The Sparrow (The Sparrow, #1)
By: Mary Doria Russell
3.77
Format: None pages,
In 2019, humanity finally finds proof of extraterrestrial life when a listening post in Puerto Rico…
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1. The Left Hand of Darkness
By: Ursula K. Le Guin , Lech Jęczmyk
4.10
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
A groundbreaking work of science fiction, The Left Hand of Darkness tells the story of a lone human… read more
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- science fiction fantasy
- fiction
- science fiction
- speculative fiction
- fantasy
"The king was pregnant."-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness
"Truth is a matter of the imagination."-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness
"The light is the left hand of darkness"-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness
"Science fiction is not prescriptive; it is descriptive."-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness
2. All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
By: Martha Wells
4.15
Format: 144 pages, ebook
"As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure." In a corporate-dominated space-farin… read more
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- science fiction fantasy
- fiction
- science fiction
- adult
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"On the entertainment feed, this is what they call an “oh shit"-Martha Wells, All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
"They don't give murderbots decent education modules on anything except murdering, even those are cheap versions."-Martha Wells, All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
"If the humans see me actually doing my job, it helps keep suspicions from forming about faulty governor modules."-Martha Wells, All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
"I liked the imaginary people on the entertainment feed way more than I liked real ones, but you can’t have one without the other."-Martha Wells, All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
3. The Player of Games (Culture, #2)
By: Iain M. Banks
4.28
Format: 293 pages, Paperback
The Culture - a humanoid/machine symbiotic society - has thrown up many great Game Players. One of … read more
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- science fiction fantasy
- fiction
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"Escape is a commodity like anything else"-Iain M. Banks, The Player of Games (Culture, #2)
"Escape is a commodity like anything else."-Iain M. Banks, The Player of Games (Culture, #2)
"This is the story of a man who went far away for a long time, just to play a game. The man is a game-player called “Gurgeh."-Iain M. Banks, The Player of Games (Culture, #2)
"The ship told you a guilty system recognises no innocents. I’d say it does. It recognises the innocence of a young child, for example, and you saw how they treated that. In a sense it even recognises…"-Iain M. Banks, The Player of Games (Culture, #2)
4. Blindsight (Firefall, #1)
By: Peter Watts
4.01
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Two months since the stars fell... Two months since sixty-five thousand alien objects clenched a… read more
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- science fiction fantasy
- fiction
- science fiction
- aliens
- speculative fiction
- fantasy
"Evolution has no foresight. Complex machinery develops its own agendas. Brains — cheat. Feedback loops evolve to promote stable heartbeats and then stumble upon the temptation of rhythm and music. Th…"-Peter Watts, Blindsight (Firefall, #1)
5. Spin (Spin, #1)
By: Robert Charles Wilson
3.66
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
One night in October when he was ten years old, Tyler Dupree stood in his back yard and watched the… read more
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- science fiction
- science fiction fantasy
- fantasy
- fiction
6. The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)
By: Ken Liu , Liu Cixin
4.08
Format: 472 pages, Hardcover
Set against the backdrop of China's Cultural Revolution, a secret military project sends signals in… read more
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- science fiction fantasy
- adult
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- science fiction
- aliens
- speculative fiction
- fantasy
"It’s easy to be led to the abyss."-Ken Liu, The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)
"Your lack of fear is based on your ignorance."-Ken Liu, The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)
"Intellectuals always make a fuss about nothing."-Ken Liu, The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)
"A woman should be like water, able to flow over and around anything."-Ken Liu, The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)
7. The Sparrow (The Sparrow, #1)
By: Mary Doria Russell
3.77
Format: None pages,
In 2019, humanity finally finds proof of extraterrestrial life when a listening post in Puerto Rico… read more
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- adult
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- aliens
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- fantasy
8. Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
By: Dan Simmons
4.27
Format: 500 pages, Mass Market Paperback
On the world called Hyperion, beyond the law of the Hegemony of Man, there waits the creature calle… read more
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- science fiction
- science fiction fantasy
- fantasy
- fiction
"You have to live to really know things, my love"-Dan Simmons, Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
"In such seconds of decision entire futures are made."-Dan Simmons, Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
"The whole planet reeks of mysticism without revelation."-Dan Simmons, Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
"The essence of honor lay in the moment of combat between equals."-Dan Simmons, Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
9. A Canticle for Leibowitz
By: Walter M. Miller Jr.
3.39
Format: 414 pages, Paperback
Winner of the 1961 Hugo Award for Best Novel and widely considered one of the most accomplished, po… read more
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- science fiction
- science fiction fantasy
- fantasy
- fiction
10. Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3)
By: Ken Liu , Liu Cixin
4.42
Format: 604 pages, Hardcover
With The Three-Body Problem, English-speaking readers got their first chance to experience the mult… read more
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- science fiction fantasy
- fiction
- science fiction
- aliens
- speculative fiction
- fantasy
"Time is the cruelest force of all."-Ken Liu, Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3)
"We’re going to advance! Advance! We’ll stop at nothing to advance!"-Ken Liu, Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3)
"Ignorance and weakness is not an impediment to survival. Arrogance is."-Ken Liu, Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3)
"Life reached an evolutionary milestone when it climbed onto land from the ocean, but those first fish that climbed onto land ceased to be fish."-Ken Liu, Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3)
11. Children of Time
By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
3.82
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A race for survival among the stars... Humanity's last survivors escaped earth's ruins to find a ne… read more
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12. House of Suns
By: Alastair Reynolds
3.73
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Six million years ago, at the dawn of the star-faring era, Abigail Gentian fractured herself into a… read more
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13. A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1)
By: Vernor Vinge
4.14
Format: 613 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Alternate Cover Edition can be found here. A Fire upon the Deep is the big, breakout book that … read more
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- fiction
- science fiction
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- fantasy
"We're endangered by our own success."-Vernor Vinge, A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1)
"I never guessed I could cry so hard my face hurt."-Vernor Vinge, A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1)
"Intelligence is the handmaiden of flexibility and change."-Vernor Vinge, A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1)
"Ravna became a librarian. "The ultimate dilettante!" Lynne had teased."-Vernor Vinge, A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1)
14. Gospel
By: Wilton Barnhardt , None
3.25
Format: 198 pages,
Gospelconcerns the search for a lost first-century gospel of the Bible, a document that could shake… read more
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15. Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1)
By: Octavia E. Butler
4.16
Format: 248 pages, Paperback
Lilith Iyapo has just lost her husband and son when atomic fire consumes Earth—the last stage of th… read more
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- adult
- fiction
- science fiction
- aliens
- speculative fiction
- fantasy
"We couldn’t survive as a people if we were always confined to one ship or one world."-Octavia E. Butler, Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1)
"A cancer growing in someone's body will go on growing in spite of denial. And a complex combination of genes that work together to make you intelligent as well as hierarchical will still handicap you…"-Octavia E. Butler, Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1)
"She held out, did not speak directly to her captors except to curse them. She offered no cooperation. There were moments when she did not know why she resisted. What would she be giving up if she ans…"-Octavia E. Butler, Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1)
16. System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)
By: Martha Wells
4.22
Format: 245 pages, Hardcover
Am I making it worse? I think I'm making it worse. Everyone's favorite lethal SecUnit is back. … read more
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"(I'm going to have to code a patch for threat assessment.)"-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)
"I said, “Have you done something that you feel you should be threatened for?"-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)
"Bad things may not be more statistically possible but it sure seems like they are."-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)
"Then he sent me a note back. So, you may not know this but I read your letter to Dr. Mensah, the one you sent when you left Port FreeCommerce. I think you're absolutely the right person to write this…"-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)
17. The Polymorph
By: Max Nowaz
4.29
Format: None pages, ebook
Arbitrator, Jim Brown is returning to Earth after completing a successful mission to put down a rev… read more
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- science fiction
- fiction
"One thing I have learnt is that you may do a lot of evil things, but if you are ever afforded a chance to be good, then you should take it. You will feel better about yourself."-Max Nowaz, The Polymorph
"If you always try to subjugate people by coercion, because you are strong, then sooner or later you will run into somebody who is just as strong, if not stronger. Then you'll be in trouble."-Max Nowaz, The Polymorph
"He was planning to take my shape and marry you. Then he was going to kill your father and take over his business empire." "And you? What are your plans?" "I have no plans to kill your father."-Max Nowaz, The Polymorph
"Every morning when I wake up, I ask myself, "Why was I born?" Then I answer myself, "You were born to be successful." If you can learn to define your own success and not let others dictate it, you ca…"-Max Nowaz, The Polymorph
18. Starter Villain
By: John Scalzi
4.16
Format: 264 pages, Hardcover
Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularl… read more
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- fiction
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- adult
- fantasy
"So we’re like Spotify, but for evil."-John Scalzi, Starter Villain
"Wait, is there a plot to take over the world with a giant laser?"-John Scalzi, Starter Villain
"Dogs are the worst. They'll sell you out for a treat and a head pat."-John Scalzi, Starter Villain
"DOGS ARE THE WORST. THEY’LL SELL YOU OUT FOR A TREAT AND A HEAD PAT."-John Scalzi, Starter Villain
19. Children of Memory (Children of Time, #3)
By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
4.02
Format: 486 pages, Kindle Edition
The modern classic of space opera that began with Children of Time continues in this extraordinary … read more
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- fiction
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- aliens
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- fantasy
"The essential fallacy,' Ghoti picks up, 'is that humans and other biologically evolved, calculating engines feel themselves to be sentient, when sufficient investigation suggests this is not so. And …"-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Memory (Children of Time, #3)
20. Alien Clay
By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
4.06
Format: 396 pages, Kindle Edition
They travelled into the unknown and left themselves behind . . . On the distant world of Kiln li… read more
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