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Best Science Fiction Books

Science fiction stories

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  1. Sandkings

    George R.R. Martin

    ★ 4.2 (5k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A cruel man's neglect of his new, tiny, worshipping alien pets unleashes a terrifying evolution of their hive mind, transforming a simple amusement into a grotesque and deadly obsession.

  2. Death Is a Lonely Business

    Ray Bradbury

    ★ 3.8 (4k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In 1950s Venice, California, a writer's imagination blurs with reality as accidents plague his friends, forcing him to solve a series of events tied to his own creative power.

  3. The Knight

    Steven James

    ★ 3.7 (4k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    An FBI criminologist known for tracking dangerous killers becomes the hunted when a murderer uses an ancient manuscript as a gruesome blueprint, forcing him to decipher its deadly clues before he becomes the final, shocking victim.

  4. At the Edge of the Universe

    Shaun David Hutchinson

    ★ 4.2 (4k) average on GoodreadsPsychology

    Ozzie's boyfriend vanishes from existence, and no one remembers him but Ozzie. As the universe shrinks, Ozzie races to find him, even as a new connection sparks an unexpected, forbidden love.

  5. A Sound of Thunder

    Ray Bradbury

    ★ 4.1 (4k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In a future where prehistoric safaris are a luxury, one misplaced step in the past unravels time and civilization.

  6. Circle of Flight

    John Marsden

    ★ 3.8 (4k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    Ellie Linton must face the truth that not all battles are won with bullets as she runs out of ammunition in a world overrun by ruthless invaders.

  7. To Hell and Back

    Lilith Saintcrow

    ★ 3.9 (4k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    After surviving Hell and being betrayed by Lucifer, Dante Valentine, a furious Necromancer, returns to her world ready to unleash vengeance on the Devil himself.

  8. Earthbound

    Aprilynne Pike

    ★ 3.7 (4k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A plane crash survivor discovers her visions are a call to save a crumbling world, forcing her to choose between her first love and a mysterious boy destined to be her partner in a cosmic battle.

  9. The Foundation Pit

    Andrei Platonov

    ★ 3.8 (4k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    Workmen dig a massive foundation pit in a desolate Soviet landscape, a monument to a utopian dream that slowly consumes their lives and the earth, promising collective happiness in an eerie, enforced silence.

  10. Total Eclipse

    Rachel Caine

    ★ 4.1 (4k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A mysterious poison unravels magic, forcing Weather Warden Joanne Baldwin and her djinn husband to restore balance before Earth falls to chaos.

  11. Rip Tide

    Kat Falls

    ★ 4.0 (4k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Desperate to save his parents, Ty plunges back into the treacherous subsea world with Gemma, forming an uneasy alliance with the outlaw Seablite Gang to unravel the mystery of a vanishing township and aggressive marine life, only to discover they might be swimming into a deeper conspiracy.

  12. There Will Come Soft Rains

    Ray Bradbury

    ★ 4.3 (4k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In a post-human world, a fully automated house meticulously carries out its daily routines, oblivious to the nuclear annihilation that has silenced its inhabitants, painting a poignant portrait of technology's enduring, yet ultimately futile, devotion.

  13. iBoy

    Kevin Brooks

    ★ 3.7 (4k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    After an iPhone shatters and embeds in his brain, a normal teen gains extraordinary digital powers, forcing him to choose between avenging the girl he loves and succumbing to the terrifying transformation within himself.

  14. House of Stairs

    William Sleator

    ★ 3.9 (4k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Five orphans are trapped in an Escher-esque labyrinth of endless stairs, forced to psychologically surrender to a mysterious red machine that demands their obedience and threatens to consume their very souls.

  15. The Shadow Society

    Marie Rutkoski

    ★ 3.9 (4k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Haunted by forgotten memories and a mysterious new boy, an orphaned girl from Chicago discovers she's a pawn in a war between alternate worlds where a society of monstrous creatures called Shades terrorize humanity.

  16. Ecotopia

    Ernest Callenbach

    ★ 3.6 (4k) average on GoodreadsPolitics

    A skeptical American journalist visits a seceded Pacific Northwest nation. He finds an ecologically focused society where tree worship, a twenty-hour workweek, and ritual war games challenge his ideas. He must choose between two vastly different futures.

  17. Full Fathom Five

    Max Gladstone

    ★ 4.1 (4k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In a world of manufactured gods, a disillusioned craftsman fights a conspiracy when her creations begin to die, forcing her to confront her divinely-controlled society.

  18. Spark

    Brigid Kemmerer

    ★ 3.9 (4k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Accused of arson he didn't commit, a fire-wielding teen finds his only ally in a brilliant, secretive girl who ignites a different kind of spark in his life.

  19. Tarnsman of Gor

    John Norman

    ★ 3.4 (4k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Abducted from Earth, Tarl Cabot is thrust into the brutal, caste-bound world of Counter-Earth to be forged into a Tarnsman, a warrior whose destiny is intertwined with the planet's violent traditions.

  20. The Twisted Ones

    Scott Cawthon

    ★ 4.3 (4k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Haunted by the animatronic horrors of her past, Charlie is dragged back into a nightmarish hunt when new, twisted creations begin to stalk her, blurring the lines between memory and a terrifying, inescapable present.

  21. The Fallen

    Charlie Higson

    ★ 4.4 (4k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    In a London full of flesh-eating adults, teens at the Natural History Museum search for a cure, but find the real enemy is more dangerous than the 'sickos' they fight.

  22. Animorphs

    K.A. Applegate

    ★ 4.4 (4k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Five ordinary teens are thrust into an intergalactic war, secretly morphing into animals to fight parasitic alien slugs bent on enslaving humanity from within.

  23. A World Without You

    Beth Revis

    ★ 3.7 (4k) average on GoodreadsPsychology

    Haunted by delusions of time travel and the suicide of the girl he loves, a young man journeys through his own mind to save her, even if it means losing himself to the madness he fights.

  24. Devices and Desires

    K.J. Parker

    ★ 3.7 (4k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Exiled for a minor offense, a brilliant engineer meticulously plans a bloody vengeance against the rigid guild that condemned him, using others as his instruments.

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