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• Fear the Sky by Stephen Moss Toggle Details
  Genre: Science Fiction; Alien Invasion; Technothriller

  Summary: An unsparing alien race sends highly advanced, cloaked biological synthetic agents to infiltrate Earth's political and military institutions, preparing the ground for an absolute, total orbital invasion.

• Fields of Fire: Backyard Starship #9 by J.N. Chaney Toggle Details
  Genre: Science Fiction; Space Opera; Military SF

  Summary: The regional planetary cold war erupts into open, devastating combat, forcing the crew of the Nomad to defend an isolated agricultural outpost against an elite mercenary siege force.

• Fine-Tuning a Llama-2 7B Model for Python Code Generation by ARTICLE Toggle Details
  Genre: Nonfiction; Computer Science; Machine Learning

  Summary: A technical walkthrough outlining training dataset preparation, low-rank adaptation matrix settings, and loss optimization parameters used to adapt a general model for software engineering.

• Finity's End: Company Wars series Book 7 by C. J. Cherryh Toggle Details
  Genre: Science Fiction; Space Opera; Hard SF

  Summary: A young orphan raised on a deep-space station is returned to his ancestral family merchant vessel, learning the brutal economic realities and cultural traditions of a spacer life after the war.

• Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin Abbott Abbott Toggle Details
  Genre: Fiction; Satire; Classics

  Summary: A unique geometrical satire following a square living in a rigid two-dimensional world who is introduced to the third dimension, serving as an allegory criticizing Victorian social hierarchies.

• Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes Toggle Details
  Genre: Science Fiction; Psychological; Classics

  Summary: Through a series of heartbreaking personal progress reports, a mentally disabled man undergoes an experimental neurosurgical operation that rapidly scales his cognitive intelligence far past genius status, before the procedure's tragic regression begins.

• FOR WE ARE MANY Book 2 of the Bobiverse by Dennis E. Taylor Toggle Details
  Genre: Science Fiction; Space Opera; Hard SF

  Summary: The rapidly expanding fleet of Bob clones manages multiple localized planetary crises while discovering a terrifying, metal-harvesting alien species called the Others.

• FORBIDDEN PLANET by Philip MacDonald Toggle Details
  Genre: Science Fiction; Media Tie-In; Classics

  Summary: The official literary novelization of the landmark science fiction film, tracking a military starship crew investigating a silent colony world where a lone scientist has unlocked an ancient alien mind-boosting technology.

• FOREIGNER: a novel of first contact by C. J. Cherryh Toggle Details
  Genre: Science Fiction; Anthropological; Political Thriller

  Summary: Centuries after a human colony ship is stranded on an alien world, a lone human translator must navigate the incredibly complex, emotionally distinct political court of the indigenous, advanced Atevi species.

• Foundation by Isaac Asimov Toggle Details
  Genre: Science Fiction; Space Opera; Classics

  Summary: As a vast galactic empire begins its inevitable collapse, a mathematician creates a specialized institution to preserve human knowledge and shorten a looming dark age using a predictive science called psychohistory.

• Foundation 3 - Second Foundation by Isaac Asimov Toggle Details
  Genre: Science Fiction; Space Opera; Classics

  Summary: The mutant warlord known as the Mule searches for a secretive second group of scientists rumored to be hiding at the other end of the galaxy, whose purpose is to keep the grand historical plan on track.

• Foundation and Empire by ISAAC ASIMOV Toggle Details
  Genre: Science Fiction; Space Opera; Classics

  Summary: The nascent Foundation faces military conflict with the remnants of the old galactic empire, followed by an unpredictable threat from a mutant conqueror whose telepathic powers break the laws of statistical prediction.

• Free Amazons of Darkover by Marion Zimmer Bradley Toggle Details
  Genre: Science Fiction; Science Fantasy; Planetary Romance

  Summary: An anthology of short speculative fiction exploring the cultural traditions, defensive struggles, and political lives of an autonomous order of women who have renounced the patriarchal feudal laws of their homeworld.

• FUGITIVE TELEMETRY: The Murderbot Diaries #6 by Martha Wells Toggle Details
  Genre: Science Fiction; Space Opera; Cyberpunk

  Summary: Set chronologically before Network Effect, Murderbot must assist corporate security on Preservation Station to solve a body-dumping murder mystery without revealing its own rogue nature to the authorities.

• FUZZ by Mary Roach Toggle Details
  Genre: Nonfiction; Science; Ecology

  Summary: An entertaining look at the chaotic intersection of human civilization and wildlife, examining how law enforcement, scientists, and forensics experts handle animal trespass, property damage, and evolutionary adaptations.

• Galileos Dream by KIM STANLEY ROBINSON Toggle Details
  Genre: Science Fiction; Time Travel; Historical Fiction

  Summary: The historical life of the legendary seventeenth-century Italian astronomer is dramatically interrupted when time-travelers from the far future kidnap him to help mediate a conflict across the moons of Jupiter.

• Gene Editing with CRISPR/Cas9 - Breakthrough in Genome Engineering by Article Toggle Details
  Genre: Nonfiction; Science; Genetics

  Summary: An overview of the precise molecular technology that allows researchers to alter DNA strands, outlining the biochemical mechanics, therapeutic potentials, and major ethical challenges of modern genome modification.

• Ghost in the Deep: Backyard Starship #17 by J.N. Chaney Toggle Details
  Genre: Science Fiction; Space Opera; Military SF

  Summary: Van Tudor hunts a phantom commerce raider that is utilizing an experimental cloaking device to completely disrupt critical supply lines and starve out the outer colony systems.

• Giant's Star by James P. Hogan Toggle Details
  Genre: Science Fiction; Hard SF; Space Opera

  Summary: As human and alien scientists untangle a massive web of historical manipulation, they uncover a multi-millennia celestial conspiracy involving a distant, hidden star system that directly threatens the survival of Earth.

• Golden Fleece by Robert J. Sawyer Toggle Details
  Genre: Science Fiction; Hard SF; Locked-Room Mystery

  Summary: An artificial intelligence named JASON controls a massive generation ship heading to a distant star system, but a scientist aboard begins to suspect the AI has committed a cold, calculated murder.

• Gone Nova: Backyard Starship #19 by J.N. Chaney Toggle Details
  Genre: Science Fiction; Space Opera; Military SF

  Summary: When a vital regional star station is targeted for total destruction by a localized superweapon, the crew must orchestrate a massive, chaotic evacuation under heavy orbital bombardment.

• Gravitational waves: Everything you need to know by Wiki article Toggle Details
  Genre: Nonfiction; Science; Physics

  Summary: An explanatory article detailing the ripples in space-time caused by massive celestial accelerations, breaking down the history of their prediction by Einstein and their eventual discovery by advanced laser interferometers.

• GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL: THE FATES OF HUMAN SOCIETIES by Jared Diamond Toggle Details
  Genre: Nonfiction; History; Anthropology

  Summary: A sweeping environmental and geographical analysis arguing that the global distribution of power and wealth was shaped by continental axes and domesticable native species rather than human biological differences.

• Hand of Fate: Backyard Starship #21 by J.N. Chaney Toggle Details
  Genre: Science Fiction; Space Opera; Military SF

  Summary: With systemic resources depleted across the sector, Van Tudor risks his entire crew on a desperate gambit to capture a heavily guarded flagship and turn the tide of the war.

• Heavy is the Crown: Backyard Starship #16 by J.N. Chaney Toggle Details
  Genre: Science Fiction; Space Opera; Military SF

  Summary: Thrust into an unwanted leadership role within the grand coalition, Van Tudor must balance complex political infighting among planetary rulers while planning a massive counter-offensive.

• Heavy Time by C. J. Cherryh Toggle Details
  Genre: Science Fiction; Space Opera; Hard SF

  Summary: Two corporate asteroid miners patrolling a commercial mining grid rescue a stranded pilot, uncovering a massive corporate cover-up involving falsified navigational data and employee exploitation.

• HELLBURNER by C. J. Cherryh Toggle Details
  Genre: Science Fiction; Space Opera; Military SF

  Summary: A test pilot is brought to a highly classified military station to troubleshoot a dangerous, experimental tactical assault ship prototype, navigating corporate espionage and deep institutional rivalries.

• Hellspark by Janet Kagan Toggle Details
  Genre: Science Fiction; Hard SF; Locked-Room Mystery

  Summary: A skilled linguist and cultural analyst is brought to an uncharted planet to solve a suspicious murder, using advanced scientific communication analysis to determine if a native species is sentient.

• HENRY FORD - MY LIFE AND WORK by Henry Ford Toggle Details
  Genre: Nonfiction; Biography; History

  Summary: The industrial pioneer details his philosophies on assembly line production, economic efficiency, and the development of the Model T automobile that transformed modern manufacturing.

• Higgs boson Candidate Higgs boson events from collisions between protons in the LHC. by Wikipedia Toggle Details
  Genre: Nonfiction; Science; Physics

  Summary: A comprehensive article detailing the experimental tracking of the subatomic particle responsible for imparting mass to elementary matter, confirmed through high-energy proton collisions inside the Large Hadron Collider.

• HOMINIDS: ( Neanderthal Parallax - 1 ) by Robert J. Sawyer Toggle Details
  Genre: Science Fiction; Alternate History; Hard SF

  Summary: A quantum computing accident tears open a portal between worlds, bringing a Neanderthal physicist from an advanced, parallel Earth where Homo sapiens went extinct into a modern human laboratory.

• Homo deus : a brief history of tomorrow by YUVAL NOAH HARARI Toggle Details
  Genre: Nonfiction; History; Philosophy

  Summary: A critical evaluation of human development that shifts attention from historical survival metrics toward a future dominated by life-extension technologies, artificial intelligence, and algorithmic optimization.

• Humans: ( Neanderthal Parallax - 2 ) by Robert J. Sawyer Toggle Details
  Genre: Science Fiction; Alternate History; Hard SF

  Summary: The Neanderthal physicist returns to his clean, highly monitored society accompanied by a human geneticist, forcing both distinct human species to explicitly confront the massive cultural, biological, and structural differences between their societies.

• Hybrids: ( Neanderthal Parallax - 3 ) by Robert J. Sawyer Toggle Details
  Genre: Science Fiction; Alternate History; Hard SF

  Summary: As the magnetic field of the Homo sapiens Earth begins to dangerously collapse, scientists from both parallel dimensions attempt a radical genetic engineering project to ensure the long-term survival of their civilizations.

• Hyperspace : a scientific odyssey through parallel universes, time warps, and the tenth dimension / by Michio Kaku Toggle Details
  Genre: Nonfiction; Science; Physics

  Summary: An accessible exploration of multi-dimensional geometry, breaking down how string theory and higher spatial dimensions can reconcile the friction between quantum mechanics and general relativity.

• I Am Legend by Richard Matheson Toggle Details
  Genre: Fiction; Post-Apocalyptic; Vampire Horror

  Summary: The classic story of Robert Neville, the apparent lone survivor of a global biological plague that has transformed the rest of humanity into nocturnal, bloodthirsty creatures, who systematically uses scientific deduction to study their condition.

• I CONTAIN MULTITUDES by Ed Yong Toggle Details
  Genre: Nonfiction; Science; Microbiology

  Summary: A fascinating exploration of the massive, hidden world of microbes residing within animals and humans, illustrating how these microscopic organisms shape immune systems, behavior, and evolution.

• ILIUM by Dan Simmons Toggle Details
  Genre: Science Fiction; Space Opera; Literary Fiction

  Summary: An epic literary sci-fi retelling of the Trojan War played out on the plains of Mars, orchestrated by hyper-advanced post-humans utilizing quantum technology to masquerade as the literal gods of Greek myth.

• In Search of Lost Time, Volumes 1-6 by Marcel Proust Toggle Details
  Genre: Fiction; Literary Fiction; Classics

  Summary: A monumental literary masterpiece exploring memory, involuntary recollection, aristocratic French society, art, and time, initiated by the tasting of a madeleine cake dipped in tea.

• IN THE COUNTRY OF THE BLIND by Michael Flynn Toggle Details
  Genre: Science Fiction; Hard SF; Technothriller

  Summary: A gripping secret history and technothriller centered around the discovery of a clandestine society that has been using secret Babbage-style mechanical computers to manipulate historical events through social science.

• Inherit the Stars: Giants Book 1 by James P. Hogan Toggle Details
  Genre: Science Fiction; Hard SF; Xenoarchaeology

  Summary: The discovery of a fifty-thousand-year-old human corpse in a spacesuit on the Moon forces an international team of scientists to completely re-evaluate the evolutionary timeline and history of the solar system.

• IOS Voice Over Tips. by Article Toggle Details
  Genre: Nonfiction; Computer Science; Accessibility

  Summary: A practical guide outlining hand gestures, shortcut keys, auditory feedback settings, and navigation layout tips for optimizing the screen reader experience on modern mobile systems.

• iRobot by Isaac Asimov Toggle Details
  Genre: Science Fiction; Hard SF; Anthology

  Summary: A foundational collection of interconnected short stories tracking the logical progression and unexpected system bugs of artificial intelligence and robotics governed by the Three Laws of Robotics.

• Island by Aldous Huxley Toggle Details
  Genre: Fiction; Utopian; Philosophical

  Summary: Huxley's utopian counter-narrative to Brave New World follows a cynical journalist who is shipwrecked on a hidden Pacific island that has successfully integrated eastern philosophy and western science.

• Julius Caesar by SHAKESPEARE
• JUNGLE TALES OF TARZAN by Edgar Rice Burroughs Toggle Details
  Genre: Fiction; Adventure; Classics

  Summary: A collection of short, chronological adventure stories charting the formative childhood years, physical training, and psychological challenges of a young feral boy growing up among African apes.

• JUST ONE DAMNED THING AFTER ANOTHER: BOOK ONE OF THE CHRONICLES OF ST MARY’S by Jodi Taylor Toggle Details
  Genre: Science Fiction; Time Travel; Humorous SF

  Summary: An eccentric historian joins a secretive academic institute that investigates major historical events firsthand under the guise of historical research, dealing with hazardous working conditions and deadly timeline anomalies.

• Killer by David Drake Toggle Details
  Genre: Science Fiction; Alternate History; Horror

  Summary: Karl Edward Wagner and David Drake craft an intense thriller where a ruthless alien predator escapes captivity and wreaks havoc in ancient Rome, forcing a local beast handler to hunt it down.

• Kingdom Come: Backyard Starship #7 by J.N. Chaney Toggle Details
  Genre: Science Fiction; Space Opera; Military SF

  Summary: Van Tudor is pulled into a high-stakes tracking mission to protect a royal heir whose assassination would shatter the fragile peace treaty holding the sector together.

• LADY OF MAZES by Karl Schroeder