Science Fiction in Outerspace

Updated April 14, 2026
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The Iron Garden Sutra
Sui, A D
Paper Book
Klara and the Sun meets S. A. Barnes's Dead Silence with a touch of Becky Chambers' A Psalm for the Wild-Built in Nebula Award-winning author A.D. Sui's darkly philosophical, locked room murder mystery, as a death monk and a team of researchers trapped onboard a spaceship of...
Operation Bounce House
Dinniman, Matt
Paper Book
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * 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 the New York Times bestselling author of the smash-hit Dungeon Crawler Carl. ...
These burning stars
Jacobs, Bethany (Novelist)
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE 2024 PHILIP K. DICK AWARD  "These Burning Stars pulls off one of the most brazen, gasp-inducing reveals I've experienced in an age." -Esquire  A dangerous cat-and-mouse quest for revenge. An empire...
Final orbit
Hadfield, Chris.
Paper Book
An edge-of-your-seat thriller about China's secret role in the space race--written by the New York Times bestselling author of The Apollo Murders and one of the most experienced astronauts alive.   Houston, 1975. A new...
Orbital : a novel
Harvey, Samantha
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024 * A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER **New York Times Book Review Book Club Pick** **Stephen Colbert's The Late Show Book Club Pick** Winner of the 2024 Hawthornden Prize Shortlisted for the 2024...
2001 : a space odyssey
Clarke, Arthur C.
Paper Book
A deluxe hardcover edition of the wondrous space adventure that is the basis for Stanley Kubrick's Oscar-winning film--now celebrating its 50th anniversary Part of Penguin Galaxy, a collectible series of six sci-fi/fantasy classics, featuring a series introduction by Neil Gaiman...
All systems red
Wells, Martha
Paper Book
Winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Award for Best Novella Winner of the Alex Award A New York Times and USA Today Bestseller Now an Apple Original series from Academy Award nominees Paul Weitz and Chris Weitz and starring Emmy...
Dawn
Butler, Octavia E.
Ebook
An alien race calls on one woman to revive mankind after Earth's apocalypse in this science fiction classic from the award-winning author of Parable of the Sower.  Lilith Iyapo has just lost her husband and son when atomic fire consumes Earth--the last stage of the...
Children of time
Tchaikovsky, Adrian
Paper Book
Adrian Tchaikovsky's Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning novel Children of Time is the epic story of humanity's battle for survival on a terraformed planet. The last remnants of the human race left a dying Earth, desperate to find a new home among the stars....
Cascade failure
Sagas, L. M.
Paper Book
L. M. Sagas's debut, Cascade Failure, is a high-octane, sci-fi adventure blending J. S. Dewes's Divide series with Firefly. It features a fierce, messy, chaotic space family, vibrant worlds, and an exploration of the many ways to be--and not to be--human. Most...
The deep sky
Kitasei, Yume
Paper Book
Yume Kitasei's The Deep Sky is an enthralling sci fi thriller debut about a mission into deep space that begins with a lethal explosion that leaves the survivors questioning the loyalty of the crew. They left Earth to save humanity. They'll have to save themselves...
Quantum
Cornwell, Patricia Daniels
Paper Book
A USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and Amazon Charts bestseller. International bestselling author Patricia Cornwell delivers pulse-pounding thrills in the first book in a series featuring a brilliant and unusual new heroine, cutting-edge...
Floating hotel
Curtis, Grace
Paper Book
Esquire Best Sci-Fi Books of 2024 UK bestseller Goodreads 58 Biggest Books of Spring Men's Health 30 Most Anticipated Sci-Fi and Fantasy books of 2024 Apple Books 2024's Most Anticipated Books LitHub March's Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy...
The long way to a small, angry planet
Chambers, Becky
Paper Book
National Bestseller! The acclaimed modern science fiction masterpiece, Hugo Award winner for Best Series! Follow a motley crew on an exciting journey through space--and one adventurous young explorer who discovers the meaning of family in the far reaches of the...
The calculating stars
Kowal, Mary Robinette
Paper Book
Mary Robinette Kowal's science fiction debut, 2019 Winner of the Hugo and Nebula Award for best novel, The Calculating Stars, explores the premise behind her award-winning "Lady Astronaut of Mars." Winner 2018 Nebula Award for Best Novel Winner 2019...
The Mars house : a novel
Pulley, Natasha
Paper Book
A compulsively readable queer sci-fi novel about a marriage of convenience between a Mars politician and an Earth refugee. Named a Best Book of 2024 by The Washington Post * Amazon * Book Riot * LitHub * Paste Magazine * HuffPost In the wake of an...
The imposition of unnecessary obstacles
Older, Malka
Paper Book
Named a Best Sci-Fi Book of 2024 by Esquire Investigator Mossa and Scholar Pleiti reunite to solve a new mystery in the follow-up to the cozy space-opera detective mystery The Mimicking of Known Successes, which Hugo Award-winning author Charlie Jane Anders...
Bitch planet : triple feature. Vol. 1
DeConnick, Kelly Sue
Paper Book
DECONNICK & DE LANDRO PRESENT: The TripleFeature! Ripped directly from the worldof BITCH PLANET, a crack team of creators spin fifteen teeth-clenching tales ofrage, revolution and ridicule.
A memory called empire
Martine, Arkady
Paper Book
Winner of the 2020 Hugo Award for Best Novel A Locus, and Nebula Award nominee for 2019An NPR Favorite Book of 2019 An Esquire Best Sci-Fi Book of All Time A Guardian Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Book of 2019 and "Not...
Dune Dune Series, Book 1
Herbert, Frank.
Ebook
Frank Herbert's classic masterpiece--a triumph of the imagination and one of the bestselling science fiction novels of all time. Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of Paul Atreides--who would become known as Muad'Dib--and of a great family's ambition to...
Ringworld : a novel
Niven, Larry
Paper Book
Foundation
Asimov, Isaac
Ebook
The first novel in Isaac Asimov's classic science-fiction masterpiece, the Foundation series THE EPIC SAGA THAT INSPIRED THE APPLE TV+ SERIES FOUNDATION * Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read   ...
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