Science Fiction

Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and capitalization) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves speculations based on current or future science or technology. Science fiction is found in books, art, television, films, games, theatre, and other media. In organizational or marketing contexts, science fiction can be synonymous with the broader definition of speculative fiction, encompassing creative works incorporating imaginative elements not found in contemporary reality; this includes fantasy, horror and related genres.

Although the two genres are often co
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Absolution (Southern Reach, #4)
Polostan (Bomb Light, #1)
Remember You Will Die
And the Sky Bled
The Great When (The Long London Quintet, #1)
Metal from Heaven
The Brightness Between Us (The Darkness Outside Us, #2)
The Nightward (The Waters of Lethe, #1)
The Dividing Sky
Fledgling: The Keeper's Records of Revolution
How to Fall in Love in a Time of Unnameable Disaster
Sixteen Minutes
The Ancients
The Last Dangerous Visions
Livesuit (The Captive’s War #1.5)
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    The Polymorph
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    The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsDivergent by Veronica RothMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsInsurgent by Veronica Roth
    YA Dystopia Novels
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    Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
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    1984
    The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
    Brave New World
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