Sign in with Facebook
183 books
—
1,485 voters
Hard Sci Fi Books
Showing 1-50 of 2,659
The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)
by (shelved 187 times as hard-sci-fi)
avg rating 4.08 — 469,718 ratings — published 2006
The Martian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 166 times as hard-sci-fi)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,251,566 ratings — published 2011
Project Hail Mary (Hardcover)
by (shelved 111 times as hard-sci-fi)
avg rating 4.50 — 937,279 ratings — published 2021
The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #2)
by (shelved 100 times as hard-sci-fi)
avg rating 4.40 — 208,815 ratings — published 2008
Blindsight (Firefall, #1)
by (shelved 93 times as hard-sci-fi)
avg rating 4.01 — 51,749 ratings — published 2006
Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3)
by (shelved 92 times as hard-sci-fi)
avg rating 4.41 — 162,817 ratings — published 2010
Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 91 times as hard-sci-fi)
avg rating 3.86 — 87,554 ratings — published 1992
Revelation Space (Revelation Space, #1)
by (shelved 88 times as hard-sci-fi)
avg rating 3.99 — 60,554 ratings — published 2000
Seveneves (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 84 times as hard-sci-fi)
avg rating 4.00 — 123,422 ratings — published 2015
Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)
by (shelved 82 times as hard-sci-fi)
avg rating 4.31 — 308,187 ratings — published 2011
Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)
by (shelved 72 times as hard-sci-fi)
avg rating 4.12 — 180,663 ratings — published 1973
Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)
by (shelved 69 times as hard-sci-fi)
avg rating 4.30 — 163,683 ratings — published 2015
Caliban’s War (The Expanse, #2)
by (shelved 53 times as hard-sci-fi)
avg rating 4.39 — 176,950 ratings — published 2012
Foundation (Foundation, #1)
by (shelved 51 times as hard-sci-fi)
avg rating 4.17 — 584,969 ratings — published 1951
2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)
by (shelved 48 times as hard-sci-fi)
avg rating 4.18 — 332,043 ratings — published 1968
Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse, #3)
by (shelved 47 times as hard-sci-fi)
avg rating 4.28 — 149,534 ratings — published 2013
A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1)
by (shelved 47 times as hard-sci-fi)
avg rating 4.13 — 65,601 ratings — published 1992
Ringworld (Ringworld #1)
by (shelved 47 times as hard-sci-fi)
avg rating 3.94 — 127,577 ratings — published 1970
Diaspora (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as hard-sci-fi)
avg rating 4.10 — 10,833 ratings — published 1997
Artemis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 43 times as hard-sci-fi)
avg rating 3.69 — 313,044 ratings — published 2017
Permutation City (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as hard-sci-fi)
avg rating 4.06 — 12,461 ratings — published 1994
House of Suns (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as hard-sci-fi)
avg rating 4.24 — 31,738 ratings — published 2008
Contact (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 40 times as hard-sci-fi)
avg rating 4.15 — 150,709 ratings — published 1985
Redemption Ark (Revelation Space, #2)
by (shelved 40 times as hard-sci-fi)
avg rating 4.16 — 31,968 ratings — published 2002
Cibola Burn (The Expanse, #4)
by (shelved 39 times as hard-sci-fi)
avg rating 4.23 — 123,476 ratings — published 2014
Dune (Dune #1)
by (shelved 39 times as hard-sci-fi)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,585,796 ratings — published 1965
Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
by (shelved 38 times as hard-sci-fi)
avg rating 4.27 — 289,363 ratings — published 1989
I, Robot (Robot, #0.1)
by (shelved 37 times as hard-sci-fi)
avg rating 4.21 — 372,298 ratings — published 1950
We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)
by (shelved 35 times as hard-sci-fi)
avg rating 4.27 — 116,182 ratings — published 2016
Absolution Gap (Revelation Space, #3)
by (shelved 35 times as hard-sci-fi)
avg rating 4.02 — 24,789 ratings — published 2003
Tau Zero (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as hard-sci-fi)
avg rating 3.83 — 16,515 ratings — published 1970
Echopraxia (Firefall, #2)
by (shelved 33 times as hard-sci-fi)
avg rating 3.83 — 12,280 ratings — published 2014
Green Mars (Mars Trilogy, #2)
by (shelved 33 times as hard-sci-fi)
avg rating 3.96 — 40,446 ratings — published 1993
Aurora (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as hard-sci-fi)
avg rating 3.78 — 27,301 ratings — published 2015
Blue Mars (Mars Trilogy, #3)
by (shelved 32 times as hard-sci-fi)
avg rating 3.95 — 32,801 ratings — published 1996
Nemesis Games (The Expanse, #5)
by (shelved 31 times as hard-sci-fi)
avg rating 4.44 — 110,901 ratings — published 2015
Babylon’s Ashes (The Expanse, #6)
by (shelved 30 times as hard-sci-fi)
avg rating 4.25 — 95,158 ratings — published 2016
The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)
by (shelved 30 times as hard-sci-fi)
avg rating 4.14 — 177,949 ratings — published 1974
Pushing Ice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as hard-sci-fi)
avg rating 4.07 — 21,708 ratings — published 2005
A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)
by (shelved 30 times as hard-sci-fi)
avg rating 4.32 — 34,744 ratings — published 1999
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
by (shelved 29 times as hard-sci-fi)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,456,268 ratings — published 1985
Spin (Spin, #1)
by (shelved 29 times as hard-sci-fi)
avg rating 4.04 — 43,847 ratings — published 2005
Persepolis Rising (The Expanse, #7)
by (shelved 28 times as hard-sci-fi)
avg rating 4.38 — 83,712 ratings — published 2017
Foundation and Empire (Foundation, #2)
by (shelved 28 times as hard-sci-fi)
avg rating 4.22 — 222,008 ratings — published 1952
Dragon's Egg (Cheela, #1)
by (shelved 28 times as hard-sci-fi)
avg rating 4.12 — 9,618 ratings — published 1980
Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)
by (shelved 28 times as hard-sci-fi)
avg rating 3.85 — 98,685 ratings — published 1987
Chasm City (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as hard-sci-fi)
avg rating 4.13 — 27,151 ratings — published 2001
The Mote in God's Eye (Moties, #1)
by (shelved 27 times as hard-sci-fi)
avg rating 4.07 — 72,441 ratings — published 1974
Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1)
by (shelved 26 times as hard-sci-fi)
avg rating 3.99 — 116,383 ratings — published 2013
Accelerando (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as hard-sci-fi)
avg rating 3.87 — 22,058 ratings — published 2005
“It's amazing how once the mind is free of emotional pollution, logic and clarity emerge.”
― Memories With Maya
― Memories With Maya
“I am naked as I type this. I was naked writing the whole damn book.”
― Echopraxia
― Echopraxia
