The books that take reality and twist it in a way that is really believable. I always find that science fiction books are the most intricate and complex of books since they take what we already know and add a drop of believable futurism to it.

Series

• Razorland series by Ann Aguirre
• Innkeeper Chronicles by Ilona Andrews
• Kinsmen series by Ilona Andrews
• Shadows by Jennifer L. Armentrout (Lux #0.5)
• Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout (Lux #1)
• Unremembered by Jessica Brody (Unremembered #1)
• Unstolen by Jessica Brody (Unremembered #1.1)
• The Honors trilogy by Rachel Caine & Ann Aguirre
• Halcyon by Demelza Carlton (Colony: Aqua #1)
• Poseidon by Demelza Carlton (Colony: Aqua #2)
• The Obernewtyn Chronicles by Isobelle Carmody
• London Below, the World of Neverwhere series by Neil Gaiman
• Gene of Isis by Traci Harding (The Mystique Trilogy #1)
• The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin (The Broken Earth Trilogy #1)
• The Illuminae Files series by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff
• Praying for Rain by Jay Kristoff (The Lotus Wars #0.5)
• The Young Elites by Marie Lu (The Young Elites #1)
• Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey (Dragons of Pern #1)
• Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan (Takeshi Kovacs #1)
• Reel Life by Steven Savile (Glass Town #1.5)
• Zeroes by Scott Westerfeld, Margo Lanagan & Deborah Biancotti (Zeroes #1)

Short story collections

• Dead Man’s Hand edited by John Joseph Adams
• Alien Sex edited by Ellen Datlow
• The Mammoth Book of Time Travel Romance edited by Trisha Telep
• The Mammoth Book of Dieselpunk edited by Sean Wallace

Standalones – Novels

• Company Town by Madeline Ashby
• Terra Nullius by Claire G. Coleman
• The Disasters by M.K. England
• I Hope You Get This Message by Farah Naz Rishi
• To Marry Medusa by Theodore Sturgeon
• Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne
• Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
• Artemis by Andy Weir
• The First Men in the Moon by H.G. Wells
• The Food of the Gods by H.G. Wells
• The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells
• The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells
• The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
• The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells

Standalones – Novellas

• Dragon Dance by Angela Knight
• Mad Dog Love by Angela Knight
• Any Way the Wind Blows by Seanan McGuire
• Stupid Perfect World by Scott Westerfeld

Standalones – Short stories

• A Mere Formality by Ilona Andrews
• The Jamesburg Incubus by Scott Baker
• Bayou Brawl by L.A. Banks
• Near-Beauty by M.E. Beckett
• Dancing Chickens by Edward Bryant
• The Weight by Dhonielle Clayton
• How’s the Night Life on Cissalda? by Harlan Ellison
• Time Trails by Colby Hodge
• The First Time by K.W. Jeter
• Next Time by Donna Kauffman
• One Small Step… by Amie Kaufman
• Yes, Virginia2097c, There is a Santa Claus by Sam Knight
• The Vital Importance of the Superficial by Ellen Kushner & Caroline Stevermer
• Beauty by Tanith Lee
• The First Lunar Halloween by John R. Little
• Liberia by Kwame Mbalia
• When the Fathers Go by Bruce McAllister
• Master Haddad’s Holiday by Garth Nix
• Peace in Our Time by Garth Nix
• A Sidekick of Mars by Garth Nix
• Omnisexual by Geoff Ryman
• Pilot’s Forge by Patrice Sarath
• Scales by Lewis Shiner
• A Sufficiently Advance Christmas by Eric James Stone
• The Wings The Lungs, The Engine The Heart by Laurie Tom
• Astronaut Nick by Brad R. Torgersen
• Husbands by Lisa Tuttle
• War Bride by Rick Wilber