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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

The Call of Cthulhu Summary
The Call of Cthulhu
by H.P. Lovecraft 1928 43 pages
4.03
100k+ ratings
Horror
Classics
Short Stories
Deception Point Summary
Deception Point
by Dan Brown 2001 556 pages
3.76
600k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Suspense
Ready Player Two Summary
Ready Player Two
by Ernest Cline 2020 370 pages
3.43
100k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Dystopia
Children of Time Summary
Children of Time
by Adrian Tchaikovsky 2015 608 pages
4.30
100k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Space Opera
Klara and the Sun Summary
Klara and the Sun
by Kazuo Ishiguro 2021 303 pages
3.74
300k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Literary Fiction
Feed Summary
Feed
by M.T. Anderson 2002 308 pages
3.55
66k+ ratings
Young Adult
Science Fiction
Dystopia
The Invisible Man Summary
The Invisible Man
by H.G. Wells 1897 192 pages
3.63
200k+ ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Horror
Little, Big Summary
Little, Big
by John Crowley 1981 538 pages
3.81
11k+ ratings
Fantasy
Magical Realism
Novels
The Martian Chronicles Summary
The Martian Chronicles
by Ray Bradbury 1950 182 pages
4.16
200k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Short Stories
Uglies Summary
Uglies
by Scott Westerfeld 2005 425 pages
3.85
600k+ ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Science Fiction
This Is How You Lose the Time War Summary
This Is How You Lose the Time War
by Amal El-Mohtar 2019 209 pages
3.87
200k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Romance
Fantasy
The War of the Worlds Summary
The War of the Worlds
by H.G. Wells 1898 192 pages
3.83
300k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Fantasy
Metro 2033 Summary
Metro 2033
by Dmitry Glukhovsky 2002 458 pages
4.03
69k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Horror
Post Apocalyptic
We Summary
We
by Yevgeny Zamyatin 1924 256 pages
3.88
100k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Dystopia
Unwind Summary
Unwind
by Neal Shusterman 2007 337 pages
4.17
200k+ ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Science Fiction
Anathem Summary
Anathem
by Neal Stephenson 2008 937 pages
4.17
73k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Philosophy
Warcross Summary
Warcross
by Marie Lu 2017 368 pages
4.13
100k+ ratings
Young Adult
Science Fiction
Fantasy
The Girl with All the Gifts Summary
The Girl with All the Gifts
by M.R. Carey 2014 461 pages
3.95
200k+ ratings
Horror
Science Fiction
Zombies
Neuromancer Summary
Neuromancer
by William Gibson 1984 271 pages
3.89
300k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Cyberpunk
Classics
The Giver Summary
The Giver
by Lois Lowry 1993 208 pages
4.12
2.6M+ ratings
Young Adult
Classics
Dystopia
Orbital Summary
Orbital
by Samantha Harvey 2023 207 pages
3.64
52k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
When You Reach Me Summary
When You Reach Me
by Rebecca Stead 2009 199 pages
4.08
100k+ ratings
Young Adult
Middle Grade
Science Fiction
Ignite Me Summary
Ignite Me
by Tahereh Mafi 2014 408 pages
4.46
500k+ ratings
Fantasy
Dystopia
Romance
Defy Me Summary
Defy Me
by Tahereh Mafi 2019 357 pages
4.27
200k+ ratings
Fantasy
Dystopia
Romance
Imagine Me Summary
Imagine Me
by Tahereh Mafi 2020 450 pages
4.00
200k+ ratings
Fantasy
Dystopia
Romance
I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream Summary
I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream
by Harlan Ellison 1967 20 pages
3.69
9k+ ratings
Horror
Short Stories
Science Fiction
Shift Summary
Shift
by Hugh Howey 2013 579 pages
4.13
100k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Post Apocalyptic
1985 Summary
1985
by Anthony Burgess 1978 240 pages
3.48
1k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Classics
The Man in the High Castle Summary
The Man in the High Castle
by Philip K. Dick
3.60
200k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Dystopia
Masks of the Illuminati Summary
Masks of the Illuminati
by Robert Anton Wilson 1981 294 pages
4.03
1k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Philosophy
The Bad Weather Friend Summary
The Bad Weather Friend
by Dean Koontz 2024 374 pages
3.89
34k+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Fantasy
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Summary
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
by Philip K. Dick 1968 244 pages
4.09
400k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Cyberpunk
The Circle Summary
The Circle
by Dave Eggers 2013 493 pages
3.43
200k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Contemporary
Blindness Summary
Blindness
by José Saramago 1995 326 pages
4.18
300k+ ratings
Dystopia
Classics
Science Fiction
Dark Matter Summary
Dark Matter
by Blake Crouch 2016 342 pages
4.14
600k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Thriller
Mystery
I Who Have Never Known Men Summary
I Who Have Never Known Men
by Jacqueline Harpman 1995 208 pages
4.21
100k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Feminism
Frankenstein Summary
Frankenstein
The 1818 Text
by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 1818 260 pages
3.88
1.7M+ ratings
Horror
Science Fiction
Gothic
God Emperor of Dune Summary
God Emperor of Dune
by Frank Herbert 1981 587 pages
3.88
100k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Science Fiction Fantasy
Slaughterhouse-Five Summary
Slaughterhouse-Five
by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 1969 275 pages
4.10
1.4M+ ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Historical Fiction
I, Robot Summary
I, Robot
by Isaac Asimov 1950 224 pages
4.21
300k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Short Stories
Gideon the Ninth Summary
Gideon the Ninth
by Tamsyn Muir 2019 448 pages
4.20
100k+ ratings
Fantasy
Science Fiction
LGBT
Unravel Me Summary
Unravel Me
by Tahereh Mafi 2013 480 pages
4.12
600k+ ratings
Fantasy
Dystopia
Young Adult
He Who Fights with Monsters Summary
He Who Fights with Monsters
by Shirtaloon 2021 680 pages
4.42
30k+ ratings
Fantasy
Magic
Adventure
Divergent Summary
Divergent
by Veronica Roth 2011 487 pages
4.14
4.1M+ ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Fantasy
Tender Is the Flesh Summary
Tender Is the Flesh
by Agustina Bazterrica 2017 209 pages
3.78
200k+ ratings
Horror
Dystopia
Science Fiction
No Safety in Numbers Summary
No Safety in Numbers
by Dayna Lorentz 2012 263 pages
3.54
7k+ ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Science Fiction
The Ghost Brigades Summary
The Ghost Brigades
by John Scalzi 2006 343 pages
4.12
90k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Space Opera
Military Fiction
The Player of Games Summary
The Player of Games
by Iain M. Banks 1988 293 pages
4.28
76k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Space Opera
Science Fiction Fantasy
Life, the Universe and Everything Summary
Life, the Universe and Everything
by Douglas Adams 1982 224 pages
4.17
200k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Humor
Fantasy
Parable of the Sower Summary
Parable of the Sower
by Octavia E. Butler 1993 345 pages
4.21
200k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Fantasy
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