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Science Fiction Books
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Dune (Dune #1)
by (shelved 21527 times as science-fiction)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,615,465 ratings — published 1965
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
by (shelved 18226 times as science-fiction)
avg rating 4.22 — 2,006,039 ratings — published 1979
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
by (shelved 18173 times as science-fiction)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,469,057 ratings — published 1985
The Martian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16315 times as science-fiction)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,276,959 ratings — published 2011
Fahrenheit 451 (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 13799 times as science-fiction)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,808,991 ratings — published 1953
1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 13538 times as science-fiction)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,406,504 ratings — published 1949
Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
by (shelved 13478 times as science-fiction)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,292,462 ratings — published 2011
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 12807 times as science-fiction)
avg rating 4.35 — 9,824,544 ratings — published 2008
Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 12183 times as science-fiction)
avg rating 3.99 — 2,063,962 ratings — published 1932
Foundation (Foundation, #1)
by (shelved 11853 times as science-fiction)
avg rating 4.17 — 593,278 ratings — published 1951
Project Hail Mary (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11802 times as science-fiction)
avg rating 4.50 — 1,064,189 ratings — published 2021
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (ebook)
by (shelved 10651 times as science-fiction)
avg rating 4.09 — 509,646 ratings — published 1968
The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)
by (shelved 10318 times as science-fiction)
avg rating 4.08 — 487,047 ratings — published 2006
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 10012 times as science-fiction)
avg rating 4.35 — 4,121,339 ratings — published 2009
All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
by (shelved 9971 times as science-fiction)
avg rating 4.12 — 363,244 ratings — published 2017
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 9414 times as science-fiction)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,690,419 ratings — published 2010
Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)
by (shelved 8917 times as science-fiction)
avg rating 3.89 — 362,357 ratings — published 1984
The Time Machine (Paperback)
by (shelved 8797 times as science-fiction)
avg rating 3.89 — 562,753 ratings — published 1895
Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)
by (shelved 8784 times as science-fiction)
avg rating 4.31 — 316,095 ratings — published 2011
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
by (shelved 8314 times as science-fiction)
avg rating 4.27 — 747,605 ratings — published 2014
I, Robot (Robot, #0.1)
by (shelved 8215 times as science-fiction)
avg rating 4.21 — 377,526 ratings — published 1950
Dark Matter (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8085 times as science-fiction)
avg rating 4.13 — 709,620 ratings — published 2016
Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park, #1)
by (shelved 7636 times as science-fiction)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,056,074 ratings — published 1990
Dune Messiah (Dune #2)
by (shelved 7631 times as science-fiction)
avg rating 3.89 — 398,694 ratings — published 1969
The Left Hand of Darkness (Paperback)
by (shelved 7607 times as science-fiction)
avg rating 4.10 — 218,488 ratings — published 1969
Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
by (shelved 7575 times as science-fiction)
avg rating 4.27 — 296,435 ratings — published 1989
The War of the Worlds (Paperback)
by (shelved 7297 times as science-fiction)
avg rating 3.83 — 348,207 ratings — published 1898
2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)
by (shelved 7240 times as science-fiction)
avg rating 4.18 — 335,193 ratings — published 1968
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 7201 times as science-fiction)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,865,049 ratings — published 1818
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7067 times as science-fiction)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,399,503 ratings — published 1985
Divergent (Divergent, #1)
by (shelved 7015 times as science-fiction)
avg rating 4.13 — 4,355,987 ratings — published 2011
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #2)
by (shelved 6819 times as science-fiction)
avg rating 4.20 — 314,918 ratings — published 1980
Stranger in a Strange Land (Paperback)
by (shelved 6790 times as science-fiction)
avg rating 3.92 — 326,119 ratings — published 1961
The Martian Chronicles (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 6742 times as science-fiction)
avg rating 4.16 — 284,675 ratings — published 1950
Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 6667 times as science-fiction)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,476,518 ratings — published 1969
Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 6606 times as science-fiction)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,007,848 ratings — published 2012
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)
by (shelved 6568 times as science-fiction)
avg rating 4.17 — 183,522 ratings — published 2014
Snow Crash (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6485 times as science-fiction)
avg rating 4.01 — 297,081 ratings — published 1992
Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)
by (shelved 6443 times as science-fiction)
avg rating 4.23 — 222,891 ratings — published 2005
Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1)
by (shelved 6245 times as science-fiction)
avg rating 3.80 — 299,219 ratings — published 2014
Foundation and Empire (Foundation, #2)
by (shelved 6188 times as science-fiction)
avg rating 4.22 — 225,327 ratings — published 1952
Speaker for the Dead (Ender's Saga, #2)
by (shelved 6168 times as science-fiction)
avg rating 4.11 — 270,344 ratings — published 1986
The Giver (The Giver, #1)
by (shelved 6163 times as science-fiction)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,788,935 ratings — published 1993
This Is How You Lose the Time War (ebook)
by (shelved 6029 times as science-fiction)
avg rating 3.84 — 329,616 ratings — published 2019
Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries, #2)
by (shelved 5940 times as science-fiction)
avg rating 4.25 — 210,457 ratings — published 2018
Artemis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5834 times as science-fiction)
avg rating 3.69 — 322,377 ratings — published 2017
A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1)
by (shelved 5735 times as science-fiction)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,279,108 ratings — published 1962
Second Foundation (Foundation, #3)
by (shelved 5651 times as science-fiction)
avg rating 4.28 — 201,937 ratings — published 1953
Children of Dune (Dune #3)
by (shelved 5631 times as science-fiction)
avg rating 3.95 — 247,868 ratings — published 1976
Starship Troopers (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 5501 times as science-fiction)
avg rating 4.01 — 245,533 ratings — published 1959
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“People say, 'I'm going to sleep now,' as if it were nothing. But it's really a bizarre activity. 'For the next several hours, while the sun is gone, I'm going to become unconscious, temporarily losing command over everything I know and understand. When the sun returns, I will resume my life.'
If you didn't know what sleep was, and you had only seen it in a science fiction movie, you would think it was weird and tell all your friends about the movie you'd seen.
They had these people, you know? And they would walk around all day and be OK? And then, once a day, usually after dark, they would lie down on these special platforms and become unconscious. They would stop functioning almost completely, except deep in their minds they would have adventures and experiences that were completely impossible in real life. As they lay there, completely vulnerable to their enemies, their only movements were to occasionally shift from one position to another; or, if one of the 'mind adventures' got too real, they would sit up and scream and be glad they weren't unconscious anymore. Then they would drink a lot of coffee.'
So, next time you see someone sleeping, make believe you're in a science fiction movie. And whisper, 'The creature is regenerating itself.”
― Brain Droppings
If you didn't know what sleep was, and you had only seen it in a science fiction movie, you would think it was weird and tell all your friends about the movie you'd seen.
They had these people, you know? And they would walk around all day and be OK? And then, once a day, usually after dark, they would lie down on these special platforms and become unconscious. They would stop functioning almost completely, except deep in their minds they would have adventures and experiences that were completely impossible in real life. As they lay there, completely vulnerable to their enemies, their only movements were to occasionally shift from one position to another; or, if one of the 'mind adventures' got too real, they would sit up and scream and be glad they weren't unconscious anymore. Then they would drink a lot of coffee.'
So, next time you see someone sleeping, make believe you're in a science fiction movie. And whisper, 'The creature is regenerating itself.”
― Brain Droppings
“There comes a point when you either embrace who and what you are, or condemn yourself to be miserable all your days. Other people will try to make you miserable; don't help them by doing the job yourself.”
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