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Science Fiction
94 reading guides and book lists curated by the Editors Reads team.
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Authors Like Michael Crichton: 6 Science Thrillers
If Michael Crichton's science-gone-wrong premises and page-turning dread are your favourite kind of thriller, these six writers deliver — each with a book to start.
Books Like The Hunger Games: 7 Dystopias to Read Next
Want another survival arena, an oppressive regime, and a reluctant rebel after The Hunger Games? These seven dystopian novels deliver the same high-stakes fight to bring a system down.
Books Like The Maze Runner: 6 Survival Reads Next
Want another deadly trial, a trapped group of teens, and a mystery worth surviving for after The Maze Runner? These six novels deliver the same high-stakes dread — with where to start.
Authors Like Andy Weir: 5 Science Fiction Writers
Authors like Andy Weir for fans of The Martian and Project Hail Mary — Blake Crouch, Ernest Cline, Neal Stephenson, Becky Chambers, and Adrian Tchaikovsky, with where to start.
Books Like 11/22/63: 10 Time Travel Novels to Read Next
Books like 11/22/63 by Stephen King — 10 time travel and altered-history novels from The Time Traveler's Wife to Dark Matter and Kindred, with where to start for each.
Books Like Klara and the Sun: 10 Literary Sci-Fi Novels
Books like Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro — 10 literary science fiction novels about AI, memory, and humanity, from Never Let Me Go to Frankenstein, with where to start.
Dark Matter vs Recursion: Which Blake Crouch First?
Dark Matter and Recursion are Blake Crouch's two best sci-fi thrillers. Here's how they differ, what each does best, and which to read first.
Klara and the Sun vs Never Let Me Go: Read First?
Klara and the Sun and Never Let Me Go are Kazuo Ishiguro's two speculative masterpieces. Here's how they differ, what each does best, and which to read first.
Project Hail Mary vs The Martian: Which to Read First?
Project Hail Mary and The Martian are Andy Weir's two best science-fiction novels. Here's how they differ, what each does best, and which to read first.
Red Rising vs The Hunger Games: Which to Read First?
Red Rising and The Hunger Games are two landmark dystopian sagas. Here's how they differ, what each does best, and which to read first.
Where to Start with Adrian Tchaikovsky: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Adrian Tchaikovsky — whether to begin with Children of Time or Children of Ruin. A complete reading guide to the British science fiction author.
Where to Start with Arkady Strugatsky: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Arkady Strugatsky — how to approach Roadside Picnic, the Soviet SF classic written with Boris Strugatsky. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Benjamín Labatut: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Benjamín Labatut — whether to begin with When We Cease to Understand the World or MANIAC. A complete reading guide to the Chilean author.
Where to Start with Blake Crouch: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Blake Crouch — whether to begin with Dark Matter, Recursion, or the Wayward Pines trilogy. A complete reading guide to the sci-fi thriller author.
Where to Start with Christina Dalcher: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Christina Dalcher — how to approach Vox, her feminist dystopia about a near-future America where women are restricted to 100 words per day. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Daniel Keyes: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Daniel Keyes — how to approach Flowers for Algernon, his essential novel about intelligence, identity and what it means to be human. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Ernest Cline: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Ernest Cline — how to approach Ready Player One, his propulsive science fiction adventure set in a virtual reality dystopia, saturated with 1980s pop culture and driven by a relentless treasure hunt plot. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Gene Wolfe: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Gene Wolfe — how to approach The Book of the New Sun, his dying-Earth masterwork with the most sophisticated unreliable narrator in science fiction. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with H.G. Wells: A Reading Guide
Where to start with H.G. Wells — how to approach The War of the Worlds, The Time Machine, and his other scientific romances. A complete reading guide to the father of science fiction.
Where to Start with Iain M. Banks: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Iain M. Banks — how to approach the Culture series, his post-scarcity space opera sequence, and The Wasp Factory, his non-SF literary novel. A complete reading guide.
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