Science Fiction

Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and capitalization) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves speculations based on current or future science or technology. Science fiction is found in books, art, television, films, games, theatre, and other media. In organizational or marketing contexts, science fiction can be synonymous with the broader definition of speculative fiction, encompassing creative works incorporating imaginative elements not found in contemporary reality; this includes fantasy, horror and related genres.

Although the two genres are often co
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Strange Weather
Ringer (Replica, #2)
That Inevitable Victorian Thing
27 Hours (The Nightside Saga, #1)
Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That'll Improve and/or Ruin Everything
Monster (Gone #7)
The Empress (The Diabolic #2)
From a Certain Point of View (Star Wars)
The Midnight Dance
It Devours! (Night Vale, #2)
Otherworld (Otherworld, #1)
Dare Mighty Things
The Knowing (The Forgetting, #2)
Satellite
The Innocence Treatment

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    Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)
    The Power
    Genome (The Extinction Files #2)
    The Fire Queen (The Hundredth Queen, #2)
    Scarlet (The Lunar Chronicles, #2)
    All These Worlds (Bobiverse, #3)
    Pandemic (The Extinction Files #1)
    The Man of Legends
    Secondborn (Secondborn #1)
    Insurgent (Divergent, #2)
    Allegiant (Divergent, #3)
    Saga, Vol. 1 (Saga, #1)
    The Girl with All the Gifts
    Provenance
    Shadows of Self by Brandon SandersonQueen of Fire by Anthony  RyanThe Liar's Key by Mark  LawrenceThe Skull Throne by Peter V. BrettFirefight by Brandon Sanderson
    Can't Wait Sci-Fi/Fantasy of 2015
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    To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenHarry Potter Boxset by J.K. RowlingJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
    Best Women-authored Books
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    The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienEnder's Game by Orson Scott CardThe Land by Aleron KongHarry Potter Boxset by J.K. RowlingDune by Frank Herbert
    Sci-Fi and Fantasy Must Reads
    2,171 books — 2,661 voters
    The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsCity of Bones by Cassandra ClareHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
    YA Books Far Better than Twilight
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    The Stand by Stephen KingThe Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins1984 by George OrwellWorld War Z by Max Brooks
    Best Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
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    The Republic of Thieves by Scott LynchA Memory of Light by Robert JordanEmperor of Thorns by Mark  LawrenceThe Daylight War by Peter V. BrettThe Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
    Can't Wait Sci-Fi/Fantasy of 2013
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    Popular Science Fiction Books

    Ender's Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
    The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide, #1)
    Dune (Dune Chronicles #1)
    The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
    Fahrenheit 451
    The Martian
    1984
    Ready Player One
    Brave New World
    Foundation (Foundation #1)
    Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)

    David Estes

    Author of The Moon Dwellers

    David Estes has written more than 20 science fiction and fantasy books. He has a love of dancing and singing (but only when no one is looking or listening), is a mad-skilled ping-pong player, an obsessive Goodreads group member, and prefers writing at the swimming pool to writing at a table. He loves chatting with his readers, all of whom he considers to be his friends. David lives in Hawaii with his beautiful Aussie wife, Adele, his asthmatic cat, Bailey, and his rambunctious son, Beau.

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