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Science Fiction released in 2012 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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The Martian
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4.42 avg rating — 1,257,132 ratings
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Captain Vorpatril's Alliance (Vorkosigan Saga, #15)
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Lois McMaster Bujold (Goodreads Author)
4.21 avg rating — 16,988 ratings
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Insurgent (Divergent, #2)
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3.96 avg rating — 1,606,587 ratings
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Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)
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4.13 avg rating — 1,000,328 ratings
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The Darkest Minds (The Darkest Minds, #1)
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4.15 avg rating — 205,092 ratings
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Partials (Partials Sequence, #1)
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Dan Wells (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 59,840 ratings
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Onyx (Lux, #2)
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Jennifer L. Armentrout (Goodreads Author)
4.22 avg rating — 189,673 ratings
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Opal (Lux, #3)
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Jennifer L. Armentrout (Goodreads Author)
4.23 avg rating — 158,008 ratings
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The Lady Astronaut of Mars
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4.19 avg rating — 6,655 ratings
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Saga, Volume 1
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Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)
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Sarah J. Maas (Goodreads Author)
4.18 avg rating — 2,273,291 ratings
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Nexus (Nexus, #1)
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Ramez Naam (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 20,893 ratings
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Amped
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Daniel H. Wilson (Goodreads Author)
3.48 avg rating — 8,858 ratings
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The Drowned Cities (Ship Breaker, #2)
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Paolo Bacigalupi (Goodreads Author)
3.91 avg rating — 11,278 ratings
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A Rising Thunder (Honor Harrington, #13)
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Timeless (Parasol Protectorate, #5)
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Gail Carriger (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 32,355 ratings
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Bowl of Heaven (Bowl of Heaven, #1)
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After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall
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Nancy Kress (Goodreads Author)
3.48 avg rating — 2,869 ratings
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A Rising Thunder (Honor Harrington, #13)
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Triggers
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Robert J. Sawyer (Goodreads Author)
3.62 avg rating — 1,611 ratings
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Kill Decision
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Daniel Suarez (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 11,880 ratings
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An Officer's Duty (Theirs Not to Reason Why, #2)
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Jean Johnson (Goodreads Author)
4.15 avg rating — 3,526 ratings
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An Officer's Duty (Theirs Not to Reason Why, #2)
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Jean Johnson (Goodreads Author)
4.15 avg rating — 3,526 ratings
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vN (The Machine Dynasty, #1)
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Madeline Ashby (Goodreads Author)
3.44 avg rating — 3,094 ratings
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The Rapture of the Nerds
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Cory Doctorow (Goodreads Author)
3.39 avg rating — 3,948 ratings
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Dark Eden (Dark Eden, #1)
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Earth Unaware (The First Formic War, #1)
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Gods of Risk (The Expanse, #2.5)
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James S.A. Corey (Goodreads Author)
3.73 avg rating — 25,064 ratings
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Redshirts
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3.87 avg rating — 116,184 ratings
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Wool Omnibus (Silo, #1)
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Hugh Howey (Goodreads Author)
4.23 avg rating — 268,590 ratings
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Caliban’s War (The Expanse, #2)
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James S.A. Corey (Goodreads Author)
4.39 avg rating — 178,014 ratings
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The Long Earth (The Long Earth, #1)
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2312
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A Million Suns (Across the Universe, #2)
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Beth Revis (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 55,039 ratings
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The Kill Order (The Maze Runner, #4)
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James Dashner (Goodreads Author)
3.71 avg rating — 257,345 ratings
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The Age of Miracles
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Karen Thompson Walker (Goodreads Author)
3.66 avg rating — 94,405 ratings
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Pines (Wayward Pines, #1)
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Blake Crouch (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 172,684 ratings
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The Hydrogen Sonata (Culture, #10)
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The Selection (The Selection, #1)
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Kiera Cass (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 1,733,740 ratings
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The Rise of Nine (Lorien Legacies, #3)
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Great North Road
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Peter F. Hamilton (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 17,982 ratings
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The Twelve (The Passage, #2)
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Justin Cronin (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 105,419 ratings
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Reached (Matched, #3)
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Ally Condie (Goodreads Author)
3.54 avg rating — 176,335 ratings
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Pandemonium (Delirium, #2)
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Lauren Oliver (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 245,051 ratings
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UnWholly (Unwind, #2)
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Neal Shusterman (Goodreads Author)
4.24 avg rating — 66,195 ratings
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Blue Remembered Earth (Poseidon's Children, #1)
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The Last Policeman (The Last Policeman, #1)
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Ben H. Winters (Goodreads Author)
3.77 avg rating — 35,054 ratings
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Son (The Giver, #4)
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Lois Lowry (Goodreads Author)
3.99 avg rating — 112,349 ratings
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For Darkness Shows the Stars (For Darkness Shows the Stars, #1)
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Diana Peterfreund (Goodreads Author)
3.87 avg rating — 19,119 ratings
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Legion (Legion, #1)
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Brandon Sanderson (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 43,778 ratings
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Starters (Starters, #1)
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Lissa Price (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 45,284 ratings
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14 (Threshold, #1)
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Peter Clines (Goodreads Author)
3.97 avg rating — 38,911 ratings
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The Rook (The Checquy Files, #1)
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Blackout (Newsflesh, #3)
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The Queen's Army (The Lunar Chronicles, #1.5)
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Marissa Meyer (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 20,292 ratings
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The Dog Stars
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Existence
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David Brin (Goodreads Author)
3.78 avg rating — 7,088 ratings
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Timebound (The Chronos Files, #1)
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Rysa Walker (Goodreads Author)
3.89 avg rating — 30,055 ratings
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Star Wars: Darth Plagueis
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Adaptation (Adaptation, #1)
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Malinda Lo (Goodreads Author)
3.63 avg rating — 7,963 ratings
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Drive (The Expanse, #2.7)
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James S.A. Corey (Goodreads Author)
4.06 avg rating — 15,839 ratings
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Pure (Pure, #1)
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Julianna Baggott (Goodreads Author)
3.74 avg rating — 25,266 ratings
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The Fractal Prince (Jean le Flambeur, #2)
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Free Four: Tobias Tells the Divergent Knife-Throwing Scene (Divergent, #1.5)
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Veronica Roth (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 97,861 ratings
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A Confusion of Princes
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Garth Nix (Goodreads Author)
3.78 avg rating — 6,810 ratings
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Eve & Adam (Eve & Adam, #1)
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Michael Grant (Goodreads Author)
3.52 avg rating — 14,534 ratings
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Invincible (The Lost Fleet: Beyond the Frontier, #2)
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What's Left of Me (The Hybrid Chronicles, #1)
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Railsea
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China Miéville (Goodreads Author)
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Earth Girl (Earth Girl, #1)
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Janet Edwards (Goodreads Author)
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Origin (Corpus, #1)
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Jessica Khoury (Goodreads Author)
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Fear (Gone, #5)
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Michael Grant (Goodreads Author)
4.22 avg rating — 53,799 ratings
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Fire Season (Honorverse: Star Kingdom, #2)
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Legends of Zita the Spacegirl (Zita the Spacegirl, #2)
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Ben Hatke (Goodreads Author)
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Memory of Water
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Emmi Itäranta (Goodreads Author)
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Ruins (Pathfinder, #2)
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Jack Glass
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Blueprints of the Afterlife
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Ryan Boudinot (Goodreads Author)
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Intruder (Foreigner, #13)
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C.J. Cherryh (Goodreads Author)
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Angelmaker
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Nick Harkaway (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 10,785 ratings
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Fate of Worlds (Fleet of Worlds #5; Ringworld #5)
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