This is a list of science-fiction novels, novel series, and collections of linked short stories. It includes modern novels, as well as novels written before the term "science fiction" was in common use. This list includes novels not marketed as SF but still considered to be substantially science fiction in content by some critics, such as Nineteen Eighty-Four. As such, it is an inclusive list, not an exclusive list based on other factors such as level of notability or literary quality. Books are listed in alphabetical order by title, ignoring the leading articles "A", "An", and "The". Novel series are alphabetical by author-designated name or, if there is none, the title of the first novel in the series or some other reasonable designation.
0-9
- 334 by Thomas M. Disch
- 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
- 1632 series by Eric Flint
- 2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
A
- A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor by Hank Green
- Absolution Gap by Alastair Reynolds
- Accelerando by Charles Stross
- Acidity by Nadeem F. Paracha
- Across the Universe by Beth Revis
- Adulthood Rites, Book Two of Xenogenesis Series by Octavia Butler
- After Doomsday by Poul Anderson
- Against the Fall of Night, by Arthur C. Clarke
- An Age by Brian Aldiss
- Age of Miracles (aka The Day of Star Cities, by John Brunner)
- The Age of the Pussyfoot, by Frederik Pohl
- Air by Geoff Ryman
- Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank
- Alastor Cluster series by Jack Vance
- namely, Trullion: Alastor 2262, Marune: Alastor 933, and Wyst: Alastor 1716
- The Alejandra Variations by Paul Cook
- Aleriel, or A Voyage to Other Worlds by W. S. Lach-Szyrma
- The Algebraist by Iain M. Banks
- Alien Tongue by Stephen Leigh, essay by Rudy Rucker
- All You Need Is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka
- Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan
- Ammonite by Nicola Griffith
- Amped by Daniel H. Wilson
- An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green
- Ancient Echoes by Robert Holdstock
- Ancient Shores by Jack McDevitt
- Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
- Imperial Radch Series: Ancillary Sword and Ancillary Mercy
- Andromeda by Ivan Efremov
- The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton
- Andymon by Angela and Karlheinz Steinmüller
- The Angry Espers by Lloyd Biggle, Jr.
- Anima by Marie Buchanan
- Animorphs by K. A. Applegate
- Annals of the Twenty-Ninth Century by Andrew Blair
- The Ant Men by Eric North
- Anthem by Ayn Rand
- Anthony Villiers series by Alexei Panshin
- namely, Star Well, The Thurb Revolution, and Masque World
- Ares Express by Ian McDonald
- Artemis by Andy Weir
- The Artist of the Beautiful by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- As the Green Star Rises by Lin Carter
- Asgard series by Brian Stableford
- namely, Asgard's Secret, Asgard's Conquerors, and Asgard's Heart
- Attack from Atlantis by Lester del Rey
- At the Goings Down of the Suns by Dominic Green
- Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
- The Atrocity Exhibition by J. G. Ballard
- Autour de la Lune (also known as Around the Moon and Round the Moon) by Jules Verne
- Autumn Angels by Arthur Byron Cover
- Awakeners series by Sheri S. Tepper
- namely, Northshore and Southshore
B
- Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany
- Bad Faith by Gillian Phillip
- The Bane of Yoto by Josh Viola
- Barefoot in the Head by Brian Aldiss
- Barsoom series by Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Battle Angel Alita by Yukito Kishiro
- Battlefield Earth by L. Ron Hubbard
- The Beast Master by Andre Norton
- Becoming Alien by Rebecca Ore
- The Bell-Tower by Herman Melville
- Berserker by Fred Saberhagen
- Between Planets by Robert A. Heinlein
- Beyond Apollo by Barry N. Malzberg
- The Beyond the Red trilogy by Gabe (as Ava Jae)
- Bicentennial Man by Isaac Asimov
- Big Planet series by Jack Vance
- namely, Big Planet and Showboat World
- The Big Time by Fritz Leiber
- The Bikers series by Alex R. Stuart
- Binti series by Nnedi Okorafor
- A Billion Days of Earth by Doris Piserchia
- Black by Ted Dekker
- Black Legion of Callisto by Lin Carter
- Blackstar by Josh Viola
- Blast Off at Woomera by Hugh Walters
- The Blind Worm by Brian Stableford
- Blood Music by Greg Bear
- Bloodchild and Other Stories by Octavia Butler
- The Blue Barbarians by Stanton A. Coblentz
- The Blue Man by Kin Platt
- The Blue World by Jack Vance
- Borgel by Daniel Pinkwater
- Born With the Dead by Robert Silverberg
- Borrowed Tides by Paul Levinson
- Brasyl by Ian McDonald
- Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
- Breakfast of Champions (or Goodbye, Blue Monday!) by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
- Briah cycle by Gene Wolfe, several nested sub-series:
- The Brick Moon by Edward Everett Hale
- Brother Termite by Patricia Anthony
- Bug Jack Barron by Norman Spinrad
- The Bull's Hour by Ivan Yefremov (a sequel to Andromeda)
- The Butterfly Kid by Chester Anderson
- By the Light of the Green Star by Lin Carter
C
- Cadwal Chronicles series by Jack Vance
- namely, Araminta Station, Ecce and Old Earth, and Throy
- Caesar's Column, by Ignatius Donnelly
- The Calcutta Chromosome by Amitav Ghosh
- Calling B for Butterfly by Louise Lawrence
- Camp Concentration by Thomas M. Disch
- The Canopy of Time by Brian W. Aldiss
- A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.
- Carnival by Elizabeth Bear
- A Case of Conscience by James Blish
- Cat Country by Lao She
- Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
- The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov (the sequel is The Naked Sun)
- Celestial Matters by Richard Garfinkle
- Cemetery World by Clifford D. Simak
- The Centauri Device by M. John Harrison
- Century Rain by Alastair Reynolds
- The Chalk Giants by Keith Roberts
- The Changeling by A. E. van Vogt
- Chanur series by C. J. Cherryh
- Chaos Terminal by Mur Lafferty
- Chasm City by Alastair Reynolds
- Child of Fortune by Norman Spinrad
- Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke
- Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
- series, Children of Ruin and Children of Memory
- Children of Tomorrow by A. E. van Vogt
- Chromosome 6 by Robin Cook
- Chronocules by D. G. Compton
- The Chrysalids by John Wyndham
- Cinnabar by Edward Bryant
- Cirque by Terry Carr
- Citizen of the Galaxy by Robert A. Heinlein
- City by Clifford D. Simak
- The City and the Stars by Arthur C. Clarke
- City of Bones by Martha Wells
- City of Illusions by Ursula K. Le Guin
- The City Outside the World by Lin Carter
- Clans of the Alphane Moon by Philip K. Dick
- Clay's Ark by Octavia Butler
- A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
- Close to Critical by Hal Clement
- Coalescent by Stephen Baxter
- Code of the Lifemaker by James P. Hogan
- Colony by Ben Bova
- The Complete Magnus Ridolph by Jack Vance
- Congo by Michael Crichton
- The Consciousness Plague by Paul Levinson
- Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks
- Contact by Carl Sagan
- Count Zero by William Gibson
- Cradle by Arthur C. Clarke and Gentry Lee
- Cradle of the Sun by Brian Stableford
- Creatures of Light and Darkness by Roger Zelazny
- The Crossroads of Time by Andre Norton
- Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
- also The Baroque Cycle, namely Quicksilver, The Confusion, and The System of the World
- Crystal Rain by Tobias S. Buckell
- Crystal Witness by Kathy Tyers
- Cuckoo's Egg by C. J. Cherryh
- Culture series by Iain M. Banks
- The Currents of Space by Isaac Asimov
- Cyteen by C. J. Cherryh
D
- Daedalus Mission series by Brian Stableford
- namely, The Florians, Critical Threshold, Wildeblood's Empire, The City of the Sun, Balance of Power, and The Paradox of the Sets
- Daemon by Daniel Suarez
- Damnation Alley by Roger Zelazny
- The Dancers of Noyo by Margaret St. Clair
- Dancing Jack by Laurie J. Marks
- Danger: Dinosaurs! by Richard Marsten
- Danny Dunn series by Raymond Abrashkin and Jay Williams
- namely, Danny Dunn and the Anti-Gravity Paint, Danny Dunn on a Desert Island, Danny Dunn and the Homework Machine, Danny Dunn and the Weather Machine, Danny Dunn on the Ocean Floor, Danny Dunn and the Fossil Cave, Danny Dunn and the Heat Ray, Danny Dunn, Time Traveler, Danny Dunn and the Automatic House, Danny Dunn and the Voice From Space, Danny Dunn and the Smallifying Machine, Danny Dunn and the Swamp Monster, Danny Dunn, Invisible Boy, Danny Dunn Scientific Detective, Danny Dunn and the Universal Glue
- Dark Beyond the Stars by Frank M. Robinson
- Dark Universe by Daniel F. Galouye
- The Darwin Elevator by Jason M. Hough
- Darwin's Radio by Greg Bear
- David's Sling by Marc Stiegler
- Dawn, Book One of the Xenogenesis Series by Octavia Butler
- The Day of the Star Cities (aka Age of Miracles by John Brunner
- The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
- Days of Grass by Tanith Lee
- The Deadly Sky by Doris Piserchia
- The Defiant Agents by Andre Norton (the sequel to Galactic Derelict)
- Delta-v by Daniel Suarez
- The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester
- Demon by John Varley
- Demon Princes series by Jack Vance
- namely, Star King, The Killing Machine, The Palace of Love, The Face, and The Book of Dreams
- Le Dernier Homme (also known as The Last Man and Omegarus and Syderia: A Romance in Futurity) by Jean-Baptiste Cousin de Grainville
- Desolation Road by Ian McDonald
- Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine
- Destination Alpha Four by Dominic Green
- Destination Mars by Hugh Walters
- Destination: Void by Frank Herbert
- Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany
- The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
- The Diamond Lens by Fitz James O'Brien
- Dies the Fire by S. M. Stirling
- Dies Irae series by Brian Stableford
- namely, The Days of Glory, In the Kingdom of the Beasts, and Day of Wrath
- Digital Devil Story by Aya Nishitani.
- The Dimensioneers by Doris Piserchia
- The Disappearance by Philip Wylie
- The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
- Distress by Greg Egan
- Divergent trilogy by Veronica Roth
- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
- Dog On The Highway by Dominic Green
- The Domes of Pico by Hugh Walters
- Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
- The Dosadi Experiment by Frank Herbert
- Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow
- Down to a Sunless Sea by David Graham
- Downbelow Station by C. J. Cherryh
- The Dragon Masters by Jack Vance
- The Dragon Never Sleeps by Glen Cook
- Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey and Todd McCaffrey
- Drake Maijstral series by Walter Jon Williams
- namely, The Crown Jewels, House of Shards, and Rock of Ages
- Dream Park by Larry Niven and Steven Barnes
- Dream Park; The Voodoo Game by Larry Niven and Steven Barnes
- Dreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyre
- The Drowned World by J. G. Ballard
- The Dry Salvages by Caitlín R. Kiernan
- Duende Meadow by Paul Cook
- Dune by Frank Herbert
- Durdane series by Jack Vance
- namely, The Anome (a.k.a. The Faceless Man), The Brave Free Men (a.k.a. The Roguskhoi), and The Asutra
- Dying Inside by Robert Silverberg
E
- Earth Abides by George R. Stewart
- Earth Child by Doris Piserchia
- Earth in Twilight by Doris Piserchia
- Earth Logic by Laurie J. Marks
- Earthborn by Orson Scott Card
- Earthbound by Milton Lesser
- Earthman, Go Home! by Poul Anderson
- Earthseed by Pamela Sargent
- Echo in the Skull by John Brunner
- Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman
- Elemental series by Laurie J. Marks
- namely, Fire Logic, Earth Logic, Water Logic
- Emergence by David R. Palmer
- Emortality series by Brian Stableford
- namely, The Cassandra Complex, Inherit the Earth, Architects of Emortality, Fountains of Youth, Dark Ararat, and The Omega Expedition
- Emphyrio by Jack Vance
- Empire by Orson Scott Card
- Empire of the Atom by A. E. van Vogt
- En Iniya Iyanthira by Sujatha
- also Meendum Jeano
- The End of Eternity by Isaac Asimov
- Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
- The Enemy Stars by Poul Anderson
- Eon by Greg Bear
- Erewhon by Samuel Butler
- Escape to Witch Mountain by Alexander Key
- Eternity Road by Jack McDevitt
- Excession by Iain M. Banks
- Exit Funtopia by Mick Farren
- Exit Pursued by a Bee by Geoff Nelder
- The Exodus Towers by Jason M. Hough
- Expedition Venus by Hugh Walters
- The Eye of the Heron by Ursula K. Le Guin
- The Eyes series by Stuart Gordon
F
- The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar by Edgar Allan Poe
- Faded Sun series by C. J. Cherryh
- Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
- A Fall of Moondust by Arthur C. Clarke
- Farewell Horizontal by K. W. Jeter
- Farnham's Freehold by Robert A. Heinlein
- Fearful Symmetries by S. Andrew Swann
- Feersum Endjinn by Iain M. Banks
- The Female Man by Joanna Russ
- The Fifth Head of Cerberus by Gene Wolfe
- The Fifth Sacred Thing by Starhawk
- Find the Feathered Serpent by Evan Hunter
- Fire Logic by Laurie J. Marks
- Firebird by Kathy Tyers
- also Fusion Fire and Crown of Fire
- First Men in the Moon by H. G. Wells
- Five Against Venus by Philip Latham (nom de plume of Robert S. Richardson)
- Five Weeks in a Balloon by Jules Verne
- Fledgling by Octavia Butler
- Flight from Rebirth by J. T. McIntosh
- The Flight of the Dragonfly (Rocheworld) by Robert Forward
- Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said by Philip K. Dick
- Flowers for Algernon (novel version) by Daniel Keyes
- The Fluger by Doris Piserchia
- Fool's Run by Patricia A. McKillip
- Fortress on the Sun by Paul Cook
- Fossil by Hal Clement
- The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
- also Forever Free, Forever Peace
- Foundation by Isaac Asimov
- also Foundation and Empire, Second Foundation, Foundation's Edge, Foundation and Earth, Prelude to Foundation (prequel), and Forward the Foundation (prequel)
- Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
- Free Live Free by Gene Wolfe
- Friday by Robert A. Heinlein
- De la Terre a la Lune (also known as From the Earth to the Moon) by Jules Verne
- The Futurological Congress by Stanisław Lem
G
- Galactic Derelict by Andre Norton (the sequel to The Time Traders)
- Galactic Effectuator by Jack Vance
- Galaxies Like Grains of Sand by Brian W. Aldiss
- The Gap Cycle by Stephen R. Donaldson
- Garden of Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
- Gateway by Frederik Pohl
- Genesis Alpha by Rune Michaels (2007)
- Give Warning to the World by John Brunner (see Echo in the Skull)
- The Giver by Lois Lowry
- Gladiator by Philip Wylie
- Gladiator-At-Law by C. M. Kornbluth and Frederik Pohl
- The Glass Bees by Ernst Jünger
- Glory Road by Robert A. Heinlein
- Gods of Riverworld by Philip José Farmer
- The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov
- The Golden Age by John C. Wright
- The Golden Globe by John Varley
- Gone series by Michael Grant
- Grass by Sheri S. Tepper
- The Gray Prince by Jack Vance
- The Great Explosion by Eric Frank Russell
- The Great Fetish by L. Sprague de Camp
- Greener than you think by Ward Moore
- Gridlinked by Neal Asher
- The Gripping Hand by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. Released as The Moat Around Murcheson's Eye in the United Kingdom.
- Gulf by Robert A. Heinlein
H
- Halo – a video-game novelization series
- namely, Halo: The Fall of Reach by Eric Nylund, Halo: The Flood by William C. Dietz, Halo: First Strike by Eric Nylund, Halo: Ghosts of Onyx by Eric Nylund, Halo: The Cole Protocol by Tobias S. Buckell, Halo: Contact Harvest by Joseph Staten, Halo: Evolutions (Essential Stories From The Halo Universe) by various authors, Halo: Evolutions (Volume 2) by various authors, Halo: Cryptum by Greg Bear.
- Halo by Paul Cook
- Halting State by Charles Stross
- The Hammer of Darkness by L. E. Modesitt
- The Hampdenshire Wonder by J. D. Beresford
- The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
- The Haunted Stars by Edmond Hamilton
- Have Spacesuit, Will Travel by Robert A. Heinlein
- Hawken Family series by Michael Williams
- namely, Arcady and Allamanda
- He, She and It by Marge Piercy
- Helliconia trilogy by Brian W. Aldiss
- comprising Helliconia Spring, Helliconia Summer, and Helliconia Winter
- Hellspark by Janet Kagan
- Hidden World by Stanton A. Coblentz
- The High Crusade by Poul Anderson
- Highway of Eternity by Clifford Simak
- His Master's Voice by Stanisław Lem
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series by Douglas Adams
- namely, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy; The Restaurant at the End of the Universe; Life, the Universe and Everything; So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish; and Mostly Harmless; continued by Eoin Colfier with And Another Thing
- Homesmind by Pamela Sargent
- The Honour of the Knights by Stephen J Sweeney
- Hooded Swan series by Brian Stableford
- namely, Halcyon Drift, Rhapsody in Black, Promised Land, The Paradise Game, The Fenris Device, and Swan Song
- The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
- The Houses of Iszm by Jack Vance
- How I Overcame My Gravity by Fitz James O'Brien
- The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins
- The Hydrogen Sonata by Iain M. Banks
- Hyperion by Dan Simmons
- also The Fall of Hyperion, Endymion, and The Rise of Endymion
I
- I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
- I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
- Idlewild by Nick Sagan
- Ilium by Dan Simmons
- also Olympos
- Imago, Book Three of the Xenogenesis Series by Octavia Butler
- Imperial Earth by Arthur C. Clarke
- Implosion by D.F. Jones
- In Solitary by Garry Kilworth
- In the Country of the Blind by Michael F. Flynn
- In the Courts of the Crimson Kings by S. M. Stirling
- Inferno by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
- In the Green Star's Glow by Lin Carter
- The Infinite Man by Daniel F. Galouye
- Infinity Beach by Jack McDevitt. Released as Slow Lightning in the United Kingdom.
- Inquestor series by Somtow Sucharitkul
- namely, Light on the Sound, The Throne of Madness, Utopia Hunters, and The Darkling Wind
- The Integral Trees by Larry Niven
- Inter Ice Age 4 by Abe Kōbō
- Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant
- Into the Slave Nebula by John Brunner
- The Intuitionist by Con Whitehead
- The Invention of Morel by Adolfo Bioy Casares
- Inversions by Iain M. Banks
- Iron Council by China Miéville
- Iron Sunrise by Charles Stross
- The Island of Doctor Moreau by H. G. Wells
- Islands in the Sky by Arthur C. Clarke
- Isle of the Dead by Roger Zelazny
J
- J. by William Sanders
- Jandar of Callisto by Lin Carter
- The Jedi Academy Trilogy by Kevin J. Anderson
- Jem, a 1980 book by Frederik Pohl
- Jennifer Government by Max Barry
- A Journey in Other Worlds by John Jacob Astor IV
- Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne
- Journey to Jupiter by Hugh Walters
- Journey to Mars by Gustavus W. Pope
- Journey to Venus by Gustavus W. Pope
- Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
K
- The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi
- Kaleidoscope Century by John Barnes
- Kalimantaan by Lucius Shepard
- Killobyte by Piers Anthony
- The Kin of Ata Are Waiting for You, by Dorothy Bryant
- Kindred by Octavia Butler
- King of Morning, Queen of Day by Ian McDonald
- King Rat by China Miéville (arguably fantasy)
- Knight of Delusions by Keith Laumer
- The Kraken Wakes (a.k.a. Out of the Deeps) by John Wyndham
L
- Langdon St. Ives series by James Blaylock
- namely, Homunculus, Lord Kelvin's Machine, and The Digging Leviathan
- The Languages of Pao by Jack Vance
- Lankar of Callisto by Lin Carter
- Last and First Men by Olaf Stapledon
- The Last Castle by Jack Vance
- The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin
- League of Peoples series by James Alan Gardner
- namely, Expendable, Commitment Hour, Vigilant, Hunted, Ascending, Trapped, Radiant
- Learning the World by Ken MacLeod
- The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
- The Legacy of Heorot by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle and Steven Barnes
- Lensman series by E. E. Smith
- Level 7 by Mordecai Roshwald
- Light by M. John Harrison
- The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley
- Little Fuzzy by H. Beam Piper
- Lone Star Planet by H. Beam Piper and John J. McGuire (see A Planet for Texans)
- The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, by Becky Chambers
- Look to Windward by Iain M. Banks
- Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy
- Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen by H. Beam Piper
- Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny
- Lords of the Psychon by Daniel F. Galouye
- Lords of the Starship by Mark S. Geston
- The Lost Fleet series by Jack Campbell
- The Lost Planet by Angus MacVicar
- The Lost World by Michael Crichton
- The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Lovelock by Orson Scott Card and Kathryn H. Kidd
- Lucky Starr series by Isaac Asimov (writing as Paul French)
- Lydyard series by Brian Stableford
- namely, The Werewolves of London, The Angel of Pain, and The Carnival of Destruction
M
- Macroscope by Piers Anthony
- Mad Empress of Callisto by Lin Carter
- Majipoor series by Robert Silverberg
- namely, Lord Valentine's Castle, Valentine Pontifex, Majipoor Chronicles; there are more but of debated quality
- Make Room! Make Room! by Harry Harrison
- The Malacia Tapestry by Brian W. Aldiss
- Mammoth by John Varley
- Man in a Cage by Brian Stableford
- The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
- Man Plus by Frederik Pohl
- The Man Who Fell to Earth by Walter Tevis
- The Man Who Folded Himself by David Gerrold
- The Man Who Loved Mars by Lin Carter
- The Map of Time by Felix J. Palma
- Marooned on Mars by Lester del Rey
- The Mars trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson
- The Martian by Andy Weir
- The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
- Maske: Thaery by Jack Vance
- The Master by T. H. White
- Masters of Time by A. E. van Vogt
- Matter by Iain M. Banks
- A Maze of Death by Philip K. Dick
- The Maze Runner by James Dashner
- Mecha Samurai Empire series by Peter Tieryas
- Meendum Jeano by Sujatha
- A Meeting at Corvallis by S. M. Stirling
- Mellonta Tauta by Edgar Allan Poe
- The Memory of Earth by Orson Scott Card
- Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
- The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate by Ted Chiang
- The Midnight Dancers by Gerard F. Conway
- Midshipman's Hope by David Feintuch
- see the Seafort Saga for its sequels
- The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham
- Millennium by John Varley
- A Million Open Doors by John Barnes
- The Mind Cage by A. E. van Vogt
- Mind of My Mind by Octavia Butler
- The Mind Riders by Brian Stableford
- Mind Wizards of Callisto by Lin Carter
- Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson
- Mirabile by Janet Kagan
- Missing Men of Saturn by Philip Latham (nom de plume of Robert S. Richardson)
- Mission Earth by L. Ron Hubbard
- Mission of Gravity by Hal Clement
- Mists of Dawn by Chad Oliver
- The Moat Around Murcheson's Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle (this was the United Kingdom title, elsewhere it is known as The Gripping Hand)
- The Modular Man by Roger MacBride Allen, essay by Isaac Asimov
- Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson
- The Moon and the Face by Patricia A. McKillip
- Moon Base One by Hugh Walters
- The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein
- Moon of Mutiny by Lester del Rey
- Moon of Three Rings by Andre Norton
- Moon-Flash by Patricia A. McKillip
- More Than Human by Theodore Sturgeon
- The Moreau Quartet by S. Andrew Swann
- The Morgaine Stories by C. J. Cherryh
- namely, Gate of Ivrel, Well of Shiuan, Fires of Azeroth, and Exile's Gate
- The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
- Mountains Oceans and Giants by Alfred Döblin
- Mr. Justice by Doris Piserchia
- The Mummy! - A Tale of the Twenty-Second Century by J. Webb
- Mutiny in the Time Machine by Donald Keith
- The Mysterious Planet by Kenneth Wright
- Mystery of the Third Mine by Robert W. Lowndes
- Mythago Wood series by Robert Holdstock
N
- The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket (also known as The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym's Adventures) by Edgar Allan Poe
- Native Tongue by Suzette Haden Elgin
- Neanderthal Planet by Brian W. Aldiss
- NEQUA or The Problem of the Ages by Jack Adams
- Neuromancer by William Gibson
- Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
- Neverness series by David Zindell
- namely, Neverness, The Broken God, The Wild, and War in Heaven
- The New Atlantis by Sir Francis Bacon
- News from Nowhere by William Morris
- Next by Michael Crichton
- Nightfall by Isaac Asimov & Robert Silverberg
- Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
- Night Lamp by Jack Vance
- Night of Light by Philip Jose Farmer
- Nightwings by Robert Silverberg
- Ninth Step Station, created by Malka Older
- The Nome Trilogy by Terry Pratchett
- Norstrilia by Cordwainer Smith
- Noughts & Crosses series by Malorie Blackman
- Nova by Samuel R. Delany
- Nova Swing by M. John Harrison
- Null-A Three by A. E. van Vogt
O
- Observer by Robert Lanza and Nancy Kress
- Ocean on Top by Hal Clement
- Odd John by Olaf Stapledon
- Oh. My. Gods. by Tera Lynn Childs
- The Old Lie by Claire G. Coleman
- Old Man's War by John Scalzi
- Omega by Jack McDevitt
- On the Beach by Nevil Shute
- On the Silver Globe by Jerzy Żuławski
- On Wings of Song by Thomas M. Disch
- One in Three Hundred by J. T. McIntosh
- One Million Tomorrows by Bob Shaw
- One Mind's Eye by Kathy Tyers
- Operation Columbus by Hugh Walters
- The Ophiuchi Hotline by John Varley
- Optiman by Brian Stableford
- Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood.
- Otherland series by Tad Williams
- Out of the Deeps (a.k.a. The Kraken Wakes) by John Wyndham
- Out of the Silent Planet by C. S. Lewis
- The Outlaws of Mars by Otis Adelbert Kline
P
- Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
- Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler
- Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus by Orson Scott Card
- Patternmaster by Octavia Butler
- The Patterns of Chaos by Colin Kapp
- Pavane by Keith Roberts
- The Pawns of Null-A also published as The Players of Null-A by A. E. van Vogt
- Pebble in the Sky by Isaac Asimov
- Percy Jackson & the Olympians series by Rick Riordan
- Perdido Street Station by China Miéville
- Permanence by Karl Schroeder
- Permutation City by Greg Egan
- The Pixel Eye by Paul Levinson
- The Plague Forge by Jason M. Hough
- A Plague of Demons by Keith Laumer
- Plague Ship by Andre Norton
- A Planet for Texans by H. Beam Piper and John J. McGuire
- Planet of Adventure series by Jack Vance
- namely, City of the Chasch (a.k.a. The Chasck), Servants of the Wanek (a.k.a. Servants of the Wankh, The Wankh), The Dirdir, and The Pnume
- Planet of the Apes by Pierre Boulle
- Planet of Exile by Ursula K. Le Guin
- Planet of Light by Raymond F. Jones (the sequel to Son of the Stars)
- The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks
- Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut
- The Pleasures of a Futuroscope by Lord Dunsany
- The Plot To Save Socrates by Paul Levinson
- Podkayne of Mars by Robert A. Heinlein
- Polaris by Jack McDevitt
- Ports of Call series by Jack Vance
- namely, Ports of Call and Lurulu
- The Positronic Man by Isaac Asimov
- The Postman by David Brin
- Postmarked the Stars by Andre Norton
- The Prefect by Alastair Reynolds
- The Prestige by Christopher Priest
- Prey by Michael Crichton
- The Princes of the Air by John M. Ford
- Prisoners of Power by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
- Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
- A Prophetic Romance by John McCoy
- Protector by Larry Niven
- The Protector's War by S. M. Stirling
- Proxima by Stephen Baxter
- Psion series by Joan D. Vinge
- namely, Psion, Catspaw, and Dreamfall
- The Puppet Masters by Robert Heinlein
- Pushing Ice by Alastair Reynolds
- The Puzzle Planet by Robert A. W. Lowndes
Q
- Quarantine by Greg Egan
- Queen of Angels (novel) by Greg Bear
- Quest Crosstime by Andre Norton
- Quest for the Future by A. E. van Vogt
- Quietus by Tristan Palmgren
- Quinzinzinzili by Régis Messac (French page on Messac)
R
- R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) by Karel Čapek
- Radix Tetrad series by A. A. Attanasio
- namely, Radix, In Other Worlds, Arc of the Dream, and The Last Legends of Earth
- Raising the Stones by Sheri S. Tepper
- Rappaccini's Daughter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
- Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline
- The Realms of Tartarus by Brian Stableford
- Red by Ted Dekker
- Red Planet by Robert A. Heinlein
- Red Thunder by John Varley
- Redemption Ark by Alastair Reynolds
- Remembrance of Earth's Past by Liu Cixin
- Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
- Renegade of Callisto by Lin Carter
- Report on Probability A by Brian W. Aldiss
- Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds
- Revolt on Alpha C by Robert Silverberg
- Ringworld by Larry Niven
- The Rise of Renegade X by Chelsea M. Campbell
- Rite of Passage by Alexei Panshin
- Roadmarks by Roger Zelazny
- Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
- The Roar by Emma Clayton
- Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson
- Robots of Dawn by Isaac Asimov
- Rocannon's World by Ursula K. Le Guin
- Rocheworld by Robert Forward
- Rocket Jockey by Philip St. John
- Rocket to Limbo by Alan E. Nourse
- Rocket to Luna by Richard Marsten
- Rockets to Nowhere by Philip St. John
- Rocketship Galileo by Robert A. Heinlein
- Roderick and Roderick at Random by John Sladek
- The Rolling Stones by Robert A. Heinlein
- Rosewater series by Tade Thompson
- Rule 34 by Charles Stross
- Rumors of Spring by Richard Grant
- Rynosseros by Terry Dowling
S
- Samaria series by Sharon Shinn
- namely, Archangel, Jovah's Angel, The Alleluia Files, and Angelica
- The Sands of Mars by Arthur C. Clarke
- Santiago by Mike Resnick
- Saraband of Lost Time by Richard Grant
- Sargasso of Space by Andre Norton
- Saturn's Children by Charles Stross
- Saucerers and Gondoliers by Dominic Green
- A Scanner Darkly, by Philip K. Dick
- The Scar by China Miéville (arguably fantasy)
- Schismatrix, by Bruce Sterling
- Scissors Cut Paper Wrap Stone by Ian McDonald
- The Scourge of God by S. M. Stirling
- A Scourge of Screamers by Daniel F. Galouye
- Search the Sky by Cyril M. Kornbluth and Frederik Pohl
- The Secret of the Martian Moons by Donald A. Wollheim
- The Secret of the Ninth Planet by Donald A. Wollheim
- The Secret of Saturn's Rings by Donald A. Wollheim
- Semper Mars by Ian Douglas
- Sentinels From Space by Eric Frank Russell
- Seveneves by Neal Stephenson
- Sewer, Gas, and Electric by Matt Ruff
- Shade's Children, by Garth Nix
- Shadrach in the Furnace by Robert Silverberg
- The Shape of Things to Come, by H. G. Wells
- The Shibboleth by John Hornor Jacobs
- The Ship Who Sang by Anne McCaffrey
- Shivering World by Kathy Tyers
- The Shockwave Rider by John Brunner
- Side Show by Sheri S. Tepper
- Signal, by Cynthia DeFelice
- Signs of Life by M. John Harrison
- The Silk Code by Paul Levinson
- The Silkie by A. E. van Vogt
- Simulacron-3 by Daniel F. Galouye
- Sinister Barrier by Eric Frank Russell
- The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut
- Sister Ships and Alastair by Dominic Green
- Six Gates from Limbo by J. T. McIntosh
- Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty
- Sixth Column by Robert A. Heinlein
- The Sky People by S. M. Stirling
- Sky Pirates of Callisto by Lin Carter
- Skyship Academy: The Pearl Wars by Nick James
- Slan by A. E. van Vogt
- Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
- Slaves of the Klau (a.k.a. Gold and Iron) by Jack Vance
- Slow Lightning by Jack McDevitt. Released as Infinity Beach in the United States.
- Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
- The Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge
- Snow White and the Giants by J. T. McIntosh
- The Solar Wind (Aurinkotuuli) by Kullervo Kukkasjärvi[1]
- Solaris by Stanisław Lem
- Solitaire by Kelley Eskridge
- Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
- Son of Man by Robert Silverberg
- Son of the Stars by Raymond F. Jones (the sequel is Planet of Light)
- Son of the Tree by Jack Vance
- The Song of Phaid the Gambler by Mick Farren
- The Songs of Distant Earth by Arthur C. Clarke
- Sons of the Ocean Deeps by Bryce Walton
- Space Cadet by Robert A. Heinlein
- The Space Merchants by Frederik Pohl and C.M. Kornbluth
- The Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke
- Space Opera by Jack Vance
- Space Trilogy series by C. S. Lewis
- namely, Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra (a.k.a. Voyage to Venus), and That Hideous Strength
- The Space Vampires by Colin Wilson
- Space Viking by H. Beam Piper
- Spaceling by Doris Piserchia
- Spacemen, Go Home by Milton Lesser
- Spaceship Medic by Harry Harrison
- Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
- Sphere by Michael Crichton
- Spin by Robert Charles Wilson
- Stadium Beyond the Stars by Milton Lesser
- The Stainless Steel Rat by Harry Harrison
- also The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge, The Stainless Steel Rat Saves the World, The Stainless Steel Rat Wants You, The Stainless Steel Rat for President, A Stainless Steel Rat Is Born, The Stainless Steel Rat Gets Drafted, The Stainless Steel Rat Sings the Blues, The Stainless Steel Rat Goes to Hell, The Stainless Steel Rat Joins the Circus
- Stalker by Boris and Arkady Strugatsky
- Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner
- Star Born by Andre Norton (the sequel to The Stars Are Ours)
- The Star Conquerors by Ben Bova
- Star Gate by Andre Norton
- Star Guard by Andre Norton
- Star of Gypsies by Robert Silverberg
- The Star of Life by Edmond Hamilton
- Star of the Unborn by Franz Werfel
- Star Maker by Olaf Stapledon
- Star Man's Son (AKA, Daybreak 2250) by Andre Norton
- Star Rangers by Andre Norton
- Star Rider by Doris Piserchia
- The Star Seekers by Milton Lesser
- Star Smashers of the Galaxy Rangers by Harry Harrison
- Star Surgeon by Alan E. Nourse
- Starman Jones by Robert A. Heinlein
- Starter Villain by John Scalzi
- The Stars Are Ours! by Andre Norton (the sequel is Star Born)
- Stars are Legion by Kameron Hurley
- The Stars, Like Dust by Isaac Asimov
- The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester
- Starship Through Space by Lee Correy (nom de plume of G. Harry Stine)
- Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein
- The State of the Art by Iain M. Banks
- State of Fear by Michael Crichton
- Station Eternity by Mur Lafferty
- The Status Civilization by Robert Sheckley
- The Steam Man of the Prairies by Edward S. Ellis
- Steel Beach by John Varley
- Step to the Stars by Lester del Rey
- The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin
- The Steps of the Sun by Walter Tevis
- Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang
- Storm Over Warlock by Andre Norton
- Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
- Strata by Terry Pratchett
- Sultana's Dream (1905) by Begum Rokheya Sakhawat Hossain
- The Sunrise Lands by S. M. Stirling
- The Super Barbarians by John Brunner
- Supermind by A. E. van Vogt
- Surface Detail by Iain M. Banks
- Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind
- The Syndic by C. M. Kornbluth
- Synners by Pat Cadigan
T
- Tactics of Mistake by Gordon R. Dickson
- A Tale of the Ragged Mountains by Edgar Allan Poe
- Tatja Grimm's World by Vernor Vinge
- Tau Zero by Poul Anderson
- Telzey Amberdon by James H. Schmitz
- Template by Matthew Hughes
- Terror by Satellite by Hugh Walters
- tetraktus, the Damn Four (in Persian :تتراكتوس، چهار لعنتي Titrāktūs Chahār La‘natī) by Reza Khoshnazar
- That Extraordinary Day by Predrag Vukadinović
- Thebes of the Hundred Gates by Robert Silverberg
- There Ain't Gonna Be No World War Three by Dominic Green
- There Are Doors by Gene Wolfe
- They Shall Have Stars by James Blish
- The Third Craft by James T. Harris
- This Immortal by Roger Zelazny
- This Island Earth by Raymond F. Jones
- This Perfect Day by Ira Levin
- Thorns by Robert Silverberg
- The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K. Dick
- Thrice Upon a Time by James P. Hogan
- Through the Heart by Richard Grant
- Tik-Tok by John Sladek
- Time Enough for Love by Robert A. Heinlein
- Time for the Stars by Robert A. Heinlein
- Time Held Me Green and Dying by Dominic Green
- The Time Machine by H. G. Wells
- The Time Traders by Andre Norton (the sequel is Galactic Derelict)
- Timelike Infinity by Stephen Baxter
- Timeline by Michael Crichton
- TimeRiders by Alex Scarrow
- Timescape by Gregory Benford
- Titan by Stephen Baxter
- Titan by John Varley
- To Challenge Chaos by Brian Stableford
- To Die in Italbar by Roger Zelazny
- To Live Forever (a.k.a. Clarges) by Jack Vance
- To the Resurrection Station by Eleanor Arnason
- To the Tombaugh Station by Wilson Tucker
- To Venus in Five Seconds by Fred T. Jane
- To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip José Farmer
- Too Like the Lightning by Ada Palmer
- Tower of Glass by Robert Silverberg
- Trade Pact by Julie Czerneda
- A Transatlantic Tunnel, Hurrah! by Harry Harrison
- Transmigration by J. T. McIntosh
- Trapped in Space by Jack Williamson
- Treason by Orson Scott Card
- Trouble on Titan by Alan E. Nourse
- Trouble on Triton by Samuel R. Delany
- Trouble with Lichen by John Wyndham
- The Truth Machine by James L. Halperin
- Tunnel in the Sky by Robert A. Heinlein
- The Twelve-Fingered Boy by John Hornor Jacobs
- The Two Faces of Tomorrow by James P. Hogan
U
- Ubik by Philip K. Dick
- Uhura's Song by Janet Kagan
- Uglies series by Scott Westerfeld
- Under by Hal Clement (the sequel to Mission of Gravity)
- Under the Green Star by Lin Carter
- The Universe Maker by A. E. van Vogt
- Hans Phaall: A Tale (also known as The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall) by Edgar Allan Poe
- Unveiling a Parallel by Alice Ilgenfritz Jones & Ella Merchant
- Use of Weapons by Iain M. Banks
V
- Valentine Pontifex by Robert Silverberg
- Valis by Philip K. Dick
- The Valley Where Time Stood Still by Lin Carter
- Vandals of the Void by Jack Vance
- Vault of the Ages by Poul Anderson
- Venus series by Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Venus of Dreams by Pamela Sargent
- sequels are Venus of Shadows and Children of Venus
- La Vermine du Lion by Francis Carsac
- Views from the Oldest House by Richard Grant
- Virtual Light by William Gibson
- The Void Captain's Tale by Norman Spinrad
- Voodoo Planet by Andre Norton
- The Vorkosigan Saga series of books by Lois McMaster Bujold
- Voyage by Stephen Baxter
- Voyage from Yesteryear by James P. Hogan
- The Voyage of the Space Beagle by A. E. van Vogt
- Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea by Theodore Sturgeon
- Voyager in Night by C. J. Cherryh
- Vulcan's Hammer by Philip K. Dick
- Vurt by Jeff Noon
W
- The Wailing Asteroid by Murray Leinster
- War Against the Chtorr by David Gerrold
- The War Against the Rull by A. E. van Vogt
- War Girls by Tochi Onyebuchi
- The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
- War With the Newts (dystopian satire) by Karel Čapek
- The Warlock in Spite of Himself by Christopher Stasheff
- Wasp by Eric Frank Russell
- Watchmen graphic novel by Alan Moore and illustrated by Dave Gibbons
- Water Logic by Laurie J. Marks
- Wave Without a Shore by C. J. Cherryh
- Waves by M. A. Foster
- Way Station by Clifford D. Simak
- We by Yevgeny Zamyatin
- The Weapon Makers by A. E. van Vogt
- The Weapon Shops of Isher by A. E. van Vogt
- What Entropy Means to Me by George Alec Effinger
- When Gravity Fails by George Alec Effinger
- When the Green Star Calls by Lin Carter
- When Harlie Was One by David Gerrold
- Where Time Winds Blow by Robert Holdstock
- The Whisper by Emma Clayton
- White by Ted Dekker
- Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor
- Wildseed by Octavia Butler
- The Wind from Nowhere by J. G. Ballard
- Windhover Tapes series by Warren Carl Norwood
- namely, An Image of Voices, Fize of the Gabriel Ratchets, Planet of Flowers, and Flexing the Warp
- The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
- Wizard by John Varley
- The Wizard of Linn by A. E. van Vogt
- Wolfbane by Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth
- Woman On the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy
- The Wondersmith by Fitz James O'Brien
- The World and Thorinn by Damon Knight
- The World at Bay by Paul Capon
- The World Menders by Lloyd Biggle, Jr.
- The World of Null-A by A. E. van Vogt
- The World of Ptavvs by Larry Niven
- A World Out of Time by Larry Niven
- World War Z by Max Brooks
- Worm by John McCrae
- A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
- Wyrldmaker by Terry Bisson
X
Y
- The Year of the Quiet Sun by Wilson Tucker
- The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson
- The Year When Stardust Fell by Raymond F. Jones
- Year Zero, by Robert Reid
- Yesteryear by Alan Dean Foster
- Ylana of Callisto by Lin Carter
- Ymir by Rich Larson
- The Young Men are Coming by M. P. Shiel
Z
- The Zap Gun by Philip K. Dick
- Zulu Heart by Steven Barnes
- The Z. trilogy, by Stephen Cole
- Z is for Zero by Andy Weir
See also
- List of alternate history fiction
- List of cyberpunk works
- List of fantasy authors
- List of fantasy novels
- List of fantasy story collections
- List of fiction employing parallel universes
- List of science fiction authors
- List of science fiction short stories
- List of Star Trek novels
- List of Star Wars books
- List of steampunk works
- List of time travel science fiction
References
External links
- Classics of Science Fiction - lists and various breakdowns
- Nebula Award Winners
- The Core Reading List of Fantasy and Science Fiction - from NESFA
- Science fiction, fantasy and horror books by award, lists all award-winning books for 14 genre awards
- Best 50 sci-fi novels of all time (Esquire; March 21, 2022)