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Science Fiction released in 2018 tagged with science fiction at least 100 times
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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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Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries, #2)
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Martha Wells (Goodreads Author)
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The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut Universe, #1)
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Mary Robinette Kowal (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 37,338 ratings
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Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)
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Martha Wells (Goodreads Author)
4.37 avg rating — 143,108 ratings
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Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3)
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Martha Wells (Goodreads Author)
4.24 avg rating — 162,203 ratings
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Record of a Spaceborn Few (Wayfarers, #3)
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Becky Chambers (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 57,925 ratings
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The Fated Sky (Lady Astronaut Universe, #2)
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Mary Robinette Kowal (Goodreads Author)
4.27 avg rating — 15,337 ratings
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Saga, Volume 9
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Semiosis (Semiosis, #1)
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Sue Burke (Goodreads Author)
3.91 avg rating — 14,815 ratings
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Skyward (Skyward, #1)
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Brandon Sanderson (Goodreads Author)
4.47 avg rating — 163,076 ratings
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Space Opera (Space Opera, #1)
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Catherynne M. Valente (Goodreads Author)
3.45 avg rating — 16,952 ratings
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Heart of Iron (Heart of Iron, #1)
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Ashley Poston (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 7,296 ratings
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Gone Rogue (Wires and Nerve, #2)
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Marissa Meyer (Goodreads Author)
4.20 avg rating — 18,455 ratings
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The Disasters
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M.K. England (Goodreads Author)
3.68 avg rating — 6,960 ratings
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Honor Among Thieves (The Honors, #1)
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3.89 avg rating — 5,931 ratings
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Contagion (Contagion, #1)
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Erin Bowman (Goodreads Author)
3.87 avg rating — 7,320 ratings
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Early Riser
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Jasper Fforde (Goodreads Author)
3.87 avg rating — 17,024 ratings
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Impostors (Impostors, #1)
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Scott Westerfeld (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 13,635 ratings
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Red Moon
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Into the Fire (Vatta's Peace, #2)
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4.10 avg rating — 2,500 ratings
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Head On (Lock In, #2)
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John Scalzi (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 25,422 ratings
score: 91,
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The Consuming Fire (The Interdependency, #2)
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John Scalzi (Goodreads Author)
4.22 avg rating — 36,512 ratings
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Obsidio (The Illuminae Files, #3)
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Amie Kaufman (Goodreads Author)
4.44 avg rating — 57,207 ratings
score: 87,
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An Absolutely Remarkable Thing (The Carls, #1)
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Hank Green (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 128,125 ratings
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Thunderhead (Arc of a Scythe, #2)
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Neal Shusterman (Goodreads Author)
4.38 avg rating — 227,256 ratings
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Iron Gold (Red Rising Saga, #4)
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Pierce Brown (Goodreads Author)
4.21 avg rating — 160,411 ratings
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Only Human (Themis Files, #3)
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Sylvain Neuvel (Goodreads Author)
3.63 avg rating — 34,061 ratings
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The Night Masquerade (Binti, #3)
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Nnedi Okorafor (Goodreads Author)
3.99 avg rating — 23,068 ratings
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Wildcard (Warcross, #2)
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Marie Lu (Goodreads Author)
3.99 avg rating — 58,982 ratings
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Vengeful (Villains, #2)
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The Loneliest Girl in the Universe
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Lauren James (Goodreads Author)
3.74 avg rating — 24,312 ratings
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Severance
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Ling Ma (Goodreads Author)
3.89 avg rating — 126,488 ratings
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Vox
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Christina Dalcher (Goodreads Author)
3.55 avg rating — 89,876 ratings
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The Gone World
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How Long 'til Black Future Month?
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N.K. Jemisin (Goodreads Author)
4.27 avg rating — 17,921 ratings
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LIFEL1K3 (Lifelike, #1)
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Jay Kristoff (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 12,538 ratings
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A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe (The Salvagers, #1)
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The Tea Master and the Detective
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Aliette de Bodard (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 5,944 ratings
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Blackfish City
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Sam J. Miller (Goodreads Author)
3.57 avg rating — 9,494 ratings
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Archenemies (Renegades, #2)
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Marissa Meyer (Goodreads Author)
4.24 avg rating — 99,873 ratings
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Salvation (Salvation Sequence, #1)
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Peter F. Hamilton (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 16,540 ratings
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Mirage (Mirage, #1)
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Somaiya Daud (Goodreads Author)
3.72 avg rating — 14,043 ratings
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Dry
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Neal Shusterman (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 53,895 ratings
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Paper Girls, Volume 4
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The Book of M
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Peng Shepherd (Goodreads Author)
3.69 avg rating — 21,336 ratings
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The Psychology of Time Travel
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Revenant Gun (The Machineries of Empire, #3)
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Paper Girls, Volume 5
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The Freeze-Frame Revolution
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Peter Watts (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 6,809 ratings
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Before Mars (Planetfall, #3)
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Emma Newman (Goodreads Author)
4.09 avg rating — 3,536 ratings
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Embers of War (Embers of War, #1)
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Gareth L. Powell (Goodreads Author)
3.91 avg rating — 6,662 ratings
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Elysium Fire (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #2)
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Rewrite: Loops in the Timescape
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Last Pick (Last Pick, #1)
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Jason Walz (Goodreads Author)
3.86 avg rating — 1,167 ratings
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FTL, Y'all!: Tales From the Age of the $200 Warp Drive
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C. Spike Trotman (Editor)
3.81 avg rating — 434 ratings
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The Accidental War (Dread Empire's Fall, #4)
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Walter Jon Williams (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 1,231 ratings
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Descender, Vol. 6: The Machine War
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An Informal History of the Hugos: A Personal Look Back at the Hugo Awards, 1953-2000
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Jo Walton (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 308 ratings
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Cross Fire (Exo, #2)
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Fonda Lee (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 830 ratings
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On a Sunbeam
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The Flowers of Vashnoi
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Lois McMaster Bujold (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 5,224 ratings
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The Long Sunset (The Academy, #8)
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A Call to Vengeance (Honorverse: Manticore Ascendant, #3)
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The Only Harmless Great Thing
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Brooke Bolander (Goodreads Author)
3.81 avg rating — 4,362 ratings
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Descender, Vol. 5: Rise of the Robots
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Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Vol. 4: Girl-Moon
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Tales from the Inner City
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Firefly: Legacy Edition Book One
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