Best Sci-Fi Novels of All Time

1.
1984
1984 4.20 avg rating — 5,226,255 ratings
2.
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 3.97 avg rating — 2,718,893 ratings
3.
Dune
Dune 4.28 avg rating — 1,570,281 ratings
4.
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 — 1,969,998 ratings
5.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 2,323,136 ratings
6.
Frankenstein
Frankenstein 3.89 avg rating — 1,772,212 ratings
7.
The Time Machine
The Time Machine 3.89 avg rating — 552,929 ratings
8.
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1) 4.31 avg rating — 1,449,746 ratings
9.
The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)
The Forever War (The Forever War, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 176,931 ratings
10.
Slaughterhouse-Five
Slaughterhouse-Five 4.10 avg rating — 1,451,284 ratings
11.
The Left Hand of Darkness
The Left Hand of Darkness 4.10 avg rating — 209,450 ratings
12.
Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)
Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 179,278 ratings
13.
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia 4.25 avg rating — 143,154 ratings
14.
Flowers for Algernon
Flowers for Algernon 4.23 avg rating — 763,597 ratings
15.
Brave New World
Brave New World 3.99 avg rating — 2,015,674 ratings
16.
The Martian Chronicles
The Martian Chronicles 4.16 avg rating — 279,636 ratings
17.
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #2)
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #2) 4.20 avg rating — 309,586 ratings
18.
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 4.09 avg rating — 495,975 ratings
19.
The War of the Worlds
The War of the Worlds 3.83 avg rating — 340,287 ratings
20.
2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)
2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 330,496 ratings
21.
The Day of the Triffids
The Day of the Triffids 4.01 avg rating — 115,099 ratings
22.
Neuromancer (Sprawl #1)
Neuromancer (Sprawl #1) 3.89 avg rating — 354,063 ratings
23.
I, Robot (Robot, #0.1)
I, Robot (Robot, #0.1) 4.21 avg rating — 369,901 ratings
24.
Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1)
Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 87,060 ratings
25.
Stranger in a Strange Land
Stranger in a Strange Land 3.92 avg rating — 323,281 ratings
26.
A Canticle for Leibowitz (St. Leibowitz, #1)
A Canticle for Leibowitz (St. Leibowitz, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 116,701 ratings
26.
The Stars My Destination
The Stars My Destination 4.06 avg rating — 54,397 ratings
28.
Foundation (Foundation, #1)
Foundation (Foundation, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 580,911 ratings
29.
Life, the Universe and Everything (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #3)
Life, the Universe and Everything (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #3) 4.16 avg rating — 246,199 ratings
30.
Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 285,933 ratings
31.
Foundation and Empire (Foundation, #2)
Foundation and Empire (Foundation, #2) 4.22 avg rating — 220,341 ratings
32.
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #4)
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #4) 4.09 avg rating — 182,143 ratings
33.
Second Foundation (Foundation, #3)
Second Foundation (Foundation, #3) 4.27 avg rating — 197,711 ratings
34.
Childhood’s End
Childhood’s End 4.12 avg rating — 170,000 ratings
35.
The Demolished Man
The Demolished Man 3.97 avg rating — 33,423 ratings
36.
Blue Mars (Mars Trilogy, #3)
Blue Mars (Mars Trilogy, #3) 3.95 avg rating — 32,650 ratings
37.
Green Mars (Mars Trilogy, #2)
Green Mars (Mars Trilogy, #2) 3.96 avg rating — 40,254 ratings
38.
The Martian
The Martian
by: Andy Weir
4.42 avg rating — 1,238,778 ratings
39.
Watchmen
Watchmen 4.39 avg rating — 585,799 ratings
40.
The Word for World is Forest
The Word for World is Forest 4.06 avg rating — 40,127 ratings
41.
Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me Go 3.85 avg rating — 813,225 ratings
42.
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress 4.15 avg rating — 136,876 ratings
43.
Starship Troopers
Starship Troopers 4.01 avg rating — 241,829 ratings
44.
The Unreal and the Real: Selected Stories, Volume Two: Outer Space, Inner Lands (The Unreal and the Real, #2)
The Unreal and the Real: Selected Stories, Volume Two: Outer Space, Inner Lands (The Unreal and the Real, #2) 4.18 avg rating — 1,857 ratings
45.
The Fountains of Paradise
The Fountains of Paradise 3.95 avg rating — 31,288 ratings
46.
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
47.
American Gods (American Gods, #1)
American Gods (American Gods, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 978,807 ratings
48.
Speaker for the Dead (Ender's Saga, #2)
Speaker for the Dead (Ender's Saga, #2) 4.11 avg rating — 267,192 ratings
49.
The Man in the High Castle
The Man in the High Castle 3.59 avg rating — 229,242 ratings
50.
Snow Crash
Snow Crash 4.01 avg rating — 293,461 ratings
51.
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Journey to the Center of the Earth 3.85 avg rating — 218,551 ratings
52.
Dreamsnake
Dreamsnake 3.87 avg rating — 11,065 ratings
53.
The Windup Girl
The Windup Girl 3.75 avg rating — 77,343 ratings
54.
Ringworld (Ringworld #1)
Ringworld (Ringworld #1) 3.94 avg rating — 127,129 ratings
55.
Lilith's Brood (Xenogenesis, #1-3)
Lilith's Brood (Xenogenesis, #1-3) 4.37 avg rating — 21,511 ratings
56.
The Lathe of Heaven
The Lathe of Heaven 4.13 avg rating — 84,209 ratings
57.
V for Vendetta
V for Vendetta 4.26 avg rating — 320,840 ratings
58.
A Princess of Mars (Barsoom, #1)
A Princess of Mars (Barsoom, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 59,715 ratings
59.
Doomsday Book (Oxford Time Travel, #1)
Doomsday Book (Oxford Time Travel, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 63,442 ratings
60.
Startide Rising (The Uplift Saga, #2)
Startide Rising (The Uplift Saga, #2) 4.04 avg rating — 33,061 ratings
61.
Cat's Cradle
Cat's Cradle 4.15 avg rating — 428,387 ratings
61.
Rocannon's World
Rocannon's World 3.79 avg rating — 23,245 ratings
63.
Saga, Volume 2
Saga, Volume 2 4.49 avg rating — 114,841 ratings
64.
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2)
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2) 3.89 avg rating — 270,598 ratings
65.
Nightfall
Nightfall 4.06 avg rating — 37,447 ratings
66.
The City and the Stars
The City and the Stars 4.08 avg rating — 35,755 ratings
67.
Planet of Exile
Planet of Exile 3.72 avg rating — 13,611 ratings
68.
The City & the City
The City & the City 3.90 avg rating — 76,292 ratings
69.
A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 753,913 ratings
69.
City of Illusions
City of Illusions 3.94 avg rating — 11,074 ratings
71.
Mission of Gravity (Mesklin #1)
Mission of Gravity (Mesklin #1) 3.90 avg rating — 7,528 ratings
72.
City
City 4.08 avg rating — 18,702 ratings
73.
The Sirens of Titan
The Sirens of Titan 4.15 avg rating — 153,672 ratings
74.
Ubik
Ubik 4.11 avg rating — 118,737 ratings
75.
The Island of Dr. Moreau
The Island of Dr. Moreau 3.73 avg rating — 131,603 ratings
76.
Connor's Gambit
Connor's Gambit 4.17 avg rating — 210 ratings
77.
Who Fears Death
Who Fears Death 3.93 avg rating — 27,810 ratings
78.
Cryptonomicon
Cryptonomicon 4.23 avg rating — 115,697 ratings
79.
The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner, #1)
The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 1,638,018 ratings
80.
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
80.
Saga, Volume 1
Saga, Volume 1 4.16 avg rating — 354,237 ratings
82.
The Sparrow (The Sparrow, #1)
The Sparrow (The Sparrow, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 80,279 ratings
82.
Adaptation (Adaptation, #1)
Adaptation (Adaptation, #1) 3.63 avg rating — 7,966 ratings
84.
Lord of Light
Lord of Light 4.05 avg rating — 34,873 ratings
85.
Helliconia Spring (Helliconia, #1)
Helliconia Spring (Helliconia, #1) 3.62 avg rating — 4,465 ratings
86.
Stand on Zanzibar
Stand on Zanzibar 3.94 avg rating — 17,111 ratings
87.
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 281,942 ratings
88.
The Compass Rose
The Compass Rose 3.89 avg rating — 2,439 ratings
89.
Gateway (Heechee Saga, #1)
Gateway (Heechee Saga, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 46,820 ratings
90.
Timescape
Timescape 3.72 avg rating — 11,411 ratings
90.
Inheritance (Adaptation, #2)
Inheritance (Adaptation, #2) 3.77 avg rating — 2,572 ratings
92.
The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun, #1)
The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 33,788 ratings
93.
Xombi
Xombi 3.64 avg rating — 256 ratings
94.
The Fall of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #2)
The Fall of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #2) 4.24 avg rating — 141,855 ratings
95.
The Gods Themselves
The Gods Themselves 4.09 avg rating — 67,334 ratings
96.
Hothouse
Hothouse 3.62 avg rating — 6,026 ratings
97.
The Claw of the Conciliator (The Book of the New Sun, #2)
The Claw of the Conciliator (The Book of the New Sun, #2) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 16,904 ratings
97.
Fray
Fray 4.07 avg rating — 12,039 ratings
99.
The Snow Queen (The Snow Queen Cycle, #1)
The Snow Queen (The Snow Queen Cycle, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 13,071 ratings
100.
Blood Music
Blood Music
by: Greg Bear
3.84 avg rating — 16,525 ratings
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