romance + science fiction

#1 Saga

Saga, Volume 1

Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples · 2012

Alana and Marko flee a galaxy-wide war with baby Hazel, hunted by both sides.

2,200-word summary · 10 min read

#1 Delirium

Delirium

Lauren Oliver · 2011

In a America where love is treated as disease, Lena Haloway counts down to her Cure until she meets Alex in Portland.

2,425-word summary · 11 min read

#1 Legend

Legend

Marie Lu · 2011

Day and June collide in the Republic: he is wanted for murder, she hunts him, then learns the truth about Metias and the plague.

2,609-word summary · 12 min read

#1 Shatter Me

Shatter Me

Tahereh Mafi · 2011

Juliette Ferrars, whose touch kills, is locked up by the Reestablishment until Adam and Warner pull her into war.

2,115-word summary · 9 min read

#1 The Host

The Host

Stephenie Meyer · 2008

Stephenie Meyer imagines Earth settled by Souls, where Wanderer wakes inside Melanie Stryder and hears her voice refuse to fade, sparking a desert flight to…

2,288-word summary · 10 min read

#2 Divergent

Insurgent

Veronica Roth · 2012

Insurgent retold: Tris guilty after war, Erudite hunts Divergent, Amity talks, Candor serum.

1,951-word summary · 9 min read

#1 Divergent

Divergent

Veronica Roth · 2011

Veronica Roth's Divergent explained: the five factions, Tris's choice of Dauntless, the aptitude test, and where the trilogy's premise starts to crack under…

2,494-word summary · 11 min read