Whalefall A Novel
Daniel Kraus
Published 2023
336 pages
The most popular hard science fiction books of 2023
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 2023.
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The Crane Husband
Kelly Barnhill
Published 2023
128 pages
The Terraformers
Annalee Newitz
Published 2023
338 pages
Translation State
Ann Leckie
Published 2023
432 pages
OBSERVER.
Robert Lanza MD, Nancy Kress
2023 · 2024 edition
432 pages
Infinity Gate
M. R. Carey
Published 2023
544 pages
Feed Them Silence
Lee Mandelo
Published 2023
112 pages
War Bodies
Neal Asher
2023 · 2026 edition
576 pages
Red Team Blues
Cory Doctorow
2023 · 2024 edition
212 pages
Bridge
Lauren Beukes
Published 2023
432 pages
The Death I Gave Him
Em X. Liu
Published 2023
432 pages
Cradle of Oblivion
Gunnar Helliesen
Published 2023
291 pages
Salvage Right
Sharon Lee, Steve Miller
2023 · 2024 edition
656 pages
Loki's Ring
Stina Leicht
Published 2023
512 pages
Dual Memory
Sue Burke
Published 2023
352 pages
The Lost Cause
Cory Doctorow
Published 2023
368 pages
The Variable Man, and Other Stories
Philip K. Dick
2023 · 1969 edition
219 pages
Scale
Greg Egan
Published 2023
272 pages
Theft of Fire Orbital Space #1
Devon Eriksen, Thea Magerand, Patty McIntosh-Mize
Published 2023
496 pages
The Blue, Beautiful World
Karen Lord
Published 2023
252 pages
The Infinite The Outside, Book III
Ada Hoffmann
Published 2023
344 pages
Exadelic
Jon Evans
2023 · 2025 edition
448 pages
Bang Bang Bodhisattva
Aubrey Wood
Published 2023
400 pages
Shortcut (The Jason Maxx Thrillers) (Jason Maxx Thrillers, 1)
Bryan Thomas Schmidt, Hunt Lowry
Published 2023
1 page