Sci-fi is my favorite genre but recently, I feel like I've been in a slump. I really love Hugh Howey's Silo Series and the Sand books. Right now, I'm reading "To Sleep in A Sea of Stars" by Christopher Paolini. Also, I know it's young adult fiction, but The Illuminae Files by Jay Kristoff and Amy Kaufman has been a favorite of mine since middle school. If anyone can give me any recommendations similar to these I'd be so gratefulš
Thank you:)
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Old Manās War by John Scalzi is really fun. Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant is a horror sci fi about killer mermaids that I love and recommend to everyone.
Jurassic Park – Michael Crighton
The Martian / Project Hail Mary – Andy Weir
Enders Game – Orson Scott Card
Ready Player One – Ernest Cline
My guilty pleasure for sci-fi is star wars books. Path of Destruction (Book1 of Bane Series) and Heir to the Empire (Book 1 of Timothy Zahn’s series)
I loved the Three body problem, and the two sequels. Probably the best Science Fiction. Iāve read in a few decades.
*Children of Time* by Adrian Tchaikovsky
*The Left Hand of Darkness* by Ursula K. Le Guin
*The Strange Affair of Spring-Heeled Jack* by Mark Hodder
*The Martian* or *Project Hail Mary* by Andy Weir
Literally anything by Becky Chambers
*The Expanse* series by James S.A. Corey
Iāve given this same answer before. To love sci-fi I think itās important to skip that genre in between books. When I go from one universe, author or series to another they get compared and just donāt seem fresh. Even with a serious like Expeditionary Force or Old Manās war, I go to a different genre between books. Cleanse the pallet. Try a historical fiction like āDevil in the White Cityā. It will grab your attention and also youāll learn something. You may also want to try horror like a Stephen King book.
If you must stick with SciFi, try some vintage Heinlein like Stranger in a Strange Land. It can change the way you view the world or the original Robot novels by Asimov.
I’ll just throw A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe by Alex White out there. Combines magic with sci fi and racing (you probably went *what?* at this point) but it’s fun and entertaining.
The Gone-Away World by Nick Harkaway. A wild ride, and one of the few times I was genuinely surprised by the twist
Genesis echo by d. Hollis Anderson
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch. Talks about the multipleverse
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton. The book that inspired the film! Iām a big fan of the first two films. But the first book is beautiful and a hell of a lot darker than the films. So many great moments that didnāt make the film that I wish did. I love the book more than the film.
Unfortunately I donāt know where I stand with the second book. The book and film are unrecognizably different. I wouldnāt say itās bad. But in this case I do have a preference for the film adaptation. I need to reread the book.