Speculative Fiction

Speculative fiction is a broad category of fiction encompassing genres with certain elements that are nonexistent in terms of reality, recorded history, or nature and the present universe, covering various themes in the context of the supernatural, futuristic, and many other imaginative topics.

Under this umbrella category, the genres include, but are not limited to: science fiction, fantasy fiction, horror fiction, supernatural fiction, superhero fiction, utopian and dystopian fiction, apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, and alternate history.

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Queen of Faces (Queen of Faces, #1)
For Human Use
The Found Object Society
The Iron Garden Sutra (The Cosmic Wheel, #1)
Love Me Tomorrow
After the Fall
Nonesuch
The Forest on the Edge of Time
Apparently, Sir Cameron Needs to Die
The Hospital at the End of the World
Pretenders to the Throne of God (The Tyrant Philosophers, #4)
The Daughter Who Remains (She Who Knows, #3)
The Best of Adrian Tchaikovsky
Vigil
This House Will Feed
The Price of Honey
Vigil
The Polymorph
The Poppy Fields
The Dream Hotel
Our Missing Hearts
Don't Be In Love
Not Till We Are Lost (Bobiverse, #5)
On the Calculation of Volume III
The Frozen People (Ali Dawson #1)
Shadows Upon Time (The Sun Eater, #7)
Twisted Ties (The Arrow Hart Academy #2)
The Kaiju Preservation Society
Nothing Better Than You (Better than the Movies, #1.6)
The People's Library
1984 by George OrwellFight Club by Chuck PalahniukA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
Let's Shake It Up A Bit
971 books — 583 voters
1984 by George OrwellDracula by Bram StokerA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboThe Shining by Stephen  KingInterview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
Quality Dark Fiction
2,571 books — 3,278 voters

The Moon Dwellers by David EstesFire Country by David EstesRoute 666 by J.D. ToepferThe Woodlands by Lauren Nicolle TaylorA Different Alchemy by Chris Dietzel
Little Known Dystopias
263 books — 280 voters
Babel by R.F. KuangSea of Tranquility by Emily St. John MandelNettle & Bone by T. KingfisherLegends & Lattes by Travis BaldreeThe Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi
Hugo 2023 Eligible Novels
127 books — 275 voters

Legends & Lattes by Travis BaldreeThe House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. KluneHowl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne JonesThe Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky ChambersA Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
CozySFF
374 books — 417 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsDune by Frank Herbert1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Science Fiction
3,779 books — 7,341 voters

The Handmaid's Tale
1984
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
Fahrenheit 451
Station Eleven
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)
Brave New World
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
Never Let Me Go
The Left Hand of Darkness
Dune (Dune, #1)
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
Sea of Tranquility
The Power
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)

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