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Science fiction

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  1. 1
    Project Hail Mary Andy Weir · 2021
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 (200 ratings)
    EN Hard science fiction
  2. 2
    The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams · 1979
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 (178 ratings)
    EN Science fiction Humorous fiction
  3. 3
    The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams · 1996
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.4 (112 ratings)
    EN Science fiction Humorous fiction
  4. 4
    Tiamat's Wrath James S. A. Corey · 2018
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 (56 ratings)
    EN Space opera
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    Sunrise on the Reaping Suzanne Collins · 2025
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.6 (35 ratings)
    EN Dystopian Young adult
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    Death's end 刘慈欣 · 2010
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (110 ratings)
    EN Hard science fiction
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    The Stand Stephen King · 1978
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (94 ratings)
    EN Dystopian Horror
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    The Dark Forest 刘慈欣 · 2008
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.4 (39 ratings)
    EN Hard science fiction
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    Defy Me Tahereh Mafi · 2019
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.7 (18 ratings)
    EN Dystopian YA fantasy
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    Roadside Picnic Аркадий Стругацкий, Борис Стругацкий, Arkady and Boris Strugatsky · 1978
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (73 ratings)
    EN Science fiction Classics
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    Parable of the sower Octavia E. Butler · 1993
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.4 (57 ratings)
    EN Dystopian
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    Animal Farm / Nineteen Eighty-Four George Orwell, G Orwell, George Orwel, George Orwell · 1949
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 (32 ratings)
    EN Dystopian Classics
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    Animal Farm George Orwell · 1945
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (616 ratings)
    EN Dystopian Classics
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    V for Vendetta Alan Moore, David Lloyd · 1988
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (99 ratings)
    EN Dystopian Graphic novels & comics
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    Children of Time Adrian Tchaikovsky · 2015
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (76 ratings)
    EN Science fiction
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    2001 Arthur C. Clarke · 1968
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (124 ratings)
    EN Science fiction Classics
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    Artificial Condition Martha Wells · 2018
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (72 ratings)
    EN Science fiction
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    Exhalation Ted Chiang · 2014
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.7 (15 ratings)
    EN Science fiction Short stories
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    The Lost World Michael Crichton · 1995
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.4 (34 ratings)
    EN Science fiction Mystery & thriller
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    Contact Carl Sagan · 1985
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (105 ratings)
    EN Science fiction
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    All Systems Red: The Murderbot Diaries Martha Wells · 2017
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (45 ratings)
    EN Science fiction
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    Persepolis Rising James S. A. Corey · 2017
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (56 ratings)
    EN Space opera
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    Golden Son Pierce Brown · 2015
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (58 ratings)
    EN Space opera Dystopian
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    The ones who walk away from Omelas Ursula K. Le Guin · 1973
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (41 ratings)
    EN Science fiction Short stories
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