50 Books like The Number of the Beast

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

by Douglas Adams

Earth demolished for a space bypass, Arthur Dent hitchhikes a galaxy run by bureaucrats.

4.22

2.0M+

🌀 Absurdist Sci-Fi 🐟 Fish Out Of Water 🤖 Depressed Robot 🌌 Cosmic Insignificance 🎲 Accidental Hero

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Summary

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy 92%

Earth demolished for a space bypass, Arthur Dent hitchhikes a galaxy run by bureaucrats.

by Douglas Adams 1979

4.22

2.0M+ ratings

🌀 Absurdist Sci-Fi 🐟 Fish Out Of Water 🤖 Depressed Robot 🌌 Cosmic Insignificance 🎲 Accidental Hero

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

by Douglas Adams • 1987

A CEO's murder leads to time travel, an alien ghost, and a horse in a bathroom.

3.97

150k+

🎭 Comic Science Fiction 🔍 Absurdist Mystery ⏳ Time Travel Paradox 👻 Ghost Possession 🧐 Eccentric Professor

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Summary

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency 92%

A CEO's murder leads to time travel, an alien ghost, and a horse in a bathroom.

by Douglas Adams 1987

3.97

150k+ ratings

🎭 Comic Science Fiction 🔍 Absurdist Mystery ⏳ Time Travel Paradox 👻 Ghost Possession 🧐 Eccentric Professor

The Time Ships

by Stephen Baxter • 1995

A Victorian inventor discovers his time machine has splintered the future into warring worlds.

3.95

7k+

🔀 Quantum Multiverse 🕰️ Cosmic Time Travel ⚔️ Time War 🌍 Post-Human Earth 💔 Guilt And Atonement

The Time Ships 92%

A Victorian inventor discovers his time machine has splintered the future into warring worlds.

by Stephen Baxter 1995

3.95

7k+ ratings

🔀 Quantum Multiverse 🕰️ Cosmic Time Travel ⚔️ Time War 🌍 Post-Human Earth 💔 Guilt And Atonement

Tress of the Emerald Sea

by Brandon Sanderson • 2023

An ordinary girl braves an exploding ocean to rescue the boy she loves from a sorceress.

4.31

301k+

🌊 Nautical Fantasy 🫖 Cozy Fantasy 🗡️ Rescue Quest 👒 Ordinary Heroine 🐀 Transformation Curse

Tress of the Emerald Sea 90%

An ordinary girl braves an exploding ocean to rescue the boy she loves from a sorceress.

by Brandon Sanderson 2023

4.31

301k+ ratings

🌊 Nautical Fantasy 🫖 Cozy Fantasy 🗡️ Rescue Quest 👒 Ordinary Heroine 🐀 Transformation Curse

The Captain

by Will Wight • 2023

A mage absorbs six dead selves, inheriting their power, their trauma, and a galaxy-spanning war.

4.27

10k+

🚀 Science Fantasy ⚔️ Progression Fantasy ❤️ Found Family 🪞 Alternate Selves 🛸 Sentient Ship

The Captain 90%

A mage absorbs six dead selves, inheriting their power, their trauma, and a galaxy-spanning war.

by Will Wight 2023

4.27

10k+ ratings

🚀 Science Fantasy ⚔️ Progression Fantasy ❤️ Found Family 🪞 Alternate Selves 🛸 Sentient Ship

Quantum Radio

by A.G. Riddle • 2023

A physicist detects a signal from outside reality carrying four human genomes. One is his own.

4.08

17k+

🌀 Quantum Multiverse 📜 Alternate History 🤝 Found Family 🧬 Genetic Destiny 🌐 Multiverse Agents

Quantum Radio 90%

A physicist detects a signal from outside reality carrying four human genomes. One is his own.

by A.G. Riddle 2023

4.08

17k+ ratings

🌀 Quantum Multiverse 📜 Alternate History 🤝 Found Family 🧬 Genetic Destiny 🌐 Multiverse Agents

InterWorld

by Neil Gaiman • 2007

A lost boy walks into a war between magic and science fought by his alternate selves.

3.56

23k+

🌀 Multiverse Adventure 🚪 Portal Fantasy ⚡ Magic Vs Science 🪞 Alternate Selves 💛 Found Family

InterWorld 90%

A lost boy walks into a war between magic and science fought by his alternate selves.

by Neil Gaiman 2007

3.56

23k+ ratings

🌀 Multiverse Adventure 🚪 Portal Fantasy ⚡ Magic Vs Science 🪞 Alternate Selves 💛 Found Family

Shards of a Shattered Mirror Book I

by Darryl Anka • 2017

She glimpses every future in shattered light, but an alien empire has already chosen one.

4.53

150

🪐 Science Fantasy ⭐ Chosen One 🔮 Parallel Realities ⚔️ Resistance Rebellion 🌌 Cosmic Mystery

Shards of a Shattered Mirror Book I Summary

Shards of a Shattered Mirror Book I 90%

She glimpses every future in shattered light, but an alien empire has already chosen one.

by Darryl Anka 2017

4.53

150 ratings

🪐 Science Fantasy ⭐ Chosen One 🔮 Parallel Realities ⚔️ Resistance Rebellion 🌌 Cosmic Mystery

A Wrinkle in Time

by Madeleine L'Engle • 1962

A girl folds space with her brother to save their father from a planet of crushing sameness.

3.97

1.3M+

🚀 Science Fantasy 🌌 Cosmic Adventure 💕 Sibling Loyalty 🌟 Ordinary Hero 🌑 Whimsical Darkness

A Wrinkle in Time 90%

A girl folds space with her brother to save their father from a planet of crushing sameness.

by Madeleine L'Engle 1962

3.97

1.3M+ ratings

🚀 Science Fantasy 🌌 Cosmic Adventure 💕 Sibling Loyalty 🌟 Ordinary Hero 🌑 Whimsical Darkness

The Best of Connie Willis

by Connie Willis • 1993

In worlds broken by time, war, and alien judgment, people still find reasons to sing.

4.10

2k+

🚀 Literary Sf 🌀 Genre Blending 🖤 Bittersweet 👥 Found Family ⏳ Time Travel Ethics

The Best of Connie Willis 90%

In worlds broken by time, war, and alien judgment, people still find reasons to sing.

by Connie Willis 1993

4.10

2k+ ratings

🚀 Literary Sf 🌀 Genre Blending 🖤 Bittersweet 👥 Found Family ⏳ Time Travel Ethics

The Gunslinger

by Stephen King • 1982

A gunslinger tracks a dark sorcerer through a dead world toward the tower binding all creation.

3.91

669k+

🤠 Weird Western 🏜️ Desert Wasteland 🎯 Obsessive Quest 🌌 Cosmic Dread 🏚️ Decaying World

The Gunslinger 90%

A gunslinger tracks a dark sorcerer through a dead world toward the tower binding all creation.

by Stephen King 1982

3.91

669k+ ratings

🤠 Weird Western 🏜️ Desert Wasteland 🎯 Obsessive Quest 🌌 Cosmic Dread 🏚️ Decaying World

The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

by Douglas Adams • 1996

Earth demolished for a bypass, Arthur Dent hitchhikes the galaxy with a towel and a guide.

4.38

339k+

🛸 Absurdist Space Comedy 🤔 Existential Humor 🚀 Ragtag Space Crew 🌌 Intergalactic Road Trip 🌀 Cosmic Irony

The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Summary

The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy 92%

Earth demolished for a bypass, Arthur Dent hitchhikes the galaxy with a towel and a guide.

by Douglas Adams 1996

4.38

339k+ ratings

🛸 Absurdist Space Comedy 🤔 Existential Humor 🚀 Ragtag Space Crew 🌌 Intergalactic Road Trip 🌀 Cosmic Irony

Redshirts

by John Scalzi • 2012

Ensigns die like TV extras on his starship. One recruit travels to 2012 to confront the writers.

3.87

119k+

🛸 Meta Science Fiction 🖖 Star Trek Parody 🪟 Fourth Wall Breaking 💀 Expendable Crew 👥 Found Family

Redshirts 91%

Ensigns die like TV extras on his starship. One recruit travels to 2012 to confront the writers.

by John Scalzi 2012

3.87

119k+ ratings

🛸 Meta Science Fiction 🖖 Star Trek Parody 🪟 Fourth Wall Breaking 💀 Expendable Crew 👥 Found Family

Service Model

by Adrian Tchaikovsky

A robot valet kills his master, then crosses a dead civilization to find out why.

4.03

23k+

🎭 Philosophical Satire 🤖 Robot Self-Discovery 📋 Bureaucratic Absurdity 🫖 Loyal Servant Narrator 😐 Deadpan Narrator

Service Model 91%

A robot valet kills his master, then crosses a dead civilization to find out why.

by Adrian Tchaikovsky 2024

4.03

23k+ ratings

🎭 Philosophical Satire 🤖 Robot Self-Discovery 📋 Bureaucratic Absurdity 🫖 Loyal Servant Narrator 😐 Deadpan Narrator

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

by Becky Chambers • 2014

Running from her past, a clerk joins a wormhole ship crewed by chaotic, lovable misfits.

4.17

188k+

🛸 Found Family ☕ Cozy Sci-Fi 🚀 Ragtag Crew 🤝 Interspecies Bonds 💘 Slow Burn Romance

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet Summary

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet 90%

Running from her past, a clerk joins a wormhole ship crewed by chaotic, lovable misfits.

by Becky Chambers 2014

4.17

188k+ ratings

🛸 Found Family ☕ Cozy Sci-Fi 🚀 Ragtag Crew 🤝 Interspecies Bonds 💘 Slow Burn Romance

Exhalation

by Ted Chiang • 2019

A merchant in ancient Baghdad steps through a time portal to undo a sorrow twenty years past.

4.27

113k+

⏳ Time Travel Fiction 🤔 Philosophical Sci-Fi 🔄 Causal Loop 🔮 Free Will And Fate 🧠 Memory And Identity

Exhalation 90%

A merchant in ancient Baghdad steps through a time portal to undo a sorrow twenty years past.

by Ted Chiang 2019

4.27

113k+ ratings

⏳ Time Travel Fiction 🤔 Philosophical Sci-Fi 🔄 Causal Loop 🔮 Free Will And Fate 🧠 Memory And Identity

The Space Between Worlds

by Micaiah Johnson • 2020

The multiverse opens only to those already dead there. Cara qualifies on nearly every world.

3.93

46k+

🌀 Multiverse Sci-Fi 🎭 Stolen Identity 💋 Sapphic Romance 🏚️ Dystopian Class Divide 💔 Class-Crossed Lovers

The Space Between Worlds 90%

The multiverse opens only to those already dead there. Cara qualifies on nearly every world.

by Micaiah Johnson 2020

3.93

46k+ ratings

🌀 Multiverse Sci-Fi 🎭 Stolen Identity 💋 Sapphic Romance 🏚️ Dystopian Class Divide 💔 Class-Crossed Lovers

The Vanished Birds

by Simon Jimenez • 2020

A mute boy's secret is instant travel; his captain will cross decades to bring him home.

4.06

11k+

🫂 Found Family ⏳ Time Dilation ✨ Lyrical Prose 🍂 Bittersweet 🌌 Far Future

The Vanished Birds 90%

A mute boy's secret is instant travel; his captain will cross decades to bring him home.

by Simon Jimenez 2020

4.06

11k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family ⏳ Time Dilation ✨ Lyrical Prose 🍂 Bittersweet 🌌 Far Future

The Doors of Eden

by Adrian Tchaikovsky • 2020

When her lover vanishes into another Earth, a cryptozoologist must save parallel worlds from ruin.

3.87

11k+

🌍 Parallel Worlds 🧬 Alternate Evolution 💕 Sapphic Romance 💔 Lost And Found Love 🪐 Cosmic Scale

The Doors of Eden 90%

When her lover vanishes into another Earth, a cryptozoologist must save parallel worlds from ruin.

by Adrian Tchaikovsky 2020

3.87

11k+ ratings

🌍 Parallel Worlds 🧬 Alternate Evolution 💕 Sapphic Romance 💔 Lost And Found Love 🪐 Cosmic Scale

Consider Phlebas

by Iain M. Banks • 1987

To save a crumbling empire, a shapeshifter must steal a runaway supermind from a dead world.

3.85

102k+

🦎 Shapeshifter Protagonist 🚀 Mercenary Crew 🛐 Alien Religion 🌍 Doomed Megastructure 🧠 Sentient Starship

Consider Phlebas 90%

To save a crumbling empire, a shapeshifter must steal a runaway supermind from a dead world.

by Iain M. Banks 1987

3.85

102k+ ratings

🦎 Shapeshifter Protagonist 🚀 Mercenary Crew 🛐 Alien Religion 🌍 Doomed Megastructure 🧠 Sentient Starship

The Diamond Age

by Neal Stephenson • 1995

A stolen, sentient primer teaches a poor girl to read, then to lead an army.

4.16

94k+

📖 Sentient Book 🤱 Surrogate Mother 👑 Child Leader 🐝 Hive Mind 🕰️ Neovictorian Society

The Diamond Age 90%

A stolen, sentient primer teaches a poor girl to read, then to lead an army.

by Neal Stephenson 1995

4.16

94k+ ratings

📖 Sentient Book 🤱 Surrogate Mother 👑 Child Leader 🐝 Hive Mind 🕰️ Neovictorian Society

Across the Haunted Stars

by Abe Moss • 2022

Her father dragged her through a cosmic void. His machine needs her power to unmake reality.

4.46

251

🖤 Cosmic Horror 🌌 Dimension Hopping 🤝 Found Family 🔥 Dangerous Powers ⚗️ Science Fantasy

Across the Haunted Stars 90%

Her father dragged her through a cosmic void. His machine needs her power to unmake reality.

by Abe Moss 2022

4.46

251 ratings

🖤 Cosmic Horror 🌌 Dimension Hopping 🤝 Found Family 🔥 Dangerous Powers ⚗️ Science Fantasy

Hyperion

by Dan Simmons

A blade-covered god awaits seven pilgrims. One wish, six deaths. Their stories are their only armor.

4.28

305k+

🗣️ Frame Narrative 🧳 Pilgrimage 🫀 Body Horror 🌌 Cosmic Dread ⚔️ Space War

Hyperion 91%

A blade-covered god awaits seven pilgrims. One wish, six deaths. Their stories are their only armor.

by Dan Simmons 1989

4.28

305k+ ratings

🗣️ Frame Narrative 🧳 Pilgrimage 🫀 Body Horror 🌌 Cosmic Dread ⚔️ Space War

The Android's Dream

by John Scalzi • 2006

A diplomatic fart kills a negotiator. Peace requires one extinct sheep: a woman who never knew.

3.99

24k+

🛸 Comic Space Opera 🦸 Reluctant Hero 🤖 AI Companion 🤪 Absurdist Humor 🌌 Interstellar Politics

The Android's Dream 91%

A diplomatic fart kills a negotiator. Peace requires one extinct sheep: a woman who never knew.

by John Scalzi 2006

3.99

24k+ ratings

🛸 Comic Space Opera 🦸 Reluctant Hero 🤖 AI Companion 🤪 Absurdist Humor 🌌 Interstellar Politics

We Are Legion (We Are Bob)

by Dennis E. Taylor • 2016

A dead engineer wakes as an AI and is hurled into space inside a self-replicating probe.

4.25

133k+

🧠 Digital Consciousness 🚀 Von Neumann Probe 👥 Multiple Selves ⚖️ Prime Directive 🌍 Humanity's Last Hope

We Are Legion (We Are Bob) 91%

A dead engineer wakes as an AI and is hurled into space inside a self-replicating probe.

by Dennis E. Taylor 2016

4.25

133k+ ratings

🧠 Digital Consciousness 🚀 Von Neumann Probe 👥 Multiple Selves ⚖️ Prime Directive 🌍 Humanity's Last Hope

Making History

by Stephen Fry • 1996

A Cambridge student sends a pill to sterilize Hitler's father. The new world is even darker.

3.92

12k+

🕰️ Alternate History 🎭 Dark Comedy 🏛️ Academic Setting 🦋 Butterfly Effect ⏳ Time Travel Paradox

Making History 90%

A Cambridge student sends a pill to sterilize Hitler's father. The new world is even darker.

by Stephen Fry 1996

3.92

12k+ ratings

🕰️ Alternate History 🎭 Dark Comedy 🏛️ Academic Setting 🦋 Butterfly Effect ⏳ Time Travel Paradox

Shards of Earth

by Adrian Tchaikovsky • 2021

A ship sculpted by aliens forces a traumatized navigator back into the nightmare void.

4.18

35k+

🧠 Psychic Navigators 🖤 Found Family 🚀 Salvage Crew 👾 Alien Cosmic Horror 🌌 Post-War Galaxy

Shards of Earth 90%

A ship sculpted by aliens forces a traumatized navigator back into the nightmare void.

by Adrian Tchaikovsky 2021

4.18

35k+ ratings

🧠 Psychic Navigators 🖤 Found Family 🚀 Salvage Crew 👾 Alien Cosmic Horror 🌌 Post-War Galaxy

A Psalm for the Wild-Built

by Becky Chambers • 2021

A tea monk walks into the wilderness and meets a robot sent to understand human longing.

4.21

193k+

🏙️ Solarpunk Utopia 🤖 Robot Companion 💚 Unlikely Friendship 🏳️ Nonbinary Lead 🛤️ Philosophical Journey

A Psalm for the Wild-Built 90%

A tea monk walks into the wilderness and meets a robot sent to understand human longing.

by Becky Chambers 2021

4.21

193k+ ratings

🏙️ Solarpunk Utopia 🤖 Robot Companion 💚 Unlikely Friendship 🏳️ Nonbinary Lead 🛤️ Philosophical Journey

2001

by Arthur C. Clarke • 1968

A monolith wakes on the moon and signals Saturn; two astronauts and a secretive computer follow.

4.18

339k+

🔬 Hard Sci-Fi 🛸 First Contact 🗿 Ancient Aliens 🤖 Rogue AI 🧬 Evolutionary Leap

2001 90%

A monolith wakes on the moon and signals Saturn; two astronauts and a secretive computer follow.

by Arthur C. Clarke 1968

4.18

339k+ ratings

🔬 Hard Sci-Fi 🛸 First Contact 🗿 Ancient Aliens 🤖 Rogue AI 🧬 Evolutionary Leap

The Cyberiad

by Stanisław Lem • 1965

Two brilliant robots wander the galaxy building machines that turn logic puzzles into cosmic chaos.

4.13

14k+

🧙‍♂️ Science Fiction Fables 🪐 Satirical Sci-Fi 🤡 Absurdist Humor 🧠 Intellectual Hubris 🏚️ Failed Utopias

The Cyberiad 90%

Two brilliant robots wander the galaxy building machines that turn logic puzzles into cosmic chaos.

by Stanisław Lem 1965

4.13

14k+ ratings

🧙‍♂️ Science Fiction Fables 🪐 Satirical Sci-Fi 🤡 Absurdist Humor 🧠 Intellectual Hubris 🏚️ Failed Utopias

The Accidental Time Machine

by Joe Haldeman • 2007

A failed physicist's broken calibrator is a one-way time machine, each jump exponentially longer.

3.73

11k+

⏩ One-Way Time Travel ⛪ Theocratic Dystopia 🌅 Post-Scarcity Society 🌍 Post-Apocalyptic Earth 🤖 Sentient Ai

The Accidental Time Machine 89%

A failed physicist's broken calibrator is a one-way time machine, each jump exponentially longer.

by Joe Haldeman 2007

3.73

11k+ ratings

⏩ One-Way Time Travel ⛪ Theocratic Dystopia 🌅 Post-Scarcity Society 🌍 Post-Apocalyptic Earth 🤖 Sentient Ai

The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.

by Neal Stephenson • 2017

Magic died with the first photograph. A secret agency found a quantum loophole to restore it.

3.86

35k+

✨ Quantum Time Travel 📋 Bureaucratic Magic 🧙‍♀️ Immortal Witch 🕵️ Temporal Espionage 📝 Epistolary Adventure

The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. 91%

Magic died with the first photograph. A secret agency found a quantum loophole to restore it.

by Neal Stephenson 2017

3.86

35k+ ratings

✨ Quantum Time Travel 📋 Bureaucratic Magic 🧙‍♀️ Immortal Witch 🕵️ Temporal Espionage 📝 Epistolary Adventure

Ellison Wonderland

by Harlan Ellison • 1962

A murder kit, a centaur wish, and a robot's return: stories that warp reality.

3.99

1k+

🌀 Surreal Sci-Fi 🌟 Science Fantasy ↩️ Twist Endings 🤡 Absurdist Dilemmas 🪞 Identity Shift

Ellison Wonderland 90%

A murder kit, a centaur wish, and a robot's return: stories that warp reality.

by Harlan Ellison 1962

3.99

1k+ ratings

🌀 Surreal Sci-Fi 🌟 Science Fantasy ↩️ Twist Endings 🤡 Absurdist Dilemmas 🪞 Identity Shift

The Stars, Like Dust

by Isaac Asimov

His father executed, a student hunts a hidden rebellion world through a galaxy of double agents.

3.74

27k+

🚀 Political Space Opera 📻 Golden Age Sf 🔀 Double Crosses 🎭 Secret Mastermind 🏴 Hidden Rebellion

The Stars, Like Dust 90%

His father executed, a student hunts a hidden rebellion world through a galaxy of double agents.

by Isaac Asimov 1951

3.74

27k+ ratings

🚀 Political Space Opera 📻 Golden Age Sf 🔀 Double Crosses 🎭 Secret Mastermind 🏴 Hidden Rebellion

Space Opera

by Catherynne M. Valente • 2018

A washed-up glam rocker must save Earth from elimination at an intergalactic song contest.

3.45

17k+

🌀 Absurdist Sci-Fi 🏆 Galactic Competition 🎸 Washed-Up Musician 🥁 Band Reunion 💔 Grief And Performance

Space Opera 89%

A washed-up glam rocker must save Earth from elimination at an intergalactic song contest.

by Catherynne M. Valente 2018

3.45

17k+ ratings

🌀 Absurdist Sci-Fi 🏆 Galactic Competition 🎸 Washed-Up Musician 🥁 Band Reunion 💔 Grief And Performance

Gateway

by Craig Alanson • 2025

His AI lost inside a star, Bishop faces an ancient enemy opening the galaxy's door.

4.41

4k+

🚀 Military Space Opera 🤖 Snarky AI Companion 🫂 Found Family 😰 Reluctant Leader 😏 Witty Banter

Gateway 89%

His AI lost inside a star, Bishop faces an ancient enemy opening the galaxy's door.

by Craig Alanson 2025

4.41

4k+ ratings

🚀 Military Space Opera 🤖 Snarky AI Companion 🫂 Found Family 😰 Reluctant Leader 😏 Witty Banter

The Affair of the Mysterious Letter

by Alexis Hall • 2019

A sorceress and her ex-soldier flatmate hunt a blackmailer through a city of shifting realities.

3.75

4k+

🕵️ Holmesian Fantasy 💜 Sapphic Mystery 🏠 Found Family 🌀 Eccentric Detective 🏮 Gaslamp Fantasy

The Affair of the Mysterious Letter Summary

The Affair of the Mysterious Letter 89%

A sorceress and her ex-soldier flatmate hunt a blackmailer through a city of shifting realities.

by Alexis Hall 2019

3.75

4k+ ratings

🕵️ Holmesian Fantasy 💜 Sapphic Mystery 🏠 Found Family 🌀 Eccentric Detective 🏮 Gaslamp Fantasy

Stories of Your Life and Others

by Ted Chiang • 2002

Eight stories where language reshapes time, math comes undone, and a tower scrapes heaven.

4.25

127k+

🗣️ Linguistic Sci-Fi 🤔 Philosophical Sci-Fi ⏳ Nonlinear Time 📐 Mathematical Fiction 🙏 Theological Sci-Fi

Stories of Your Life and Others 89%

Eight stories where language reshapes time, math comes undone, and a tower scrapes heaven.

by Ted Chiang 2002

4.25

127k+ ratings

🗣️ Linguistic Sci-Fi 🤔 Philosophical Sci-Fi ⏳ Nonlinear Time 📐 Mathematical Fiction 🙏 Theological Sci-Fi

Contact

by Carl Sagan • 1985

When the stars send blueprints for a machine, one astronomer must trust what she cannot prove.

4.15

154k+

🔭 First Contact 🧪 Hard Science Fiction ⚛️ Science Vs Faith 👩‍🔬 Women In Science 🌌 Cosmic Wonder

Contact 89%

When the stars send blueprints for a machine, one astronomer must trust what she cannot prove.

by Carl Sagan 1985

4.15

154k+ ratings

🔭 First Contact 🧪 Hard Science Fiction ⚛️ Science Vs Faith 👩‍🔬 Women In Science 🌌 Cosmic Wonder

Split Infinity

by Piers Anthony • 1980

A serf flees a game-run world for a magic land where his twin was a wizard.

3.97

18k+

🌀 Parallel Worlds 🔮 Science Fantasy 🎲 Game-Based Society ⚔️ Reluctant Hero 💙 Found Family

Split Infinity 89%

A serf flees a game-run world for a magic land where his twin was a wizard.

by Piers Anthony 1980

3.97

18k+ ratings

🌀 Parallel Worlds 🔮 Science Fantasy 🎲 Game-Based Society ⚔️ Reluctant Hero 💙 Found Family

The Infinite and the Divine

by Robert Rath

Two deathless rivals feud ten thousand years for a puzzle box mapping a god's tomb.

4.44

7k+

🥊 Immortal Rivals 💎 Artifact Heist 🖤 Grimdark Comedy ⏳ Temporal Warfare 🚀 Far Future

The Infinite and the Divine 90%

Two deathless rivals feud ten thousand years for a puzzle box mapping a god's tomb.

by Robert Rath 2020

4.44

7k+ ratings

🥊 Immortal Rivals 💎 Artifact Heist 🖤 Grimdark Comedy ⏳ Temporal Warfare 🚀 Far Future

The Blazing World

by Margaret Cavendish • 1666

A kidnapped noblewoman washes into a parallel world of hybrid creatures who crown her Empress.

2.94

2k+

✨ Feminist Utopia 🧠 Philosophical Fantasy 👑 Female Sovereignty 🌍 Alternate Worlds 🔬 Scientific Satire

The Blazing World 90%

A kidnapped noblewoman washes into a parallel world of hybrid creatures who crown her Empress.

by Margaret Cavendish 1666

2.94

2k+ ratings

✨ Feminist Utopia 🧠 Philosophical Fantasy 👑 Female Sovereignty 🌍 Alternate Worlds 🔬 Scientific Satire

The Shadow of the Torturer

by Gene Wolfe • 1980

An apprentice torturer's act of mercy exiles him into a dying world haunted by miracles.

3.84

36k+

🌑 Dying Earth ⚗️ Science Fantasy 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🖋️ Baroque Prose 🤔 Philosophical Fantasy

The Shadow of the Torturer 90%

An apprentice torturer's act of mercy exiles him into a dying world haunted by miracles.

by Gene Wolfe 1980

3.84

36k+ ratings

🌑 Dying Earth ⚗️ Science Fantasy 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🖋️ Baroque Prose 🤔 Philosophical Fantasy

Aurora Rising

by Amie Kaufman • 2019

A cadet trades his dream squad for a lost girl who becomes the galaxy's last weapon.

4.09

75k+

🚀 Ensemble Space Crew 🫂 Found Family ✨ Chosen One Destiny 💫 Fated Bond 👁️ Psychic Visions

Aurora Rising 89%

A cadet trades his dream squad for a lost girl who becomes the galaxy's last weapon.

by Amie Kaufman 2019

4.09

75k+ ratings

🚀 Ensemble Space Crew 🫂 Found Family ✨ Chosen One Destiny 💫 Fated Bond 👁️ Psychic Visions

Old Man's War

by John Scalzi • 2005

A seventy-five-year-old widower joins the army for a new body and gets an interstellar war.

4.23

227k+

🪖 Military Sci-Fi 🧬 Consciousness Transfer 👽 Alien Warfare 😏 Wry Humor 💪 Boot Camp Training

Old Man's War 89%

A seventy-five-year-old widower joins the army for a new body and gets an interstellar war.

by John Scalzi 2005

4.23

227k+ ratings

🪖 Military Sci-Fi 🧬 Consciousness Transfer 👽 Alien Warfare 😏 Wry Humor 💪 Boot Camp Training

Mickey7

by Edward Ashton • 2022

An expendable colonist survives a mission and returns to find his duplicate already living his life.

3.78

58k+

🧠 Consciousness Transfer 👥 Accidental Duplicate 👽 Sentient Aliens 🤝 First Contact 🪐 Colony Sci-Fi

Mickey7 89%

An expendable colonist survives a mission and returns to find his duplicate already living his life.

by Edward Ashton 2022

3.78

58k+ ratings

🧠 Consciousness Transfer 👥 Accidental Duplicate 👽 Sentient Aliens 🤝 First Contact 🪐 Colony Sci-Fi

The End of Mr. Y

by Scarlett Thomas • 2006

A cursed book lets her enter other minds. Now shadowy agents hunt her through that world.

3.77

19k+

🖤 Dark Academia 📖 Cursed Book 🔮 Metaphysical Thriller 🧠 Mind Travel 🌫️ Unreliable Reality

The End of Mr. Y 89%

A cursed book lets her enter other minds. Now shadowy agents hunt her through that world.

by Scarlett Thomas 2006

3.77

19k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 📖 Cursed Book 🔮 Metaphysical Thriller 🧠 Mind Travel 🌫️ Unreliable Reality

Love and Other Thought Experiments

by Sophie Ward • 2020

An ant. A believer. A family, a death, and the universe that remembers them.

3.59

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Love and Other Thought Experiments 89%

An ant. A believer. A family, a death, and the universe that remembers them.

by Sophie Ward 2020

3.59

6k+ ratings

🌌 Philosophical Fiction 🏠 Chosen Family 👶 Queer Parenthood 🧠 Consciousness Merge 💫 Speculative Grief

The Road to Roswell

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A maid of honor's alien abduction in Roswell is a rescue mission, not an invasion.

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The Road to Roswell 89%

A maid of honor's alien abduction in Roswell is a rescue mission, not an invasion.

by Connie Willis 2023

3.71

9k+ ratings

🛸 Comic Science Fiction 👽 First Contact 🖤 Interspecies Friendship 🎭 Oddball Ensemble 💕 Forced Proximity

Observer

by Robert Lanza • 2023

A disgraced neurosurgeon uses quantum implants to reach the multiverses where the dead still live.

4.03

3k+

🧠 Quantum Consciousness 🩺 Medical Sci-Fi 🌌 Multiverse Journey 💞 Love Beyond Death 🖤 Grief And Healing

Observer 89%

A disgraced neurosurgeon uses quantum implants to reach the multiverses where the dead still live.

by Robert Lanza 2023

4.03

3k+ ratings

🧠 Quantum Consciousness 🩺 Medical Sci-Fi 🌌 Multiverse Journey 💞 Love Beyond Death 🖤 Grief And Healing

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