What are your favorite standalone Sci-Fi novels?Answer

Sometimes you just want a complete story where everything's cleaned up at the end and there's no need to read the next 2 or 3 or sometimes more books. They could be classic or modern, but I'm looking for books that are undeniably sci-fi.

Childhood's End

Childhood's End
ByArthur C. Clarke

1953 • 1,169 Readers • 212 pages 4

World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War

2006 • 1,903 Readers • 354 pages 3.9

Project Hail Mary

2021 • 7,181 Readers • 496 pages 4.5

The Martian

The Martian
ByAndy Weir

2011 • 5,428 Readers • 384 pages 4.4

Redshirts

Redshirts
ByJohn Scalzi

2012 • 1,147 Readers • 318 pages 3.9

Recursion

Recursion
ByBlake Crouch

2016 • 2,519 Readers • 329 pages 4.2