Science Fiction

Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and capitalization) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves speculations based on current or future science or technology. Science fiction is found in books, art, television, films, games, theatre, and other media. In organizational or marketing contexts, science fiction can be synonymous with the broader definition of speculative fiction, encompassing creative works incorporating imaginative elements not found in contemporary reality; this includes fantasy, horror and related genres.

Although the two genres are often co
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Womb City
A Quantum Love Story
Sky's End (Above the Black, #1)
The Day Tripper
Beautyland
Deep Freeze (Revival #1)
The Principle of Moments (Order of Legends, #1)
Exordia
Into the Sunken City
The Tusks of Extinction
The Glass Box
Your Utopia
Big Time
Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency #3)
The Parliament
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    The Midnight Library
    Prophet Song
    Shadow Me (Shatter Me, #4.5)
    This Impossible Brightness
    Sea of Tranquility
    A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1)
    Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)
    Scorpio (Frontlines: Evolution, #1)
    Chimera's Star (Starship's Mage #14)
    Payback in Death (In Death, #57)
    The End and the Death: Volume III (The Horus Heresy: Siege of Terra)
    Recursion
    After Death
    Demon Daughter (Penric & Desdemona, #12)
    Ready Player One by Ernest ClineThe Martian by Andy WeirOld Man's War by John ScalziThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsLeviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey
    Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
    1,010 books — 9,238 voters
    The Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Wise Man's Fear by Patrick RothfussThe Final Empire by Brandon SandersonThe Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott LynchThe Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
    New Speculative Fiction Stars
    1,102 books — 2,800 voters

    Words of Radiance by Brandon SandersonThe Broken Eye by Brent WeeksTower Lord by Anthony RyanPrince of Fools by Mark  LawrenceSkin Game by Jim Butcher
    Can't Wait Sci-Fi/Fantasy of 2014
    497 books — 2,540 voters
    Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card1984 by George OrwellDune I by Frank HerbertFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
    Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
    8,204 books — 24,178 voters

    Escaping Reality by Lisa Renee JonesThe 5th Wave by Rick YanceyReal by Katy EvansBranded by Abi KetnerThe Law of Attraction by N.M. Silber
    New Series (2013)
    1,002 books — 2,604 voters
    The Republic of Thieves by Scott LynchA Memory of Light by Robert JordanEmperor of Thorns by Mark  LawrenceThe Daylight War by Peter V. BrettThe Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
    Can't Wait Sci-Fi/Fantasy of 2013
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    Dune (Dune, #1)
    Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
    The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
    The Martian
    Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
    Fahrenheit 451
    1984
    The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
    Brave New World
    Foundation (Foundation, #1)

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