Science Fiction reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 312 Reddit reviews across 11 subreddits and 18 posts to rank the best Science Fiction brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/suggestmeabook, r/booksuggestions, r/sciencefiction, r/threebodyproblem, r/televisionsuggestions. Top-rated brands include Andy Weir (4.9/5), Neal Stephenson (4.8/5), Dan Simmons (4.9/5).
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Reviews312
Subreddits11
Posts18
Brands67
Products88
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#1
Andy Weir
4.9
(38)
"Project Hail Mary."
"The Martian by Andy Weir."
"Project Hail Mary"
"Project Hail Mary."
"The Martian by Andy Weir"
"Artemis by Andy Weir."
"Project Hail Mary"
"The Martian"
"Project Hail Mary."
"The Martian - Very technical but exciting."
#2
Neal Stephenson
4.8
(16)
"Neil Stephenson has written some modern classics: Snow Crash."
"Another good one is Snow crash."
"Seveneves by Stephenson by far my favourite."
"{{Anathem by Neal Stephenson}}"
"Anathem by Neal Stephenson"
"Anathem."
"Seveneves by Neal Stephenson"
"Snowcrash."
"Seveneves. A great read if you ever wondered what would happen if the moon exploded."
"Anathem by Neal Stephenson is one of the best multi-worlds stories."
#3
Dan Simmons
4.9
(13)
"I heard hyperion is good."
"* The Hyperion Cantos books (1989-1997) by Dan Simmons."
"Dan Simmons - The Hyperion Cantos & Endymion."
"Epic sci-fi with time travel, aliens, and deep questions about humanity."
"Hyperion. I think about it at least once a week."
"- Hyperion - Dan Simmons"
"The ones that have stuck with me the most have been Hyperion."
"Dan Simmons' Hyperion Cantos."
"I loved the first two Hyperion novels by Dan Simmons."
"I loved Hyperion and other Simmons stuff so I bet this will be right up my alley."
#4
Martha Wells
4.9
(13)
"The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells are a fantastic series of (mostly) novellas that I really can’t recommend enough."
"Specific series: Muderbot(Martha Wells)"
"Murderbot series - Compelling character."
"* The Murderbot books by Martha Wells (2017-2022)."
"The Murderbot books by Martha Wells."
"The Murderbot Diaries."
"Murderbot series has got me hooked!"
"All Systems Red, Martha Wells."
"All systems red for the win."
"I loved murderbot. Serious recommend."
#5
Frank Herbert
5.0
(10)
"Dune"
"Frank Herbert's Dune"
"Just a classic that set such a high bar for world building."
"There is nothing better than Dune."
"The first Dune book is a perennial favorite."
"Dune."
"Frank Herbert: Dune."
"The Dune and Hyperion series"
"For me it’s Dune."
"You also can't go wrong with Dune. It’s a classic for a reason."
#6
Ursula K. Le Guin
4.9
(10)
"An author I recommend is Ursula K Le Guinn. She isnt "niche" but she is part of New Wave sci fi which is an underrated sub genre between the 50s golden age and 80s cyberpunk."
"The Lathe of Heaven (and all of LeGuin's books)"
"* "The Left Hand of Darkness" (1969) by Ursula K. Le Guin."
"For perfectly imagined cultures that challenge your thinking."
"Left Hand of Darkness."
"Ursula K. LeGuin: Left Hand of Darkness."
"Lathe of Heaven."
"The Dispossessed."
"The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin."
"*The Dispossessed* by Ursula K LeGuin."
#7
Adrian Tchaikovsky
5.0
(9)
"It’s fantastic and thought-provoking in many great ways."
"The children of time series is a good modern one."
"Children of Time or Hyperion."
"Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky (there's a trilogy)."
"Children of Time, Tchailovsky"
"Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky."
"I loved the Children of Time series by Adrian Tchaikovsky."
"Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky"
"For 'creatures of any kind' and space with a heavy biology background, I'd recommend Children of Time"
#8
James S.A. Corey
5.0
(9)
"Also highly recommend *The Expanse* if you haven’t already read it."
"Probably the most disturbingly plausible SF I’ve ever read."
"The Expanse. I think it ruined me for other sci-fi series."
"The Expanse Series. It’s long and takes dedication."
"The Expanse series by James SA Corey."
"The Expanse books."
"The Expanse series and the Red Rising series are my favorite ‘hard’ sci-fi."
"The Expanse by James S.A. Corey."
"I have to recommend the Expanse series by James SA Corey."
#9
Arthur C. Clarke
4.9
(9)
"The city and the Stars from Arthur.Clark made a great impression on me!"
"Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clark"
"Sir Arthur C. Clarke: Childhood's End."
"Rendevous with Rama."
"The City and The Stars by Arthur C. Clarke."
"Childhoods end - Arthur C. Clarke."
"And Childhoods end."
"Aurther C. Clarke might be up your alley. Childhood’s End is good."
#10
Douglas Adams
5.0
(8)
"The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy"
"Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (all 5 books in the Trilogy)."
"* "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" (1979) by Douglas Adams."
"Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy has to be right up there for me."
"One I haven’t seen mentioned yet that I enjoyed is The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy."
"Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams."
"I don’t think anything beats Douglas Adam’s Hitchhiker’s Guide for me."
"And of course, The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series."
#11
Blake Crouch
4.9
(8)
"Dark Matter."
"I loved Dark Matter."
"I loved Recursion."
"Dark Matter - Blake Crouch"
"Dark Matter by Blake Crouch."
"Blake Crouch: Recursion, Dark Matter, Upgrade."
"Dark Matter by Blake Crouch"
"Dark Matter by Blake Couch! As someone who doesn’t usually read any science fiction, I thought it was easy enough to digest and was a fun story along the way too."
#12
Isaac Asimov
4.8
(8)
"But i also love, in no particular order - Foundation."
"The Caves of Steel."
"The Caves of Steel by Asimov"
"Foundation by asimov"
"Foundation series by Isaac Asimov."
"If you like Epic World Building: Foundation series by Isaac Asimov."
"Ugh. I was just going to suggest Asimov! Sorry about that!"
"I really liked Asimov's I, Robot, even though I'm not usually into short stories."
#13
Cixin Liu
5.0
(7)
"Some of the best hard sci-fi you will ever read is Cixin Liu's The Three Body Problem."
"Three Body Problem, easily. Read the trilogy twice, absolutely blown away."
"A Remeberance of Earth's Past - Cixin Liu (More commonly referred to as the Three Body series)."
"- The Three Body Problem (trilogy) - Cixin Liu"
"The Three Body Problem trilogy by Cixin Liu"
"The three body problem trilogy"
"The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu was an absolutely treat to read."
#14
Michael Crichton
5.0
(7)
"Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton"
"I’m a big fan of Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton."
"Jurassic Park is a fantastic read, there is so much more to it than the movie captures."
"Most things by Crichton are the same -- Andromeda Strain is also good."
"The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton"
"Loved Congo, Sphere, the Andromeda Strain, and Jurassic Park when I was in 9th/10th grade."
"Jurassic Park is pretty science heavy. It's a great read as well."
#15
Octavia Butler
5.0
(7)
"Blood child which is a Short story collection by Octavia Butler."
"Parable of the Sower."
"Incredibly imaginative literary science fiction."
"Bloodchild, Octavia Butler"
"Lilith’s Brood by Octavia Butler."
"Octavia E. Butler - any of her books but Liliths Brood."
"Parable of the Sower were really good."
#16
Liu Cixin
5.0
(6)
"Three Body Problem Series - Your mind will blow away at the ideas."
"Three Body series - Kind of long, you can skim over long parts of it."
"Three Body Problem by Liu Cixin."
"Three Body Problem by Liu Cixin"
"Three Body Problem"
"The Three Body Problem by Liu Cixin."
#17
Philip K. Dick
5.0
(6)
"Do robots dream of electric sheep."
"Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep"
"And “Ubik”."
"- Ubik - Phillip K. Dick"
"Ubik by Philip K Dick might be my favorite."
"Recently read “Ubik” by Philip dick which is basically a science fiction novel set in a future where psychic powers and advanced technology are common."
#18
John Scalzi
5.0
(6)
"I’d also recommend anything by John Scalzi."
"Old Man's War by John Scalzi."
"John Scalzi *Old Man’s War*"
"The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi! Food delivery guy gets hired by secret science org dealing with parallel universe monsters."
"Scalzi is amazing."
"The Kaiju Preservation Society - John Scalzi"
#19
Ray Bradbury
4.8
(6)
"An Illustrated Man"
"The Martian Chronicles, by Ray Bradbury"
"The Martian Chronicles by Bradbury"
"Anything written by Ray Bradbury, but my favorite book is “The Illustrated Man.”"
"All things Bradbury. Illustrated man was my first read, short stories. His writing is beautiful."
"The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury."
#20
Orson Scott Card
5.0
(5)
"Orson Scott Card *Ender’s Game*"
"The Ender’s Game Series by Orson Scott Card"
"Honestly, Ender’s Game and Speaker for the Dead."
"Ender's Game."
"The two I plug most often are "Ender's Game" by Card and the Miles Vorkosigan Saga by Lois Bujold."
#21
Pierce Brown
4.8
(5)
"Red Rising. I love the pacing, the turmoil and development of all the characters."
"For just pure fun it's Red Rising."
"Red rising. It doesn't have much of the more theoretical stuff."
"The Expanse series and the Red Rising series are my favorite ‘hard’ sci-fi."
"Red Rising series by Pierce Brown"
#22
William Gibson
5.0
(4)
"Neuromancer, the OG cyberpunk novel."
"Neuromancer is great"
#23
Kim Stanley Robinson
5.0
(4)
"Kim Stanley Robinson … the Mars series (trilogy) is my favorite."
"The Mars Trilogy by Kim Stanley Robison (hard sci-fi).followed closely by the Culture novels of Iain M Banks (space opera)."
"I second Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars Trilogy (Red Mars/Green Mars/Blue Mars) plus the book of short stories taking place in that same universe, The Martians."
"Kim Stanley Robinson’s Mars Trilogy or his stand-alone novel “Aurora.”"
#24
Dennis E. Taylor
5.0
(4)
"The Bobiverse series: We Are Legion (We Are Bob), For We Are Many, All These Worlds, Heaven's River, Not Till We Are Lost."
"Look into the bobaverse series by Dennis e Taylor"
"I came here to recommend Bobiverse, too."
"The Bobiverse series is about a programmer turned Von Neumann probe."
#25
John Wyndham
5.0
(4)
"The Chrysalids rocked me as a kid."
"Day of the triffids - John Wyndham."
"The Chrysalids by John Wyndham"
"John Wyndham - Day Of the Triffids"
#26
Alastair Reynolds
4.8
(4)
"I think, based on your qualifiers (aliens, alternate dimensions, etc.) you would like Revelation Space."
"Revelation space is my all time favorite"
"Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds"
"Reynold’s Revelation Space, specifically the Inhibitor Sequence."
#27
Becky Chambers
4.8
(4)
"Seconding the becky chambers rec. also maybe the sleeping giants series by sylvain neuvel."
"The long way to a small angry planet by Becky Chambers. Kind of a slice of life in space."
"Try the long way to a small angry planet, by Becky Chambers"
"I'm currently enjoying the wayfarer books by Becky Chambers."
#28
Iain M. Banks
4.8
(4)
"The Culture Series by Iain M Banks"
"The Culture series, Iain M. Banks."
"The Culture novels by Iain M Banks are timeless."
"The Culture Series, Iain M Banks"
#29
Lois McMaster Bujold
4.5
(4)
"The two I plug most often are "Ender's Game" by Card and the Miles Vorkosigan Saga by Lois Bujold."
"Like all around well written sci fi, try the Vorkosigan series by Lois Mcmaster Bujold (first book is Cordelias Honor)"
"Seconding Vorkosigan Saga for easygoing, but fun reading."
"The Vorkosigan Saga Lois McMaster Bujold."
#30
Jeff VanderMeer
5.0
(3)
"Southern Reach Trilogy. Preferably the first book, 'Annihilation'."
"Southern Reach/Area X tetralogy by Jeff Vandermeer."
"The Southern Reach trilogy by Jeff Vandermeer is kind of x-files cosmic horr"
#31
Joe Haldeman
5.0
(3)
"And Forever War."
"*The Forever War* by Joe Halderman."
"Like space war with aliens, try The Forever War by Joe Haldeman"
#32
Project Hail Mary
5.0
(3)
"The audiobook of Project Hail Mary is widely regarded as peak performance; I highly recommend it."
"Project Hail Mary was definitely a good book for me, I think it’s interesting enough to where you’ll get pulled in just fine!"
"I've heard the audiobook for Project Hail Mary is great."
#33
Gene Wolfe
5.0
(3)
"Book Of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe... especially The Shadow Of The Torturer."
"Series: Book of the New Sun, Wolfe."
"The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe. It's considered one of the best series by his contemporaries."
#34
Robert A. Heinlein
5.0
(3)
"The Moon is a Harsh Mistress."
"The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Heinlein"
"Also The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein."
#35
Greg Egan
4.7
(3)
"Diaspora by Greg Egan was mindbendingly good."
"Diaspora by Greg egan"
"Diaspora by Egan."
#36
Stephen King
4.7
(3)
"I don’t know if it should be considered science fiction, but since there are elements of time travel I would say Stephen King’s 11/22/63."
"For time travel, try *11/22/63* by Stephen King."
"11/22/63. This story is so interesting, and I think fairly easy to read."
#37
Vernor Vinge
4.7
(3)
"_A Deepness in the Sky_."
"A deepness in the sky by Vernor Vinge"
"Deepness in the sky by Vinge."
#38
Kurt Vonnegut
4.7
(3)
"Sirens of Titan- Vonnegut."
"- The Sirens of Titan - Kurt Vonnegut"
"The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut."
#39
Greg Bear
4.3
(3)
"Blood Music by Greg Bear, a short story available on the publisher's website here."
"Blood music by Bear."
"Blood Music by Greg Bear."
#40
Cowboy Bebop
5.0
(2)
"Or if you’re into space stuff, "Cowboy Bebop" might do the trick. It’s a mix of jazz, bounty hunting, and existential vibes."
"Anime: - Cowboy Bebop"
#41
Carl Sagan
5.0
(2)
"Contact by Carl Sagan is excellent."
"Contact by Carl Sagan"
#42
Ann Leckie
5.0
(2)
"Ancillary Justice."
"I also recommend: Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie."
#43
Peter Watts
5.0
(2)
"Blindsight by Peter Watts, and it's not even close."
"Peter Watts' Blindsight OR Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun."
#44
Alfred Bester
5.0
(2)
"Alfred Bester - Stars My Destination"
"Standalone: Stars My Destination, Bester"
#45
Walter M. Miller Jr.
5.0
(2)
"Canticle for Leibowitz - a classic."
"Canticle for Liebowitz by Miller."
#46
The Expanse
5.0
(2)
"Sci fi: - The Expanse"
"I eventually got past the beginning of The Expanse and got hooked. It's got something for everyone: a cool space ship, aliens, political machinations, physics, strong relationships, combat, solid characters, social issues, and intrigue."
#47
China Miéville
4.5
(2)
"Perdido Street Station by China Mieville."
"It's fantasy rather than sci-fi, but you might like Perdido Street Station by China Mieville."
#48
Sue Burke
4.5
(2)
"Semiosis by Sue Burke"
"Semiosis by Sue Burke."
#49
Frederik Pohl
4.5
(2)
"* "Gateway" (1977) by Frederik Pohl."
"Among those that haven't are Fredrick Pohl's *Gateway*"
#50
Hiron Ennes
4.5
(2)
"Leech by Hiron Ennes is definitely what you're looking for!"
"Leech by Hiron Ennis markets itself as gothic and sci-fi."
#51
Stanislaw Lem
4.5
(2)
"- Solaris - Stanislaw Lem"
"Solaris by Stanislaw is great. Definitely a bit heady at times, but thought provoking!"
#52
H.G. Wells
4.5
(2)
"The Island of Doctor Moreau by H.G. Wells."
"If you like “fin de siècle gothic”, I recommend HG Wells “the island of doctor Moreau”."
#53
Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
4.5
(2)
"Roadside Picnic."
"Roadside picnic by brothers Strugatski."
#54
Hannu Rajaniemi
4.5
(2)
"The Jean le Flambeur trilogy by Hannu Rajaniemi."
"The Jean LeFlambeur trilogy by Hannu Rajaniemi."
#55
John Steakley
4.0
(2)
"Armor by John Steakly"
"I just started Armor by John Steakley and it’s really good."
#56
Lost
5.0
(1)
"Sci fi: - Lost"
#57
Futurama
5.0
(1)
"Sci fi: - Futurama"
#58
Fringe
5.0
(1)
"Sci fi: - Fringe"
#59
Firefly
5.0
(1)
"Sci fi: - Firefly"
#60
Doctor Who
5.0
(1)
"Sci fi: - Doctor Who"
#61
Battlestar Galactica (2000s)
5.0
(1)
"Sci fi: - Battlestar Galactica (2000s version)"
#62
Steins;Gate
5.0
(1)
"You should check out the anime "Steins;Gate." It’s got this trippy time travel plot, but gets pretty deep and emotional too."
#63
Vanillaware
5.0
(1)
"Not really a JRPG, but 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim. Developed by Vanillaware, published by Atlus."
#64
Phantasy Star
5.0
(1)
"The old Phantasy Star games (notably II and IV), Star Ocean series, Rogue Galaxy, Metal Max series, Front Mission and Sakura Wars for modern mecha, Super Robot Wars and Relayer for future mecha, Infinite Space."
#65
Star Ocean
5.0
(1)
"Star ocean 2 had a remake released almost a year ago, highly recommend it"
#66
Ted Chiang
5.0
(1)
"Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang isn’t so recent, but I’m reading it to my partner at the moment."
#67
Peter F. Hamilton
3.0
(1)
"I'm reading Salvation now and it doesn't seem super optimistic"
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