Adventure-forward fantasy at the Sanderson / Hobb level — plot momentum without sacrificing character, and emphatically NOT doorstop-density Malazan / Wheel-of-Time territory. The picks below favour standalones or single-novel openers under ~600 pages, mostly published 2005-2024, with at least one award nod or a sustained reading-community recommendation.
Naomi Novik's Nebula-winning standalone. Slavic folk-tale reframed as a court-and-forest fantasy with a young woman's coming-of-age inside it. Standalone, propulsive, atmospheric; a clean entry point to Novik for readers without bandwidth for the Temeraire run.
Library context: A fresh-author entry — no Naomi Novik currently in the curator's collection.
Cited by 3 sources.
Locus Best Fantasy winner. Three women in adjacent narratives — moneylender's daughter, peasant betrothed, queen — converge in an exchange between mortal and Staryk realms. Uses fairy- tale machinery for genuine moral weight without ever turning sermon.
Library context: A fresh-author entry — no Naomi Novik currently in the curator's collection.
Cited by 3 sources.
Travis Baldree's cosy-fantasy debut, Hugo and Nebula nominee. A retired orc barbarian opens a coffee shop. Short, warm, and generous; the genre's recent hit on the comfort axis. Pairs with the Becky Chambers Wayfarers run on tone.
Library context: A fresh-author entry — no Travis Baldree currently in the curator's collection.
Cited by 2 sources.
Hugo-winning, Nebula-nominated dark fairytale. T. Kingfisher (Ursula Vernon's adult pen name) writes with sharp comic timing on top of genuinely unsettling material — useful Brothers-Grimm bones, modern psychological fitting.
Library context: 3 books by T. Kingfisher already on the shelf: Minor Mage, Paladin's Grace, Swordheart.
Cited by 1 source.
Locus Best Fantasy 2025 winner. A retelling of "The Goose Girl" with a working-class governess who notices what everybody else won't. Standalone; same Kingfisher voice, slightly more contained.
Library context: 3 books by T. Kingfisher already on the shelf: Minor Mage, Paladin's Grace, Swordheart.
Cited by 2 sources.
V. E. Schwab's Shades of Magic opener. Four parallel Londons, only one of them with magic still functional. Short chapters, propulsive plotting, complete trilogy available — works as a single-volume probe with two more on call if it lands.
Library context: A fresh-author entry — no V. E. Schwab currently in the curator's collection.
Cited by 1 source.
Joe Abercrombie's First Law standalone follow-up. A revenge plot driven by mercenary calculation rather than chosen-one destiny; tight, character-first, reads ~30% faster than the original First Law trilogy. The First Law itself sits on shelf already; this is the next step.
Library context: 4 books by Joe Abercrombie already in the collection — a well-represented author.
Cited by 2 sources.
John Gwynne's Bloodsworn opener. Norse-myth-saturated epic fantasy with prose harder-edged than Sanderson and propulsion better than Erikson. The most-recommended post-Sanderson action-fantasy entry on r/Fantasy in 2023-25.
Library context: A fresh-author entry — no John Gwynne currently in the curator's collection.
Cited by 1 source.
Scott Lynch's Gentleman Bastard opener. Heist fantasy in a Venice analogue; long the consensus modern lighter-fantasy recommendation for the "smart, propulsive, character-led" triplet. Works as a standalone read despite an unfinished series.
Library context: One book by Scott Lynch already on the shelf (The Gentleman Bastard Series).
Cited by 1 source.
Andrea Stewart's bone-shard magic in an Asian-inflected island empire. Multiple POVs but kept disciplined; trilogy is now complete, so the commitment is finite. r/Fantasy top-of-decade fixture for readers who want fresher voices than Sanderson.
Library context: A fresh-author entry — no Andrea Stewart currently in the curator's collection.
Cited by 1 source.
Algorithmic second tier — multi-source-validated, filtered for taste fit, ranked by cross-source overlap.
Full corpus minus the curated tiers above and anything filtered out for taste fit. Sorted alphabetically by author.
| Title | Author | Year | Series | GR | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Startling Stories | " Shadow Over Mars " | 1945 | — | — | 1 |
| Astounding Science-Fiction | "The Winged Man" | 1945 | — | — | 1 |
| Radix | A. A. Attanasio | 1981 | — | — | 1 |
| Too Like the Lightning | Ada Palmer | 2017 | — | — | 1 |
| Alien Clay | Adrian Tchaikovsky | 2025 | — | GR 3.99 / 18,127 ratings | 2 |
| Children of Memory | Adrian Tchaikovsky | 2022 | — | — | 1 |
| Children of Ruin | Adrian Tchaikovsky | 2019 | — | — | 1 |
| Shroud | Adrian Tchaikovsky | 2026 | — | — | 1 |
| The Man Who Saw Seconds | Alexander Boldizar | 2025 | — | — | 1 |
| Le Comte de Monte-Cristo I (#1/2) | Alexandre Dumas | — | — | GR 4.53 / 18,841 ratings | 1 |
| Le Comte de Monte-Cristo II (#2/2) | Alexandre Dumas | — | — | GR 4.62 / 14,499 ratings | 1 |
| Queen Margot (The Valois Trilogy #1) | Alexandre Dumas | — | — | GR 4.16 / 14,810 ratings | 1 |
| Robin Hood: The Prince of Thieves | Alexandre Dumas | — | — | GR 3.97 / 19,324 ratings | 1 |
| The Black Tulip | Alexandre Dumas | — | — | GR 3.86 / 24,209 ratings | 1 |
| The Count of Monte Cristo | Alexandre Dumas | — | — | GR 4.33 / 1,048,368 ratings | 1 |
| The Man in the Iron Mask (Le vicomte de Bragelonne #4/4) | Alexandre Dumas | — | — | GR 4.00 / 66,511 ratings | 1 |
| The Three Musketeers | Alexandre Dumas | — | — | GR 4.10 / 350,275 ratings | 1 |
| The Vicomte de Bragelonne (Le vicomte de Bragelonne #1/3) | Alexandre Dumas | — | — | GR 4.00 / 8,789 ratings | 1 |
| Twenty Years After (Musketeers Trilogy #2) | Alexandre Dumas | — | — | GR 4.09 / 26,137 ratings | 1 |
| Rite of Passage | Alexei Panshin | 1969 | — | — | 2 |
| The Computer Connection | Alfred Bester | 1975 | — | — | 1 |
| The Computer Connection (also known as The Indian Giver ) | Alfred Bester | 1976 | — | — | 1 |
| Hard Landing | Algis Budrys | 1993 | — | — | 1 |
| Who? | Algis Budrys | 1959 | — | — | 1 |
| The Everlasting | Alix E. Harrow | 2026 | — | — | 2 |
| The Ten Thousand Doors of January | Alix E. Harrow | 2020 | — | — | 2 |
| Anabasis | Amal El-Mohtar | — | — | GR 3.80 / 183 ratings | 2 |
| Anywhere But Here (Bookburners #1.2) | Amal El-Mohtar | — | — | — | 2 |
| Codex Umbra (Bookburners #1.11) | Amal El-Mohtar | — | — | — | 2 |
| Fair Weather (Bookburners #1.3) | Amal El-Mohtar | — | — | — | 2 |
| Fire and Ice (Bookburners, #2.7) | Amal El-Mohtar | — | — | GR 4.10 / 60 ratings | 2 |
| From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi (From a Certain Point of View, #3) | Amal El-Mohtar | — | — | GR 3.90 / 2,879 ratings | 2 |
| Seasons of Glass and Iron: Stories | Amal El-Mohtar | — | — | GR 4.06 / 1,253 ratings | 2 |
| The Honey Month | Amal El-Mohtar | — | — | GR 4.15 / 1,019 ratings | 2 |
| The River Has Roots | Amal El-Mohtar | — | — | GR 3.95 / 44,084 ratings | 2 |
| The Truth About Owls | Amal El-Mohtar | — | — | GR 4.00 / 110 ratings | 2 |
| This Is How You Lose the Time War | Amal El-Mohtar | — | — | GR 3.83 / 355,420 ratings | 2 |
| Welcome to Bordertown (Borderland, #8) | Amal El-Mohtar | — | — | GR 4.08 / 2,425 ratings | 2 |
| Wing | Amal El-Mohtar | — | — | GR 3.45 / 33 ratings | 2 |
| Witch World | Andre Norton | 1964 | — | — | 1 |
| Autonomous | Annalee Newitz | 2017 | — | GR 3.58 / 18,435 ratings | 2 |
| The Terraformers | Annalee Newitz | 2023 | — | GR 3.33 / 7,556 ratings | 2 |
| All the Weyrs of Pern | Anne McCaffrey | 1992 | — | — | 1 |
| Dragonquest | Anne McCaffrey | 1972 | — | — | 1 |
| Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern | Anne McCaffrey | 1984 | — | — | 1 |
| The White Dragon | Anne McCaffrey | 1979 | — | — | 1 |
| The Raven Scholar | Antonia Hodgson | 2026 | — | — | 1 |
| A Memory Called Empire | Arkady Martine | 2020 | — | — | 2 |
| Autumn Angels | Arthur Byron Cover | 1975 | — | — | 1 |
| A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1) | Arthur Conan Doyle | — | — | GR 4.13 / 502,222 ratings | 1 |
| The Complete Sherlock Holmes | Arthur Conan Doyle | — | — | GR 4.51 / 218,471 ratings | 1 |
| The Complete Sherlock Holmes: Volume II | Arthur Conan Doyle | — | — | GR 4.48 / 82,211 ratings | 1 |
| The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5) | Arthur Conan Doyle | — | — | GR 4.13 / 395,121 ratings | 1 |
| The Lost World (Professor Challenger, #1) | Arthur Conan Doyle | — | — | GR 3.93 / 73,730 ratings | 1 |
| The Sign of Four (Sherlock Holmes, #2) | Arthur Conan Doyle | — | — | GR 3.88 / 181,706 ratings | 1 |
| The Valley of Fear (Sherlock Holmes, #7) | Arthur Conan Doyle | — | — | GR 3.96 / 56,682 ratings | 1 |
| Rogue Dragon | Avram Davidson | 1965 | — | — | 1 |
| Vergil in Averno | Avram Davidson | 1987 | — | — | 1 |
| Guernica Night | Barry N. Malzberg | 1975 | — | — | 1 |
| The Remaking of Sigmund Freud | Barry N. Malzberg | 1985 | — | — | 1 |
| A Closed and Common Orbit | Becky Chambers | 2017 | — | — | 1 |
| A Psalm for the Wild-Built | Becky Chambers | 2021 | — | — | 1 |
| Record of a Spaceborn Few | Becky Chambers | 2019 | — | — | 1 |
| The Galaxy, and the Ground Within | Becky Chambers | 2022 | — | — | 1 |
| Astounding Science Fiction | Beyond This Horizon | 1943 | — | — | 1 |
| Elantris (Elantris, #1) | Brandon Sanderson | — | — | GR 4.16 / 359,644 ratings | 2 |
| Mistborn: The Final Empire | Brandon Sanderson | 2006 | — | — | 1 |
| Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1) | Brandon Sanderson | — | — | GR 4.49 / 1,024,061 ratings | 2 |
| Oathbringer (The Stormlight Archive, #3) | Brandon Sanderson | — | — | GR 4.60 / 373,094 ratings | 2 |
| The Alloy of Law (Mistborn, #4) | Brandon Sanderson | — | — | GR 4.19 / 299,885 ratings | 2 |
| The Dollmakers (Fallen Peaks) | Brandon Sanderson | — | — | — | 2 |
| The Hero of Ages (Mistborn, #3) | Brandon Sanderson | — | — | GR 4.56 / 620,727 ratings | 2 |
| The Well of Ascension (Mistborn, #2) | Brandon Sanderson | — | — | GR 4.38 / 688,530 ratings | 2 |
| Tress of the Emerald Sea (Hoid's Travails, #1) | Brandon Sanderson | — | — | GR 4.31 / 308,545 ratings | 2 |
| Warbreaker | Brandon Sanderson | — | — | GR 4.29 / 291,580 ratings | 2 |
| Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, #2) | Brandon Sanderson | — | — | GR 4.76 / 508,347 ratings | 2 |
| Distraction | Bruce Sterling | 1999 | — | — | 1 |
| Holy Fire | Bruce Sterling | 1997 | — | — | 1 |
| Islands in the Net | Bruce Sterling | 1989 | — | — | 1 |
| Schismatrix | Bruce Sterling | 1985 | — | — | 1 |
| Cuckoo's Egg | C. J. Cherryh | 1986 | — | — | 1 |
| Cyteen | C. J. Cherryh | 1989 | — | — | 2 |
| The Faded Sun: Kesrith | C. J. Cherryh | 1979 | — | — | 2 |
| The Pride of Chanur | C. J. Cherryh | 1983 | — | — | 1 |
| The Unbroken | C. L. Clark | 2021 | — | — | 1 |
| The Midnight Bargain | C. L. Polk | 2020 | — | — | 1 |
| Witchmark | C. L. Polk | 2018 | — | — | 1 |
| The Drowning Girl | Caitlín R. Kiernan | 2012 | — | — | 1 |
| The Mount | Carol Emshwiller | 2003 | — | — | 1 |
| Argosy | Carson of Venus | 1939 | — | — | 1 |
| The Last Hawk | Catherine Asaro | 1998 | — | — | 1 |
| The Quantum Rose | Catherine Asaro | 2001 | — | — | 1 |
| Palimpsest | Catherynne M. Valente | 2010 | — | — | 1 |
| Space Opera | Catherynne M. Valente | 2019 | — | — | 1 |
| Forests of the Heart | Charles de Lint | 2000 | — | — | 1 |
| Fire with Fire | Charles E. Gannon | 2013 | — | — | 1 |
| Marque of Caine | Charles E. Gannon | 2019 | — | — | 1 |
| Raising Caine | Charles E. Gannon | 2015 | — | — | 1 |
| Trial by Fire | Charles E. Gannon | 2014 | — | — | 1 |
| Glasshouse | Charles Stross | 2007 | — | GR 3.88 / 11,770 ratings | 2 |
| Halting State | Charles Stross | 2008 | — | — | 1 |
| Iron Sunrise | Charles Stross | 2005 | — | — | 1 |
| Neptune's Brood | Charles Stross | 2014 | — | — | 1 |
| Saturn's Children | Charles Stross | 2009 | — | — | 1 |
| Singularity Sky | Charles Stross | 2004 | — | — | 1 |
| The Apocalypse Codex | Charles Stross | 2013 | — | — | 1 |
| The City in the Middle of the Night | Charlie Jane Anders | 2020 | — | — | 2 |
| The Butterfly Kid | Chester Anderson | 1968 | — | — | 1 |
| Ballantine Books | Childhood's End | 1954 | — | — | 1 |
| Kraken | China Miéville | 2011 | — | — | 1 |
| The Love We Share Without Knowing | Christopher Barzak | 2009 | — | — | 1 |
| Ashes of Man (The Sun Eater, #5) | Christopher Ruocchio | — | — | GR 4.48 / 16,924 ratings | 2 |
| Demon in White (The Sun Eater, #3) | Christopher Ruocchio | — | — | GR 4.62 / 23,725 ratings | 2 |
| Disquiet Gods (The Sun Eater, #6) | Christopher Ruocchio | — | — | GR 4.56 / 14,337 ratings | 2 |
| Empire of Silence (The Sun Eater, #1) | Christopher Ruocchio | — | — | GR 3.94 / 57,729 ratings | 2 |
| Howling Dark (The Sun Eater, #2) | Christopher Ruocchio | — | — | GR 4.34 / 31,092 ratings | 2 |
| Kingdoms of Death (The Sun Eater, #4) | Christopher Ruocchio | — | — | GR 4.47 / 19,112 ratings | 2 |
| Queen Amid Ashes (The Sun Eater, #2.5) | Christopher Ruocchio | — | — | GR 3.96 / 5,772 ratings | 2 |
| Shadows Upon Time (The Sun Eater, #7) | Christopher Ruocchio | — | — | GR 4.45 / 9,840 ratings | 2 |
| The Dregs of Empire (The Sun Eater, #5.5) | Christopher Ruocchio | — | — | GR 4.15 / 3,633 ratings | 2 |
| The Lesser Devil (The Sun Eater, #1.5) | Christopher Ruocchio | — | — | GR 3.85 / 8,480 ratings | 2 |
| Death's End | Cixin Liu[ g ] | 2017 | — | — | 1 |
| A Choice of Gods | Clifford D. Simak | 1973 | — | — | 1 |
| All Flesh is Grass | Clifford D. Simak | 1965 | — | — | 1 |
| Here Gather the Stars (also known as Way Station ) | Clifford D. Simak | 1964 | — | — | 1 |
| Project Pope | Clifford D. Simak | 1982 | — | — | 1 |
| The Fisherman (also known as Time Is the Simplest Thing ) | Clifford D. Simak | 1962 | — | — | 1 |
| The Goblin Reservation | Clifford D. Simak | 1969 | — | — | 1 |
| Unknown Worlds | Conjure Wife | 1944 | — | — | 1 |
| Bellwether | Connie Willis | 1997 | — | — | 1 |
| Remake | Connie Willis | 1996 | — | — | 1 |
| The Planet Buyer (also known as The Boy Who Bought Old Earth ) | Cordwainer Smith | 1965 | — | — | 1 |
| Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom | Cory Doctorow | 2004 | — | — | 1 |
| Not This August | Cyril M. Kornbluth | 1956 | — | — | 1 |
| Ilium | Dan Simmons | 2004 | — | — | 2 |
| Dark Universe | Daniel F. Galouye | 1962 | — | — | 1 |
| Methuen Publishing | Darkness and the Light | 1943 | — | — | 1 |
| Spoonbenders | Daryl Gregory | 2017 | — | — | 1 |
| When We Were Real | Daryl Gregory | 2025 | — | — | 1 |
| Fretz & Wasmuth | Das Glasperlenspiel | 1944 | — | — | 1 |
| Brightness Reef | David Brin | 1996 | — | — | 1 |
| Glory Season | David Brin | 1994 | — | — | 1 |
| Kiln People (UK: Kil'n People ) | David Brin | 2003 | — | — | 1 |
| The Steel Crocodile | David G. Compton | 1970 | — | — | 1 |
| Moonstar Odyssey | David Gerrold | 1977 | — | — | 1 |
| The Man Who Folded Himself | David Gerrold | 1974 | — | — | 2 |
| When HARLIE Was One | David Gerrold | 1973 | — | — | 2 |
| Superpowers | David J. Schwartz | 2008 | — | — | 1 |
| Emergence | David R. Palmer | 1985 | — | — | 1 |
| Astounding Science-Fiction | Destiny Times Three | 1946 | — | — | 1 |
| Courtship Rite | Donald Kingsbury | 1983 | — | — | 1 |
| Black Mask | Donovan's Brain | 1943 | — | — | 1 |
| Ragtime | E. L. Doctorow | 1975 | — | — | 1 |
| Argosy | Earth's Last Citadel | 1944 | — | — | 1 |
| Davy | Edgar Pangborn | 1965 | — | — | 1 |
| Skylark DuQuesne | Edward E. Smith | 1966 | — | — | 1 |
| The Healer's War | Elizabeth Ann Scarborough | 1989 | — | — | 1 |
| Remnant Population | Elizabeth Moon | 1997 | — | GR 4.11 / 7,778 ratings | 2 |
| The Speed of Dark | Elizabeth Moon | 2003 | — | GR 3.99 / 11,840 ratings | 2 |
| The Privilege of the Sword | Ellen Kushner | 2006 | — | — | 2 |
| Some Desperate Glory | Emily Tesh | 2024 | — | — | 1 |
| The Incandescent | Emily Tesh | 2026 | — | — | 2 |
| Bone Dance | Emma Bull | 1992 | — | — | 2 |
| Call Him Dead (also known as Three to Conquer ) | Eric Frank Russell | 1956 | — | — | 1 |
| Ballantine Books | Fahrenheit 451 | 1954 | — | — | 1 |
| Boys' Life | Farmer in the Sky | 1951 | — | — | 1 |
| Fantasy Press | First Lensman | 1951 | — | — | 1 |
| Jade Legacy | Fonda Lee | 2022 | — | — | 1 |
| Updraft | Fran Wilde | 2015 | — | — | 1 |
| Dune World [ c ] | Frank Herbert | 1964 | — | — | 1 |
| Beyond the Blue Event Horizon | Frederik Pohl | 1981 | — | — | 2 |
| The Big Time | Fritz Leiber | 1958 | — | GR 3.25 / 4,723 ratings | 2 |
| The Wanderer | Fritz Leiber | 1965 | — | GR 3.36 / 3,291 ratings | 2 |
| The Ship That Sailed the Time Stream | G. C. Edmondson | 1965 | — | — | 1 |
| Astounding Stories | Galactic Patrol | 1939 | — | — | 1 |
| Strangers | Gardner Dozois | 1978 | — | — | 1 |
| Astounding Science-Fiction | Gather, Darkness! | 1944 | — | — | 1 |
| Calde of the Long Sun | Gene Wolfe | 1995 | — | — | 1 |
| Free Live Free | Gene Wolfe | 1986 | — | — | 1 |
| Nightside the Long Sun | Gene Wolfe | 1993 | — | — | 1 |
| Soldier of the Mist | Gene Wolfe | 1987 | — | — | 2 |
| The Citadel of the Autarch | Gene Wolfe | 1983 | — | — | 1 |
| The Knight | Gene Wolfe | 2004 | — | — | 1 |
| Mechanique: a Tale of the Circus Tresaulti | Genevieve Valentine | 2011 | — | — | 1 |
| Mars Crossing | Geoffrey A. Landis | 2001 | — | — | 1 |
| A Fire in the Sun | George Alec Effinger | 1990 | — | — | 1 |
| What Entropy Means to Me | George Alec Effinger | 1972 | — | — | 1 |
| When Gravity Fails | George Alec Effinger | 1988 | — | — | 2 |
| Dying of the Light | George R. R. Martin | 1978 | — | — | 1 |
| Drowning Towers | George Turner | 1988 | — | — | 1 |
| Dorsai! (also known as The Genetic General ) | Gordon R. Dickson | 1960 | — | — | 1 |
| Time Storm | Gordon R. Dickson | 1978 | — | — | 1 |
| Kalki | Gore Vidal | 1978 | — | — | 1 |
| Astounding Science Fiction | Gray Lensman | 1941 | — | — | 1 |
| Darwin's Radio | Greg Bear | 2000 | — | — | 2 |
| Moving Mars | Greg Bear | 1994 | — | — | 2 |
| Queen of Angels | Greg Bear | 1991 | — | — | 1 |
| The Forge of God | Greg Bear | 1988 | — | — | 2 |
| Against Infinity | Gregory Benford | 1983 | — | — | 1 |
| Great Sky River | Gregory Benford | 1988 | — | — | 1 |
| In the Ocean of Night | Gregory Benford | 1977 | — | — | 1 |
| Little Fuzzy | H. Beam Piper | 1963 | — | — | 1 |
| At the Mountains of Madness | H.P. Lovecraft | — | — | GR 3.78 / 66,034 ratings | 1 |
| At the Mountains of Madness and Other Tales of Terror | H.P. Lovecraft | — | — | GR 4.25 / 24,946 ratings | 1 |
| The Best of H.P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre | H.P. Lovecraft | — | — | GR 4.30 / 30,336 ratings | 1 |
| The Call of Cthulhu | H.P. Lovecraft | — | — | GR 4.01 / 121,256 ratings | 1 |
| The Case of Charles Dexter Ward | H.P. Lovecraft | — | — | GR 4.11 / 23,617 ratings | 1 |
| The Colour Out of Space | H.P. Lovecraft | — | — | GR 4.05 / 21,866 ratings | 1 |
| The Complete Works of H.P. Lovecraft | H.P. Lovecraft | — | — | GR 4.34 / 37,465 ratings | 1 |
| The Dunwich Horror and Others | H.P. Lovecraft | — | — | GR 4.18 / 16,752 ratings | 1 |
| The Shadow over Innsmouth | H.P. Lovecraft | — | — | GR 4.10 / 28,885 ratings | 1 |
| Νεκρονομικόν | H.P. Lovecraft | — | — | GR 4.23 / 16,602 ratings | 1 |
| Star Light | Hal Clement | 1971 | — | — | 1 |
| Deathworld | Harry Harrison | 1961 | — | — | 1 |
| Planet of the Damned (also known as Sense of Obligation ) | Harry Harrison | 1962 | — | — | 1 |
| How Few Remain | Harry Turtledove | 1998 | — | — | 1 |
| 1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3) | Haruki Murakami | — | — | GR 3.95 / 343,962 ratings | 1 |
| After Dark | Haruki Murakami | — | — | GR 3.74 / 192,634 ratings | 1 |
| Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage | Haruki Murakami | — | — | GR 3.87 / 206,336 ratings | 1 |
| Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World | Haruki Murakami | — | — | GR 4.11 / 154,995 ratings | 1 |
| Norwegian Wood | Haruki Murakami | — | — | GR 3.99 / 748,293 ratings | 1 |
| South of the Border, West of the Sun | Haruki Murakami | — | — | GR 3.85 / 154,273 ratings | 1 |
| Sputnik Sweetheart | Haruki Murakami | — | — | GR 3.83 / 184,594 ratings | 1 |
| The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle | Haruki Murakami | — | — | GR 4.14 / 319,583 ratings | 1 |
| What I Talk About When I Talk About Running | Haruki Murakami | — | — | GR 3.86 / 210,459 ratings | 1 |
| The Eskimo Invasion | Hayden Howard | 1967 | — | — | 1 |
| The Algebraist | Iain M. Banks | 2005 | — | — | 1 |
| The Embedding | Ian Watson | 1975 | — | — | 1 |
| The End of Eternity | Isaac Asimov | 1956 | — | — | 1 |
| The Robots of Dawn | Isaac Asimov | 1984 | — | — | 1 |
| Farrar & Rinehart | Islandia | 1943 | — | — | 1 |
| Invisible Cities | Italo Calvino | 1975 | — | — | 1 |
| The Man Who Melted | Jack Dann | 1984 | — | — | 1 |
| Ancient Shores | Jack McDevitt | 1997 | — | — | 1 |
| Cauldron | Jack McDevitt | 2008 | — | — | 1 |
| Chindi | Jack McDevitt | 2003 | — | — | 1 |
| Echo | Jack McDevitt | 2010 | — | — | 1 |
| Firebird | Jack McDevitt | 2011 | — | — | 1 |
| Infinity Beach | Jack McDevitt | 2000 | — | — | 1 |
| Moonfall | Jack McDevitt | 1998 | — | — | 1 |
| Odyssey | Jack McDevitt | 2007 | — | — | 1 |
| Omega | Jack McDevitt | 2004 | — | — | 1 |
| Polaris | Jack McDevitt | 2005 | — | — | 1 |
| Seeker | Jack McDevitt | 2006 | — | — | 1 |
| Black Easter | James Blish | 1968 | — | — | 1 |
| The Witches of Karres | James H. Schmitz | 1967 | — | — | 1 |
| An Echo of Things to Come (The Licanius Trilogy, #2) | James Islington | — | — | GR 4.20 / 56,017 ratings | 2 |
| Deep Magic - Winter 2018 | James Islington | — | — | GR 4.33 / 73 ratings | 2 |
| Hierarchy Series by James Islington 2 Books Collection Set | James Islington | — | — | GR 4.73 / 11 ratings | 2 |
| Scion | James Islington | — | — | GR 4.17 / 174 ratings | 2 |
| The Justice of One (Hierarchy, #3) | James Islington | — | — | GR 4.45 / 40 ratings | 2 |
| The Licanius Trilogy (The Licanius Trilogy, #1-3) | James Islington | — | — | GR 4.50 / 1,068 ratings | 2 |
| The Light of All That Falls (The Licanius Trilogy, #3) | James Islington | — | — | GR 4.40 / 43,535 ratings | 2 |
| The Strength of the Few (Hierarchy, #2) | James Islington | — | — | GR 4.33 / 95,354 ratings | 2 |
| This Is the Way the World Ends | James K. Morrow | 1986 | — | — | 1 |
| Second Ending | James White | 1962 | — | — | 1 |
| The Escape Orbit | James White | 1965 | — | — | 1 |
| Briar Rose | Jane Yolen | 1992 | — | — | 1 |
| Sister Light, Sister Dark | Jane Yolen | 1989 | — | — | 1 |
| White Jenna | Jane Yolen | 1990 | — | — | 1 |
| Plague Birds | Jason Sanford | 2021 | — | — | 1 |
| First Among Sequels (Thursday Next, #5) | Jasper Fforde | — | — | GR 4.03 / 27,748 ratings | 1 |
| Lost in a Good Book (Thursday Next, #2) | Jasper Fforde | — | — | GR 4.13 / 56,472 ratings | 1 |
| One of Our Thursdays Is Missing (Thursday Next, #6) | Jasper Fforde | — | — | GR 3.99 / 20,265 ratings | 1 |
| Something Rotten (Thursday Next, #4) | Jasper Fforde | — | — | GR 4.16 / 36,185 ratings | 1 |
| The Big Over Easy (Nursery Crime, #1) | Jasper Fforde | — | — | GR 3.95 / 34,679 ratings | 1 |
| The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1) | Jasper Fforde | — | — | GR 3.88 / 138,218 ratings | 1 |
| The Fourth Bear (Nursery Crime, #2) | Jasper Fforde | — | — | GR 4.08 / 24,060 ratings | 1 |
| The Last Dragonslayer (The Last Dragonslayer, #1) | Jasper Fforde | — | — | GR 3.89 / 23,232 ratings | 1 |
| The Well of Lost Plots (Thursday Next, #3) | Jasper Fforde | — | — | GR 4.09 / 42,762 ratings | 1 |
| Sylva | Jean Bruller[ b ] | 1963 | — | — | 1 |
| Annihilation | Jeff VanderMeer | 2014 | — | — | 1 |
| Finch | Jeff VanderMeer | 2009 | — | — | 1 |
| Eternity's End | Jeffrey Carver | 2001 | — | — | 1 |
| The Girl in the Glass | Jeffrey Ford | 2006 | — | — | 1 |
| Skin Game | Jim Butcher | 2015 | — | — | 1 |
| The Cinder Spires: The Aeronaut's Windlass | Jim Butcher | 2016 | — | — | 1 |
| Among Others | Jo Walton | 2012 | — | — | 2 |
| Farthing | Jo Walton | 2006 | — | — | 1 |
| The Summer Queen | Joan D. Vinge | 1992 | — | — | 1 |
| And Chaos Died | Joanna Russ | 1970 | — | — | 1 |
| Picnic on Paradise | Joanna Russ | 1968 | — | — | 1 |
| A Little Hatred (The Age of Madness, #1) | Joe Abercrombie | — | — | GR 4.45 / 62,978 ratings | 1 |
| Half a King (Shattered Sea, #1) | Joe Abercrombie | — | — | GR 3.97 / 75,797 ratings | 1 |
| Red Country | Joe Abercrombie | — | — | GR 4.31 / 67,681 ratings | 1 |
| The Heroes | Joe Abercrombie | — | — | GR 4.35 / 78,847 ratings | 1 |
| The Trouble with Peace (The Age of Madness, #2) | Joe Abercrombie | — | — | GR 4.60 / 47,376 ratings | 1 |
| Camouflage | Joe Haldeman | 2005 | — | — | 1 |
| Forever Peace | Joe Haldeman | 1998 | — | — | 2 |
| Mindbridge | Joe Haldeman | 1977 | — | — | 1 |
| The Accidental Time Machine | Joe Haldeman | 2007 | — | — | 1 |
| A Million Open Doors | John Barnes | 1992 | — | — | 1 |
| Mother of Storms | John Barnes | 1995 | — | — | 2 |
| Orbital Resonance | John Barnes | 1991 | — | — | 1 |
| The Sheep Look Up | John Brunner | 1972 | — | — | 1 |
| The Squares of the City | John Brunner | 1966 | — | — | 1 |
| The Whole Man | John Brunner | 1965 | — | — | 1 |
| Orphans of Chaos | John C. Wright | 2005 | — | — | 1 |
| Redshift Rendezvous | John E. Stith | 1990 | — | — | 1 |
| A Time of Blood (Of Blood and Bone, #2) | John Gwynne | — | — | GR 4.34 / 12,193 ratings | 1 |
| A Time of Courage (Of Blood and Bone, #3) | John Gwynne | — | — | GR 4.46 / 11,188 ratings | 1 |
| A Time of Dread (Of Blood and Bone, #1) | John Gwynne | — | — | GR 4.30 / 15,845 ratings | 1 |
| Crossroads of Ravens (The Witcher, #0.1) | John Gwynne | — | — | — | 1 |
| Empire of the Dawn (Empire of the Vampire, #3) | John Gwynne | — | — | — | 1 |
| Empire of the Vampire (Empire of the Vampire, #1) | John Gwynne | — | — | — | 1 |
| Malice (The Faithful and the Fallen, #1) | John Gwynne | — | — | GR 4.18 / 62,076 ratings | 1 |
| Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1) | John Gwynne | — | — | — | 1 |
| Ruin (The Faithful and the Fallen, #3) | John Gwynne | — | — | GR 4.50 / 36,524 ratings | 1 |
| The Fury of the Gods (The Bloodsworn Saga, #3) | John Gwynne | — | — | GR 4.46 / 40,428 ratings | 1 |
| The Hunger of the Gods (The Bloodsworn Saga, #2) | John Gwynne | — | — | GR 4.49 / 58,981 ratings | 1 |
| The Last Vigilant (Kingdom of Oak and Steel, #1) | John Gwynne | — | — | — | 1 |
| The Last Wish (The Witcher, #0.5) | John Gwynne | — | — | — | 1 |
| The Shadow of the Gods (The Bloodsworn Saga, #1) | John Gwynne | — | — | GR 4.18 / 104,768 ratings | 1 |
| Valor (The Faithful and the Fallen, #2) | John Gwynne | — | — | GR 4.43 / 43,370 ratings | 1 |
| Wrath (The Faithful and the Fallen, #4) | John Gwynne | — | — | GR 4.53 / 33,946 ratings | 1 |
| Good News From Outer Space | John Kessel | 1989 | — | — | 1 |
| The Collapsing Empire | John Scalzi | 2018 | — | — | 2 |
| Millennium | John Varley | 1984 | — | — | 1 |
| Steel Beach | John Varley | 1993 | — | — | 1 |
| Wizard | John Varley | 1981 | — | — | 1 |
| Someone You Can Build a Nest In | John Wiswell | 2025 | — | — | 2 |
| Wearing the Lion | John Wiswell | 2025 | — | — | 1 |
| Gun, with Occasional Music | Jonathan Lethem | 1994 | — | — | 1 |
| The Ministry of Time | Kaliane Bradley | 2025 | — | — | 1 |
| Bonnier Group | Kallocain | 1941 | — | — | 1 |
| God's War | Kameron Hurley | 2011 | — | — | 1 |
| The Light Brigade | Kameron Hurley | 2020 | — | — | 1 |
| Sarah Canary | Karen Joy Fowler | 1992 | — | — | 1 |
| We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves | Karen Joy Fowler | 2013 | — | — | 1 |
| King's Dragon | Kate Elliott | 1997 | — | — | 1 |
| Juniper Time | Kate Wilhelm | 1979 | — | — | 1 |
| Margaret and I | Kate Wilhelm | 1971 | — | — | 1 |
| Missing Man | Katherine MacLean | 1975 | — | — | 1 |
| Crescent City Rhapsody | Kathleen Ann Goonan | 2000 | — | — | 1 |
| Light Music | Kathleen Ann Goonan | 2003 | — | — | 1 |
| A Plague of Demons | Keith Laumer | 1965 | — | — | 1 |
| Solitaire | Kelley Eskridge | 2002 | — | — | 1 |
| The Book of Love | Kelly Link | 2024 | — | — | 1 |
| The Grace of Kings | Ken Liu | 2015 | — | — | 1 |
| Cosmonaut Keep | Ken MacLeod | 2002 | — | — | 1 |
| Learning the World | Ken MacLeod | 2006 | — | — | 1 |
| The Cassini Division | Ken MacLeod | 1999 | — | — | 1 |
| Asunder | Kerstin Hall | 2024 | — | — | 1 |
| Assemblers of Infinity | Kevin J. Anderson | 1993 | — | — | 1 |
| The Dark Between the Stars | Kevin J. Anderson | 2015 | — | — | 1 |
| 2312 | Kim Stanley Robinson | 2013 | — | — | 2 |
| New York 2140 | Kim Stanley Robinson | 2018 | — | — | 1 |
| The Wild Shore | Kim Stanley Robinson | 1984 | — | — | 1 |
| The Years of Rice and Salt | Kim Stanley Robinson | 2003 | — | — | 2 |
| Black Genesis | L. Ron Hubbard | 1987 | — | — | 1 |
| Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. | Land of Terror | 1945 | — | — | 1 |
| Amberlough | Lara Elena Donnelly | 2017 | — | — | 1 |
| Warbound | Larry Correia | 2014 | — | — | 1 |
| Footfall | Larry Niven | 1986 | — | — | 1 |
| Inferno | Larry Niven | 1976 | — | — | 2 |
| Protector | Larry Niven | 1974 | — | — | 1 |
| Flesh and Fire | Laura Anne Gilman | 2009 | — | — | 1 |
| Barsk: The Elephants' Graveyard | Lawrence M. Schoen | 2015 | — | — | 1 |
| The Long Tomorrow | Leigh Brackett | 1956 | — | — | 1 |
| The Journal of Nicholas the American | Leigh Kennedy | 1986 | — | — | 1 |
| Deserted Cities of the Heart | Lewis Shiner | 1988 | — | — | 1 |
| Frontera | Lewis Shiner | 1984 | — | — | 1 |
| To Scale the Emerald Mountain | Lindsey Willingham | — | — | — | 1 |
| Death's End | Liu Cixin | 2017 | — | — | 1 |
| The Curse of Chalion | Lois McMaster Bujold | 2002 | — | — | 1 |
| The Native Star | M. K. Hobson | 2010 | — | — | 1 |
| Blood Over Bright Haven | M.L. Wang | — | — | GR 4.32 / 152,953 ratings | 1 |
| Orbit (Theonite, #2) | M.L. Wang | — | — | GR 3.80 / 427 ratings | 1 |
| Planet Adyn (Theonite, #1) | M.L. Wang | — | — | GR 3.69 / 861 ratings | 1 |
| The Alchemy of Sorrow | M.L. Wang | — | — | GR 3.93 / 209 ratings | 1 |
| The Sword of Kaigen | M.L. Wang | — | — | GR 4.43 / 101,306 ratings | 1 |
| Unavowed: New Tales by Masters of Fantasy | M.L. Wang | — | — | GR 4.28 / 18 ratings | 1 |
| When Swords Fall Silent: An Assassination Anthology | M.L. Wang | — | — | GR 3.72 / 224 ratings | 1 |
| Wings of Yamma | M.L. Wang | — | — | GR 3.89 / 55 ratings | 1 |
| Als die Welt stehen blieb | Maja Lunde | — | — | GR 3.38 / 557 ratings | 1 |
| Drømmen om et tre (Klimakvartetten, #4) | Maja Lunde | — | — | GR 3.87 / 3,727 ratings | 1 |
| Lukkertid | Maja Lunde | — | — | GR 3.55 / 1,424 ratings | 1 |
| Przewalskis hest (Klimakvartetten, #3) | Maja Lunde | — | — | GR 3.86 / 7,120 ratings | 1 |
| Skjerm barna | Maja Lunde | — | — | GR 4.31 / 883 ratings | 1 |
| Snøsøsteren | Maja Lunde | — | — | GR 4.50 / 6,593 ratings | 1 |
| Strażniczka Słońca | Maja Lunde | — | — | GR 4.30 / 1,794 ratings | 1 |
| The End of the Ocean (Climate Quartet, #2) | Maja Lunde | — | — | GR 3.70 / 16,814 ratings | 1 |
| The History of Bees (Klimakvartetten, #1) | Maja Lunde | — | — | GR 3.81 / 51,049 ratings | 1 |
| Vindmakeren | Maja Lunde | — | — | GR 4.50 / 603 ratings | 1 |
| A Senhora da Magia (As Brumas de Avalon #1) | Marion Zimmer Bradley | — | — | GR 4.10 / 5,937 ratings | 1 |
| Darkover Landfall | Marion Zimmer Bradley | — | — | GR 3.86 / 6,775 ratings | 1 |
| Lady of Avalon (Avalon, #3) | Marion Zimmer Bradley | — | — | GR 3.92 / 18,166 ratings | 1 |
| Priestess of Avalon (Avalon, #4) | Marion Zimmer Bradley | — | — | GR 4.05 / 17,613 ratings | 1 |
| The Firebrand | Marion Zimmer Bradley | — | — | GR 4.07 / 11,517 ratings | 1 |
| The Forbidden Tower | Marion Zimmer Bradley | 1978 | — | — | 1 |
| The Forest House (Avalon, #2) | Marion Zimmer Bradley | — | — | GR 3.88 / 19,880 ratings | 1 |
| The Heritage of Hastur | Marion Zimmer Bradley | 1975 | — | — | 1 |
| The High Queen (The Mists of Avalon, #2) | Marion Zimmer Bradley | — | — | GR 4.15 / 7,584 ratings | 1 |
| The King Stag (The Mists of Avalon, #3) | Marion Zimmer Bradley | — | — | GR 4.17 / 6,252 ratings | 1 |
| The Prisoner in the Oak (The Mists of Avalon, #4) | Marion Zimmer Bradley | — | — | GR 4.16 / 5,684 ratings | 1 |
| The Sword of Aldones | Marion Zimmer Bradley | 1963 | — | — | 1 |
| They'd Rather Be Right (also known as The Forever Machine ) | Mark Clifton | 1955 | — | — | 1 |
| That Sweet Little Old Lady (also known as Brain Twister ) | Mark Phillips | 1960 | — | — | 1 |
| Islands | Marta Randall | 1976 | — | — | 1 |
| System Collapse | Martha Wells | 2024 | — | — | 1 |
| Children of God | Mary Doria Russell | 1999 | — | — | 1 |
| Glamour in Glass | Mary Robinette Kowal | 2012 | — | — | 1 |
| Shades of Milk and Honey | Mary Robinette Kowal | 2010 | — | — | 1 |
| The Relentless Moon | Mary Robinette Kowal | 2021 | — | — | 1 |
| The Spare Man | Mary Robinette Kowal | 2023 | — | — | 1 |
| Dominion of Blades (Dominion of Blades, #1) | Matt Dinniman | — | — | GR 4.17 / 4,783 ratings | 2 |
| Kaiju: Battlefield Surgeon | Matt Dinniman | — | — | GR 3.84 / 5,300 ratings | 2 |
| Operation Bounce House | Matt Dinniman | — | — | GR 3.95 / 22,927 ratings | 2 |
| The Butcher's Masquerade (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #5) | Matt Dinniman | — | — | GR 4.69 / 135,824 ratings | 2 |
| The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #3) | Matt Dinniman | — | — | GR 4.42 / 192,982 ratings | 2 |
| The Eye of the Bedlam Bride (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #6) | Matt Dinniman | — | — | GR 4.65 / 115,329 ratings | 2 |
| The Gate of the Feral Gods (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #4) | Matt Dinniman | — | — | GR 4.54 / 158,402 ratings | 2 |
| This Inevitable Ruin (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #7) | Matt Dinniman | — | — | GR 4.68 / 93,538 ratings | 2 |
| China Mountain Zhang | Maureen F. McHugh | 1993 | — | — | 2 |
| Mission Child | Maureen F. McHugh | 1999 | — | — | 1 |
| A Funeral for the Eyes of Fire | Michael Bishop | 1975 | — | — | 1 |
| Brittle Innings | Michael Bishop | 1995 | — | — | 2 |
| No Enemy But Time | Michael Bishop | 1982 | — | — | 1 |
| Eifelheim | Michael F. Flynn | 2007 | — | — | 1 |
| The Quiet Pools | Michael P. Kube-McDowell | 1991 | — | — | 1 |
| Bones of the Earth | Michael Swanwick | 2003 | — | — | 2 |
| Jack Faust | Michael Swanwick | 1998 | — | — | 1 |
| Stations of the Tide | Michael Swanwick | 1992 | — | — | 2 |
| Mroczny Eros | Michał Rusinek | — | — | GR 3.88 / 181 ratings | 1 |
| Nadbagaż | Michał Rusinek | — | — | GR 3.60 / 93 ratings | 1 |
| Nic zwyczajnego. O Wisławie Szymborskiej | Michał Rusinek | — | — | GR 4.31 / 821 ratings | 1 |
| Niedorajda, czyli co nam radzą poradniki | Michał Rusinek | — | — | GR 3.66 / 491 ratings | 1 |
| Ptak Dodo, czyli jak mówią do nas politycy | Michał Rusinek | — | — | GR 3.87 / 106 ratings | 1 |
| Pypcie na języku | Michał Rusinek | — | — | GR 4.06 / 1,115 ratings | 1 |
| Szalik. O Wisławie Szymborskiej dla dzieci | Michał Rusinek | — | — | GR 4.56 / 88 ratings | 1 |
| Wierszyki domowe | Michał Rusinek | — | — | GR 4.36 / 44 ratings | 1 |
| Zaklęcie na "w" | Michał Rusinek | — | — | GR 3.98 / 45 ratings | 1 |
| Zero zahamowań | Michał Rusinek | — | — | GR 3.42 / 416 ratings | 1 |
| Ivory: A Legend of Past and Future | Mike Resnick | 1989 | — | — | 1 |
| Blackout | Mira Grant | 2013 | — | — | 1 |
| Deadline | Mira Grant | 2012 | — | — | 1 |
| Feed | Mira Grant | 2011 | — | — | 1 |
| Parasite | Mira Grant | 2014 | — | — | 1 |
| Borderline | Mishell Baker | 2016 | — | — | 1 |
| Astounding Science-Fiction | Mission of Gravity | 1954 | — | — | 1 |
| Farrar, Straus and Giroux | More Than Human | 1954 | — | — | 1 |
| Six Wakes | Mur Lafferty | 2018 | — | — | 2 |
| The Pirates of Ersatz (also known as The Pirates of Zan ) | Murray Leinster | 1960 | — | — | 1 |
| The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms | N. K. Jemisin | 2011 | — | — | 2 |
| The Killing Moon | N. K. Jemisin | 2012 | — | — | 1 |
| The Kingdom of Gods | N. K. Jemisin | 2011 | — | — | 1 |
| Midnight Robber | Nalo Hopkinson | 2001 | — | — | 2 |
| The New Moon's Arms | Nalo Hopkinson | 2007 | — | — | 1 |
| The Salt Roads | Nalo Hopkinson | 2003 | — | — | 1 |
| Beggars and Choosers | Nancy Kress | 1995 | — | — | 2 |
| Beggars in Spain | Nancy Kress | 1994 | — | — | 2 |
| His Majesty's Dragon | Naomi Novik | 2007 | — | — | 1 |
| All Our Yesterdays | Natalia Ginzburg | — | — | GR 3.99 / 5,365 ratings | 1 |
| Happiness, as Such | Natalia Ginzburg | — | — | GR 3.97 / 4,976 ratings | 1 |
| Lessico famigliare | Natalia Ginzburg | — | — | GR 3.90 / 25,889 ratings | 1 |
| Sagittarius | Natalia Ginzburg | — | — | GR 3.82 / 2,008 ratings | 1 |
| The City and the House | Natalia Ginzburg | — | — | GR 4.13 / 2,190 ratings | 1 |
| The Dry Heart | Natalia Ginzburg | — | — | GR 3.98 / 14,120 ratings | 1 |
| The Little Virtues | Natalia Ginzburg | — | — | GR 4.08 / 11,666 ratings | 1 |
| The Road to the City | Natalia Ginzburg | — | — | GR 3.73 / 3,185 ratings | 1 |
| Valentino | Natalia Ginzburg | — | — | GR 3.92 / 2,114 ratings | 1 |
| Voices in the Evening | Natalia Ginzburg | — | — | GR 3.75 / 4,710 ratings | 1 |
| Sour Cherry | Natalia Theodoridou | 2025 | — | — | 1 |
| The Baroque Cycle (i.e. Quicksilver ; The Confusion ; The System of the World ) | Neal Stephenson | 2005 | — | — | 1 |
| Coraline | Neil Gaiman | — | — | GR 4.13 / 792,288 ratings | 1 |
| Norse Mythology | Neil Gaiman | — | — | GR 4.10 / 345,791 ratings | 1 |
| The Graveyard Book | Neil Gaiman | 2009 | — | GR 4.15 / 568,598 ratings | 2 |
| The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes | Neil Gaiman | — | — | GR 4.25 / 275,011 ratings | 1 |
| The Sandman, Vol. 3: Dream Country | Neil Gaiman | — | — | GR 4.24 / 125,043 ratings | 1 |
| Crowns series | Nichola Tyche | — | — | — | 1 |
| Hild | Nicola Griffith | 2013 | — | — | 1 |
| Slow River | Nicola Griffith | 1996 | — | — | 1 |
| Spear | Nicola Griffith | 2022 | — | — | 1 |
| The Silent Strength of Stones | Nina Kiriki Hoffman | 1996 | — | — | 1 |
| Full spredning | Nina Lykke | — | — | GR 3.69 / 11,141 ratings | 1 |
| Hvor er de voksne? | Nina Lykke | — | — | GR 3.84 / 420 ratings | 1 |
| Jul, jul, kvinnornas jul: 24 berättelser i advent | Nina Lykke | — | — | GR 3.42 / 36 ratings | 1 |
| Nei og atter nei | Nina Lykke | — | — | GR 3.63 / 5,839 ratings | 1 |
| Norwegia. Przewodnik nieturystyczny | Nina Lykke | — | — | GR 2.93 / 57 ratings | 1 |
| Oppløsningstendenser | Nina Lykke | — | — | GR 3.71 / 498 ratings | 1 |
| Orgien, og andre fortellinger | Nina Lykke | — | — | GR 3.58 / 401 ratings | 1 |
| Ut på eventyr | Nina Lykke | — | — | GR 3.70 / 30 ratings | 1 |
| Vi er ikke her for å ha det morsomt | Nina Lykke | — | — | GR 3.48 / 4,605 ratings | 1 |
| ¿Dónde están los adultos? | Nina Lykke | — | — | GR 0.00 | 1 |
| Everfair | Nisi Shawl | 2016 | — | — | 1 |
| Death of the Author | Nnedi Okorafor | 2026 | — | — | 2 |
| Bug Jack Barron | Norman Spinrad | 1970 | — | — | 2 |
| The Iron Dream | Norman Spinrad | 1972 | — | — | 1 |
| The Void Captain's Tale | Norman Spinrad | 1983 | — | — | 1 |
| Parable of the Sower | Octavia E. Butler | 1994 | — | — | 1 |
| Parable of the Talents | Octavia E. Butler | 1999 | — | — | 1 |
| Alvin Journeyman | Orson Scott Card | 1996 | — | — | 1 |
| Seventh Son | Orson Scott Card | 1988 | — | — | 2 |
| The Bodley Head | Out of the Silent Planet | 1939 | — | — | 1 |
| A Master of Djinn | P. Djèlí Clark | 2022 | — | — | 2 |
| Synners | Pat Cadigan | 1991 | — | — | 1 |
| The Falling Woman | Pat Murphy | 1987 | — | — | 1 |
| Harpist in the Wind | Patricia A. McKillip | 1980 | — | — | 2 |
| The Tower at Stony Wood | Patricia A. McKillip | 2001 | — | — | 1 |
| Winter Rose | Patricia A. McKillip | 1996 | — | — | 1 |
| Ablutions | Patrick deWitt | — | — | GR 3.66 / 5,927 ratings | 1 |
| Dodge City | Patrick deWitt | — | — | GR 5.00 / 2 ratings | 1 |
| Dodge City: A Novel | Patrick deWitt | — | — | GR 0.00 | 1 |
| Fiction: Closing Time (2009): Los Angeles Times Festival of Books | Patrick deWitt | — | — | GR 0.00 | 1 |
| French Exit | Patrick deWitt | — | — | GR 3.55 / 29,166 ratings | 1 |
| Help Yourself Help Yourself | Patrick deWitt | — | — | GR 4.32 / 37 ratings | 1 |
| The Bastard | Patrick deWitt | — | — | GR 3.91 / 347 ratings | 1 |
| The Librarianist | Patrick deWitt | — | — | GR 3.41 / 24,762 ratings | 1 |
| The Sisters Brothers | Patrick deWitt | — | — | GR 3.85 / 104,250 ratings | 1 |
| Undermajordomo Minor | Patrick deWitt | — | — | GR 3.75 / 16,189 ratings | 1 |
| Gwałt polski | Patrycja Wieczorkiewicz | — | — | GR 4.45 / 388 ratings | 1 |
| Przegryw. Mężczyźni w pułapce gniewu i samotności | Patrycja Wieczorkiewicz | — | — | GR 4.12 / 2,467 ratings | 1 |
| Celestis | Paul Park | 1995 | — | — | 1 |
| Doubleday | Pebble in the Sky | 1951 | — | — | 1 |
| John Lane, The Bodley Head | Perelandra | 1944 | — | — | 1 |
| The Innkeeper's Song | Peter S. Beagle | 1994 | — | — | 1 |
| To Your Scattered Bodies Go | Philip José Farmer | 1972 | — | — | 1 |
| Dr. Bloodmoney, or How We Got Along After the Bomb | Philip K. Dick | 1965 | — | — | 1 |
| The Transmigration of Timothy Archer | Philip K. Dick | 1982 | — | — | 1 |
| Dark Age (Red Rising Saga, #5) | Pierce Brown | — | — | GR 4.51 / 148,685 ratings | 1 |
| Iron Gold (Red Rising Saga, #4) | Pierce Brown | — | — | GR 4.21 / 204,717 ratings | 1 |
| Light Bringer (Red Rising Saga, #6) | Pierce Brown | — | — | GR 4.77 / 117,932 ratings | 1 |
| Morning Star (Red Rising Saga, #3) | Pierce Brown | — | — | GR 4.55 / 434,414 ratings | 1 |
| Red Rising | Pierce Brown | 2014 | — | — | 1 |
| Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1) | Pierce Brown | — | — | GR 4.27 / 865,224 ratings | 1 |
| Red Rising: Sons of Ares | Pierce Brown | — | — | GR 3.97 / 4,980 ratings | 1 |
| Red Rising: Sons of Ares #1 (Sons of Ares, #1) | Pierce Brown | — | — | GR 4.05 / 3,598 ratings | 1 |
| Red Rising: Sons of Ares, Vol. 2: Wrath | Pierce Brown | — | — | GR 3.99 / 2,494 ratings | 1 |
| The Red Rising Trilogy Series Collection #1-3 | Pierce Brown | — | — | GR 4.63 / 1,794 ratings | 1 |
| Chthon | Piers Anthony | 1968 | — | — | 2 |
| Macroscope | Piers Anthony | 1970 | — | — | 1 |
| A Midsummer Tempest | Poul Anderson | 1975 | — | — | 1 |
| Fire Time | Poul Anderson | 1975 | — | — | 1 |
| The Boat of a Million Years | Poul Anderson | 1990 | — | — | 2 |
| The Byworlder | Poul Anderson | 1971 | — | — | 1 |
| The High Crusade | Poul Anderson | 1961 | — | — | 1 |
| The People of the Wind | Poul Anderson | 1974 | — | — | 2 |
| The Star Fox | Poul Anderson | 1965 | — | — | 1 |
| There Will Be Time | Poul Anderson | 1973 | — | — | 1 |
| We Have Fed Our Sea (also known as The Enemy Stars ) | Poul Anderson | 1959 | — | — | 1 |
| Fourth Mansions | R. A. Lafferty | 1970 | — | — | 1 |
| Past Master | R. A. Lafferty | 1969 | — | — | 2 |
| The Devil is Dead | R. A. Lafferty | 1971 | — | — | 1 |
| Tea with the Black Dragon | R. A. MacAvoy | 1984 | — | — | 2 |
| Babel, or the Necessity of Violence | R. F. Kuang | 2023 | — | — | 1 |
| Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution | R. F. Kuang | 2022 | — | — | 1 |
| Katabasis | R. F. Kuang | 2025 | — | — | 1 |
| The Poppy War | R. F. Kuang | 2018 | — | — | 1 |
| Temporary Agency | Rachel Pollack | 1994 | — | — | 1 |
| Too Many Magicians | Randall Garrett | 1967 | — | — | 1 |
| The Mountain in the Sea | Ray Nayler | 2022 | — | — | 1 |
| Black Sun | Rebecca Roanhorse | 2021 | — | — | 2 |
| Trail of Lightning | Rebecca Roanhorse | 2019 | — | — | 2 |
| Startling Stories | Red Sun of Danger | 1946 | — | — | 1 |
| Sword of the Demon | Richard A. Lupoff | 1977 | — | — | 1 |
| From the Files of the Time Rangers | Richard Bowes | 2006 | — | — | 1 |
| The Road to Corlay | Richard Cowper | 1979 | — | — | 1 |
| Double Star | Robert A. Heinlein | 1956 | — | GR 3.91 / 24,614 ratings | 2 |
| Glory Road | Robert A. Heinlein | 1964 | — | — | 1 |
| Have Space Suit — Will Travel | Robert A. Heinlein | 1959 | — | — | 1 |
| Picoverse | Robert A. Metzger | 2002 | — | — | 1 |
| Blind Lake | Robert Charles Wilson | 2004 | — | — | 1 |
| Darwinia | Robert Charles Wilson | 1999 | — | — | 1 |
| Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America | Robert Charles Wilson | 2010 | — | — | 1 |
| The Chronoliths | Robert Charles Wilson | 2002 | — | — | 1 |
| Calculating God | Robert J. Sawyer | 2001 | — | — | 1 |
| Factoring Humanity | Robert J. Sawyer | 1999 | — | — | 1 |
| Frameshift | Robert J. Sawyer | 1998 | — | — | 1 |
| Hominids | Robert J. Sawyer | 2003 | — | — | 1 |
| Rollback | Robert J. Sawyer | 2008 | — | — | 1 |
| Starplex | Robert J. Sawyer | 1997 | — | — | 2 |
| The Terminal Experiment | Robert J. Sawyer | 1995 | — | — | 1 |
| The Terminal Experiment (also known as Hobson's Choice ) | Robert J. Sawyer | 1996 | — | — | 1 |
| Wake | Robert J. Sawyer | 2010 | — | — | 1 |
| A Drop of Corruption | Robert Jackson Bennett | 2026 | — | — | 1 |
| The Tainted Cup | Robert Jackson Bennett | 2025 | — | — | 1 |
| The Wheel of Time [ e ] | Robert Jordan | 2014 | — | — | 1 |
| Chemsex. Ujęcie wielodyscyplinarne | Robert Kowalczyk | — | — | GR 4.00 / 5 ratings | 1 |
| LGB. Zdrowie psychiczne i seksualne | Robert Kowalczyk | — | — | GR 3.67 / 3 ratings | 1 |
| Męska rzecz. Wszystko, co mężczyzna musi wiedzieć, by żyć długo i aktywnie | Robert Kowalczyk | — | — | GR 3.89 / 18 ratings | 1 |
| Piekno i seks Seks i piekno | Robert Kowalczyk | — | — | GR 0.00 | 1 |
| Sex&Cook Miłość od kuchni | Robert Kowalczyk | — | — | GR 0.00 | 1 |
| Sztuka bycia razem | Robert Kowalczyk | — | — | GR 3.57 / 1,019 ratings | 1 |
| Sztuka rozstania | Robert Kowalczyk | — | — | GR 4.02 / 60 ratings | 1 |
| TrumPolacy. Kto w Polsce czeka na drugą amerykańską rewolucję | Robert Kowalczyk | — | — | GR 3.71 / 146 ratings | 1 |
| Trzeci element. Co zaburza nasze związki i jak sobie z tym radzić | Robert Kowalczyk | — | — | GR 3.21 / 28 ratings | 1 |
| Zdrowie LGBT. Przewodnik dla kadry medycznej | Robert Kowalczyk | — | — | GR 1.00 / 1 ratings | 1 |
| Time Killer (also known as Immortality, Inc. ) | Robert Sheckley | 1959 | — | — | 1 |
| A Time of Changes | Robert Silverberg | 1972 | — | — | 2 |
| Shadrach in the Furnace | Robert Silverberg | 1977 | — | — | 2 |
| The Masks of Time | Robert Silverberg | 1968 | — | — | 1 |
| The Stochastic Man | Robert Silverberg | 1976 | — | — | 2 |
| Thorns | Robert Silverberg | 1968 | — | — | 2 |
| Tower of Glass | Robert Silverberg | 1971 | — | — | 2 |
| Up the Line | Robert Silverberg | 1970 | — | — | 2 |
| The Orphan | Robert Stallman | 1980 | — | — | 1 |
| ...And Call Me Conrad (also known as This Immortal ) | Roger Zelazny | 1966 | — | — | 1 |
| A Night in the Lonesome October | Roger Zelazny | 1994 | — | — | 1 |
| Doorways in the Sand | Roger Zelazny | 1976 | — | — | 2 |
| Isle of the Dead | Roger Zelazny | 1969 | — | — | 1 |
| Jack of Shadows | Roger Zelazny | 1972 | — | — | 1 |
| Riddley Walker | Russell Hoban | 1981 | — | — | 1 |
| Light From Uncommon Stars | Ryka Aoki | 2022 | — | — | 1 |
| Machinehood | S. B. Divya | 2021 | — | — | 1 |
| The Water Outlaws | S. L. Huang | 2023 | — | — | 1 |
| Throne of the Crescent Moon | Saladin Ahmed | 2013 | — | — | 2 |
| Blackfish City | Sam J. Miller | 2018 | — | — | 1 |
| The Einstein Intersection | Samuel R. Delany | 1968 | — | — | 2 |
| Triton | Samuel R. Delany | 1976 | — | — | 1 |
| A Song for a New Day | Sarah Pinsker | 2019 | — | — | 1 |
| Bright Young Things | Scarlett Thomas | — | — | GR 3.27 / 3,345 ratings | 1 |
| Care of the Soul: A Guide for Cultivating Depth and Sacredness in Everyday Life | Scarlett Thomas | — | — | — | 1 |
| Complete Works of James Joyce (Illustrated) | Scarlett Thomas | — | — | — | 1 |
| Decline and Fall | Scarlett Thomas | — | — | — | 1 |
| Dragon's Green (Worldquake Sequence, #1) | Scarlett Thomas | — | — | GR 3.89 / 3,028 ratings | 1 |
| Going Out | Scarlett Thomas | — | — | GR 3.52 / 1,838 ratings | 1 |
| Oligarchy | Scarlett Thomas | — | — | GR 3.15 / 2,754 ratings | 1 |
| Our Tragic Universe | Scarlett Thomas | — | — | GR 3.45 / 5,236 ratings | 1 |
| Outline | Scarlett Thomas | — | — | — | 1 |
| Pale Fire | Scarlett Thomas | — | — | — | 1 |
| PopCo | Scarlett Thomas | — | — | GR 3.73 / 5,977 ratings | 1 |
| The Chosen Ones (Worldquake Sequence, #2) | Scarlett Thomas | — | — | GR 3.99 / 1,074 ratings | 1 |
| The End of Mr. Y | Scarlett Thomas | — | — | GR 3.77 / 18,508 ratings | 1 |
| The Seed Collectors | Scarlett Thomas | — | — | GR 3.07 / 2,588 ratings | 1 |
| The Sleepwalkers | Scarlett Thomas | — | — | GR 2.94 / 6,562 ratings | 1 |
| Perfect Circle | Sean Stewart | 2004 | — | — | 1 |
| Middlegame | Seanan McGuire | 2020 | — | — | 2 |
| Astounding Science Fiction | Second Stage Lensmen | 1943 | — | — | 1 |
| The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi | Shannon Chakraborty | 2024 | — | — | 1 |
| Ashes of Man (The Sun Eater, #5) | Shauna Lawless | — | — | — | 1 |
| Daughter of Crows (The Academy of Kindness, #1) | Shauna Lawless | — | — | — | 1 |
| Daughter of the Otherworld (Gael Song: Era II, #1) | Shauna Lawless | — | — | GR 4.38 / 824 ratings | 1 |
| Dreams of Chaos (Gael Song, #0.6) | Shauna Lawless | — | — | GR 4.40 / 385 ratings | 1 |
| Dreams of Fire (Gael Song, #0.5) | Shauna Lawless | — | — | GR 4.43 / 854 ratings | 1 |
| Dreams of Sorrow (Gael Song, #2.5) | Shauna Lawless | — | — | GR 4.45 / 631 ratings | 1 |
| Jade War (The Green Bone Saga, #2) | Shauna Lawless | — | — | — | 1 |
| Son of the Serpent (Gael Song: Era II, #2) | Shauna Lawless | — | — | GR 5.00 / 1 ratings | 1 |
| Tales of Fire and Freedom: Gael Song Stories | Shauna Lawless | — | — | GR 4.50 / 2 ratings | 1 |
| The Children of Gods and Fighting Men (Gael Song, #1) | Shauna Lawless | — | — | GR 4.08 / 7,309 ratings | 1 |
| The Land of the Living and the Dead (Gael Song, #3) | Shauna Lawless | — | — | GR 4.49 / 2,499 ratings | 1 |
| The Last Psyker (Warhammer 40,000) | Shauna Lawless | — | — | GR 3.63 / 30 ratings | 1 |
| The Thrice-Bound Fool (Blacktongue, #2) | Shauna Lawless | — | — | — | 1 |
| The Words of Kings and Prophets (Gael Song, #2) | Shauna Lawless | — | — | GR 4.45 / 3,482 ratings | 1 |
| She Who Became the Sun | Shelley Parker-Chan | 2022 | — | — | 1 |
| Gods of Jade and Shadow | Silvia Moreno-Garcia | 2019 | — | — | 1 |
| Mexican Gothic | Silvia Moreno-Garcia | 2020 | — | — | 1 |
| The Daughter of Doctor Moreau | Silvia Moreno-Garcia | 2023 | — | — | 1 |
| Secker & Warburg | Sirius: A Fantasy of Love and Discord | 1945 | — | — | 1 |
| Astounding Science Fiction | Slan | 1941 | — | — | 1 |
| The Buffalo Hunter Hunter | Stephen Graham Jones | 2025 | — | — | 1 |
| The Vampire Tapestry | Suzy McKee Charnas | 1981 | — | — | 1 |
| After the Death of Don Juan | Sylvia Townsend Warner | — | — | GR 3.49 / 146 ratings | 1 |
| Kingdoms of Elfin | Sylvia Townsend Warner | — | — | GR 3.96 / 465 ratings | 1 |
| Lolly Willowes | Sylvia Townsend Warner | — | — | GR 3.69 / 14,063 ratings | 1 |
| Mr Fortune's Maggot | Sylvia Townsend Warner | — | — | GR 3.77 / 235 ratings | 1 |
| Mr. Fortune's Maggot / The Salutation | Sylvia Townsend Warner | — | — | GR 3.64 / 386 ratings | 1 |
| Summer Will Show | Sylvia Townsend Warner | — | — | GR 3.59 / 1,044 ratings | 1 |
| The Corner That Held Them | Sylvia Townsend Warner | — | — | GR 3.91 / 2,024 ratings | 1 |
| The Flint Anchor | Sylvia Townsend Warner | — | — | GR 3.96 / 108 ratings | 1 |
| The True Heart | Sylvia Townsend Warner | — | — | GR 3.45 / 352 ratings | 1 |
| Winter in the Air | Sylvia Townsend Warner | — | — | GR 3.64 / 263 ratings | 1 |
| Pathfinders way | t. A. White | — | — | — | 1 |
| Half Past Human | T. J. Bass | 1971 | — | — | 1 |
| The Godwhale | T. J. Bass | 1974 | — | — | 1 |
| Clockwork Boys | T. Kingfisher | — | — | — | 1 |
| The Birthgrave | Tanith Lee | 1975 | — | — | 1 |
| Cirque | Terry Carr | 1977 | — | — | 1 |
| The Color of Magic (Discworld, #1; Rincewind, #1) | Terry Pratchett | — | — | GR 3.99 / 427,395 ratings | 1 |
| John Lane | That Hideous Strength | 1946 | — | — | 1 |
| Galaxy Science Fiction | The Caves of Steel | 1954 | — | — | 1 |
| Hillman Periodicals | The Dying Earth | 1951 | — | — | 1 |
| Cassell | The Golden Fleece | 1945 | — | — | 1 |
| William Collins, Sons | The Ill-Made Knight | 1941 | — | — | 1 |
| Astounding Science-Fiction | The Legion of Time | 1939 | — | — | 1 |
| Geoffrey Bles | The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | 1951 | — | — | 1 |
| Astounding Science-Fiction | The Mule | 1946 | — | — | 1 |
| Unknown | The Reign of Wizardry | 1941 | — | — | 1 |
| William Collins, Sons | The Sword in the Stone | 1939 | — | — | 1 |
| Doubleday | The Uninvited | 1943 | — | — | 1 |
| Astounding Science-Fiction | The Weapon Makers | 1944 | — | — | 1 |
| Macmillan Publishers | The Wind on the Moon | 1945 | — | — | 1 |
| Astounding Science-Fiction | The World of Null-A | 1946 | — | — | 1 |
| The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter | Theodora Goss | 2017 | — | — | 1 |
| The Clone | Theodore L. Thomas | 1965 | — | — | 1 |
| Venus Plus X | Theodore Sturgeon | 1961 | — | — | 1 |
| Day of the Minotaur | Thomas Burnett Swann | 1967 | — | — | 1 |
| 334 | Thomas M. Disch | 1974 | — | — | 1 |
| On Wings of Song | Thomas M. Disch | 1980 | — | — | 2 |
| The Genocides | Thomas M. Disch | 1965 | — | — | 1 |
| Dinner at Deviant's Palace | Tim Powers | 1985 | — | — | 1 |
| Earthquake Weather | Tim Powers | 1998 | — | — | 1 |
| Expiration Date | Tim Powers | 1996 | — | — | 1 |
| Ironskin | Tina Connolly | 2012 | — | — | 1 |
| Ragamuffin | Tobias S. Buckell | 2007 | — | — | 1 |
| Blind Voices | Tom Reamy | 1979 | — | — | 2 |
| Armukesed : luulet 2017-2018 | Triin Soomets | — | — | GR 3.91 / 11 ratings | 1 |
| Asjade omadused | Triin Soomets | — | — | GR 3.82 / 11 ratings | 1 |
| Jäälind | Triin Soomets | — | — | GR 4.26 / 101 ratings | 1 |
| Kerge kogu jõust | Triin Soomets | — | — | GR 3.92 / 12 ratings | 1 |
| Sinine linn | Triin Soomets | — | — | GR 3.73 / 11 ratings | 1 |
| Soon : luuletusi 1989-1999 | Triin Soomets | — | — | GR 4.11 / 9 ratings | 1 |
| Toormaterjal | Triin Soomets | — | — | GR 4.14 / 7 ratings | 1 |
| Vaba raha | Triin Soomets | — | — | GR 3.91 / 11 ratings | 1 |
| Varjatud ained | Triin Soomets | — | — | GR 4.27 / 11 ratings | 1 |
| Väljas | Triin Soomets | — | — | GR 3.57 / 14 ratings | 1 |
| Last of the Wilds (Age of the Five, #2) | Trudi Canavan | — | — | GR 4.06 / 14,906 ratings | 1 |
| Priestess of the White (Age of the Five, #1) | Trudi Canavan | — | — | GR 3.89 / 18,444 ratings | 1 |
| The Ambassador's Mission (Traitor Spy Trilogy, #1) | Trudi Canavan | — | — | GR 3.93 / 22,723 ratings | 1 |
| The Magician's Apprentice (Black Magician, #0.5) | Trudi Canavan | — | — | GR 3.98 / 26,261 ratings | 1 |
| The Rogue (Traitor Spy Trilogy, #2) | Trudi Canavan | — | — | GR 4.05 / 18,200 ratings | 1 |
| The Traitor Queen (Traitor Spy Trilogy, #3) | Trudi Canavan | — | — | GR 4.04 / 15,561 ratings | 1 |
| Voice of the Gods (Age of the Five, #3) | Trudi Canavan | — | — | GR 4.11 / 14,435 ratings | 1 |
| Baudolino | Umberto Eco | — | — | GR 3.81 / 25,632 ratings | 1 |
| Foucault’s Pendulum | Umberto Eco | — | — | GR 3.91 / 75,595 ratings | 1 |
| History of Beauty | Umberto Eco | — | — | GR 3.81 / 68,373 ratings | 1 |
| Il fascismo eterno | Umberto Eco | — | — | GR 4.32 / 10,128 ratings | 1 |
| Numero zero | Umberto Eco | — | — | GR 3.17 / 14,713 ratings | 1 |
| On Ugliness | Umberto Eco | — | — | GR 3.88 / 19,148 ratings | 1 |
| The Island of the Day Before | Umberto Eco | — | — | GR 3.50 / 16,479 ratings | 1 |
| The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana | Umberto Eco | — | — | GR 3.39 / 12,811 ratings | 1 |
| The Name of the Rose | Umberto Eco | — | — | GR 4.14 / 400,666 ratings | 1 |
| The Prague Cemetery | Umberto Eco | — | — | GR 3.51 / 30,556 ratings | 1 |
| Lavinia | Ursula K. Le Guin | 2009 | — | — | 1 |
| The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas | Ursula K. Le Guin | — | — | GR 4.37 / 55,443 ratings | 1 |
| The Telling | Ursula K. Le Guin | 2001 | — | — | 1 |
| The Word for World Is Forest | Ursula K. Le Guin | — | — | GR 4.07 / 46,323 ratings | 1 |
| A Sorceress Comes to Call | Ursula Vernon | 2025 | — | — | 1 |
| Nettle & Bone | Ursula Vernon | 2023 | — | — | 1 |
| Rakesfall | Vajra Chandrasekera | 2024 | — | — | 1 |
| The Saint of Bright Doors | Vajra Chandrasekera | 2024 | — | — | 2 |
| Mary Reilly | Valerie Martin | 1990 | — | — | 1 |
| Blood Mercy | Vela Roth | — | — | — | 2 |
| A Deepness in the Sky | Vernor Vinge | 2000 | — | — | 2 |
| Marooned in Realtime | Vernor Vinge | 1987 | — | — | 1 |
| Rainbows End | Vernor Vinge | 2007 | — | — | 2 |
| The Peace War | Vernor Vinge | 1985 | — | — | 1 |
| Allegiant (Divergent, #3) | Veronica Roth | — | — | GR 3.60 / 1,152,740 ratings | 1 |
| Asunder | Veronica Roth | — | — | — | 1 |
| Carve the Mark (Carve the Mark, #1) | Veronica Roth | — | — | GR 3.78 / 97,694 ratings | 1 |
| Divergent (Divergent, #1) | Veronica Roth | — | — | GR 4.13 / 4,429,235 ratings | 1 |
| Divergent Series Complete Box Set (Divergent, #1-3) | Veronica Roth | — | — | GR 4.28 / 48,568 ratings | 1 |
| Four: A Divergent Story Collection (Divergent, #0.1-0.4) | Veronica Roth | — | — | GR 3.93 / 260,328 ratings | 1 |
| Free Four: Tobias Tells the Divergent Knife-Throwing Scene (Divergent, #1.5) | Veronica Roth | — | — | GR 4.12 / 98,171 ratings | 1 |
| Inside Divergent: The Initiate's World | Veronica Roth | — | — | GR 4.36 / 43,321 ratings | 1 |
| Insurgent (Divergent, #2) | Veronica Roth | — | — | GR 3.96 / 1,637,836 ratings | 1 |
| Someone You Can Build a Nest In | Veronica Roth | — | — | — | 1 |
| The Fates Divide (Carve the Mark, #2) | Veronica Roth | — | — | GR 3.88 / 40,089 ratings | 1 |
| The Transfer (Divergent, #0.1) | Veronica Roth | — | — | GR 4.15 / 57,324 ratings | 1 |
| These Summer Storms | Veronica Roth | — | — | — | 1 |
| Dreamsnake | Vonda N. McIntyre | 1979 | — | — | 2 |
| The Exile Waiting | Vonda N. McIntyre | 1975 | — | — | 1 |
| The Moon and the Sun | Vonda N. McIntyre | 1997 | — | — | 1 |
| City on Fire | Walter Jon Williams | 1998 | — | — | 2 |
| Metropolitan | Walter Jon Williams | 1995 | — | — | 1 |
| The Collapsium | Wil McCarthy | 2001 | — | — | 1 |
| To Crush the Moon | Wil McCarthy | 2006 | — | — | 1 |
| Count Zero | William Gibson | 1987 | — | — | 2 |
| Mona Lisa Overdrive | William Gibson | 1989 | — | — | 2 |
| Virtual Light | William Gibson | 1994 | — | — | 1 |
| Nova Express | William S. Burroughs | 1965 | — | — | 1 |
| The Year of the Quiet Sun | Wilson Tucker | 1971 | — | — | 2 |
| Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon | Wole Talabi | 2023 | — | — | 1 |
| Sleeping Worlds Have No Memory | Yaroslav Barsukov | 2024 | — | — | 1 |
| Ninefox Gambit | Yoon Ha Lee | 2017 | — | — | 2 |
| Raven Stratagem | Yoon Ha Lee | 2018 | — | — | 1 |
| Revenant Gun | Yoon Ha Lee | 2019 | — | — | 1 |
| Ashes to Dust (Þóra Guðmundsdóttir, #3) | Yrsa Sigurdardottir | — | — | GR 3.71 / 5,601 ratings | 1 |
| DNA (Children's House, #1) | Yrsa Sigurdardottir | — | — | GR 3.95 / 13,543 ratings | 1 |
| Gallows Rock (Children's House, #4) | Yrsa Sigurdardottir | — | — | GR 3.89 / 5,004 ratings | 1 |
| I Remember You | Yrsa Sigurdardottir | — | — | GR 3.81 / 13,923 ratings | 1 |
| Last Rituals (Þóra Guðmundsdóttir, #1) | Yrsa Sigurdardottir | — | — | GR 3.59 / 12,391 ratings | 1 |
| My Soul to Take (Þóra Guðmundsdóttir, #2) | Yrsa Sigurdardottir | — | — | GR 3.75 / 8,398 ratings | 1 |
| Sogið (Children's House, #2) | Yrsa Sigurdardottir | — | — | GR 3.96 / 8,285 ratings | 1 |
| The Absolution (Children's House, #3) | Yrsa Sigurdardottir | — | — | GR 3.92 / 7,017 ratings | 1 |
| The Day is Dark (Þóra Guðmundsdóttir, #4) | Yrsa Sigurdardottir | — | — | GR 3.69 / 4,820 ratings | 1 |
| The Silence of the Sea (Þóra Guðmundsdóttir, #6) | Yrsa Sigurdardottir | — | — | GR 3.74 / 5,410 ratings | 1 |