Top Science Fiction Books

The top 50 books in this category, curated and ranked.

Updated April 1, 2026

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Rank	Book
#1	The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien
#2	The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
#3	Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley
#4	Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
#5	Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
#6	11/22/63 by Stephen King
#7	Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas by Jules Verne
#8	The Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkien
#9	The Stand by Stephen King
#10	Dune by Frank Herbert
#11	Contact by Carl Sagan
#12	A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
#13	Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
#14	Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Gabriel Verne
#15	Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
#16	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
#17	The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells
#18	Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
#19	The Hunger Games Trilogy Boxset by Suzanne Collins
#20	Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
#21	The Martian by Andy Weir
#22	The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien
#23	I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
#24	The Divergent Series by Veronica Roth
#25	20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
#26	2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke
#27	The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
#28	The Magic Tree House by Mary Pope Osborne
#29	His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
#30	The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
#31	Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke
#32	I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
#33	The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne
#34	The Maze Runner by James Dashner
#35	Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne
#36	Foundation and Empire by Isaac Asimov
#37	A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick
#38	Divergent by Veronica Roth
#39	Planet of the Apes by Pierre Boulle
#40	Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker by George Lucas
#41	The Island of Doctor Moreau by H. G. Wells
#42	Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
#43	The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger by Stephen King
#44	The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass by Stephen King
#45	From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne
#46	Insurgent by Veronica Roth
#47	Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
#48	The Time Machine by H. G. Wells
#49	The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
#50	The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick