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959 past books matching Sci-Fi
From New York Times bestselling author Piers Anthony comes Refugee, the explosive opener of a dark sci-fi saga.
Refugee
Sci-Fi · Space Opera
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From New York Times bestselling author Piers Anthony comes Refugee, the explosive opener of a dark sci-fi saga. Before Hope Hubris became a feared tyrant, he was a boy fleeing Jupiter’s moons, hunted by predators in both politics and high space. With a 4.3 out of 5 stars rating, this tale of survival and revenge sets the stage for destiny.
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Before he became a tyrant, Hope Hubris was just a boy running for his life.
When Hope defends his sister from the predatory heir of a powerful family, his peasant household is forced to flee Callisto. Pursued across the deadly landscapes of Jupiter’s moons, they join a crowded bubble of refugees desperate for safety and asylum.
But danger doesn’t end in escape. High space belongs to pirates, brutal men who rob, kill, and destroy with impunity. Against their savagery, survival is almost impossible.
Hope learns quickly that innocence offers no shield. What he witnesses in the void will shape him forever. To endure, he must fight back. And every scar, every loss, sharpens a resolve that will one day demand revenge.
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From the deserts of Arizona to the farthest stars, CW Lamb’s A Path to Independence launches a thrilling space adventure.
A Path to Independence
Sci-Fi · Military Sci-Fi · Space Exploration · Space Opera
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From the deserts of Arizona to the farthest stars, CW Lamb’s A Path to Independence launches a thrilling space adventure. Bryan Norton, a retired Marine turned reluctant fugitive, joins alien allies on a ship that can restore his youth—if he survives the chase. With a 4.4 out of 5 stars rating, this page-turner blends grit, action, and wonder.
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Bryan Norton thought early retirement meant endless days in the Arizona desert, honing his aim and keeping to himself. A blown knee had ended his career as a Marine captain, but solitude suited him just fine.
That peace doesn’t last. A chance encounter with a stranger drags him into a firefight that is anything but earthly. Suddenly, Bryan is no longer just a recluse with a rifle. He’s a wanted man across the galaxy, pursued by alien bounty hunters and the Interstellar Police.
His only hope lies aboard the Independence, a ship crewed by unlikely allies with the power to restore his strength and youth.
Retirement is officially over. The universe has other plans, and survival means becoming more than human.
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Elyse Douglas’s Visit is a pulse-pounding blend of alien mystery, political suspense, and heart-stopping emotion.
Visit
Sci-Fi · First Contact
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Elyse Douglas’s Visit is a pulse-pounding blend of alien mystery, political suspense, and heart-stopping emotion. When a UFO crash leads to the abduction of the president’s daughter, one mother must risk everything to save her child and stop global chaos. With a 4.5 out of 5 stars Amazon rating, this sci-fi thriller is captivating and unforgettable.
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An alien ship crashes near a quiet American town. Within hours, President Maggie Lawson faces the crisis every world leader dreads. The wreckage is dangerous, the military is on alert, and then her worst nightmare strikes—her teenage daughter vanishes.
Evidence reveals the unthinkable: extraterrestrials have abducted her child. Lawson must decide whether to bury the truth to keep global panic at bay or risk exposing humanity’s first contact to save the girl she loves.
Her only ally is Curt Holt, a former Army intelligence officer with knowledge of unexplained phenomena and secrets of his own. Together, they race against time as governments falter and alien demands grow bolder.
The fate of one child—and perhaps the entire world—hangs in the balance.
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From bestselling author Kim Stanley Robinson comes Shaman, a breathtaking Ice Age epic of survival, ritual, and coming of age.
Shaman
Sci-Fi · Alternate History · Hard Sci-Fi · Space Opera
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From bestselling author Kim Stanley Robinson comes Shaman, a breathtaking Ice Age epic of survival, ritual, and coming of age. Following Loon’s journey to become a shaman, this novel captures the beauty and brutality of thirty thousand years ago. With a 4.4 out of 5 stars Amazon rating, it is both thrilling and profoundly moving.
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Thirty thousand years ago, survival meant firelight, stories, and the strength of the clan. In this world walks Loon, apprentice to a shaman and destined to inherit wisdom as old as the earth itself.
Thorn, the clan’s shaman, carries the weight of memory. Heather, the healer, binds wounds both physical and spiritual. Elga, the outsider, embodies change and disruption. Yet it is Loon who must step into adulthood, searching for his own path through a world that is as brutal as it is beautiful.
From icy hunts to sacred rituals, every choice shapes his destiny and the survival of his people.
Kim Stanley Robinson delivers a powerful vision of prehistoric life, a tale of courage, wonder, and the timeless human need for meaning.
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Perfect for fans of star-faring intrigue, this gripping novel boasts a 4.5 out of 5 stars Amazon rating.
The Two Lies of Faven Sythe
Sci-Fi · Alien Invasion · Space Opera
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Award-winning author Megan E. O’Keefe delivers The Two Lies of Faven Sythe, a dazzling standalone space opera where a missing mentor and a haunted ship unravel a galaxy-spanning conspiracy. Perfect for fans of star-faring intrigue, this gripping novel boasts a 4.5 out of 5 stars Amazon rating. A tale of secrets, survival, and the truth among the stars.
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The Black Celeste is more than a ship. It is a legend, a ghost story, and the reason pirate Bitter Amandine swore never to return to the Clutch. Survival came at a cost, and she has no desire to face what still lingers there.
Faven Sythe cannot avoid it. As a crystborn navigator, she has trained her whole life to read the starpaths. When her mentor vanishes, leaving behind one final, cryptic route that ends in the Clutch, she has no choice but to follow.
Together, Amandine and Faven uncover a conspiracy stretching across the galaxy. Secrets fester in the graveyard of ships, and the truth could shatter everything they thought they knew.
Some mysteries are better left buried. This one refuses to stay hidden.
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Blake Crouch’s Run is a relentless apocalyptic thriller that doesn’t let you breathe.
Run
Post-Apocalyptic · Dystopian · Sci-Fi
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Blake Crouch’s Run is a relentless apocalyptic thriller that doesn’t let you breathe. With 4.2 out of 5 stars from over 7,700 Amazon reviews, the Dark Matter author delivers a stripped-down, high-octane nightmare of survival. An ordinary family on the run. A country in chaos. Every page propels you closer to the edge.
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No time for answers. No time for mercy. Only time to run.
Five days ago, the world tilted into madness. An epidemic of rage. Murders multiplying without reason. The president pleading for calm as chaos spread like wildfire. Then came the blackouts. Then came the lists.
Jack Colclough sits in his kitchen, battery-powered radio hissing, as the Emergency Broadcast System announces names of the next to die. His name is on it. So are his wife’s and children’s. Strangers are already coming for them.
He does not know why. He only knows survival means leaving everything behind.
Through small towns and burning highways, Jack’s family must keep moving, hunted every step. Because if they stop for even a moment, the killers will find them.
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A strong match for readers drawn to fast-paced science fiction mysteries involving impossible crimes, advanced technology, and competing ideas of justice.
Esperance
Sci-Fi · Mystery · Genetic Engineering
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Called “[D]extrously blends genres in this suspenseful sci-fi mystery” by Publishers Weekly, Esperance follows Chicago detective Ethan Krol as he investigates a father and son found dead with seawater in their lungs, while in Bristol, Hollie Rogers befriends Abidemi Eniola, a mysterious woman with advanced technology and heirlooms to return. Their paths converge in a conflict over history and justice, with a 4.4-star rating from more than 350 Amazon reviewers. A strong match for readers drawn to fast-paced science fiction mysteries involving impossible crimes, advanced technology, and competing ideas of justice.
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**Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist**
"[D]extrously blends genres in this suspenseful sci-fi mystery.... Rob Hart and Blake Crouch fans should check this out." — Publishers Weekly
"Lovers of sharp, fast sci-fi from the likes of Neal Stephenson will be right at home with Esperance." —BookPage (starred)
A whip-smart thriller in the vein of Blake Crouch, Andy Weir, and Neal Stephenson, Esperance plumbs the depths of a seemingly impossible crime rooted in racism, intergenerational trauma, and an inhuman concept of justice
Detective Ethan Krol is on the twentieth floor of a Chicago apartment building. A father and son have been found dead, their lungs full of sea water—hundreds of miles away from the ocean.
Abidemi Eniola has arrived in Bristol, England. She claims to be Nigerian, but her accent is wrong and she can do remarkable things with technology, things that her new friend, Hollie Rogers, has never seen before. Abi is in possession of a number of heirlooms that need to be returned to their rightful owners, and Hollie is more than happy to go along for the ride.
But neither Abidemi Eniola nor her heirlooms are quite what they seem. Abi is a target of Ethan Krol’s investigations, and Hollie’s life is about to become far stranger than she bargained for. In a clash of cultures, histories, and different ideas about justice, the consequences will be deadly…
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Becky Chambers, bestselling author of The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, delivers the Hugo Award–winning A Psalm for the Wild-Built.
A Psalm for the Wild-Built
Dystopian · Sci-Fi · Post-Apocalyptic
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Becky Chambers, bestselling author of The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, delivers the Hugo Award–winning A Psalm for the Wild-Built. This gentle yet profound sci-fi begins the Monk and Robot series, where a tea monk and a curious machine set out to answer what humanity truly needs. With 4.4 out of 5 stars, it’s hopeful, tender, and unforgettable.
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Winner of the Hugo Award!
In A Psalm for the Wild-Built, bestselling Becky Chambers's delightful new Monk and Robot series, gives us hope for the future.
It's been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; centuries since they wandered, en masse, into the wilderness, never to be seen again; centuries since they faded into myth and urban legend.
One day, the life of a tea monk is upended by the arrival of a robot, there to honor the old promise of checking in. The robot cannot go back until the question of "what do people need?" is answered.
But the answer to that question depends on who you ask, and how.
They're going to need to ask it a lot.
Becky Chambers's new series asks: in a world where people have what they want, does having more matter?
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From Lauren DeStefano, bestselling author of The Chemical Garden trilogy, comes The Glass Spare, a spellbinding fantasy of curses, power, and impossible choices.
The Glass Spare
Fantasy · Sci-Fi · Epic Fantasy
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From Lauren DeStefano, bestselling author of The Chemical Garden trilogy, comes The Glass Spare, a spellbinding fantasy of curses, power, and impossible choices. Hidden princess Wilhelmina discovers her deadly touch can turn people to gemstone—and her gift may be the key to saving or dooming her kingdom. With 4.4 out of 5 stars, this duology starter is unputdownable.
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Wilhelmina Heidle has always lived in the shadows. As the king’s hidden daughter, she spies for a father more obsessed with conquest than family. She dreams of freedom, of seeing the world beyond her gilded cage.
But one night changes everything. Attacked in the dark, Wil discovers her cursed secret: her touch turns flesh into gemstone. At first it feels like a nightmare, then a temptation—until tragedy forces her to flee her kingdom.
Her search for answers collides with a cursed prince, equally determined to wield her power for his own ends. Caught between loyalty to the family that used her and the dangerous pull of her volatile gift, Wil must decide if redemption is possible—or if destruction is her destiny.
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After a heartbreak-driven mistake, a man from a perfect future becomes stranded in our flawed present.
All Our Wrong Todays
Dystopian · Sci-Fi · Time Travel
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After a heartbreak-driven mistake, a man from a perfect future becomes stranded in our flawed present. As timelines collide, he discovers unexpected love and a chance to redefine himself. This acclaimed science fiction novel blends humor, heart, and time travel, holding 4.2 stars on Amazon and widespread critical praise.
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“Entertainingly mixes thrills and humor.”—Entertainment Weekly
“[An] amazing debut novel....Dazzling and complex....Fearlessly funny storytelling.”—The Washington Post
“Instantly engaging....A timeless, if mind-bending, story about the journeys we take, populated by friends, family, lovers, and others, that show us who we might be, could be—and maybe never should be—that eventually leads us to who we are.”—USA Today
Elan Mastai's acclaimed debut novel is a story of friendship and family, of unexpected journeys and alternate paths, and of love in its multitude of forms.
It's 2016, and in Tom Barren's world, technology has solved all of humanity's problems—there's no war, no poverty, no under-ripe avocadoes. Unfortunately, Tom isn't happy. He's lost the girl of his dreams. And what do you do when you're heartbroken and have a time machine? Something stupid.
Finding himself stranded in a terrible alternate reality—which we immediately recognize as our 2016—Tom is desperate to fix his mistake and go home. Right up until the moment he discovers wonderfully unexpected versions of his family, his career, and the woman who may just be the love of his life.
Now Tom faces an impossible choice. Go back to his perfect but loveless life. Or stay in our messy reality with a soulmate by his side. His search for the answer takes him across continents and timelines in a quest to figure out, finally, who he really is and what his future—our future—is supposed to be.
Filled with humor and heart and packed with insight, intelligence, and mind-bending invention, All Our Wrong Todays is a powerful and moving story of life, loss, and love.
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The Illustrated Man turns the human body into a map of possible futures, each tattoo revealing another fear, wonder, or warning.
The Illustrated Man
Literary Fiction · Dystopian · Sci-Fi · Speculative Fiction
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The Illustrated Man turns the human body into a map of possible futures, each tattoo revealing another fear, wonder, or warning. Through eighteen connected stories, Ray Bradbury explores space travel, technology, loneliness, violence, and longing with classic speculative precision. This belongs in any sci-fi list built around imagination with a darker edge, where every vision feels both distant and uncomfortably close.
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“Sometimes at night I can feel them, the pictures, likeants, crawling on my skin. Then I know they’re doing what they have to do . . . ”
Fantasy master Ray Bradbury weaves a narrative spanning fromthe depths of humankind’s fears to the summit of their achievements in eighteeninterconnected stories—visions of the future tattooed onto the body of anenigmatic traveler—in The Illustrated Man, one of the essential classicsof speculative fiction from the author of The Martian Chronicles, DandelionWine, and The October Country.
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John Marrs’ The One—a USA Today bestseller with over 1 million copies sold—was named a Wall Street Journal Best Science Fiction Book of 2018.
The One
Thriller · Sci-Fi · Psychological Thriller · Suspense
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John Marrs’ The One—a USA Today bestseller with over 1 million copies sold—was named a Wall Street Journal Best Science Fiction Book of 2018. With 4.5 out of 5 stars on Amazon, this high-concept thriller follows five people matched to their soulmates through DNA testing, only to uncover shocking secrets. Twisty, addictive, and impossible to put down.
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What if science could find your soulmate with a single DNA test? The One begins with that irresistible promise. Match Your DNA has revolutionized love, pairing millions around the world with their perfect partner. But perfection comes at a price. Relationships shatter. Marriages collapse. The very idea of romance is rewritten.
For five people, the notification has arrived: they’ve been Matched. Each is about to meet the one person they’re genetically destined to love. But happily ever after isn’t guaranteed. Because soulmates can lie, betray, and even kill.
John Marrs’ bestselling speculative thriller delivers jaw-dropping twists on every other page. Equal parts love story and nightmare, The One asks how far we’ll go for destiny—and what happens when destiny turns dark.
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