25 Sci-fi Book Recommendations in 25 Minutes

[@tinahatch7440]

What a great list! I added several to my TBR. I bounce off most audiobooks, but I highly recommend The Past is Red in audio. The narrator gives Tetley so much heart - and her accent is fantastic.

[@HainishMentat]

For sci-fi short stories, I can't recommend Ursula LeGuin's work enough. Whether it's "Four Ways to Forgiveness", "The Birthday of the World", or "A Fisherman of the Inland Sea" (that last one being also the name of one of the most beautiful sci-fi short stories I've ever read), I think these are classics.They focus more on people than tech or space (the latter being a setting for the deep personal stories). I also wonder if you've read _The Book of the New Sun_ (the first book of which is _The Shadow of the Torturer_ ).

[@789juggernaut]

Thanks for taking the time to produce this excellent video. I just downloaded one of the books (Shards of Honor) on my Kindle and am enjoying it so far!

[@chokog2446]

Wait until Miles is born! It is such a fun and compelling series! 😊

[@chokog2446]

Love your recommendations! And thank you for including The Vorkosigan Saga!😀

[@mondostrat]

I read 'The Past is Red' off your recommendation in another video - It was great, thanks for that! Tetley is one of the most memorable characters in all science fiction.

[@pjsandpages92]

Thank you for these recommendations. I’m just starting to dip my toes into sci fi and the categories are super helpful!

[@zixaz00]

Great video, with so many amazing recs! I totally agree with you on the typical beginner sci-fi recs thing. I always love how you recommend things by explaining various aspects certain readers may or may not like. I’ve read and enjoyed so many of these and I’m looking forward to reading even more! And you describing The Dandelion Dynasty as more sci-fi than fantasy definitely shot the series up higher in my TBR!

[@Rachel-6016]

Science fiction is by far my fav genre so thanks so much for making this video!! You had a few I haven’t heard of so excited to pick them up - just bought Too Like The Lightning the other day on your rec, and that’ll be my next read 🫶

[@unavezms8167]

I love womb city. It manages to do so much in such a short book. It's incredible. Xe points out how it takes months for African people to obtain visa to travel within the continent while say USA citizen will obtain it in a matter of days no questions asked. It's also discusses the identity. How black people will chose black bodies even though they'd be treated better if people thought they were white.It's unabashedly the book TlotloTsamaase wanted to write.

[@stefdalan5751]

Thank you for this list. Added some to my 2025 TBR, I just got back to reading as a hobby last year and your channel has helped me figure out which ones to try. Please make a fantasy book recommendations similar to this ❤

[@Kristenisfullybookd]

The categories were such a good idea!

[@BooksWithBenghisKahn]

Awesome vid! I recently loved Shards of Honor, Exhalation, and Children of Time, and can’t wait to dig into some more on here! I already have Semiosis, Infomocracy, and Too Like the Lightning ready to go!

[@fun_gussy]

Man you really missed the point didn't you. Quit propping up cishet white male authors when we have such a need for female and POC representation.

[@iheartwalle]

There's something about Catherynne M Valente's writing i just love. The Past is Red is a great example of that.

[@yellowmeeplereads]

Love this! Already finished (at 2x) and noted down A BUNCH of the recommendations. Thanks for the video

[@Bl0ndeKittenb00ks]

Loved the video, I've added several to my TBR. If you like Semiosis by Sue Burke you should check out the Dark Eden trilogy by Chris Beckett. A spaceship crash lands on a world with out a sun and the survivors propagate. Intergenerational conflict then ensues between those that want to wait for rescue from Earth and those who want to settle permanently.

[@lauras9071]

This was so fun to watchas someone who has watched you read so many of these (and read some of them on your recommendation). I need to read the Malka Older series and Light from Uncommon Stars still. Long LA story time but the ties to the donut shop (that you reference) is just so real, as someone who grew up thinking that Chinese food and donuts were just traditionally sold together, but knew nothing about why until an argument about donut capitals at work.

[@esmayrosalyne]

Whew, that was a whirlwind of recommendations, my TBR is crying (but my heart is happy!!). I really need to get to Arkady Martine's works and Lois McMaster Bujold, you have sold me so hard!! And heck yes for Ted Chiang and Ken Liu, I want to reread those collections so badly!!

[@renee_3364]

I´m so glad you mentioned Semiosis: I love that book but it's so underrated

[@TheWordN3rd]

Children of Time was certainly a unique thought experiment. My brother and I read it together and we had an interesting discussion there...

[@Majesticon]

Butler's prescience always came across as a warning to me, a clarion call. Similar to 1984. It's often grim work but the best science fiction questions our reality, highlights modern injustice through contemplative futures, or warns us against our own demise.

[@zachary37]

Love the recs but I'd argue Children of Time has a very good plot lol! There's the plot of the spiders evolving and the plot of the humans looking for a new home, and the two plots meet a few times.

[@psikeyhackr6914]

*Daemon & Freedom* by Daniel Suarez Finished the Vorkosigan Saga years ago. Have read each book multiple times.

[@akiyrjana6558]

Having read about third of the books on your list (and taking recommendations) I think you might like This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Alex Gladstone.

[@LiteratureScienceAlliance]

@@akiyrjana6558 you are correct! I read it in 2020 and did like it

[@luanavianagomes]

When I think my TBR cannot possibly accommodate any more books, here comes Angela with great sci-fi recs....

[@greysonkeller5418]

Im a huge fan of Murderbot, You Sexy Thing is a queer romp through space Edit: i also loved The Library of Broken Things which is apparently a controversial opinion. There was something about it that just stuck with me and it was a bit experimental, very complex for sure

[@isam.2653]

Great list! ❤ 🛸I know I am definitely in the minority because I follow almost exclusively for the sci-fi content so I must say that joining “the year of science-fiction” sounds great to me! 😅I wish I was more into fantasy but maybe one day… is it just me or does it seem like more men tend to read exclusively SF? 🤔 I’m a woman and it’s lonely here 😅

[@zixaz00]

As a woman whose favorite genre is science fiction, I feel you on that! I read a lot more fantasy these days based on other people’s recommendations, but I mostly pick up sci-fi books on my own. I also find it disappointing how many fantasy readers dislike science fiction when I see them as two sides of the same coin!

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@@zixaz00 thank you, that makes me feel less alone 😘

[@judithcakelover]

Thank you for the recommendations 😁

[@BookishVicky]

A Memory Called Empire ❤ Dawn ❤ Simon Jimenez ❤

[@iheartwalle]

I just read The Cabinet for book club. I also gave it 3 stars. It was weird.

[@lissavanhouten6628]

I wonder if musicals and sci-fi/fantasy novels could be combined to sort of create a new genre? I love modern musicals (hated Mama Mia though because I really dislike Abba) and these two genres. What if characters in the book broke out in song and a CD was provided with the novel or readers could go to online music server associated with book so they could listen to the characters singing in musical scenes. Does this sound weird? (This is with caveat that musicals are very visual as actors and dancing can be part of it). Really good songwriters, composers, lyricists, and musicians would have to provide their talent; maybe not worth it to them.

[@owenbutler5624]

Liking your bookshelf : )

[@Seriuz-Biznus]

SO many good books! Hell of a list! 🚀

[@Glacierlune]

Yes womb city is so well written.

[@jensraab2902]

Ah, more material for my overfull TBR pile! 😂 🚀🛸

[@Majesticon]

Oh shit! ELYSIUM!!!! WOWOOOWOWOW! One of my favorite books of all time omg! I try to tell everyone about this book, its fascinating

[@Glacierlune]

I didnt like a memory called empire because there isnt much to visualize.

[@flowerpixel]

Omg I'm so glad I found this

[@saturnhas-rings5611]

🚀🚀 I actually clicked on this video when it said "posted 25 minutes ago*, which I thought was fun! :) and definitely some good sci-fi picks! I have read and enjoyed a lot of these and a lot of the others are ones I want to read. Glad to see more sci-fi getting highlighted :)

[@caitlinl2750]

I’ve read 11!🎉🎉

[@Majesticon]

Womb City is at the top of my list.

[@turtleking8267]

Check out Ariya Kai the secret of colony life by F Z Zach it's worth a read.

[@RodgersReads]

Sentient SPIDERS? That is a hard pass for this massive arachnophobe lol. But I toy with the idea of trying more sci fi sometimes, we will see if I ever actually do it lol

[@zachary37]

Obviously do as you wish, but speaking as someone who didn't love spiders before and had no problems killing them, Children of Time rewrote my brain. It helps that it's about the cutest spiders (jumping spiders woo) but it's such an informative and important look at other lifeforms that we consider gross and disgusting, offers new perspectives, and is a great lesson on empathy. It's also just such a rad story. I have learned to love spiders thanks to this book, and it also kickstarted a newfound appreciation for all things creepy and crawley that I had never thought about with any sort of fondness before. I know it's very popular and so doesn't need more hype, but I'll give it all the hype I can until I fade away.

[@HenrieAsconir]

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[@janisir4529]

Sci-fi and fantasy are the same genre.

[@LiteratureScienceAlliance]

I usually call that genre speculative and then have subgenres like fantasy, scifi and horror etc. but if you keep watching you will quickly learn I am not really the genre police and books that are hard to classify tend to be my faves

[@janisir4529]

@@LiteratureScienceAlliance I say that these two are the same, because their point is to allow the author to make up plot devices to tell a story. Whether the plot device is explained by literal magic or techno babble (or both in case of Warhammer 40k) doesn't change the structure of the plot. Horror has the specific characteristic of scaring the reader, so I don't think that belongs in this category.

[@erikabearden608]

I really dislike lumping fantasy with sci-fi in reviews, so really appreciate recommendations that know the difference. I’m not a fantasy fan but love sci-fi . Great review. Thanks

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