🦠 Space Plague

Contagion in the void — stories where disease spreads through ships or colonies with nowhere to run, amplifying horror with the claustrophobia of space.

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+

🪐 Xenoarchaeology 🌌 Cosmic Horror 🚀 Gothic Spaceship 👾 Rogue Ai 🦠 Plague Ship

Revelation Space 90%

A disgraced archaeologist unearths an alien genocide as a plague ship arrives to claim his mind.

by Alastair Reynolds 2000

3.99

62k+ ratings

🪐 Xenoarchaeology 🌌 Cosmic Horror 🚀 Gothic Spaceship 👾 Rogue Ai 🦠 Plague Ship

Gravity

by Tess Gerritsen • 2000

An alien organism devours the ISS crew from within. Earth condemns them all. One doctor refuses.

4.10

18k+

🩺 Medical Thriller 👽 Alien Pathogen 🦠 Body Horror 🔒 Claustrophobic Tension 🚀 Near Future Space

Gravity 89%

An alien organism devours the ISS crew from within. Earth condemns them all. One doctor refuses.

by Tess Gerritsen 2000

4.10

18k+ ratings

🩺 Medical Thriller 👽 Alien Pathogen 🦠 Body Horror 🔒 Claustrophobic Tension 🚀 Near Future Space

Leviathan Wakes

by James S.A. Corey • 2011

A detective and a captain race to stop a corporation's alien virus from consuming humanity.

4.31

325k+

🚀 Space Opera 🕵️ Noir Detective 🦠 Alien Virus 🫂 Found Family 👥 Dual Perspectives

Leviathan Wakes 89%

A detective and a captain race to stop a corporation's alien virus from consuming humanity.

by James S.A. Corey 2011

4.31

325k+ ratings

🚀 Space Opera 🕵️ Noir Detective 🦠 Alien Virus 🫂 Found Family 👥 Dual Perspectives

Star Wars

by Joe Schreiber • 2010

A Sith experiment spawns a zombie plague; a captured Jedi and her psychic orchid are the only cure.

3.46

9k+

🧟 Zombie Outbreak 🖤 Space Gothic 🌱 Sentient Plants 🔪 Survival Horror ❄️ Frozen World

Star Wars 89%

A Sith experiment spawns a zombie plague; a captured Jedi and her psychic orchid are the only cure.

by Joe Schreiber 2010

3.46

9k+ ratings

🧟 Zombie Outbreak 🖤 Space Gothic 🌱 Sentient Plants 🔪 Survival Horror ❄️ Frozen World

A Deepness in the Sky

by Vernor Vinge • 1999

Ambushed traders, enslaved by mind-controlling rivals, orbit a star that shuts off for centuries.

4.32

35k+

🚀 Hard Science Fiction 👽 First Contact Aliens 🕸️ Alien Civilization Building 🧠 Mind Control Virus 🕵️ Hidden Mastermind

A Deepness in the Sky 89%

Ambushed traders, enslaved by mind-controlling rivals, orbit a star that shuts off for centuries.

by Vernor Vinge 1999

4.32

35k+ ratings

🚀 Hard Science Fiction 👽 First Contact Aliens 🕸️ Alien Civilization Building 🧠 Mind Control Virus 🕵️ Hidden Mastermind

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+

🚀 Military Space Opera 👽 Alien Artifacts 🫂 Found Family 🧠 Hive Mind Threat 💔 Bittersweet

Leviathan Falls 89%

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

🚀 Military Space Opera 👽 Alien Artifacts 🫂 Found Family 🧠 Hive Mind Threat 💔 Bittersweet

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+

🏛️ Alien Ruins 🤝 Found Family 😟 Reluctant Hero 🌌 Cosmic Horror 🎭 Political Intrigue

Eyes of the Void 89%

The Architects return. A haunted navigator must uncover their secret while every faction hunts him.

by Adrian Tchaikovsky 2022

4.19

21k+ ratings

🏛️ Alien Ruins 🤝 Found Family 😟 Reluctant Hero 🌌 Cosmic Horror 🎭 Political Intrigue

Cibola Burn

by James S.A. Corey • 2014

On a new world, a mediator tries to stop a corporate land war as an ancient alien machine awakens.

4.23

130k+

🛸 First Contact 🏢 Corporate Colony ⚖️ Frontier Justice 🕊️ Redemption Arc 👽 Alien Horror

Cibola Burn 89%

On a new world, a mediator tries to stop a corporate land war as an ancient alien machine awakens.

by James S.A. Corey 2014

4.23

130k+ ratings

🛸 First Contact 🏢 Corporate Colony ⚖️ Frontier Justice 🕊️ Redemption Arc 👽 Alien Horror

Shroud

by Adrian Tchaikovsky • 2025

Crashed on a moon of endless night, survivors discover its creatures share a single alien mind.

4.15

14k+

👽 First Contact Horror 🐝 Alien Hive Mind 🤝 Interspecies Cooperation 🕊️ Accidental Ambassador 🏢 Corporate Exploitation

Shroud 88%

Crashed on a moon of endless night, survivors discover its creatures share a single alien mind.

by Adrian Tchaikovsky 2025

4.15

14k+ ratings

👽 First Contact Horror 🐝 Alien Hive Mind 🤝 Interspecies Cooperation 🕊️ Accidental Ambassador 🏢 Corporate Exploitation

Sanctuary

by Caryn Lix • 2018

A space prison guard discovers her hidden chip as a breakout unleashes an alien creature onboard.

3.89

2k+

🚀 Space Prison ⚡ Teens With Powers 🫂 Found Family 🤝 Enemies To Allies 👾 Alien Assimilation

Sanctuary 88%

A space prison guard discovers her hidden chip as a breakout unleashes an alien creature onboard.

by Caryn Lix 2018

3.89

2k+ ratings

🚀 Space Prison ⚡ Teens With Powers 🫂 Found Family 🤝 Enemies To Allies 👾 Alien Assimilation

Godblight

by Guy Haley • 2021

His daemon brother returns with a plague to kill a demigod, and the Emperor gives only silence.

4.25

2k+

🛡️ Grimdark Sci-Fi ⚔️ Brother Against Brother 🙏 Crisis Of Faith 👁️ Cosmic Horror ⚡ Demigod Protagonist

Godblight 88%

His daemon brother returns with a plague to kill a demigod, and the Emperor gives only silence.

by Guy Haley 2021

4.25

2k+ ratings

🛡️ Grimdark Sci-Fi ⚔️ Brother Against Brother 🙏 Crisis Of Faith 👁️ Cosmic Horror ⚡ Demigod Protagonist

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+

🚀 Generation Ship 👑 Hidden Heir ⚙️ Forbidden Technology 🤖 AI Companion 💀 Ritualized Death

A Hole in the Sky 88%

On a dying starship, siblings flee ritual death into forbidden wilds hiding alien foes.

by Peter F. Hamilton 2021

3.79

1k+ ratings

🚀 Generation Ship 👑 Hidden Heir ⚙️ Forbidden Technology 🤖 AI Companion 💀 Ritualized Death

Illuminae

by Amie Kaufman • 2015

Fleeing a corporate attack, two exes board a warship whose damaged AI has begun sacrificing crew.

4.24

162k+

🔖 Epistolary Sci-Fi 🤖 Rogue AI 💔 Second Chance Romance ⌨️ Hacker Heroine ⚔️ Battle Couple

Illuminae 88%

Fleeing a corporate attack, two exes board a warship whose damaged AI has begun sacrificing crew.

by Amie Kaufman 2015

4.24

162k+ ratings

🔖 Epistolary Sci-Fi 🤖 Rogue AI 💔 Second Chance Romance ⌨️ Hacker Heroine ⚔️ Battle Couple

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+

🚀 Episodic Space Opera 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 🫂 Found Family 🌐 Interstellar Diplomacy 🏆 Underdog Protagonists

The Human Division 88%

With Earth gone, a diplomatic ship's forgotten crew must save humanity from a hidden enemy.

by John Scalzi 2013

4.09

39k+ ratings

🚀 Episodic Space Opera 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 🫂 Found Family 🌐 Interstellar Diplomacy 🏆 Underdog Protagonists

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+

🚀 Philosophical Space Opera 👤 Immortal Outsider 🌌 Elegiac 🌍 Dying World 💥 Galactic Empire Collapse

Slow Gods 88%

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

🚀 Philosophical Space Opera 👤 Immortal Outsider 🌌 Elegiac 🌍 Dying World 💥 Galactic Empire Collapse

Shards of Earth

by Adrian Tchaikovsky • 2021

A ship sculpted by aliens forces a traumatized navigator back into the nightmare void.

4.18

35k+

🧠 Psychic Navigators 🖤 Found Family 🚀 Salvage Crew 👾 Alien Cosmic Horror 🌌 Post-War Galaxy

Shards of Earth 88%

A ship sculpted by aliens forces a traumatized navigator back into the nightmare void.

by Adrian Tchaikovsky 2021

4.18

35k+ ratings

🧠 Psychic Navigators 🖤 Found Family 🚀 Salvage Crew 👾 Alien Cosmic Horror 🌌 Post-War Galaxy

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+

🛸 First Contact War 🧬 Alien Symbiosis 🚀 Found Family Crew 🤝 Interspecies Alliance ⚔️ Interstellar War

To Sleep in a Sea of Stars 88%

An alien organism bonds with a scientist, granting her the language of the species destroying Earth.

by Christopher Paolini 2020

3.80

71k+ ratings

🛸 First Contact War 🧬 Alien Symbiosis 🚀 Found Family Crew 🤝 Interspecies Alliance ⚔️ Interstellar War

Shadow of the Xel'Naga

by Gabriel Mesta • 2001

An alien artifact awakens on a remote colony, and three warring species converge to claim it.

3.40

2k+

🎮 Video Game Tie-In 🪖 Military Sf 🛸 Alien Artifact 👩‍🚀 Reluctant Leader 🌾 Colonist Survival

Shadow of the Xel'Naga 88%

An alien artifact awakens on a remote colony, and three warring species converge to claim it.

by Gabriel Mesta 2001

3.40

2k+ ratings

🎮 Video Game Tie-In 🪖 Military Sf 🛸 Alien Artifact 👩‍🚀 Reluctant Leader 🌾 Colonist Survival

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+

🦎 Shapeshifter Protagonist 🚀 Mercenary Crew 🛐 Alien Religion 🌍 Doomed Megastructure 🧠 Sentient Starship

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

🦎 Shapeshifter Protagonist 🚀 Mercenary Crew 🛐 Alien Religion 🌍 Doomed Megastructure 🧠 Sentient Starship

Horus Rising

by Dan Abnett • 2006

A crusade captain buries a daemonic possession because his empire has outlawed the very word.

4.26

41k+

🚀 Military Space Opera 🌐 Galactic Empire 👹 Daemonic Possession 📖 Forbidden Knowledge ⚔️ Warrior Brotherhood

Horus Rising 88%

A crusade captain buries a daemonic possession because his empire has outlawed the very word.

by Dan Abnett 2006

4.26

41k+ ratings

🚀 Military Space Opera 🌐 Galactic Empire 👹 Daemonic Possession 📖 Forbidden Knowledge ⚔️ Warrior Brotherhood

Seveneves

by Neal Stephenson • 2015

The moon shatters. Earth will burn. Seven women in orbit carry the last hope for humanity.

4.00

126k+

🚀 Hard Science Fiction 🧬 Genetic Engineering 🛰️ Survival In Space 🔧 Engineer Protagonists 🏗️ Civilization Building

Seveneves 88%

The moon shatters. Earth will burn. Seven women in orbit carry the last hope for humanity.

by Neal Stephenson 2015

4.00

126k+ ratings

🚀 Hard Science Fiction 🧬 Genetic Engineering 🛰️ Survival In Space 🔧 Engineer Protagonists 🏗️ Civilization Building

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+

🚀 Military Space Opera 🗡️ Political Treachery ⚔️ Revolution And Rebellion 🤝 Enemies To Brothers 💔 Grief As Fuel

Light Bringer 88%

Defeated and hunted, Darrow must unite bitter rivals to stop a warlord burning the outer worlds.

by Pierce Brown 2023

4.77

111k+ ratings

🚀 Military Space Opera 🗡️ Political Treachery ⚔️ Revolution And Rebellion 🤝 Enemies To Brothers 💔 Grief As Fuel

The Fallen Star

by Claudia Gray • 2022

Sabotage turns the Jedi's station into a death trap; one Master must choose who to save.

4.07

11k+

🛰️ Space Station Disaster 🫂 Found Family 🕯️ Heroic Sacrifice 🎭 Villain Mastermind 💣 Sabotage From Within

The Fallen Star 88%

Sabotage turns the Jedi's station into a death trap; one Master must choose who to save.

by Claudia Gray 2022

4.07

11k+ ratings

🛰️ Space Station Disaster 🫂 Found Family 🕯️ Heroic Sacrifice 🎭 Villain Mastermind 💣 Sabotage From Within

Children of Ruin

by Adrian Tchaikovsky • 2019

A mission to an octopus civilization sparks war and wakes a parasite that learns by consuming minds.

4.05

64k+

🛸 First Contact 🐙 Uplifted Animals 🧬 Alien Biology 🦠 Parasitic Infection 🩸 Body Horror

Children of Ruin 88%

A mission to an octopus civilization sparks war and wakes a parasite that learns by consuming minds.

by Adrian Tchaikovsky 2019

4.05

64k+ ratings

🛸 First Contact 🐙 Uplifted Animals 🧬 Alien Biology 🦠 Parasitic Infection 🩸 Body Horror

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+

🌌 Space Fantasy 🕸️ Galactic Conspiracy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🚀 Sentient Ships ⚔️ Cursed Hero

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

🌌 Space Fantasy 🕸️ Galactic Conspiracy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🚀 Sentient Ships ⚔️ Cursed Hero

Halo

by William C. Dietz • 2003

Crash-landed on a ringworld, a super-soldier must destroy it to stop a parasite from reaching Earth.

3.74

20k+

🪖 Military Sci-Fi 🦾 Super-Soldier 🤖 AI Companion 🧬 Alien Parasite ⛪ Religious Zealotry

Halo 88%

Crash-landed on a ringworld, a super-soldier must destroy it to stop a parasite from reaching Earth.

by William C. Dietz 2003

3.74

20k+ ratings

🪖 Military Sci-Fi 🦾 Super-Soldier 🤖 AI Companion 🧬 Alien Parasite ⛪ Religious Zealotry

Howling Dark

by Christopher Ruocchio • 2019

An exiled lord leads mercenaries into dark space, seeking a world to end the alien war.

4.34

29k+

🌑 Dark Space Opera ⚗️ Science Fantasy Blend 👑 Immortal Tyrant 💀 Death And Resurrection 👽 Ancient Alien Intelligence

Howling Dark 88%

An exiled lord leads mercenaries into dark space, seeking a world to end the alien war.

by Christopher Ruocchio 2019

4.34

29k+ ratings

🌑 Dark Space Opera ⚗️ Science Fantasy Blend 👑 Immortal Tyrant 💀 Death And Resurrection 👽 Ancient Alien Intelligence

The Last Watch

by J.S. Dewes • 2021

Exiled to guard the universe's edge, a prince and a commander discover the boundary is collapsing.

3.97

12k+

🚀 Military Space Opera 🫂 Found Family 👑 Disgraced Royalty ⚔️ Reluctant Commander 🌌 Cosmic Collapse

The Last Watch 88%

Exiled to guard the universe's edge, a prince and a commander discover the boundary is collapsing.

by J.S. Dewes 2021

3.97

12k+ ratings

🚀 Military Space Opera 🫂 Found Family 👑 Disgraced Royalty ⚔️ Reluctant Commander 🌌 Cosmic Collapse

Disquiet Gods

by Christopher Ruocchio • 2024

After centuries of exile, a fallen hero and his daughter must slay a sleeping god.

4.56

15k+

🌌 Cosmic Horror Sf ✨ Literary Space Opera ⚔️ Reluctant Chosen One 👁️ Ancient Cosmic Beings 🧬 Clone Identity Crisis

Disquiet Gods 88%

After centuries of exile, a fallen hero and his daughter must slay a sleeping god.

by Christopher Ruocchio 2024

4.56

15k+ ratings

🌌 Cosmic Horror Sf ✨ Literary Space Opera ⚔️ Reluctant Chosen One 👁️ Ancient Cosmic Beings 🧬 Clone Identity Crisis

Dead Silence

by S.A. Barnes • 2022

A salvage leader boards a ghost ship whose passengers slaughtered themselves; now her crew is next.

3.78

39k+

🛸 Haunted Spaceship 🌌 Space Horror 🧠 Unreliable Narrator 🏢 Corporate Conspiracy 🛠️ Salvage Crew

Dead Silence 88%

A salvage leader boards a ghost ship whose passengers slaughtered themselves; now her crew is next.

by S.A. Barnes 2022

3.78

39k+ ratings

🛸 Haunted Spaceship 🌌 Space Horror 🧠 Unreliable Narrator 🏢 Corporate Conspiracy 🛠️ Salvage Crew

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+

🏕️ Colony Survival 🌌 Interstellar Politics 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family 👽 Alien Alliances 🏰 Besieged Settlement

The Last Colony 88%

Recruited to lead a colony, John Perry learns his people are bait for an alien armada.

by John Scalzi 2007

4.11

74k+ ratings

🏕️ Colony Survival 🌌 Interstellar Politics 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family 👽 Alien Alliances 🏰 Besieged Settlement

This Book Is Full of Spiders

by David Wong • 2012

A slacker sees invisible spiders infect his neighbors, then the military quarantines the town.

4.26

35k+

🎭 Comic Horror 🕷️ Parasite Horror 🏚️ Quarantine Horror 🤪 Absurdist Horror 👁️ Unseen Threat

This Book Is Full of Spiders 88%

A slacker sees invisible spiders infect his neighbors, then the military quarantines the town.

by David Wong 2012

4.26

35k+ ratings

🎭 Comic Horror 🕷️ Parasite Horror 🏚️ Quarantine Horror 🤪 Absurdist Horror 👁️ Unseen Threat

Alien

by Tim Lebbon • 2014

Ripley wakes on a crippled mining ship where the creatures she fled are already hunting.

3.82

13k+

🚀 Space Horror 👾 Creature Feature 💔 Traumatized Survivor 🧠 Memory Erasure 🤖 Hostile AI

Alien 88%

Ripley wakes on a crippled mining ship where the creatures she fled are already hunting.

by Tim Lebbon 2014

3.82

13k+ ratings

🚀 Space Horror 👾 Creature Feature 💔 Traumatized Survivor 🧠 Memory Erasure 🤖 Hostile AI

The Mercy of Gods

by James S.A. Corey • 2024

His world decimated by alien conquerors, a scientist must prove his species deserves to survive.

4.15

42k+

🛸 First Contact Invasion 🔒 Alien Captivity ✊ Failed Rebellion 🧠 Reluctant Leader 🔬 Scientist Protagonists

The Mercy of Gods 88%

His world decimated by alien conquerors, a scientist must prove his species deserves to survive.

by James S.A. Corey 2024

4.15

42k+ ratings

🛸 First Contact Invasion 🔒 Alien Captivity ✊ Failed Rebellion 🧠 Reluctant Leader 🔬 Scientist Protagonists

Aurora Rising

by Amie Kaufman • 2019

A cadet trades his dream squad for a lost girl who becomes the galaxy's last weapon.

4.09

75k+

🚀 Ensemble Space Crew 🫂 Found Family ✨ Chosen One Destiny 💫 Fated Bond 👁️ Psychic Visions

Aurora Rising 88%

A cadet trades his dream squad for a lost girl who becomes the galaxy's last weapon.

by Amie Kaufman 2019

4.09

75k+ ratings

🚀 Ensemble Space Crew 🫂 Found Family ✨ Chosen One Destiny 💫 Fated Bond 👁️ Psychic Visions

Trading in Danger

by Elizabeth Moon • 2003

A disgraced cadet captains a rusty freighter into a star system collapsing into war.

4.00

16k+

🚀 Interstellar Trade ⚔️ Space Mutiny 👥 Ragtag Crew 💰 Space Mercenaries 👩‍✈️ Woman Ship Captain

Trading in Danger 87%

A disgraced cadet captains a rusty freighter into a star system collapsing into war.

by Elizabeth Moon 2003

4.00

16k+ ratings

🚀 Interstellar Trade ⚔️ Space Mutiny 👥 Ragtag Crew 💰 Space Mercenaries 👩‍✈️ Woman Ship Captain

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+

🖤 Literary Apocalypse ❄️ Arctic Isolation 🚀 Deep Space 🤝 Found Family 👴 Reluctant Caretaker

Good Morning, Midnight 87%

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

🖤 Literary Apocalypse ❄️ Arctic Isolation 🚀 Deep Space 🤝 Found Family 👴 Reluctant Caretaker

Chimera

by Mira Grant • 2015

A tapeworm wearing a human face fights to survive the war between the species she straddles.

3.84

6k+

🪱 Parasite Horror 🧬 Pandemic Sci-Fi 🧠 Sentient Parasite 🫂 Found Family 👹 Monster Protagonist

Chimera 87%

A tapeworm wearing a human face fights to survive the war between the species she straddles.

by Mira Grant 2015

3.84

6k+ ratings

🪱 Parasite Horror 🧬 Pandemic Sci-Fi 🧠 Sentient Parasite 🫂 Found Family 👹 Monster Protagonist

Horus Rising

by Dan Abnett • 2016

When a Space Marine joins the Warmaster's council, his deadliest enemy wears a brother's face.

4.51

278

🖤 Grimdark Sci-Fi 🛡️ Space Marine Legion 🔒 Secret Lodge 💔 Doomed Brotherhood 🗡️ Impending Betrayal

Horus Rising 87%

When a Space Marine joins the Warmaster's council, his deadliest enemy wears a brother's face.

by Dan Abnett 2016

4.51

278 ratings

🖤 Grimdark Sci-Fi 🛡️ Space Marine Legion 🔒 Secret Lodge 💔 Doomed Brotherhood 🗡️ Impending Betrayal

The Solar War

by John French • 2019

The traitor fleet surrounds Earth, but a forbidden ritual threatens to unleash hell.

4.02

4k+

💀 Grimdark Future 🚀 Space Fleet Warfare 🕳️ Cosmic Horror 🦾 Super Soldier Legions 🏰 Siege Warfare

The Solar War 87%

The traitor fleet surrounds Earth, but a forbidden ritual threatens to unleash hell.

by John French 2019

4.02

4k+ ratings

💀 Grimdark Future 🚀 Space Fleet Warfare 🕳️ Cosmic Horror 🦾 Super Soldier Legions 🏰 Siege Warfare

Parasite

by Mira Grant • 2013

Her life-saving tapeworm is waking up. It wants control of her body and everyone else's.

3.68

19k+

🩸 Medical Body Horror 🦠 Parasitic Outbreak 🔍 Lost Identity 🏢 Corporate Cover-Up 🧬 Hybrid Consciousness

Parasite 87%

Her life-saving tapeworm is waking up. It wants control of her body and everyone else's.

by Mira Grant 2013

3.68

19k+ ratings

🩸 Medical Body Horror 🦠 Parasitic Outbreak 🔍 Lost Identity 🏢 Corporate Cover-Up 🧬 Hybrid Consciousness

172 Hours on the Moon

by Johan Harstad • 2008

Three teens reach a secret moon base. The last crew stayed behind to take their place.

3.53

15k+

🚀 Space Horror 🌙 Secret Moon Base 👥 DoppelgäNger Threat 👩‍🚀 Teens In Space 😱 Paranoid Horror

172 Hours on the Moon 87%

Three teens reach a secret moon base. The last crew stayed behind to take their place.

by Johan Harstad 2008

3.53

15k+ ratings

🚀 Space Horror 🌙 Secret Moon Base 👥 DoppelgäNger Threat 👩‍🚀 Teens In Space 😱 Paranoid Horror

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+

🧠 Digital Consciousness 🚀 Von Neumann Probe 👥 Multiple Selves ⚖️ Prime Directive 🌍 Humanity's Last Hope

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

🧠 Digital Consciousness 🚀 Von Neumann Probe 👥 Multiple Selves ⚖️ Prime Directive 🌍 Humanity's Last Hope

The Andromeda Strain

by Michael Crichton • 1969

An alien organism kills a desert town, then mutates inside the sealed lab hunting it.

3.91

274k+

🧬 Techno Thriller 🦠 Alien Pathogen ⚠️ Containment Breach 🧪 Underground Laboratory 🔄 Rapid Mutation

The Andromeda Strain 87%

An alien organism kills a desert town, then mutates inside the sealed lab hunting it.

by Michael Crichton 1969

3.91

274k+ ratings

🧬 Techno Thriller 🦠 Alien Pathogen ⚠️ Containment Breach 🧪 Underground Laboratory 🔄 Rapid Mutation

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+

💥 Space Disaster ⚔️ Master And Apprentice 🌟 Hopeful Sci-Fi 🎬 Cinematic Action 🚨 Rescue Mission

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

💥 Space Disaster ⚔️ Master And Apprentice 🌟 Hopeful Sci-Fi 🎬 Cinematic Action 🚨 Rescue Mission

Ashes of Man

by Christopher Ruocchio • 2022

A broken hero returns to an empire as an alien prophet unites the enemy for annihilation.

4.48

16k+

🚀 Military Space Opera ✨ Science Fantasy 😔 Survivor Guilt 🥀 Fallen Hero 🌌 Cosmic Horror

Ashes of Man 87%

A broken hero returns to an empire as an alien prophet unites the enemy for annihilation.

by Christopher Ruocchio 2022

4.48

16k+ ratings

🚀 Military Space Opera ✨ Science Fantasy 😔 Survivor Guilt 🥀 Fallen Hero 🌌 Cosmic Horror

Gemina

by Amie Kaufman • 2016

On a besieged space station, a martial artist and a smuggler fight mercenaries and alien monsters.

4.43

82k+

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Gemina 87%

On a besieged space station, a martial artist and a smuggler fight mercenaries and alien monsters.

by Amie Kaufman 2016

4.43

82k+ ratings

🚀 Space Station Thriller 📄 Found Footage Sci-Fi 👾 Sci-Fi Horror ❤️ Enemies To Lovers 👪 Chosen Family

Symbiont

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3.71

8k+

🩸 Body Horror 🧬 Biopunk ⚠️ Scientific Hubris 🎭 Identity Crisis 👤 Body Snatchers

Symbiont 87%

A tapeworm-human hybrid awakens to her true nature as a plague turns hosts into sleepwalkers.

by Mira Grant 2014

3.71

8k+ ratings

🩸 Body Horror 🧬 Biopunk ⚠️ Scientific Hubris 🎭 Identity Crisis 👤 Body Snatchers

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3.92

30k+

🎮 Death Game 🤖 Mech Combat 🐝 AI Companion ⚔️ Colonist Uprising 🩷 Found Family

Operation Bounce House 87%

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by Matt Dinniman 2026

3.92

30k+ ratings

🎮 Death Game 🤖 Mech Combat 🐝 AI Companion ⚔️ Colonist Uprising 🩷 Found Family

Pale Blue Dot

by Carl Sagan • 1994

On a single pixel: everyone who ever lived. The scientific case that makes space our only insurance.

4.34

40k+

🔭 Planetary Science 🚀 Space Exploration 🌌 Cosmic Perspective 🧬 Astrobiology 🪐 Planetary Exploration

Pale Blue Dot 87%

On a single pixel: everyone who ever lived. The scientific case that makes space our only insurance.

by Carl Sagan 1994

4.34

40k+ ratings

🔭 Planetary Science 🚀 Space Exploration 🌌 Cosmic Perspective 🧬 Astrobiology 🪐 Planetary Exploration

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