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 5,025)
The Handmaid's Tale (Paperback)
by Margaret Atwood (shelved 47 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 3.97 — 66,516 ratings — published 1985
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1984 (Paperback)
by George Orwell (shelved 46 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.02 — 213,328 ratings — published 1949
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Fahrenheit 451 (Paperback)
by Ray Bradbury (shelved 40 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 3.89 — 103,356 ratings — published 1953
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Ender's Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
by Orson Scott Card (shelved 40 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.26 — 81,862 ratings — published 1985
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Brave New World (Paperback)
by Aldous Huxley (shelved 39 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 3.87 — 136,452 ratings — published 1932
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American Gods (Paperback)
by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads author) (shelved 31 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.06 — 28,871 ratings — published 2001
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide, #1)
by Douglas Adams (shelved 29 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.04 — 93,665 ratings — published 1979
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Neverwhere: A Novel (Paperback)
by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads author) (shelved 27 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.09 — 25,380 ratings — published 1996
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Snow Crash (Paperback)
by Neal Stephenson (shelved 27 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 3.92 — 29,382 ratings — published 1992
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Dune (Dune 1)
by Frank Herbert (shelved 26 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.00 — 56,392 ratings — published 1965
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The Left Hand of Darkness (Paperback)
by Ursula K. LeGuin (shelved 26 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 3.97 — 6,819 ratings — published 1969
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The Time Traveler's Wife (Paperback)
by Audrey Niffenegger (Goodreads author) (shelved 26 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.03 — 171,956 ratings — published 2003
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The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1)
by Philip Pullman (shelved 25 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 3.88 — 89,283 ratings — published 1995
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Oryx and Crake (Paperback)
by Margaret Atwood (shelved 25 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 3.91 — 13,991 ratings — published 2003
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A Wrinkle in Time (Time Series, #1)
by Madeleine L'Engle (shelved 24 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.08 — 56,307 ratings — published 1962
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire [In Japanese Language] (Hardcover)
by J.K. Rowling (shelved 24 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 3.67 — 4 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 24 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.27 — 23,993 ratings — published 1990
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
by J.K. Rowling (shelved 23 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.45 — 249,451 ratings — published 2006
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The Hobbit: Or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by J.R.R. Tolkien (shelved 23 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.06 — 189,255 ratings — published 1937
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The Road (Hardcover)
by Cormac McCarthy (shelved 23 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.00 — 63,266 ratings — published 2006
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
by J.K. Rowling (shelved 22 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.35 — 234,161 ratings — published 1999
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Anansi Boys (Mass Market Paperback)
by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads author) (shelved 22 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 3.87 — 18,380 ratings — published 2005
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Flowers for Algernon (Paperback)
by Daniel Keyes (shelved 21 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 3.85 — 26,684 ratings — published 1959
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Neuromancer (Mass Market Paperback)
by William Ford Gibson (shelved 21 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 3.76 — 32,165 ratings — published 1984
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
by J.K. Rowling (shelved 20 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.10 — 233,538 ratings — published 1998
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by J.K. Rowling (shelved 20 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.20 — 319,061 ratings — published 1997
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Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by Kurt Vonnegut (shelved 20 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.00 — 147,861 ratings — published 1969
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The Hunger Games (Hunger Games, #1)
by Suzanne Collins (shelved 20 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.56 — 36,330 ratings — published 2008
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A Canticle for Leibowitz (Paperback)
by Walter M. Miller Jr. (shelved 20 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 3.93 — 4,420 ratings — published 1959
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Stranger in a Strange Land (Paperback)
by Robert A. Heinlein (shelved 20 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 3.83 — 39,121 ratings — published 1961
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The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (Hitchhiker's Guide, #2)
by Douglas Adams (shelved 19 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.11 — 16,352 ratings — published 1980
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Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (Paperback)
by Susanna Clarke (shelved 19 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 3.78 — 19,021 ratings — published 2004
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The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, Part 1)
by J.R.R. Tolkien (shelved 19 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.19 — 152,187 ratings — published 1951
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Watchmen (Paperback)
by Alan Moore (shelved 19 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.31 — 35,747 ratings — published 1986
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
by J.K. Rowling (shelved 18 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.37 — 233,437 ratings — published 2005
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
by J.K. Rowling (shelved 18 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.27 — 230,828 ratings — published 2003
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Speaker for the Dead (Ender's Saga, #2)
by Orson Scott Card (shelved 18 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 3.90 — 22,434 ratings — published 1986
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The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, #3)
by Philip Pullman (shelved 18 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 3.95 — 26,569 ratings — published 2000
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The Giver (The Giver, #1)
by Lois Lowry (shelved 18 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.13 — 111,718 ratings — published 1993
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Stardust (Paperback)
by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads author) (shelved 17 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 3.91 — 24,106 ratings — published 1998
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Coraline (Paperback)
by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads author) (shelved 17 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 3.93 — 25,209 ratings — published 2002
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Animal Farm (Paperback)
by George Orwell (shelved 17 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 3.72 — 210,550 ratings — published 1945
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The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, Part 2)
by J.R.R. Tolkien (shelved 17 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.29 — 53,393 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 17 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.40 — 51,289 ratings — published 1954
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Parable of the Sower (Paperback)
by Octavia E. Butler (shelved 17 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.16 — 3,540 ratings — published 1993
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Cat's Cradle (Paperback)
by Kurt Vonnegut (shelved 17 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.19 — 29,372 ratings — published 1963
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Life, the Universe and Everything (Hitchhiker's Guide, #3)
by Douglas Adams (shelved 16 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.10 — 13,988 ratings — published 1982
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The Sparrow (Paperback)
by Mary Doria Russell (shelved 16 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.20 — 7,870 ratings — published 1996
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To Say Nothing of the Dog (Mass Market Paperback)
by Connie Willis (shelved 16 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,779 ratings — published 1997
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The Martian Chronicles (Grand Master Edition)
by Ray Bradbury (shelved 16 times as speculative-fiction)
avg rating 4.01 — 12,307 ratings — published 1950
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