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Hard Scifi Books
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The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)
by (shelved 68 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.08 — 477,640 ratings — published 2006
The Martian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 61 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,262,729 ratings — published 2011
Seveneves (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 43 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.00 — 123,938 ratings — published 2015
Blindsight (Firefall, #1)
by (shelved 41 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.01 — 52,555 ratings — published 2006
The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #2)
by (shelved 37 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.40 — 212,533 ratings — published 2008
Project Hail Mary (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.50 — 995,214 ratings — published 2021
Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 35 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 3.86 — 87,952 ratings — published 1992
Revelation Space (Revelation Space, #1)
by (shelved 31 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 3.99 — 60,963 ratings — published 2000
Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)
by (shelved 30 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.31 — 311,766 ratings — published 2011
Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3)
by (shelved 28 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.41 — 165,971 ratings — published 2010
Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)
by (shelved 28 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.12 — 181,902 ratings — published 1973
Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)
by (shelved 27 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.30 — 167,316 ratings — published 2015
2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)
by (shelved 22 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.18 — 333,465 ratings — published 1968
I, Robot (Robot, #0.1)
by (shelved 21 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.21 — 374,759 ratings — published 1950
Artemis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 3.69 — 317,235 ratings — published 2017
Ringworld (Ringworld #1)
by (shelved 21 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 3.94 — 128,024 ratings — published 1970
Foundation (Foundation, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.17 — 588,741 ratings — published 1951
A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1)
by (shelved 17 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.13 — 65,960 ratings — published 1992
Pushing Ice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.07 — 21,920 ratings — published 2005
Diaspora (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.10 — 10,969 ratings — published 1997
The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.14 — 178,832 ratings — published 1974
Green Mars (Mars Trilogy, #2)
by (shelved 16 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 3.96 — 40,604 ratings — published 1993
Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 3.99 — 117,262 ratings — published 2013
Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.23 — 220,589 ratings — published 2005
Caliban’s War (The Expanse, #2)
by (shelved 15 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.39 — 179,042 ratings — published 2012
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,461,951 ratings — published 1985
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.15 — 137,934 ratings — published 1966
Blue Mars (Mars Trilogy, #3)
by (shelved 15 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 3.95 — 32,933 ratings — published 1996
Echopraxia (Firefall, #2)
by (shelved 14 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 3.83 — 12,422 ratings — published 2014
Dune (Dune #1)
by (shelved 14 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,599,126 ratings — published 1965
Permutation City (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.05 — 12,638 ratings — published 1994
House of Suns (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.24 — 32,062 ratings — published 2008
Dragon's Egg (Cheela, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.12 — 9,686 ratings — published 1980
Children of Ruin (Children of Time, #2)
by (shelved 13 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.05 — 58,637 ratings — published 2019
Aurora (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 3.78 — 27,491 ratings — published 2015
Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,048,046 ratings — published 1990
Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse, #3)
by (shelved 13 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.28 — 151,191 ratings — published 2013
Schild's Ladder (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 3.93 — 4,090 ratings — published 2002
Anathem (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.17 — 75,078 ratings — published 2008
Blue Remembered Earth (Poseidon's Children, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 3.88 — 12,093 ratings — published 2012
Contact (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 13 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.15 — 151,311 ratings — published 1985
We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.27 — 118,596 ratings — published 2016
Starfish (Rifters, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 3.95 — 10,250 ratings — published 1999
2312 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 3.52 — 21,655 ratings — published 2012
Pandora's Star (Commonwealth Saga, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.23 — 53,354 ratings — published 2004
Absolution Gap (Revelation Space, #3)
by (shelved 12 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.02 — 24,940 ratings — published 2003
Tau Zero (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 3.83 — 16,739 ratings — published 1970
Accelerando (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 3.87 — 22,131 ratings — published 2005
The Windup Girl (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 3.75 — 77,789 ratings — published 2009
Lucifer's Hammer (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.00 — 45,241 ratings — published 1977
