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Science fiction transports us to worlds of technological marvels, dystopian societies, and altered realities where humanity grapples with profound questions about progress and power. These stories challenge our assumptions about science, society, and human nature while imagining what might be possible—or inevitable—in our collective future.

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The Sheep Look Up Summary
The Sheep Look Up
by John Brunner 1972 352 pages
3.91
5.6K ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Post Apocalyptic
Under the Never Sky Summary
Under the Never Sky
by Veronica Rossi 2011 374 pages
3.99
115.1K ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Fantasy
Sanctuary Summary
Sanctuary
by Caryn Lix 2018 480 pages
3.88
2.2K ratings
Science Fiction
Young Adult
Horror
Exo Summary
Exo
by Fonda Lee 2017 384 pages
3.78
2.5K ratings
Science Fiction
Young Adult
Dystopia
The Echo Wife Summary
The Echo Wife
by Sarah Gailey 2021 256 pages
3.61
36.3K ratings
Science Fiction
Thriller
Mystery
The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick 4 Summary
The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick 4
The Minority Report
by Philip K. Dick 1987 396 pages
4.11
14.4K ratings
Science Fiction
Short Stories
Science Fiction Fantasy
The Color of Magic Summary
The Color of Magic
by Terry Pratchett 1983 228 pages
4.00
409.2K ratings
Fantasy
Humor
Comedy
The Gender Game Summary
The Gender Game
by Bella Forrest 2016 418 pages
3.87
42.6K ratings
Dystopia
Young Adult
Fantasy
Homecoming Summary
Homecoming
by Christie Golden 2003 262 pages
3.92
3.0K ratings
Star Trek
Science Fiction
Star Trek Voyager
Halo Summary
Halo
Ghosts of Onyx
by Eric S. Nylund 2006 384 pages
4.19
14.6K ratings
Science Fiction
Video Games
Novels
Star Wars Summary
Star Wars
Revenge of the Sith
by Matthew Woodring Stover 2005 418 pages
4.29
23.4K ratings
Star Wars
Science Fiction
Fantasy
The Psychology of Time Travel Summary
The Psychology of Time Travel
by Kate Mascarenhas 2018 336 pages
3.70
15.1K ratings
Science Fiction
Time Travel
Mystery
Supertoys Last All Summer Long and Other Stories of Future Time Summary
Supertoys Last All Summer Long and Other Stories of Future Time
by Brian W. Aldiss 1969 256 pages
3.48
1.2K ratings
Science Fiction
Short Stories
Dystopia
The Last Policeman Summary
The Last Policeman
by Ben H. Winters 2012 316 pages
3.77
34.6K ratings
Mystery
Science Fiction
Crime
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy Summary
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy
by Becky Chambers 2022 152 pages
4.39
73.3K ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Novella
Defiance of the Fall 10 Summary
Defiance of the Fall 10
by TheFirstDefier 2023 564 pages
4.51
5.6K ratings
Fantasy
Science Fiction Fantasy
Science Fiction
Foundation and Empire Summary
Foundation and Empire
by Isaac Asimov 1952 256 pages
4.22
218.1K ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Science Fiction Fantasy
Use of Weapons Summary
Use of Weapons
by Iain M. Banks 1990 411 pages
4.16
51.6K ratings
Science Fiction
Space Opera
Cultural
The Maze Runner Summary
The Maze Runner
My friend George
by Wes Ball 2014 10 pages
4.46
19.4K ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Dystopia
Blood Red Road Summary
Blood Red Road
by Moira Young 2011 459 pages
3.91
62.1K ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Fantasy
Stories of Your Life and Others Summary
Stories of Your Life and Others
by Ted Chiang 2002 281 pages
4.25
119.0K ratings
Short Stories
Science Fiction
Fantasy
The Breach Summary
The Breach
by Patrick Lee 2009 372 pages
4.01
10.0K ratings
Thriller
Science Fiction
Mystery
What We Can Know Summary
What We Can Know
by Ian McEwan 2025 303 pages
3.96
6.1K ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Literary Fiction
The Power of Six Summary
The Power of Six
by Pittacus Lore 2011 406 pages
4.14
140.6K ratings
Young Adult
Fantasy
Science Fiction
The Glass Bead Game Summary
The Glass Bead Game
by Hermann Hesse 1943 558 pages
4.10
40.9K ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Literature
The Bone Season Summary
The Bone Season
by Samantha Shannon 2013 466 pages
3.84
98.2K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Dystopia
A Guardian and a Thief Summary
A Guardian and a Thief
by Megha Majumdar 2025 224 pages
3.99
2.4K ratings
India
Literary Fiction
Dystopia
The Anomaly Summary
The Anomaly
by Hervé Le Tellier 2020 391 pages
3.80
65.4K ratings
Science Fiction
France
Thriller
Waste Tide Summary
Waste Tide
by Chen Qiufan 2013 352 pages
3.32
2.8K ratings
Science Fiction
China
Dystopia
School's Out—Forever Summary
School's Out—Forever
by James Patterson 2006 409 pages
4.14
123.7K ratings
Young Adult
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Robopocalypse Summary
Robopocalypse
by Daniel H. Wilson 2011 368 pages
3.71
40.9K ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Post Apocalyptic
Day of the Oprichnik Summary
Day of the Oprichnik
by Vladimir Sorokin 2006 191 pages
3.75
9.2K ratings
Russia
Dystopia
Russian Literature
Observer Summary
Observer
by Robert Lanza 2023 368 pages
4.05
3.1K ratings
Science Fiction
Thriller
Fantasy
Company Town Summary
Company Town
by Madeline Ashby 2016 285 pages
3.50
5.2K ratings
Science Fiction
Mystery
Canada
Into the Narrowdark Summary
Into the Narrowdark
by Tad Williams 2022 580 pages
4.52
2.4K ratings
Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
High Fantasy
On Such a Full Sea Summary
On Such a Full Sea
by Chang-rae Lee 2014 407 pages
3.49
11.7K ratings
Dystopia
Science Fiction
Speculative Fiction
The Great Zoo of China Summary
The Great Zoo of China
by Matthew Reilly 2014 393 pages
3.78
16.3K ratings
Thriller
Fantasy
Action
Ghosts Summary
Ghosts
by Nicholas Sansbury Smith 2017 288 pages
4.24
8.5K ratings
Science Fiction
Post Apocalyptic
Horror
Reliquary Summary
Reliquary
by Douglas Preston 1997 464 pages
4.04
49.1K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Horror
Allegiant Summary
Allegiant
by Veronica Roth 2013 531 pages
3.60
1.1M ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Fantasy
The Gate of the Feral Gods Summary
The Gate of the Feral Gods
by Matt Dinniman 2021 586 pages
4.56
74.6K ratings
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Humor
Accelerando Summary
Accelerando
by Charles Stross 2005 415 pages
3.87
22.0K ratings
Science Fiction
Cyberpunk
Singularity
You're Not My King! Summary
You're Not My King!
by Eryn Hawk 2024 370 pages
3.93
2.1K ratings
M M Romance
Romance
Aliens
Halo Summary
Halo
The Flood
by William C. Dietz 2003 341 pages
3.72
18.3K ratings
Science Fiction
Video Games
Military Fiction
From the Earth to the Moon Summary
From the Earth to the Moon
by Jules Verne 1865 136 pages
3.76
38.0K ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Adventure
Gravity’s Rainbow Summary
Gravity’s Rainbow
by Thomas Pynchon 1973 776 pages
4.01
47.2K ratings
Classics
Literature
Science Fiction
Guns of the Dawn Summary
Guns of the Dawn
by Adrian Tchaikovsky 2015 658 pages
4.18
4.8K ratings
Fantasy
Steampunk
Historical Fiction
The Library at Mount Char Summary
The Library at Mount Char
by Scott Hawkins 2015 390 pages
4.07
73.9K ratings
Fantasy
Horror
Science Fiction
The Solar War Summary
The Solar War
by John French 2019 407 pages
4.03
3.5K ratings
Science Fiction
40k
Fantasy
Deux ans de vacances Summary
Deux ans de vacances
by Jules Verne 1888 544 pages
3.97
6.4K ratings
Classics
Adventure
France
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