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Project Hail Mary

Andy Weir · Sci-Fi

Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission–and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish.

quest · high stakes survival

The Martian

Andy Weir · Sci-Fi

Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars.

high stakes survival

Red Rising

Pierce Brown · Sci-Fi

Darrow is a Red, a member of the lowest caste in the color-coded society of the future.

dystopian society · chosen one · high stakes survival · revenge plot

Operation Bounce House

Matt Dinniman · Sci-Fi

A man must fight for his planet against impossible odds when gamers from Earth attempt to remotely annihilate it in this epic, fast-paced novel from…

high stakes survival · found family · quest

Dune

Frank Herbert · Sci-Fi

Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, heir to a noble family tasked with ruling an inhospitable world where…

chosen one · quest · high stakes survival

Neuromancer

William Gibson · Sci-Fi

Henry Dorsett Case was the sharpest data-thief in the Matrix, until an ex-employer crippled his nervous system.

dystopian society · heist · quest

This Inevitable Ruin

Matt Dinniman · Sci-Fi

quest · high stakes survival

Dune Messiah

Frank Herbert · Sci-Fi

**Book Two in the Magnificent Dune Chronicles—the Bestselling Science Fiction Adventure of All Time** Dune Messiah continues the story of Paul…

morally grey character · anti hero · high stakes survival

Parable of the Sower

Octavia E. Butler · Sci-Fi

In 2025 California, an eighteen-year-old African American woman, suffering from a hereditary trait that causes her to feel others' pain as well as…

coming of age · dystopian society · high stakes survival · quest

Empire of Silence

Christopher Ruocchio · Sci-Fi

It was not his war. On the wrong planet, at the right time, for the best reasons, Hadrian Marlowe started down a path that could only end in fire.…

morally grey character · anti hero · quest · redemption arc

Hyperion

Dan Simmons · Sci-Fi

A stunning tour de force filled with transcendent awe and wonder, Hyperion is a masterwork of science fiction that resonates with excitement and…

quest · chosen one · multiple timelines · high stakes survival

The Subtle Art of Folding Space

John Chu · Sci-Fi

The Subtle Art of Folding Space, is the exhilarating debut science fiction novel from Nebula and Hugo Award-winning author John Chu channels unhinged…

redemption arc · found family

Annihilation

Jeff VanderMeer · Sci-Fi

Area X has been cut off from the rest of the continent for decades.

unreliable narrator · quest · high stakes survival · twist ending

The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet

Becky Chambers · Sci-Fi

When Rosemary Harper joins the crew of the Wayfarer, she isn't expecting much.

found family · cozy vibes · quest

Recursion

Blake Crouch · Sci-Fi

**Memory makes reality.** That’s what New York City cop Barry Sutton is learning as he investigates the devastating phenomenon the media has…

time travel · multiple timelines · twist ending · high stakes survival

Kindred

Octavia Butler · Sci-Fi

Dana, a modern black woman, is celebrating her twenty-sixth birthday with her new husband when she is snatched abruptly from her home in California…

time travel · high stakes survival · revenge plot · twist ending

The Murderbot Diaries

Martha Wells · Sci-Fi

"We are all a little bit Murderbot." - NPR on Martha Wells's The Murderbot Diaries...

found family · anti hero · quest

Children of Time

Adrian Tchaikovsky · Sci-Fi

The last remnants of the human race left a dying Earth, desperate to find a new home.

post apocalyptic · high stakes survival · found family · twist ending