The most popular hard science fiction books of 2020

Hard science fiction takes its science seriously. The physics is real, the engineering is worked out, and the plot often turns on solving a technical problem with what is at hand. If you enjoy orbital mechanics, first contact done plausibly, or survival by ingenuity, you will find the books here rewarding. This list shows the ones first published in 2020.

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To Sleep in a Sea of Stars
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To Sleep in a Sea of Stars

Christopher Paolini, 克里斯托弗·保利尼

2020 · 2022 edition

1102 pages

Demon in White
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Demon in White

Christopher Ruocchio

Published 2020

784 pages

Little Gods
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Little Gods

Meng Jin

2020 · 2021 edition

288 pages

Attack Surface
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Attack Surface

Cory Doctorow

2020 · 2021 edition

505 pages

Hella
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Hella

David Gerrold

Published 2020

448 pages

Ghost Species
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Ghost Species

James Bradley

2020 · 2021 edition

288 pages

Space Station Down
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Space Station Down

Ben Bova, Doug Beason

2020 · 2021 edition

352 pages

World Engines
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World Engines

Stephen Baxter

2020 · 2021 edition

549 pages

Noumenon Ultra
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Noumenon Ultra

Marina J. Lostetter

Published 2020

576 pages

SEED
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SEED

Matthew G. Dick

Published 2020

228 pages

Broken Galaxy
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Broken Galaxy

Phil Huddleston

Published 2020

236 pages