scattered Bodies Go (Riverworld, #1) 3.93 avg rating β€” 33,364 ratings
51.
The Fall of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #2)
The Fall of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #2) 4.24 avg rating β€” 141,863 ratings
52.
Cities in Flight (Cities in Flight, #1-4)
Cities in Flight (Cities in Flight, #1-4) 3.92 avg rating β€” 6,623 ratings
53.
The Puppet Masters
The Puppet Masters 3.89 avg rating β€” 33,861 ratings
54.
The Sirens of Titan
The Sirens of Titan 4.15 avg rating β€” 153,681 ratings
54.
Nightfall
Nightfall 4.06 avg rating β€” 37,448 ratings
56.
Lord of Light
Lord of Light 4.05 avg rating β€” 34,874 ratings
57.
The Lost World (Professor Challenger, #1)
The Lost World (Professor Challenger, #1) 3.93 avg rating β€” 71,248 ratings
58.
A Case of Conscience (After Such Knowledge, #4)
A Case of Conscience (After Such Knowledge, #4) 3.61 avg rating β€” 7,134 ratings
59.
Snow Crash
Snow Crash 4.01 avg rating β€” 293,465 ratings
60.
The City and the Stars
The City and the Stars 4.08 avg rating β€” 35,759 ratings
61.
Nine Princes in Amber (The Chronicles of Amber, #1)
Nine Princes in Amber (The Chronicles of Amber, #1) 4.05 avg rating β€” 60,104 ratings
62.
City
City 4.08 avg rating β€” 18,702 ratings
63.
R.U.R.
R.U.R. 3.84 avg rating β€” 16,745 ratings
64.
Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1)
Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1) 3.86 avg rating β€” 87,065 ratings
65.
Citizen of the Galaxy
Citizen of the Galaxy 4.01 avg rating β€” 17,627 ratings
66.
When the People Fell
When the People Fell 4.35 avg rating β€” 1,212 ratings
67.
The Cat Who Walks Through Walls
The Cat Who Walks Through Walls 3.71 avg rating β€” 23,906 ratings
67.
The Pride of Chanur (Chanur, #1)
The Pride of Chanur (Chanur, #1) 3.94 avg rating β€” 7,632 ratings
69.
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court 3.77 avg rating β€” 106,760 ratings
70.
Tarzan of the Apes (Tarzan, #1)
Tarzan of the Apes (Tarzan, #1) 3.90 avg rating β€” 47,214 ratings
71.
Way Station
Way Station 4.03 avg rating β€” 29,187 ratings
72.
Friday
Friday 3.85 avg rating β€” 30,144 ratings
73.
Methuselah's Children
Methuselah's Children 4.01 avg rating β€” 21,046 ratings
74.
Babel-17
Babel-17 3.72 avg rating β€” 19,542 ratings
75.
Paris in the Twentieth Century
Paris in the Twentieth Century 3.39 avg rating β€” 2,867 ratings
76.
Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000
Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000 3.55 avg rating β€” 23,906 ratings
76.
The Memory of Earth (Homecoming, #1)
The Memory of Earth (Homecoming, #1) 3.60 avg rating β€” 16,927 ratings
76.
Needle (Needle, #1)
Needle (Needle, #1) 3.85 avg rating β€” 682 ratings
79.
The Book of the New Sun
The Book of the New Sun 4.23 avg rating β€” 4,542 ratings
80.
The Island of Dr. Moreau
The Island of Dr. Moreau 3.73 avg rating β€” 131,611 ratings
81.
Asimov's Mysteries
Asimov's Mysteries 3.92 avg rating β€” 1,970 ratings
82.
Martian Time-Slip
Martian Time-Slip 3.78 avg rating β€” 14,089 ratings
83.
Pavane
Pavane 3.70 avg rating β€” 3,535 ratings
84.
Stand on Zanzibar
Stand on Zanzibar 3.94 avg rating β€” 17,111 ratings
85.
That Hideous Strength (The Space Trilogy, #3)
That Hideous Strength (The Space Trilogy, #3) 3.93 avg rating β€” 44,540 ratings
86.
Tunnel in the Sky
Tunnel in the Sky 3.96 avg rating β€” 14,174 ratings
87.
Starman Jones
Starman Jones 3.89 avg rating β€” 9,073 ratings
88.
Dorsai! (Childe Cycle, #1)
Dorsai! (Childe Cycle, #1) 4.03 avg rating β€” 10,975 ratings
89.
Lucian's True History (1894)
Lucian's True History (1894) 3.80 avg rating β€” 1,890 ratings
89.
Jackboot Britain
Jackboot Britain 3.63 avg rating β€” 112 ratings
89.
A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 753,943 ratings
92.
Deathworld
Deathworld 3.98 avg rating β€” 2,244 ratings
92.
Earth Abides
Earth Abides 3.95 avg rating β€” 33,026 ratings
94.
The Unreasoning Mask
The Unreasoning Mask 3.50 avg rating β€” 521 ratings
95.
Animal Farm
Animal Farm 4.01 avg rating β€” 4,356,809 ratings
96.
The Fatal Eggs
The Fatal Eggs 3.75 avg rating β€” 11,698 ratings
96.
The Man-Kzin Wars (Man-Kzin Wars, #1)
The Man-Kzin Wars (Man-Kzin Wars, #1) 3.72 avg rating β€” 4,572 ratings
98.
A Scanner Darkly
A Scanner Darkly 4.03 avg rating β€” 108,216 ratings
99.
Darkwar (Darkwar #1-3)
Darkwar (Darkwar #1-3)
by: Glen Cook
3.91 avg rating β€” 528 ratings
99.
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Journey to the Center of the Earth 3.85 avg rating β€” 218,570 ratings
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