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959 past books matching Sci-Fi
Ideal for readers who enjoy historical adventures, dinosaur discoveries, and rivalries based on real events.
Dragon Teeth
Historical Fiction · Sci-Fi · Thriller
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In 1876, Yale student William Johnson joins a fossil-hunting expedition in the American West to win a bet, only to become caught in the bitter rivalry between two pioneering paleontologists. Abandoned in dangerous territory, he must navigate a world of scientific competition and frontier lawlessness. Ideal for readers who enjoy historical adventures, dinosaur discoveries, and rivalries based on real events.
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Michael Crichton, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Jurassic Park, returns to the world of paleontology in this recently discovered novela thrilling adventure set in the Wild West during the golden age of fossil hunting.
The year is 1876. Warring Indian tribes still populate Americas western territories even as lawless gold-rush towns begin to mark the landscape. In much of the country it is still illegal to espouse evolution. Against this backdrop two monomaniacal paleontologists pillage the Wild West, hunting for dinosaur fossils, while surveilling, deceiving and sabotaging each other in a rivalry that will come to be known as the Bone Wars.
Into this treacherous territory plunges the arrogant and entitled William Johnson, a Yale student with more privilege than sense. Determined to survive a summer in the west to win a bet against his arch-rival, William has joined world-renowned paleontologist Othniel Charles Marsh on his latest expedition. But when the paranoid and secretive Marsh becomes convinced that William is spying for his nemesis, Edwin Drinker Cope, he abandons him in Cheyenne, Wyoming, a locus of crime and vice. William is forced to join forces with Cope and soon stumbles upon a discovery of historic proportions. With this extraordinary treasure, however, comes exceptional danger, and Williams newfound resilience will be tested in his struggle to protect his cache, which pits him against some of the Wests most notorious characters.
A page-turner that draws on both meticulously researched history and an exuberant imagination, Dragon Teeth is based on the rivalry between real-life paleontologists Cope and Marsh; in William Johnson readers will find an inspiring hero only Michael Crichton could have imagined. Perfectly paced and brilliantly plotted, this enormously winning adventure is destined to become another Crichton classic.
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Ben Murdock’s life changes when he’s offered a starship for sale.
Starship For Sale
Sci-Fi · First Contact
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Ben Murdock’s life changes when he’s offered a starship for sale. Joined by his best friend and an odd tenant, he soon discovers that space is as treacherous as it is thrilling—and staying alive might just be the hardest part of his new adventure.
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Ben Murdock never imagined a text message could change his life—until he receives one offering a fully operational starship for sale. Certain it's a joke, he decides to play along. But when the ship turns out to be real, Ben's ordinary life takes a wild turn.
Desperate for an escape from his worst day ever, he seizes the opportunity. With his street-smart best friend and a strange tenant along for the ride, Ben soon learns that space is far more dangerous—and thrilling—than he could have imagined.
Owning a starship comes with challenges, and survival is the toughest one yet. Can Ben navigate the perils of the universe, or will he crash before his adventure even begins?
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When alien ships appear and abduct thousands, psychologist Elspeth McGann must track down a patient who foretold the event.
Ripe
Sci-Fi · First Contact
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When alien ships appear and abduct thousands, psychologist Elspeth McGann must track down a patient who foretold the event. With global conspiracy and extraterrestrial threats looming, she teams up with a former NSA analyst to uncover a terrifying truth: the harvest is just beginning.
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The day the ships arrived, everything changed. Scottish psychologist Elspeth McGann never believed her patient, Lester Rains, who claimed to be part of a 2,000-year-old team of extraterrestrial "farmers" awaiting an alien harvest. But when 50,000 people vanish over Moscow, she realizes he may not be delusional after all.
Now, Elspeth must join forces with Cassius C. Trenton, a former NSA analyst, to track down Rains and uncover the truth. The clock is ticking, and with some world leaders in on the aliens' plans, survival seems impossible.
As the harvest approaches, the danger grows. Can they stop the impending apocalypse, or will they discover that the harvest is only the beginning?
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For fans of Jurassic Park, this pulse-pounding prehistoric adventure will leave you breathless.
Primordial World
Dystopian · Sci-Fi
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Ridley was born 75 million years ago. Now, she’s racing in the most dangerous endurance competition in history. With her wolf companion, Loki, she must outwit savage predators, ruthless competitors, and brutal terrain to claim victory. For fans of Jurassic Park, this pulse-pounding prehistoric adventure will leave you breathless.
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A savage prehistoric world. A race like no other. A fight for survival.
Born 75 million years ago, Ridley has never known the modern world—only the untamed wilderness and its primordial beasts. Fierce, headstrong, and no stranger to adversity, she thrives on the thrill of the hunt. So when she hears about the ultimate endurance race, she knows she must enter.
With her loyal wolf companion, Loki, Ridley faces a competition like no other—where cutthroat competitors, deadly predators, and unforgiving terrain stand in her way. But she’s not just here to race—she’s here to win.
For fans of Jurassic Park, this heart-pounding prehistoric adventure will keep you on the edge of your seat. Set in the Primordial Universe, this book continues the story years after Primordial Earth—but can be read as a standalone.
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In a valley poisoned by greed, Jake Pickett’s telekinesis is a secret he uses to bring joy—not destruction.
Slipt
Sci-Fi · Post-Apocalyptic
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In a valley poisoned by greed, Jake Pickett’s telekinesis is a secret he uses to bring joy—not destruction. But when a ruthless corporation discovers his power, they’ll stop at nothing to control him. As the danger closes in, Jake must decide: protect his family or risk becoming the very weapon he fears. The cost of resistance? Everything.
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A corrupt corporation crosses swords with a man possessing uncanny superpowers in this sci-fi thriller from New York Times–bestselling author Alan Dean Foster.
Old Jake Pickett is an unusual man whose mind-over-matter abilities can reduce bullets and buildings to dust and rubble. But he prefers using his "magic" to entertain the poor kids in his neighborhood near the chemical dumpsite, and to communicate telepathically with his disabled niece, Amanda.
Pickett lives in a valley near Riverside, California, that has become ground zero for tons of putrid toxic waste, courtesy of a corporate cover up. The company's executives have employed most of the people who live above the valley, paying them to keep quiet to any government agents investigating the area.
Jake has no interest in taking corporate money, but when the people who work there discover his strange talents, they see him as someone who can make them even more profit.
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Eight strangers trapped in self-driving cars are broadcast live to the world, with one chilling twist: the public must choose who lives and who dies.
The Passengers
Dystopian · Sci-Fi
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Eight strangers trapped in self-driving cars are broadcast live to the world, with one chilling twist: the public must choose who lives and who dies. As fear mounts, the decision becomes a deadly game, revealing society's darkest instincts and pushing everyone to the edge.
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You’re riding in your self-driving car when the doors lock, the route changes, and a voice declares, “You are going to die.”
Eight strangers—a TV star, a pregnant woman, an abused wife, an undocumented immigrant, a couple, and a suicidal man—are trapped in this nightmare. Helpless, their fear is broadcast live for millions to witness.
As the world watches, a chilling question is posed: who deserves to live, and who should die first?
With every second that passes, the stakes rise. The public must decide, and the consequences will be deadly.
Will anyone survive the deadly game, or will the world’s darkest instincts determine their fate?
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Cachalot was meant to be a sanctuary—a water world where Earth's whales thrived in peace.
Cachalot
Sci-Fi · First Contact · Space Exploration
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Cachalot was meant to be a sanctuary—a water world where Earth's whales thrived in peace. But when floating human settlements spark unrest and mysterious deaths, a team of marine biologists races to uncover the truth. As tensions mount, the whales grow larger, smarter—and possibly vengeful. Beneath the waves, something deadly stirs. Is it too late to stop paradise from becoming a graveyard?
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Cachalot—a water-covered planet where Earth’s marine mammals were saved from extinction—was meant to be a safe haven, a perfect refuge.
Marine biologists are sent to investigate when humans establish floating towns, disrupting the peace, and people start mysteriously dying. The team, led by determined scientists, must uncover the truth behind the attacks before it's too late.
With each passing day, tensions rise between humans and whales as the once-peaceful creatures grow in both size and intelligence. As the biologists dig deeper, they realize they may have underestimated the true threat lurking beneath the surface.
Can they solve the mystery and save themselves, or has Cachalot’s paradise turned into a deadly trap?
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In a world where a deadly mist kills men and grants women superhuman powers, five women must navigate a shattered landscape full of danger.
Into the Mist
Dystopian · Sci-Fi
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In a world where a deadly mist kills men and grants women superhuman powers, five women must navigate a shattered landscape full of danger. As their abilities grow, so do the threats, and survival will take everything they’ve got—or humanity may be lost forever.
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When a devastating attack unleashes bombs across the U.S., the world as we know it ends. The green mist that follows is deadly to men but transforms women, granting them extraordinary powers.
High school teacher Mercury Rhodes becomes the Warrior, possessing immense physical strength. Alongside her, Stella, Imani, Karen, and Gemma—each with their own unique abilities—set out across the Pacific Northwest, seeking safety in a world teetering on chaos. But danger lurks everywhere, and the women quickly learn they can’t trust anyone.
As their powers grow, so does the urgency to protect themselves and the fragile remains of humanity. Will these women find a way to rebuild, or will their newfound strength be tested to the breaking point?
In a world torn apart, can they survive—and save what’s left?
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Discovery demands a price measured in centuries.
Starfarers
Sci-Fi · First Contact · Space Exploration
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Discovery demands a price measured in centuries. In Starfarers, a crew of explorers leaves Earth to pursue first contact with distant alien civilizations, knowing their home will age thousands of years in their absence. As the Envoy travels into deep space, scientific wonder collides with sacrifice in a far-reaching science fiction epic shaped by time, change, and human ambition.
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Courageous space explorers embark on a mission to make contact with alien races light years away, while the Earth they leave behind ages twelve hundred centuries
It's the most exciting discovery since humankind first began watching the skies: SETI scientists detect starship "trails" in a galaxy many light years from Earth, and at long last the dream of human-to-alien contact is attainable. But the courageous crew of starfarers assembled to take on the monumental endeavor must sacrifice the only lives they've ever known and the people they love; the Earth will have aged many thousands of years when—and if—they are finally able to return. Still, their hunger for knowledge of the universe and the extraterrestrial races that inhabit it is too great to deny, and the Envoy rockets off into the vast unknown. It's a perilous mission that will profoundly change everyone it touches—even as the passing millennia transform the Earth in ways no one could ever have imagined.
Of all the science fiction extrapolators to emerge in the twentieth century, none were more visionary and few as prolific as the great Poul Anderson. Starfarers, his ingeniously imagined space exploration adventure, still stands tall among the most intelligent, enthralling, and unforgettable science fiction novels ever written.
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Good for readers who want literary fiction with a strong first-person voice, social realism, and a modern David Copperfield frame.
Demon Copperhead
Literary Fiction · Coming of Age · Time Travel
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A New York Times bestseller called “a voice for the ages” by Beth Macy, Demon Copperhead follows a resilient boy in southern Appalachia as he faces foster care, poverty, addiction, love, loss, and the struggle to be seen, with a 4.6-star rating from more than 152,000 Amazon reviewers. Good for readers who want literary fiction with a strong first-person voice, social realism, and a modern David Copperfield frame.
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WINNER OF THE 2023 PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION
A New York Times "Ten Best Books of 2022 * An Oprah's Book Club Selection * An Instant New York Times Bestseller * An Instant Wall Street Journal Bestseller * A #1 Washington Post Bestseller
"Demon is a voice for the ages—akin to Huck Finn or Holden Caulfield—only even more resilient." —Beth Macy, author of Dopesick
"May be the best novel of 2022. . . . Equal parts hilarious and heartbreaking, this is the story of an irrepressible boy nobody wants, but readers will love." (Ron Charles, Washington Post)
From the acclaimed author of The Poisonwood Bible and The Bean Trees, a brilliant novel that enthralls, compels, and captures the heart as it evokes a young hero's unforgettable journey to maturity
Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia, Demon Copperhead is the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead father's good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic wit, and a fierce talent for survival. Relayed in his own unsparing voice, Demon braves the modern perils of foster care, child labor, derelict schools, athletic success, addiction, disastrous loves, and crushing losses. Through all of it, he reckons with his own invisibility in a popular culture where even the superheroes have abandoned rural people in favor of generations ago, Charles Dickens wrote David Copperfield from his experience as a survivor of institutional poverty and its damages to children in his society. Those problems have yet to be solved in ours. Dickens is not a prerequisite for readers of this novel, but he provided its inspiration. In transposing a Victorian epic novel to the contemporary American South, Barbara Kingsolver enlists Dickens' anger and compassion, and above all, his faith in the transformative powers of a good story. Demon Copperhead speaks for a new generation of lost boys, and all those born into beautiful, cursed places they can't imagine leaving behind.
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When a secret military project reaches out to the stars, it attracts the attention of an alien civilization on the brink of collapse.
The Three-Body Problem
Sci-Fi
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When a secret military project reaches out to the stars, it attracts the attention of an alien civilization on the brink of collapse. Now, as an invasion looms, Earth's factions clash—some seeking salvation from the stars, others determined to resist. The fate of humanity hangs in the balance in this epic sci-fi thriller.
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Humanity unknowingly makes first contact with an alien civilization on the brink of collapse. Now, Earth faces an impending invasion that could either bring salvation—or complete annihilation.
Set against the backdrop of China’s Cultural Revolution, astrophysicist Ye Wenjie becomes a key figure in the conflict, her life shaped by both personal trauma and the potential arrival of superior beings.
As factions on Earth form, some see the aliens as saviors, while others vow to resist. The question: will humanity unite to defend its future or fracture under the weight of conflicting loyalties?
With the fate of two worlds hanging in the balance, one decision could change everything. Who will survive the coming storm?
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Ellen Logan’s quiet semester at Miskatonic University shatters when her friend jumps to her death and another disappears, leaving behind a mysterious book.
Darkness Below
Horror · Sci-Fi · Paranormal Fantasy
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Ellen Logan’s quiet semester at Miskatonic University shatters when her friend jumps to her death and another disappears, leaving behind a mysterious book. With the help of Professor Andrew Carter, Ellen uncovers a deadly cult and a monstrous creature. Now, they must face an ancient terror before it destroys everything.
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Nightmares, disappearances, and death—it’s just another fall semester at Miskatonic University.
Ellen Logan just wants to pass her classes and manage her bad job at a New Age bookstore. But when her former roommate jumps to her death and another friend vanishes, leaving her a strange book, Ellen’s life takes a darker turn.
With the help of Professor Andrew Carter, she uncovers a murderous cult and a terrifying creature lurking beneath the surface. As the pieces fall into place, Ellen realizes that her own life is in grave danger.
Now, they must descend into the Darkness Below to stop an ancient force from destroying everything. But will Ellen survive long enough to uncover the truth?
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