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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Every Version of You
The Good Parts
Fishbone Cinderella
Moss'd in Space (Moss'd in Space, #1)
Henry Tudor Must Die
Biological War: A Scenario
The Demon Star
Mudlark
The Eye of Leviathan (The Sea Beyond, #1)
We Were Forbidden
The Felicity Complex
The Unicorn Hunters
Songs of the Dead (The Strata Wars, #1)
Dead But Dreaming of Electric Sheep
Sublimation
The Price of Honey
Angel Down
The Good Parts
Whalefall
Vigil
Don't Be In Love
Seek Immediate Shelter
The Dream Hotel
The Infinite Sadness of Small Appliances
The Renovation
The Delivery
The Poppy Fields
Not Till We Are Lost (Bobiverse, #5)
Time Travel for Beginners
We Were Forbidden
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
476 books — 463 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 — 404 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
3,885 books — 8,008 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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