Ultimate Hard Science Fiction

1.
The Martian
The Martian
by: Andy Weir
4.42 avg rating — 1,238,776 ratings
2.
Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)
Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 179,277 ratings
3.
Foundation (Foundation, #1)
Foundation (Foundation, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 580,906 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 — 460,848 ratings
5.
Dune (Dune, #1)
Dune (Dune, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 1,570,274 ratings
6.
Ringworld (Ringworld #1)
Ringworld (Ringworld #1) 3.94 avg rating — 127,129 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 — 204,587 ratings
8.
2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)
2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 330,496 ratings
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Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 285,931 ratings
10.
The Mote in God's Eye (Moties, #1)
The Mote in God's Eye (Moties, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 72,230 ratings
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Seveneves
Seveneves really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 122,813 ratings
12.
A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1)
A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 65,235 ratings
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Spin (Spin, #1)
Spin (Spin, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 43,592 ratings
14.
The Punch Escrow
The Punch Escrow 3.61 avg rating — 6,068 ratings
15.
Revelation Space (Revelation Space, #1)
Revelation Space (Revelation Space, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 60,093 ratings
16.
Gateway (Heechee Saga, #1)
Gateway (Heechee Saga, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 46,820 ratings
17.
Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1)
Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 87,060 ratings
18.
Dragon's Egg (Cheela, #1)
Dragon's Egg (Cheela, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 9,558 ratings
19.
Unanimity (Spiral Worlds, #1)
Unanimity (Spiral Worlds, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 143 ratings
20.
Blindsight (Firefall, #1)
Blindsight (Firefall, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 50,887 ratings
21.
Contact
Contact 4.15 avg rating — 149,997 ratings
22.
Lucifer's Hammer
Lucifer's Hammer really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 45,031 ratings
23.
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 3.97 avg rating — 2,718,888 ratings
24.
Tau Zero
Tau Zero 3.83 avg rating — 16,138 ratings
25.
The Stand
The Stand 4.35 avg rating — 814,327 ratings
26.
Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)
Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1) 4.31 avg rating — 304,584 ratings
27.
Diaspora
Diaspora
by: Greg Egan
4.10 avg rating — 10,686 ratings
28.
Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)
Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 97,990 ratings
29.
Altered Carbon (Takeshi Kovacs, #1)
Altered Carbon (Takeshi Kovacs, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 112,803 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 — 159,291 ratings
31.
Planet Ignis
Planet Ignis 4.29 avg rating — 17 ratings
32.
Eon (The Way, #1)
Eon (The Way, #1)
by: Greg Bear
3.88 avg rating — 29,924 ratings
33.
Mission of Gravity (Mesklin #1)
Mission of Gravity (Mesklin #1) 3.90 avg rating — 7,528 ratings
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The Left Hand of Darkness
The Left Hand of Darkness 4.10 avg rating — 209,447 ratings
35.
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia 4.25 avg rating — 143,153 ratings
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The Fountains of Paradise
The Fountains of Paradise 3.95 avg rating — 31,288 ratings
37.
Chasm City
Chasm City 4.13 avg rating — 26,993 ratings
38.
By Bear Bones
By Bear Bones 4.58 avg rating — 12 ratings
38.
Rocheworld (Rocheworld, #1)
Rocheworld (Rocheworld, #1) 3.71 avg rating — 838 ratings
40.
Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)
Children of Time (Children of Time, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 160,022 ratings
41.
A Canticle for Leibowitz (St. Leibowitz, #1)
A Canticle for Leibowitz (St. Leibowitz, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 116,701 ratings
42.
The Golden Age (Golden Age, #1)
The Golden Age (Golden Age, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 3,340 ratings
43.
A Fall of Moondust
A Fall of Moondust 3.89 avg rating — 11,377 ratings
44.
2312
2312 3.52 avg rating — 21,486 ratings
45.
The Martian Chronicles
The Martian Chronicles 4.16 avg rating — 279,636 ratings
46.
Dark Matter
Dark Matter 4.14 avg rating — 664,946 ratings
47.
Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1)
Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 115,500 ratings
48.
Reunion on Neverend
Reunion on Neverend 3.73 avg rating — 83 ratings
48.
In Reason's Name: Book 1 of the Ceti Conflict
In Reason's Name: Book 1 of the Ceti Conflict 4.42 avg rating — 130 ratings
48.
Project Hail Mary
Project Hail Mary
by: Andy Weir
4.50 avg rating — 869,446 ratings
51.
Solaris
Solaris 3.99 avg rating — 124,291 ratings
52.
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War 4.02 avg rating — 556,626 ratings
53.
Recursion
Recursion 4.17 avg rating — 290,773 ratings
54.
Between the Strokes of Night
Between the Strokes of Night 3.73 avg rating — 477 ratings
55.
Fallen World
Fallen World 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings
56.
U-10
U-10 4.33 avg rating — 110 ratings
57.
Moral Compass to Be, or Not to Be
Moral Compass to Be, or Not to Be 4.42 avg rating — 76 ratings
58.
The Forge of God (Forge of God, #1)
The Forge of God (Forge of God, #1)
by: Greg Bear
3.86 avg rating — 16,125 ratings
59.
Redshift Rendezvous
Redshift Rendezvous 3.77 avg rating — 286 ratings
60.
Raft (Xeelee Sequence, #1)
Raft (Xeelee Sequence, #1) 3.68 avg rating — 4,621 ratings
61.
The Caves of Steel (Robot, #1)
The Caves of Steel (Robot, #1) 4.19 avg rating — 109,407 ratings
62.
Cyteen (Cyteen, #1-3)
Cyteen (Cyteen, #1-3) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10,485 ratings
63.
The Robots of Dawn (Robot, #3)
The Robots of Dawn (Robot, #3) 4.20 avg rating — 53,474 ratings
64.
Ring (Xeelee Sequence, #4)
Ring (Xeelee Sequence, #4) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3,810 ratings
65.
2010: Odyssey Two
2010: Odyssey Two 3.95 avg rating — 59,970 ratings
66.
Starfish (Rifters, #1)
Starfish (Rifters, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 10,069 ratings
67.
Axiomatic
Axiomatic
by: Greg Egan
4.27 avg rating — 6,235 ratings
68.
50,000 A.D. The Awakening
50,000 A.D. The Awakening 3.43 avg rating — 77 ratings
68.
Paralysis Paradox (Time Travel Through Past Lives Adventure #1)
Paralysis Paradox (Time Travel Through Past Lives Adventure #1) 3.32 avg rating — 126 ratings
68.
Find Your Purpose Using Science
Find Your Purpose Using Science 4.13 avg rating — 46 ratings
68.
The Wanderers
The Wanderers 3.54 avg rating — 5,449 ratings
68.
When the Earth Had a Moon: Part 1
When the Earth Had a Moon: Part 1 3.44 avg rating — 79 ratings
68.
Neanche gli dèi
Neanche gli dèi 4.09 avg rating — 67,334 ratings
68.
2079: A War for Brain Enhancement
2079: A War for Brain Enhancement 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings
68.
Restricted Fantasies
Restricted Fantasies 3.88 avg rating — 293 ratings
68.
A Fire Within (Sekret Machines #2)
A Fire Within (Sekret Machines #2) 4.07 avg rating — 931 ratings
68.
Skull Flowers
Skull Flowers 2.63 avg rating — 143 ratings
68.
Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1)
Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 21,100 ratings
68.
The Day I Killed God
The Day I Killed God 3.22 avg rating — 18 ratings
68.
The Weight of Dusk
The Weight of Dusk 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings
68.
Dark (The Dark Trilogy #1)
Dark (The Dark Trilogy #1) 3.88 avg rating — 200 ratings
68.
Hong on the Range
Hong on the Range 3.74 avg rating — 19 ratings
68.
In Times of Peace: Dance of Darkness and Light Episode 1
In Times of Peace: Dance of Darkness and Light Episode 1 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings
68.
Cast Under an Alien Sun (Destiny's Crucible, #1)
Cast Under an Alien Sun (Destiny's Crucible, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 4,261 ratings
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Return to Rocheworld (Rocheworld, #2)
Return to Rocheworld (Rocheworld, #2) 3.70 avg rating — 189 ratings
68.
Vårt liv är inte vårt (Petahertz, #1)
Vårt liv är inte vårt (Petahertz, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 102 ratings
68.
Bisentient
Bisentient 4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings
88.
Quarantine
Quarantine
by: Greg Egan
3.91 avg rating — 6,142 ratings
88.
Last Shuttle Flight, First Alien Contact (PARTS 1 to 3): Omnibus Edtion
Last Shuttle Flight, First Alien Contact (PARTS 1 to 3): Omnibus Edtion 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
88.
Dialogue Prompt: "We Are Not Alone In The Universe!"
Dialogue Prompt: "We Are Not Alone In The Universe!" 4.12 avg rating — 59 ratings
88.
The Starseed
The Starseed it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
88.
Världen är min (Petahertz, #2)
Världen är min (Petahertz, #2) 3.94 avg rating — 51 ratings
93.
Dark Integers and Other Stories
Dark Integers and Other Stories
by: Greg Egan
4.18 avg rating — 249 ratings
93.
NSA Wormhole Project
NSA Wormhole Project 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings
93.
Fear the Sky (The Fear Saga, #1)
Fear the Sky (The Fear Saga, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 7,595 ratings
93.
The Engines of God (The Academy, #1)
The Engines of God (The Academy, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 10,135 ratings
93.
Eden
Eden 3.88 avg rating — 6,686 ratings
93.
Tvåhundra år förgäves (Petahertz, #3)
Tvåhundra år förgäves (Petahertz, #3) 3.91 avg rating — 32 ratings
99.
Our Life Is Not Our Own (PetaHertz, #1)
Our Life Is Not Our Own (PetaHertz, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 102 ratings
100.
Glasshouse
Glasshouse 3.88 avg rating — 11,565 ratings
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