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Hard Science Fiction Books
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The Martian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 108 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,156,408 ratings — published 2011
The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)
by (shelved 77 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.08 — 385,703 ratings — published 2006
Project Hail Mary (Hardcover)
by (shelved 56 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.51 — 637,681 ratings — published 2021
Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 56 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 3.86 — 83,718 ratings — published 1992
Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)
by (shelved 51 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.12 — 170,246 ratings — published 1973
Seveneves (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 50 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.00 — 117,568 ratings — published 2015
The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #2)
by (shelved 49 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.41 — 169,840 ratings — published 2008
Revelation Space (Revelation Space, #1)
by (shelved 49 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 3.99 — 56,995 ratings — published 2000
Blindsight (Firefall, #1)
by (shelved 45 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.01 — 45,097 ratings — published 2006
Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)
by (shelved 41 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.31 — 278,726 ratings — published 2011
Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)
by (shelved 36 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.30 — 135,160 ratings — published 2015
Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3)
by (shelved 36 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.42 — 129,711 ratings — published 2010
2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)
by (shelved 36 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.17 — 318,888 ratings — published 1968
Artemis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 3.69 — 282,483 ratings — published 2017
Diaspora (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.11 — 9,916 ratings — published 1997
A New Eden (The Betaverse, #1)
by (shelved 33 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 3.69 — 255 ratings — published 2023
Ringworld (Ringworld, #1)
by (shelved 31 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 3.94 — 123,415 ratings — published 1970
Foundation (Foundation, #1)
by (shelved 28 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.17 — 552,144 ratings — published 1951
A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1)
by (shelved 27 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.14 — 62,655 ratings — published 1992
Permutation City (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.06 — 11,215 ratings — published 1994
Tau Zero (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 3.83 — 15,202 ratings — published 1970
House of Suns (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.24 — 29,015 ratings — published 2008
Redemption Ark (Revelation Space, #2)
by (shelved 24 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.15 — 30,257 ratings — published 2002
Spin (Spin, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.03 — 41,865 ratings — published 2005
Pushing Ice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.07 — 20,124 ratings — published 2005
Dragon's Egg (Cheela, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.12 — 9,084 ratings — published 1980
Aurora (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 3.77 — 25,921 ratings — published 2015
Green Mars (Mars Trilogy, #2)
by (shelved 20 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 3.95 — 38,921 ratings — published 1993
Chasm City (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.13 — 25,763 ratings — published 2001
Absolution Gap (Revelation Space, #3)
by (shelved 20 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.02 — 23,399 ratings — published 2003
Voice (Ceti Conflict, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.40 — 120 ratings — published
Caliban’s War (The Expanse, #2)
by (shelved 19 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.38 — 160,575 ratings — published 2012
Accelerando (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 3.87 — 21,546 ratings — published 2005
I, Robot (Robot, #0.1)
by (shelved 19 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.21 — 353,361 ratings — published 1950
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,398,281 ratings — published 1985
The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)
by (shelved 18 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.14 — 169,749 ratings — published 1974
Eon (The Way, #1)
by (shelved 18 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 3.88 — 29,207 ratings — published 1985
Contact (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 18 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.15 — 145,131 ratings — published 1985
Mission of Gravity (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 3.90 — 7,377 ratings — published 1954
Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse, #3)
by (shelved 17 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.27 — 135,774 ratings — published 2013
The Quantum Thief (Jean le Flambeur, #1)
by (shelved 17 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 3.83 — 22,560 ratings — published 2010
2010: Odyssey Two (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 3.95 — 58,228 ratings — published 1982
The Prefect (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.16 — 20,122 ratings — published 2007
The Fountains of Paradise (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 3.95 — 30,351 ratings — published 1979
Quarantine (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 3.91 — 5,787 ratings — published 1992
We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.28 — 99,250 ratings — published 2016
The Gods Themselves (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.09 — 64,591 ratings — published 1972
2312 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 3.52 — 20,627 ratings — published 2012
Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.23 — 202,563 ratings — published 2005
Timescape (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 3.72 — 11,222 ratings — published 1980
“Live your life. Don’t subscribe to other people’s ideals because this is what happens. One way or another, it will crush you.”
― I Dream in Color
― I Dream in Color
“Harvest" is a deep and meaningful exploration of the complexities regarding the origins of the human race as well as the intentions of an alien species.”
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hard-sci-fi, hard-scifi, hard-sf, hardsciencefiction, science-fiction-hard, and sf-hard
