/r/PrintSF Recommends Science Fiction Novels

1.
Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 285,977 ratings
2.
Dune (Dune, #1)
Dune (Dune, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 1,570,545 ratings
3.
The Martian
The Martian
by: Andy Weir
4.42 avg rating — 1,239,018 ratings
3.
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 — 1,970,210 ratings
5.
The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)
The Forever War (The Forever War, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 176,948 ratings
6.
Foundation (Foundation, #1)
Foundation (Foundation, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 580,966 ratings
7.
The Player of Games (Culture, #2)
The Player of Games (Culture, #2) 4.28 avg rating — 78,351 ratings
8.
Neuromancer (Sprawl #1)
Neuromancer (Sprawl #1) 3.89 avg rating — 354,103 ratings
9.
Revelation Space (Revelation Space, #1)
Revelation Space (Revelation Space, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 60,102 ratings
10.
A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1)
A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 65,237 ratings
11.
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 4.09 avg rating — 496,044 ratings
12.
Snow Crash
Snow Crash 4.01 avg rating — 293,471 ratings
13.
Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)
Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1) 4.23 avg rating — 216,502 ratings
14.
The Left Hand of Darkness
The Left Hand of Darkness 4.10 avg rating — 209,500 ratings
15.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 2,323,653 ratings
16.
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress 4.15 avg rating — 136,883 ratings
17.
Blindsight (Firefall, #1)
Blindsight (Firefall, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 50,903 ratings
18.
Flowers for Algernon
Flowers for Algernon 4.23 avg rating — 763,722 ratings
19.
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1) 4.31 avg rating — 1,449,854 ratings
20.
Ubik
Ubik 4.11 avg rating — 118,756 ratings
21.
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 — 461,004 ratings
22.
Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)
Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 179,305 ratings
23.
Altered Carbon (Takeshi Kovacs, #1)
Altered Carbon (Takeshi Kovacs, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 112,813 ratings
24.
Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1) 4.23 avg rating — 1,266,987 ratings
25.
Starship Troopers
Starship Troopers 4.01 avg rating — 241,860 ratings
26.
Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)
Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1) 4.31 avg rating — 304,631 ratings
27.
The Stars My Destination
The Stars My Destination 4.06 avg rating — 54,402 ratings
28.
Childhood’s End
Childhood’s End 4.12 avg rating — 170,020 ratings
29.
Use of Weapons (Culture, #3)
Use of Weapons (Culture, #3) 4.16 avg rating — 51,314 ratings
30.
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia 4.25 avg rating — 143,195 ratings
31.
2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)
2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 330,514 ratings
32.
Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1)
Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 87,071 ratings
33.
Solaris
Solaris 3.99 avg rating — 124,336 ratings
34.
The Fall of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #2)
The Fall of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #2) 4.24 avg rating — 141,872 ratings
35.
A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)
A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2) 4.32 avg rating — 34,624 ratings
36.
Shadow & Claw (The Book of the New Sun, #1-2)
Shadow & Claw (The Book of the New Sun, #1-2) 4.04 avg rating — 21,842 ratings
37.
Anathem
Anathem 4.17 avg rating — 74,558 ratings
38.
The Man in the High Castle
The Man in the High Castle 3.59 avg rating — 229,266 ratings
39.
Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)
Children of Time (Children of Time, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 160,087 ratings
40.
Chasm City
Chasm City 4.13 avg rating — 26,993 ratings
41.
Ringworld (Ringworld #1)
Ringworld (Ringworld #1) 3.94 avg rating — 127,137 ratings
42.
I, Robot (Robot, #0.1)
I, Robot (Robot, #0.1) 4.21 avg rating — 369,953 ratings
43.
Lord of Light
Lord of Light 4.05 avg rating — 34,874 ratings
43.
Pandora's Star (Commonwealth Saga, #1)
Pandora's Star (Commonwealth Saga, #1) 4.23 avg rating — 52,787 ratings
45.
House of Suns
House of Suns 4.24 avg rating — 31,348 ratings
46.
The Sirens of Titan
The Sirens of Titan 4.15 avg rating — 153,691 ratings
47.
Wool Omnibus (Silo, #1)
Wool Omnibus (Silo, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 367,440 ratings
48.
The Lathe of Heaven
The Lathe of Heaven 4.13 avg rating — 84,223 ratings
48.
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 3.97 avg rating — 2,719,440 ratings
50.
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 — 204,667 ratings
51.
Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1)
Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 115,521 ratings
52.
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 281,967 ratings
53.
A Canticle for Leibowitz (St. Leibowitz, #1)
A Canticle for Leibowitz (St. Leibowitz, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 116,716 ratings
54.
The Demolished Man
The Demolished Man 3.97 avg rating — 33,426 ratings
55.
Spin (Spin, #1)
Spin (Spin, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 43,595 ratings
56.
The Martian Chronicles
The Martian Chronicles 4.16 avg rating — 279,674 ratings
57.
The Fifth Season
The Fifth Season 4.29 avg rating — 317,245 ratings
58.
Stranger in a Strange Land
Stranger in a Strange Land 3.92 avg rating — 323,299 ratings
59.
The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer
The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer 4.16 avg rating — 92,364 ratings
60.
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 175,416 ratings
61.
Contact
Contact 4.15 avg rating — 150,012 ratings
62.
Kindred
Kindred 4.31 avg rating — 258,402 ratings
63.
The Mote in God's Eye (Moties, #1)
The Mote in God's Eye (Moties, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 72,232 ratings
64.
Excession (Culture #5)
Excession (Culture #5) 4.20 avg rating — 33,417 ratings
65.
Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1)
Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 60,543 ratings
66.
The Day of the Triffids
The Day of the Triffids 4.01 avg rating — 115,113 ratings
67.
Gateway (Heechee Saga #1)
Gateway (Heechee Saga #1) 4.06 avg rating — 46,822 ratings
68.
The Windup Girl
The Windup Girl 3.75 avg rating — 77,345 ratings
69.
All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 335,375 ratings
70.
The Time Machine
The Time Machine 3.89 avg rating — 552,979 ratings
71.
Sword & Citadel (The Book of the New Sun, #3-4)
Sword & Citadel (The Book of the New Sun, #3-4) 4.35 avg rating — 14,061 ratings
72.
Embassytown
Embassytown 3.90 avg rating — 33,991 ratings
73.
The End of Eternity
The End of Eternity 4.24 avg rating — 60,803 ratings
74.
Caliban’s War (The Expanse, #2)
Caliban’s War (The Expanse, #2) 4.39 avg rating — 174,934 ratings
75.
Redemption Ark (Revelation Space, #2)
Redemption Ark (Revelation Space, #2) 4.16 avg rating — 31,769 ratings
75.
Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1)
Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 282,003 ratings
77.
Roadside Picnic
Roadside Picnic 4.13 avg rating — 82,001 ratings
78.
Speaker for the Dead (Ender's Saga, #2)
Speaker for the Dead (Ender's Saga, #2) 4.11 avg rating — 267,205 ratings
79.
Project Hail Mary
Project Hail Mary
by: Andy Weir
4.50 avg rating — 870,607 ratings
80.
The City & the City
The City & the City 3.90 avg rating — 76,306 ratings
81.
Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)
Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 98,005 ratings
82.
Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park, #1)
Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 1,031,725 ratings
83.
Startide Rising (The Uplift Saga, #2)
Startide Rising (The Uplift Saga, #2) 4.04 avg rating — 33,062 ratings
84.
Brave New World
Brave New World 3.99 avg rating — 2,015,920 ratings
85.
The Quantum Thief (Jean le Flambeur, #1)
The Quantum Thief (Jean le Flambeur, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 23,447 ratings
86.
Mother Night
Mother Night 4.23 avg rating — 102,435 ratings
87.
Tau Zero
Tau Zero 3.83 avg rating — 16,139 ratings
88.
The City and the Stars
The City and the Stars 4.08 avg rating — 35,759 ratings
89.
The Sparrow (The Sparrow, #1)
The Sparrow (The Sparrow, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 80,287 ratings
90.
A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)
A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 68,214 ratings
91.
Permutation City
Permutation City
by: Greg Egan
4.06 avg rating — 12,309 ratings
92.
Seveneves
Seveneves really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 122,822 ratings
93.
Way Station
Way Station 4.03 avg rating — 29,188 ratings
94.
Armor
Armor 4.10 avg rating — 20,368 ratings
95.
Accelerando
Accelerando 3.87 avg rating — 21,992 ratings
96.
Diaspora
Diaspora
by: Greg Egan
4.10 avg rating — 10,692 ratings
97.
Foundation and Empire (Foundation, #2)
Foundation and Empire (Foundation, #2) 4.22 avg rating — 220,366 ratings
98.
Pushing Ice
Pushing Ice 4.07 avg rating — 21,508 ratings
99.
Second Foundation (Foundation, #3)
Second Foundation (Foundation, #3) 4.27 avg rating — 197,725 ratings
100.
Broken Angels (Takeshi Kovacs, #2)
Broken Angels (Takeshi Kovacs, #2) 3.92 avg rating — 38,481 ratings
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