best hard science fiction

1.
The Martian
The Martian
by: Andy Weir
4.42 avg rating β€” 1,238,820 ratings
2.
Revelation Space (Revelation Space, #1)
Revelation Space (Revelation Space, #1) 3.99 avg rating β€” 60,095 ratings
3.
Foundation (Foundation, #1)
Foundation (Foundation, #1) 4.17 avg rating β€” 580,918 ratings
4.
Dune (Dune, #1)
Dune (Dune, #1) 4.28 avg rating β€” 1,570,350 ratings
5.
Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)
Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1) 4.12 avg rating β€” 179,282 ratings
6.
2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)
2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1) 4.17 avg rating β€” 330,499 ratings
7.
Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)
Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1) 4.31 avg rating β€” 304,595 ratings
8.
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 β€” 460,884 ratings
9.
Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1) 4.27 avg rating β€” 285,939 ratings
10.
Blindsight (Firefall, #1)
Blindsight (Firefall, #1) 4.01 avg rating β€” 50,892 ratings
11.
Ringworld (Ringworld #1)
Ringworld (Ringworld #1) 3.94 avg rating β€” 127,131 ratings
12.
Altered Carbon (Takeshi Kovacs, #1)
Altered Carbon (Takeshi Kovacs, #1) 4.04 avg rating β€” 112,806 ratings
13.
Use of Weapons (Culture, #3)
Use of Weapons (Culture, #3) 4.16 avg rating β€” 51,312 ratings
14.
A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1)
A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1) 4.14 avg rating β€” 65,236 ratings
15.
House of Suns
House of Suns 4.24 avg rating β€” 31,346 ratings
16.
The Player of Games (Culture, #2)
The Player of Games (Culture, #2) 4.28 avg rating β€” 78,343 ratings
17.
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1) 4.31 avg rating β€” 1,449,764 ratings
18.
Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1)
Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1) 3.86 avg rating β€” 87,062 ratings
19.
Chasm City
Chasm City 4.13 avg rating β€” 26,994 ratings
20.
The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)
The Forever War (The Forever War, #1) 4.14 avg rating β€” 176,933 ratings
21.
Diaspora
Diaspora
by: Greg Egan
4.10 avg rating β€” 10,687 ratings
22.
A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)
A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2) 4.32 avg rating β€” 34,625 ratings
23.
Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)
Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1) 3.85 avg rating β€” 97,992 ratings
24.
I, Robot (Robot, #0.1)
I, Robot (Robot, #0.1) 4.21 avg rating β€” 369,911 ratings
25.
Contact
Contact 4.15 avg rating β€” 150,004 ratings
26.
The Fall of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #2)
The Fall of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #2) 4.24 avg rating β€” 141,860 ratings
27.
The Mote in God's Eye (Moties, #1)
The Mote in God's Eye (Moties, #1) 4.07 avg rating β€” 72,231 ratings
28.
Pushing Ice
Pushing Ice 4.07 avg rating β€” 21,504 ratings
29.
Dragon's Egg (Cheela, #1)
Dragon's Egg (Cheela, #1) 4.12 avg rating β€” 9,558 ratings
30.
Redemption Ark (Revelation Space, #2)
Redemption Ark (Revelation Space, #2) 4.16 avg rating β€” 31,767 ratings
31.
Childhood's End
Childhood's End 4.12 avg rating β€” 170,000 ratings
32.
Pandora's Star (Commonwealth Saga, #1)
Pandora's Star (Commonwealth Saga, #1) 4.23 avg rating β€” 52,782 ratings
33.
Excession (Culture #5)
Excession (Culture #5) 4.20 avg rating β€” 33,414 ratings
34.
Seveneves
Seveneves really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 122,816 ratings
35.
Spin (Spin, #1)
Spin (Spin, #1) 4.04 avg rating β€” 43,594 ratings
36.
Absolution Gap (Revelation Space, #3)
Absolution Gap (Revelation Space, #3) 4.02 avg rating β€” 24,624 ratings
37.
Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)
Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1) 4.23 avg rating β€” 216,478 ratings
38.
The City and the Stars
The City and the Stars 4.08 avg rating β€” 35,757 ratings
39.
Second Foundation (Foundation, #3)
Second Foundation (Foundation, #3) 4.27 avg rating β€” 197,715 ratings
40.
Permutation City
Permutation City
by: Greg Egan
4.06 avg rating β€” 12,307 ratings
41.
2010: Odyssey Two
2010: Odyssey Two 3.95 avg rating β€” 59,971 ratings
42.
Anathem
Anathem 4.17 avg rating β€” 74,554 ratings
43.
The Prefect (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #1)
The Prefect (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #1) 4.17 avg rating β€” 21,242 ratings
44.
The Caves of Steel (Robot, #1)
The Caves of Steel (Robot, #1) 4.19 avg rating β€” 109,411 ratings
45.
Tau Zero
Tau Zero 3.83 avg rating β€” 16,138 ratings
46.
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 β€” 204,603 ratings
47.
Foundation and Empire (Foundation, #2)
Foundation and Empire (Foundation, #2) 4.22 avg rating β€” 220,343 ratings
48.
Surface Detail (Culture, #9)
Surface Detail (Culture, #9) 4.26 avg rating β€” 29,670 ratings
49.
Memory (Vorkosigan Saga, #10)
Memory (Vorkosigan Saga, #10) 4.43 avg rating β€” 19,527 ratings
50.
Judas Unchained (Commonwealth Saga, #2)
Judas Unchained (Commonwealth Saga, #2) 4.30 avg rating β€” 39,708 ratings
51.
Stories of Your Life and Others
Stories of Your Life and Others 4.25 avg rating β€” 120,108 ratings
52.
Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)
Children of Time (Children of Time, #1) 4.30 avg rating β€” 160,036 ratings
53.
The Arbonox Syndrome
The Arbonox Syndrome it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β€” 16 ratings
54.
Starship Troopers
Starship Troopers 4.01 avg rating β€” 241,840 ratings
55.
The Foundation Trilogy (Foundation, #1-3)
The Foundation Trilogy (Foundation, #1-3) 4.42 avg rating β€” 107,101 ratings
56.
Eon (The Way, #1)
Eon (The Way, #1)
by: Greg Bear
3.88 avg rating β€” 29,924 ratings
57.
Mission of Gravity (Mesklin #1)
Mission of Gravity (Mesklin #1) 3.90 avg rating β€” 7,528 ratings
58.
Blue Remembered Earth (Poseidon's Children, #1)
Blue Remembered Earth (Poseidon's Children, #1) 3.88 avg rating β€” 12,004 ratings
59.
Look to Windward (Culture, #7)
Look to Windward (Culture, #7) 4.23 avg rating β€” 28,824 ratings
60.
Matter (Culture, #8)
Matter (Culture, #8) 4.11 avg rating β€” 29,299 ratings
61.
Singularity Sky (Eschaton, #1)
Singularity Sky (Eschaton, #1) 3.84 avg rating β€” 15,963 ratings
62.
A Canticle for Leibowitz (St. Leibowitz, #1)
A Canticle for Leibowitz (St. Leibowitz, #1) 3.99 avg rating β€” 116,704 ratings
63.
2061: Odyssey Three (Space Odyssey, #3)
2061: Odyssey Three (Space Odyssey, #3) 3.62 avg rating β€” 32,855 ratings
64.
The Punch Escrow
The Punch Escrow 3.61 avg rating β€” 6,068 ratings
65.
Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1)
Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1) 3.99 avg rating β€” 115,503 ratings
66.
Cyteen (Cyteen, #1-3)
Cyteen (Cyteen, #1-3) really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 10,485 ratings
67.
Accelerando
Accelerando 3.87 avg rating β€” 21,992 ratings
68.
The End of Eternity
The End of Eternity 4.24 avg rating β€” 60,796 ratings
69.
Schild's Ladder
Schild's Ladder
by: Greg Egan
3.94 avg rating β€” 4,029 ratings
70.
Dune Messiah (Dune Chronicles, #2)
Dune Messiah (Dune Chronicles, #2) 3.89 avg rating β€” 380,093 ratings
71.
Starfish (Rifters, #1)
Starfish (Rifters, #1) 3.95 avg rating β€” 10,069 ratings
72.
Shards of Honour (Vorkosigan Saga, #1)
Shards of Honour (Vorkosigan Saga, #1) 4.07 avg rating β€” 39,437 ratings
73.
The Quantum Thief (Jean le Flambeur, #1)
The Quantum Thief (Jean le Flambeur, #1) 3.83 avg rating β€” 23,443 ratings
74.
The Andromeda Strain (Andromeda, #1)
The Andromeda Strain (Andromeda, #1) 3.91 avg rating β€” 267,309 ratings
75.
Foreigner (Foreigner, #1)
Foreigner (Foreigner, #1) 3.92 avg rating β€” 10,804 ratings
76.
Moon 514: Blaze and the White Griffon
Moon 514: Blaze and the White Griffon 3.98 avg rating β€” 49 ratings
77.
Quarantine
Quarantine
by: Greg Egan
3.91 avg rating β€” 6,142 ratings
78.
The Naked Sun (Robot, #2)
The Naked Sun (Robot, #2) 4.19 avg rating β€” 61,746 ratings
79.
Rainbows End
Rainbows End 3.77 avg rating β€” 18,765 ratings
80.
The Peace War (Across Realtime, #1)
The Peace War (Across Realtime, #1) 3.97 avg rating β€” 7,229 ratings
81.
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 β€” 159,303 ratings
82.
Galactic North
Galactic North 4.12 avg rating β€” 9,319 ratings
83.
Unanimity (Spiral Worlds, #1)
Unanimity (Spiral Worlds, #1) 4.03 avg rating β€” 143 ratings
84.
Hominids (Neanderthal Parallax, #1)
Hominids (Neanderthal Parallax, #1) 3.80 avg rating β€” 13,733 ratings
85.
3001: The Final Odyssey
3001: The Final Odyssey 3.59 avg rating β€” 27,665 ratings
86.
The Line of Polity (Agent Cormac, #2)
The Line of Polity (Agent Cormac, #2) 4.14 avg rating β€” 7,840 ratings
86.
God Emperor of Dune (Dune #4)
God Emperor of Dune (Dune #4) 3.88 avg rating β€” 139,353 ratings
88.
Children of Dune (Dune #3)
Children of Dune (Dune #3) 3.96 avg rating β€” 237,026 ratings
89.
The Invincible
The Invincible 4.16 avg rating β€” 14,071 ratings
90.
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress 4.15 avg rating β€” 136,877 ratings
91.
The Robots of Dawn (Robot, #3)
The Robots of Dawn (Robot, #3) 4.20 avg rating β€” 53,475 ratings
92.
The Dreaming Void (Void #1)
The Dreaming Void (Void #1) 4.18 avg rating β€” 29,330 ratings
93.
Prelude to Foundation
Prelude to Foundation 4.16 avg rating β€” 94,094 ratings
94.
The Warrior's Apprentice (Vorkosigan Saga, #2)
The Warrior's Apprentice (Vorkosigan Saga, #2) 4.27 avg rating β€” 29,853 ratings
95.
Footfall
Footfall 3.92 avg rating β€” 17,393 ratings
95.
The Integral Trees (The State, #2)
The Integral Trees (The State, #2) 3.76 avg rating β€” 9,380 ratings
97.
The Pride of Chanur (Chanur, #1)
The Pride of Chanur (Chanur, #1) 3.94 avg rating β€” 7,632 ratings
98.
The Windup Girl
The Windup Girl 3.75 avg rating β€” 77,345 ratings
99.
Starquake
Starquake 3.97 avg rating β€” 1,180 ratings
100.
We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)
We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1) 4.27 avg rating β€” 114,124 ratings
Next