15 Best science fiction books like The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1) by Douglas Adams

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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)

By: Douglas Adams

4.23

Format: 216 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Seconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is plucked o…

"Don't Panic."

-Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)

"Ow! My brains!"

-Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)

"But the plans were on display…"

-Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)

"How many roads must a man walk down?"

-Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)

If you liked the science fiction plot in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1) by Douglas Adams , here is a list of 15 books like this:

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1. Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

By: Terry Pratchett , Neil Gaiman

4.26

Format: 491 pages, Mass Market Paperback

According to the Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter - the world's only totally reliable g… read more

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  • humor
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • comedy
  • audiobook
"It was a nice day."

-Terry Pratchett, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

"What’s your name, lad?"

-Terry Pratchett, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

"Woss the matter with you?"

-Terry Pratchett, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

"Never f*!k with the ineffable."

-Terry Pratchett, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

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2. Slaughterhouse-Five

By: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

2.60

Format: None pages,

Kurt Vonnegut's absurdist classic Slaughterhouse-Fiveintroduces us to Billy Pilgrim, a man who beco… read more

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  • science fiction
  • novels
  • fiction
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3. The Butlerian Jihad (Legends of Dune, #1)

By: Brian Herbert , Kevin J. Anderson

3.96

Format: 695 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Legends of Dune:The Butlerian Jihad It began in the Time of Tyrants, when ambitious men and women… read more

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  • adventure
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • novels
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"A winner has more skills than a loser," Vor said, "no matter how you define the competition."

-Brian Herbert, The Butlerian Jihad (Legends of Dune, #1)

"The narrow mind erects stubborn barriers," her mother had once told her. "But against those barriers, words are formidable weapons."

-Brian Herbert, The Butlerian Jihad (Legends of Dune, #1)

"With few ambitions, most people allowed efficient machines to perform everyday tasks for them. Gradually, humans ceased to think, or dream... or truly live."

-Brian Herbert, The Butlerian Jihad (Legends of Dune, #1)

" Aristotle raped reason. He implanted in the dominant schools of philosophy the attractive belief that there can be discrete separation between mind and body. This led quite naturally to corollary de…"

-Brian Herbert, The Butlerian Jihad (Legends of Dune, #1)

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4. Lord of the Flies

By: William Golding

4.20

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

When a plane crashes on a remote island, a small group of schoolboys are the sole survivors. From t… read more

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  • fiction
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5. Animal Farm

By: George Orwell , Russell Baker , C.M. Woodhouse

3.99

Format: 141 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Librarian's note: There is an Alternate Cover Edition for this edition of this book here. A farm… read more

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  • science fiction
  • novels
  • fantasy
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"Four legs good, two legs bad."

-George Orwell, Animal Farm

"The only good human being is a dead one."

-George Orwell, Animal Farm

"Surely, comrades, you don't want Jones back?"

-George Orwell, Animal Farm

"Weak or strong, clever or simple, we are all brothers."

-George Orwell, Animal Farm

6. The Hobbit

By: J.R.R. Tolkien

3.77

Format: 134 pages, Paperback

In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • adventure
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7. 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
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  • science fiction
  • novels
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"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)

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8. Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)

By: Orson Scott Card

4.31

Format: 324 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Andrew "Ender" Wiggin thinks he is playing computer simulated war games; he is, in fact, engaged in… read more

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  • adventure
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  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Remember, the enemy's gate is down."

-Orson Scott Card, Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)

"We have to go. I'm almost happy here."

-Orson Scott Card, Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)

"None of us could be happy for long, doing nothing."

-Orson Scott Card, Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)

"Ender Wiggin isn't a killer. He just wins—thoroughly."

-Orson Scott Card, Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)

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9. Fahrenheit 451

By: Ray Bradbury

3.96

Format: 194 pages, Kindle Edition

Sixty years after its original publication, Ray Bradbury’s internationally acclaimed novel Fahrenhe… read more

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  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • novels
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Are you happy?"

-Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

"It was a pleasure to burn."

-Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

"Those who don't build must burn."

-Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

"The sun burnt every day. It burnt time."

-Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

Cover of A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1) by George R.R. Martin

10. A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)

By: George R.R. Martin

4.44

Format: 835 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Long ago, in a time forgotten, a preternatural event threw the seasons out of balance. In a land wh… read more

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  • adventure
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  • fiction
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  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Winter is coming."

-George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)

"Don’t call me Lord Snow."

-George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)

"If I look back I am lost."

-George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)

"The things I do for love."

-George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)

11. American Gods

By: Neil Gaiman

4.04

Format: 226 pages, Kindle Edition

Now a TV Series produced by FremantleMedia North America available internationally on Amazon, exclu… read more

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12. The Martian

By: Andy Weir

4.42

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he’s s… read more

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  • adventure
  • humor
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Hey,"

-Andy Weir, The Martian

"Elrond,"

-Andy Weir, The Martian

"Do you believe in God, Venkat?"

-Andy Weir, The Martian

"WATNEY: Look! A pair of boobs! -> (.Y.)."

-Andy Weir, The Martian

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13. Brave New World

By: Aldous Huxley

3.99

Format: 268 pages, Paperback

Aldous Huxley's profoundly important classic of world literature, Brave New World is a searching vi… read more

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  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • novels
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Pain was a fascinating horror"

-Aldous Huxley, Brave New World

"Ending is better than mending."

-Aldous Huxley, Brave New World

"The more stitches, the less riches."

-Aldous Huxley, Brave New World

"If one's different, one's bound to be lonely."

-Aldous Huxley, Brave New World

14. Ready Player One

By: Ernest Cline

4.00

Format: 258 pages, Hardcover

In the year 2044, reality is an ugly place. The only time teenage Wade Watts really feels alive is … read more

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Cover of Foundation (Foundation, #1) by Isaac Asimov

15. Foundation (Foundation, #1)

By: Isaac Asimov

4.17

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

The first novel in Isaac Asimov's classic science-fiction masterpiece, the Foundation series Fo… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
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  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Past glories are poor feeding."

-Isaac Asimov, Foundation (Foundation, #1)

"Weak emperors mean strong viceroys. "

-Isaac Asimov, Foundation (Foundation, #1)

"I shall not be alive a half decade hence,"

-Isaac Asimov, Foundation (Foundation, #1)

"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent."

-Isaac Asimov, Foundation (Foundation, #1)

Cover of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1) by Douglas Adams

16. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)

By: Douglas Adams

4.23

Format: 216 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Seconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is plucked o… read more

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  • adventure
  • humor
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • novels
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • comedy
  • audiobook
"Don't Panic."

-Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)

"Ow! My brains!"

-Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)

"But the plans were on display…"

-Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)

"How many roads must a man walk down?"

-Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)

Cover of Dune (Dune, #1) by Frank Herbert

17. Dune (Dune, #1)

By: Frank Herbert

4.27

Format: 658 pages, Hardcover

Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, heir to a noble famil… read more

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  • adventure
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • novels
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Fear is the mind-killer."

-Frank Herbert, Dune (Dune, #1)

"Hope clouds observation."

-Frank Herbert, Dune (Dune, #1)

"There’s a Bene Gesserit saying,"

-Frank Herbert, Dune (Dune, #1)

"Humans are almost always lonely."

-Frank Herbert, Dune (Dune, #1)

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18. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

By: Philip K. Dick

4.09

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

It was January 2021, and Rick Deckard had a license to kill. Somewhere among the hordes of humans o… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
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  • fantasy
"An android,"

-Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

"Mors certa, vita incerta,"

-Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

"Mankind needs more empathy."

-Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

"Frankly, you look more like a goat man to me."

-Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

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19. 1984

By: George Orwell

4.19

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

A masterpiece of rebellion and imprisonment where war is peace freedom is slavery and Big Brother i… read more

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  • fiction
  • science fiction
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  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Power is not a means; it is an end."

-George Orwell, 1984

"To die hating them, that was freedom."

-George Orwell, 1984

"In the face of pain there are no heroes."

-George Orwell, 1984

"It's a beautiful thing, the destruction of words."

-George Orwell, 1984

Cover of The Fellowship of the Ring (Middle Earth, #1) by J.R.R. Tolkien

20. The Fellowship of the Ring (Middle Earth, #1)

By: J.R.R. Tolkien

4.39

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bi… read more

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"Fly you fools"

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring (Middle Earth, #1)

"You cannot pass!"

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring (Middle Earth, #1)

"There is still hope."

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring (Middle Earth, #1)

"Handsome is as handsome does"

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring (Middle Earth, #1)

Cover of Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park, #1) by Michael Crichton

21. Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park, #1)

By: Michael Crichton

4.11

Format: 466 pages, Kindle Edition

An astonishing technique for recovering and cloning dinosaur DNA has been discovered. Now humankind… read more

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"Welcome...to Jurassic Park!"

-Michael Crichton, Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park, #1)

"Nobody is driven by abstractions like 'seeking truth."

-Michael Crichton, Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park, #1)

"Discovery is always rape of the natural world. Always."

-Michael Crichton, Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park, #1)

"They are not free at all. They are essentially our prisoners."

-Michael Crichton, Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park, #1)

19 Top fiction books like The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1) by Douglas Adams

Transform Your Habits

Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

Terry Pratchett , Neil Gaiman

4.26

Transform Your Habits

Slaughterhouse-Five

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

2.60

Transform Your Habits

The Butlerian Jihad (Legends of Dune, #1)

Brian Herbert , Kevin J. Anderson

3.96

Transform Your Habits

Lord of the Flies

William Golding

4.20

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15 Best fiction books like The Fellowship of the Ring (Middle Earth, #1) by J.R.R. Tolkien

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Patrick Rothfuss

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Transform Your Habits

A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)

George R.R. Martin

4.42

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The Hobbit: Graphic Novel

J.R.R. Tolkien , David Wenzel , Chuck Dixon , Sean Deming

3.84

Transform Your Habits

Eragon (The Inheritance Cycle, #1)

Christopher Paolini

3.79

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