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Speculative Fiction to Read

Based on tag: speculative fiction

Members: 20 participating members (show all)

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2
The Hobbit
by J. R. R. Tolkien
74,136 members, 992 reviews
4.27 stars (4.27 stars)

Lists: Fueguino0q, Peace2, Shah_Zad_Khan, merrystar, gypsysmom, heidiboll, ahef1963

4
The Night Circus
by Erin Morgenstern
12,512 members, 1,060 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: jjlenning, Peace2, chgstrom, heidiboll, ahef1963, KimarieBee, gypsysmom

5
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
by J. K. Rowling
105,608 members, 1,738 reviews
4.29 stars (4.29 stars)

Lists: chgstrom, andomck, kara.shamy, Peace2, heidiboll, ahef1963, KimarieBee, gypsysmom

Thumbs down: jjlenning, aulsmith

Explanations:

aulsmith (0): Didn't finish.

6
Neverwhere
by Neil Gaiman
21,600 members, 498 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: andomck, hipdeep, heidiboll, ahef1963, merrystar, gypsysmom

7
1984
by George Orwell
65,507 members, 1,052 reviews
4.24 stars (4.24 stars)

Lists: Al., chgstrom, ahef1963, gypsysmom, aulsmith

8
The Hunger Games
by Suzanne Collins
49,827 members, 3,223 reviews
4.33 stars (4.33 stars)

Lists: heidiboll, ahef1963, Peace2, Shah_Zad_Khan, KimarieBee, gypsysmom, jain

Thumbs down: jjlenning, martinmercue

9
Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley
43,816 members, 594 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: Peace2, andomck, heidiboll, ahef1963, gypsysmom

10
Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury
41,860 members, 823 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom, Peace2, hipdeep, ahef1963, merrystar

11
Slaughterhouse-Five
by Kurt Vonnegut
36,795 members, 566 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: hipdeep, heidiboll, ahef1963, gypsysmom, andomck

12
The Time Traveler's Wife
by Audrey Niffenegger
35,429 members, 1,181 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: heidiboll, ahef1963, KimarieBee, gypsysmom, Peace2

13
Frankenstein
by Mary Shelley
32,134 members, 588 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy, andomck, heidiboll, ahef1963, gypsysmom

14
A Wrinkle in Time
by Madeleine L'Engle
30,421 members, 791 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: invisigoth, kara.shamy, andomck, hipdeep, ahef1963, merrystar

Thumbs down: gypsysmom

15
American Gods
by Neil Gaiman
28,982 members, 784 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: hipdeep, Shah_Zad_Khan, andomck, heidiboll, ahef1963, aulsmith

Thumbs down: chgstrom

16
The Graveyard Book
by Neil Gaiman
17,605 members, 1,136 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: heidiboll, ahef1963, hipdeep, jain, aulsmith

18
The Once and Future King
by T. H. White
12,376 members, 159 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: hipdeep, gypsysmom, heidiboll, aulsmith, ahef1963

19
A Wizard of Earthsea
by Ursula K. Le Guin
12,358 members, 287 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: andomck, ahef1963, gypsysmom, heidiboll, aulsmith

20
The Yiddish Policemen's Union
by Michael Chabon
9,034 members, 386 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

Lists: aulsmith, heidiboll, ahef1963, gypsysmom, jain

Explanations:

aulsmith (3): Subtle and well-written alternate history

21
The Handmaid’s Tale
by Margaret Atwood
32,599 members, 936 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: chgstrom, gypsysmom, heidiboll, ahef1963

22
Never Let Me Go
by Kazuo Ishiguro
18,430 members, 824 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: Peace2, gypsysmom, heidiboll, ahef1963

23
Stardust
by Neil Gaiman
18,338 members, 489 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: hipdeep, ahef1963, aulsmith, gypsysmom

24
Anansi Boys
by Neil Gaiman
17,635 members, 410 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom, heidiboll, ahef1963, aulsmith

26
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
by L. Frank Baum
16,332 members, 366 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: ahef1963, aulsmith, gypsysmom, hipdeep

27
Foundation
by Isaac Asimov
16,123 members, 278 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom, heidiboll, ahef1963, merrystar

28
The Blind Assassin
by Margaret Atwood
14,324 members, 347 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy, gypsysmom, heidiboll, ahef1963

29
The Martian Chronicles
by Ray Bradbury
13,308 members, 246 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: andomck, merrystar, heidiboll, gypsysmom

30
Life, the Universe and Everything
by Douglas Adams
13,132 members, 110 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: hipdeep, ahef1963, heidiboll, gypsysmom

31
The Left Hand of Darkness
by Ursula K. Le Guin
12,009 members, 291 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: hipdeep, gypsysmom, jain, aulsmith

32
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
by Douglas Adams
11,920 members, 195 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: hipdeep, ahef1963, heidiboll, gypsysmom

33
Possession: A Romance
by A. S. Byatt
11,390 members, 257 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy, ahef1963, heidiboll, gypsysmom

34
A Canticle for Leibowitz
by Walter M. Miller Jr.
9,455 members, 262 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom, ahef1963, heidiboll, aulsmith

35
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
by Robert A. Heinlein
8,621 members, 152 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: aulsmith, gypsysmom, ahef1963, jain

36
The Dispossessed
by Ursula K. Le Guin
8,052 members, 192 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: aulsmith, andomck, jain, gypsysmom

37
Doomsday Book
by Connie Willis
6,652 members, 313 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: merrystar, aulsmith, ahef1963, gypsysmom

38
To Say Nothing of the Dog
by Connie Willis
5,752 members, 252 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: merrystar, ahef1963, heidiboll, gypsysmom

39
Tigana
by Guy Gavriel Kay
4,225 members, 123 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Lists: aulsmith, merrystar, ahef1963, gypsysmom

40
Killashandra
by Anne McCaffrey
2,597 members, 18 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: Peace2, gypsysmom, merrystar, ahef1963

41
Catching Fire
by Suzanne Collins
37,299 members, 1,649 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: Shah_Zad_Khan, heidiboll, ahef1963, gypsysmom

Thumbs down: jjlenning

42
Ender's Game
by Orson Scott Card
34,311 members, 937 reviews
4.32 stars (4.32 stars)

Lists: merrystar, Shah_Zad_Khan, heidiboll, ahef1963

Thumbs down: jain

43
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
by C. S. Lewis
34,205 members, 621 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: heidiboll, gypsysmom, ahef1963, merrystar

Thumbs down: jjlenning

44
A Game of Thrones
by George R. R. Martin
33,215 members, 1,001 reviews
4.37 stars (4.37 stars)

Lists: chgstrom, KimarieBee, heidiboll, ahef1963, gypsysmom

Thumbs down: merrystar, feaelin

Explanations:

merrystar (0): could not finish

45
Dune
by Frank Herbert
30,387 members, 472 reviews
4.28 stars (4.28 stars)

Lists: aulsmith, andomck, heidiboll, gypsysmom

Thumbs down: merrystar

46
The Golden Compass
by Philip Pullman
30,111 members, 648 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: andomck, heidiboll, gypsysmom, ahef1963, merrystar

Thumbs down: jjlenning, feaelin

47
The Chronicles of Narnia
by C. S. Lewis
28,196 members, 268 reviews
4.26 stars (4.26 stars)

Lists: heidiboll, ahef1963, gypsysmom

48
Dracula
by Bram Stoker
26,448 members, 517 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: chgstrom, kara.shamy, heidiboll, gypsysmom

Thumbs down: Peace2

49
The Magician's Nephew
by C. S. Lewis
21,872 members, 280 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: heidiboll, gypsysmom, merrystar, ahef1963

Thumbs down: jjlenning

50
A Clockwork Orange
by Anthony Burgess
21,436 members, 326 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: heidiboll, ahef1963, gypsysmom

51
Watership Down
by Richard Adams
20,275 members, 401 reviews
4.21 stars (4.21 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom, heidiboll, ahef1963

52
The Princess Bride
by William Goldman
20,031 members, 462 reviews
4.27 stars (4.27 stars)

Lists: hipdeep, heidiboll, ahef1963

54
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
by C. S. Lewis
19,123 members, 196 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

Lists: merrystar, gypsysmom, ahef1963

55
Neuromancer
by William Gibson
19,099 members, 305 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: Al., hipdeep, gypsysmom

56
Outlander
by Diana Gabaldon
18,771 members, 872 reviews
4.21 stars (4.21 stars)

Lists: chgstrom, kara.shamy, gypsysmom, ahef1963

Thumbs down: merrystar

Explanations:

merrystar (0): could not finish

57
Divergent
by Veronica Roth
17,710 members, 1,292 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: Peace2, heidiboll, ahef1963

58
The Wind in the Willows
by Kenneth Grahame
17,396 members, 268 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: aulsmith, ahef1963, gypsysmom

59
Snow Crash
by Neal Stephenson
16,891 members, 317 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)

Lists: hipdeep, heidiboll, ahef1963

60
Watchmen
by Alan Moore
16,035 members, 436 reviews
4.32 stars (4.32 stars)

Lists: hipdeep, heidiboll, ahef1963

61
The Name of the Wind
by Patrick Rothfuss
14,504 members, 622 reviews
4.38 stars (4.38 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee, ahef1963, heidiboll

62
Oryx and Crake
by Margaret Atwood
14,382 members, 458 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom, ahef1963, heidiboll

63
The Time Machine
by H. G. Wells
14,252 members, 283 reviews
3.72 stars (3.72 stars)

Lists: andomck, KimarieBee, gypsysmom, ahef1963

Thumbs down: aulsmith

Explanations:

aulsmith (0): I didn't make it through this one.

64
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
by Robert Louis Stevenson
13,447 members, 262 reviews
3.72 stars (3.72 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy, ahef1963, aulsmith, gypsysmom

Thumbs down: Peace2

65
I, Robot
by Isaac Asimov
11,886 members, 213 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom, jain, ahef1963

66
Uglies
by Scott Westerfeld
11,708 members, 612 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: heidiboll, ahef1963, KimarieBee

67
Guards! Guards!
by Terry Pratchett
11,574 members, 176 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: andomck, Peace2, ahef1963

68
The Clan of the Cave Bear
by Jean M. Auel
10,817 members, 250 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom, heidiboll, ahef1963

69
The Man in the High Castle
by Philip K. Dick
10,684 members, 285 reviews
3.7 stars (3.7 stars)

Lists: aulsmith, heidiboll, gypsysmom

70
A Wind in the Door
by Madeleine L'Engle
10,379 members, 94 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: merrystar, ahef1963, gypsysmom

71
Small Gods
by Terry Pratchett
10,096 members, 144 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: heidiboll, aulsmith, ahef1963

72
A Swiftly Tilting Planet
by Madeleine L'Engle
9,855 members, 82 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy, merrystar, ahef1963

73
Stranger in a Strange Land
by Robert A. Heinlein
9,055 members, 124 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom, aulsmith, heidiboll, merrystar

Thumbs down: jain

Explanations:

jain (136): The first third or so of the book is great, but then it all goes downhill incredibly fast.

74
Thud!
by Terry Pratchett
8,887 members, 130 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: Peace2, merrystar, ahef1963

75
Howl's Moving Castle
by Diana Wynne Jones
8,763 members, 356 reviews
4.29 stars (4.29 stars)

Lists: merrystar, jain, ahef1963

76
Witches Abroad
by Terry Pratchett
8,442 members, 108 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: hipdeep, merrystar, ahef1963

77
Dragonflight
by Anne McCaffrey
7,556 members, 125 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: merrystar, gypsysmom, ahef1963

78
Station Eleven
by Emily St. John Mandel
6,892 members, 557 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy, Peace2, gypsysmom

79
Dragonsong
by Anne McCaffrey
6,041 members, 84 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: merrystar, gypsysmom, ahef1963

80
The Day of the Triffids
by John Wyndham
6,013 members, 174 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee, ahef1963, gypsysmom

81
Dragonsinger
by Anne McCaffrey
5,358 members, 56 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: merrystar, ahef1963, gypsysmom

82
The Windup Girl
by Paolo Bacigalupi
5,038 members, 248 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: aulsmith, kara.shamy, gypsysmom

83
The Gods Themselves
by Isaac Asimov
4,703 members, 84 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: aulsmith, ahef1963, gypsysmom

84
To Your Scattered Bodies Go
by Philip José Farmer
3,183 members, 58 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom, aulsmith, ahef1963

Explanations:

aulsmith (20): The series got tiresome after a while, but the spec fic element of putting historical figures from different times together was good.

85
Crystal Singer
by Anne McCaffrey
3,041 members, 39 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom, merrystar, ahef1963

86
The Years of Rice and Salt
by Kim Stanley Robinson
2,930 members, 80 reviews
3.65 stars (3.65 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom, aulsmith, heidiboll

87
The Lions of al-Rassan
by Guy Gavriel Kay
2,713 members, 78 reviews
4.28 stars (4.28 stars)

Lists: merrystar, aulsmith, ahef1963

88
A Song for Arbonne
by Guy Gavriel Kay
2,418 members, 45 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: merrystar, aulsmith, ahef1963

89
Swordspoint
by Ellen Kushner
2,263 members, 76 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: merrystar, aulsmith, jain

90
Sailing to Sarantium
by Guy Gavriel Kay
2,217 members, 40 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

Lists: merrystar, aulsmith, ahef1963

91
Nova
by Samuel R. Delany
1,778 members, 29 reviews
3.64 stars (3.64 stars)

Lists: andomck, gypsysmom, jain

92
Farthing
by Jo Walton
1,406 members, 102 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: jain, aulsmith, gypsysmom

93
Thomas the Rhymer
by Ellen Kushner
1,285 members, 19 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: aulsmith, merrystar, jain

94
China Mountain Zhang
by Maureen F. McHugh
1,124 members, 37 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: mkbird, jain, aulsmith

95
Life of Pi
by Yann Martel
37,838 members, 920 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee, kara.shamy, gypsysmom

Thumbs down: ahef1963

96
One Hundred Years of Solitude
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
36,968 members, 550 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: andomck, merrystar

97
The Little Prince
by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
33,331 members, 608 reviews
4.24 stars (4.24 stars)

Lists: ahef1963, gypsysmom

98
The Road
by Cormac McCarthy
28,599 members, 1,292 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom, heidiboll

99
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
by Terry Pratchett
27,509 members, 662 reviews
4.26 stars (4.26 stars)

Lists: hipdeep, ahef1963, gypsysmom

Thumbs down: aulsmith

Explanations:

aulsmith (0): I found this dull

100
A Clash of Kings
by George R. R. Martin
23,770 members, 489 reviews
4.33 stars (4.33 stars)

Lists: heidiboll, ahef1963

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