Science Fiction

BattleAxe: Book One of the Axis Trilogy
Sara Douglass

A stunning epic fantasy in the tradition of David Eddings, Janny Wurts and Robert Jordan

The Ancient Future: The Dark Age
Traci Harding

The first book in The Ancient Future trilogy

The Passage
Justin Cronin

The epic, awe-inspiring novel of good and evil.

Wool
Hugh Howey

If the lies don't kill you, the truth will

Lexicon
Max Barry

A dazzlingly original high-concept thriller for fans of Neal Stephenson and Elmore Leonard

The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf (The Tribe #1)
Ambelin Kwaymullina

A gripping indigenous eco-dystopian novel for fans of The Hunger Games

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide #1)
Douglas Adams

The comic masterpiece. Volume one in the trilogy of five!

Dune
Frank Herbert

Winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards

Brave New World
Aldous Huxley

Huxley's ingenious fantasy of the future sheds a blazing light on the present and is considered to be his most enduring masterpiece

The Day of the Triffids
John Wyndham

The modern classic post-apocalyptic novel about a plague of blindness which befalls the entire world, allowing the rise of an aggressive species of plant

The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood

In the world of the near future, who will control women's bodies?

The War of the Worlds
H.G. Wells

A pioneering work of alien invasion fiction

Never Let Me Go
Kazuo Ishiguro

In one of the most acclaimed and original novels of recent years, a group of students grow up in a darkly skewered version of contemporary England

A Wrinkle in Time
Madeleine L'Engle

A classic sci-fi/fantasy adventure for children by bestselling US author, Madeleine L'Engle

Ender's Game (The Ender Quintet #1)
Orson Scott Card

The award-winning classic about war, survival and what it takes to make a hero

Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury

‘Fahrenheit 451 is the most skilfully drawn of all science fiction’s conformist hells’ Kingsley Amis

Stranger in a Strange Land
Robert A. Heinlein

''A brilliant mind-bender, a thought-provoking book.'' New York Times

The Host
Stephenie Meyer

Stephenie Meyer's first novel for adults is an unforgettable science fiction romance

The Returned
Jason Mott

'Leave it to a poet to bring beauty and soul to the well-trodden undead genre.' USA Today

A Thousand Pieces of You (Firebird #1)
Claudia Gray

Orphan Black meets Cloud Atlas in the first in this epic dimension–bending trilogy about a girl who must chase her father’s killer through multiple dimensions

Saint Odd (Odd Thomas #7)
Dean Koontz

The future is haunting Odd Thomas.

Shades of Grey
Jasper Fforde

The new series from comic genius Jasper Fforde.

Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School #1)
Gail Carriger

It's one thing to learn to curtsy properly. It's quite another to learn to curtsy and throw a knife at the same time. Welcome to Finishing School.

The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next #1)
Jasper Fforde

A richly imaginative, hilarious, and poignant debut novel.

Frankenstein
Mary Shelley

The original gothic horror literary classic.

The Fate of Ten (Lorien Legacies #6)
Pittacus Lore

For years the Garde have fought the Mogadorians in secret, but now the invasion has begun.

The Heart Goes Last
Margaret Atwood

A powerful satire of life in the twenty-first century, charged with wit, irony and keen perception.

The Martian
Andy Weir

Bestseller behind the film from Ridley Scott starring Matt Damon and Jessica Chastain.

Fellside
M.R. Carey

A haunting and heart-breaking new thriller from the author of the word-of-mouth bestseller The Girl With All the Gifts.

Flowers for Algernon
Daniel Keyes

Winner of the Hugo and Nebula Award.

The City of Mirrors (The Passage #3)
Justin Cronin

The publishing phenomenon that began with the astonishing worldwide bestseller The Passage now comes to its epic conclusion.

Arrival
Ted Chiang

Stories of Your Life and Others

New York 2140
Kim Stanley Robinson

A new vision of the future from Kim Stanley Robinson

Walkaway
Cory Doctorow

A multi-generational SF thriller about the momentous changes coming in the next hundred years: an epic tale of revolution, love, war, and the end of death.