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📚 Science Fiction Book Reviews

Science fiction is at its best when the speculative idea changes how characters live, choose, and understand the world. Our reviews cover dystopia, space fiction, cyberpunk, time stories, and literary science fiction.

25 books

How to explore Science Fiction books

We evaluate both the central concept and the human story around it, including how much explanation the book requires and whether its future feels internally consistent.

Start with: The Giver · The Measure · The Left Hand of Darkness

The Giver by Lois Lowry book cover

👤 Lois Lowry

The Measure by Nikki Erlick book cover

👤 Nikki Erlick

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin book cover

The Left Hand of Darkness

👤 Ursula K. Le Guin

Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler book cover

Parable of the Sower

👤 Octavia E. Butler

Kindred by Octavia E. Butler book cover

👤 Octavia E. Butler

The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North book cover

The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August

👤 Claire North

Recursion by Blake Crouch book cover

👤 Blake Crouch

Dark Matter by Blake Crouch book cover

👤 Blake Crouch

Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel book cover

Sea of Tranquility

👤 Emily St. John Mandel

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel book cover

👤 Emily St. John Mandel

The Martian by Andy Weir book cover

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card book cover

👤 Orson Scott Card

Foundation by Isaac Asimov book cover

👤 Isaac Asimov

Neuromancer by William Gibson book cover

👤 William Gibson

Dune by Frank Herbert book cover

👤 Frank Herbert

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro book cover

Never Let Me Go

👤 Kazuo Ishiguro

The Road by Cormac McCarthy book cover

👤 Cormac McCarthy

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood book cover

The Handmaid's Tale

👤 Margaret Atwood

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley book cover

👤 Mary Shelley

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir book cover

Project Hail Mary

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig book cover

The Midnight Library

Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro book cover

Klara and the Sun

👤 Kazuo Ishiguro

A Guardian and a Thief by Megha Majumdar book cover

A Guardian and a Thief

👤 Megha Majumdar

Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell book cover

Nineteen Eighty-Four

👤 George Orwell

The Running Man by Stephen King book cover

The Running Man

👤 Stephen King