Recs if you like Ringworld...

A list of all the novels which won the Best Novel category of the Nebula Awards. To be nominated for this award a story must be 40,000 words or more and published in English in the US and it must be either a science fiction or fantasy story. This list should be in descending order (most recent winners first while earlier winners are further down.

and Big Dumb Objects (BDO). Constructs or Objects that are terrifying and/or awe-inspiring, invoking a sense of mortality and fragility in you.

• Includes Labyrinthine Spaces as a subset for now.

A list of all the novels which won the Best Novel category of the Hugo Awards. To be nominated for this award a story must be 40,000 words or more and written in or translated to English and it must be either a science fiction or fantasy story. This list should be in descending order (most recent winners first while earlier winners are further down.

trying to keep modern classic science fiction alive! giants and significant works from late 20th century to present across the world. all sub-genres included to the best I can.

hard, soft, steampunk, silkpunk, spicepunk, aliens, robots, time travel, space opera, dystopian, clifi, apocalyptic, afrofuturism, slipstream, cyberpunk, and more

recommendations welcome!

This is for the classics, the old and new, the lesser known books, the short stories and the translated speculative fiction. Sci-fi could be argued to be one of the best and most expansive genres out there - it’s just a matter of finding the right book for you.

If there is a series, I will only be putting the first book unless they are unrelated.

Winners of the Hugo Award for Best Novel of science fiction/fantasy

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.

Books that have formed the foundation of science fiction

Books set in space or on a spaceship. Most or all of the time.

A list of books selected for the Sword and Laser Podcast

You understand and respect science, you really do. You appreciate good tech and revile the crap. And you cringe when politicians, news readers, pundits, journalists, even friends, get it wrong.

But damn, you wish you could go faster than light! What can you do?

You can read well-written, cool as hell, hard sci-fi with unbelievable but unforgettable characters.

Here you go. This is a work in progress. Check back for updates as I grow the list.

The original greats of the scifi genre from the 19th through late 20th century, including the big three: Isaac Asimov, Robert Heinlein & Arthur C. Clarkle

Science fiction books in english published between 1970 and 1979.

The full title is the List of Indispensable Science Fiction for the Compleat Gentleman.... this is a list I found online in 2020 which I did not finish after having a bad time with H.G. Wells, but I'm ready to dip my toe back in. If anyome else wouod like to be a compleat gentleman (gender neutral) with me, come along :)