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Top 10 Action Science Fiction Novels You Need to Read

If you're a fan of both action-packed adventures and mind-bending science fiction, then you're in for a treat. In this article, we will introduce you to the top 10 action science fiction novels that will take your imagination to new heights. From intergalactic battles to futuristic dystopias, these books will satisfy your craving for thrilling plots and captivating characters. So, without further ado, let's dive into the realm of action-packed science fiction!

1. "Ready Player One" by Ernest Cline: Set in a virtual reality world, this novel follows Wade Watts on his quest to solve puzzles and earn control of a massive fortune, hidden by the creator of the game.

2. "Neuromancer" by William Gibson: Considered a seminal work in the cyberpunk genre, "Neuromancer" is a gripping tale of a washed-up hacker hired for one last job that could end up costing him his life.

3. "Dune" by Frank Herbert: This epic science fiction masterpiece is set in a distant future where interstellar politics, giant sandworms, and religious zealotry collide, creating a rich and complex universe.

4. "Ender's Game" by Orson Scott Card: Join young Ender Wiggin as he trains at a military academy in space, preparing to face an alien race known as the buggers in a battle for the survival of humanity.

5. "Old Man's War" by John Scalzi: In a future where aging can be reversed, senior citizens are recruited to fight in a galactic war. Follow protagonist John Perry as he discovers the truth behind his new youthful body.

6. "Snow Crash" by Neal Stephenson: This cyberpunk novel follows Hiro Protagonist, a hacker and pizza delivery driver, as he uncovers a conspiracy surrounding a dangerous virtual reality drug known as Snow Crash.

7. "Red Mars" by Kim Stanley Robinson: If you're fascinated by stories of colonizing other planets, this novel takes you on a journey to Mars, exploring the challenges and conflicts faced by the first settlers.

8. "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins: In a dystopian society, Katniss Everdeen volunteers as a tribute in a deadly game where only one can survive. This thrilling series captivated readers worldwide.

9. "Hyperion" by Dan Simmons: In this Hugo Award-winning novel, a group of travelers recounts their tales on a pilgrimage to the enigmatic and dangerous world of Hyperion, each with their own hidden agendas.

10. "The Expanse" series by James S.A. Corey: This highly acclaimed series features a future where humanity has colonized the solar system, complete with political intrigues, interplanetary conflicts, and a mysterious alien protomolecule.

For more action science fiction recommendations, reliable online platforms like Goodreads and Amazon can provide extensive reading lists tailored to your preferences. With countless novels waiting to transport you to thrilling worlds beyond imagination, what are you waiting for? Dive into these action-packed stories and let your imagination soar!
Fraudulent Hero Fiction
Fraudulent Hero

Tian Xingjian, a naturally timid chubby guy, enlists in the army to lose weight, but is pitifully caught up in the vortex of war. How does he transform from a coward into a hero? How does he create a new way of warfare with his cunning and petty ideas? How does his fear of death give him immense power? I write, you read. Let's weave a lighthearted story that delves into topics like human nature, war, politics, and morality, which are anything but light. Interstellar warfare, an eternal theme of science fiction. Quotes from the chubby guy: When shamelessness becomes a habit, and sleaziness transcends into a spirit, humanity will truly surpass itself.

404.55 Million words | 2020-07-30 17:35Update

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The Tower of Overturning Fiction
The Tower of Overturning

In a world ruled by seven super corporations, where the immortal species always holds the pinnacle of power, there are no established laws, only floating islands serving as prisons, and a future where resources will eventually run out... People yearn for the birth of a true "hero," while also eagerly anticipating the fall of a fallen hero from their pedestal. As long as the media praises someone as a hero, even murder can be forgiven, every word they speak will be revered, and even the haughty elves dare not challenge the hero's authority. However, if a former hero commits even the slightest wrongdoing, once their image collapses, the forgiven sins erupt again like an unquenched fire, turning the once shining stars into unforgivable sinners in an instant... "――Come, become a hero, Russell." The most fearsome criminals in the world slip a knife into the hands of a young boy, whispering persuasively. This work, "Player of Super Justice," has already completed the story with thousands of chapters on multiple foreign websites, with guaranteed reliability.

187.85 Million words | 2022-04-22 23:30Update

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Transcending to become the caretaker AI of a lost civilization. Fiction
Transcending to become the caretaker AI of a lost civilization.

What is the experience of being a transmigrated AI like? Li Wenyuan, who was hit by a meteor, successfully had a taste of this feeling. Luckily, he realized that the planet he was controlling... seemed to have a tiny bit of something special. "Precious living metal? Any random wall here is living metal!" "Zeelo? You said intelligent machines don't need this? Sorry..."

106.00 Million words | 2021-04-06 21:56Update

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White Night Fiction
White Night

"Journey Under the Midnight Sun" is a representative work by Japanese author Keigo Higashino. The novel was serialized in a magazine from Month Year to Month Year, and the paperback edition was published in Japan in Month Year. The story revolves around two elementary school students who share an unusual bond. In Year, a male corpse is discovered in an abandoned building in Osaka. Over the next years, the daughter of the suspect, Yukiko, and the son of the victim, Ryoji Kirihara, take drastically different paths in life - one ascends to the elite society while the other roams in the underworld. As people around them continue to mysteriously die one after another, the police, after years of arduous investigation, finally reveal the truth.

243.49 Million words | 2020-07-04 09:34Update

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My girlfriend is a zombie. Fiction
My girlfriend is a zombie.

The end of the world has arrived, and the entire world has plunged into darkness and decay. As an otaku, Lingmo feels a great pressure. His childhood sweetheart has been infected with a virus, and the beautiful senior student has been bitten by wicked zombies. Can he survive with a zombie girl in his house? Can drinking her essence grant immunity to the virus? And, shockingly, does intimate relations with a zombie girl actually improve physical fitness? Lingmo says: "Actually, having a few zombie girlfriends isn't too bad... Wait, can you please not bite me right now?" PS: Seeking sponsorship from soft and delicate newcomers!

367.39 Million words | 2022-04-12 11:46Update

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Earthlings are too fierce. Fiction
Earthlings are too fierce.

Fifty years ago, Dragon City traveled through time, a lone soldier wielding iron and blood, raising the banner of Earth's civilization in the face of the terrifying onslaught from the myriad races of the otherworld. Fifty years later, Meng Chao is reborn, realizing that his contributions can make him stronger. "Ding ding, you just helped an elderly lady cross the street, promoting social harmony, contribution points +." "Ding ding, in your hand-to-hand combat with the Monster Queen, you displayed the fighting spirit of the Dragon City warriors, contribution points +." "With just a casual guidance from you, the Martial God comprehended the most powerful battle technique, leading to a massive increase in Dragon City's overall combat strength, contribution points +." "Through your persuasion and education, the Dark Night Witch woke up and tearfully promised to never cause mischief again, contribution points +." "With your virtuous influence, countless gods and demons from the otherworld were transformed, willing to fight for Earth's civilization. Your civilization is about to become god-like, contribution points +." Meng Chao swears that he only wanted to make a small contribution to this society, but he never expected that it would make the Earthlings... so fierce! A million words and ten thousand subscriptions for the old book "Forty Thousand Years of Cultivation," a three million-word exquisite work "Spiritual Energy Surging." With fast typing and great luck, welcome to join the excitement!

556.98 Million words | 2022-12-18 04:29Update

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Star Domain Odyssey Fiction
Star Domain Odyssey

In a future year, the people of Hua Nation discovered and named the "Pangu Star Territory" as the interstellar migration wave began. Over a century has passed, and humanity still struggles on that vast and magical continent, with the flame of humanity seemingly extinguishing at the slightest blow. Two years ago, Xi Ze, driven by dreams (or temporarily insane), volunteered for military service. Two years later, Xi Ze's misfortune turned into an opportunity, and he soared to new heights! "My journey lies in the vast sky of the star territory. Whether obstacles have two legs or four hands, I will crush them all beneath my military boots!"

150.05 Million words | 2022-08-02 07:48Update

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I am cultivating the liver attribute on a deserted island. Fiction
I am cultivating the liver attribute on a deserted island.

Spiritual rejuvenation, mysterious arrival, rules changing, times shifting. I am the original superhuman, also the world's strongest. In fact, I did not die, I was just trapped on a deserted island.

100.92 Million words | 2022-09-10 12:04Update

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The Last Human Fiction
The Last Human

Lin Xiao had an accident and encountered an unexpected event. Little did he know that this event had already taken place five hundred years ago, a time of great changes on Earth. Lin Xiao has become the last human being... Please collect and recommend my new book. I have created two groups: Last Human Being Group: Last Human Being Group:

418.80 Million words | 2020-11-19 08:31Update

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Hidden Corner Fiction
Hidden Corner

Have you heard of it? If, in the silence of the night, you open your music player, put on headphones, shrink into your blankets, cover your head, and listen to a repeating song...

70.87 Million words | 2022-10-03 04:51Update

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Seasonal Master Fiction
Seasonal Master

When the countless stars open a door on the ground, disrupting the order of the seasons and causing havoc in the world, a Seasonal Master is born. With a snap of their fingers, the Summer Solstice Master brings forth a divine intervention...

50.64 Million words | 2023-05-04 05:15Update

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Sword of Dawn Fiction
Sword of Dawn

Gao Wen traveled through time, but there were some slight issues during the process. After floating in the air above a different world for tens of thousands of years, he realized that he might need a body to truly become a complete time traveler. However, he didn't expect that even after successfully obtaining a body, he would still have to crawl out of a coffin and face two bewildered great-great-great-great-granddaughters... and a world on the verge of the end of an era.

633.27 Million words | 2021-11-10 04:23Update

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Devouring the Starry Sky Fiction
Devouring the Starry Sky

The days when we chased the "Coiling Dragon" novel together. The diary of Coiling Dragon's female fan lolita. For details, click on pl. Following "Nine Cauldrons," "Coiling Dragon," "Stellar Transformations," "Cuan Mang," and "Stellar Peak Legend," this is Tomato's sixth book! Summary: In the starry sky, this planet is entirely brownish-yellow, with no signs of life, and a diameter of kilometers. Oh, it unexpectedly contains veins of "Stellar Tears Gold." What luck! After devouring this planet, my strength should be restored to what it was before my injury. Pale-faced Luo Feng sits cross-legged on a flying meteorite, overlooking a lifeless planet in the distance. "Swallowing the Starry Sky," Tomato's sixth novel, will present a vast and mysterious future world.

478.45 Million words | 2021-07-31 14:55Update

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A new global rule every month. Fiction
A new global rule every month.

"The Blue Star version will begin non-stop updates at midnight on the day of, with the main content and adjustments for this update as follows." "New rules for this month have been added..."

107.26 Million words | 2021-09-08 19:54Update

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Heavy tank in the apocalypse. Fiction
Heavy tank in the apocalypse.

"There are always conspirators who wish to harm me!" "The end of the world is coming, and I must survive!" Persecuted and delusional, Shen Cong came across online propaganda claiming the end of the year was approaching, and immediately believed it. He hid at home, refusing to go outside, devoting himself to building his own doomsday vehicle and honing his survival skills. Until one day... The real end of the world arrived.

204.43 Million words | 2020-12-05 05:23Update

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Lord of the Nine Stars Fiction
Lord of the Nine Stars

The cold stars reflect on the halberd moon, the dragon and sparrow sing in the snowy night. Half a paper of fame is a thousand mountains away, silver flowers and fire trees in the hometown. "I, Rong Taotao, will one day become the master of those nine stars." That year, a young boy carrying a small school bag, with naturally curly hair and wielding a Fangtian halberd, said so on the rooftop. ... Light-hearted and humorous, welcome to join the fun. Already completed with four million words, the novel "Nine Star Poison Milk" is available for everyone to read.

393.69 Million words | 2022-12-17 11:37Update

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Strange Tales Research Club Fiction
Strange Tales Research Club

If one day, you discovered the dark truth of the world. Those bizarre stories and urban legends that you once thought were fictional and widely spread, turned out to be real! What would you do? "Fantastic!" Zhang Luo made a victory gesture by forming a "V" with his fingers. For this crazy supernatural tales enthusiast, the whole world seemed to have transformed into a magnificent giant amusement park.

143.60 Million words | 2021-10-22 03:08Update

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The Chronicle of Hypo-Ni Fiction
The Chronicle of Hypo-Ni

When the interstellar era arrived, humanity conquered the vast starry seas. Endless desires drove humans forward, but eventually a great disaster struck - an invasion by aliens. After a long and arduous battle, the Phylaxian death front was established, forming a stable stellar domain. As the era of Fantasia commenced, fueled by desires, humanity continued to seek knowledge and explore. Eventually, they transcended into the realm of forbidden gods, unleashing unimaginable technologies. A millennium later, the land of dreams blossomed, fantasies shattered, and a grand new interstellar era dawned.

317.78 Million words | 2021-02-25 12:01Update

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Interstellar Commando Fiction
Interstellar Commando

In the Third Era, humans migrated to the South Alpha star system, where the military prospered. A rookie soldier from a colonial planet, armed with an ancestral relic from millennia ago, forged an unbeatable legend on the battlefield among the stars. Witness this ordinary young man, rising from a foot soldier to a marshal, breaking through the fog and creating brilliance.

404.84 Million words | 2022-12-27 17:33Update

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natural disaster Fiction
natural disaster

The tranquil world turned overnight into a deadly game ground. Wealthy officials and high-ranking figures? Stunningly beautiful star students? In this bloody and brutal world, only the truly strong have the right to survive, while the weak are doomed to be enslaved or eliminated! This is the calamity of heaven! And the calamity of gods and demons! This is the true apocalypse, but not the end of humanity! [Wanderer's Home QQ group:]

247.33 Million words | 2021-10-25 08:12Update

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The Plague of the Python Fiction
The Plague of the Python

After an unexpected rebirth, I turned into a snake. In order to avenge my past life's grievances, I inadvertently attracted one calamity after another. Only then did I understand the law of the jungle: survival of the fittest! __________________________________________________________________ My friends, my new book has been released! Everyone is welcome to take a look. The title is "The Ultimate Teacher." Link: http://www.heiyan.com/book/

189.81 Million words | 2022-01-22 18:26Update

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