speculative-fiction
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Speculative fiction is a fiction genre speculating about worlds that are unlike the real world in various important ways. In these contexts, it generally overlaps one or more of the following: science fiction, fantasy fiction, horror fiction, supernatural fiction, superhero fiction, utopian and dyst...more
popular speculative-fiction books (showing 1-50 of 4,917)
The Handmaid's Tale (Paperback)
by Margaret Atwood (shelved 45 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 3.97 — 65,283 ratings — published 1985
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1984 (Audio Cassette)
by George Orwell (shelved 43 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.00 — 7 ratings — published 1949
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Fahrenheit 451 (Paperback)
by Ray Bradbury (shelved 39 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 3.89 — 98,036 ratings — published 1953
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Ender's Game (Ender's Saga, Book 1)
by Orson Scott Card (shelved 39 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.26 — 78,561 ratings — published 1985
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Brave New World (Paperback)
by Aldous Huxley (shelved 38 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 3.87 — 131,895 ratings — published 1932
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American Gods (Paperback)
by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads author) (shelved 29 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.06 — 28,113 ratings — published 2001
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Neverwhere: A Novel (Paperback)
by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads author) (shelved 26 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.09 — 24,743 ratings — published 1996
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The Left Hand of Darkness (Paperback)
by Ursula K. Le Guin (shelved 26 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 3.96 — 6,610 ratings — published 1969
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Snow Crash (Paperback)
by Neal Stephenson (shelved 26 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 3.93 — 28,080 ratings — published 1992
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide, #1)
by Douglas Adams (shelved 25 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.04 — 88,798 ratings — published 1979
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Dune (Dune 1)
by Frank Herbert (shelved 25 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.01 — 53,379 ratings — published 1965
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The Time Traveler's Wife (Paperback)
by Audrey Niffenegger (Goodreads author) (shelved 25 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.04 — 165,173 ratings — published 2003
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The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, Book 1)
by Philip Pullman (shelved 24 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 3.89 — 85,220 ratings — published 1995
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Oryx and Crake (Paperback)
by Margaret Atwood (shelved 24 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 3.91 — 13,582 ratings — published 2003
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
by J.K. Rowling (shelved 23 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.35 — 229,812 ratings — published 2000
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Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (Mass Market Paperback)
by Terry Pratchett (shelved 23 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.27 — 23,607 ratings — published 1990
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
by J.K. Rowling (shelved 22 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.45 — 244,646 ratings — published 2007
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The Hobbit: Or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by J.R.R. Tolkien (shelved 22 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.06 — 183,224 ratings — published 1937
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A Wrinkle in Time (Time Series, #1)
by Madeleine L'Engle (shelved 22 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.09 — 54,569 ratings — published 1962
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The Road (Hardcover)
by Cormac McCarthy (shelved 22 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.00 — 61,359 ratings — published 2006
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Anansi Boys (Mass Market Paperback)
by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads author) (shelved 21 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 3.87 — 17,948 ratings — published 2005
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Flowers for Algernon (Paperback)
by Daniel Keyes (shelved 20 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 3.86 — 25,688 ratings — published 1959
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Neuromancer (Mass Market Paperback)
by William Gibson (shelved 20 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 3.77 — 30,539 ratings — published 1984
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
by J.K. Rowling (shelved 20 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.35 — 229,332 ratings — published 1999
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Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (Paperback)
by Susanna Clarke (shelved 19 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 3.78 — 18,508 ratings — published 2004
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Watchmen (Paperback)
by Alan Moore (shelved 19 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.31 — 34,972 ratings — published 1986
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A Canticle for Leibowitz (Paperback)
by Walter M. Miller Jr. (shelved 19 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 3.94 — 4,253 ratings — published 1959
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Stranger in a Strange Land (Paperback)
by Robert A. Heinlein (shelved 19 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 3.83 — 37,124 ratings — published 1961
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
by J.K. Rowling (shelved 18 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.10 — 228,970 ratings — published 1998
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by J.K. Rowling (shelved 18 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.20 — 309,418 ratings — published 1997
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Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by Kurt Vonnegut (shelved 18 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.00 — 142,380 ratings — published 1969
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The Hunger Games (Hunger Games, #1)
by Suzanne Collins (shelved 18 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.57 — 33,290 ratings — published 2008
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The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (Hitchhiker's Guide, #2)
by Douglas Adams (shelved 17 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.11 — 15,980 ratings — published 1980
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
by J.K. Rowling (shelved 17 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.37 — 228,839 ratings — published 2005
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The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, Part 1)
by J.R.R. Tolkien (shelved 17 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.19 — 146,286 ratings — published 1951
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Speaker for the Dead (Ender's Saga, Book 2)
by Orson Scott Card (shelved 17 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 3.90 — 21,937 ratings — published 1986
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Cat's Cradle (Paperback)
by Kurt Vonnegut (shelved 17 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.19 — 28,801 ratings — published 2004
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Stardust (Paperback)
by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads author) (shelved 16 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 3.91 — 23,493 ratings — published 1998
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The Sparrow (Paperback)
by Mary Doria Russell (shelved 16 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.20 — 7,709 ratings — published 1996
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Coraline (Paperback)
by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads author) (shelved 16 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 3.93 — 24,471 ratings — published 2002
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
by J.K. Rowling (shelved 16 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.27 — 226,290 ratings — published 2003
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Parable of the Sower (Paperback)
by Octavia E. Butler (shelved 16 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.16 — 3,440 ratings — published 1993
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The Graveyard Book (Hardcover)
by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads author) (shelved 16 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.15 — 22,538 ratings — published 2008
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The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, Book 3)
by Philip Pullman (shelved 16 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 3.95 — 25,947 ratings — published 2000
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The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)
by Jasper Fforde (shelved 16 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 3.90 — 15,901 ratings — published 2001
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The Giver (The Giver, #1)
by Lois Lowry (shelved 16 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.13 — 109,028 ratings — published 1993
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Blade Runner (Träumen Androiden)
by Philip K. Dick (shelved 16 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1968
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Animal Farm (Paperback)
by George Orwell (shelved 15 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 3.72 — 202,359 ratings — published 1945
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Las Dos Torres (El Señor de los Anillos, Parte 2)
by J.R.R. Tolkien (shelved 15 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 3.93 — 20 ratings — published 1954
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The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, Part 3)
by J.R.R. Tolkien (shelved 15 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.41 — 50,010 ratings — published 1954
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