Speculative Fiction Books

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The Handmaid's Tale The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1085 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,495,627 ratings — published 1985
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1984 1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 730 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,619,831 ratings — published 1948
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Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1) Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
by (shelved 648 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.19 — 280,817 ratings — published 1993
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Fahrenheit 451 Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 611 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,916,737 ratings — published 1953
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Station Eleven Station Eleven (Hardcover)
by (shelved 608 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.06 — 632,157 ratings — published 2014
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Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1) Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)
by (shelved 581 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.00 — 291,701 ratings — published 2003
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Brave New World Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 572 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,116,770 ratings — published 1932
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The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 562 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.35 — 10,103,037 ratings — published 2008
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Never Let Me Go Never Let Me Go (Paperback)
by (shelved 535 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 3.85 — 885,041 ratings — published 2005
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The Left Hand of Darkness The Left Hand of Darkness (Paperback)
by (shelved 490 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.09 — 229,401 ratings — published 1969
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Dune (Dune, #1) Dune (Dune, #1)
by (shelved 434 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,669,195 ratings — published 1965
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Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2) Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 427 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,249,639 ratings — published 2009
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Sea of Tranquility Sea of Tranquility (Hardcover)
by (shelved 414 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.05 — 307,048 ratings — published 2022
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The Power The Power (Hardcover)
by (shelved 410 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 3.75 — 255,919 ratings — published 2016
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Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3) Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 391 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,802,121 ratings — published 2010
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The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1) The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
by (shelved 382 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.28 — 344,991 ratings — published 2015
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The Testaments (The Handmaid's Tale, #2) The Testaments (The Handmaid's Tale, #2)
by (shelved 374 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.20 — 444,301 ratings — published 2019
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Kindred Kindred (Paperback)
by (shelved 356 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.31 — 283,748 ratings — published 1979
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Klara and the Sun Klara and the Sun (Hardcover)
by (shelved 355 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 3.74 — 451,309 ratings — published 2021
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1) The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
by (shelved 350 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.22 — 2,047,328 ratings — published 1979
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The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia (Paperback)
by (shelved 349 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.26 — 156,863 ratings — published 1974
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Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1) Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1)
by (shelved 348 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 3.80 — 318,783 ratings — published 2014
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (ebook)
by (shelved 347 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.09 — 524,358 ratings — published 1968
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The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1) The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)
by (shelved 343 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.08 — 516,203 ratings — published 2006
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Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1) Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
by (shelved 340 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,324,501 ratings — published 2011
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The Giver (Giver, #1) The Giver (Giver, #1)
by (shelved 338 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,856,847 ratings — published 1993
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The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam, #2) The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam, #2)
by (shelved 336 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.07 — 134,542 ratings — published 2009
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Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1) Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
by (shelved 336 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,489,633 ratings — published 1985
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American Gods: Tenth Anniversary (American Gods, #1) American Gods: Tenth Anniversary (American Gods, #1)
by (shelved 334 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.10 — 997,987 ratings — published 2001
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This Is How You Lose the Time War This Is How You Lose the Time War (ebook)
by (shelved 330 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 3.83 — 357,686 ratings — published 2019
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The Man in the High Castle (Vintage) The Man in the High Castle (Vintage)
by (shelved 329 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 3.59 — 240,152 ratings — published 1962
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Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1) Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)
by (shelved 315 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 3.89 — 371,544 ratings — published 1984
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Stories of Your Life and Others Stories of Your Life and Others (ebook)
by (shelved 315 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.25 — 129,205 ratings — published 2002
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I Who Have Never Known Men I Who Have Never Known Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 307 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.06 — 591,464 ratings — published 1995
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The Road The Road (Hardcover)
by (shelved 306 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,063,851 ratings — published 2006
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Piranesi Piranesi (Hardcover)
by (shelved 305 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.20 — 522,891 ratings — published 2020
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Frankenstein: The 1818 Text Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 297 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,953,573 ratings — published 1818
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The Martian The Martian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 291 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,335,010 ratings — published 2011
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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 287 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,543,559 ratings — published 1937
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The City & the City The City & the City (Hardcover)
by (shelved 281 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 3.90 — 80,705 ratings — published 2009
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Animal Farm Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 280 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.02 — 4,684,300 ratings — published 1945
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Slaughterhouse-Five Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 279 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,505,880 ratings — published 1969
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Snow Crash Snow Crash (Hardcover)
by (shelved 278 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.01 — 300,791 ratings — published 1992
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 274 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,616,981 ratings — published 1997
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A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1) A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1)
by (shelved 273 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.20 — 198,123 ratings — published 2021
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Parable of the Talents (Earthseed, #2) Parable of the Talents (Earthseed, #2)
by (shelved 267 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.32 — 89,180 ratings — published 1998
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The Ministry of Time The Ministry of Time (Hardcover)
by (shelved 260 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 3.56 — 250,579 ratings — published 2024
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MaddAddam (MaddAddam, #3) MaddAddam (MaddAddam, #3)
by (shelved 256 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.03 — 83,688 ratings — published 2013
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Cloud Atlas Cloud Atlas (Paperback)
by (shelved 256 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.01 — 272,007 ratings — published 2004
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Exhalation Exhalation (ebook)
by (shelved 253 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.27 — 115,025 ratings — published 2019
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Vidwesh Mushkam
“Sometimes the scariest part of waking up isn’t what you remember — it’s what the world wants you to forget.”
Vidwesh Mushkam, Parallax: The Commencement

Robert Jackson Bennett
“Humans are strange. … They value punishment because they think it means their actions are important—that they are important. … it's vanity.”
Robert Jackson Bennett, City of Stairs

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