The Greatest Science Fiction Books of All Time

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
6 Nineteen Eighty Four George Orwell 1949 British English
50 Brave New World Aldous Huxley 1932 British English
84 Slaughterhouse-Five Kurt Vonnegut 1969 American English
100 Dune Frank Herbert 1965 American English
150 Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury 1953 American English
190 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams 1979 British English
274 The Stand Stephen King 1978 American English
278 A Wizard Of Earthsea Ursula K. Le Guin 1968 American English
293 A Wrinkle In Time Madeleine L'Engle 1962 American English
294 The Time Machine H. G. Wells 1895 British English
321 We Yevgeny Zamyatin 1924 Russian Russian
327 Solaris Stanislaw Lem 1961 Polish Polish
361 Foundation Isaac Asimov 1951 American English
363 The Left Hand Of Darkness Ursula K. Le Guin 1969 American English
368 Stranger in a Strange Land Robert A. Heinlein 1961 American English
372 War of the Worlds H. G. Wells 1898 British English
459 The Island of Doctor Moreau H. G. Wells 1896 British English
528 Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Philip K. Dick 1968 American English
553 The Dispossessed Ursula K. Le Guin 1974 American English
628 Nights At The Circus Angela Carter 1984 British English
673 Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Jules Verne 1870 French French
681 Cat's Cradle Kurt Vonnegut 1963 American English
711 Flowers for Algernon Daniel Keyes 1959 American English
769 A Voyage To Arcturus David Lindsay 1920 Scottish English
776 War with the Newts Karel Čapek 1936 Czech Czech
777 I Am Legend Richard Matheson 1954 American English
793 The Sirens of Titan Kurt Vonnegut 1959 American English
822 I, Robot Isaac Asimov 1950 American English
841 Crash J. G. Ballard 1973 British English
887 Herland Charlotte Perkins Gilman 1915 American English
893 Neuromancer William Gibson 1984 American, Canadian English
917 The Day of the Triffids John Wyndham 1951 British English
926 Journey to the Center of the Earth Jules Verne 1864 French French
951 A Princess Of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs 1912 American English
1004 2001 Arthur C. Clarke 1968 British English
1071 The Midwich Cuckoos John Wyndham 1957 British English
1079 The Book of the New Sun Gene Wolfe 1980 American English
1201 Kafka On The Shore Haruki Murakami 2002 Japanese Japanese
1286 The Invention Of Morel Adolfo Bioy Casares 1940 Argentinian Spanish
1323 A Canticle for Leibowitz Walter M. Miller 1960 American English
1352 The Andromeda Strain Michael Crichton 1969 American English
1388 The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins 2008 American English
1399 Star Maker Olaf Stapledon 1937 British English
1421 Ubik Philip K. Dick 1969 American English
1453 The Martian Chronicles Ray Bradbury 1950 American English
1476 Flatland Edwin A. Abbott 1884 British English
1479 The Wall Marlen Haushofer 1963 Austrian German
1531 Jurassic Park Michael Crichton 1990 American English
1597 Snow Crash Neal Stephenson 1992 American English
1609 The Drowned World J. G. Ballard 1962 British English
1625 The Three Stigmata Of Palmer Eldritch Philip K. Dick 1965 American English
1676 Time and Again Jack Finney 1970 American English
1698 Stories of Your Life and Others Ted Chiang 2002 American English
1723 1Q84 Haruki Murakami 2009 Japanese Japanese
1776 Childhood's End Arthur C. Clarke 1953 British English
1802 Kallocain Karin Boye 1940 Swedish Swedish
1848 Darker Than You Think Jack Williamson 1948 American English
1897 The Ice People René Barjavel 1968 French French
1973 The Invisible Man H. G. Wells 1897 British English
2085 The Sheep Look Up John Brunner 1972 British English
2132 The Man in the High Castle Philip K. Dick 1962 American English
2145 Cryptonomicon Neal Stephenson 1999 American English
2146 The Night Land William Hope Hodgson 1912 British English
2147 Aniara Harry Martinson 1956 Swedish Swedish
2196 That Hideous Strength C. S. Lewis 1945 British English
2228 The Anubis Gates Tim Powers 1983 American English
2234 Last And First Men Olaf Stapledon 1930 British English
2235 The Futurological Congress Stanislaw Lem 1971 Polish Polish
2237 Ringworld Larry Niven 1970 American English
2262 The Crystal World J. G. Ballard 1966 British English
2327 The Three-Body Problem Cixin Liu 2006 Chinese Chinese
2335 Libra Don DeLillo 1988 American English
2352 Contact Carl Sagan 1985 American English
2357 Invasion Of The Body Snatchers Jack Finney 1955 American English
2413 The Stars My Destination Alfred Bester 1956 American English
2431 The Einstein Intersection Samuel R. Delany 1967 American English
2432 The Forever War Joe Haldeman 1974 American English
2444 The Space Merchants Frederik Pohl, C. M. Kornbluth 1952 American English
2464 Non Stop Brian Aldiss 1958 British English
2469 Hyperion Dan Simmons 1989 American English
2476 Quatermass And The Pit Nigel Kneale 1959 British English
2494 Rogue Moon Algis Budrys 1960 American English
2496 Mortals Norman Rush 2003 American English
2566 The Caves Of Steel Isaac Asimov 1954 American English
2583 Dawn Octavia E. Butler 1987 American English
2600 Out Of The Silent Planet C. S. Lewis 1938 British English
2605 Ender's Game Orson Scott Card 1985 American English
2664 The Lost World Arthur Conan Doyle 1912 British English
2667 The Chrysalids John Wyndham 1955 Canadian English
2712 Mission Of Gravity Hal Clement 1954 American English
2722 Perelandra C. S. Lewis 1943 British English
2740 The Martian Andy Weir 2011 American English
2809 Roadside Picnic Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky 1972 Russian Russian
2828 Tomorrow, And Tomorrow, And Tomorrow Gabrielle Zevin 2022 American English
2834 The Unpleasant Profession Of Jonathan Hoag Robert A. Heinlein 1942 American English
2843 The Book Of Ptath A. E. van Vogt 1943 American English
2899 City Clifford D. Simak 1952 American English
2930 Martian Time Slip Philip K. Dick 1964 American English
2931 The Compleat Werewolf And Other Stories Of Fantasy And Science Fiction Anthony Boucher 1969 American English
2973 The Female Man Joanna Russ 1975 American English
3053 The Sinful Ones Fritz Leiber 1953 American English
3081 Under the Skin Michel Faber 2000 British English
3084 Dragonflight Anne McCaffrey 1968 American English
3102 Super Sad True Love Story Gary Shteyngart 2010 American English
3107 Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Douglas Adams 1987 British English
3120 The Possibility Of An Island Michel Houellebecq 2005 French French
3129 Oryx and Crake Margaret Atwood 2003 Canadian English
3141 The Shrinking Man Richard Matheson 1956 American English
3144 Dhalgren Samuel R. Delany 1975 American English
3246 A Strange Manuscript Found In A Copper Cylinder James De Mille 1888 Canadian English
3293 Looking Backward, 2000 1887 Edward Bellamy 1888 American English
3308 Camp Concentration Thomas M. Disch 1968 American English
3378 Black Easter James Blish 1968 American English
3402 Shadow Over Mars Leigh Brackett 1944 American English
3409 The Glass Bees Ernst Jünger 1957 German German
3431 The Stories of Ray Bradbury Ray Bradbury 1980 American English
3435 On Wings Of Song Thomas M. Disch 1979 American English
3456 Glory Road Robert A. Heinlein 1963 American English
3484 Consider Phlebas Iain Banks 1987 Scottish English
3572 The Day After Judgement James Blish 1971 American English