Sci-Fi

Looking for sci-fi? This curated list brings together the standout sci-fi titles readers keep returning to, so you can skip the noise and find your next read faster.

The Giver

by Lois Lowry

2014

Lowry's Newbery Medal-winning classic is now adapted as a major motion picture by The Weinstein Company, starring Oscar] winners Jeff Bridges and Meryl Streep, opening in theaters on August 15th.…

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Gravity's Rainbow

by Thomas Pynchon

2013

Hailed by many as the major experimental novel of the post-war period, Gravity's Rainbow is a bizarre comic masterpiece in which linguistic virtuosity creates a whole other world.…

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A Canticle for Leibowitz

by Walter M. Miller (Jr.)

1997

The winner of the 1961 Hugo Award for Best Novel, Miller's bestselling work is a true landmark of 20th-century literature--a chilling and still-provocative look at a post-apocalyptic future.…

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Solaris

by Stanisław Lem

1987

When psychologist Kris Kelvin arrives at the planet Solaris to study the ocean that covers its surface, he finds himself confronting a painful memory embodied in the physical likeness of a past lover. Kelvin learns that he is not alone in t…

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Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator

by Roald Dahl

2001

Charlie and Willy Wonka are back, this time in a fantastic journey to outer space in their giant glass elevator. Illustrations.…

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Star Maker

by Olaf Stapledon

1972

One moment a man sits on a suburban hill. The next, he is whirling through the firmament. Street lamps become blinding stars and rushing grains swell into planets. Like H. G. Well's Time Traveller, he visits many worlds, often at time o…

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The Meteor Hunt

by Jules Verne, Frederick Paul Walter

2006

When a meteor of pure gold heads toward Earth, it generates competitive greed among amateur astronomers and havoc among nations fixated on the golden object's path.…

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The Time Machine

by Herbert George Wells

1980

A scientist invents a machine that transports him into the future.…

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We Can Build You

by Philip K. Dick

1972

"They began as manufacturers of electronic mood organs and player pianos. Then they improved the line--they started building exact simulacra of famous men. They thought that people would pay a good price to have anyone they wanted made…

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I, Robot

by Isaac Asimov

2004

For use in schools and libraries only. The development of robot technology to a state of perfection by future civilizations is explored in nine science fiction stories.…

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Counterfeit Worlds

by Brian J. Robb

2006

PERFORMING ARTS/Film/Guides & Reviews…

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