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Best Science Fiction Books

Science fiction stories

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  1. Defect

    Will Weaver

    ★ 3.6 (443) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A visually impaired foster teen with hidden wings finds courage and connection with a girl, making him question if his ability is a blessing or a curse.

  2. The Cracked Mirror

    Brian Keaney

    ★ 3.4 (432) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In a world where a doctor controls minds, two teenagers risk everything to break free and fight for freedom before a final battle.

  3. Top Secret

    John Reynolds Gardiner

    ★ 4.0 (429) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    When nine-year-old Allen's human photosynthesis experiment turns him green, sprouts roots, and catches the attention of the President, he must protect his top-secret botanical transformation from both his skeptical science teacher and national security threats.

  4. Bad Dreams

    Anne Fine

    ★ 3.6 (424) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A solitary bookworm who prefers fictional worlds over real-life interactions finds her ordered existence upended when a new girl's terrifying dreams begin to bleed into reality, forcing her to confront a 'gift' she initially dismisses as a curse.

  5. Hestia

    C.J. Cherryh

    ★ 3.5 (417) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    An unwilling engineer, marooned on a failing, isolated colony, must confront hostile alien life and the truths desperate pioneers have hidden, all while building their last hope for survival.

  6. The Butterfly Effect

    James Swallow

    ★ 4.1 (416) average on GoodreadsPsychology

    A man's desperate journey through his own past to heal old wounds unravels his present, proving that some butterflies, once disturbed, can only create hurricanes.

  7. Deeper

    Roderick Gordon

    ★ 3.5 (413) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Plunged further into the suffocating abyss, Will Burrows unearths a sinister Styx conspiracy threatening the surface world, only to find his presumed-dead sister, Rebecca, at its chilling heart.

  8. Roswell

    Sonny Whitelaw

    ★ 4.1 (411) average on Goodreads

    A Stargate malfunction sends SG-1 to 1947, trapping them in the Roswell incident as they try to save an Asgard and prevent temporal changes that could erase their future, with Jack O'Neill and Vala Mal Doran unexpectedly joining them.

  9. Sabotage

    Joe Craig

    ★ 4.1 (398) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Genetically engineered to be a perfect assassin, Jimmy Coates must fight his own lethal instincts and a corrupt government to survive after being shot down and left for dead, all while grappling with a destiny he never wanted.

  10. Elemental

    Brigid Kemmerer

    ★ 3.4 (375) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    An air Elemental and an earth Elemental, whose families are sworn enemies, fall into a dangerous, forbidden romance.

  11. Blood Relations

    A.J. Butcher

    ★ 3.8 (355) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Bond Team's ultimate spy school final exams push them to the brink of collapse, forcing them to betray friends and face memory wipes if they fail a gauntlet of simulated terror.

  12. A Sky Beyond the Storm

    Sabaa Tahir

    ★ 4.3 (351) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    An ancient evil brings apocalyptic chaos, forcing a grieving scholar, a haunted soldier, and a tormented soul catcher to face their fears, unlock powers, and save their world.

  13. Rapture

    Lauren Kate

    ★ 3.9 (347) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    As the world nears its end, an immortal love faces its biggest challenge, making an angel choose between her past and saving everything.

  14. Ghost in the Machine

    C.E. Kilgore

    ★ 3.7 (344) average on GoodreadsRomance

    An empathic woman with a dark past and a logical android with new emotions find their paths changed by a forbidden love. This love threatens to expose hidden alien societies and redefine their understanding of the universe.

  15. Sons of Liberty

    Raymond Benson

    ★ 3.8 (328) average on GoodreadsThriller

    In a post-Metal Gear explosion world, a rookie agent named Raiden must navigate a New York Harbor superstructure full of strange villains, resurrected legends, and a hijacked president to uncover a conspiracy and a superweapon hidden in plain sight.

  16. Catalyst

    Laurie Halse Anderson

    ★ 4.6 (289) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A science-focused high schooler, Kate Malone, finds her structured world upended when a house fire forces her rival and family to move in, sparking emotional turmoil and self-discovery as she awaits her MIT decision.

  17. The Two Towers

    J.R.R. Tolkien

    ★ 4.0 (281) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    With the Fellowship broken, hobbits Frodo and Sam begin a dangerous quest to destroy the One Ring in Sauron's land, guided by the tricky Gollum, while their friends prepare for a war that could destroy Middle-earth.

  18. Double Helix

    Nancy Werlin

    ★ 3.7 (267) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Eli's summer job with a geneticist uncovers the terrifying truth of his own existence, forcing him to question if he's a son or a scientific experiment.

  19. Mission

    Patrick Tilley

    ★ 4.1 (257) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A modern Manhattan hospital faces the impossible arrival of a crucified man, forcing humanity to confront its beliefs across 7,000 miles and 20 centuries.

  20. Claws

    Ricky Sides

    ★ 3.6 (249) average on Goodreads

    A corrupt pet food company's experimental, hormone-laced cat food turns housecats into ravenous predators. An unlikely group must stop the felines from devouring humanity, only to find the formula stolen and weaponized, threatening a global catastrophe.

  21. Trinity

    Domenico Italo Composto-Hart

    ★ 4.0 (240) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    The last warrior of a fallen order flees a dying Atlantis with the Oracle Queen's heir, while a bullied Lemurian boy discovers his Atlantean heritage and prepares to defend his home against an empire's wrath.

  22. 10 Futures

    Michael Pryor

    ★ 2.9 (236) average on Goodreads

    From AI-managed lives with micropets to post-plague survival and genetically-matched dating, two friends navigate a century of researched, often terrifying, potential futures shaped by today's trends.

  23. The Third Level

    Jack Finney

    ★ 4.1 (225) average on Goodreads

    A collection of speculative tales where ordinary lives brush against the extraordinary, from commuters stumbling into the past to suburbanites discovering peculiar new neighbors and the chilling consequences of a man's obsession with his career.

  24. The Rag Doll Plagues

    Alejandro Morales

    ★ 3.6 (186) average on Goodreads

    A doctor and his descendants are caught in a haunting, cyclical struggle against an evolving plague across colonial Mexico, contemporary California, and a future nation. This magically real disease mirrors the social decay of each era.

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