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Science fiction transports us to worlds of technological marvels, dystopian societies, and altered realities where humanity grapples with profound questions about progress and power. These stories challenge our assumptions about science, society, and human nature while imagining what might be possible—or inevitable—in our collective future.

Science Fiction Book Summaries

Palm Sunday Summary
Palm Sunday
An Autobiographical Collage
by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 1999 320 pages
3.77
6k+ ratings
Essays
Short Stories
Classics
Mockingjay Summary
Mockingjay
by Suzanne Collins 2010 391 pages
4.10
3.3M+ ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Fantasy
Ender’s Game Summary
Ender’s Game
by Orson Scott Card 1994 352 pages
4.31
1.4M+ ratings
Science Fiction
Young Adult
Fantasy
11/22/63 Summary
11/22/63
by Stephen King 2011 849 pages
4.34
500k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Science Fiction
Time Travel
Atlas Shrugged Summary
Atlas Shrugged
by Ayn Rand 1999 1192 pages
3.69
300k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Politics
Insurgent Summary
Insurgent
by Veronica Roth 2012
3.97
1.5M+ ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Fantasy
Ready Player One Summary
Ready Player One
by Ernest Cline 2011 384 pages
4.23
1.1M+ ratings
Science Fiction
Young Adult
Fantasy
The Glass Bead Game Summary
The Glass Bead Game
by Hermann Hesse 2022 713 pages
4.10
39k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Literature
1984 Summary
1984
by George Orwell 2014 368 pages
4.19
4.8M+ ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Dystopia
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror Summary
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror
by Robert Louis Stevenson 2003 224 pages
3.92
100k+ ratings
Classics
Horror
Gothic
The Hunger Games Summary
The Hunger Games
by Suzanne Collins 2008 384 pages
4.34
9M+ ratings
Young Adult
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Fahrenheit 451 Summary
Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury
3.96
2.5M+ ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
School
The Three-Body Problem Summary
The Three-Body Problem
by Liu Cixin
4.08
400k+ ratings
Science Fiction
China
Fantasy
Dune Summary
Dune
by Frank Herbert 2019 688 pages
4.28
1.4M+ ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Science Fiction Fantasy
Animal Farm Summary
Animal Farm
by George Orwell 1996 140 pages
3.99
4M+ ratings
Dystopia
Fantasy
School
A Clockwork Orange Summary
A Clockwork Orange
by Anthony Burgess 2019 240 pages
4.00
700k+ ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Dystopia
The Road Summary
The Road
by Cormac McCarthy 2006 241 pages
3.99
900k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Post Apocalyptic
The Gunslinger Summary
The Gunslinger
by Stephen King
3.92
600k+ ratings
Fantasy
Horror
Science Fiction
Animal Farm / 1984 Summary
Animal Farm / 1984
by George Orwell
4.30
200k+ ratings
Classics
Dystopia
Literature
The Stand Summary
The Stand
by Stephen King
4.35
700k+ ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Dune Messiah Summary
Dune Messiah
by Frank Herbert 2019 352 pages
3.89
300k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Classics
Brave New World Summary
Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley 1998 268 pages
3.99
1.9M+ ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Dystopia
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Summary
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
by Douglas Adams
4.23
1.9M+ ratings
Science Fiction
Humor
Fantasy
The Darkest Minds Summary
The Darkest Minds
by Alexandra Bracken 2012 496 pages
4.16
100k+ ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Fantasy
Digital Fortress Summary
Digital Fortress
by Dan Brown
3.70
600k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Suspense
Around the World in Eighty Days Summary
Around the World in Eighty Days
by Jules Verne 2004 248 pages
3.94
200k+ ratings
Classics
Adventure
Science Fiction
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Summary
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
by Jules Verne 2002 270 pages
3.89
200k+ ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Adventure
Red Rising Summary
Red Rising
by Pierce Brown
4.27
500k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Dystopia
Brave New World Summary
Brave New World
Revisited
by Aldous Huxley 2006 144 pages
3.94
20k+ ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Philosophy
Hyperion Summary
Hyperion
by Dan Simmons 1990 481 pages
4.27
200k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Space Opera
Project Hail Mary Summary
Project Hail Mary
by Andy Weir 2021 496 pages
4.51
600k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Space
Shatter Me Summary
Shatter Me
by Tahereh Mafi 2011 352 pages
3.85
1M+ ratings
Dystopia
Young Adult
Science Fiction
The Time Machine Summary
The Time Machine
by H.G. Wells
3.89
500k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Time Travel
The Handmaid’s Tale Summary
The Handmaid’s Tale
by Margaret Atwood
4.14
2.1M+ ratings
Classics
Dystopia
Science Fiction
Cryptonomicon Summary
Cryptonomicon
by Neal Stephenson
4.23
100k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Historical Fiction
Cyberpunk
Catching Fire Summary
Catching Fire
by Suzanne Collins 2009 391 pages
4.33
3.7M+ ratings
Young Adult
Fantasy
Science Fiction
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Summary
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
by Suzanne Collins
3.97
800k+ ratings
Dystopia
Young Adult
Fantasy
A Journey to the Center of the Earth Summary
A Journey to the Center of the Earth
by Jules Verne 2012 212 pages
3.85
200k+ ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Adventure
Children of Dune Summary
Children of Dune
by Frank Herbert 2019 624 pages
3.96
200k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Classics
World War Z Summary
World War Z
An Oral History of the Zombie War
by Max Brooks 2006 342 pages
4.02
500k+ ratings
Horror
Zombies
Science Fiction
2001 Summary
2001
A Space Odyssey
by Arthur C. Clarke
4.17
300k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Science Fiction Fantasy
Solaris Summary
Solaris
by Stanisław Lem
3.99
100k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Polish Literature
The Midnight Library Summary
The Midnight Library
by Matt Haig
3.99
2M+ ratings
Fantasy
Contemporary
Magical Realism
The Dispossessed Summary
The Dispossessed
An Ambiguous Utopia
by Ursula K. Le Guin
4.25
100k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Classics
Foundation Summary
Foundation
by Isaac Asimov 2004 256 pages
4.17
500k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Science Fiction Fantasy
Foundation and Empire Summary
Foundation and Empire
by Isaac Asimov 2004 256 pages
4.22
200k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Science Fiction Fantasy
Space Opera
The Martian Summary
The Martian
by Andy Weir
4.42
1.1M+ ratings
Science Fiction
Adventure
Space
The Obelisk Gate Summary
The Obelisk Gate
by N.K. Jemisin
4.30
100k+ ratings
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Second Foundation Summary
Second Foundation
by Isaac Asimov 2004 256 pages
4.27
100k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Science Fiction Fantasy
Bird Box Summary
Bird Box
by Josh Malerman 2014 272 pages
4.04
100k+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Dystopia
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