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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The Unicorn Hunters
Songs of the Dead (The Strata Wars, #1)
The Secret World of Briar Rose
Romantic Hero
Sublimation
Dead But Dreaming of Electric Sheep
Field Guide for the Formerly Villainous (Everyday Magic, #1)
Muñeca
Obstetrix
The Jellyfish Problem
The Sixth Nik
Green City Wars
We Hexed the Moon
Retro
Voyagers
The Price of Honey
Angel Down
The Girl in the Lake (Dept of Unexplained Phenomenon, #1)
Don't Be In Love
Whalefall
Vigil
The Infinite Sadness of Small Appliances
The Poppy Fields
Our Missing Hearts
On the Calculation of Volume IV
Not Till We Are Lost (Bobiverse, #5)
The Dream Hotel
On the Calculation of Volume III
Obstetrix
The Prediction (The Jolvix Episodes #1)
1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodDune by Frank HerbertSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Literary Science Fiction
334 books — 249 voters
The Woman in the Window by A.J. FinnThe Wife Between Us by Greer HendricksSometimes I Lie by Alice FeeneyThe Perfect Mother by Aimee MolloyThe Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware
2018 Mystery Thriller Horror
294 books — 298 voters

1984 by George OrwellDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyFlowers for Algernon by Daniel KeyesFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Philosophical Science Fiction
473 books — 460 voters
The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. KluneHarrow the Ninth by Tamsyn MuirCemetery Boys by Aiden ThomasThe Extraordinaries by T.J. KluneSpellhacker by M.K. England
2020 Queer Sci-Fi Fantasy
201 books — 403 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
377 books — 428 voters

The Handmaid's Tale
1984
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
Station Eleven
Fahrenheit 451
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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