Sign in with Facebook
59 books
—
31 voters
Hard Scifi Books
Showing 1-50 of 1,661
The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)
by (shelved 69 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.08 — 486,000 ratings — published 2006
The Martian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 62 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,275,448 ratings — published 2011
Seveneves (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 44 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.00 — 124,542 ratings — published 2015
Blindsight (Firefall, #1)
by (shelved 42 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.01 — 53,449 ratings — published 2006
Project Hail Mary (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.50 — 1,057,198 ratings — published 2021
The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #2)
by (shelved 37 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.40 — 216,451 ratings — published 2008
Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 35 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 3.86 — 88,372 ratings — published 1992
Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)
by (shelved 31 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.31 — 315,678 ratings — published 2011
Revelation Space (Revelation Space, #1)
by (shelved 31 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 3.99 — 61,434 ratings — published 2000
Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3)
by (shelved 29 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.41 — 169,231 ratings — published 2010
Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)
by (shelved 29 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.12 — 183,185 ratings — published 1973
Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)
by (shelved 28 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.30 — 171,151 ratings — published 2015
2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)
by (shelved 23 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.18 — 335,013 ratings — published 1968
I, Robot (Robot, #0.1)
by (shelved 21 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.21 — 377,233 ratings — published 1950
Artemis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 3.69 — 321,779 ratings — published 2017
Ringworld (Ringworld #1)
by (shelved 21 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 3.94 — 128,534 ratings — published 1970
Foundation (Foundation, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.17 — 592,784 ratings — published 1951
A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1)
by (shelved 17 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.13 — 66,366 ratings — published 1992
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,468,251 ratings — published 1985
Pushing Ice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.07 — 22,141 ratings — published 2005
Diaspora (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.10 — 11,087 ratings — published 1997
The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.14 — 179,715 ratings — published 2003
Green Mars (Mars Trilogy, #2)
by (shelved 16 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 3.96 — 40,786 ratings — published 1993
Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 3.99 — 118,365 ratings — published 2013
Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.23 — 222,697 ratings — published 2005
Caliban’s War (The Expanse, #2)
by (shelved 15 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.39 — 181,149 ratings — published 2012
Dune (Dune #1)
by (shelved 15 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,613,648 ratings — published 1965
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.15 — 138,498 ratings — published 1966
Blue Mars (Mars Trilogy, #3)
by (shelved 15 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 3.95 — 33,085 ratings — published 1996
Echopraxia (Firefall, #2)
by (shelved 14 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 3.83 — 12,585 ratings — published 2014
Permutation City (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.05 — 12,835 ratings — published 1994
House of Suns (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.24 — 32,401 ratings — published 2008
Dragon's Egg (Cheela, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.12 — 9,771 ratings — published 1980
Children of Ruin (Children of Time, #2)
by (shelved 13 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.05 — 60,459 ratings — published 2019
Aurora (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 3.78 — 27,655 ratings — published 2015
Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,055,267 ratings — published 1990
Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse, #3)
by (shelved 13 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.28 — 153,001 ratings — published 2013
Schild's Ladder (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 3.93 — 4,121 ratings — published 2002
Anathem (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.17 — 75,384 ratings — published 2008
Blue Remembered Earth (Poseidon's Children, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 3.89 — 12,140 ratings — published 2012
Contact (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 13 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.15 — 151,990 ratings — published 1985
We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.27 — 121,562 ratings — published 2016
Starfish (Rifters, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 3.95 — 10,338 ratings — published 1999
2312 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 3.52 — 21,751 ratings — published 2012
Pandora's Star (Commonwealth Saga, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.23 — 53,650 ratings — published 2004
Accelerando (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 3.87 — 22,243 ratings — published 2005
Absolution Gap (Revelation Space, #3)
by (shelved 12 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.02 — 25,135 ratings — published 2003
Tau Zero (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 3.83 — 16,897 ratings — published 1970
Childhood’s End (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.12 — 172,818 ratings — published 1953
The Windup Girl (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 3.75 — 78,041 ratings — published 2009
