What are your favorite science fiction books of all time?Answer

Science fiction as a genre includes a wide range of topics. From imaginative and futuristic concepts to space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, extraterrestrial life and more. What stand out as some of your all-time favorites in this genre?

Sword & Citadel

#3 of 5 in The Book of the New Sun

Sword & Citadel
ByGene Wolfe

1982 • 131 Readers • 411 pages 4.3

Shadow & Claw

#1 of 5 in The Book of the New Sun

Shadow & Claw
ByGene Wolfe

1994 • 308 Readers • 418 pages 4.1

The Martian

#1 of 1 in The Martian

The Martian
ByAndy Weir

2011 • 4,755 Readers • 384 pages 4.4

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

#1 of 4 in Wayfarers

2014 • 2,080 Readers • 423 pages 4.1

Red Rising

#1 of 6 in Red Rising Saga

Red Rising
ByPierce Brown

2014 • 4,176 Readers • 382 pages 4.1

Hyperion

#1 of 4 in Hyperion Cantos

Hyperion
ByDan Simmons

1989 • 2,667 Readers • 492 pages 4.3

Dune

#1 of 9 in Dune

Dune
ByFrank Herbert

1965 • 6,869 Readers • 704 pages 4.3