Speculative Fiction to Read

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

16,339 members

379 reviews

4

10 Members: Quaisior, aulsmith, merrystar, andomck, gypsysmom, ahef1963, heidiboll, ManWithAnAgenda, SargonRex, khcollett

4

Brave New World

by Aldous Huxley

55,048 members

780 reviews

3.9

9 Members: merrystar, andomck, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Peace2, heidiboll, ManWithAnAgenda, brhill45

5

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Book 1)

39,634 members

723 reviews

4.2

9 Members: hipdeep, jain, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Peace2, ManWithAnAgenda, Fueguino0q, Al.

6

The Night Circus

by Erin Morgenstern

19,107 members

1,276 reviews

4.1

9 Members: Quaisior, jain, KimarieBee, chgstrom, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Peace2, heidiboll, jjlenning

7

1984

by George Orwell

83,986 members

1,287 reviews

4.2

8 Members: Quaisior, aulsmith, chgstrom, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, Al., brhill45

8

Fahrenheit 451

by Ray Bradbury

55,327 members

1,014 reviews

4

8 Members: Quaisior, hipdeep, otori, merrystar, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Peace2, ManWithAnAgenda

9

Slaughterhouse-Five

by Kurt Vonnegut

45,021 members

710 reviews

4.1

8 Members: hipdeep, otori, andomck, gypsysmom, ahef1963, heidiboll, ManWithAnAgenda, brhill45

10

Dune

by Frank Herbert

44,078 members

688 reviews

½ 4.3

9 Members: Quaisior, aulsmith, otori, andomck, gypsysmom, heidiboll, ManWithAnAgenda, SargonRex, brhill45,merrystar

11

The Handmaid's Tale

by Margaret Atwood

43,466 members

1,160 reviews

4.1

8 Members: Quaisior, jain, chgstrom, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, heidiboll, ManWithAnAgenda

12

A Wrinkle in Time

by Madeleine L'Engle

40,977 members

968 reviews

4

9 Members: Quaisior, hipdeep, merrystar, andomck, ahef1963, kara.shamy, invisigoth, ManWithAnAgenda, brhill45,gypsysmom

13

by J. K. Rowling

137,373 members

2,061 reviews

½ 4.3

10 Members: KimarieBee, chgstrom, merrystar, andomck, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Peace2, heidiboll, brhill45,aulsmith ,ManWithAnAgenda ,jjlenning
Explanations: aulsmith : Didn't finish.

14

Frankenstein

by Mary Shelley

43,975 members

719 reviews

3.8

7 Members: Quaisior, andomck, gypsysmom, ahef1963, heidiboll, ManWithAnAgenda, brhill45

15

Neverwhere

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

25,299 members

586 reviews

4.1

7 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, andomck, gypsysmom, ahef1963, heidiboll, ManWithAnAgenda

16

by L. Frank Baum

22,826 members

427 reviews

3.9

7 Members: Quaisior, hipdeep, aulsmith, merrystar, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

17

Foundation

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

21,061 members

389 reviews

4

7 Members: otori, merrystar, gypsysmom, ahef1963, heidiboll, ManWithAnAgenda, SargonRex

18

by Philip K. Dick

19,775 members

476 reviews

4

7 Members: Quaisior, hipdeep, gypsysmom, ManWithAnAgenda, SargonRex, khcollett, sisyphus_happy

19

The Left Hand of Darkness

The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

16,383 members

395 reviews

4

7 Members: Quaisior, hipdeep, jain, aulsmith, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

20

by Robert A. Heinlein

10,600 members

185 reviews

4.1

7 Members: jain, aulsmith, otori, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, SargonRex

21

American Gods {original}

33,212 members

928 reviews

4.1

7 Members: hipdeep, aulsmith, andomck, ahef1963, heidiboll, Shah_Zad_Khan, ManWithAnAgenda,chgstrom

22

The Princess Bride

by William Goldman

25,387 members

535 reviews

½ 4.3

6 Members: Quaisior, hipdeep, otori, merrystar, ahef1963, heidiboll

23

The Graveyard Book

22,717 members

1,264 reviews

4.2

6 Members: hipdeep, jain, aulsmith, ahef1963, heidiboll, ManWithAnAgenda

24

Stardust

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

22,374 members

565 reviews

4

6 Members: hipdeep, aulsmith, merrystar, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

25

The Man in the High Castle

18,631 members

195 reviews

4.1

6 Members: hipdeep, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Peace2, heidiboll, ManWithAnAgenda

26

The Once and Future King

by T. H. White

15,713 members

207 reviews

4.1

7 Members: hipdeep, aulsmith, otori, gypsysmom, ahef1963, heidiboll, brhill45,ManWithAnAgenda

27

by Philip K. Dick

14,134 members

366 reviews

½ 3.7

6 Members: aulsmith, otori, gypsysmom, heidiboll, ManWithAnAgenda, SargonRex

28

Possession

by A. S. Byatt

13,150 members

294 reviews

4

6 Members: merrystar, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, heidiboll, ManWithAnAgenda

29

A Wind in the Door

by Madeleine L'Engle

12,978 members

122 reviews

3.9

6 Members: Quaisior, merrystar, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

30

Howl's Moving Castle

by Diana Wynne Jones

12,719 members

442 reviews

½ 4.3

6 Members: Quaisior, jain, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, gmcnaught

31

The Dispossessed

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass

11,008 members

267 reviews

4.1

6 Members: Quaisior, jain, aulsmith, andomck, gypsysmom, ManWithAnAgenda

32

Doomsday Book

by Connie Willis

8,082 members

377 reviews

4.1

6 Members: Quaisior, aulsmith, merrystar, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

33

Tigana

by Guy Gavriel Kay

5,136 members

145 reviews

4.1

6 Members: Quaisior, aulsmith, merrystar, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

34

The Hunger Games

by Suzanne Collins

66,362 members

3,495 reviews

½ 4.3

8 Members: jain, KimarieBee, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Peace2, heidiboll, Shah_Zad_Khan, ManWithAnAgenda, , ,jjlenning

35

A Game of Thrones

by George R. R. Martin

43,675 members

1,129 reviews

½ 4.4

7 Members: KimarieBee, chgstrom, gypsysmom, ahef1963, heidiboll, ManWithAnAgenda, SargonRex, ,merrystar
Explanations: merrystar : could not finish

36

The Time Traveler's Wife

by Audrey Niffenegger

39,941 members

1,274 reviews

4.1

5 Members: KimarieBee, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Peace2, heidiboll

37

by Lewis Carroll

26,185 members

293 reviews

4.1

5 Members: Quaisior, aulsmith, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

38

Watership Down

by Richard Adams

25,420 members

473 reviews

4.2

5 Members: Quaisior, gypsysmom, ahef1963, heidiboll, ManWithAnAgenda

39

Never Let Me Go

by Kazuo Ishiguro

23,501 members

942 reviews

3.8

5 Members: gypsysmom, ahef1963, Peace2, heidiboll, ManWithAnAgenda

40

The Name of the Wind

by Patrick Rothfuss

21,067 members

794 reviews

½ 4.4

5 Members: jacobmercy, KimarieBee, ahef1963, heidiboll, ManWithAnAgenda

41

Snow Crash

by Neal Stephenson

20,464 members

401 reviews

4.1

5 Members: hipdeep, ahef1963, heidiboll, ManWithAnAgenda, gmcnaught

42

Anansi Boys

Life, the Universe, and Everything

20,404 members

465 reviews

3.9

5 Members: aulsmith, gypsysmom, ahef1963, heidiboll, ManWithAnAgenda

43

Watchmen

by Alan Moore

19,463 members

485 reviews

½ 4.3

5 Members: hipdeep, ahef1963, heidiboll, ManWithAnAgenda, SargonRex

44

15,961 members

140 reviews

4

5 Members: hipdeep, gypsysmom, ahef1963, heidiboll, ManWithAnAgenda

45

I, Robot

15,382 members

274 reviews

4

5 Members: jain, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, SargonRex

46

Guards! Guards!

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

14,410 members

243 reviews

4.2

5 Members: Quaisior, andomck, ahef1963, Peace2, ManWithAnAgenda

47

The Clan of the Cave Bear

14,036 members

232 reviews

3.9

5 Members: hipdeep, gypsysmom, ahef1963, heidiboll, ManWithAnAgenda

48

by Jean M. Auel

12,936 members

285 reviews

3.9

5 Members: Quaisior, gypsysmom, ahef1963, heidiboll, ManWithAnAgenda

49

Small Gods

12,285 members

181 reviews

4.2

5 Members: Quaisior, aulsmith, ahef1963, heidiboll, ManWithAnAgenda

50

A Swiftly Tilting Planet

by Madeleine L'Engle

12,201 members

106 reviews

4

5 Members: Quaisior, merrystar, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

51

A Canticle for Leibowitz

by Walter M. Miller Jr.

12,020 members

314 reviews

3.9

5 Members: aulsmith, gypsysmom, ahef1963, heidiboll, ManWithAnAgenda

52

Night Watch

Stranger in a Strange Land

11,445 members

165 reviews

½ 4.4

5 Members: Quaisior, merrystar, ahef1963, Peace2, ManWithAnAgenda

53

by Robert A. Heinlein

11,151 members

157 reviews

3.9

6 Members: aulsmith, merrystar, gypsysmom, heidiboll, ManWithAnAgenda, SargonRex,jain
Explanations: jain: The first third or so of the book is great, but then it all goes downhill incredibly fast.

54

The Yiddish Policemen's Union

by Michael Chabon

10,529 members

426 reviews

3.8

5 Members: jain, aulsmith, gypsysmom, ahef1963, heidiboll
Explanations: aulsmith: Subtle and well-written alternate history

55

Thud!

10,341 members

145 reviews

4.1

5 Members: Quaisior, merrystar, ahef1963, Peace2, ManWithAnAgenda

56

Witches Abroad

To Say Nothing of the Dog

10,323 members

143 reviews

4.1

5 Members: Quaisior, hipdeep, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

57

Kindred

by Octavia E. Butler

8,734 members

357 reviews

4.2

5 Members: Quaisior, hipdeep, jain, heidiboll, ManWithAnAgenda

58

by Connie Willis

6,843 members

292 reviews

4.1

5 Members: Quaisior, merrystar, gypsysmom, ahef1963, heidiboll

59

The Stand: Expanded Edition: For the First Time Complete and Uncut (Signet)

by Stephen King

4,985 members

71 reviews

½ 4.5

5 Members: chgstrom, ahef1963, heidiboll, ManWithAnAgenda, SargonRex

60

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

by C. S. Lewis

47,352 members

767 reviews

4.1

5 Members: merrystar, gypsysmom, ahef1963, heidiboll, ManWithAnAgenda,jjlenning

61

The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, Book 1)

by Philip Pullman

36,923 members

746 reviews

4.1

6 Members: merrystar, andomck, gypsysmom, ahef1963, heidiboll, ManWithAnAgenda, ,jjlenning

62

Good Omens

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell

35,560 members

797 reviews

½ 4.3

5 Members: Quaisior, hipdeep, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,aulsmith
Explanations: aulsmith : I found this dull

63

The Magician's Nephew

by C. S. Lewis

30,437 members

369 reviews

3.9

5 Members: merrystar, gypsysmom, ahef1963, heidiboll, ManWithAnAgenda,jjlenning

64

by Susanna Clarke

27,418 members

781 reviews

3.9

5 Members: jain, chgstrom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, SargonRex,aulsmith
Explanations: aulsmith : Great moments, but too long

65

A Clockwork Orange

by Anthony Burgess

26,385 members

387 reviews

4

4 Members: gypsysmom, ahef1963, heidiboll, SargonRex

66

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

by C. S. Lewis

26,311 members

258 reviews

4

4 Members: merrystar, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

67

The Wind in the Willows

by Kenneth Grahame

24,485 members

331 reviews

4.1

4 Members: aulsmith, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

68

Neuromancer

by William Gibson

23,501 members

375 reviews

3.9

4 Members: Quaisior, hipdeep, gypsysmom, Al.

69

The Colour of Magic

22,514 members

446 reviews

3.8

4 Members: Quaisior, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

70

The Time Machine

by H. G. Wells

18,067 members

342 reviews

½ 3.7

5 Members: KimarieBee, andomck, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,aulsmith
Explanations: aulsmith : I didn't make it through this one.

71

The Martian Chronicles

by Ray Bradbury

17,007 members

323 reviews

4

4 Members: merrystar, andomck, gypsysmom, heidiboll

72

The Blind Assassin

by Margaret Atwood

16,666 members

383 reviews

3.9

4 Members: gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, heidiboll

73

The Light Fantastic

15,026 members

206 reviews

3.8

4 Members: Quaisior, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

74

Equal Rites

14,702 members

254 reviews

3.8

4 Members: Quaisior, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

75

Uglies

by Scott Westerfeld

14,364 members

663 reviews

3.9

4 Members: KimarieBee, ahef1963, heidiboll, ManWithAnAgenda

76

Foundation and Empire

13,320 members

159 reviews

4

4 Members: gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, SargonRex

77

Wyrd Sisters

12,681 members

189 reviews

4

4 Members: Quaisior, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

78

Second Foundation

12,237 members

131 reviews

4

4 Members: gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, SargonRex

79

Going Postal

11,973 members

210 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: Quaisior, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

80

Reaper Man

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH

11,745 members

151 reviews

4.1

4 Members: Quaisior, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

81

by Robert C. O'Brien

11,605 members

172 reviews

4.2

4 Members: Quaisior, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

82

The Wee Free Men

10,975 members

261 reviews

4.2

4 Members: Quaisior, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

83

Men at Arms

10,624 members

122 reviews

4.2

4 Members: Quaisior, ahef1963, Peace2, ManWithAnAgenda

84

Soul Music

10,440 members

127 reviews

3.9

4 Members: Quaisior, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

85

Feet of Clay

10,218 members

123 reviews

4.1

4 Members: Quaisior, aulsmith, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

86

Thief of Time

10,040 members

113 reviews

4.1

4 Members: Quaisior, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

87

Lords and Ladies

9,890 members

125 reviews

4

4 Members: Quaisior, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

88

The Tombs of Atuan

9,149 members

163 reviews

4

4 Members: Quaisior, jain, ManWithAnAgenda, SargonRex

89

Making Money

8,870 members

180 reviews

4

4 Members: Quaisior, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

90

The Truth

8,629 members

85 reviews

4.2

4 Members: Quaisior, hipdeep, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

91

A Hat Full of Sky

8,283 members

145 reviews

4.2

4 Members: Quaisior, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

92

Wintersmith

8,275 members

167 reviews

4.1

4 Members: Quaisior, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

93

The Farthest Shore

The Years of Rice and Salt

8,029 members

120 reviews

4

4 Members: Quaisior, aulsmith, ManWithAnAgenda, SargonRex

94

Dragonsong

by Anne McCaffrey

7,168 members

102 reviews

4.1

4 Members: Quaisior, merrystar, gypsysmom, ahef1963

95

Dragonsinger

by Anne McCaffrey

6,367 members

69 reviews

4.1

4 Members: Quaisior, merrystar, gypsysmom, ahef1963

96

The Windup Girl

by Paolo Bacigalupi

6,360 members

305 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: aulsmith, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

97

by Kim Stanley Robinson

3,535 members

108 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: aulsmith, gypsysmom, heidiboll, ManWithAnAgenda

98

The Lions of al-Rassan

by Guy Gavriel Kay

3,230 members

103 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: Quaisior, aulsmith, merrystar, ahef1963

99

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