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 115 authors and 1507 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 · 238 books→
All Science Fiction Authors — Complete Series in Order
- ADouglas Adams 8 series · 289 books
- AAnn Aguirre 31 series · 144 books Legal Thriller · Fantasy
- ACraig Alanson 5 series · 29 books
- AMike Ashley 6 series · 98 books
- 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
- BBen Bova 21 series · 216 books Fantasy
- BRay Bradbury 12 series · 240 books Fantasy
- BMarion Zimmer Bradley 21 series · 225 books Fantasy
- BTerry Brooks 24 series · 86 books Fantasy
- BPierce Brown 3 series · 10 books Fantasy
- BLois McMaster Bujold 11 series · 87 books Fantasy
- BEdgar Rice Burroughs 13 series · 84 books Fantasy · Historical Fiction
- CJack Campbell 19 series · 73 books
- COrson Scott Card 32 series · 238 books Fantasy
- CBecky Chambers 4 series · 11 books
- CJanet Chapman 7 series · 26 books Romance · Fantasy
- CC.J. Cherryh 26 series · 187 books Fantasy
- CTed Chiang 3 series · 36 books
- CArthur C. Clarke 10 series · 142 books
- CErnest Cline 5 series · 6 books Children's 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 · 89 books
- CMichael Crichton 5 series · 35 books
- CEvan Currie 11 series · 36 books
- DJames Dashner 9 series · 31 books Children's Fiction · YA Fiction
- DVox Day 12 series · 38 books Fantasy
- DGordon R. Dickson 17 series · 128 books Fantasy
- EBen Elton 4 series · 22 books Thriller · Suspense
- FJasper Fforde 6 series · 19 books Mystery
- FPaul Finch 13 series · 321 books Crime Fiction
- FTarryn Fisher 4 series · 18 books
- FEric Flint 33 series · 347 books Fantasy
- FAlan Dean Foster 33 series · 343 books Fantasy
- FAdam Frost 6 series · 24 books Children's Fiction · Literary Fiction
- GDavid Gerrold 16 series · 207 books
- GAlison Goodman 5 series · 12 books
- GMichael Grant 11 series · 39 books Children's Fiction · Fantasy
- GSimon R. Green 16 series · 115 books Fantasy
- GWilliam Greenleaf 2 series · 88 books
- GUrsula K. Le Guin 27 series · 319 books Fantasy
- HMargaret Peterson Haddix 12 series · 74 books YA Fiction
- HPeter F. Hamilton 6 series · 15 books
- HRobert A. Heinlein 11 series · 96 books
- HFrank Herbert 9 series · 127 books
- HBrian Herbert 22 series · 109 books Fantasy
- HJames P. Hogan 9 series · 41 books
- HD.K. Holmberg 41 series · 235 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
- KDean Koontz 24 series · 180 books Horror · Mystery
- KJay Kristoff 8 series · 37 books Fantasy · Horror
- 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
- MTahereh Mafi 7 series · 22 books
- MAnne McCaffrey 29 series · 226 books Fantasy
- MMarissa Meyer 8 series · 25 books Fantasy
- 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 · 178 books Fantasy
- NAndre Norton 45 series · 281 books Children's Fiction · Fantasy
- PSteve Perry 22 series · 247 books Thriller · Military Thriller
- PTamora Pierce 14 series · 38 books YA Fiction · Fantasy
- PAshley Poston 4 series · 14 books Romance · Contemporary Romance
- RA.G. Riddle 4 series · 13 books
- RJohn Ringo 21 series · 206 books Thriller
- RJohn Maddox Roberts 12 series · 92 books Fantasy · Historical Fiction
- RKim Stanley Robinson 11 series · 109 books
- RJeremy Robinson 22 series · 108 books Thriller
- RJoel Rosenberg 8 series · 28 books Fantasy
- RVeronica Roth 10 series · 37 books YA Fantasy · YA Fiction
- RKristine Kathryn Rusch 43 series · 825 books Fantasy
- SCarl Sagan 3 series · 20 books
- SBrandon Sanderson 9 series · 39 books Fantasy · Epic Fantasy
- SJohn Scalzi 19 series · 117 books
- SDan Simmons 11 series · 60 books Fantasy · Horror
- SNalini Singh 15 series · 243 books Urban Fantasy · Paranormal Romance
- 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
- SCharles Stross 14 series · 281 books Fantasy · Horror
- SDaniel Suarez 3 series · 8 books Thriller
- STui T Sutherland 13 series · 274 books Fantasy · Children's Fiction
- SJames Swallow 50 series · 1227 books
- TJodi Taylor 6 series · 52 books Fantasy
- TAdrian Tchaikovsky 1 series · 4 books
- 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
- WScott Westerfeld 18 series · 63 books YA Fiction · Fantasy
- WConnie Willis 9 series · 130 books Fantasy · Historical Fiction
- WDan Willis 9 series · 36 books Fantasy
- WF. Paul Wilson 22 series · 244 books
- 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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