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A New Eden (The Betaverse, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as soft-science-fiction)
avg rating 3.62 — 370 ratings — published 2023
Dune (Dune, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as soft-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,707,411 ratings — published 1965
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as soft-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,503,440 ratings — published 1985
The Left Hand of Darkness (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as soft-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.09 — 237,144 ratings — published 1969
The Dispossessed (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as soft-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.26 — 162,838 ratings — published 1974
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as soft-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.22 — 2,075,639 ratings — published 1979
1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as soft-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.21 — 5,758,572 ratings — published 1949
Stranger in a Strange Land (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as soft-science-fiction)
avg rating 3.92 — 330,754 ratings — published 1961
The Giver (Giver, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as soft-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,902,463 ratings — published 1993
Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as soft-science-fiction)
avg rating 3.99 — 123,318 ratings — published 2013
Dying Inside (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as soft-science-fiction)
avg rating 3.81 — 7,834 ratings — published 1972
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as soft-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.36 — 10,272,326 ratings — published 2008
Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as soft-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,344,403 ratings — published 2011
The Time Machine (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as soft-science-fiction)
avg rating 3.89 — 580,716 ratings — published 1895
Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as soft-science-fiction)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,152,513 ratings — published 1932
Foundation (Foundation, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as soft-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.17 — 615,323 ratings — published 1951
A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as soft-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.20 — 207,969 ratings — published 2021
This Is How You Lose the Time War (ebook)
by (shelved 3 times as soft-science-fiction)
avg rating 3.82 — 373,595 ratings — published 2019
Dune Messiah (Dune #2)
by (shelved 3 times as soft-science-fiction)
avg rating 3.90 — 443,946 ratings — published 1969
We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as soft-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.24 — 144,956 ratings — published 2016
Frankenstein (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as soft-science-fiction)
avg rating 3.92 — 2,000,482 ratings — published 1818
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as soft-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.16 — 197,335 ratings — published 2014
Embassytown (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as soft-science-fiction)
avg rating 3.90 — 35,653 ratings — published 2011
Ender's Shadow (The Shadow Series, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as soft-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.32 — 182,393 ratings — published 1999
The Fall of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as soft-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.25 — 157,224 ratings — published 1990
Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as soft-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.28 — 318,459 ratings — published 1989
Of Monsters and Mainframes (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as soft-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.04 — 17,086 ratings — published 2025
The Stars My Destination (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as soft-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.05 — 56,918 ratings — published 1956
Flowers for Algernon (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as soft-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.25 — 842,899 ratings — published 1966
Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)
by (shelved 2 times as soft-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.28 — 115,080 ratings — published 2021
Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as soft-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.23 — 234,031 ratings — published 2005
Station Eleven (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as soft-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.06 — 647,526 ratings — published 2014
Translation State (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as soft-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.05 — 18,604 ratings — published 2023
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as soft-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,558,568 ratings — published 1985
The Midwich Cuckoos (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as soft-science-fiction)
avg rating 3.90 — 30,379 ratings — published 1957
Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as soft-science-fiction)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,987,853 ratings — published 1963
Sea of Tranquility (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as soft-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.04 — 315,085 ratings — published 2022
I Am Legend (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as soft-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.05 — 160,523 ratings — published 1954
A Canticle for Leibowitz (St. Leibowitz, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as soft-science-fiction)
avg rating 3.99 — 123,905 ratings — published 1959
Ancillary Mercy (Imperial Radch, #3)
by (shelved 2 times as soft-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.22 — 51,770 ratings — published 2015
Ancillary Sword (Imperial Radch #2)
by (shelved 2 times as soft-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.09 — 62,403 ratings — published 2014
Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as soft-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,527,018 ratings — published 1969
Space Trilogy: Out of the Silent Planet / Perelandra / That Hideous Strength (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as soft-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.19 — 12,586 ratings — published 1938
Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as soft-science-fiction)
avg rating 3.94 — 111,743 ratings — published 1938
Remnant Population (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as soft-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.12 — 8,174 ratings — published 1996
Galápagos (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as soft-science-fiction)
avg rating 3.87 — 91,396 ratings — published 1985
An Unkindness of Ghosts (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as soft-science-fiction)
avg rating 3.95 — 22,467 ratings — published 2017
Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3)
by (shelved 2 times as soft-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.23 — 188,735 ratings — published 2018
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as soft-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.27 — 977,095 ratings — published 2014
Golden Son (Red Rising Saga, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as soft-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.51 — 606,994 ratings — published 2015