Fiction for Readers Who Love Science and Math

Description
Recommend fiction for all ages that science and math geeks will especially appreciate.
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A Wrinkle in Time
by Madeleine L'Engle
45,517 members
1,039 reviews
4
3 Members
hipdeep, smcwl, steller0707
3
The Phantom Tollbooth
by Norton Juster
20,312 members
472 reviews
½ 4.3
3 Members
smcwl, souloftherose, aspirit
4
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
by Edwin A. Abbott
10,840 members
203 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
hailelib, souloftherose, Dilara86
Explanations
Dilara86: To read for historical reasons, because to be fair, math geeks wouldn't be learning anything new from it, and the Victorian gender politics portrayed are ridiculous.
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
by Mark Haddon
47,911 members
1,395 reviews
3.9
2 Members
souloftherose, steller0707
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Anathem
by Neal Stephenson
9,202 members
316 reviews
4.2
2 Members
Dilara86, aspirit
Explanations
aspirit: For teenagers and adults
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The Periodic Table
by Primo Levi
4,509 members
74 reviews
4.2
2 Members
thorold, mspixieears
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Arcadia: A Play
by Tom Stoppard
3,005 members
59 reviews
½ 4.3
2 Members
hipdeep, mspixieears
10
The Complete Sherlock Holmes, Vol. II of II (Barnes & Noble Classics)
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
2,726 members
10 reviews
½ 4.5
2 Members
smcwl, mspixieears
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Copenhagen
by Michael Frayn
1,143 members
25 reviews
4
2 Members
hipdeep, aulsmith
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The Martian
by Andy Weir
22,896 members
1,381 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
aspirit
Explanations
aspirit: Best for teens and adults
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Foucault's Pendulum
by Umberto Eco
19,177 members
274 reviews
3.9
Member
thorold
14
Cryptonomicon
by Neal Stephenson
18,060 members
311 reviews
4.2
Member
hipdeep
15
A Discovery of Witches
by Deborah Harkness
14,106 members
790 reviews
3.8
Member
inge87
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Contact
by Carl Sagan
10,389 members
150 reviews
4
Member
hailelib
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Einstein's Dreams
by Alan Lightman
5,598 members
159 reviews
4
Member
steller0707
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Measuring the World
by Daniel Kehlmann
3,478 members
112 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
thorold
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Rainbows End
by Vernor Vinge
3,220 members
118 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
hipdeep
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Timescape
by Gregory Benford
2,344 members
39 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
smcwl
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The Number Devil: A Mathematical Adventure
by Hans Magnus Enzensberger
2,204 members
40 reviews
3.8
Member
aspirit
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The Oxford Murders
by Guillermo Martínez
1,610 members
71 reviews
3.2
Member
souloftherose
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One Grain Of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale
by Demi
1,563 members
118 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
aspirit
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The Black Cloud
by Fred Hoyle
1,379 members
31 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
hailelib
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Variable Star
by Robert A. Heinlein
1,318 members
45 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
hipdeep
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The Man Who Counted: A Collection of Mathematical Adventures
by Malba Tahan
1,196 members
24 reviews
3.9
Member
voster
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Uncle Petros and Goldbach's Conjecture
by Apostolos Doxiadis
1,085 members
40 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
thorold
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Incandescence
by Greg Egan
576 members
28 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
aspirit
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The Technologists
by Matthew Pearl
489 members
62 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
hailelib
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Zig Zag
by Jose Carlos Somoza
344 members
14 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
Dilara86
Explanations
Dilara86: String theory
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A Very Improbable Story (Charlesbridge Math Adventures)
by Edward Einhorn
232 members
14 reviews
4.2
Member
aspirit
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Night Thoughts of a Classical Physicist
by Russell McCormmach
190 members
3 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
hailelib
33
The Sea Detective
by Mark Douglas-Home
164 members
11 reviews
3.9
Member
inge87
Explanations
inge87: An oceanographer uses his knowledge of tides and currents to solve cases.
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A Gebra Named Al: A Novel
by Wendy Isdell
99 members
5 reviews
4.1
Member
aspirit
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The Wild Numbers
by Philibert Schogt
99 members
4 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
bluepiano
Explanations
bluepiano: academic mathematical research
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The Magic School Bus Briefcase (12 Books in Carrying Case)
by Joanna Cole
23 members
Member
aspirit
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The Left Hand of Darkness
by Ursula K. Le Guin
18,908 members
456 reviews
4.1
Member
hipdeep,aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith : Mostly about politics, not math or science
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An Abundance of Katherines
by John Green
13,512 members
426 reviews
3.8
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The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate
by Jacqueline Kelly
3,773 members
221 reviews
4.1
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Cosmicomics
by Italo Calvino
3,491 members
56 reviews
4.1
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A Natural History of Dragons
by Marie Brennan
3,385 members
153 reviews
3.8
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Sir Cumference and the Knights of the First Round Table
by Cindy Neuschwander
2,340 members
71 reviews
½ 4.3
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The Devotion of Suspect X
by Keigo Higashino
2,301 members
268 reviews
3.8
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Flatterland
by Ian Stewart
1,142 members
13 reviews
½ 3.6
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The Parrot's Theorem
by Denis Guedj
937 members
14 reviews
½ 3.3
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The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics
by Norton Juster
861 members
25 reviews
½ 4.3
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Servants of the Map: Stories
by Andrea Barrett
711 members
11 reviews
4
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A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines
by Janna Levin
675 members
20 reviews
½ 3.6
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Fantasia Mathematica
by Clifton Fadiman
328 members
5 reviews
3.8
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The Adventures of Penrose the Mathematical Cat
by Theoni Pappas
315 members
6 reviews
4
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Sphereland: A Fantasy About Curved Spaces and an Expanding Universe
by Dionys Burger
301 members
1 review
½ 3.4
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The Time and Space of Uncle Albert
by Russell Stannard
228 members
3 reviews
4.2
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A Girl Named Digit
by Annabel Monaghan
184 members
13 reviews
3.8
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The Mathematical Magpie
by Clifton Fadiman
164 members
2 reviews
3.8
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Mathenauts: Tales of Mathematical Wonder
by Rudy Rucker
137 members
1 review
½ 3.4
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The Dispossessed
by Ursula K. Le Guin
12,907 members
311 reviews
4.2
Explanations
aulsmith : The main character is a physicist, but Le Guin is hand-waving the physics. She's much more interested in the politics.