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The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)
by (shelved 62 times as hard-sf)
avg rating 4.08 — 477,652 ratings — published 2006
The Martian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 60 times as hard-sf)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,262,751 ratings — published 2011
Blindsight (Firefall, #1)
by (shelved 51 times as hard-sf)
avg rating 4.01 — 52,559 ratings — published 2006
Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)
by (shelved 50 times as hard-sf)
avg rating 4.12 — 181,907 ratings — published 1973
Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 48 times as hard-sf)
avg rating 3.86 — 87,952 ratings — published 1992
Ringworld (Ringworld #1)
by (shelved 42 times as hard-sf)
avg rating 3.94 — 128,025 ratings — published 1970
Revelation Space (Revelation Space, #1)
by (shelved 38 times as hard-sf)
avg rating 3.99 — 60,964 ratings — published 2000
2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)
by (shelved 38 times as hard-sf)
avg rating 4.18 — 333,469 ratings — published 1968
Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3)
by (shelved 31 times as hard-sf)
avg rating 4.41 — 165,976 ratings — published 2010
Diaspora (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as hard-sf)
avg rating 4.10 — 10,969 ratings — published 1997
Seveneves (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 29 times as hard-sf)
avg rating 4.00 — 123,940 ratings — published 2015
The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #2)
by (shelved 28 times as hard-sf)
avg rating 4.40 — 212,543 ratings — published 2008
Blue Mars (Mars Trilogy, #3)
by (shelved 27 times as hard-sf)
avg rating 3.95 — 32,933 ratings — published 1996
Project Hail Mary (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as hard-sf)
avg rating 4.50 — 995,328 ratings — published 2021
Permutation City (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as hard-sf)
avg rating 4.05 — 12,641 ratings — published 1994
Schild's Ladder (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as hard-sf)
avg rating 3.93 — 4,090 ratings — published 2002
Tau Zero (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as hard-sf)
avg rating 3.83 — 16,739 ratings — published 1970
Quarantine (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as hard-sf)
avg rating 3.91 — 6,215 ratings — published 1992
Dragon's Egg (Cheela, #1)
by (shelved 25 times as hard-sf)
avg rating 4.12 — 9,687 ratings — published 1980
Green Mars (Mars Trilogy, #2)
by (shelved 25 times as hard-sf)
avg rating 3.96 — 40,604 ratings — published 1993
A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1)
by (shelved 24 times as hard-sf)
avg rating 4.13 — 65,960 ratings — published 1992
Eon (The Way, #1)
by (shelved 24 times as hard-sf)
avg rating 3.88 — 30,088 ratings — published 1985
Foundation (Foundation, #1)
by (shelved 24 times as hard-sf)
avg rating 4.17 — 588,754 ratings — published 1951
Echopraxia (Firefall, #2)
by (shelved 22 times as hard-sf)
avg rating 3.83 — 12,422 ratings — published 2014
Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)
by (shelved 22 times as hard-sf)
avg rating 4.31 — 311,772 ratings — published 2011
Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as hard-sf)
avg rating 4.30 — 167,322 ratings — published 2015
Pushing Ice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as hard-sf)
avg rating 4.07 — 21,921 ratings — published 2005
House of Suns (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as hard-sf)
avg rating 4.24 — 32,062 ratings — published 2008
Second Foundation (Foundation, #3)
by (shelved 20 times as hard-sf)
avg rating 4.27 — 200,393 ratings — published 1953
Foundation and Empire (Foundation, #2)
by (shelved 20 times as hard-sf)
avg rating 4.22 — 223,461 ratings — published 1952
Raft (Xeelee Sequence, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as hard-sf)
avg rating 3.68 — 4,743 ratings — published 1991
I, Robot (Robot, #0.1)
by (shelved 19 times as hard-sf)
avg rating 4.21 — 374,766 ratings — published 1950
The Ringworld Engineers (Ringworld #2)
by (shelved 19 times as hard-sf)
avg rating 3.88 — 33,711 ratings — published 1979
Contact (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 19 times as hard-sf)
avg rating 4.15 — 151,313 ratings — published 1985
2010: Odyssey Two (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as hard-sf)
avg rating 3.95 — 60,436 ratings — published 1982
The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)
by (shelved 18 times as hard-sf)
avg rating 4.14 — 178,833 ratings — published 1974
Chasm City (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as hard-sf)
avg rating 4.13 — 27,302 ratings — published 2001
The Gods Themselves (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as hard-sf)
avg rating 4.09 — 68,063 ratings — published 1972
The Mote in God's Eye (Moties, #1)
by (shelved 18 times as hard-sf)
avg rating 4.07 — 72,668 ratings — published 1974
The Fountains of Paradise (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as hard-sf)
avg rating 3.95 — 31,513 ratings — published 1979
Time (Manifold #1)
by (shelved 17 times as hard-sf)
avg rating 3.79 — 8,002 ratings — published 1999
Aurora (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as hard-sf)
avg rating 3.78 — 27,491 ratings — published 2015
Caliban’s War (The Expanse, #2)
by (shelved 16 times as hard-sf)
avg rating 4.39 — 179,045 ratings — published 2012
The Forge of God (Forge of God, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as hard-sf)
avg rating 3.87 — 16,237 ratings — published 1987
A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)
by (shelved 16 times as hard-sf)
avg rating 4.32 — 34,875 ratings — published 1999
Darwin's Radio (Darwin's Radio, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as hard-sf)
avg rating 3.73 — 16,536 ratings — published 1999
Accelerando (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as hard-sf)
avg rating 3.87 — 22,132 ratings — published 2005
Ring (Xeelee Sequence, #4)
by (shelved 15 times as hard-sf)
avg rating 4.00 — 3,851 ratings — published 1994
Redemption Ark (Revelation Space, #2)
by (shelved 15 times as hard-sf)
avg rating 4.16 — 32,144 ratings — published 2002
Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as hard-sf)
avg rating 4.00 — 12,201 ratings — published 2001
