Based on curated lists from BookBub, Crime Reads, Book Riot and more, suggestions from readers on Goodreads, Quora and Reddit, and recommendations from authors like Jasper Fforde, Sharon Shinn and David Brin, here is a roundup of the 81 best sci-fi crime novels ever written.
Wow. A list I don’t have too much of a beef with. I would probably rearrange it a little, but it would be quibbles. Mostly, I’m 100% on board, if not with the exact placing, with the titles listed at least.
My poor to-read list, have mercy.
This is like 9/11 for our to read lists
I’ve never thought of them as crime novels, except Caves of Steel (which was explicitly written to prove that sci-fi is not a genre), but I’ve already read half of the top 10. Guess I’ll add the other half to my to read list.
