Hard Science Fiction Space Horror (9 books)

Hard science fiction is a category of science fiction characterized by concern for scientific accuracy and logic. This list focuses on books that are set in space or feature space travel, with horror themes, that show a relative concern for scientific accuracy including any logical extensions of modern theories.

These books should try to be accurate, logical, credible and rigorous in their use of current scientific and technical knowledge about which technology, phenomena, scenarios and situations that are practically and/or theoretically possible.

This list was initially programmatically compiled via taking the intersection of numerous Hard Science Fiction and Space Horror lists.

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1	Blindsight (Firefall, #1) by Peter Watts (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 54,661 ratings score: 300, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	The Colonel (Firefall, #1.5) by Peter Watts (Goodreads Author) 3.86 avg rating — 2,125 ratings score: 197, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Echopraxia (Firefall, #2) by Peter Watts (Goodreads Author) 3.83 avg rating — 12,845 ratings score: 195, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Revelation Space (Revelation Space, #1) by Alastair Reynolds 3.99 avg rating — 62,004 ratings score: 193, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	American Survivor (Raven's Record #1) by Debbie Hightower (Goodreads Author) 4.81 avg rating — 77 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1) by James S.A. Corey (Goodreads Author) 4.31 avg rating — 321,367 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Chasm City by Alastair Reynolds 4.13 avg rating — 27,718 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days by Alastair Reynolds really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12,385 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Galactic North by Alastair Reynolds 4.13 avg rating — 9,578 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars