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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 Six Summary
The Six
by Mark Alpert 2015 368 pages
3.81
1.3K ratings
Young Adult
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Requiem Summary
Requiem
by Lauren Oliver 2013 391 pages
3.73
152.9K ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Romance
Invisible Planets Summary
Invisible Planets
Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation
by Ken Liu 2016 383 pages
4.04
5.2K ratings
Science Fiction
Short Stories
China
Locklands Summary
Locklands
by Robert Jackson Bennett 2022 544 pages
4.03
12.4K ratings
Fantasy
Adult
Science Fiction
And Then She Vanished Summary
And Then She Vanished
by Nick Jones 2021 246 pages
3.99
8.4K ratings
Time Travel
Science Fiction
Mystery
Echoes of Eternity Summary
Echoes of Eternity
by Aaron Dembski-Bowden 2022 522 pages
4.54
2.1K ratings
40k
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Heir to the Empire Summary
Heir to the Empire
by Timothy Zahn 1991 404 pages
4.17
98.8K ratings
Star Wars
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 Summary
Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451
by Harold Bloom 2000 147 pages
4.17
1.2K ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Literature
Cloud Cuckoo Land Summary
Cloud Cuckoo Land
by Anthony Doerr 2021 626 pages
4.25
249.2K ratings
Historical Fiction
Fantasy
Book Club
Sent Summary
Sent
by Margaret Peterson Haddix 2009 320 pages
3.94
17.9K ratings
Science Fiction
Young Adult
Time Travel
Onyx Summary
Onyx
by Jennifer L. Armentrout 2012 421 pages
4.23
187.9K ratings
Young Adult
Fantasy
Romance
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories Summary
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories
by Robert Louis Stevenson 1886 254 pages
4.00
35.8K ratings
Classics
Horror
Short Stories
The Expanse and Philosophy Summary
The Expanse and Philosophy
So Far Out Into the Darkness
by Jeffery L. Nicholas 2021 237 pages
4.02
55 ratings
Philosophy
Science Fiction
Dynasty of Evil Summary
Dynasty of Evil
by Drew Karpyshyn 2009 296 pages
4.32
23.6K ratings
Star Wars
Science Fiction
Fantasy
This Inevitable Ruin Summary
This Inevitable Ruin
by Matt Dinniman 2024 724 pages
4.68
38.4K ratings
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Humor
Halo Summary
Halo
The Fall of Reach
by Eric S. Nylund 2001 352 pages
4.26
33.8K ratings
Science Fiction
Video Games
Military Fiction
The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Summary
The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
by Douglas Adams 1996 815 pages
4.38
333.2K ratings
Science Fiction
Humor
Fantasy
The Lion Summary
The Lion
Son of the Forest
by Mike Brooks 2023 290 pages
4.41
2.8K ratings
40k
Science Fiction
Fantasy
The Last Cuentista Summary
The Last Cuentista
by Donna Barba Higuera 2021 320 pages
4.05
27.2K ratings
Middle Grade
Science Fiction
Young Adult
Halo Summary
Halo
First Strike
by Eric S. Nylund 2003 352 pages
4.16
17.4K ratings
Science Fiction
Video Games
Novels
Relic Summary
Relic
by Douglas Preston 1995 480 pages
4.05
113.1K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
Counter-Clock World Summary
Counter-Clock World
by Philip K. Dick 1967 218 pages
3.55
5.1K ratings
Science Fiction
Speculative Fiction
Time Travel
Day 21 Summary
Day 21
by Kass Morgan 2014 320 pages
3.72
43.9K ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Science Fiction
The Fowl Twins Summary
The Fowl Twins
by Eoin Colfer 2019 425 pages
4.05
5.6K ratings
Fantasy
Middle Grade
Adventure
The Matrix Summary
The Matrix
by Joshua Clover 2004 96 pages
4.13
1.5K ratings
Film
Media Tie In
Science Fiction
Fatal Alliance Summary
Fatal Alliance
by Sean Williams 2010 417 pages
3.74
10.9K ratings
Star Wars
Science Fiction
Fantasy
The Art of Prophecy Summary
The Art of Prophecy
by Wesley Chu 2022 533 pages
4.06
5.2K ratings
Fantasy
Adult
High Fantasy
Song of Susannah Summary
Song of Susannah
by Stephen King 2004 544 pages
4.00
169.4K ratings
Fantasy
Horror
Science Fiction
Machine Learning Summary
Machine Learning
New and Collected Stories
by Hugh Howey 2017 352 pages
4.02
3.2K ratings
Science Fiction
Short Stories
Fantasy
The Unusual Second Life of Thomas Weaver Summary
The Unusual Second Life of Thomas Weaver
by Shawn Inmon 2015 320 pages
4.17
3.2K ratings
Time Travel
Science Fiction
Fantasy
War with the Newts Summary
War with the Newts
by Karel Čapek 1936 241 pages
4.17
16.5K ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Czech Literature
Contact Summary
Contact
by Carl Sagan 1985 456 pages
4.15
150.8K ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Space
The Bad Weather Friend Summary
The Bad Weather Friend
by Dean Koontz 2024 374 pages
3.88
36.0K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Fantasy
Rule of Two Summary
Rule of Two
by Drew Karpyshyn 2007 318 pages
4.24
26.7K ratings
Star Wars
Science Fiction
Fantasy
House Atreides Summary
House Atreides
by Brian Herbert 1999 681 pages
3.83
29.2K ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Science Fiction Fantasy
Path of Destruction Summary
Path of Destruction
by Drew Karpyshyn 2006 324 pages
4.34
35.1K ratings
Star Wars
Science Fiction
Fantasy
The Shadow Out of Time Summary
The Shadow Out of Time
by H.P. Lovecraft 1936 140 pages
3.87
5.8K ratings
Horror
Science Fiction
Lovecraftian
Golden State Summary
Golden State
by Ben H. Winters 2019 323 pages
3.47
7.9K ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Mystery
Radicalized Summary
Radicalized
by Cory Doctorow 2019 304 pages
4.03
7.9K ratings
Science Fiction
Short Stories
Dystopia
The Merchant of Death Summary
The Merchant of Death
by D.J. MacHale 2002 375 pages
3.97
51.9K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Science Fiction
Ringworld Summary
Ringworld
by Larry Niven 1970 288 pages
3.94
126.3K ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Science Fiction Fantasy
The Death and Life of Superman Summary
The Death and Life of Superman
by Roger Stern 1993 527 pages
4.11
6.2K ratings
Comics
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Gathering Blue Summary
Gathering Blue
by Lois Lowry 2000 240 pages
3.82
204.5K ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Fantasy
The Library of Babel Summary
The Library of Babel
by Jorge Luis Borges 2000 176 pages
4.3
11.6K ratings
Short Stories
Classics
Philosophy
The Lost Colony Summary
The Lost Colony
by Eoin Colfer 2006 385 pages
4.01
158.7K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Science Fiction
Unite Me Summary
Unite Me
by Tahereh Mafi 2014 197 pages
3.88
72.3K ratings
Fantasy
Dystopia
Young Adult
The House of the Scorpion Summary
The House of the Scorpion
by Nancy Farmer 2002 380 pages
4.08
95.1K ratings
Young Adult
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Ahsoka Summary
Ahsoka
by E.K. Johnston 2016 400 pages
4.08
42.8K ratings
Star Wars
Science Fiction
Young Adult
The Silo Saga Omnibus Summary
The Silo Saga Omnibus
by Hugh Howey 2020 1663 pages
4.59
3.9K ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Post Apocalyptic
Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports Summary
Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports
by James Patterson 2007 405 pages
4.14
96.5K ratings
Young Adult
Fantasy
Science Fiction
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