Escape Reality: Science Fiction Reading Recommendations
Discover top science fiction books to escape reality! Explore our curated list of must-read escape fiction recommendations for thrilling adventures and new worlds.
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A Deepness in the Sky
by Vernor Vinge
After thousands of years searching, humans stand on the verge of first contact with an alien race. Two human groups: the Qeng Ho, a culture …
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A Fire Upon The Deep
by Vernor Vinge
A Fire Upon the Deep is the big, breakout book that fulfills the promise of Vinge's career to date: a gripping tale of galactic war …
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The Last Colony
by John Scalzi
Retired from his fighting days, John Perry is now village ombudsman for a human colony on distant Huckleberry. With his wife, former Special Forces warrior …
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The Ghost Brigades
by John Scalzi
The Ghost Brigades are the Special Forces of the Colonial Defense Forces, elite troops created from the DNA of the dead and turned into the …
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Old Man's War
by John Scalzi
John Perry did two things on his 75th birthday. First he visited his wife’s grave. Then he joined the army. The good news is that …
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Neverwhere
by Neil Gaiman
Richard Mayhew is a young man with a good heart and an ordinarylife, which is changed forever when he stops to help a girl he …
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American Gods
by Neil Gaiman
Released from prison, Shadow finds his world turned upside down. His wife has been killed; a mysterious stranger offers him a job. But Mr. Wednesday, …
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The Sandman
by Neil Gaiman
A collection of eight comics that introduce the series' lead character, the Sandman, Lord of Dreams.
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Fragile Things
by Neil Gaiman
A mysterious circus terrifies an audience for one extraordinary performance before disappearing into the night. . . . In a Hugo Award–winning story, a great …
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Eternals by Neil Gaiman
Present a tale that changes the Eternals and the Marvel Universe forever.
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The Sandman: The Doll's House. Originally published in single magazine form as The Sandman 9-16
by Neil Gaiman
An occultist attempting to capture Death to bargain for eternal life traps her younger brother, Dream, instead. After his 70 year imprisonment and eventual escape, …
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Smoke and Mirrors
by Neil Gaiman
In the deft hands of Neil Gaiman, magic is no mere illusion . . . and anything is possible. In Smoke and Mirrors, Gaiman's imagination …
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The Wolves in the Walls
by Neil Gaiman
Lucy hears sneaking, creeping, crumpling noises coming from inside the walls. She is sure there are wolves living in the walls of her house.
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The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish
by Neil Gaiman
"I'll swap you my dad," I said. "Oh-oh," said my little sister. What if you wanted your best friend's two goldfish so much that you'd …
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The Tragical Comedy Or Comical Tragedy of Mr. Punch
by Neil Gaiman
A puppet-play about Mr. Punch and his wife Judy.
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The Sandman: Season of mists
by Neil Gaiman
Graphic novel. Morpheus the Sandman travels to hell to rescue Nada, only to be confronted by his enemy Lucifer.
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The Sandman: The wake
by Neil Gaiman
An attempt to summon and imprison Death, results, instead, in the capture of Morpheus, the Sandman, who must regain the tools of his powers.
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The Sandman
by Neil Gaiman
A graphic novel of horror and fantasy revolving around the strange dreams of several roommates.
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Worlds' End
by Neil Gaiman
After being caught in the vortex of a reality storm, a group of travelers find themselves at the Worlds' End inn where they share stories …
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The Sandman: Brief lives
An attempt to summon and imprison Death, results, instead, in the capture of Morpheus, the Sandman, who must regain the tools of his powers.
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Death
by Neil Gaiman
A tale of music, mortality, friendship and death is told in a graphic novel designed for mature readers by author Neil Gaiman. Spinning off from …
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The Sandman
by Neil Gaiman
The Sandman returns to his kingdom as Rose Walker discovers her true identity and serial killers gather.
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Violent Cases
by Neil Gaiman
After dislocating his arm, a young boy is taken to see a old doctor who was once the doctor of legendary gangster Al Capone.
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Sandman
by Neil Gaiman
There is a dark king who rules our dreams from a place of shadows and fantastic things. He is Morpheus, the lord of story. Older …
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Black Orchid
by Neil Gaiman
Both human and flower, the heroine, Black Orchid, undertakes a hazardous journey to uncover her true origins, providing a moving ecological parable for our times.
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The Forever War
by Joe Haldeman
"Private William Mandella hadn't wanted to go to war against the Taurans ...."--p. [4] of cover.
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Forever Free
by Joe Haldeman
William Mandela is a genetic throwback, one of the small group of humans who fought and survived the Forever War. They returned to find humanity …
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Orphan's Destiny
by Robert Buettner
At twenty-five, General Jason Wander has fought and won man's only alien conflict. Now, after long years in space, he's coming home...but to what? Earth's …
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Orphanage
by Robert Buettner
Mankind's first alien contact tears into Earth: projectiles launched from Jupiter's moon, Ganymede, vaporize whole cities. Under siege, humanity gambles on one desperate counterstrike. In …
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The Lost Fleet: Relentless
by Jack Campbell
Captain John “Black Jack” Geary races to save a group of Alliance POWs from certain death in this gripping novel in New York Times bestselling …
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The Lost Fleet: Fearless
by Jack Campbell
Captain John “Black Jack” Geary tries a desperate gamble to lead the Alliance Fleet home through enemy-occupied space in this novel in the thrilling Lost …
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The Lost Fleet: Dauntless
by Jack Campbell
The first novel in the New York Times bestselling Lost Fleet series! The Alliance has been fighting the Syndics for a century—and losing badly. Now …
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The Lost Fleet: Valiant
by Jack Campbell
Legendary war hero Captain “Black Jack” Geary fights to stay ahead of his enemies in the fourth novel in Jack Campbell’s New York Times bestselling …
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The Lost Fleet: Courageous
by Jack Campbell
The Lost Fleet continues its perilous journey home. Badly damaged and low on supplies, the Alliance Fleet is raiding Syndic mines for raw materials-and Captain …