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Hard Scifi Books
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The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)
by (shelved 67 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.08 — 469,779 ratings — published 2006
The Martian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 60 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,251,647 ratings — published 2011
Seveneves (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 44 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.00 — 123,427 ratings — published 2015
Blindsight (Firefall, #1)
by (shelved 40 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.01 — 51,753 ratings — published 2006
The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #2)
by (shelved 37 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.40 — 208,836 ratings — published 2008
Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 35 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 3.86 — 87,556 ratings — published 1992
Project Hail Mary (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.50 — 937,732 ratings — published 2021
Revelation Space (Revelation Space, #1)
by (shelved 31 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 3.99 — 60,557 ratings — published 2000
Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3)
by (shelved 28 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.41 — 162,838 ratings — published 2010
Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)
by (shelved 28 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.31 — 308,205 ratings — published 2011
Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)
by (shelved 27 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.30 — 163,712 ratings — published 2015
Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)
by (shelved 27 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.12 — 180,671 ratings — published 1973
2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)
by (shelved 22 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.18 — 332,051 ratings — published 1968
Artemis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 3.69 — 313,076 ratings — published 2017
I, Robot (Robot, #0.1)
by (shelved 20 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.21 — 372,311 ratings — published 1950
Ringworld (Ringworld #1)
by (shelved 20 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 3.94 — 127,582 ratings — published 1970
Foundation (Foundation, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.17 — 584,994 ratings — published 1951
A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1)
by (shelved 17 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.13 — 65,602 ratings — published 1992
Pushing Ice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.07 — 21,709 ratings — published 2005
Diaspora (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.10 — 10,834 ratings — published 1997
The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.14 — 177,958 ratings — published 1974
Green Mars (Mars Trilogy, #2)
by (shelved 16 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 3.96 — 40,447 ratings — published 1993
Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 3.99 — 116,394 ratings — published 2013
Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.23 — 218,503 ratings — published 2005
Caliban’s War (The Expanse, #2)
by (shelved 15 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.39 — 176,968 ratings — published 2012
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.15 — 137,434 ratings — published 1966
Blue Mars (Mars Trilogy, #3)
by (shelved 15 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 3.95 — 32,802 ratings — published 1996
Echopraxia (Firefall, #2)
by (shelved 14 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 3.83 — 12,280 ratings — published 2014
Dune (Dune #1)
by (shelved 14 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,585,876 ratings — published 1965
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,456,307 ratings — published 1985
Permutation City (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.06 — 12,461 ratings — published 1994
House of Suns (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.24 — 31,742 ratings — published 2008
Dragon's Egg (Cheela, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.12 — 9,618 ratings — published 1980
Children of Ruin (Children of Time, #2)
by (shelved 13 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.05 — 57,159 ratings — published 2019
Aurora (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 3.78 — 27,302 ratings — published 2015
Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,040,793 ratings — published 1990
Schild's Ladder (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 3.93 — 4,060 ratings — published 2002
Anathem (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.17 — 74,827 ratings — published 2008
Blue Remembered Earth (Poseidon's Children, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 3.88 — 12,041 ratings — published 2012
Contact (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 13 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.15 — 150,717 ratings — published 1985
We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.27 — 116,196 ratings — published 2016
Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse, #3)
by (shelved 12 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.28 — 149,543 ratings — published 2013
Starfish (Rifters, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 3.95 — 10,159 ratings — published 1999
2312 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 3.52 — 21,561 ratings — published 2012
Pandora's Star (Commonwealth Saga, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.23 — 53,052 ratings — published 2004
Absolution Gap (Revelation Space, #3)
by (shelved 12 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.02 — 24,789 ratings — published 2003
Tau Zero (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 3.83 — 16,515 ratings — published 1970
Accelerando (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 3.87 — 22,059 ratings — published 2005
The Windup Girl (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 3.75 — 77,572 ratings — published 2009
Lucifer's Hammer (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as hard-scifi)
avg rating 4.00 — 45,128 ratings — published 1977
