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Science fiction transports us to worlds of technological marvels, dystopian societies, and altered realities where humanity grapples with profound questions about progress and power. These stories challenge our assumptions about science, society, and human nature while imagining what might be possible—or inevitable—in our collective future.

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A Guardian and a Thief Summary
A Guardian and a Thief
by Megha Majumdar 2025 224 pages
3.99
2.4K ratings
India
Literary Fiction
Dystopia
Locklands Summary
Locklands
by Robert Jackson Bennett 2022 544 pages
4.03
12.4K ratings
Fantasy
Adult
Science Fiction
The Eyes of Darkness Summary
The Eyes of Darkness
by Dean Koontz 1981 369 pages
3.88
37.5K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
Cloud Cuckoo Land Summary
Cloud Cuckoo Land
by Anthony Doerr 2021 626 pages
4.25
249.2K ratings
Historical Fiction
Fantasy
Book Club
In Bloom Summary
In Bloom
by Paul Tremblay 2023 35 pages
3.05
11.7K ratings
Horror
Short Stories
Novella
The Last Colony Summary
The Last Colony
by John Scalzi 2007 320 pages
4.10
69.6K ratings
Science Fiction
Science Fiction Fantasy
Military Fiction
Loop Summary
Loop
by Kōji Suzuki 1998 288 pages
3.52
4.4K ratings
Horror
Japan
Japanese Literature
Contact Summary
Contact
by Carl Sagan 1985 456 pages
4.15
150.8K ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Space
Partials Summary
Partials
by Dan Wells 2012 468 pages
3.93
59.6K ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Science Fiction
Invisible Planets Summary
Invisible Planets
Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation
by Ken Liu 2016 383 pages
4.04
5.2K ratings
Science Fiction
Short Stories
China
Masks of the Illuminati Summary
Masks of the Illuminati
by Robert Anton Wilson 1981 294 pages
4.03
1.9K ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Philosophy
Dynasty of Evil Summary
Dynasty of Evil
by Drew Karpyshyn 2009 296 pages
4.32
23.6K ratings
Star Wars
Science Fiction
Fantasy
The Expanse and Philosophy Summary
The Expanse and Philosophy
So Far Out Into the Darkness
by Jeffery L. Nicholas 2021 237 pages
4.02
55 ratings
Philosophy
Science Fiction
The Gate of the Feral Gods Summary
The Gate of the Feral Gods
by Matt Dinniman 2021 586 pages
4.56
74.6K ratings
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Humor
And Then She Vanished Summary
And Then She Vanished
by Nick Jones 2021 246 pages
3.99
8.4K ratings
Time Travel
Science Fiction
Mystery
Requiem Summary
Requiem
by Lauren Oliver 2013 391 pages
3.73
152.9K ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Romance
The Six Summary
The Six
by Mark Alpert 2015 368 pages
3.81
1.3K ratings
Young Adult
Science Fiction
Dystopia
The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Summary
The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
by Douglas Adams 1996 815 pages
4.38
333.2K ratings
Science Fiction
Humor
Fantasy
Halo Summary
Halo
First Strike
by Eric S. Nylund 2003 352 pages
4.16
17.4K ratings
Science Fiction
Video Games
Novels
Relic Summary
Relic
by Douglas Preston 1995 480 pages
4.05
113.1K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
Halo Summary
Halo
The Fall of Reach
by Eric S. Nylund 2001 352 pages
4.26
33.8K ratings
Science Fiction
Video Games
Military Fiction
Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 Summary
Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451
by Harold Bloom 2000 147 pages
4.17
1.2K ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Literature
Onyx Summary
Onyx
by Jennifer L. Armentrout 2012 421 pages
4.23
187.9K ratings
Young Adult
Fantasy
Romance
Sent Summary
Sent
by Margaret Peterson Haddix 2009 320 pages
3.94
17.9K ratings
Science Fiction
Young Adult
Time Travel
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories Summary
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories
by Robert Louis Stevenson 1886 254 pages
4.00
35.8K ratings
Classics
Horror
Short Stories
Counter-Clock World Summary
Counter-Clock World
by Philip K. Dick 1967 218 pages
3.55
5.1K ratings
Science Fiction
Speculative Fiction
Time Travel
The Fowl Twins Summary
The Fowl Twins
by Eoin Colfer 2019 425 pages
4.05
5.6K ratings
Fantasy
Middle Grade
Adventure
Song of Susannah Summary
Song of Susannah
by Stephen King 2004 544 pages
4.00
169.4K ratings
Fantasy
Horror
Science Fiction
Fatal Alliance Summary
Fatal Alliance
by Sean Williams 2010 417 pages
3.74
10.9K ratings
Star Wars
Science Fiction
Fantasy
The Matrix Summary
The Matrix
by Joshua Clover 2004 96 pages
4.13
1.5K ratings
Film
Media Tie In
Science Fiction
War with the Newts Summary
War with the Newts
by Karel Čapek 1936 241 pages
4.17
16.5K ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Czech Literature
Day 21 Summary
Day 21
by Kass Morgan 2014 320 pages
3.72
43.9K ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Science Fiction
Use of Weapons Summary
Use of Weapons
by Iain M. Banks 1990 411 pages
4.16
51.6K ratings
Science Fiction
Space Opera
Cultural
The Library of Babel Summary
The Library of Babel
by Jorge Luis Borges 2000 176 pages
4.3
11.6K ratings
Short Stories
Classics
Philosophy
The Art of Prophecy Summary
The Art of Prophecy
by Wesley Chu 2022 533 pages
4.06
5.2K ratings
Fantasy
Adult
High Fantasy
Path of Destruction Summary
Path of Destruction
by Drew Karpyshyn 2006 324 pages
4.34
35.1K ratings
Star Wars
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Machine Learning Summary
Machine Learning
New and Collected Stories
by Hugh Howey 2017 352 pages
4.02
3.2K ratings
Science Fiction
Short Stories
Fantasy
The Unusual Second Life of Thomas Weaver Summary
The Unusual Second Life of Thomas Weaver
by Shawn Inmon 2015 320 pages
4.17
3.2K ratings
Time Travel
Science Fiction
Fantasy
The Bad Weather Friend Summary
The Bad Weather Friend
by Dean Koontz 2024 374 pages
3.88
36.0K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Fantasy
The Shadow Out of Time Summary
The Shadow Out of Time
by H.P. Lovecraft 1936 140 pages
3.87
5.8K ratings
Horror
Science Fiction
Lovecraftian
Ringworld Summary
Ringworld
by Larry Niven 1970 288 pages
3.94
126.3K ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Science Fiction Fantasy
The Merchant of Death Summary
The Merchant of Death
by D.J. MacHale 2002 375 pages
3.97
51.9K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Science Fiction
House Atreides Summary
House Atreides
by Brian Herbert 1999 681 pages
3.83
29.2K ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Science Fiction Fantasy
Rule of Two Summary
Rule of Two
by Drew Karpyshyn 2007 318 pages
4.24
26.7K ratings
Star Wars
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Radicalized Summary
Radicalized
by Cory Doctorow 2019 304 pages
4.03
7.9K ratings
Science Fiction
Short Stories
Dystopia
Golden State Summary
Golden State
by Ben H. Winters 2019 323 pages
3.47
7.9K ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Mystery
Gathering Blue Summary
Gathering Blue
by Lois Lowry 2000 240 pages
3.82
204.5K ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Fantasy
The Silo Saga Omnibus Summary
The Silo Saga Omnibus
by Hugh Howey 2020 1663 pages
4.59
3.9K ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Post Apocalyptic
The Death and Life of Superman Summary
The Death and Life of Superman
by Roger Stern 1993 527 pages
4.11
6.2K ratings
Comics
Fantasy
Science Fiction
The Sheep Look Up Summary
The Sheep Look Up
by John Brunner 1972 352 pages
3.91
5.6K ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Post Apocalyptic
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