Science fiction is the literature of what if: starships and AI, first contact and far futures, ideas pushed to their logical extremes. It runs from rigorous hard SF to sweeping space opera.
Isaac Asimov's Foundation and Frank Herbert's Dune are the classics; Martha Wells's Murderbot and James S. A. Corey's Expanse the modern essentials. Expect big ideas, bigger consequences and futures that interrogate the present.
Tracking 138 authors and 1687 series in Science Fiction.
Popular Science Fiction Authors — Series in Reading Order
- AIsaac Asimov Asimov's The Mammoth Book Of... Series 30 series · 634 books→
- CArthur C. Clarke Space Odyssey Series 10 series · 142 books→
- WAndy Weir The Martian Series 8 series · 22 books→
- SJohn Scalzi Old Man's War Series 19 series · 117 books→
- COrson Scott Card Ender Saga Series with Aaron Johnston 32 series · 239 books→
All Science Fiction Authors — Complete Series in Order
- ADouglas Adams 8 series · 289 books Crime Fiction
- AAnn Aguirre 31 series · 144 books Legal Thriller · Fantasy
- ACraig Alanson 5 series · 29 books
- AEllie Alexander 8 series · 74 books Cozy Mystery · Fantasy
- AMike Ashley 6 series · 98 books Fantasy · Historical Fiction
- AIsaac Asimov 30 series · 634 books Children's Fiction · Fantasy
- AMargaret Atwood 11 series · 114 books Literary Fiction
- AVictoria Aveyard 3 series · 19 books YA Fantasy · YA Fiction
- BKage Baker 11 series · 70 books Fantasy · Historical Fiction
- BIain M Banks 3 series · 21 books
- BBlake Banner 6 series · 86 books Epic Fantasy · Fantasy
- BScott Blade 3 series · 24 books Fantasy
- BBen Bova 21 series · 216 books Fantasy
- BRay Bradbury 12 series · 240 books Fantasy · Literary Fiction
- BMarion Zimmer Bradley 21 series · 225 books Fantasy
- BMichael Brandman 2 series · 27 books Fantasy
- BTerry Brooks 24 series · 86 books Fantasy
- BPierce Brown 3 series · 10 books YA Fiction · Fantasy
- BDale Brown 9 series · 79 books Historical Fiction · Thriller
- BLois McMaster Bujold 11 series · 87 books Fantasy
- CJack Campbell 19 series · 74 books Fantasy · Western
- COrson Scott Card 32 series · 239 books Fantasy
- CScott William Carter 9 series · 49 books Fantasy · Horror
- CChris Carter 1 series · 14 books
- CAlly Carter 10 series · 36 books YA Fiction
- CKiera Cass 6 series · 27 books YA Fantasy · YA Fiction
- CBecky Chambers 4 series · 11 books
- CC.J. Cherryh 26 series · 187 books Fantasy
- CTed Chiang 3 series · 36 books Fantasy
- CTom Clancy 17 series · 212 books Crime Fiction · Thriller
- CArthur C. Clarke 10 series · 142 books
- CErnest Cline 5 series · 6 books Children's Fiction · Fantasy
- CAmy Clipston 23 series · 102 books Literary Fiction
- CJaQuavis Coleman 12 series · 49 books YA Fiction · Fantasy
- CSuzanne Collins 5 series · 29 books YA Fiction · Fantasy
- CAlly Condie 7 series · 19 books YA Fiction
- CJames S A Corey 12 series · 99 books Fantasy
- CMichael Crichton 5 series · 35 books
- DJeanne M Dams 5 series · 40 books Fantasy · Mystery
- DVox Day 12 series · 38 books Fantasy
- DGordon R. Dickson 17 series · 128 books Fantasy
- FJasper Fforde 6 series · 19 books Crime Fiction · Mystery
- FPaul Finch 13 series · 321 books Horror · Crime Fiction
- FMatthew Fitzsimmons 3 series · 8 books Epic Fantasy · Fantasy
- FEric Flint 33 series · 347 books Fantasy
- FAlan Dean Foster 33 series · 343 books Fantasy
- GDavid Gerrold 16 series · 207 books
- GSimon R. Green 16 series · 115 books Fantasy · Horror
- GChristopher Greyson 7 series · 49 books Fantasy
- GUrsula K. Le Guin 27 series · 319 books Fantasy · Western
- HMargaret Peterson Haddix 12 series · 74 books YA Fiction
- HDavid Hagberg 11 series · 79 books Epic Fantasy · Fantasy
- HBarbara Hambly 25 series · 447 books Fantasy · Historical Fiction
- HPeter F. Hamilton 6 series · 15 books
- HRobin Lee Hatcher 23 series · 130 books Fantasy · Horror
- HRobert A. Heinlein 11 series · 96 books
- HFrank Herbert 9 series · 127 books Literary Fiction
- HJames P. Hogan 9 series · 41 books
- HD.K. Holmberg 41 series · 236 books Fantasy
- HHugh Howey 2 series · 5 books
- HTanya Huff 15 series · 138 books Urban Fantasy · Fantasy
- KAmie Kaufman 10 series · 25 books YA Fiction · Fantasy
- KAndrew Klavan 11 series · 52 books YA Fiction · Crime Fiction
- KDean Koontz 24 series · 180 books Horror · Mystery
- KJay Kristoff 8 series · 37 books Fantasy · Horror
- LJoe Lansdale 29 series · 537 books Fantasy · Horror
- LWard Larsen 3 series · 16 books Historical Fiction · Thriller
- LSharon Lee 17 series · 140 books Fantasy
- LC S Lewis 11 series · 75 books Fantasy · Literary Fiction
- LPittacus Lore 6 series · 39 books YA Fiction
- LNathan Lowell 12 series · 38 books
- LMarie Lu 12 series · 37 books YA Fiction · Fantasy
- LAlex Lukeman 3 series · 30 books Fantasy
- LSergei Lukyanenko 4 series · 9 books Fantasy
- MTorquil MacLeod 2 series · 12 books Fantasy
- MTahereh Mafi 7 series · 22 books
- MAnne McCaffrey 29 series · 226 books Fantasy
- MG.A. McKevett 5 series · 41 books Fantasy · Mystery
- MMarissa Meyer 8 series · 25 books Fantasy · Thriller
- MKaren Marie Moning 6 series · 24 books Urban Fantasy · Paranormal Romance
- MElizabeth Moon 12 series · 49 books Epic Fantasy · Fantasy
- MRichard K. Morgan 8 series · 25 books Fantasy
- MTamsyn Muir 1 series · 4 books Fantasy
- NLarry Niven 23 series · 179 books Fantasy
- NAndre Norton 45 series · 281 books Children's Fiction · Fantasy
- PTamora Pierce 14 series · 38 books YA Fiction · Fantasy
- PAshley Poston 4 series · 14 books Romance · Contemporary Romance
- PScott Pratt 7 series · 24 books Fantasy · Literary Fiction
- PNatasha Preston 6 series · 29 books Psychological Thriller · YA Fiction
- RA.G. Riddle 4 series · 13 books Mystery
- RKelly Rimmer 2 series · 16 books
- RJohn Ringo 21 series · 206 books Thriller
- RJ D Robb 5 series · 85 books Police Procedural
- RLes Roberts 7 series · 38 books Fantasy
- RJohn Maddox Roberts 12 series · 92 books Fantasy · Historical Fiction
- RKim Stanley Robinson 11 series · 109 books
- RJeremy Robinson 22 series · 108 books Horror · Thriller
- RVeronica Roth 10 series · 37 books YA Fantasy · YA Fiction
- RPatrick Rothfuss 6 series · 18 books Fantasy · Horror
- RKristine Kathryn Rusch 43 series · 825 books Fantasy
- SCarl Sagan 3 series · 20 books Literary Fiction
- SMarcus Sakey 4 series · 19 books Crime Fiction
- SBrandon Sanderson 9 series · 39 books Fantasy · Epic Fantasy
- SJohn Scalzi 19 series · 117 books
- STrevor Scott 14 series · 73 books Police Procedural · Espionage
- SSarah R Shaber 5 series · 17 books Fantasy
- SAndrew Shvarts 2 series · 4 books Fantasy
- SDan Simmons 11 series · 60 books Fantasy · Horror
- SNalini Singh 15 series · 243 books Urban Fantasy · Paranormal Romance
- SRobin Sloan 1 series · 3 books Literary Fiction
- SNicholas Sansbury Smith 13 series · 64 books Horror · Western
- SIvy Smoak 13 series · 52 books Fantasy
- SAnna Smith Spark 3 series · 15 books Fantasy
- SWen Spencer 7 series · 23 books Fantasy
- SA.J. Steiger 2 series · 5 books YA Fiction · Crime Fiction
- SNeal Stephenson 9 series · 45 books
- SBruce Sterling 8 series · 129 books Literary Fiction
- SDavid Stone 1 series · 4 books Espionage · Thriller
- SCharles Stross 14 series · 281 books Fantasy · Horror
- SDaniel Suarez 3 series · 8 books Thriller
- SJames Swallow 50 series · 1227 books Fantasy
- TJodi Taylor 6 series · 52 books Fantasy · Historical Fiction
- TAdrian Tchaikovsky 1 series · 4 books Fantasy
- TWill Thomas 2 series · 19 books Psychological Thriller · Thriller
- THarry Turtledove 29 series · 231 books Historical Fiction
- VJeff VanderMeer 13 series · 105 books Fantasy
- VCarrie Vaughn 15 series · 182 books Urban Fantasy · Paranormal Romance
- WDavid Weber 31 series · 317 books Fantasy
- WAndy Weir 8 series · 22 books
- WH.G. Wells 8 series · 177 books Literary Fiction
- WMartha Wells 1 series · 8 books Fantasy
- WScott Westerfeld 18 series · 63 books YA Fiction · Fantasy
- WJeff Wheeler 17 series · 68 books Fantasy
- WConnie Willis 9 series · 130 books Fantasy · Historical Fiction
- WF. Paul Wilson 23 series · 278 books Children's Fiction · Fantasy
- YRick Yancey 7 series · 22 books YA Fiction
- ZTimothy Zahn 25 series · 301 books
- ZRoger Zelazny 12 series · 117 books Fantasy
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