100+ Science Fiction Novels Everyone Should Read

1.
1984
1984 4.20 avg rating β€” 5,225,705 ratings
2.
Dune (Dune, #1)
Dune (Dune, #1) 4.28 avg rating β€” 1,570,114 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 β€” 1,969,883 ratings
4.
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1) 4.31 avg rating β€” 1,449,673 ratings
5.
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 3.97 avg rating β€” 2,718,578 ratings
6.
Foundation (Foundation, #1)
Foundation (Foundation, #1) 4.17 avg rating β€” 580,871 ratings
7.
The Time Machine
The Time Machine 3.89 avg rating β€” 552,899 ratings
8.
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 4.09 avg rating β€” 495,926 ratings
9.
Flowers for Algernon
Flowers for Algernon 4.23 avg rating β€” 763,513 ratings
10.
Frankenstein
Frankenstein 3.89 avg rating β€” 1,772,049 ratings
11.
The Martian Chronicles
The Martian Chronicles 4.16 avg rating β€” 279,620 ratings
12.
Neuromancer (Sprawl #1)
Neuromancer (Sprawl #1) 3.89 avg rating β€” 354,034 ratings
13.
I, Robot (Robot, #0.1)
I, Robot (Robot, #0.1) 4.21 avg rating β€” 369,885 ratings
14.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating β€” 2,322,870 ratings
15.
Slaughterhouse-Five
Slaughterhouse-Five 4.10 avg rating β€” 1,451,216 ratings
16.
Childhood’s End
Childhood’s End 4.12 avg rating β€” 169,992 ratings
17.
Starship Troopers
Starship Troopers 4.01 avg rating β€” 241,818 ratings
18.
2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)
2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1) 4.17 avg rating β€” 330,483 ratings
19.
The War of the Worlds
The War of the Worlds 3.83 avg rating β€” 340,268 ratings
20.
Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park, #1)
Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park, #1) 4.12 avg rating β€” 1,031,454 ratings
21.
The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)
The Forever War (The Forever War, #1) 4.14 avg rating β€” 176,919 ratings
22.
Speaker for the Dead (Ender's Saga, #2)
Speaker for the Dead (Ender's Saga, #2) 4.11 avg rating β€” 267,175 ratings
23.
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress 4.15 avg rating β€” 136,868 ratings
24.
Second Foundation (Foundation, #3)
Second Foundation (Foundation, #3) 4.27 avg rating β€” 197,694 ratings
25.
The Giver (The Giver, #1)
The Giver (The Giver, #1) 4.12 avg rating β€” 2,732,877 ratings
26.
Stranger in a Strange Land
Stranger in a Strange Land 3.92 avg rating β€” 323,267 ratings
27.
Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1) 4.27 avg rating β€” 285,898 ratings
28.
A Canticle for Leibowitz (St. Leibowitz, #1)
A Canticle for Leibowitz (St. Leibowitz, #1) 3.99 avg rating β€” 116,693 ratings
29.
Foundation and Empire (Foundation, #2)
Foundation and Empire (Foundation, #2) 4.22 avg rating β€” 220,324 ratings
30.
A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 753,881 ratings
31.
Snow Crash
Snow Crash 4.01 avg rating β€” 293,448 ratings
32.
Ringworld (Ringworld #1)
Ringworld (Ringworld #1) 3.94 avg rating β€” 127,121 ratings
33.
Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)
Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1) 4.23 avg rating β€” 216,452 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€” 270,582 ratings
35.
Contact
Contact 4.15 avg rating β€” 149,994 ratings
36.
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia 4.25 avg rating β€” 143,137 ratings
37.
The Day of the Triffids
The Day of the Triffids 4.01 avg rating β€” 115,101 ratings
38.
The Time Traveler's Wife
The Time Traveler's Wife really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 1,842,993 ratings
39.
The Andromeda Strain (Andromeda, #1)
The Andromeda Strain (Andromeda, #1) 3.91 avg rating β€” 267,295 ratings
40.
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Journey to the Center of the Earth 3.85 avg rating β€” 218,533 ratings
41.
Solaris
Solaris 3.99 avg rating β€” 124,276 ratings
42.
Cat’s Cradle
Cat’s Cradle 4.15 avg rating β€” 428,351 ratings
43.
The Mote in God's Eye (Moties, #1)
The Mote in God's Eye (Moties, #1) 4.07 avg rating β€” 72,229 ratings
44.
Doomsday Book (Oxford Time Travel, #1)
Doomsday Book (Oxford Time Travel, #1) 4.03 avg rating β€” 63,440 ratings
45.
The Stars My Destination
The Stars My Destination 4.06 avg rating β€” 54,394 ratings
46.
Gateway (Heechee Saga, #1)
Gateway (Heechee Saga, #1) 4.06 avg rating β€” 46,815 ratings
47.
The Invisible Man
The Invisible Man 3.63 avg rating β€” 211,118 ratings
48.
A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1)
A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1) 4.14 avg rating β€” 65,233 ratings
49.
Alas, Babylon
Alas, Babylon
by: Pat Frank
4.09 avg rating β€” 47,857 ratings
50.
A Princess of Mars (Barsoom, #1)
A Princess of Mars (Barsoom, #1) 3.81 avg rating β€” 59,709 ratings
51.
The Arbonox Syndrome
The Arbonox Syndrome it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β€” 16 ratings
52.
A Scanner Darkly
A Scanner Darkly 4.03 avg rating β€” 108,206 ratings
53.
The City and the Stars
The City and the Stars 4.08 avg rating β€” 35,753 ratings
54.
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court 3.77 avg rating β€” 106,754 ratings
55.
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Something Wicked This Way Comes 3.90 avg rating β€” 145,990 ratings
56.
To Your Scattered Bodies Go (Riverworld, #1)
To Your Scattered Bodies Go (Riverworld, #1) 3.93 avg rating β€” 33,365 ratings
57.
Sunstruck
Sunstruck 4.52 avg rating β€” 102 ratings
58.
The Word for World Is Forest
The Word for World Is Forest 4.06 avg rating β€” 40,126 ratings
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Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy, #1)
Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy, #1) 3.93 avg rating β€” 103,656 ratings
60.
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch 4.01 avg rating β€” 42,321 ratings
61.
The Uplift War (The Uplift Saga, #3)
The Uplift War (The Uplift Saga, #3) 4.07 avg rating β€” 27,222 ratings
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The Fountainhead
The Fountainhead
by: Ayn Rand
3.89 avg rating β€” 333,843 ratings
63.
The Island of Dr. Moreau
The Island of Dr. Moreau 3.73 avg rating β€” 131,597 ratings
64.
Babel-17
Babel-17 3.72 avg rating β€” 19,536 ratings
65.
The Postman
The Postman 3.89 avg rating β€” 36,990 ratings
66.
Dhalgren
Dhalgren 3.78 avg rating β€” 12,076 ratings
67.
Slan (Slan, #1)
Slan (Slan, #1) 3.69 avg rating β€” 5,754 ratings
68.
Cryptonomicon
Cryptonomicon 4.23 avg rating β€” 115,696 ratings
69.
Little Brother (Little Brother, #1)
Little Brother (Little Brother, #1) 3.92 avg rating β€” 52,726 ratings
70.
The Stainless Steel Rat (Stainless Steel Rat, #4)
The Stainless Steel Rat (Stainless Steel Rat, #4) 3.92 avg rating β€” 16,446 ratings
71.
From the Earth to the Moon
From the Earth to the Moon 3.76 avg rating β€” 38,327 ratings
72.
Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000
Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000 3.55 avg rating β€” 23,902 ratings
73.
Last and First Men
Last and First Men 3.79 avg rating β€” 6,762 ratings
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Armor
Armor 4.10 avg rating β€” 20,366 ratings
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The Left Hand of Darkness
The Left Hand of Darkness 4.10 avg rating β€” 209,416 ratings
76.
VALIS
VALIS 3.92 avg rating β€” 32,014 ratings
77.
We Happy Few: Doing What Must Be Done
We Happy Few: Doing What Must Be Done 4.70 avg rating β€” 23 ratings
78.
Rendezvous With Rama
Rendezvous With Rama 4.12 avg rating β€” 179,264 ratings
79.
The Lost World (Jurassic Park, #2)
The Lost World (Jurassic Park, #2) 3.87 avg rating β€” 173,226 ratings
80.
Marooned in Realtime (Across Realtime, #2)
Marooned in Realtime (Across Realtime, #2) 4.10 avg rating β€” 5,975 ratings
81.
Eon (The Way, #1)
Eon (The Way, #1)
by: Greg Bear
3.88 avg rating β€” 29,924 ratings
82.
Mission of Gravity (Mesklin #1)
Mission of Gravity (Mesklin #1) 3.90 avg rating β€” 7,527 ratings
83.
More Than Human
More Than Human 3.94 avg rating β€” 19,215 ratings
84.
Imber
Imber 4.60 avg rating β€” 15 ratings
85.
Planet of the Apes
Planet of the Apes 3.99 avg rating β€” 47,411 ratings
86.
They Shall Have Stars (Cities in Flight, #1)
They Shall Have Stars (Cities in Flight, #1) 3.75 avg rating β€” 1,829 ratings
87.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Invasion of the Body Snatchers 3.90 avg rating β€” 24,681 ratings
88.
Berserker (Berserker, #1)
Berserker (Berserker, #1) 3.86 avg rating β€” 7,681 ratings
89.
Man Plus (Man Plus #1)
Man Plus (Man Plus #1) 3.75 avg rating β€” 8,616 ratings
89.
The Past (VanWest, #1)
The Past (VanWest, #1) 3.93 avg rating β€” 797 ratings
91.
All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1) 4.13 avg rating β€” 335,070 ratings
92.
The Descent (Descent, #1)
The Descent (Descent, #1)
by: Jeff Long
3.94 avg rating β€” 10,008 ratings
93.
Olympos (Ilium, #2)
Olympos (Ilium, #2) 3.95 avg rating β€” 20,214 ratings
94.
The Garden of Rama (Rama, #3)
The Garden of Rama (Rama, #3) 3.79 avg rating β€” 26,397 ratings
95.
The Sword of the Lictor (The Book of the New Sun, #3)
The Sword of the Lictor (The Book of the New Sun, #3) 4.22 avg rating β€” 12,335 ratings
96.
Pushing Ice
Pushing Ice 4.07 avg rating β€” 21,502 ratings
96.
City
City 4.08 avg rating β€” 18,700 ratings
98.
Century Rain
Century Rain 3.94 avg rating β€” 11,776 ratings
98.
The Dosadi Experiment (ConSentiency Universe, #2)
The Dosadi Experiment (ConSentiency Universe, #2) 3.83 avg rating β€” 7,950 ratings
100.
Coyote Rising (Coyote Trilogy, #2)
Coyote Rising (Coyote Trilogy, #2) 3.97 avg rating β€” 2,117 ratings
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