Fiction for Readers Who Love Science and Math

Description
Recommend fiction for all ages that science and math geeks will especially appreciate.
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A Wrinkle in Time
by Madeleine L'Engle
39,753 members
963 reviews
4
3 Members
hipdeep, smcwl, steller0707
3
The Phantom Tollbooth
by Norton Juster
17,595 members
425 reviews
½ 4.3
3 Members
smcwl, souloftherose, aspirit
4
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
by Edwin A. Abbott
9,808 members
183 reviews
3.8
3 Members
hailelib, souloftherose, Dilara86
Explanations
Dilara86: To read for historical reasons, because to be fair, math geeks wouldn't be learning anything new from it, and the Victorian gender politics portrayed are ridiculous.
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
by Mark Haddon
44,516 members
1,334 reviews
3.9
2 Members
souloftherose, steller0707
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Anathem
by Neal Stephenson
8,337 members
291 reviews
4.2
2 Members
Dilara86, aspirit
Explanations
aspirit: For teenagers and adults
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The Periodic Table
by Primo Levi
4,042 members
70 reviews
4.2
2 Members
thorold, mspixieears
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Arcadia
by Tom Stoppard
2,734 members
54 reviews
½ 4.3
2 Members
hipdeep, mspixieears
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Copenhagen
by Michael Frayn
1,119 members
30 reviews
4.1
2 Members
hipdeep, aulsmith
12
The Martian
by Andy Weir
18,320 members
1,252 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
aspirit
Explanations
aspirit: Best for teens and adults
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Foucault's Pendulum
by Umberto Eco
17,566 members
259 reviews
3.9
Member
thorold
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Cryptonomicon
by Neal Stephenson
17,123 members
296 reviews
4.2
Member
hipdeep
15
A Discovery of Witches
by Deborah Harkness
11,593 members
731 reviews
3.8
Member
inge87
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Contact
by Carl Sagan
9,257 members
137 reviews
4
Member
hailelib
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Einstein's Dreams
by Alan Lightman
5,092 members
148 reviews
4
Member
steller0707
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Measuring the World
by Daniel Kehlmann
3,189 members
107 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
thorold
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Rainbows End
by Vernor Vinge
2,993 members
109 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
hipdeep
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Timescape
by Gregory Benford
2,149 members
31 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
smcwl
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The Number Devil: A Mathematical Adventure
by Hans Magnus Enzensberger
1,919 members
34 reviews
3.9
Member
aspirit
22
The Oxford Murders
by Guillermo Martínez
1,472 members
68 reviews
3.2
Member
souloftherose
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One Grain Of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale
by Demi
1,304 members
117 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
aspirit
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Variable Star
by Robert A. Heinlein
1,224 members
42 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
hipdeep
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The Black Cloud
by Fred Hoyle
1,201 members
27 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
hailelib
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Uncle Petros and Goldbach's Conjecture
by Apostolos Doxiadis
997 members
37 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
thorold
27
The Technologists
by Matthew Pearl
549 members
60 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
hailelib
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Incandescence
by Greg Egan
525 members
25 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
aspirit
29
Zig Zag
by Jose Carlos Somoza
321 members
14 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
Dilara86
Explanations
Dilara86: String theory
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A Very Improbable Story: A Math Adventure
by Edward Einhorn
191 members
14 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
aspirit
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Night Thoughts of a Classical Physicist
by Russell McCormmach
183 members
3 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
hailelib
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The Sea Detective
by Mark Douglas-Home
160 members
11 reviews
3.9
Member
inge87
Explanations
inge87: An oceanographer uses his knowledge of tides and currents to solve cases.
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The Wild Numbers
by Philibert Schogt
93 members
4 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
bluepiano
Explanations
bluepiano: academic mathematical research
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A Gebra Named Al: A Novel
by Wendy Isdell
82 members
4 reviews
4.1
Member
aspirit
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The Magic School Bus Briefcase (12 Books in Carrying Case)
by Joanna Cole
17 members
Member
aspirit
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The Left Hand of Darkness
by Ursula K. Le Guin
16,050 members
385 reviews
4
Member
hipdeep,aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith : Mostly about politics, not math or science
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An Abundance of Katherines
by John Green
11,744 members
397 reviews
3.8
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The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate
by Jacqueline Kelly
3,372 members
215 reviews
4.1
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Cosmicomics
by Italo Calvino
3,196 members
49 reviews
4.1
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A Natural History of Dragons
by Marie Brennan
2,635 members
137 reviews
3.8
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Sir Cumference and the First Round Table : A Math Adventure
by Cindy Neuschwander
1,940 members
70 reviews
½ 4.3
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The Devotion of Suspect X
by Keigo Higashino
1,852 members
241 reviews
3.8
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Flatterland
by Ian Stewart
1,051 members
12 reviews
½ 3.6
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The Man Who Counted: A Collection of Mathematical Adventures
by Malba Tahan
993 members
22 reviews
3.9
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The Parrot's Theorem
by Denis Guedj
849 members
12 reviews
½ 3.3
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The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics
by Norton Juster
787 members
23 reviews
½ 4.3
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Servants of the Map: Stories
by Andrea Barrett
667 members
11 reviews
4
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A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines
by Janna Levin
610 members
19 reviews
½ 3.6
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Fantasia Mathematica
by Clifton Fadiman
291 members
4 reviews
3.8
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The Adventures of Penrose the Mathematical Cat
by Theoni Pappas
286 members
6 reviews
4
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Sphereland: A Fantasy About Curved Spaces and an Expanding Universe
by Dionys Burger
271 members
1 review
½ 3.3
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The Time and Space of Uncle Albert
by Russell Stannard
211 members
2 reviews
½ 4.3
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A Girl Named Digit
by Annabel Monaghan
167 members
13 reviews
3.8
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The Mathematical Magpie
by Clifton Fadiman
147 members
1 review
3.8
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Mathenauts: Tales of Mathematical Wonder
by Rudy Rucker
126 members
1 review
½ 3.4
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The Dispossessed
by Ursula K. Le Guin
10,780 members
268 reviews
4.1
Explanations
aulsmith : The main character is a physicist, but Le Guin is hand-waving the physics. She's much more interested in the politics.