Authors: Science Fiction

This page lists science fiction books and their authors. It includes fantasy and horror.

Many science fiction books are listed in Authors: Series. Also, since there is obviously some subjectivity in the matter of what is science fiction and what isn't, you may find some in Authors: General that you think should be here. (Some are in both places.)

The Hitch–Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (1979, based on a radio series first broadcast in 1978), and its 4 sequels: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (1980); Life, the Universe and Everything (1982); So Long and Thanks for All the Fish (1984); Mostly Harmless (1992)		Douglas Adams
Frankenstein Unbound (1973), Dracula Unbound (1990); see also Authors: Series		Brian Aldiss
I, Robot (short story collection, 1950)		Isaac Asimov
The Handmaid's Tale (1985)		Margaret Atwood
Weaveworld (1987), Cabal (1988), Imajica (1991)		Clive Barker
The Exorcist (1971) – for more details, see Films: Series		William Peter Blatty
The Martian Chronicles (short stories, 1950), The Illustrated Man (short stories, 1951), Fahrenheit 451 (1953), Something Wicked This Way Comes (1962)		Ray Bradbury
Against the Fall of Night (1948 novella, expanded to novel length in 1953 and republished in 1956 as The City and the Stars), Childhood’s End (1953), A Fall of Moondust (1961), The Sentinel (short story, written in 1948 and first published in 1951, which became the basis of the film 2001: A Space Odyssey), Rendezvous with Rama (1972)		Arthur C. Clarke
The Hunger Games trilogy: The Hunger Games (2008), Catching Fire (2009), Mockingjay (2010)		Suzanne Collins
The Lost World (1912)		Arthur Conan Doyle
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968), A Scanner Darkly (1977)		Philip K. Dick
The Sandman (comic book series, 1989–96); Stardust (1997), American Gods (2001), Coraline (2002), The Graveyard Book (2008)		Neil Gaiman
Universe, Common Sense (both 1941) – two novellas, published together in 1963 as Orphans of the Sky; The Door Into Summer (1957), Methuselah's Children (1958), Starship Troopers (1959), Stranger in a Strange Land (1961), The Moon is a Harsh Mistress (1966), Time Enough for Love (1973)		Robert Heinlein
Destination: Void (1966), Whipping Star (1970), Soul Catcher (1972), The Dosadi Experiment (1977), The White Plague (1982); see also Authors: Series		Frank Herbert
The Rats (1974), The Fog (1975), Fluke (1977)		James Herbert
The Woman in Black (1983 novella)		Susan Hill
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (1904), More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (1910), A Thin Ghost and Others (1919), A Warning to the Curious and other ghost stories (1925); collected edition 1931		M. R. James
Wheel of Time series (epic fantasy, 12 volumes, 1990–2005 – plus 3 completed by Brandon Sanderson – original author died 2007)		Robert Jordan
Carrie (1st, 1974), Salem’s Lot (1975), The Shining (1977), The Stand (1978), The Dead Zone (1979), Cujo (1981), Christine (1983), Pet Sematary (1983), It (1986), Misery (1987), The Tommyknockers (1988), Needful Things (1990), Dolores Claiborne (1993), Insomnia (1994), The Green Mile (1996), Desperation (1996)		Stephen King
Twilight (2005), New Moon (2006), Eclipse (2007), Breaking Dawn (2008) – the books on which the films were based		Stephanie Meyer
Elric of Melniboné (1972), Gloriana (1978), The Jewel in the Skull (1967), The Mad God’s Amulet (1968), The Runestaff (1969); see also Authors: Series		Michael Moorcock
World of Ptavvs (1966), A Gift from Earth (1968), Neutron Star (1968, short stories), Ringworld (1970) and its three sequels – all set in his Known Space universe		Larry Niven
Good Omens (1990)		Terry Pratchett
		Neil Gaiman
Frankenstein (1818) – written aged 18, as holiday entertainment for herself, her lover (whom she later married and by whose surname she is known) and Lord Byron		Mary Shelley
The Primrose Path (1875), Dracula (1897), The Lair of the White Worm (1911)		Bram Stoker
The Time Machine (first – 1895), The Island of Dr. Moreau (1896), The Invisible Man (1897), War of the Worlds (1898), The Food of the Gods (1904), In the Days of the Comet (1906), The War in the Air (1908), The Shape of Things to Come (1933)		H. G. Wells
The Devil Rides Out (1935), Strange Conflict (1941), The Haunting of Toby Jugg (1948), To the Devil a Daughter (1952), The Satanist (1960), They Used Dark Forces (1964), Gateway to Hell (1970)		Dennis Wheatley
The Day of the Triffids (1951), The Kraken Wakes (1953), The Chrysalids (1955), The Midwich Cuckoos (1957), The Outward Urge, Trouble with Lichen (1960), Chocky (1968), Web (1979, published posthumously), Plan for Chaos (2009, also posthumous)		John Wyndham

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