Best Books About Science Fiction

If you're really interested in science fiction, there's an awful lot more to read than just the fiction itself. There's a whole library of books about science fiction: reference books, biographies and autobiographies, collections of reviews and essays, academic works, histories, and more, much more.

Unless you're studying science fiction, you probably don't want to read all of it. But even if you're not studying, there's an awful lot that will repay a visit. Find out more about your favorite writers, discover works you've never heard of, see things that you'd missed even in books you've read several times, learn what great writers think of each other.

In this list we've culled the library down to just the ones that we think are most important for any sf fan. They are readable, they are full of information, and they make science fiction even more exciting.