Best sci-fi on Reddit
111 reviews from r/printSF, r/suggestmeabook, r/FemaleGazeSFF and 7 more subreddits
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#1
Martha Wells
4.8
(4)
"Everything by Martha Wells. Fantastic world builder."
"[The Murderbot Diaries] by Martha Wells. A self-aware security construct (cyborg) has feelings, and it hates those!"
"They’re some of my favorites: * Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells"
"Murderbot diaries are great for the first few books."
#2
Ann Leckie
4.8
(4)
"Ann Leckie’s Ancillary Justice books were unlike anything I’ve ever read."
"Ancillary Justice trilogy by Ann Leckie."
"* Imperial Radch by Ann Leckie"
"The Imperial Radch series by Ann Leckie."
#3
Becky Chambers
5.0
(3)
"*The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet* by Becky Chambers - a kind of found family travelogue"
"The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers"
"To Be Taught if Fortunate by Becky Chambers"
#4
James S.A. Corey
5.0
(3)
"The Expanse by James SA Corey is a great sci-fi series."
"Leviathan Wakes by James S A Corey"
"The Expanse series by James S. A. Corey"
#5
Nnedi Okorafor
5.0
(2)
"* Binti by Nnedi Okorafor"
"Binti by Nnedi Okorafor"
#6
Murderbot Diaries
5.0
(2)
"Anti-social robot is displeased to discover it has feelings and morals"
"Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells! The first novella is All Systems Red."
#7
Burning Chrome
5.0
(2)
"Burning Chrome, by William Gibson"
"Burning Chrome by William Gibson"
#8
Mirrorshades
5.0
(2)
"Mirrorshades edited by Bruce Sterling"
"Mirrorshades, edited by Bruce Sterling"
#9
The Martian Chronicles
5.0
(2)
"The Martian Chronicles from Bradbury"
"The Martian Chronicles or The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury."
#10
The Illustrated Man
5.0
(2)
"The illustrated man and the Martian chronicles are two MUST read classics."
"The Illustrated Man from Bradbury"
#11
Emily Tesh
5.0
(2)
"Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh"
"Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh"
#12
Kameron Hurley
5.0
(2)
"God's War by Kameron Hurley is a brutal space-fantasy, mad-maxian story."
"**The Light Brigade** by Kameron Hurley. This is a military/dystopian sci-fi about war with elements of time travel."
#13
Tamsyn Muir
5.0
(2)
"* Locked Tomb by Tamsyn Muir"
"Gideon the ninth, this is how you loose the time war are two of my overall favourites:)"
#14
Netflix
4.0
(2)
"“Spaceman” on Netflix is actually pretty good scifi flick that no one really knows about."
"Spaceman on Netflix was pretty trippy."
#15
James Gunn
5.0
(1)
"The anthology series The Road to Science Fiction edited by the late James Gunn is also worth a look."
#16
Arbor House
5.0
(1)
"The ones that left the biggest impression on me were the Robert Silverberg edited 'The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction'."
#17
Philip K. Dick
5.0
(1)
"Philip K. Dick - Man In The High Castle"
#18
Suneater Series
5.0
(1)
"Best in the scifantasy genre right now."
#19
Octavia Butler
5.0
(1)
"Check out the works of Octavia Butler."
#20
Hitchhiker's Guide To the Galaxy
5.0
(1)
"Douglas Adams - Hitchhiker's Guide To the Galaxy"
#21
To Be Taught, If Fortunate
5.0
(1)
"Here for another Becky Chambers recommendation! To Be Taught, If Fortunate is beautiful."
#22
The Long Way To A Small, Angry Planet
5.0
(1)
"Becky Chamber's **The Long Way To A Small, Angry Planet**."
#23
Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick
5.0
(1)
"Surprised no one here has mentioned Philip K. Dick yet."
#24
The Belgariad
5.0
(1)
"My first series was The Belgariad series by David Eddings."
#25
The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories
5.0
(1)
"The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken Liu."
#26
Harlan Ellison's Greatest Hits
5.0
(1)
"Harlan Ellison's Greatest Hits."
#27
Convergence Problems
5.0
(1)
"A couple other good ones are Convergence Problems by Wole Talabi."
#28
The Fifth Science
5.0
(1)
"The Fifth Science by Exurb1a is a collection of 12 stories"
#29
The Time Traveller's Almanac
5.0
(1)
"The Time Traveller's Almanac edited by Ann & Jeff Vandemeer is a favourite."
#30
Third Class Superhero
5.0
(1)
"Third Class Superhero by Charles Yu"
#31
Where Do We Go from Here
5.0
(1)
"Where Do We Go from Here, edited by Asimov is an excellent collection of classic SF."
#32
I, Robot
5.0
(1)
"I Robot - Isaac Asimov"
#33
N-Space
5.0
(1)
"N Space ‐ Larry Niven"
#34
Masterpieces
5.0
(1)
"Masterpieces, edited by Orson Scott Card"
#35
The Big Book of Science Fiction
5.0
(1)
"The Big Book of Science Fiction, edited by Ann and Jeff Vandermeer"
#36
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame
5.0
(1)
"The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, edited by Rober Silverberg"
#37
The Machine in Shaft Ten and Other Stories
5.0
(1)
"The Machine in Shaft Ten and Other Stories by M. John Harrison"
#38
Galactic North
5.0
(1)
"Galactic North by Alastair Reynolds."
#39
Unlocking the Air and Other Stories
5.0
(1)
"Unlocking the Air and Other Stories from LeGuin"
#40
Bloodchild and Other Stories
5.0
(1)
"Bloodchild and Other Stories by Butler"
#41
The Nine Billion Names of God
5.0
(1)
"The Nine Billion Names of God by Arthur C Clarke"
#42
Robot Dreams
5.0
(1)
"Robot Dreams from Asimov"
#43
Golden Apples of the Sun
5.0
(1)
"Golden Apples of the Sun from Bradbury"
#44
Roger Zelazny
5.0
(1)
"Any of Roger Zelazny's collections."
#45
Nebula and Hugo Awards Annual Showcases
5.0
(1)
"Nebula and Hugo awards annual showcases"
#46
Sunflower Cycle
5.0
(1)
"I really liked Peter Watts' Sunflower Cycle, I think it's his best work."
#47
The Science Fiction Century
5.0
(1)
"The Science Fiction Century, edited by David G Hartwell. Great sampler of short works from throughout the 20th century."
#48
Antimony
5.0
(1)
"Spider Robinson Antimony"
#49
Aye, And Gomorrah, And Other Stories
5.0
(1)
"Aye, And Gomorrah, And Other Stories by Samuel R Delany."
#50
Robert Silverberg
5.0
(1)
"Robert Silverberg (consistently good over more than half a century)"
#51
The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels
5.0
(1)
"The ones that left the biggest impression on me were the Robert Silverberg edited 'The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels'."
#52
The Best Time Travel Stories of the 20th Century
5.0
(1)
"Highly recommend! It's the one edited by Harry Turtledove and Martin H. Greenberg."
#53
Alexander Belayev
5.0
(1)
"Check out Alexander Belayev's stories."
#54
Strugatsky Brothers
5.0
(1)
"Anything by Strugatsky Brothers, especially Roadside Picnic."
#55
Murderbot Series
5.0
(1)
"The murderbot series by Martha Wells might be good."
#56
Source Code
5.0
(1)
"Source Code (2011) the movie Duncan Jones made after Moon is well worth a watch."
#57
Iron Prince
5.0
(1)
"Warformed (Iron Prince) is my personal favorite."
#58
Everina Maxwell
5.0
(1)
"Winter’s Orbit by Everina Maxwell"
#59
Simon Jimenez
5.0
(1)
"*The Vanished Birds*, by Simon Jimenez, and *The Left Hand of Darkness*, by Ursula K. Le Guin, are both sci-fi epics."
#60
Cixin Liu
5.0
(1)
"Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu"
#61
Annalee Newitz
5.0
(1)
"The Terraformers Annalee Newitz"
#62
Robert Jackson Bennett
5.0
(1)
"The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett"
#63
Kritika H Rao
5.0
(1)
"The Surviving Sky Kritika H Rao"
#64
Mary Doria Russell
5.0
(1)
"The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell"
#65
Aliette de Bodard
5.0
(1)
"The Red Scholars Wake Aliette de Bodard"
#66
Naomi Alderman
5.0
(1)
"The power (woman protagonist, sci-fi/apocalyptic) by Naomi Alderman"
#67
Robin Cousin
5.0
(1)
"Highly recommend anyone interested in sci-fi to check out **The Phantom Scientist** by Robin Cousin."
#68
Kim Stanley Robinson
5.0
(1)
"The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson"
#69
Ursula K. Le Guin
5.0
(1)
"* The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K Le Guin"
#70
Kristine Kathryn Rusch
5.0
(1)
"The Disappeared Kristine Kathryn Rusch also Diving into the Wreck"
#71
Sascha Stronach
5.0
(1)
"The Dawnhounds Sascha Stronach"
#72
LM Sagas
5.0
(1)
"The Ambit's Run series by LM Sagas has been fun too."
#73
Lilian Zenzi
5.0
(1)
"Spark and tether (queer sci-fi romance) by Lilian Zenzi"
#74
Brandon Sanderson
4.0
(1)
"Starlight! Brandon Sanderson Series sort of like Misthorne in space."
#75
Stephen Landry
4.0
(1)
"Star Divers by Stephen Landry."
#76
Robert Charles Wilson
4.0
(1)
"I feel like Spin is a great response to the OP."
#77
Earth Force
4.0
(1)
"I really enjoyed the Earth Force series."
#78
Greg Egan
4.0
(1)
"Diaspora, Greg Egan."
#79
Iain Banks
4.0
(1)
"Could try the various books about the Culture from Iain Banks."
#80
Peter F. Hamilton
4.0
(1)
"Peter F. Hamilton has the scale and mind-blowing concepts down pat."
#81
Ivan Efremov
4.0
(1)
"Try Ivan Efremov's 'Chas Byka' (The Hour of the Bull)..."
#82
Jack Vance Treasury
4.0
(1)
"Really enjoyed it."
#83
Scouts Progress
4.0
(1)
"Two books in the Liaden Universe that combine space opera with some romance."
#84
Local Custom
4.0
(1)
"Two books in the Liaden Universe that combine space opera with some romance."
#85
Old Man's War
4.0
(1)
"I'd also suggest Old Man's War, which is sort of like a Heinlein juvenile."
#86
Redshirts
4.0
(1)
"I'd also suggest... Redshirts, which is a Star Trek parody."
#87
We Are Satellites
4.0
(1)
"We Are Satellites by Sarah Pinsker."
#88
The Galaxy and the Ground Within
4.0
(1)
"The Galaxy and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers."
#89
Jacques McKeown Trilogy
4.0
(1)
"There's a three book series collectively known as the Jacques McKeown trilogy by Yahtzee Croshaw."
#90
Reality Benders
4.0
(1)
"Reality Benders is a great example."
#91
Godclads
4.0
(1)
"Though I havent read it yet Godclads which ive heard good thing."
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