Sci-fi Books

• Martian
fideloper, emd, VicVijayakumar, deathweasel, sarahkpeck, jdlien, mrkurt, dbchhbr, kennethmayer, negcx, successfulsw, gilbitron, gconnery, Nempiri
• Foundation
zrail, earthlingworks, deathweasel, ihorvorotnov, julian_rubisch, jsb_sol, FilArons, OksidDisko, gilbitron, awazels, timacdonald87, mateusjatenee, tongedev
• Expanse
fideloper, natron99, strandafili, VicVijayakumar, pat_ramsey, chris_mccord, kennethmayer, minn_finn, _andypeacock, tnorthcutt, KeshavKSingh90, gconnery, ellisthedev
• Ender's Game (series)
utdiscant, fideloper, earthlingworks, sarahkpeck, emd, elhalvers, negcx, gilbitron, awazels, mdanderson, profdml, Nempiri
• Project Hail Mary
igorbenic, emd, strandafili, VicVijayakumar, sarahkpeck, dbchhbr, negcx, iAmKevinMcKee, Nempiri
• Dune
Note: Seems like a lot.
DaronSpence, julian_rubisch, jsb_sol, awazels, mheusser, tongedev, florian_karsten, Nempiri
• Ready Player One
Note: Lots of 80s and retro tech.
utdiscant, jdlien, mizouzie, nkohari, mlescaille, Nempiri, kickrg
• Hyperion
sisyphos2dot0, ihorvorotnov, _andypeacock, earthlingworks, matthewpaulking, timchilcott, porestar
• Murder Bot (Series)
sisyphos2dot0, fideloper, emd, jackmcdade, jbrancha, bastihilger
• Red Rising (series)
typeoneerror, warsh33p, chris_mccord, ericlbarnes, WylesOne, bastihilger
• Old Man's War
natron99, VicVijayakumar, ethangunderson, pat_ramsey, Catalyst_Red, kevinb9n
• We Are Legion (We Are Bob)
Note: Supposedly great on audio.
WyattCastaned44, ericlbarnes, CSN_UK, akirathedev, EzraTerLinden
• Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
VicVijayakumar, julian_rubisch, jsb_sol, gilbitron, gconnery
• Ringworld
Note: Inspiration for Halo
realscottellis, kennethmayer, solenopsis, fig_dev
• Snow Crash
AtriskMedia, zrail, gconnery
• Children of Time
fideloper, richhods, WylesOne
• Dark Matter
Shpigford, adamwathan, strandafili
• Forever War
successfulsw, Brophensteen, toflidium
• Broken Earth Trilogy
Note: Maybe more fantasy than sci fi?
minn_finn, inxilpro, browniepoints
• Ancillary Justice
zrail, matthewpaulking
• I, Robot
emd, jamesarosen
• Three Body Problem (Series)
drew_bellcock, mlescaille
• Red Shirts
VicVijayakumar, Catalyst_Red
• Station 11
sarahkpeck, inxilpro
• Recursion
Shpigford, mlescaille
• Velocity Weapon
Note: Short
mrkurt, KeshavKSingh90
• Left Hand of Darkness
jbrancha, keithpurtell
• Mistborn
Note: Fantasy.
mrkurt, tnorthcutt
• Skywards
Note: Sci-fi, not fantasy
JoshDance, bastihilger
• Wayward Pines
Note: Post-apocalyptic with a hint of sci fi
strandafili, Shpigford
• Andreas Eschbach (Author)
Note: Blackout, Lord of all things, Gliss, One Trillion Dollar
stefanriehl, stefanriehl
• Pandora's Star
sean_harmer, _andypeacock
• Altered Carbon
_andypeacock, CraigCaruana
• Exhalation (Short Stories)
NicholasLYang, jamesarosen
• The Diamond Age
zrail
• 7 Eves
fideloper
• Wayfarers
zrail
• The Man Who Sold The Moon (Short Story)
zrail
• Kim Stanley's Mars Series (??)
emd
• Southern Reach Trilogy
hey_rick__
• Ghost V (Short Story)
TyNoryan
• Beyond Lies the Wub (Short Stories)
strandafili
• Kaiju Preservation Society
VicVijayakumar
• Year Zero
julian_rubisch
• Sirens of Titans
benholmen
• Rememberance of Earth's Past
Note: Supposedly great for a noob like me!
tomikokkola
• Kindred
sarahkpeck
• The Commonwealth Saga
ethangunderson
• Upgrade
Shpigford
• Artemis
jdlien
• The Space Between Worlds
mrkurt
• Odyssey One Series
mrkurt
• A Memory Called Empire
jbrancha
• The Star Diaries
Note: Polish writer and philosopher.
D_Lewandowicz
• Revelation Space
Note: Not entry level.
chris_mccord
• The Nine Billion Names of God (Short Story)
ZekeAranyLucas
• Expeditionary Force
Note: Light. Recommended on audio.
negcx
• Galactic Civil War
Note: Part sci-fi, part spy novel.
1pairofshoes
• Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom
kennethmayer
• Deepness in the Sky
kennethmayer
• The Machine Stops (Short Story)
mizouzie
• Binti Trilogy
Note: YA, quick read
minn_finn
• 2001: A Space Odyssey
milos85487250
• Frontier Saga
gerhardlazu
• The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
keithpurtell
• Emphyrio
keithpurtell
• Iain M Banks (Author)
Note: Utopian, apparently
_andypeacock
• Neuromancer
Note: Sounds tough to read.
nkohari
• Reality Dysfunction
CSN_UK
• A Scanner Darkly
ceiling_rat
• I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon (Short Story)
ceiling_rat
• Dark Eden
richhods
• Michael Chrichton (Author)
Note: Prey, Timeline, Sphere
nateritter
• War of the Worlds
paulredmond
• Last Tango in Cyberspace
Note: Bad title, good book.
CurtisGarrett_
• The Devil's Dictionary
Note: Bad title, good book
CurtisGarrett_
• Paper Menagerie and Other Stories
jamesarosen
• Three Moments of an Explosion
jamesarosen
• Liaden Universe
NoTieTroy
• Parable of the Sower
browniepoints
• Beggars in Spain
suepaustian
• The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
Note: Fun series
stympy
• C.S. Lewis's Space Trilogy
jesseleite85
• The Road
gconnery
• The Girl With All the Gifts
gconnery
• The Infinite Man
gconnery
• Rendezvous with Rama
_JamesRG
• Expeditionary Force
Note: Easy but entertaining
PJUllrich
• Diaspora
nz_
• Armada
Nempiri
• The Dispossessed
Note: Talks a lot about time
mlescaille
• Way Station
solenopsis