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So there are zillions of awesome science fiction lists out there. Setting aside the alternative/future/paranormal realities of bona fide science fiction from this list altogether, let's collect fiction science: books set in this world (aka "consensus reality") that incorporate bona fide science. Or are about bona fide scientists. Or are constructed using scientific principles, like all that Darwinian fiction.
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Prodigal Summer
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4.05 avg rating — 125,768 ratings
score: 897,
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Flight Behavior
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3.82 avg rating — 101,026 ratings
score: 593,
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Ship Fever: Stories
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4.04 avg rating — 4,324 ratings
score: 495,
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5 people voted
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Remarkable Creatures
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Tracy Chevalier (Goodreads Author)
3.89 avg rating — 54,999 ratings
score: 393,
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4 people voted
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Euphoria
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Lily King (Goodreads Author)
3.86 avg rating — 98,910 ratings
score: 382,
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4 people voted
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State of Wonder
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3.90 avg rating — 198,868 ratings
score: 297,
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3 people voted
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The Case of the Wayward Fae ~ A Chronicle of Mister Marmee
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H.L. Stephens (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 39 ratings
score: 200,
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2 people voted
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Doctor January
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Rhoda Baxter (Goodreads Author)
3.66 avg rating — 89 ratings
score: 200,
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2 people voted
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The Eagle Tree
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Ned Hayes (Goodreads Author)
3.85 avg rating — 5,135 ratings
score: 200,
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2 people voted
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The Case of Jack the Nipper (The Chronicles of Mister Marmee, #1)
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H.L. Stephens (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 96 ratings
score: 198,
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2 people voted
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The Gold Bug Variations
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4.02 avg rating — 2,227 ratings
score: 196,
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2 people voted
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Float
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JoeAnn Hart (Goodreads Author)
3.82 avg rating — 49 ratings
score: 195,
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2 people voted
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The Signature of All Things
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Elizabeth Gilbert (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 123,670 ratings
score: 194,
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2 people voted
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The Study of Animal Languages
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Lindsay Stern (Goodreads Author)
3.17 avg rating — 841 ratings
score: 187,
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2 people voted
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Where the Crawdads Sing
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Delia Owens (Goodreads Author)
4.37 avg rating — 3,532,678 ratings
score: 185,
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2 people voted
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A Tale for the Time Being
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Ruth Ozeki (Goodreads Author)
4.06 avg rating — 133,120 ratings
score: 183,
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2 people voted
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Creating Monsters
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Christopher Rankin (Goodreads Author)
3.59 avg rating — 187 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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The Human Script
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Johnny Rich (Goodreads Author)
3.70 avg rating — 53 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Outworld Apocalypse (Dawn's End, #3)
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Bonnie Ferrante (Goodreads Author)
4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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The 40 Minute War
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Janet E. Morris (Goodreads Author)
3.89 avg rating — 201 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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The Origin of Species
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Nino Ricci (Goodreads Author)
3.06 avg rating — 858 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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We Are But A Moment
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Ulrich Baer (Goodreads Author)
3.67 avg rating — 12 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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The Naturalist (The Naturalist, #1)
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Andrew Mayne (Goodreads Author)
4.08 avg rating — 54,162 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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The Day I Killed God
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Nick Totem (Goodreads Author)
3.22 avg rating — 18 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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The Appeal
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John Grisham (Goodreads Author)
3.65 avg rating — 61,902 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Flight of the Goose: A Story of the Far North
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Lesley Thomas (Goodreads Author)
4.16 avg rating — 152 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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To The Bright Edge of the World
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Eowyn Ivey (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 23,015 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Ann Marie's Asylum (Master and Apprentice, #1)
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Christopher Rankin (Goodreads Author)
3.48 avg rating — 135 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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Vampire Chimeras
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L.A. Kragie (Goodreads Author)
4.38 avg rating — 13 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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A 52-Hertz Whale
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Bill Sommer (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 177 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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Reconstruction
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Claudia Casper (Goodreads Author)
3.37 avg rating — 83 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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The People in the Trees
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Hanya Yanagihara (Goodreads Author)
3.73 avg rating — 45,306 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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The Hunt for FOXP5: A Genomic Mystery Novel
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Wallace Kaufman (Goodreads Author)
3.69 avg rating — 42 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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Hornet's Nest (Andy Brazil, #1)
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Patricia Cornwell (Goodreads Author)
3.39 avg rating — 18,251 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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The Marriage Plot
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3.48 avg rating — 123,905 ratings
score: 98,
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1 person voted
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Vampire Chimeras
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L.A. Kragie (Goodreads Author)
4.38 avg rating — 13 ratings
score: 98,
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1 person voted
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Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures
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Vincent Lam (Goodreads Author)
3.53 avg rating — 10,298 ratings
score: 98,
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1 person voted
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Ancestor
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Scott Sigler (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 7,146 ratings
score: 98,
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1 person voted
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Moby-Dick or, The Whale
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3.56 avg rating — 607,940 ratings
score: 96,
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1 person voted
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The Tenth Muse
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Catherine Chung (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 6,447 ratings
score: 96,
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1 person voted
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Curiosity
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Joan Thomas (Goodreads Author)
3.66 avg rating — 445 ratings
score: 95,
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1 person voted
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Migrations
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Charlotte McConaghy (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 95,412 ratings
score: 95,
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1 person voted
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Postmortem (Kay Scarpetta, #1)
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4.03 avg rating — 253,428 ratings
score: 95,
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1 person voted
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Transcendent Kingdom
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Yaa Gyasi (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 160,042 ratings
score: 94,
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1 person voted
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The Unseen World
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Liz Moore (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 23,717 ratings
score: 93,
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1 person voted
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Mendel's Dwarf
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3.65 avg rating — 1,536 ratings
score: 92,
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1 person voted
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To Be Taught, If Fortunate
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Becky Chambers (Goodreads Author)
4.20 avg rating — 54,485 ratings
score: 91,
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1 person voted
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The Falling Sky
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Pippa Goldschmidt (Goodreads Author)
3.30 avg rating — 401 ratings
score: 91,
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1 person voted
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When We Cease to Understand the World
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4.11 avg rating — 59,437 ratings
score: 90,
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1 person voted
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Charmed Particles
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Chrissy Kolaya (Goodreads Author)
3.97 avg rating — 172 ratings
score: 90,
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1 person voted
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Greenwood
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Michael Christie (Goodreads Author)
4.33 avg rating — 29,080 ratings
score: 89,
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1 person voted
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Blaze Island
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Catherine Bush (Goodreads Author)
3.29 avg rating — 477 ratings
score: 89,
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1 person voted
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My Year of Meats
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Ruth Ozeki (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 20,982 ratings
score: 88,
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1 person voted
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Glorious Boy
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Aimee Liu (Goodreads Author)
4.18 avg rating — 359 ratings
score: 88,
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1 person voted
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The Overstory
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4.11 avg rating — 190,429 ratings
score: 87,
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Bewilderment
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3.91 avg rating — 69,677 ratings
score: 86,
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Once There Were Wolves
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Charlotte McConaghy (Goodreads Author)
4.09 avg rating — 112,982 ratings
score: 85,
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The Hungry Tide
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3.99 avg rating — 19,746 ratings
score: 83,
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