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All Tomorrows Summary
All Tomorrows
The Myriad Species and Mixed Fortunes of Man
by Nemo Ramjet 2006 111 pages
4.19
7.9K ratings
Science Fiction
Horror
Fantasy
All Tomorrows Summary
All Tomorrows
The Myriad Species and Mixed Fortunes of Man
by Nemo Ramjet 2006 111 pages
4.19
7.9K ratings
Science Fiction
Horror
Fantasy
The Other Valley Summary
The Other Valley
by Scott Alexander Howard 2024 290 pages
3.88
17.6K ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Time Travel
The Poppy Fields Summary
The Poppy Fields
by Nikki Erlick 2025 324 pages
3.93
2.2K ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Magical Realism
Sky Full of Elephants Summary
Sky Full of Elephants
by Cebo Campbell 2024 304 pages
3.84
6.6K ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Dystopia
Anathem Summary
Anathem
by Neal Stephenson 2008 937 pages
4.17
74.2K ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Philosophy
Lagoon Summary
Lagoon
by Nnedi Okorafor 2014 306 pages
3.63
8.9K ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Africa
The Year of the Flood Summary
The Year of the Flood
by Margaret Atwood 2009 431 pages
4.07
130.1K ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Post Apocalyptic
Red Mars Summary
Red Mars
by Kim Stanley Robinson 1992 572 pages
3.86
86.3K ratings
Science Fiction
Science Fiction Fantasy
Space
The Dispossessed Summary
The Dispossessed
An Ambiguous Utopia
by Ursula K. Le Guin 1974 387 pages
4.25
140.0K ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Classics
Parable of the Talents Summary
Parable of the Talents
by Octavia E. Butler 1998 448 pages
4.32
74.2K ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Fantasy
Exhalation Summary
Exhalation
by Ted Chiang 2019 368 pages
4.27
106.0K ratings
Short Stories
Science Fiction
Fantasy
The Speed of Dark Summary
The Speed of Dark
by Elizabeth Moon 2002 369 pages
3.99
11.5K ratings
Science Fiction
Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Book Club
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
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
Golden State Summary
Golden State
by Ben H. Winters 2019 323 pages
3.47
7.9K ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Mystery
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
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
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
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 Shimmering State Summary
The Shimmering State
by Meredith Westgate 2021 320 pages
3.44
1.4K ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Dystopia
Ellison Wonderland Summary
Ellison Wonderland
by Harlan Ellison 1962 195 pages
3.99
1.3K ratings
Science Fiction
Short Stories
Fantasy
Accelerando Summary
Accelerando
by Charles Stross 2005 415 pages
3.87
22.0K ratings
Science Fiction
Cyberpunk
Singularity
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
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 Heart Goes Last Summary
The Heart Goes Last
by Margaret Atwood 2015 320 pages
3.40
74.6K ratings
Dystopia
Science Fiction
Book Club
The Diamond Age Summary
The Diamond Age
Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer
by Neal Stephenson 2000 499 pages
4.16
92.7K ratings
Science Fiction
Cyberpunk
Steampunk
The Book of Guilt Summary
The Book of Guilt
by Catherine Chidgey 2025 400 pages
4.35
2.6K ratings
Historical Fiction
Dystopia
Mystery
Death of the Author Summary
Death of the Author
by Nnedi Okorafor 2025 448 pages
4.03
12.7K ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Contemporary
The Sparrow Summary
The Sparrow
by Mary Doria Russell 1997 419 pages
4.14
81.1K ratings
Science Fiction
Book Club
Fantasy
Children of Ruin Summary
Children of Ruin
by Adrian Tchaikovsky 2019 597 pages
4.05
58.7K ratings
Science Fiction
Space Opera
Fantasy
The Mandibles Summary
The Mandibles
A Family, 2029–2047
by Lionel Shriver 2016 416 pages
3.71
11.8K ratings
Dystopia
Science Fiction
Book Club
A House Between Sea and Sky Summary
A House Between Sea and Sky
by Beth Cato 2025 301 pages
4.23
1.6K ratings
Fantasy
Romance
Historical Fiction
My Murder Summary
My Murder
by Katie Williams 2023 304 pages
3.62
33.6K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
Tik-Tok Summary
Tik-Tok
by John Sladek 2002 192 pages
3.7
762 ratings
Science Fiction
Humor
Robots
Prime Meridian Summary
Prime Meridian
by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2017 122 pages
3.79
1.8K ratings
Science Fiction
Novella
Dystopia
Children of Memory Summary
Children of Memory
by Adrian Tchaikovsky 2022 486 pages
4
29.2K ratings
Science Fiction
Space Opera
Fantasy
The Poisoner's Revenge Summary
The Poisoner's Revenge
by Jeff Wheeler 2019 40 pages
4.31
2.7K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
High Fantasy
The Terraformers Summary
The Terraformers
by Annalee Newitz 2023 338 pages
3.33
7.1K ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Queer
The Number of the Beast Summary
The Number of the Beast
by Robert A. Heinlein 1980 511 pages
3.62
13.3K ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Science Fiction Fantasy
The Maid's War Summary
The Maid's War
by Jeff Wheeler 2017 302 pages
4.35
5.9K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Historical Fiction
The Marriage Act Summary
The Marriage Act
by John Marrs 2023 432 pages
3.79
43.7K ratings
Thriller
Science Fiction
Dystopia
A Half-Built Garden Summary
A Half-Built Garden
by Ruthanna Emrys 2022 352 pages
3.61
2.6K ratings
Science Fiction
Queer
LGBT
The Candy House Summary
The Candy House
by Jennifer Egan 2022 352 pages
3.64
67.1K ratings
Science Fiction
Book Club
Literary Fiction
One Lost Soul Summary
One Lost Soul
by J.M. Dalgliesh 2019 294 pages
4.08
23.3K ratings
Mystery
Crime
Thriller
The Scar Summary
The Scar
by China Miéville 2002 578 pages
4.19
34.5K ratings
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Steampunk
Vigil Harbor Summary
Vigil Harbor
by Julia Glass 2022 416 pages
3.67
1.8K ratings
Dystopia
Literary Fiction
Environment
Discursive Design Summary
Discursive Design
Critical, Speculative, and Alternative Things
by Bruce M. Tharp 2019 632 pages
4.35
23 ratings
Design
Art Design
Speculative Fiction
Seveneves Summary
Seveneves
by Neal Stephenson 2015 872 pages
4
124.3K ratings
Science Fiction
Post Apocalyptic
Fantasy
The Ministry for the Future Summary
The Ministry for the Future
by Kim Stanley Robinson 2020 563 pages
3.86
41.7K ratings
Science Fiction
Climate Change
Environment
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