Science Fiction

Future-facing novels held to literary standards.

Science Fiction4.2

11/22/63

Stephen King · 2011

Moderate · 355 pp.

Science Fiction3.7

1984

George Orwell · 1949

Challenging · 472 pp.

Science Fiction3.5

Artemis

Andy Weir · 2017

Accessible · 582 pp.

Science Fiction3.8

Brave New World

Aldous Huxley · 1932

Accessible · 420 pp.

Science Fiction3.8

Cat's Cradle

Kurt Vonnegut · 1963

Accessible · 443 pp.

Science Fiction3.9

Children of the Mind

Orson Scott Card · 1996

Moderate · 596 pp.

Science Fiction3.5

Dark Matter

Blake Crouch · 2016

Accessible · 381 pp.

Science Fiction3.8

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

Philip K. Dick · 1968

Accessible · 506 pp.

Science Fiction4.0

Dune

Frank Herbert · 1965

Challenging · 517 pp.

Science Fiction4.2

Ender's Game

Orson Scott Card · 1985

Moderate · 356 pp.

Science Fiction3.8

Ender's Shadow

Orson Scott Card · 1999

Accessible · 343 pp.

Science Fiction4.3

Fahrenheit 451

Ray Bradbury · 1953

Challenging · 676 pp.

Science Fiction4.1

Foundation

Isaac Asimov · 1951

Accessible · 388 pp.

Science Fiction3.8

Golden Son

Pierce Brown · 2015

Accessible · 401 pp.

Science Fiction4.3

Hyperion

Dan Simmons · 1989

Challenging · 301 pp.

Science Fiction3.7

Life, the Universe and Everything

Douglas Adams · 1982

Challenging · 318 pp.

Science Fiction3.8

Mostly Harmless

Douglas Adams · 1992

Accessible · 622 pp.

Science Fiction4.0

Neuromancer

William Gibson · 1984

Challenging · 377 pp.

Science Fiction3.5

Oryx and Crake

Margaret Atwood · 2003

Accessible · 561 pp.

Science Fiction4.0

Project Hail Mary

Andy Weir · 2021

Challenging · 523 pp.

Science Fiction4.0

Ready Player One

Ernest Cline · 2011

Challenging · 651 pp.

Science Fiction3.8

Recursion

Blake Crouch · 2019

Accessible · 355 pp.

Science Fiction3.5

Red Rising

Pierce Brown · 2014

Accessible · 404 pp.

Science Fiction3.8

Rendezvous with Rama

Arthur C. Clarke · 1973

Accessible · 613 pp.

Science Fiction4.2

Snow Crash

Neal Stephenson · 1992

Moderate · 565 pp.

Science Fiction4.3

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

Douglas Adams · 1984

Challenging · 589 pp.

Science Fiction3.8

Speaker for the Dead

Orson Scott Card · 1986

Accessible · 458 pp.

Science Fiction4.1

Starship Troopers

Robert A. Heinlein · 1959

Accessible · 350 pp.

Science Fiction4.3

The Dispossessed

Ursula K. Le Guin · 1974

Challenging · 309 pp.

Science Fiction4.3

The Forever War

Joe Haldeman · 1974

Challenging · 550 pp.

Science Fiction4.3

The Galaxy, and the Ground Within

Becky Chambers · 2021

Challenging · 371 pp.

Science Fiction4.3

The Handmaid's Tale

Margaret Atwood · 1985

Challenging · 589 pp.

Science Fiction3.8

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Douglas Adams · 1979

Accessible · 666 pp.

Science Fiction4.2

The Hunger Games

Suzanne Collins · 2008

Moderate · 573 pp.

Science Fiction3.9

The Left Hand of Darkness

Ursula K. Le Guin · 1969

Moderate · 480 pp.

Science Fiction3.7

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

Becky Chambers · 2014

Challenging · 364 pp.

Science Fiction3.7

The Man in the High Castle

Philip K. Dick · 1962

Challenging · 638 pp.

Science Fiction4.2

The Martian

Andy Weir · 2011

Moderate · 502 pp.

Science Fiction3.9

The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

Robert A. Heinlein · 1966

Moderate · 346 pp.

Science Fiction4.2

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

Douglas Adams · 1980

Moderate · 554 pp.

Science Fiction3.5

The Sirens of Titan

Kurt Vonnegut · 1959

Accessible · 597 pp.

Science Fiction4.3

Under the Dome

Stephen King · 2009

Challenging · 652 pp.