13 Top science fiction books like Contagion by Katherine MacLean

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Contagion

By: Katherine MacLean

3.60

Format: 35 pages, Kindle Edition

Contagion "", has been considered a very important part of the human history, but is currently not …

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Cover of The Beasts of Tarzan (Tarzan, #3) by Edgar Rice Burroughs

1. The Beasts of Tarzan (Tarzan, #3)

By: Edgar Rice Burroughs

3.78

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Not long after Tarzan claims his hereditary title of Lord Greystoke and marries Jane, their infant … read more

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  • science fiction
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2. The Caves of Steel (Robot, #1)

By: Isaac Asimov

4.19

Format: 206 pages, Mass Market Paperback

A millennium into the future two advancements have altered the course of human history: the coloni… read more

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  • science fiction
"The troubles of modern life come from being divorced from nature."

-Isaac Asimov, The Caves of Steel (Robot, #1)

"It symbolizes neither one nor the other, but a mixture of the two without priority"

-Isaac Asimov, The Caves of Steel (Robot, #1)

"The first problem of living is to minimize friction with the crowds that surround you on all sides."

-Isaac Asimov, The Caves of Steel (Robot, #1)

"Estamos constantemente al borde de lo incognoscible, e intentando entender lo que no puede ser entendido. Eso es lo que nos hambre hombres."

-Isaac Asimov, The Caves of Steel (Robot, #1)

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3. Empire

By: Clifford D. Simak , Kevin Green

3.37

Format: 150 pages, Audiobook

In a future time, the solar system is powered by one energy source, controlled by one huge organisa… read more

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  • science fiction
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4. The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

By: Ursula K. Le Guin

4.37

Format: 32 pages, Library Binding

Some inhabitants of a peaceful kingdom cannot tolerate the act of cruelty that underlies its happin… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
"Would you walk away from Omelas?"

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

"Only pain is intellectual, only evil interesting."

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

"But they seem to know where they are going, the ones who walk away from Omelas."

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

"Of course I didn’t read James and sit down and say, Now I’ll write a story about that “lost soul."

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

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5. That Only a Mother

By: Judith Merril

3.52

Format: None pages,

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
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6. We

By: Yevgeny Zamyatin , Clarence Brown

3.89

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

The exhilarating dystopian novel that inspired George Orwell's 1984 and foreshadowed the worst exce… read more

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  • science fiction
"Her smile was a bite, and I was its target."

-Yevgeny Zamyatin, We

"There is no final one; revolutions are infinite."

-Yevgeny Zamyatin, We

"knowledge, absolutely sure of its infallibility, is faith"

-Yevgeny Zamyatin, We

"You're in a bad way! Apparently, you have developed a soul."

-Yevgeny Zamyatin, We

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7. Parnassus on Wheels

By: Christopher Morley

4.21

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

"I warn you," said the funny-looking little man with the red beard, "I'm here to sell this caravan … read more

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8. The Naked Sun (Robot #2)

By: Isaac Asimov

3.69

Format: 88 pages, Mass Market Paperback

A millennium into the future, two advancements have altered the course of human history: the coloni… read more

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  • science fiction

9. Five Sci-Fi Short Stories

By: H. Beam Piper

3.97

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Read by Mark Nelson. The Answer Temple Trouble Flight from Tomorrow Police Operation Graveyard Drea… read more

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10. Blood Oath (Nathaniel Cade, #1)

By: Christopher Farnsworth

5.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Zach Barrows is an ambitious young White House staffer whose career takes an unexpected turn when h… read more

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11. Star Surgeon

By: Alan E. Nourse , None

4.22

Format: 649 pages, Audiobook

Dal Timgar had always wanted to be a doctor. As a Garvian and the first non-human to study medicine… read more

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12. The Man Who Knew Too Much

By: G.K. Chesterton

3.60

Format: 212 pages, Paperback

A prolific and popular writer, G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936) is best known as the creator of detecti… read more

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13. Anthem

By: Ayn Rand

4.14

Format: 152 pages, Paperback

Anthemhas long been hailed as one of Ayn Rand's classic novels, and a clear predecessor to her late… read more

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14. The Day of the Triffids

By: John Wyndham

4.01

Format: None pages, Paperback

In 1951 John Wyndham published his novel The Day of the Triffidsto moderate acclaim. Fifty-two year… read more

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15. The Ghost Pirates

By: William Hope Hodgson

3.81

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

"The Ghost Pirates . . . is a powerful account of a doomed and haunted ship on its last voyage, and… read more

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16. The K Factor

By: Harry Harrison

3.87

Format: 309 pages, Paperback

The human race has reached the stars, colonized many planets and done amazing things in all areas o… read more

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17. The End of Eternity

By: Isaac Asimov

3.84

Format: 464 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Andrew Harlan is an Eternal, a man whose job it is to range through past and present Centuries, mon… read more

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18. A Good Man Is Hard To Find

By: Flannery O'Connor , Frederick Asals

3.96

Format: 433 pages, Paperback

A Good Man Is Hard to Findis Flannery O'Connor's most famous and most discussed story. O'Connor her… read more

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19. Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions

By: Edwin A. Abbott , Banesh Hoffmann

3.89

Format: None pages, Paperback

This masterpiece of science (and mathematical) fiction is a delightfully unique and highly entertai… read more

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20. The Haunted Bookshop

By: Christopher Morley

3.55

Format: 320 pages,

"When you sell a man a book," says Roger Mifflin, protagonist of these classic bookselling novels, … read more

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21. Beyond Lies the Wub

By: Philip K. Dick

4.07

Format: None pages,

"The wub, sir," Peterson said. "It spoke!" The slovenly wub might well have said: Many men talk li… read more

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22. The Call of Cthulhu

By: H.P. Lovecraft

3.44

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

One of the feature stories of the Cthulhu Mythos, H.P. Lovecraft's 'the Call of Cthulhu' is a harro… read more

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23. The Island of Dr. Moreau

By: H.G. Wells

4.67

Format: 46 pages, Paperback

Ranked among the classic novels of the English language and the inspiration for several unforgettab… read more

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24. The Face on the Milk Carton (Janie Johnson, #1)

By: Caroline B. Cooney

3.00

Format: 107 pages,

The face on the milk carton looks like an ordinary little girl: hair in tight pigtails, a dress wit… read more

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25. Chrysalis (Jeremy Logan, #6)

By: Lincoln Child

3.87

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

Like millions of people around the world, Jeremy Logan (famed enigmalogist, or investigator of unex… read more

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  • science fiction
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26. Remote Control

By: Nnedi Okorafor

3.85

Format: 156 pages, Kindle Edition

The new book by Nebula and Hugo Award-winner, Nnedi Okorafor."She’s the adopted daughter of the Ang… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
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27. The Future Library

By: Peng Shepherd

4.12

Format: 32 pages, ebook

More than a hundred years from now, an arborist fighting to save the last remaining forest on Earth… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
"Love is not something that happens to a person, but something a person does for another person, every day, every moment."

-Peng Shepherd, The Future Library

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28. A Contest of Principles (Star Trek: The Original Series)

By: Greg Cox

4.10

Format: 399 pages, Kindle Edition

None read more

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  • science fiction
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29. Adaptation

By: Mack Reynolds

3.52

Format: 116 pages, Paperback

Great Sci Fi short story by Mack Reynolds! From Hardly had man solved his basic problems on the pl… read more

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  • science fiction
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30. Kaleidoscope: Short Story by Ray Bradbury

By: Ray Bradbury

4.25

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

None read more

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  • short stories
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31. Contagion

By: Katherine MacLean

3.60

Format: 35 pages, Kindle Edition

Contagion "", has been considered a very important part of the human history, but is currently not … read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories

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Ursula K. Le Guin

4.37

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Judith Merril

3.52

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Nnedi Okorafor

3.85

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4.12

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3.87

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3.86

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4.05

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