Science Fiction

Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and capitalization) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves speculations based on current or future science or technology. Science fiction is found in books, art, television, films, games, theatre, and other media. In organizational or marketing contexts, science fiction can be synonymous with the broader definition of speculative fiction, encompassing creative works incorporating imaginative elements not found in contemporary reality; this includes fantasy, horror and related genres.

Although the two genres are often co
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The Merge
Coldwire (Coldwire, #1)
Lightbreakers
Shadows Upon Time (The Sun Eater, #7)
The Burning Queen (The Ravence Trilogy, #2)
Slow Gods
I'll Find You Where the Timeline Ends
The Great Work
God's Junk Drawer
A Love Story from the End of the World: Stories
The King Must Die
Who Knows You by Heart
Opposite World
A Time Traveler's History of Tomorrow
Cronus (The Time Traveler's Passport)
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    Carl's Doomsday Scenario (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #2)
    The Eye of the Bedlam Bride (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #6)
    Making Space (The Time Traveler's Passport)
    The Life Impossible
    A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1)
    For a Limited Time Only (The Time Traveler's Passport)
    A Visit to the Husband Archive (The Time Traveler's Passport)
    To Cage a Wild Bird
    The Poppy Fields
    There Is No Antimemetics Division
    Rogues Lie (Caldryn Parliament #3)
    Sea of Tranquility
    Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)
    Cronus (The Time Traveler's Passport)
    Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuireThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenHopeless by Colleen HooverDivergent by Veronica RothFallen Too Far by Abbi Glines
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    The Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Wise Man's Fear by Patrick RothfussMistborn by Brandon SandersonThe Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott LynchThe Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
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    1,144 books — 2,715 voters

    The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins1984 by George OrwellThe Giver by Lois LowryDivergent by Veronica RothBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
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    World War Z by Max BrooksThe Zombie Survival Guide by Max BrooksThe Walking Dead, Vol. 1 by Robert KirkmanFeed by Mira GrantPride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith
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    Escaping Reality by Lisa Renee JonesThe 5th Wave by Rick YanceyReal by Katy EvansBranded by Abi KetnerThe Law of Attraction by N.M. Silber
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    The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsDivergent by Veronica RothThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodCinder by Marissa MeyerThe Host by Stephenie Meyer
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    Dune (Dune #1)
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    1984
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    All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)

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