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Science Fiction released in 2015 tagged with science fiction at least 100 times
Other SF Lists of Note:
Best Science Fiction
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
Best Science Fiction of the 20th Century
Best Forgotten Science Fiction of the 20th Century
Popular Highly Rated Science Fiction
Best Science Fiction Fantasy Books
SF Subgenres:
Alternate History
Dystopian and Post Apocalyptic Fiction
Space Opera
Steampunk
Locus Recommended Science Fiction:
2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015,
2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010
2009, 2001, 2000
Sci Fi Award Nominees
2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010
2009, 2008, 2007, 2006
Science Fiction By Decade:
1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s,
1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s
Science Fiction By Year:
2023, 2022, 2021, 2020
2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010
2009
Can't Wait Sci-Fi/Fantasy By Year:
2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020
2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011
New Speculative Writers by Decade:
2000s, 2010s
Science Fiction By Ratings:
100,000 and more, 50000 to 99999, 25000 to 49999, 10000 to 24999
1000 to 9999, 100 to 999, Less than 100
Other SF Lists of Note:
Best Science Fiction
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
Best Science Fiction of the 20th Century
Best Forgotten Science Fiction of the 20th Century
Popular Highly Rated Science Fiction
Best Science Fiction Fantasy Books
SF Subgenres:
Alternate History
Dystopian and Post Apocalyptic Fiction
Space Opera
Steampunk
Locus Recommended Science Fiction:
2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015,
2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010
2009, 2001, 2000
Sci Fi Award Nominees
2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010
2009, 2008, 2007, 2006
Science Fiction By Decade:
1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s,
1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s
Science Fiction By Year:
2023, 2022, 2021, 2020
2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010
2009
Can't Wait Sci-Fi/Fantasy By Year:
2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020
2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011
New Speculative Writers by Decade:
2000s, 2010s
Science Fiction By Ratings:
100,000 and more, 50000 to 99999, 25000 to 49999, 10000 to 24999
1000 to 9999, 100 to 999, Less than 100
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Binti (Binti, #1)
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Nnedi Okorafor (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 79,397 ratings
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Ancillary Mercy (Imperial Radch, #3)
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Ann Leckie (Goodreads Author)
4.22 avg rating — 49,224 ratings
score: 342,
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The Fifth Season
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N.K. Jemisin (Goodreads Author)
4.29 avg rating — 324,137 ratings
score: 291,
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Winter (The Lunar Chronicles, #4)
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Marissa Meyer (Goodreads Author)
4.41 avg rating — 307,030 ratings
score: 274,
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Welcome to Night Vale (Welcome to Night Vale, #1)
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Joseph Fink (Goodreads Author)
3.82 avg rating — 43,330 ratings
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Nemesis Games (The Expanse, #5)
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James S.A. Corey (Goodreads Author)
4.44 avg rating — 111,557 ratings
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Spinning Starlight
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R.C. Lewis (Goodreads Author)
3.76 avg rating — 2,220 ratings
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Alex + Ada, Vol. 3
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Alex + Ada, Vol. 2
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3.98 avg rating — 7,084 ratings
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Apex (Nexus, #3)
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Ramez Naam (Goodreads Author)
4.17 avg rating — 7,732 ratings
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The Citadel of Weeping Pearls
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Aliette de Bodard (Goodreads Author)
3.81 avg rating — 1,314 ratings
score: 193,
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Bitch Planet, Vol. 1: Extraordinary Machine (Bitch Planet Collected Editions, #1)
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4.02 avg rating — 24,844 ratings
score: 192,
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Illuminae (The Illuminae Files, #1)
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Amie Kaufman (Goodreads Author)
4.24 avg rating — 160,095 ratings
score: 183,
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Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)
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Adrian Tchaikovsky (Goodreads Author)
4.30 avg rating — 165,456 ratings
score: 178,
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The End of All Things (Old Man's War, #6)
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John Scalzi (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 26,741 ratings
score: 174,
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Red Queen (Red Queen, #1)
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Victoria Aveyard (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 1,146,175 ratings
score: 170,
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Fairest (The Lunar Chronicles, #3.5)
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Marissa Meyer (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 152,934 ratings
score: 169,
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Saga, Volume 5
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4.40 avg rating — 71,475 ratings
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Radiance
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Catherynne M. Valente (Goodreads Author)
3.72 avg rating — 5,436 ratings
score: 166,
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The Long Utopia (The Long Earth #4)
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3.90 avg rating — 11,706 ratings
score: 159,
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The V Girl: A Coming of Age Story
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3.96 avg rating — 16,771 ratings
score: 142,
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Queen of Shadows (Throne of Glass, #4)
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Sarah J. Maas (Goodreads Author)
4.62 avg rating — 1,319,618 ratings
score: 100,
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A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
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Sarah J. Maas (Goodreads Author)
4.16 avg rating — 4,001,464 ratings
score: 99,
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New Moon (Luna, #1)
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3.74 avg rating — 8,617 ratings
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The Water Knife
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Paolo Bacigalupi (Goodreads Author)
3.85 avg rating — 27,842 ratings
score: 93,
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The Fold (Threshold, #2)
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Peter Clines (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 32,711 ratings
score: 92,
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Trees, Vol. 1: In Shadow
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3.74 avg rating — 6,404 ratings
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Zeroboxer
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Fonda Lee (Goodreads Author)
3.67 avg rating — 1,619 ratings
score: 90,
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The Affinities
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Zeroes (Zeroes, #1)
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Scott Westerfeld (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 10,824 ratings
score: 88,
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A Call to Arms (Honorverse: Manticore Ascendant, #2)
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4.25 avg rating — 3,443 ratings
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Barsk: The Elephants' Graveyard (Barsk, #1)
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Lawrence M. Schoen (Goodreads Author)
3.86 avg rating — 1,803 ratings
score: 86,
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The Vital Abyss (The Expanse, #5.5)
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James S.A. Corey (Goodreads Author)
3.91 avg rating — 18,733 ratings
score: 85,
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Saturn Run
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3.91 avg rating — 15,932 ratings
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Seveneves
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Neal Stephenson (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 123,660 ratings
score: 82,
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Golden Son (Red Rising Saga, #2)
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Pierce Brown (Goodreads Author)
4.49 avg rating — 428,254 ratings
score: 80,
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Aurora
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3.78 avg rating — 27,391 ratings
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Aftermath (Star Wars: Aftermath, #1)
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Chuck Wendig (Goodreads Author)
3.31 avg rating — 34,372 ratings
score: 72,
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Star Wars Novelizations, #7)
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3.71 avg rating — 17,936 ratings
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Lost Stars
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Claudia Gray (Goodreads Author)
4.29 avg rating — 32,210 ratings
score: 70,
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Descender, Vol. 1: Tin Stars
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Jeff Lemire (Writer)
4.09 avg rating — 20,179 ratings
score: 68,
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Their Fractured Light (Starbound, #3)
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Amie Kaufman (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 14,809 ratings
score: 67,
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Ten Thousand Skies Above You (Firebird, #2)
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Claudia Gray (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 24,539 ratings
score: 65,
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Beacon 23 (Beacon 23, #1-5)
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Hugh Howey (Goodreads Author)
3.90 avg rating — 22,232 ratings
score: 64,
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Time Salvager (Time Salvager, #1)
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Wesley Chu (Goodreads Author)
3.72 avg rating — 5,100 ratings
score: 63,
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The Aeronaut's Windlass (The Cinder Spires, #1)
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Jim Butcher (Goodreads Author)
4.18 avg rating — 48,623 ratings
score: 61,
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Perfect State
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Brandon Sanderson (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 15,859 ratings
score: 60,
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Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances
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Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author)
3.91 avg rating — 62,918 ratings
score: 59,
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Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits (Zoey Ashe, #1)
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David Wong (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 23,214 ratings
score: 58,
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The Fate of Ten (Lorien Legacies, #6)
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4.29 avg rating — 42,238 ratings
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A Borrowed Man
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3.38 avg rating — 1,725 ratings
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Zero World
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Jason M. Hough (Goodreads Author)
3.80 avg rating — 3,104 ratings
score: 55,
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Karen Memory (Karen Memory, #1)
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Elizabeth Bear (Goodreads Author)
3.71 avg rating — 4,788 ratings
score: 54,
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Dark Orbit
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3.69 avg rating — 2,353 ratings
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The Book of Phoenix (Who Fears Death, #0)
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Nnedi Okorafor (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 5,919 ratings
score: 52,
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Persona (Persona, #1)
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Poseidon's Wake (Poseidon's Children, #3)
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3.82 avg rating — 3,981 ratings
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Gold Fame Citrus
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3.30 avg rating — 9,674 ratings
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The Heart Goes Last
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Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author)
3.40 avg rating — 74,945 ratings
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Planetfall (Planetfall, #1)
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Emma Newman (Goodreads Author)
3.73 avg rating — 12,725 ratings
score: 46,
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Armada
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Ernest Cline (Goodreads Author)
3.56 avg rating — 126,998 ratings
score: 45,
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