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Some of the most highly-reviewed and recently published science fiction novels include award winners and reader favorites from 2024 and 2025. Award winners and critical hits The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley: This time-travel romance was a highly voted Goodreads Choice Awards nominee for 2024 and won the 2024 Booker Prize. It follows a civil servant who is tasked with caring for time-travelers, including a Victorian-era explorer, in modern-day London. The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler: The 2023 Locus Award winner for Best First Novel, this book is about a marine biologist working with a newly discovered, sapient octopus species and delves into the nature of consciousness. Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell: This 2024 Nebula Award finalist is a modern fantasy with a science fiction premise, exploring mythological themes through a monstrous creature trying to build a new life for itself. Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky: The 2024 Arthur C. Clarke Award nominee follows a non-compliant service android trying to piece together a new purpose in a post-human world. In Ascension by Martin MacInnes: Winner of the 2024 Arthur C. Clarke Award and also a Booker Prize nominee, this story follows a deep-sea biologist on an expedition to the bottom of the ocean who discovers a unique microorganism. Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky: Another critically acclaimed work from Tchaikovsky, this 2024 release details a planet with unique, malleable life that challenges the perception of what it means to be alien. Popular releases and notable mentions System Collapse by Martha Wells: The latest installment in the award-winning Murderbot Diaries series, published in 2023, continues the misadventures of the lovable, self-aware security bot. Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir: A huge hit with both readers and critics since its 2021 release, this novel follows an amnesiac astronaut who must save Earth from a celestial object. The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi: This humorous 2022 novel takes an amusing look at what happens when a food delivery driver stumbles upon a secret society that protects gigantic creatures on a parallel Earth. The Mars House by Natasha Pulley: Published in 2024, this book follows two people who enter a sham marriage to escape political strife on a colonized Mars. What We Can Know by Ian McEwan: A 2025 release from the award-winning novelist, this explores the implications of technology and human knowledge. https://share.google/aimode/im88LmRpiBmHF5YRo