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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
Absolution Summary
Absolution
by Jeff Vandermeer 2024 464 pages
3.59
10.2K ratings
Science Fiction
Horror
Fantasy
Darwin's Radio Summary
Darwin's Radio
by Greg Bear 2003 448 pages
3.73
16.6K ratings
Science Fiction
Thriller
Science Fiction Fantasy
The Scar Summary
The Scar
by China Miéville 2002 578 pages
4.19
34.5K ratings
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Steampunk
Wild Seed Summary
Wild Seed
by Octavia E. Butler 2001 306 pages
4.2
39.4K ratings
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Historical Fiction
Prime Meridian Summary
Prime Meridian
by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2017 122 pages
3.79
1.8K ratings
Science Fiction
Novella
Dystopia
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
The Inverted World Summary
The Inverted World
by Christopher Priest 1974 239 pages
3.95
10.8K ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Post Apocalyptic
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
Blue Mars Summary
Blue Mars
by Kim Stanley Robinson 1997 768 pages
3.95
33.0K ratings
Science Fiction
Hugo Awards
Science Fiction Fantasy
A Half-Built Garden Summary
A Half-Built Garden
by Ruthanna Emrys 2022 352 pages
3.61
2.6K ratings
Science Fiction
Queer
LGBT
Version Control Summary
Version Control
by Dexter Palmer 2016 495 pages
3.72
7.9K ratings
Science Fiction
Time Travel
Science Fiction Fantasy
Little Eyes Summary
Little Eyes
by Samanta Schweblin 2020 256 pages
3.59
23.9K ratings
Horror
Science Fiction
Dystopia
The Sudden Appearance of Hope Summary
The Sudden Appearance of Hope
by Claire North 2016 476 pages
3.64
12.0K ratings
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Contemporary
The Future Summary
The Future
by Naomi Alderman 2023 432 pages
3.84
23.1K ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Fantasy
The Time Ships Summary
The Time Ships
by Stephen Baxter 1995 520 pages
3.95
6.5K ratings
Science Fiction
Time Travel
Steampunk
Hazards of Time Travel Summary
Hazards of Time Travel
by Joyce Carol Oates 2018 336 pages
2.98
7.3K ratings
Time Travel
Science Fiction
Dystopia
The Best of Connie Willis Summary
The Best of Connie Willis
Award-Winning Stories
by Connie Willis 2013 473 pages
4.1
2.3K ratings
Short Stories
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Songs of Distant Earth Summary
Songs of Distant Earth
by Arthur C. Clarke 2001 256 pages
3.91
17.1K ratings
Science Fiction
Science Fiction Fantasy
Fantasy
The Accidental Time Machine Summary
The Accidental Time Machine
by Joe Haldeman 2007 278 pages
3.73
10.8K ratings
Science Fiction
Time Travel
Science Fiction Fantasy
One Lost Soul Summary
One Lost Soul
by J.M. Dalgliesh 2019 294 pages
4.08
23.3K ratings
Mystery
Crime
Thriller
Vigil Harbor Summary
Vigil Harbor
by Julia Glass 2022 416 pages
3.67
1.8K ratings
Dystopia
Literary Fiction
Environment
Luminous Summary
Luminous
by Silvia Park 2025 391 pages
3.64
2.2K ratings
Science Fiction
Mystery
Fantasy
Change Agent Summary
Change Agent
by Daniel Suarez 2017 398 pages
3.98
8.2K ratings
Science Fiction
Thriller
Dystopia
Forward Summary
Forward
Stories of Tomorrow
by Blake Crouch 2019 309 pages
3.74
1.7K ratings
Science Fiction
Short Stories
Anthologies
The Top of the Volcano Summary
The Top of the Volcano
The Award-Winning Stories of Harlan Ellison
by Harlan Ellison 2014 536 pages
4.1
267 ratings
Short Stories
Science Fiction
Horror
Hum Summary
Hum
by Helen Phillips 2024 272 pages
3.5
11.9K ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Horror
Magic Summary
Magic
The Final Fantasy Collection
by Isaac Asimov 1997 305 pages
3.64
687 ratings
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Short Stories
2054 Summary
2054
by Elliot Ackerman 2024 304 pages
3.42
3.2K ratings
Science Fiction
Politics
Thriller
The Hercules Text Summary
The Hercules Text
by Jack McDevitt 1986 307 pages
3.67
1.3K ratings
Science Fiction
Science Fiction Fantasy
Aliens
The Hollow Earth Summary
The Hollow Earth
by Rudy Rucker 2006 400 pages
3.41
261 ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Steampunk
Split Infinity Summary
Split Infinity
by Piers Anthony 1987 368 pages
3.97
18.3K ratings
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Science Fiction Fantasy
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