Recs if you like The Kaiju Preservation Society...

you can enter a space. you are a regular guy, you can enter a room. you are a regular guy, you can do that transaction. you are a regular guy, you know how to answer the phone. you are a regular guy, you know what sleep is. you are a regular guy, you know what it means to be you.

all of these books have regular people as the protagonist doing all sorts of things, from kissing to killing!

as always, open to all suggestions!

books where workplaces or locations are not compliant with osha standards or they become not compliant with osha standards during the events of the book disclaimer: whether or not these are actual osha violations is unknown but they are osha violations in my heart please don't arrest me mister us government

Books that either directly involve gaming as part of the story or have strong appeal for gamers (like litRPG)

Queer sci-fi 💫 (Not always in space, I think I've covered most sci-fi subgenres)

In honour of the 2026 nominations, this list compiles all the nominees for the Hugo Award for Best Novel from 2010 - 2026.

Fiction that deals with climate change. Books may take place in the world as we know it, in the near future, or in fictional worlds experiencing climate change.

Keeping up with the 700+ books featured on Overdue since 2013

The most comprehensive list of award winning sci-fi and fantasy novels. The books on this list have won either 1 or multiple awards out of the Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, Locus Sci-Fi, Locus Fantasy, goodreads Choice Fantasy, or goodreads Science Fiction Awards.

Wait! What? If it’s not about spaceships and aliens and strange new worlds, what is sci-fi about?

It’s about what’s going on here, now, to us— just like other genres. Setting the story centuries in the future is a way for the author to view our world from a different perspective. Which is cool. But not necessary.

Here are some sci-fi and speculative fiction works set in the author’s own time. Some old, some new. Some not even sci-fi. But all will give you a new perspective on the world.

science fiction that takes place Right Now ⬇️

The SciFri Book Club, created by the people who bring you the weekly public radio show Science Friday, is a program to bring people together around all things science reading—anything from sci-fi short stories to nonfiction science books to science articles from various publications to science-y poetry!

Sometimes you want the literary equivalent of a Big Mac.

Reads that may not be the deepest, most plot-heavy stories…but they still feel like a familiar piece of candy.

Do they probably have a checklist of tropes they hit? Yeah.

Would somebody side-eye you for reading it? Maybe.

Do we care? No way! Sometimes you want the greasy burger!

(Suggestions welcome. First book in series if it’s not standalone.)

Kaiju books, graphic novels, and more! For the sake of the list not becoming a creature feature list, I am defining Kaiju as 'a creature that has never existed and whose presence alone can be a natural disaster'. So things like Jaws (a normal shark) and The Meg (a real creature that existed but we just didn't know was still around) won't be added.

The title is part of a Kaiju No. 8 quote - "Destruction and Creation - that's a kaiju's true nature"

the world is upside down but at least we have our trusty sarcasm

At Nohara66's request, scfi books "without space and physics!" (Or as close as can be). Some of these do feature spaceships in the background or as a step from point A to B, or set within galactic empires, or once colonised worlds, but involve no physics and don't focus on life/travel in space.

Obsessed with Jurassic Park? Read these

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My recommended science fiction stories (stand-alone and series) that I think are worth giving a go.

Books that have been picked as reads for the Timmunity Page Turners book club - starting November 2025 (2 months per book)