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Speculative Fiction

Speculative fiction is a broad category of fiction encompassing genres with certain elements that are nonexistent in terms of reality, recorded history, or nature and the present universe, covering various themes in the context of the supernatural, futuristic, and many other imaginative topics.

Under this umbrella category, the genres include, but are not limited to: science fiction, fantasy fiction, horror fiction, supernatural fiction, superhero fiction, utopian and dystopian fiction, apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, and alternate history.

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The Dream Hotel
A Harvest of Hearts
They Bloom at Night
The River Has Roots
The Antidote
When the Moon Hits Your Eye
The Third Rule of Time Travel
Dissolution
Murder by Memory (Dorothy Gentleman, #1)
Luminous
Malinalli
The Knight and the Butcherbird
The Tomb of Dragons (The Cemeteries of Amalo, #3)
The Memory Ward
The Expert of Subtle Revisions
The Dream Hotel
Playground
Riley Thorn and the Dead Guy Next Door (Riley Thorn, #1)
The Strange Case of Jane O.
Our Missing Hearts
Not Till We Are Lost (Bobiverse #5)
Catch the Sun
Nothing Better Than You (Better than the Movies, #1.6)
Sunday Morning (Sunday Morning, #1)
Don't Be In Love
Twisted Ties (The Arrow Hart Academy #2)
The Frozen People
The Kaiju Preservation Society
The Half King (The Half King, #1)
Gliff
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardDune by Frank Herbert1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,184 books — 24,320 voters
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeerAuthority by Jeff VanderMeerThe Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. CareyStarshine by G.S. JennsenWords of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson
2014 Speculative Fiction
64 books — 164 voters

The Moon Dwellers by David EstesFire Country by David EstesRoute 666 by J.D. ToepferThe Woodlands by Lauren Nicolle TaylorA Different Alchemy by Chris Dietzel
Little Known Dystopias
248 books — 256 voters
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-ChanUnder the Whispering Door by T.J. KluneWinter's Orbit by Everina MaxwellThe Jasmine Throne by Tasha SuriThe Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer
2021 Queer SFF
228 books — 514 voters

Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn MuirThe Hourglass Throne by K.D. EdwardsA Taste of Gold and Iron by Alexandra RowlandThe Oleander Sword by Tasha SuriOcean's Echo by Everina Maxwell
2022 Queer SFF
215 books — 406 voters
Dune by Frank HerbertEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Science Fiction
3,576 books — 6,758 voters

The Handmaid's Tale
1984
Fahrenheit 451
Station Eleven
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
Brave New World
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
Never Let Me Go
The Left Hand of Darkness
Dune (Dune, #1)
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
The Power
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
Sea of Tranquility

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