Cormac Mccarthy
Shelves: 378.2 | 376.3 | 413.2 | 371.8 | 372.20 | 77.1 | 75.1
Condition: new
Goodreads: 4.15 (223,502 ratings)
Amal El-Mohtar
Shelves: 363.1 | 384.10 | 79.1 | 409.1
Condition: new
Goodreads: 3.84 (340,628 ratings)
George Orwell
Shelves: 371.10 | 372.1 | 373.5 | 77.1 | 76.1
Condition: new
Goodreads: 4.2 (5,506,149 ratings)
Alexandra Potter
Shelves: 49.9 | 46.7 | 44.8 | 37.6 | 177.9
Condition: used
Goodreads: 4.05 (33,328 ratings)
Donna Tartt
Shelves: 317.3 | 316.1 | 314.3 | 102.1
Condition: new
Goodreads: 4.15 (1,040,923 ratings)
Stephenie Meyer
Shelves: 195.7 | 196.5 | 192.2 | 185.1
Condition: used
Goodreads: 3.74 (2,001,995 ratings)
Patrick Suskind
Shelves: 346.6 | 371.1 | 77.1
Condition: new
Goodreads: 4.04 (557,947 ratings)
Stephenie Meyer
Shelves: 184.5 | 187.4 | 199.3 | 185.1
Condition: used
Goodreads: 3.62 (2,137,624 ratings)
David Mitchell
Shelves: 175.7 | 248.6 | 186.6 | 182.3 | 184.1
Condition: used
Goodreads: 4.01 (269,195 ratings)
Rebecca Yarros
Shelves: 423.1 | 302.1 | 102.1
Condition: new
Goodreads: 4.57 (3,592,420 ratings)
J. K. Rowling
Shelves: 268.7 | 289.9 | 288.2 | 287.9
Condition: used
Goodreads: 4.43 (4,524,752 ratings)
Mary E. Pearson
Shelves: 349.3 | 413.1 | 364.1 | 69.1
Condition: new
Goodreads: 4.1 (198,511 ratings)
Scott Lynch
Shelves: 399.1 | 378.2 | 396.1 | 409.2
Condition: new
Goodreads: 4.25 (160,684 ratings)
Oscar Wilde
Shelves: 301.16 | 532.14 | 345.2 | 70.2
Condition: new
Goodreads: 4.14 (1,896,153 ratings)
Aldous Huxley
Shelves: 374.5 | 376.2 | 373.9 | 73.1
Condition: new
Goodreads: 3.91 (73,543 ratings)
Cormac Mccarthy
Shelves: 422.1 | 378.2 | 354.1
Condition: new
Goodreads: 4.17 (250,357 ratings)
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Shelves: 336.2 | 418.3 | 417.7
Condition: new
Goodreads: 4.21 (219,338 ratings)
Ray Bradbury
Shelves: 423.2 | 323.2 | 424.2 | 95.1
Condition: new
Goodreads: 3.97 (2,858,637 ratings)
Noam Chomsky
Shelves: 366.2 | 343.11 | 407.1 | 88.1
Condition: new
Goodreads: 3.82 (33 ratings)
James Dashner
Shelves: 206.6 | 205.4 | 204.4
Condition: used
Goodreads: 3.78 (503,058 ratings)
Ben Aaronovitch
Shelves: 396.2 | 381.2 | 79.1
Condition: new
Goodreads: 3.85 (149,624 ratings)
Robert M. Pirsig
Shelves: 346.2 | 352.1 | 89.1 | 87.1 | 85.1
Condition: new
Goodreads: 3.78 (246,181 ratings)
Speculative fiction, dystopias and darker reads
What is here: This category brings together science fiction, fantasy and horror in a fairly broad way. The strongest thread in the current stock is science fiction, with dystopian novels, classic space-age writing, cyberpunk, post-apocalyptic fiction and a few ghostly or unsettling books around the edges.
Current stock: There are several well-known names here at the moment, including Ursula K. Le Guin, Philip K. Dick, H. G. Wells, Frank Herbert, Arthur C. Clarke, Ray Bradbury and the Strugatskys. There is also some newer speculative fiction and a smaller amount of fantasy and horror. Stock may change, so those authors will not always be present.
How this differs: If you want broader literary and contemporary novels without the speculative focus, see Fiction. For older landmark works that overlap with this shelf but are grouped by literary status, browse Classics. If you prefer visual storytelling, Comics, Manga & Graphic Novels is a separate section.
In plain terms: this is a good place for readers looking for imagined worlds, future societies, strange technologies and a bit of darkness. The range is mixed rather than neat, and stock may change.
