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Seveneves
by Neal Stephenson • 2015
The moon shatters. Earth will burn. Seven women in orbit carry the last hope for humanity.
4.00
126k+
Seveneves Summary
Seveneves 91%
The moon shatters. Earth will burn. Seven women in orbit carry the last hope for humanity.
by Neal Stephenson 2015
4.00
126k+ ratings
A Hole in the Sky
by Peter F. Hamilton • 2021
On a dying starship, siblings flee ritual death into forbidden wilds hiding alien foes.
3.79
1k+
A Hole in the Sky Summary
A Hole in the Sky 91%
On a dying starship, siblings flee ritual death into forbidden wilds hiding alien foes.
by Peter F. Hamilton 2021
3.79
1k+ ratings
Record of a Spaceborn Few
by Becky Chambers • 2018
In a generation-ship fleet, the dead become soil and belonging is a question renewed each day.
4.12
61k+
Record of a Spaceborn Few Summary
Record of a Spaceborn Few 90%
In a generation-ship fleet, the dead become soil and belonging is a question renewed each day.
by Becky Chambers 2018
4.12
61k+ ratings
Children of Memory
by Adrian Tchaikovsky • 2022
An alien machine dreams a human colony into existence. A girl starts to notice.
4.00
33k+
Children of Memory Summary
Children of Memory 90%
An alien machine dreams a human colony into existence. A girl starts to notice.
by Adrian Tchaikovsky 2022
4.00
33k+ ratings
Children of Time
by Adrian Tchaikovsky • 2015
Earth's last ark reaches a green world where spiders have cities and the monkeys never arrived.
4.30
180k+
Children of Time Summary
Children of Time 89%
Earth's last ark reaches a green world where spiders have cities and the monkeys never arrived.
by Adrian Tchaikovsky 2015
4.30
180k+ ratings
Trading in Danger
by Elizabeth Moon • 2003
A disgraced cadet captains a rusty freighter into a star system collapsing into war.
4.00
16k+
Trading in Danger Summary
Trading in Danger 89%
A disgraced cadet captains a rusty freighter into a star system collapsing into war.
by Elizabeth Moon 2003
4.00
16k+ ratings
Children of Strife
by Adrian Tchaikovsky • 2026
A planet tormented by five quarrelsome gods meets its unlikely savior: a monster capable of empathy.
4.26
5k+
Children of Strife Summary
Children of Strife 89%
A planet tormented by five quarrelsome gods meets its unlikely savior: a monster capable of empathy.
by Adrian Tchaikovsky 2026
4.26
5k+ ratings
Accelerando
by Charles Stross • 2005
He gives away ideas that trigger the singularity, while an AI cat engineers his family's fate.
3.87
22k+
Accelerando Summary
Accelerando 89%
He gives away ideas that trigger the singularity, while an AI cat engineers his family's fate.
by Charles Stross 2005
3.87
22k+ ratings
To Be Taught, If Fortunate
by Becky Chambers • 2019
Four astronauts explore alien worlds in bodies engineered for each one. Then Earth stops answering.
4.19
58k+
To Be Taught, If Fortunate Summary
To Be Taught, If Fortunate 89%
Four astronauts explore alien worlds in bodies engineered for each one. Then Earth stops answering.
by Becky Chambers 2019
4.19
58k+ ratings
Light Bringer
by Pierce Brown • 2023
Defeated and hunted, Darrow must unite bitter rivals to stop a warlord burning the outer worlds.
4.77
111k+
Light Bringer Summary
Light Bringer 89%
Defeated and hunted, Darrow must unite bitter rivals to stop a warlord burning the outer worlds.
by Pierce Brown 2023
4.77
111k+ ratings
Revelation Space
by Alastair Reynolds • 2000
A disgraced archaeologist unearths an alien genocide as a plague ship arrives to claim his mind.
3.99
62k+
Revelation Space Summary
Revelation Space 89%
A disgraced archaeologist unearths an alien genocide as a plague ship arrives to claim his mind.
by Alastair Reynolds 2000
3.99
62k+ ratings
Cascade Failure
by L.M. Sagas • 2024
A deserter joins a ragtag crew and uncovers a terraforming weapon that silences entire planets.
3.88
4k+
Cascade Failure Summary
Cascade Failure 89%
A deserter joins a ragtag crew and uncovers a terraforming weapon that silences entire planets.
by L.M. Sagas 2024
3.88
4k+ ratings
The Last Cuentista
by Donna Barba Higuera • 2021
A storyteller wakes on a colony ship to find the rulers erased every memory but hers.
4.04
29k+
The Last Cuentista Summary
The Last Cuentista 88%
A storyteller wakes on a colony ship to find the rulers erased every memory but hers.
by Donna Barba Higuera 2021
4.04
29k+ ratings
The Captain
by Will Wight • 2023
A mage absorbs six dead selves, inheriting their power, their trauma, and a galaxy-spanning war.
4.27
10k+
The Captain Summary
The Captain 88%
A mage absorbs six dead selves, inheriting their power, their trauma, and a galaxy-spanning war.
by Will Wight 2023
4.27
10k+ ratings
The Future of Humanity
by Michio Kaku • 2018
Becoming multi-planetary isn't just about rockets. It requires redesigning the human body itself.
4.18
12k+
The Future of Humanity Summary
The Future of Humanity 88%
Becoming multi-planetary isn't just about rockets. It requires redesigning the human body itself.
by Michio Kaku 2018
4.18
12k+ ratings
Lockstep
by Karl Schroeder • 2014
After millennia in cryosleep, a boy wakes to find his siblings rule a hibernating galactic empire.
3.75
2k+
Lockstep Summary
Lockstep 88%
After millennia in cryosleep, a boy wakes to find his siblings rule a hibernating galactic empire.
by Karl Schroeder 2014
3.75
2k+ ratings
Consider Phlebas
by Iain M. Banks • 1987
To save a crumbling empire, a shapeshifter must steal a runaway supermind from a dead world.
3.85
102k+
Consider Phlebas Summary
Consider Phlebas 88%
To save a crumbling empire, a shapeshifter must steal a runaway supermind from a dead world.
by Iain M. Banks 1987
3.85
102k+ ratings
The Engineer
by Will Wight • 2023
A wizard with seven past lives must unite a misfit crew to rescue their captured engineer.
4.41
6k+
The Engineer Summary
The Engineer 88%
A wizard with seven past lives must unite a misfit crew to rescue their captured engineer.
by Will Wight 2023
4.41
6k+ ratings
Double Share
by Nathan Lowell • 2008
New third mate boards merchant spaceship: crew broken, first mate brutal. Change is dangerous.
4.35
6k+
Double Share Summary
Double Share 88%
New third mate boards merchant spaceship: crew broken, first mate brutal. Change is dangerous.
by Nathan Lowell 2008
4.35
6k+ ratings
The Songs of Distant Earth
by Arthur C. Clarke • 1986
Earth's last ark reaches a water world. For an engineer, love makes departure an act of grief.
3.91
17k+
The Songs of Distant Earth Summary
The Songs of Distant Earth 88%
Earth's last ark reaches a water world. For an engineer, love makes departure an act of grief.
by Arthur C. Clarke 1986
3.91
17k+ ratings
Good Morning, Midnight
by Lily Brooks-Dalton • 2016
An Arctic astronomer and a deep-space crew both reach for a voice in the silence.
3.90
24k+
Good Morning, Midnight Summary
Good Morning, Midnight 88%
An Arctic astronomer and a deep-space crew both reach for a voice in the silence.
by Lily Brooks-Dalton 2016
3.90
24k+ ratings
Ringworld
by Larry Niven • 1970
Four explorers crash-land on a ring encircling a star. Its surface equals three million Earths.
3.93
130k+
Ringworld Summary
Ringworld 88%
Four explorers crash-land on a ring encircling a star. Its surface equals three million Earths.
by Larry Niven 1970
3.93
130k+ ratings
Leviathan Falls
by James S.A. Corey • 2021
Bonded to alien technology, Jim Holden can stop the hive mind only by collapsing every ring gate.
4.54
72k+
Leviathan Falls Summary
Leviathan Falls 88%
Bonded to alien technology, Jim Holden can stop the hive mind only by collapsing every ring gate.
by James S.A. Corey 2021
4.54
72k+ ratings
The Pilot
by Will Wight • 2025
A mage captain leads his crew against the planets themselves. His curse could doom them all.
4.40
3k+
The Pilot Summary
The Pilot 88%
A mage captain leads his crew against the planets themselves. His curse could doom them all.
by Will Wight 2025
4.40
3k+ ratings
A Closed and Common Orbit
by Becky Chambers • 2016
An AI wakes inside a body and must find a self she was never designed to want.
4.37
90k+
A Closed and Common Orbit Summary
A Closed and Common Orbit 88%
An AI wakes inside a body and must find a self she was never designed to want.
by Becky Chambers 2016
4.37
90k+ ratings
Eyes of the Void
by Adrian Tchaikovsky • 2022
The Architects return. A haunted navigator must uncover their secret while every faction hunts him.
4.19
21k+
Eyes of the Void Summary
Eyes of the Void 88%
The Architects return. A haunted navigator must uncover their secret while every faction hunts him.
by Adrian Tchaikovsky 2022
4.19
21k+ ratings
Abaddon’s Gate
by James S.A. Corey • 2013
Framed for a bombing, a captain flees toward an alien ring holding gates to worlds unknown.
4.28
160k+
Abaddon’s Gate Summary
Abaddon’s Gate 88%
Framed for a bombing, a captain flees toward an alien ring holding gates to worlds unknown.
by James S.A. Corey 2013
4.28
160k+ ratings
Hyperion
by Dan Simmons • 1989
Seven pilgrims journey to a closed world, each carrying a wish only its monster can grant.
4.28
305k+
Hyperion Summary
Hyperion 88%
Seven pilgrims journey to a closed world, each carrying a wish only its monster can grant.
by Dan Simmons 1989
4.28
305k+ ratings
Blue Mars
by Kim Stanley Robinson • 1996
Mars is free. Aging founders race to write a constitution as Earth drowns and memory fades.
3.95
33k+
Blue Mars Summary
Blue Mars 88%
Mars is free. Aging founders race to write a constitution as Earth drowns and memory fades.
by Kim Stanley Robinson 1996
3.95
33k+ ratings
We Are Legion (We Are Bob)
by Dennis E. Taylor • 2016
A dead engineer wakes as an AI and is hurled into space inside a self-replicating probe.
4.25
133k+
We Are Legion (We Are Bob) Summary
We Are Legion (We Are Bob) 87%
A dead engineer wakes as an AI and is hurled into space inside a self-replicating probe.
by Dennis E. Taylor 2016
4.25
133k+ ratings
Matter
by Iain M. Banks • 2008
A prince flees his father's murder across an artificial world, seeking the sister the stars remade.
4.11
30k+
Matter Summary
Matter 87%
A prince flees his father's murder across an artificial world, seeking the sister the stars remade.
by Iain M. Banks 2008
4.11
30k+ ratings
Slow Gods
by Claire North • 2025
A debtor survives a procedure that should kill him. An ancient machine warns the galaxy will burn.
4.00
5k+
Slow Gods Summary
Slow Gods 87%
A debtor survives a procedure that should kill him. An ancient machine warns the galaxy will burn.
by Claire North 2025
4.00
5k+ ratings
Memento
by Amie Kaufman • 2020
A grieving neurogrammer teaches a warship's AI about morality; it learns the trolley problem.
4.29
8k+
Memento Summary
Memento 87%
A grieving neurogrammer teaches a warship's AI about morality; it learns the trolley problem.
by Amie Kaufman 2020
4.29
8k+ ratings
Homecoming
by Christie Golden • 2003
Voyager returns home after seven years. Earth blames the crew for a plague and hologram uprising.
3.92
3k+
Homecoming Summary
Homecoming 87%
Voyager returns home after seven years. Earth blames the crew for a plague and hologram uprising.
by Christie Golden 2003
3.92
3k+ ratings
The Fall of Babel
by Josiah Bancroft • 2021
Babel crumbles. Nebos is not a paradise. It is an ark, waiting to sail the stars.
4.00
9k+
The Fall of Babel Summary
The Fall of Babel 87%
Babel crumbles. Nebos is not a paradise. It is an ark, waiting to sail the stars.
by Josiah Bancroft 2021
4.00
9k+ ratings
The Last Colony
by John Scalzi • 2007
Recruited to lead a colony, John Perry learns his people are bait for an alien armada.
4.11
74k+
The Last Colony Summary
The Last Colony 87%
Recruited to lead a colony, John Perry learns his people are bait for an alien armada.
by John Scalzi 2007
4.11
74k+ ratings
The Accidental Time Machine
by Joe Haldeman • 2007
A failed physicist's broken calibrator is a one-way time machine, each jump exponentially longer.
3.73
11k+
The Accidental Time Machine Summary
The Accidental Time Machine 87%
A failed physicist's broken calibrator is a one-way time machine, each jump exponentially longer.
by Joe Haldeman 2007
3.73
11k+ ratings
Shards of Earth
by Adrian Tchaikovsky • 2021
A ship sculpted by aliens forces a traumatized navigator back into the nightmare void.
4.18
35k+
Shards of Earth Summary
Shards of Earth 87%
A ship sculpted by aliens forces a traumatized navigator back into the nightmare void.
by Adrian Tchaikovsky 2021
4.18
35k+ ratings
Light of the Jedi
by Charles Soule • 2021
A freighter explodes in hyperspace, raining debris on a system. Jedi unite to stop the cataclysm.
3.92
34k+
Light of the Jedi Summary
Light of the Jedi 87%
A freighter explodes in hyperspace, raining debris on a system. Jedi unite to stop the cataclysm.
by Charles Soule 2021
3.92
34k+ ratings
Rendezvous with Rama
by Arthur C. Clarke • 1973
A giant alien cylinder enters the solar system; the crew inside finds a silent world awakening.
4.12
186k+
Rendezvous with Rama Summary
Rendezvous with Rama 87%
A giant alien cylinder enters the solar system; the crew inside finds a silent world awakening.
by Arthur C. Clarke 1973
4.12
186k+ ratings
The Galaxy, and the Ground Within
by Becky Chambers • 2021
Five travelers from four species stranded by debris at a remote rest stop, going nowhere.
4.40
43k+
The Galaxy, and the Ground Within Summary
The Galaxy, and the Ground Within 87%
Five travelers from four species stranded by debris at a remote rest stop, going nowhere.
by Becky Chambers 2021
4.40
43k+ ratings
The Diamond Age
by Neal Stephenson • 1995
A stolen, sentient primer teaches a poor girl to read, then to lead an army.
4.16
94k+
The Diamond Age Summary
The Diamond Age 87%
A stolen, sentient primer teaches a poor girl to read, then to lead an army.
by Neal Stephenson 1995
4.16
94k+ ratings
Orbital
by Samantha Harvey • 2023
One day in orbit: six astronauts, sixteen sunrises, a typhoon's eye, and a beautiful fragile Earth.
3.49
150k+
Orbital Summary
Orbital 87%
One day in orbit: six astronauts, sixteen sunrises, a typhoon's eye, and a beautiful fragile Earth.
by Samantha Harvey 2023
3.49
150k+ ratings
2001
by Arthur C. Clarke • 1968
A monolith wakes on the moon and signals Saturn; two astronauts and a secretive computer follow.
4.18
339k+
2001 Summary
2001 87%
A monolith wakes on the moon and signals Saturn; two astronauts and a secretive computer follow.
by Arthur C. Clarke 1968
4.18
339k+ ratings
Look to Windward
by Iain M. Banks • 2000
A bereaved soldier reaches an Orbital with one buried mission: assassinate its godlike Mind.
4.23
30k+
Look to Windward Summary
Look to Windward 87%
A bereaved soldier reaches an Orbital with one buried mission: assassinate its godlike Mind.
by Iain M. Banks 2000
4.23
30k+ ratings
Weapons Free
by Daniel Gibbs • 2021
When unknown warships strike, an aging carrier crew must hold the line or lose humanity's homeworld.
4.14
1k+
Weapons Free Summary
Weapons Free 87%
When unknown warships strike, an aging carrier crew must hold the line or lose humanity's homeworld.
by Daniel Gibbs 2021
4.14
1k+ ratings
The Human Division
by John Scalzi • 2013
With Earth gone, a diplomatic ship's forgotten crew must save humanity from a hidden enemy.
4.09
39k+
The Human Division Summary
The Human Division 87%
With Earth gone, a diplomatic ship's forgotten crew must save humanity from a hidden enemy.
by John Scalzi 2013
4.09
39k+ ratings
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy
by Becky Chambers • 2022
A tea monk and a curious robot travel the countryside, asking one deceptively simple question.
4.37
89k+
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy Summary
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy 87%
A tea monk and a curious robot travel the countryside, asking one deceptively simple question.
by Becky Chambers 2022
4.37
89k+ ratings
Rogue Protocol
by Martha Wells • 2018
A rogue android stows away to an abandoned station: the team's security is the real threat.
4.24
176k+
Rogue Protocol Summary
Rogue Protocol 87%
A rogue android stows away to an abandoned station: the team's security is the real threat.
by Martha Wells 2018
4.24
176k+ ratings
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars
by Christopher Paolini • 2020
An alien organism bonds with a scientist, granting her the language of the species destroying Earth.
3.80
71k+
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars Summary
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars 87%
An alien organism bonds with a scientist, granting her the language of the species destroying Earth.
by Christopher Paolini 2020
3.80
71k+ ratings
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