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)
Beautyland
Deep Freeze (Revival #1)
The Principle of Moments (Order of Legends, #1)
Exordia
Into the Sunken City
The Tusks of Extinction
Your Utopia
The Glass Box
Big Time
Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3)
The Parliament
The Lazarus Key
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    Random in Death (In Death, #58)
    Shadow Me (Shatter Me, #4.5)
    Prophet Song
    Sea of Tranquility
    The Institute
    The Testaments (The Handmaid's Tale, #2)
    The First to Die at the End
    A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1)
    Recursion
    Baby Ruth (Bob and Nikki, #43)
    Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)
    The Sunlit Man
    This Impossible Brightness
    Starsight (Skyward, #2)
    The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins1984 by George OrwellThe Giver by Lois LowryDivergent by Veronica RothBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
    Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
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    The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsDivergent by Veronica RothThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodCinder by Marissa MeyerThe Host by Stephenie Meyer
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    The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenDivergent by Veronica RothAllegiant by Veronica RothInsurgent by Veronica RothThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
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    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
    613 books — 3,268 voters

    World War Z by Max BrooksThe Zombie Survival Guide by Max BrooksThe Walking Dead, Vol. 1 by Robert KirkmanFeed by Mira GrantPride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith
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    Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Hobbit by J.R.R. TolkienThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
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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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