Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century

1.
Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1) 4.23 avg rating — 1,266,705 ratings
2.
The Martian
The Martian
by: Andy Weir
4.42 avg rating — 1,238,541 ratings
3.
Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)
Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1) 4.23 avg rating — 216,436 ratings
4.
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 9,593,199 ratings
5.
Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)
Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1) 4.31 avg rating — 304,539 ratings
6.
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 656,681 ratings
7.
Wool Omnibus (Silo, #1)
Wool Omnibus (Silo, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 367,286 ratings
8.
The Road
The Road really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,001,556 ratings
9.
Anathem
Anathem 4.17 avg rating — 74,547 ratings
10.
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War 4.02 avg rating — 556,582 ratings
11.
Altered Carbon (Takeshi Kovacs, #1)
Altered Carbon (Takeshi Kovacs, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 112,794 ratings
12.
The Windup Girl
The Windup Girl 3.75 avg rating — 77,339 ratings
13.
The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)
The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)
by: Liu Cixin
4.08 avg rating — 460,685 ratings
14.
Cloud Atlas
Cloud Atlas 4.01 avg rating — 262,697 ratings
15.
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 281,916 ratings
16.
Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1)
Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 115,491 ratings
17.
Revelation Space (Revelation Space, #1)
Revelation Space (Revelation Space, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 60,083 ratings
18.
Pandora's Star (Commonwealth Saga, #1)
Pandora's Star (Commonwealth Saga, #1) 4.23 avg rating — 52,774 ratings
19.
11/22/63
11/22/63 4.35 avg rating — 613,982 ratings
20.
Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me Go 3.85 avg rating — 813,038 ratings
21.
Perdido Street Station (New Crobuzon, #1)
Perdido Street Station (New Crobuzon, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 74,034 ratings
22.
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2) 4.35 avg rating — 4,010,987 ratings
23.
Spin (Spin, #1)
Spin (Spin, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 43,587 ratings
24.
The Ghost Brigades (Old Man's War, #2)
The Ghost Brigades (Old Man's War, #2) 4.12 avg rating — 93,085 ratings
25.
Seveneves
Seveneves really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 122,803 ratings
26.
Golden Son (Red Rising Saga, #2)
Golden Son (Red Rising Saga, #2) 4.49 avg rating — 400,647 ratings
27.
Redshirts
Redshirts 3.87 avg rating — 114,921 ratings
28.
Divergent (Divergent, #1)
Divergent (Divergent, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 4,286,500 ratings
29.
The Time Traveler's Wife
The Time Traveler's Wife really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,842,964 ratings
30.
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3) 4.11 avg rating — 3,592,942 ratings
31.
The City & the City
The City & the City 3.90 avg rating — 76,286 ratings
32.
Caliban’s War (The Expanse, #2)
Caliban’s War (The Expanse, #2) 4.39 avg rating — 174,878 ratings
33.
Blindsight (Firefall, #1)
Blindsight (Firefall, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 50,870 ratings
34.
Project Hail Mary
Project Hail Mary
by: Andy Weir
4.50 avg rating — 868,275 ratings
35.
Daemon (Daemon, #1)
Daemon (Daemon, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 47,818 ratings
36.
Reamde
Reamde 3.99 avg rating — 56,788 ratings
37.
Dark Matter
Dark Matter 4.14 avg rating — 664,683 ratings
38.
Station Eleven
Station Eleven 4.07 avg rating — 590,176 ratings
39.
The Passage (The Passage, #1)
The Passage (The Passage, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 220,279 ratings
40.
Little Brother (Little Brother, #1)
Little Brother (Little Brother, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 52,725 ratings
41.
Ilium (Ilium, #1)
Ilium (Ilium, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 31,804 ratings
42.
All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 335,012 ratings
43.
Chasm City
Chasm City 4.13 avg rating — 26,993 ratings
44.
House of Suns
House of Suns 4.24 avg rating — 31,337 ratings
45.
Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, #1)
Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 46,123 ratings
46.
Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1)
Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 281,830 ratings
47.
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 175,347 ratings
48.
Pattern Recognition (Blue Ant, #1)
Pattern Recognition (Blue Ant, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 52,111 ratings
49.
Embassytown
Embassytown 3.90 avg rating — 33,982 ratings
50.
Matter (Culture, #8)
Matter (Culture, #8) 4.11 avg rating — 29,297 ratings
51.
The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam, #2)
The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam, #2) 4.07 avg rating — 130,980 ratings
52.
Redemption Ark (Revelation Space, #2)
Redemption Ark (Revelation Space, #2) 4.16 avg rating — 31,765 ratings
53.
The Last Colony (Old Man's War, #3)
The Last Colony (Old Man's War, #3) 4.10 avg rating — 70,537 ratings
54.
The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #2)
The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #2)
by: Liu Cixin
4.40 avg rating — 204,528 ratings
55.
1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3)
1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3) 3.95 avg rating — 333,021 ratings
56.
Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)
Children of Time (Children of Time, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 159,963 ratings
57.
The Algebraist
The Algebraist 4.04 avg rating — 23,915 ratings
58.
Accelerando
Accelerando 3.87 avg rating — 21,991 ratings
59.
The Quantum Thief (Jean le Flambeur, #1)
The Quantum Thief (Jean le Flambeur, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 23,441 ratings
60.
Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse, #3)
Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse, #3) 4.28 avg rating — 147,848 ratings
61.
Pushing Ice
Pushing Ice 4.07 avg rating — 21,501 ratings
62.
The Girl with All the Gifts (The Girl With All the Gifts, #1)
The Girl with All the Gifts (The Girl With All the Gifts, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 240,806 ratings
63.
Broken Angels (Takeshi Kovacs, #2)
Broken Angels (Takeshi Kovacs, #2) 3.92 avg rating — 38,481 ratings
64.
Surface Detail (Culture, #9)
Surface Detail (Culture, #9) 4.26 avg rating — 29,668 ratings
65.
Fuzzy Nation (Fuzzy Sapiens, #7)
Fuzzy Nation (Fuzzy Sapiens, #7) 4.14 avg rating — 31,775 ratings
66.
Blackout (Oxford Time Travel, #3)
Blackout (Oxford Time Travel, #3) 3.85 avg rating — 26,988 ratings
67.
Robopocalypse (Robopocalypse, #1)
Robopocalypse (Robopocalypse, #1) 3.71 avg rating — 40,880 ratings
68.
The Yiddish Policemen's Union
The Yiddish Policemen's Union 3.72 avg rating — 79,297 ratings
69.
Woken Furies (Takeshi Kovacs, #3)
Woken Furies (Takeshi Kovacs, #3) 4.01 avg rating — 31,877 ratings
70.
Freedom™ (Daemon, #2)
Freedom™ (Daemon, #2) 4.26 avg rating — 29,887 ratings
71.
Under the Dome
Under the Dome 3.93 avg rating — 317,764 ratings
72.
Dust (Silo, #3)
Dust (Silo, #3) 4.23 avg rating — 128,483 ratings
73.
The Scar (New Crobuzon, #2)
The Scar (New Crobuzon, #2) 4.19 avg rating — 34,177 ratings
74.
We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)
We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 114,079 ratings
75.
Look to Windward (Culture, #7)
Look to Windward (Culture, #7) 4.23 avg rating — 28,822 ratings
76.
Shadow of the Hegemon (The Shadow Series, #2)
Shadow of the Hegemon (The Shadow Series, #2) 3.97 avg rating — 80,589 ratings
77.
Shift (Silo, #2)
Shift (Silo, #2) 4.13 avg rating — 143,457 ratings
78.
The Dreaming Void (Void #1)
The Dreaming Void (Void #1) 4.18 avg rating — 29,329 ratings
79.
The Prefect (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #1)
The Prefect (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 21,239 ratings
80.
14 (Threshold, #1)
14 (Threshold, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 38,668 ratings
81.
The Confusion (The Baroque Cycle, #2)
The Confusion (The Baroque Cycle, #2) 4.27 avg rating — 25,021 ratings
82.
Olympos (Ilium, #2)
Olympos (Ilium, #2) 3.95 avg rating — 20,212 ratings
83.
All Clear (Oxford Time Travel, 4)
All Clear (Oxford Time Travel, 4) 4.08 avg rating — 21,652 ratings
84.
Rainbows End
Rainbows End 3.77 avg rating — 18,763 ratings
85.
The System of the World (The Baroque Cycle, #3)
The System of the World (The Baroque Cycle, #3) 4.33 avg rating — 22,823 ratings
86.
Morning Star (Red Rising Saga, #3)
Morning Star (Red Rising Saga, #3) 4.53 avg rating — 327,968 ratings
87.
The Long Earth (The Long Earth, #1)
The Long Earth (The Long Earth, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 61,541 ratings
88.
The Years of Rice and Salt
The Years of Rice and Salt 3.76 avg rating — 15,183 ratings
89.
The High Auction (Wisdom Revolution, #1)
The High Auction (Wisdom Revolution, #1)
by: Misba
4.69 avg rating — 16,545 ratings
90.
The Cheat Code (Wisdom Revolution, #3)
The Cheat Code (Wisdom Revolution, #3)
by: Misba
4.73 avg rating — 4,082 ratings
91.
The Oldest Dance (Wisdom Revolution, #2)
The Oldest Dance (Wisdom Revolution, #2)
by: Misba
4.70 avg rating — 13,564 ratings
92.
Thirteen
Thirteen 3.91 avg rating — 12,714 ratings
93.
Nexus (Nexus, #1)
Nexus (Nexus, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 20,823 ratings
94.
Ancillary Sword (Imperial Radch, #2)
Ancillary Sword (Imperial Radch, #2) 4.08 avg rating — 59,021 ratings
95.
Gridlinked (Agent Cormac #1, Polity Universe #3)
Gridlinked (Agent Cormac #1, Polity Universe #3) 3.96 avg rating — 12,583 ratings
96.
Absolution Gap (Revelation Space, #3)
Absolution Gap (Revelation Space, #3) 4.02 avg rating — 24,622 ratings
97.
Singularity Sky (Eschaton, #1)
Singularity Sky (Eschaton, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 15,963 ratings
98.
The Atrocity Archives (Laundry Files, #1)
The Atrocity Archives (Laundry Files, #1) 3.90 avg rating — 26,905 ratings
99.
The Speed of Dark
The Speed of Dark 3.99 avg rating — 11,545 ratings
100.
Diplomatic Immunity (Vorkosigan Saga, #13)
Diplomatic Immunity (Vorkosigan Saga, #13) 4.20 avg rating — 17,198 ratings
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