Speculative Fiction

Speculative fiction is a broad category of fiction encompassing genres with certain elements that are nonexistent in terms of reality, recorded history, or nature and the present universe, covering various themes in the context of the supernatural, futuristic, and many other imaginative topics.

Under this umbrella category, the genres include, but are not limited to: science fiction, fantasy fiction, horror fiction, supernatural fiction, superhero fiction, utopian and dystopian fiction, apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, and alternate history.

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The Merge
The Bookshop Below
As Many Souls as Stars
Lightbreakers
3 Days, 9 Months, 27 Years (The Time Traveler's Passport)
Slow Gods
Turns of Fate (Isle of Wyrd, #1)
The Great Work
A Love Story from the End of the World: Stories
The King Must Die
Who Knows You by Heart
All Manner of Thing Shall Be (The Time Traveler's Passport)
A Guardian and a Thief
The Hearth Witch's Guide to Magic & Murder (The Hemlock Saga, #1)
The Princess Knight
The Names
Culpability
3 Days, 9 Months, 27 Years (The Time Traveler's Passport)
On the Calculation of Volume I
For a Limited Time Only (The Time Traveler's Passport)
A Visit to the Husband Archive (The Time Traveler's Passport)
The Poppy Fields
The Dream Hotel
For Whom the Belle Tolls (Hell's Belles, #1)
Cronus (The Time Traveler's Passport)
All Manner of Thing Shall Be (The Time Traveler's Passport)
Not Till We Are Lost (Bobiverse, #5)
Our Missing Hearts
Don't Be In Love
The Frozen People (Ali Dawson #1)
Legends & Lattes by Travis BaldreeThe House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. KluneHowl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne JonesThe Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky ChambersA Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
CozySFF
368 books — 404 voters
Framed & Hunted by Edward        WilliamsMean Spirited by Nick  RobertsThe Last Guest House by Caroline MitchellThe Standoff by Scott BladeWayward Spirits by Wendy Wang
Cult fction
359 books — 205 voters

The Moon Dwellers by David EstesFire Country by David EstesRoute 666 by J.D. ToepferThe Woodlands by Lauren Nicolle TaylorA Different Alchemy by Chris Dietzel
Little Known Dystopias
260 books — 277 voters
The Woman in the Window by A.J. FinnThe Wife Between Us by Greer HendricksSometimes I Lie by Alice FeeneyThe Perfect Mother by Aimee MolloyThe Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware
2018 Mystery Thriller Horror
288 books — 290 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsDune by Frank Herbert1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Science Fiction
3,651 books — 6,975 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardDune by Frank Herbert1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,351 books — 24,664 voters

The Handmaid's Tale
1984
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
Station Eleven
Fahrenheit 451
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)
Brave New World
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
Never Let Me Go
The Left Hand of Darkness
Dune (Dune #1)
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
The Power
Sea of Tranquility
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)

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