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18 Best Sci-Fi Horror Books

Goal: Find the best Sci-Fi Horror books according to the internet (not just one person's opinion).

Method:

  1. Search for "best sci-fi horror books" and study the top 5+ pages.
  2. Add only the books mentioned 2+ times.
  3. Rank the results neatly here.

18 Best Sci-Fi Horror Books

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1

Blindsight

Firefall, Book 1

by Peter Watts

2

Who Goes There?

by John W. Jr. Campbell

3

Frankenstein

by Mary Shelley

Also recommended by:

Glenn Beck, David Deutsch

4

I Am Legend

by Richard Matheson

Also recommended by:

PewDiePie, Feng Zhu

5

The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games, Book 1

by Suzanne Collins

Also recommended by:

Bill Gates, LeBron James

6

Carrion Comfort

A Novel

by Dan Simmons

Also recommended by:

Stephen King

7

Leviathan Wakes

The Expanse, Book 1

by James S.A. Corey

Also recommended by:

Ryan Shea

8

Boneshaker

by Cherie Priest

9

I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream

Stories

by Harlan Ellison

10

Infected

Infected, Book 1

by Scott Sigler

11

Salvation Day

by Kali Wallace

12

The Andromeda Strain

by Michael Crichton

13

The Day of the Triffids

Triffids, Book 1

by John Wyndham

14

The Girl With All the Gifts

by M. R. Carey

15

The Luminous Dead

A Novel

by Caitlin Starling

16

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

by Robert Louis Stevenson

17

The War of the Worlds

by H.G. Wells

18

World War Z

An Oral History of the Zombie War

by Max Brooks

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