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Highly Rated Science Fiction

Science Fiction rated 4.0 or higher on Hardcover, from at least 300 ratings. Leaves out young adult and children's titles, omnibus editions, and books that are not the first in their series.

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11/22/63

Stephen King

4.3 Hardcover · 1,879 ratings

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1984

George Orwell

4.2 Hardcover · 9,238 ratings

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2001: A Space Odyssey

Arthur C. Clarke

4.1 Hardcover · 1,302 ratings

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A Fire Upon The Deep

Vernor Vinge

4.1 Hardcover · 568 ratings

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A Memory Called Empire

Arkady Martine

4.1 Hardcover · 908 ratings

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A Psalm For The Wild-built

Becky Chambers

4.2 Hardcover · 1,035 ratings

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All Systems Red

Martha Wells

4.1 Hardcover · 4,273 ratings

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Altered Carbon

Richard K. Morgan

4.0 Hardcover · 1,006 ratings

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American Gods

Neil Gaiman

4.0 Hardcover · 3,407 ratings

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Anathem

Neal Stephenson

4.2 Hardcover · 643 ratings

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Atmosphere: A Love Story

Taylor Jenkins Reid

4.3 Hardcover · 663 ratings

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Cat's Cradle

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

4.1 Hardcover · 1,468 ratings

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Childhood’s End

Arthur C. Clarke

4.0 Hardcover · 906 ratings

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Children Of Time

Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.3 Hardcover · 1,970 ratings

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City Of Stairs

Robert Jackson Bennett

4.1 Hardcover · 427 ratings

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Columbus Day

Craig Alanson

4.1 Hardcover · 383 ratings

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Contact

Carl Sagan

4.1 Hardcover · 599 ratings

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Cryptonomicon

Neal Stephenson

4.2 Hardcover · 903 ratings

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Dark Matter

Blake Crouch

4.1 Hardcover · 3,196 ratings

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Dawn

Octavia E. Butler

4.0 Hardcover · 411 ratings

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Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?

Philip K. Dick

4.0 Hardcover · 2,384 ratings

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Dungeon Crawler Carl

Matt Dinniman

4.3 Hardcover · 3,773 ratings

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Elder Race

Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.1 Hardcover · 382 ratings

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Exhalation

Ted Chiang

4.3 Hardcover · 967 ratings

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Flowers For Algernon

Daniel Keyes

4.3 Hardcover · 2,463 ratings

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Foundryside

Robert Jackson Bennett

4.2 Hardcover · 605 ratings

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Gideon The Ninth

Tamsyn Muir

4.1 Hardcover · 1,536 ratings

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Good Omens: The Nice And Accurate Prophecies Of Agnes Nutter, Witch

Neil Gaiman

4.2 Hardcover · 2,862 ratings

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Horus Rising

Dan Abnett

4.1 Hardcover · 305 ratings

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House Of Suns

Alastair Reynolds

4.3 Hardcover · 370 ratings

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Hyperion

Dan Simmons

4.3 Hardcover · 2,118 ratings

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I Who Have Never Known Men

Jacqueline Harpman

4.2 Hardcover · 1,193 ratings

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I, Robot

Isaac Asimov

4.1 Hardcover · 1,586 ratings

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Jade City

Fonda Lee

4.0 Hardcover · 1,039 ratings

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Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park, #1)

Michael Crichton

4.1 Hardcover · 929 ratings

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Kindred

Octavia Butler

4.3 Hardcover · 830 ratings

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Leviathan Wakes

James S.A. Corey

4.3 Hardcover · 2,994 ratings

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Light From Uncommon Stars

Ryka Aoki

4.1 Hardcover · 425 ratings

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Old Man's War (old Man's War, #1)

John Scalzi

4.1 Hardcover · 686 ratings

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Pandora's Star

Peter F. Hamilton

4.2 Hardcover · 525 ratings

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Project Hail Mary

Andrew Weir

4.5 Hardcover · 8,192 ratings

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Recursión

Blake Crouch

4.2 Hardcover · 1,969 ratings

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Rendezvous With Rama

Arthur C. Clarke

4.0 Hardcover · 1,152 ratings

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Roadside Picnic

Arkady Strugatsky

4.0 Hardcover · 674 ratings

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Sea Of Tranquility

Emily St. John Mandel

4.0 Hardcover · 1,301 ratings

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Shards Of Earth

Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.1 Hardcover · 472 ratings

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Slaughterhouse-five

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

4.1 Hardcover · 3,377 ratings

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Snow Crash

Neal Stephenson

4.1 Hardcover · 1,976 ratings

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Spin

Robert Charles Wilson

4.1 Hardcover · 398 ratings

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Starter Villain

John Scalzi

4.1 Hardcover · 947 ratings

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Station Eleven

Emily St. John Mandel

4.1 Hardcover · 2,045 ratings

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Stories Of Your Life And Others

Ted Chiang

4.2 Hardcover · 1,065 ratings

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The Calculating Stars

Mary Robinette Kowal

4.1 Hardcover · 450 ratings

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The Collapsing Empire

John Scalzi

4.1 Hardcover · 776 ratings

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The Diamond Age

Neal Stephenson

4.2 Hardcover · 655 ratings

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The Dispatcher

John Scalzi

4.0 Hardcover · 405 ratings

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The Egg

Andy Weir

4.2 Hardcover · 386 ratings

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The End Of Eternity

Isaac Asimov

4.2 Hardcover · 351 ratings

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The Fifth Season

N.K. Jemisin

4.3 Hardcover · 2,131 ratings

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The First Fifteen Lives Of Harry August

Claire North

4.1 Hardcover · 602 ratings

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The Forever War

Joe Haldeman

4.0 Hardcover · 1,117 ratings

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The Girl With All The Gifts

M.R. Carey

4.0 Hardcover · 901 ratings

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The Institute

Stephen King

4.1 Hardcover · 966 ratings

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The Lathe Of Heaven

Ursula K. Le Guin

4.1 Hardcover · 582 ratings

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The Long Way To A Small, Angry Planet

Becky Chambers

4.1 Hardcover · 1,728 ratings

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The Martian Chronicles

Ray Bradbury

4.0 Hardcover · 1,030 ratings

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The Mercy Of Gods

James S. A. Corey

4.1 Hardcover · 531 ratings

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The Mountain In The Sea

Ray Nayler

4.0 Hardcover · 403 ratings

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The Road

Cormac Mccarthy

4.0 Hardcover · 2,627 ratings

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The Rook

Daniel O'Malley

4.0 Hardcover · 432 ratings

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The Sirens Of Titan

Kurt Vonnegut

4.0 Hardcover · 649 ratings

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The Sparrow

Mary Doria Russell

4.0 Hardcover · 457 ratings

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The Stand

Stephen King

4.2 Hardcover · 1,915 ratings

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The Tainted Cup

Robert Jackson Bennett

4.4 Hardcover · 890 ratings

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The Three-body Problem

Liu Cixin

4.0 Hardcover · 3,888 ratings

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The Warded Man: Book One Of The Demon Cycle

Peter V. Brett

4.2 Hardcover · 627 ratings

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The Will Of The Many

James Islington

4.5 Hardcover · 1,609 ratings

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There Is No Antimemetics Division

Qntm

4.0 Hardcover · 827 ratings

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To Be Taught, If Fortunate

Becky Chambers

4.2 Hardcover · 681 ratings

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Tomorrow, And Tomorrow, And Tomorrow

Gabrielle Zevin

4.1 Hardcover · 2,781 ratings

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Ubik

Philip K. Dick

4.1 Hardcover · 748 ratings

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We Are Legion

Dennis E. Taylor

4.2 Hardcover · 1,866 ratings

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Wool

Hugh Howey

4.2 Hardcover · 2,044 ratings

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