| 09 | Journey to the Center of the Earth | 1864 | Jules Verne | | |
| 08 | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | 1870 | Jules Verne | | action, monster |
| 06 | Flatland | 1884 | Edwin A. Abbott | | futuristic |
| 07 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | 1886 | Robert Louis Stevenson | | horror, mystery |
| 08 | The Time Machine | 1895 | H. G. Wells | | time travel |
| 07 | The Island of Doctor Moreau | 1896 | H. G. Wells | | bio-genetics, horror |
| 06 | The Invisible Man | 1897 | H. G. Wells | | horror |
| 09 | The War of the Worlds | 1898 | H. G. Wells | | alien invasion, aliens |
| 05 | A Princess of Mars | 1912 | Edgar Rice Burroughs | | action |
| 05 | We | 1924 | Yevgeny Zamiatin | | dystopian |
| 06 | The Trial | 1925 | Franz Kafka | | dystopian |
| 05 | The Skylark of Space | 1928 | E. E. Doc Smith | | space |
| 08 | Brave New World | 1932 | Aldous Huxley | | dystopian |
| 05 | The Shape of Things to Come | 1933 | H. G. Wells | | dystopian |
| 09 | Star Maker | 1937 | Olaf Stapledon | | aliens, space |
| 05 | Anthem | 1938 | Ayn Rand | | dystopian |
| 08 | Out of the Silent Planet | 1938 | C. S. Lewis | | aliens, space |
| 05 | Slan | 1940 | A. E. van Vogt | | dystopian, space, superpowers / superhero |
| 05 | The World of Null-A | 1948 | A. E. van Vogt | | aliens, space |
| 04 | Space Cadet | 1948 | Robert A. Heinlein | | military, space |
| 06 | Earth Abides | 1949 | George R. Stewart | | post-apocalyptic |
| 10 | Nineteen Eighty-Four | 1949 | George Orwell | | dystopian, futuristic |
| 09 | I, Robot | 1950 | Isaac Asimov | | mystery, robots/nanotech |
| 04 | Masters of Time | 1950 | A. E. van Vogt | | military |
| 05 | The Dying Earth | 1950 | Jack Vance | | post-apocalyptic |
| 08 | The Martian Chronicles | 1950 | Ray Bradbury | | space |
| 06 | The Voyage of the Space Beagle | 1950 | A. E. van Vogt | | space |
| 09 | Foundation | 1951 | Isaac Asimov | | space |
| 06 | The Day of the Triffids | 1951 | John Wyndham | | post-apocalyptic |
| 09 | The Illustrated Man | 1951 | Ray Bradbury | | aliens, horror, space |
| 07 | The Puppet Masters | 1951 | Robert A. Heinlein | | alien invasion, aliens, horror |
| 07 | The Stars, Like Dust | 1951 | Isaac Asimov | | space |
| 05 | The Weapon Shops of Isher | 1951 | A. E. van Vogt | | space |
| 09 | City | 1952 | Clifford Simak | | dystopian, robots/nanotech |
| 08 | Player Piano | 1952 | Kurt Vonnegut | | comedy, dystopian |
| 05 | Mission of Gravity | 1953 | Hal Clement | | aliens, space |
| 06 | More Than Human | 1953 | Theodore Sturgeon | | superpowers / superhero |
| 09 | The Caves of Steel | 1953 | Isaac Asimov | | mystery, robots/nanotech |
| 08 | The Demolished Man | 1953 | Alfred Bester | | mystery |
| 08 | The Space Merchants | 1953 | Frederik Pohl, C.M. Kornbluth | | dystopian, space |
| 10 | Childhood’s End | 1954 | Arthur C. Clarke | | aliens, apocalypse, dystopian |
| 10 | Fahrenheit 451 | 1954 | Ray Bradbury | | dystopian, futuristic |
| 10 | I Am Legend | 1954 | Richard Matheson | | post-apocalyptic, vampires |
| 08 | The Chrysalids | 1955 | John Wyndham | | dystopian, post-apocalyptic |
| 08 | The End Of Eternity | 1955 | Isaac Asimov | | time travel |
| 07 | The City and the Stars | 1956 | Arthur C. Clarke | | dystopian, mystery |
| 05 | The Door Into Summer | 1956 | Robert A. Heinlein | | time travel |
| 10 | The Stars My Destination | 1956 | Alfred Bester | | action, space |
| 07 | They Shall Have Stars | 1956 | James Blish | | space |
| 05 | Andromeda | 1957 | Ivan Efremov | | space |
| 08 | Citizen Of the Galaxy | 1957 | Robert A. Heinlein | | space |
| 05 | Empire of the Atom | 1957 | A. E. van Vogt | | post-apocalyptic, space |
| 06 | On the Beach | 1957 | Neville Shute | | apocalypse, post-apocalyptic |
| 06 | The Midwich Cuckoos | 1957 | John Wyndham | | horror, mystery |
| 07 | Have Space-Suit – Will Travel | 1958 | Robert A. Heinlein | | action, space, ya |
| 08 | Non-Stop | 1958 | Brian Aldiss | | mystery, space |
| 05 | The Time Traders | 1958 | Andre Norton | | aliens, time travel |
| 06 | A Canticle for Leibowitz | 1959 | Walter M. Miller | | post-apocalyptic |
| 06 | Alas, Babylon | 1959 | Pat Frank | | apocalypse |
| 10 | Starship Troopers | 1959 | Robert A. Heinlein | | aliens, military, space |
| 09 | The Sirens of Titan | 1959 | Kurt Vonnegut | | comedy, space |
| 05 | The War Against the Rull | 1959 | A. E. van Vogt | | space |
| 06 | Time Out Of Joint | 1959 | Philip K. Dick | | dystopian, time travel |
| 08 | Dorsai | 1960 | Gordon Dickson | | military, space |
| 08 | The High Crusade | 1960 | Poul Anderson | | aliens, comedy, space |
| 05 | A Fall of Moondust | 1961 | Arthur C. Clarke | | space |
| 07 | Solaris | 1961 | Stanislaw Lem | | drama, space |
| 07 | Stranger in a Strange Land | 1961 | Robert A. Heinlein | | |
| 06 | The Stainless Steel Rat | 1961 | Harry Harrison | | comedy, mystery, space |
| 06 | A Clockwork Orange | 1962 | Anthony Burgess | | comedy, dystopian |
| 06 | A Wrinkle In Time | 1962 | Madeleine L Engle | | space, time travel |
| 06 | After Doomsday | 1962 | Poul Anderson | | post-apocalyptic, space |
| 07 | Hothouse | 1962 | Brian Aldiss | | action, dystopian, post-apocalyptic |
| 05 | The Drowned World | 1962 | J. G. Ballard | | apocalypse, dystopian, post-apocalyptic |
| 08 | The Man in the High Castle | 1962 | Philip K. Dick | | mystery, parallel universe |
| 08 | Cat’s Cradle | 1963 | Kurt Vonnegut | | comedy, drama, dystopian |
| 06 | Planet of the Apes | 1963 | Pierre Boulle | | dystopian |
| 09 | Way Station | 1963 | Clifford Simak | | aliens |
| 07 | Martian Time Slip | 1964 | Philip K. Dick | | dystopian, space, time travel |
| 09 | The Three Stigmata Of Palmer Eldritch | 1964 | Philip K. Dick | | dystopian |
| 10 | Dune | 1965 | Frank Herbert | | action, space |
| 05 | Space Opera | 1965 | Jack Vance | | aliens, mystery |
| 08 | The Cyberiad | 1965 | Stanislaw Lem | | |
| 08 | This Immortal | 1965 | Roger Zelazny | | aliens, post-apocalyptic |
| 06 | Babel-17 | 1966 | Samuel R. Delany | | space |
| 05 | Destination: Void | 1966 | Frank Herbert | | artificial intelligence, space |
| 07 | Flowers for Algernon | 1966 | Daniel Keyes | | drama |
| 05 | Planet of Exile | 1966 | Ursula K. Le Guin | | |
| 09 | The Moon is a Harsh Mistress | 1966 | Robert A. Heinlein | | space |
| 06 | The World of Ptavvs | 1966 | Larry Niven | | aliens, space |
| 06 | An Age | 1967 | Brian Aldiss | | dystopian, time travel |
| 08 | City of Illusions | 1967 | Ursula K. Le Guin | | mystery |
| 05 | Dangerous Visions | 1967 | Harlan Ellison | | futuristic |
| 08 | Lord of Light | 1967 | Roger Zelazny | | mystery |
| 07 | The Past Through Tomorrow | 1967 | Robert A. Heinlein | | |
| 07 | The White Mountains | 1967 | John Christopher | | aliens, dystopian, post-apocalyptic |
| 05 | The Zap Gun | 1967 | Philip K. Dick | | |
| 08 | 2001: A Space Odyssey | 1968 | Arthur C. Clarke | | mystery, space |
| 08 | City of the Chasch | 1968 | Jack Vance | | aliens, space |
| 10 | Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? | 1968 | Philip K. Dick | | cyberpunk, dystopian, post-apocalyptic |
| 06 | Dragonflight | 1968 | Anne McCaffrey | | time travel, ya |
| 06 | Escape to Witch Mountain | 1968 | Alexander Key | | superpowers / superhero, ya |
| 04 | Into the Slave Nebula | 1968 | John Brunner | | robots/nanotech, space |
| 07 | Neutron Star | 1968 | Larry Niven | | space |
| 07 | Nova | 1968 | Samuel R. Delany | | space |
| 05 | Stand on Zanzibar | 1968 | John Brunner | | cyberpunk, dystopian |
| 05 | Barefoot in the Head | 1969 | Brian Aldiss | | post-apocalyptic |
| 06 | Creatures of Light and Darkness | 1969 | Roger Zelazny | | mystery |
| 05 | Isle of the Dead | 1969 | Roger Zelazny | | aliens, space |
| 04 | Macroscope | 1969 | Piers Anthony | | time travel |
| 08 | Slaughterhouse Five | 1969 | Kurt Vonnegut | | time travel |
| 06 | The Andromeda Strain | 1969 | Michael Crichton | | horror, mystery |
| 08 | The Left Hand of Darkness | 1969 | Ursula K. Le Guin | | aliens |
| 06 | The Ship Who Sang | 1969 | Anne McCaffrey | | romance, space, ya |
| 08 | Ubik | 1969 | Philip K. Dick | | mystery |
| 05 | A Maze of Death | 1970 | Philip K. Dick | | drama, mystery |
| 06 | Children of Tomorrow | 1970 | A. E. van Vogt | | aliens, space |
| 07 | Ringworld | 1970 | Larry Niven | | space |
| 05 | Tau Zero | 1970 | Poul Anderson | | space, time travel |
| 08 | This Perfect Day | 1970 | Ira Levin | | dystopian, horror, post-apocalyptic |
| 05 | Time and Again | 1970 | Jack Finney | | romance, time travel |
| 06 | The Anome (aka The Faceless Man) | 1971 | Jack Vance | | mystery |
| 07 | The Lathe of Heaven | 1971 | Ursula K. Le Guin | | dystopian, superpowers / superhero |
| 07 | The Star Diaries: Further Reminiscences of Ijon Tichy | 1971 | Stanislaw Lem | | comedy |
| 08 | To Your Scattered Bodies Go | 1971 | Philip Jose Farmer | | mystery |
| 05 | Dying Inside | 1972 | Robert Silverberg | | drama, superpowers / superhero |
| 09 | Roadside Picnic | 1972 | Arkady, Boris Strugatsky | | dystopian, mystery |
| 08 | The Gods Themselves | 1972 | Isaac Asimov | | aliens, space |
| 06 | The Sheep Look Up | 1972 | John Brunner | | dystopian, horror, post-apocalyptic |
| 09 | The Stepford Wives | 1972 | Ira Levin | | dystopian, mystery |
| 07 | The Doomed City | 1972 | Boris Strugatsky, Arkady Strugatsky | | dystopian |
| 04 | The Word for World is Forest | 1972 | Ursula K. Le Guin | | aliens, space |
| 08 | Protector | 1973 | Larry Niven | | aliens, space |
| 10 | Rendezvous With Rama | 1973 | Arthur C. Clarke | | space |
| 04 | Time Enough For Love | 1973 | Robert A. Heinlein | | time travel |
| 08 | To Die in Italbar | 1973 | Roger Zelazny | | space |
| 10 | The Dispossessed | 1974 | Ursula K. Le Guin | | dystopian |
| 10 | The Forever War | 1974 | Joe Haldeman | | aliens, military, space |
| 06 | Inverted World | 1974 | Christopher Priest | | dystopian, post-apocalyptic |
| 06 | Deathbird Stories | 1975 | Harlan Ellison | | horror |
| 05 | Dhalgren | 1975 | Samuel R. Delany | | mystery, post-apocalyptic |
| 04 | The Centauri Device | 1975 | M. John Harrison | | cyberpunk, space |
| 08 | The Mote in God’s Eye | 1975 | Niven, Pournelle | | aliens, space |
| 07 | The Rediscovery of Man | 1975 | Cordwainer Smith | | space |
| 06 | The Shockwave Rider | 1975 | John Brunner | | cyberpunk, dystopian |
| 06 | A Billion Days of Earth | 1976 | Doris Piserchia | | superpowers / superhero |
| 06 | Imperial Earth | 1976 | Arthur C. Clarke | | space |
| 05 | Man Plus | 1976 | Frederik Pohl | | bio-genetics, space |
| 06 | The Florians | 1976 | Brian Stableford | | space |
| 06 | A Scanner Darkly | 1977 | Philip K. Dick | | dystopian |
| 06 | Callahan’s Crosstime Saloon | 1977 | Spider Robinson | | aliens, comedy, time travel |
| 09 | Gateway | 1977 | Frederik Pohl | | space |
| 06 | Inherit the Stars | 1977 | James P. Hogan | | mystery, space |
| 08 | Lucifer’s Hammer | 1977 | Niven, Pournelle | | apocalypse, dystopian, post-apocalyptic |
| 08 | Midnight At the Well Of Souls | 1977 | Jack L. Chalker | | action, aliens, space |
| 05 | Supermind | 1977 | A. E. van Vogt | | space |
| 06 | Dying of the Light | 1977 | George R. R. Martin | | space |
| 07 | Kesrith | 1978 | C. J. Cherryh | | aliens, mystery, space |
| 09 | The Eye of the Heron | 1978 | Ursula K. Le Guin | | dystopian, ya |
| 09 | The Stand | 1978 | Stephen King | | horror, post-apocalyptic, supernatural |
| 08 | Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy | 1979 | Douglas Adams | | comedy, space |
| 08 | Roadmarks | 1979 | Roger Zelazny | | parallel universe, time travel |
| 06 | The Fountains of Paradise | 1979 | Arthur C. Clarke | | space |
| 06 | Titan | 1979 | John Varley | | aliens, space |
| 06 | Treason | 1979 | Orson Scott Card | | dystopian, mystery, space |
| 05 | Congo | 1980 | Michael Crichton | | action |
| 07 | Dragon’s Egg | 1980 | Robert L. Forward | | aliens, space |
| 08 | Sundiver | 1980 | David Brin | | aliens, mystery, space |
| 06 | The Snow Queen | 1980 | Joan D Vinge | | space |
| 04 | Timescape | 1980 | Gregory Benford | | time travel |
| 05 | Downbelow Station | 1981 | C. J. Cherryh | | aliens, space |
| 05 | Dream Park | 1981 | Larry Niven, Steven Barnes | | mystery |
| 05 | Galactic Effectuator | 1981 | Jack Vance | | action, space |
| 08 | The Many-Colored Land | 1981 | Julian May | | time travel |
| 04 | Valis | 1981 | Philip K. Dick | | |
| 05 | Battlefield Earth | 1982 | L. Ron Hubbard | | aliens, post-apocalyptic, space |
| 03 | Friday | 1982 | Robert A. Heinlein | | |
| 05 | Helliconia Spring | 1982 | Brian Aldiss | | space |
| 06 | Deadeye Dick | 1982 | Kurt Vonnegut | | comedy, drama, horror |
| 07 | Robots of Dawn | 1983 | Isaac Asimov | | mystery, robots/nanotech |
| 05 | The Anubis Gates | 1983 | Tim Powers | | steampunk, time travel |
| 06 | Armor | 1984 | John Steakley | | aliens, military |
| 09 | Neuromancer | 1984 | William Gibson | | cyberpunk |
| 06 | The Peace War | 1984 | Vernor Vinge | | dystopian, post-apocalyptic, time travel |
| 05 | Blood Music | 1985 | Greg Bear | | artificial intelligence, bio-genetics, robots/nanotech |
| 08 | Contact | 1985 | Carl Sagan | | aliens, space |
| 09 | Ender’s Game | 1985 | Orson Scott Card | | military, mystery, space |
| 05 | Eon | 1985 | Greg Bear | | space, time travel |
| 03 | The Hammer of Darkness | 1985 | L. E. Modesitt | | space, superpowers / superhero |
| 08 | The Handmaid’s Tale | 1985 | Margaret Atwood | | dystopian |
| 05 | The Invaders Plan | 1985 | L. Ron Hubbard | | space |
| 06 | The Postman | 1985 | David Brin | | post-apocalyptic |
| 08 | Burning Chrome | 1986 | William Gibson | | cyberpunk, dystopian |
| 06 | Firebird | 1986 | Kathy Tyers | | space |
| 05 | Highway of Eternity | 1986 | Clifford Simak | | aliens, mystery, time travel |
| 05 | Awakeners | 1987 | Sheri S. Tepper | | mystery |
| 08 | Consider Phlebas | 1987 | Iain M. Banks | | space |
| 08 | Dawn: Xenogenesis I | 1987 | Octavia Butler | | aliens, mystery, post-apocalyptic |
| 08 | Replay | 1987 | Ken Grimwood | | time loop, time travel |
| 07 | Sphere | 1987 | Michael Crichton | | horror, mystery, underwater |
| 07 | The Forge of God | 1987 | Greg Bear | | aliens, apocalypse, post-apocalyptic |
| 08 | The Legacy of Herot | 1987 | Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, Steven Barnes | | aliens, horror, space |
| 06 | Swan Song | 1987 | Robert R. McCammon | | mystery, post-apocalyptic |
| 07 | The Legacy of Heorot | 1987 | Steven Barnes, Jerry Pournelle, Larry Niven | | horror, space |
| 05 | Watchers | 1987 | Dean Koontz | | horror, mystery |
| 06 | Cyteen | 1988 | C. J. Cherryh | | bio-genetics, mystery, space |
| 09 | Neverness | 1988 | David Zindell | | space |
| 08 | Lightning | 1988 | Dean Koontz | | horror, mystery, time travel |
| 07 | Outpassage | 1988 | Chris Morris, Janet Morris | | mystery, space |
| 07 | Grass | 1989 | Sheri S. Tepper | | aliens, space |
| 10 | Hyperion | 1989 | Dan Simmons | | grimdark, mystery, space |
| 09 | Carrion comfort | 1989 | Dan Simmons | | horror, supernatural, vampires |
| 05 | Earth | 1990 | David Brin | | apocalypse, drama |
| 06 | Gap Into Conflict: The Real Story | 1990 | Stephen Donaldson | | aliens, grimdark, space |
| 05 | Jurassic Park | 1990 | Michael Crichton | | bio-genetics, horror |
| 06 | The Difference Engine | 1990 | Gibson, Sterling | | cyberpunk, parallel universe, steampunk |
| 08 | Use of Weapons | 1990 | Iain Banks | | space |
| 08 | A Fire Upon the Deep | 1991 | Vernor Vinge | | aliens, space |
| 05 | Anno Dracula | 1992 | Kim Newman | | vampires |
| 06 | Doomsday Book | 1992 | Connie Willis | | time travel |
| 05 | Guns of the South | 1992 | Harry Turtledove | | parallel universe, time travel |
| 05 | Mars | 1992 | Ben Bova | | space |
| 06 | Outlander | 1992 | Diana Gabaldon | | romance, time travel |
| 07 | Quarantine | 1992 | Greg Egan | | cyberpunk, mystery |
| 05 | Red Mars | 1992 | Kim Stanley Robinson | | space |
| 09 | Snow Crash | 1992 | Neal Stephenson | | cyberpunk, dystopian |
| 06 | The Memory of Earth | 1992 | Orson Scott Card | | futuristic, mystery |
| 06 | Beggars in Spain | 1993 | Nancy Kress | | dystopian |
| 04 | Fossil | 1993 | Hal Clement | | aliens, mystery |
| 08 | On Basilisk Station | 1993 | David Weber | | military, space |
| 07 | Parable of the Sower | 1993 | Octavia Butler | | dystopian, post-apocalyptic |
| 06 | The Giver | 1993 | Lois Lowry | | dystopian, ya |
| 07 | Virtual Light | 1993 | William Gibson | | cyberpunk, dystopian |
| 05 | Mindstar Rising | 1993 | Peter F. Hamilton | | cyberpunk, mystery, space |
| 08 | Engines of God | 1994 | Jack McDevitt | | aliens, mystery, space |
| 08 | Feersum Endjinn | 1994 | Iain M. Banks | | cyberpunk, mystery, space |
| 06 | Lovelock | 1994 | Orson Scott Card, Kathryn H. Kidd | | space |
| 06 | Permutation City | 1994 | Greg Egan | | artificial intelligence, cyberpunk |
| 05 | Distress | 1995 | Greg Egan | | cyberpunk |
| 09 | The Diamond Age | 1995 | Neal Stephenson | | cyberpunk, dystopian, robots/nanotech |
| 08 | The Engines of God | 1995 | Jack McDevitt | | aliens, mystery, space |
| 07 | The Time Ships | 1995 | Stephen Baxter | | steampunk, time travel |
| 09 | The Reality Dysfunction | 1996 | Peter F. Hamilton | | aliens, horror, space |
| 08 | The Sparrow | 1996 | Mary Doria Russell | | aliens |
| 04 | Voyage | 1996 | Stephen Baxter | | parallel universe, space |
| 03 | Fear Nothing | 1997 | Dean Koontz | | horror, mystery |
| 07 | City of Golden Shadow | 1998 | Tad Williams | | cyberpunk |
| 05 | Eternity Road | 1998 | Jack McDevitt | | dystopian, post-apocalyptic |
| 08 | Semper Mars | 1998 | Ian Douglas | | military, space |
| 07 | The Engineer Reconditioned | 1998 | Neal Asher | | cyberpunk, space |
| 08 | Cryptonomicon | 1999 | Neal Stephenson | | conspiracy, cyberpunk, mystery |
| 05 | Darwin’s Radio | 1999 | Greg Bear | | bio-genetics, mystery |
| 07 | Expendable | 1999 | James Alan Gardner | | action, aliens, space |
| 07 | Timeline | 1999 | Michael Crichton | | time travel |
