Best Social Science Fiction

1.
1984
1984 4.20 avg rating — 5,226,114 ratings
2.
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 3.97 avg rating — 2,718,847 ratings
3.
Brave New World
Brave New World 3.99 avg rating — 2,015,641 ratings
4.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 2,323,085 ratings
5.
Dune (Dune, #1)
Dune (Dune, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 1,570,250 ratings
6.
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1) 4.31 avg rating — 1,449,737 ratings
7.
The Left Hand of Darkness
The Left Hand of Darkness 4.10 avg rating — 209,445 ratings
8.
Stranger in a Strange Land
Stranger in a Strange Land 3.92 avg rating — 323,279 ratings
9.
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 4.09 avg rating — 495,966 ratings
10.
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 — 1,969,982 ratings
11.
I, Robot (Robot, #0.1)
I, Robot (Robot, #0.1) 4.21 avg rating — 369,896 ratings
12.
Neuromancer (Sprawl #1)
Neuromancer (Sprawl #1) 3.89 avg rating — 354,055 ratings
13.
Animal Farm
Animal Farm 4.01 avg rating — 4,356,240 ratings
14.
The Foundation Trilogy (Foundation, #1-3)
The Foundation Trilogy (Foundation, #1-3) 4.42 avg rating — 107,098 ratings
15.
The Giver (The Giver, #1)
The Giver (The Giver, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 2,733,100 ratings
16.
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia 4.25 avg rating — 143,151 ratings
17.
The Time Machine
The Time Machine 3.89 avg rating — 552,919 ratings
18.
The Road
The Road really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,001,689 ratings
19.
A Different Alchemy (The Great De-evolution)
A Different Alchemy (The Great De-evolution) 3.86 avg rating — 380 ratings
20.
Snow Crash
Snow Crash 4.01 avg rating — 293,460 ratings
21.
The Sparrow (The Sparrow, #1)
The Sparrow (The Sparrow, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 80,279 ratings
22.
A Canticle for Leibowitz (St. Leibowitz, #1)
A Canticle for Leibowitz (St. Leibowitz, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 116,701 ratings
23.
The Martian Chronicles
The Martian Chronicles 4.16 avg rating — 279,633 ratings
24.
The Stand
The Stand 4.35 avg rating — 814,321 ratings
25.
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress 4.15 avg rating — 136,875 ratings
26.
The Lathe of Heaven
The Lathe of Heaven 4.13 avg rating — 84,206 ratings
27.
Cat’s Cradle
Cat’s Cradle 4.15 avg rating — 428,379 ratings
27.
Starship Troopers
Starship Troopers 4.01 avg rating — 241,829 ratings
29.
A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 753,912 ratings
30.
Time Enough for Love
Time Enough for Love 3.97 avg rating — 36,721 ratings
31.
Wool Omnibus (Silo, #1)
Wool Omnibus (Silo, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 367,348 ratings
32.
We
We 3.88 avg rating — 107,852 ratings
33.
The Mote in God's Eye (Moties, #1)
The Mote in God's Eye (Moties, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 72,230 ratings
34.
The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)
The Forever War (The Forever War, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 176,928 ratings
35.
On the Beach
On the Beach 3.98 avg rating — 48,158 ratings
36.
Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)
Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1) 4.23 avg rating — 216,464 ratings
37.
Unanimity (Spiral Worlds, #1)
Unanimity (Spiral Worlds, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 143 ratings
38.
Hell Bound (Heroes in Hell #19)
Hell Bound (Heroes in Hell #19) 4.31 avg rating — 108 ratings
39.
Kindred
Kindred 4.31 avg rating — 258,315 ratings
40.
Doomsday Book (Oxford Time Travel, #1)
Doomsday Book (Oxford Time Travel, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 63,442 ratings
41.
Alas, Babylon
Alas, Babylon
by: Pat Frank
4.09 avg rating — 47,859 ratings
42.
The Windup Girl
The Windup Girl 3.75 avg rating — 77,343 ratings
43.
Stand on Zanzibar
Stand on Zanzibar 3.94 avg rating — 17,111 ratings
44.
Inferno
Inferno 4.03 avg rating — 200,501 ratings
45.
Speaker for the Dead (Ender's Saga, #2)
Speaker for the Dead (Ender's Saga, #2) 4.11 avg rating — 267,191 ratings
46.
More Than Human
More Than Human 3.94 avg rating — 19,215 ratings
47.
Conditioned Response (Phoenician #2)
Conditioned Response (Phoenician #2) 3.82 avg rating — 51 ratings
47.
Thieves Emporium
Thieves Emporium 4.06 avg rating — 164 ratings
49.
Dies the Fire (Emberverse, #1)
Dies the Fire (Emberverse, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 17,597 ratings
50.
Citizen of the Galaxy
Citizen of the Galaxy 4.01 avg rating — 17,626 ratings
51.
Ancillary Sword (Imperial Radch, #2)
Ancillary Sword (Imperial Radch, #2) 4.08 avg rating — 59,027 ratings
52.
Roadside Picnic
Roadside Picnic 4.13 avg rating — 81,978 ratings
53.
The Postman
The Postman 3.89 avg rating — 36,990 ratings
54.
The City & the City
The City & the City 3.90 avg rating — 76,291 ratings
55.
King Street Run
King Street Run
by: V.R. Ling
4.83 avg rating — 12 ratings
56.
Brookhaven (Web of Fate, #1)
Brookhaven (Web of Fate, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 43 ratings
57.
Beggars in Spain (Sleepless, #1)
Beggars in Spain (Sleepless, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 8,818 ratings
58.
Fundación
Fundación 4.17 avg rating — 580,901 ratings
58.
Under the Dome
Under the Dome 3.93 avg rating — 317,784 ratings
60.
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 238,925 ratings
61.
The Yiddish Policemen's Union
The Yiddish Policemen's Union 3.72 avg rating — 79,301 ratings
62.
Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000
Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000 3.55 avg rating — 23,904 ratings
63.
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 657,124 ratings
64.
Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1)
Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 87,059 ratings
65.
The Gate to Women's Country
The Gate to Women's Country 4.06 avg rating — 13,951 ratings
66.
Revealing Eden (Save the Pearls, #1)
Revealing Eden (Save the Pearls, #1) 1.99 avg rating — 993 ratings
66.
The Stolen: Two Short Stories
The Stolen: Two Short Stories 4.25 avg rating — 110 ratings
66.
In the Shadow of Humanity
In the Shadow of Humanity 4.03 avg rating — 64 ratings
66.
Planet Ignis
Planet Ignis 4.29 avg rating — 17 ratings
70.
Beauty
Beauty 3.84 avg rating — 5,964 ratings
71.
The Host (The Host, #1)
The Host (The Host, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 1,039,921 ratings
72.
The Starbirth Assignment: Shifter (Starbirth, #1)
The Starbirth Assignment: Shifter (Starbirth, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 68 ratings
73.
Remnant Population
Remnant Population 4.11 avg rating — 7,106 ratings
74.
The Shifter Dimension (Starbirth, #2)
The Shifter Dimension (Starbirth, #2) 4.61 avg rating — 122 ratings
75.
The City of Ember (Book of Ember, #1)
The City of Ember (Book of Ember, #1) 3.90 avg rating — 295,212 ratings
76.
Shadow Team GB (Starbirth, #3)
Shadow Team GB (Starbirth, #3) 4.80 avg rating — 106 ratings
77.
Have Space Suit—Will Travel
Have Space Suit—Will Travel 3.93 avg rating — 31,059 ratings
78.
Gattaca
Gattaca 4.22 avg rating — 60 ratings
79.
One Hundred Years of Solitude
One Hundred Years of Solitude 4.12 avg rating — 1,069,969 ratings
80.
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom 3.56 avg rating — 14,022 ratings
81.
To Say Nothing of the Dog (Oxford Time Travel, #2)
To Say Nothing of the Dog (Oxford Time Travel, #2) 4.11 avg rating — 43,397 ratings
82.
Logan's Run (Logan, #1)
Logan's Run (Logan, #1) 3.64 avg rating — 12,696 ratings
83.
2312
2312 3.52 avg rating — 21,486 ratings
84.
Tunnel in the Sky
Tunnel in the Sky 3.96 avg rating — 14,174 ratings
85.
The Chrysalids
The Chrysalids 3.93 avg rating — 60,778 ratings
86.
The Female Man
The Female Man 3.47 avg rating — 8,757 ratings
87.
Bellwether
Bellwether 3.93 avg rating — 13,559 ratings
88.
The Fallen
The Fallen 3.53 avg rating — 95 ratings
88.
Bald New World
Bald New World 3.68 avg rating — 250 ratings
88.
Hell Divers (Hell Divers, #1)
Hell Divers (Hell Divers, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 16,405 ratings
91.
Behind Blue Eyes (Behind Blue Eyes, #1)
Behind Blue Eyes (Behind Blue Eyes, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 538 ratings
92.
Airport
Airport really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 41,459 ratings
93.
Jennifer Government
Jennifer Government
by: Max Barry
3.68 avg rating — 15,542 ratings
94.
Dream Dancer (Kerrion Empire #1)
Dream Dancer (Kerrion Empire #1) 3.96 avg rating — 245 ratings
95.
Woman on the Edge of Time [Paperback] [Jan 01, 1995] Piercy, Marge
Woman on the Edge of Time [Paperback] [Jan 01, 1995] Piercy, Marge 3.92 avg rating — 18,311 ratings
96.
Cities in Flight (Cities in Flight, #1-4)
Cities in Flight (Cities in Flight, #1-4) 3.92 avg rating — 6,623 ratings
97.
Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse (Wastelands #1)
Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse (Wastelands #1) 3.76 avg rating — 10,559 ratings
98.
Childhood’s End
Childhood’s End 4.12 avg rating — 169,996 ratings
99.
Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1)
Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 115,500 ratings
100.
Green Mars (Mars Trilogy, #2)
Green Mars (Mars Trilogy, #2) 3.96 avg rating — 40,254 ratings
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