Mind-bending Science Fiction

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Dune (Dune, #1)
Dune (Dune, #1) 4.28 avg rating β€” 1,570,361 ratings
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Childhood’s End
Childhood’s End 4.12 avg rating β€” 170,001 ratings
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Foundation (Foundation, #1)
Foundation (Foundation, #1) 4.17 avg rating β€” 580,921 ratings
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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 β€” 460,885 ratings
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Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)
Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1) 4.12 avg rating β€” 179,285 ratings
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Stories of Your Life and Others
Stories of Your Life and Others 4.25 avg rating β€” 120,109 ratings
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The Left Hand of Darkness
The Left Hand of Darkness 4.10 avg rating β€” 209,463 ratings
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Ubik
Ubik 4.11 avg rating β€” 118,741 ratings
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Ringworld (Ringworld #1)
Ringworld (Ringworld #1) 3.94 avg rating β€” 127,131 ratings
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Diaspora
Diaspora
by: Greg Egan
4.10 avg rating β€” 10,688 ratings
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Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3)
Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3)
by: Liu Cixin
4.41 avg rating β€” 159,304 ratings
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Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1) 4.31 avg rating β€” 1,449,765 ratings
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Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions 3.81 avg rating β€” 75,633 ratings
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Unanimity (Spiral Worlds, #1)
Unanimity (Spiral Worlds, #1) 4.03 avg rating β€” 143 ratings
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2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)
2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1) 4.17 avg rating β€” 330,502 ratings
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Blindsight (Firefall, #1)
Blindsight (Firefall, #1) 4.01 avg rating β€” 50,893 ratings
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Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1) 4.27 avg rating β€” 285,946 ratings
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The Player of Games (Culture, #2)
The Player of Games (Culture, #2) 4.28 avg rating β€” 78,343 ratings
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Solaris
Solaris 3.99 avg rating β€” 124,306 ratings
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Masters of the Broken Watches
Masters of the Broken Watches
by: Razi Imam
4.23 avg rating β€” 468 ratings
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Quarantine
Quarantine
by: Greg Egan
3.91 avg rating β€” 6,142 ratings
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Dragon's Egg (Cheela, #1)
Dragon's Egg (Cheela, #1) 4.12 avg rating β€” 9,558 ratings
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The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia 4.25 avg rating β€” 143,169 ratings
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The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch 4.01 avg rating β€” 42,325 ratings
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Time Out of Joint
Time Out of Joint 3.86 avg rating β€” 16,199 ratings
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Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1)
Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1) 3.99 avg rating β€” 115,504 ratings
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A Scanner Darkly
A Scanner Darkly 4.03 avg rating β€” 108,213 ratings
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Use of Weapons (Culture, #3)
Use of Weapons (Culture, #3) 4.16 avg rating β€” 51,312 ratings
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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 β€” 204,604 ratings
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Spin (Spin, #1)
Spin (Spin, #1) 4.04 avg rating β€” 43,594 ratings
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Ascension
Ascension 3.58 avg rating β€” 12,720 ratings
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The Present (VanWest, #2)
The Present (VanWest, #2) 3.64 avg rating β€” 2,283 ratings
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The Past (VanWest, #1)
The Past (VanWest, #1) 3.93 avg rating β€” 797 ratings
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The Forge of God (Forge of God, #1)
The Forge of God (Forge of God, #1)
by: Greg Bear
3.86 avg rating β€” 16,125 ratings
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The Rediscovery of Man: The Complete Short Science Fiction of Cordwainer Smith
The Rediscovery of Man: The Complete Short Science Fiction of Cordwainer Smith 4.35 avg rating β€” 1,212 ratings
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Doomsday Book (Oxford Time Travel, #1)
Doomsday Book (Oxford Time Travel, #1) 4.03 avg rating β€” 63,443 ratings
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The Golden Age (Golden Age, #1)
The Golden Age (Golden Age, #1) 4.07 avg rating β€” 3,340 ratings
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Mission of Gravity (Mesklin #1)
Mission of Gravity (Mesklin #1) 3.90 avg rating β€” 7,528 ratings
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Permutation City
Permutation City
by: Greg Egan
4.06 avg rating β€” 12,307 ratings
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The Gods Themselves
The Gods Themselves 4.09 avg rating β€” 67,335 ratings
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Axiomatic
Axiomatic
by: Greg Egan
4.27 avg rating β€” 6,235 ratings
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Moral Compass to Be, or Not to Be
Moral Compass to Be, or Not to Be 4.42 avg rating β€” 76 ratings
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Planet Ignis
Planet Ignis 4.29 avg rating β€” 17 ratings
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A Maze of Death
A Maze of Death 3.82 avg rating β€” 9,974 ratings
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Raft (Xeelee Sequence, #1)
Raft (Xeelee Sequence, #1) 3.68 avg rating β€” 4,621 ratings
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The Inverted World
The Inverted World 3.95 avg rating β€” 10,475 ratings
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Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1)
Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1) 3.86 avg rating β€” 87,063 ratings
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House of Suns
House of Suns 4.24 avg rating β€” 31,347 ratings
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Dark Matter
Dark Matter 4.14 avg rating β€” 665,003 ratings
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The Ship Who Sang (Brainship, #1)
The Ship Who Sang (Brainship, #1) 4.04 avg rating β€” 26,298 ratings
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The Ophiuchi Hotline
The Ophiuchi Hotline 3.87 avg rating β€” 3,660 ratings
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The Word for World Is Forest
The Word for World Is Forest 4.06 avg rating β€” 40,132 ratings
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The World of Null A
The World of Null A 3.70 avg rating β€” 4,768 ratings
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A Point of Honor
A Point of Honor 3.79 avg rating β€” 106 ratings
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Count to a Trillion (Count to the Eschaton Sequence, #1)
Count to a Trillion (Count to the Eschaton Sequence, #1) 3.45 avg rating β€” 1,406 ratings
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Simulacron 3
Simulacron 3 4.05 avg rating β€” 1,163 ratings
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Our Lit: A far future science fiction novel.
Our Lit: A far future science fiction novel. 4.44 avg rating β€” 9 ratings
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The Gone World
The Gone World 3.92 avg rating β€” 25,402 ratings
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Children of Ruin (Children of Time, #2)
Children of Ruin (Children of Time, #2) 4.05 avg rating β€” 55,769 ratings
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Norstrilia
Norstrilia 3.99 avg rating β€” 2,837 ratings
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The Corridors of Time
The Corridors of Time 3.63 avg rating β€” 1,371 ratings
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Timelike Infinity (Xeelee Sequence, #2)
Timelike Infinity (Xeelee Sequence, #2) 3.86 avg rating β€” 2,422 ratings
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Seveneves
Seveneves really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 122,816 ratings
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Radix (Radix #1)
Radix (Radix #1) 3.75 avg rating β€” 1,254 ratings
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Martian Time-Slip
Martian Time-Slip 3.78 avg rating β€” 14,089 ratings
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Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said 3.91 avg rating β€” 44,735 ratings
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Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk Anthology
Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk Anthology 3.94 avg rating β€” 9,146 ratings
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Snow Crash
Snow Crash 4.01 avg rating β€” 293,461 ratings
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To Say Nothing of the Dog (Oxford Time Travel, #2)
To Say Nothing of the Dog (Oxford Time Travel, #2) 4.11 avg rating β€” 43,400 ratings
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Latinx Rising: An Anthology of Latinx Science Fiction and Fantasy
Latinx Rising: An Anthology of Latinx Science Fiction and Fantasy 4.01 avg rating β€” 96 ratings
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Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1)
Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1) 4.15 avg rating β€” 60,533 ratings
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Blood Music
Blood Music
by: Greg Bear
3.84 avg rating β€” 16,525 ratings
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Neverness (A Requiem for Homo Sapiens, #0)
Neverness (A Requiem for Homo Sapiens, #0) 4.05 avg rating β€” 1,727 ratings
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Lilith's Brood (Xenogenesis, #1-3)
Lilith's Brood (Xenogenesis, #1-3) 4.37 avg rating β€” 21,511 ratings
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Woman on the Edge of Time
Woman on the Edge of Time 3.92 avg rating β€” 18,313 ratings
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Vultures' Descent
Vultures' Descent really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 6 ratings
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Dining Out Around the Solar System (Dining Out Around The Solar System, #1)
Dining Out Around the Solar System (Dining Out Around The Solar System, #1) 4.12 avg rating β€” 75 ratings
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After Mind
After Mind 3.35 avg rating β€” 63 ratings
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When the Earth Had a Moon: Part 1
When the Earth Had a Moon: Part 1 3.44 avg rating β€” 79 ratings
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Little Heroes
Little Heroes 3.74 avg rating β€” 442 ratings
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A Fire Within (Sekret Machines #2)
A Fire Within (Sekret Machines #2) 4.07 avg rating β€” 931 ratings
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Beyond Infinity: A MatheMATTical Adventure
Beyond Infinity: A MatheMATTical Adventure 3.30 avg rating β€” 23 ratings
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Skull Flowers
Skull Flowers 2.63 avg rating β€” 143 ratings
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Fallen World
Fallen World 4.67 avg rating β€” 6 ratings
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U-10
U-10 4.33 avg rating β€” 110 ratings
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Reincarnated in an Alien's Body: Trapped on an Alien version of our Own Universe
Reincarnated in an Alien's Body: Trapped on an Alien version of our Own Universe 4.50 avg rating β€” 2 ratings
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Phoenix (Queen's Avatar #1)
Phoenix (Queen's Avatar #1) 4.21 avg rating β€” 28 ratings
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BEAR SERUM
BEAR SERUM 4.41 avg rating β€” 17 ratings
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Kaji Warriors: Shifting Strength
Kaji Warriors: Shifting Strength 4.55 avg rating β€” 20 ratings
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Blue Screen: How Peter Gustafson Defragmented the World
Blue Screen: How Peter Gustafson Defragmented the World 3.61 avg rating β€” 49 ratings
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The Gazebo (Series of Doors #1)
The Gazebo (Series of Doors #1)
by: A.C. Zito
4.84 avg rating β€” 50 ratings
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The Planet Maker
The Planet Maker
by: A.C. Zito
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β€” 1 rating
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The Day I Killed God
The Day I Killed God 3.22 avg rating β€” 18 ratings
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Leaving Safety (Safety Trilogy Book 1)
Leaving Safety (Safety Trilogy Book 1) 4.56 avg rating β€” 16 ratings
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The Weight of Dusk
The Weight of Dusk 4.67 avg rating β€” 6 ratings
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By The Icehawk's Feather
By The Icehawk's Feather it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β€” 7 ratings
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The Forerunner (Vice Versa, #1)
The Forerunner (Vice Versa, #1) 3.36 avg rating β€” 25 ratings
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Hong on the Range
Hong on the Range 3.74 avg rating β€” 19 ratings
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A Smeared Beginning
A Smeared Beginning 4.60 avg rating β€” 5 ratings
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Tripping the Multiverse (Jade and Antigone #1)
Tripping the Multiverse (Jade and Antigone #1) 4.17 avg rating β€” 23 ratings
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