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Hard Science Fiction Books
Showing 1-50 of 1,978
![The Martian](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1413706054l/18007564._SY75_.jpg)
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)](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1415428227l/20518872._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 77 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.08 — 385,703 ratings — published 2006
![Project Hail Mary](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1597695864l/54493401._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 56 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.51 — 637,681 ratings — published 2021
![Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1)](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1660272828l/77507._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 56 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 3.86 — 83,718 ratings — published 1992
![Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1405456427l/112537._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 51 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.12 — 170,246 ratings — published 1973
![Seveneves](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1449142000l/22816087._SY75_.jpg)
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)](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1412064931l/23168817._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 49 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.41 — 169,840 ratings — published 2008
![Revelation Space (Revelation Space, #1)](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1405532042l/89187._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 49 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 3.99 — 56,995 ratings — published 2000
![Blindsight (Firefall, #1)](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1386924412l/48484._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 45 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.01 — 45,097 ratings — published 2006
![Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1411013134l/8855321._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 41 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.31 — 278,726 ratings — published 2011
![Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1431014197l/25499718._SY75_.jpg)
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)](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1430330507l/25451264._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 36 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.42 — 129,711 ratings — published 2010
![2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1432468943l/70535._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 36 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.17 — 318,888 ratings — published 1968
![Artemis](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1494273579l/34928122._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 34 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 3.69 — 282,483 ratings — published 2017
![Diaspora](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1172264162l/156785._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 34 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.11 — 9,916 ratings — published 1997
![A New Eden (The Betaverse, #1)](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1685992953l/169552322._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 33 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 3.69 — 255 ratings — published 2023
![Ringworld (Ringworld, #1)](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1408793358l/61179._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 31 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 3.94 — 123,415 ratings — published 1970
![Foundation (Foundation, #1)](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1417900846l/29579._SX50_.jpg)
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)](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1333915005l/77711._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 27 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.14 — 62,655 ratings — published 1992
![Permutation City](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1287341300l/156784._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 24 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.06 — 11,215 ratings — published 1994
![Tau Zero](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1389216838l/240617._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 24 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 3.83 — 15,202 ratings — published 1970
![House of Suns](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1447892903l/1126719._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 24 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.24 — 29,015 ratings — published 2008
![Redemption Ark (Revelation Space, #2)](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1309206851l/89190._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 24 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.15 — 30,257 ratings — published 2002
![Spin (Spin, #1)](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1406383726l/910863._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 21 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.03 — 41,865 ratings — published 2005
![Pushing Ice](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1309197028l/89186._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 21 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.07 — 20,124 ratings — published 2005
![Dragon's Egg (Cheela, #1)](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1403166825l/263466._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 21 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.12 — 9,084 ratings — published 1980
![Aurora](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1436300570l/23197269._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 20 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 3.77 — 25,921 ratings — published 2015
![Green Mars (Mars Trilogy, #2)](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1389628152l/77505._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 20 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 3.95 — 38,921 ratings — published 1993
![Chasm City](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1309203334l/89185._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 20 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.13 — 25,763 ratings — published 2001
![Absolution Gap (Revelation Space, #3)](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1309210984l/89184._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 20 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.02 — 23,399 ratings — published 2003
![Voice (Ceti Conflict, #1)](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1648961261l/60740262._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 19 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.40 — 120 ratings — published
![Caliban’s War (The Expanse, #2)](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1407572377l/12591698._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 19 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.38 — 160,575 ratings — published 2012
![Accelerando](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1388240687l/17863._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 19 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 3.87 — 21,546 ratings — published 2005
![I, Robot (Robot, #0.1)](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1609035271l/41804._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 19 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.21 — 353,361 ratings — published 1950
![Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1408303130l/375802._SY75_.jpg)
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)](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1386852511l/21611._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 18 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.14 — 169,749 ratings — published 1974
![Eon (The Way, #1)](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1388288738l/840278._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 18 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 3.88 — 29,207 ratings — published 1985
![Contact](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1596579536l/53000876._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 18 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.15 — 145,131 ratings — published 1985
![Mission of Gravity](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1328628795l/525285._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 18 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 3.90 — 7,377 ratings — published 1954
![Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse, #3)](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1407572059l/16131032._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 17 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.27 — 135,774 ratings — published 2013
![The Quantum Thief (Jean le Flambeur, #1)](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1327950631l/7562764._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 17 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 3.83 — 22,560 ratings — published 2010
![2010: Odyssey Two](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1388271989l/70539._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 16 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 3.95 — 58,228 ratings — published 1982
![The Prefect (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #1)](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1327988786l/89195._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 16 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.16 — 20,122 ratings — published 2007
![The Fountains of Paradise](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1344265959l/149049._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 16 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 3.95 — 30,351 ratings — published 1979
![Quarantine](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1308958448l/156775._SY75_.jpg)
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)](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1474344826l/32109569._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 15 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.28 — 99,250 ratings — published 2016
![The Gods Themselves](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1351076141l/41821._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 15 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.09 — 64,591 ratings — published 1972
![2312](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1405778758l/11830394._SY75_.jpg)
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)](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1509467059l/36510196._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 15 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 4.23 — 202,563 ratings — published 2005
![Timescape](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1392985886l/778990._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 15 times as hard-science-fiction)
avg rating 3.72 — 11,222 ratings — published 1980
![Sarah Mazza](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1602408314i/20795414._UX200_CR0,0,200,200_.jpg)
“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