Hidden Gems of Science Fiction

1.
A Scanner Darkly
A Scanner Darkly 4.03 avg rating — 108,224 ratings
2.
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 239,072 ratings
3.
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 657,651 ratings
4.
We
We 3.88 avg rating — 107,879 ratings
5.
Transference
Transference 4.19 avg rating — 416 ratings
6.
11/22/63
11/22/63 4.35 avg rating — 614,264 ratings
7.
Altered Carbon (Takeshi Kovacs, #1)
Altered Carbon (Takeshi Kovacs, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 112,813 ratings
8.
Ringworld (Ringworld #1)
Ringworld (Ringworld #1) 3.94 avg rating — 127,137 ratings
9.
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 4.09 avg rating — 496,044 ratings
10.
Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1)
Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 115,521 ratings
11.
Vurt (Vurt, #1)
Vurt (Vurt, #1)
by: Jeff Noon
4.04 avg rating — 10,237 ratings
12.
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
The Ocean at the End of the Lane 4.02 avg rating — 650,436 ratings
13.
Blindsight (Firefall, #1)
Blindsight (Firefall, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 50,903 ratings
14.
Daemon (Daemon, #1)
Daemon (Daemon, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 47,830 ratings
15.
Remnant Population
Remnant Population 4.11 avg rating — 7,107 ratings
16.
The Quantum Thief (Jean le Flambeur, #1)
The Quantum Thief (Jean le Flambeur, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 23,447 ratings
17.
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World 4.11 avg rating — 148,412 ratings
18.
Sunstruck
Sunstruck 4.52 avg rating — 102 ratings
19.
Riddley Walker
Riddley Walker 4.02 avg rating — 8,554 ratings
20.
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle 4.14 avg rating — 306,623 ratings
21.
Star Maker
Star Maker 3.91 avg rating — 9,116 ratings
22.
The Sparrow (The Sparrow, #1)
The Sparrow (The Sparrow, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 80,287 ratings
23.
When Gravity Fails (Marîd Audran, #1)
When Gravity Fails (Marîd Audran, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 7,990 ratings
24.
Engine Summer
Engine Summer really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2,173 ratings
25.
China Mountain Zhang
China Mountain Zhang 3.96 avg rating — 4,978 ratings
26.
Redshirts
Redshirts 3.87 avg rating — 114,941 ratings
27.
Babel-17
Babel-17 3.72 avg rating — 19,542 ratings
28.
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas 4.37 avg rating — 49,658 ratings
29.
Metaplanetary
Metaplanetary 3.90 avg rating — 486 ratings
30.
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War 4.02 avg rating — 556,676 ratings
31.
The Snow Queen (The Snow Queen Cycle, #1)
The Snow Queen (The Snow Queen Cycle, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 13,071 ratings
32.
Before and After (Before and After, #1)
Before and After (Before and After, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 6,893 ratings
33.
Tuf Voyaging
Tuf Voyaging 4.11 avg rating — 12,918 ratings
34.
Ancillary Sword (Imperial Radch, #2)
Ancillary Sword (Imperial Radch, #2) 4.08 avg rating — 59,031 ratings
35.
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said 3.91 avg rating — 44,742 ratings
36.
Superluminal
Superluminal 3.86 avg rating — 249 ratings
37.
Brasyl
Brasyl 3.67 avg rating — 3,080 ratings
38.
Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1)
Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 60,543 ratings
39.
Stations of the Tide
Stations of the Tide 3.67 avg rating — 2,727 ratings
40.
The Black Cloud
The Black Cloud 3.90 avg rating — 5,134 ratings
41.
Mockingbird
Mockingbird 4.16 avg rating — 11,695 ratings
42.
Dragon Dawn (Dinosaurian Time Travel, #1)
Dragon Dawn (Dinosaurian Time Travel, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 226 ratings
43.
Contact
Contact 4.15 avg rating — 150,012 ratings
44.
Grimspace (Sirantha Jax, #1)
Grimspace (Sirantha Jax, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 16,211 ratings
45.
Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)
Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1) 4.49 avg rating — 897,639 ratings
46.
Only Forward
Only Forward 4.22 avg rating — 6,063 ratings
47.
Warchild (Warchild, #1)
Warchild (Warchild, #1) 4.09 avg rating — 2,260 ratings
48.
Dragon's Egg (Cheela, #1)
Dragon's Egg (Cheela, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 9,558 ratings
49.
The Faded Sun Trilogy (The Faded Sun, #1-3)
The Faded Sun Trilogy (The Faded Sun, #1-3) 4.13 avg rating — 5,453 ratings
50.
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (The Wicked Years, #1)
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (The Wicked Years, #1) 3.51 avg rating — 669,527 ratings
51.
Brightness Falls from the Air
Brightness Falls from the Air 3.55 avg rating — 1,052 ratings
52.
Artemis Fowl (Artemis Fowl, #1)
Artemis Fowl (Artemis Fowl, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 558,661 ratings
52.
Citizen of the Galaxy
Citizen of the Galaxy 4.01 avg rating — 17,627 ratings
54.
Winterlong (Winterlong, #1)
Winterlong (Winterlong, #1) 3.70 avg rating — 882 ratings
55.
Pashazade (Arabesk, #1)
Pashazade (Arabesk, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 1,251 ratings
55.
The Einstein Intersection
The Einstein Intersection 3.55 avg rating — 6,129 ratings
57.
The Rogue Retrieval
The Rogue Retrieval 3.97 avg rating — 277 ratings
58.
The Pride of Chanur (Chanur, #1)
The Pride of Chanur (Chanur, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 7,632 ratings
59.
Doomsday Book (Oxford Time Travel, #1)
Doomsday Book (Oxford Time Travel, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 63,447 ratings
60.
Gateway
Gateway 4.06 avg rating — 46,822 ratings
61.
Carve the Sky
Carve the Sky 3.79 avg rating — 126 ratings
62.
The Gone-Away World
The Gone-Away World 4.10 avg rating — 14,056 ratings
63.
Grass (Arbai, #1)
Grass (Arbai, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 13,135 ratings
64.
Ring of Swords (Hwarhath, #1)
Ring of Swords (Hwarhath, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 404 ratings
65.
Empire Star
Empire Star 3.90 avg rating — 1,227 ratings
66.
The Voyage of the Space Beagle
The Voyage of the Space Beagle 3.84 avg rating — 3,968 ratings
67.
Effendi
Effendi really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 791 ratings
68.
Succession (Succession #1-2)
Succession (Succession #1-2) 4.07 avg rating — 335 ratings
69.
Six Moon Dance
Six Moon Dance 3.80 avg rating — 1,649 ratings
70.
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
71.
Planet Ignis
Planet Ignis 4.29 avg rating — 17 ratings
71.
Imber
Imber 4.60 avg rating — 15 ratings
73.
Adam II: ICON
Adam II: ICON 4.43 avg rating — 60 ratings
74.
Seed to Harvest (Patternist, #1-4)
Seed to Harvest (Patternist, #1-4) 4.39 avg rating — 6,602 ratings
75.
Soldier, Ask Not (Childe Cycle, #3)
Soldier, Ask Not (Childe Cycle, #3) 3.94 avg rating — 2,836 ratings
76.
Queen of Angels (Queen of Angels, #1)
Queen of Angels (Queen of Angels, #1)
by: Greg Bear
3.59 avg rating — 3,089 ratings
76.
Titan (Gaea, #1)
Titan (Gaea, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 9,321 ratings
76.
Freedom™ (Daemon, #2)
Freedom™ (Daemon, #2) 4.26 avg rating — 29,893 ratings
79.
Slow River
Slow River 3.85 avg rating — 4,155 ratings
80.
Inherit the Stars
Inherit the Stars 4.06 avg rating — 5,779 ratings
81.
A Billion Days of Earth
A Billion Days of Earth 3.58 avg rating — 122 ratings
81.
Young Miles (Vorkosigan Omnibus, #2)
Young Miles (Vorkosigan Omnibus, #2) 4.40 avg rating — 6,184 ratings
81.
Lock In (Lock In, #1)
Lock In (Lock In, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 70,466 ratings
84.
Decision at Doona (Doona, #1)
Decision at Doona (Doona, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 4,852 ratings
85.
Ammonite
Ammonite 3.90 avg rating — 6,980 ratings
86.
Felaheen
Felaheen 3.99 avg rating — 705 ratings
87.
Wrapt in Crystal
Wrapt in Crystal 3.59 avg rating — 1,627 ratings
88.
Mission of Gravity (Mesklin #1)
Mission of Gravity (Mesklin #1) 3.90 avg rating — 7,528 ratings
89.
3024AD: Short Stories Series One
3024AD: Short Stories Series One 3.78 avg rating — 18 ratings
89.
Diver Creed Station
Diver Creed Station 4.30 avg rating — 200 ratings
91.
Last and First Men
Last and First Men 3.79 avg rating — 6,762 ratings
92.
Golden Witchbreed (Orthe, #1)
Golden Witchbreed (Orthe, #1) 3.76 avg rating — 1,119 ratings
93.
The Golden Age (Golden Age, #1)
The Golden Age (Golden Age, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 3,340 ratings
94.
Being Alien (Saga of Tom Red-Clay, #2)
Being Alien (Saga of Tom Red-Clay, #2) 3.76 avg rating — 126 ratings
95.
Eyes of the Calculor (Greatwinter Trilogy #3)
Eyes of the Calculor (Greatwinter Trilogy #3) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 484 ratings
96.
Human to Human (Saga of Tom Red-Clay, #3)
Human to Human (Saga of Tom Red-Clay, #3) 3.75 avg rating — 87 ratings
96.
Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker
Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker 3.96 avg rating — 26,864 ratings
98.
The Slave and the Free (Holdfast Chronicles, #1-2)
The Slave and the Free (Holdfast Chronicles, #1-2) 3.71 avg rating — 221 ratings
99.
Becoming Alien (Saga of Tom Red-Clay, #1)
Becoming Alien (Saga of Tom Red-Clay, #1) 3.61 avg rating — 238 ratings
100.
Lords of the Starship
Lords of the Starship 3.46 avg rating — 155 ratings
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