My Top 10 Sci-Fi & Fantasy for 2024!

[@Talking_Story]

a wonderful year Bryce!

[@ShelfCentered]

Pretty much all thanks to booktube, love this community!

[@Talking_Story]

@ it is hands down the best!!

[@th3_patch]

My guy cranking out the content at the end of the year. I ain't complaining. Lol. Kudos to you my good sir. This is a great list. I hope you had a great holiday season. Can't wait to see what brings in 2025. Hope everyone had a great time over the holidays and great book hauls. Take care everyone and have a great week. P.S. I need to check out Tchaikovsky.

[@ShelfCentered]

Haha right! There’s just so much to fit in, I really need to start earlier but the views really hit end of December too!

[@th3_patch]

@ShelfCentered I'm here for more content and discussion for anything related to books, media, and fandom. Cannot complain one bit. Thank you for what you do.

[@valliyarnl]

great reading year Bryce! SO HAPPY TROUBLE WITH PEACE WAS SO HIGH IT IS SOOOOO GOOOD!!!!! Ps. Sapkowski is pronounced Sapk-off-ski :)

[@ShelfCentered]

Thank you and thank you for the correction!

[@ZOMGfantasy]

Yessss!! Love seeing Guns of the Dawn, TTWP, Piranesi, and Scott Lynch (who dominated my list this year) And a whole bunch of other books for me to check out! Congrats on the awesome year of reading, Bryce!! 😊

[@ShelfCentered]

That’s so awesome, what a great year! Yeah I was surprised how much I loved Guns, the rest I mostly knew would be around where they ended up just figured each individual one would be higher but there were so many!

[@FineReads]

Awesome list 🥳 congrats to a fantastic reading year!

[@ithrahmunchswallow468]

More Than a Vampire is a really fun series. I loved Malice too. His mother's arc is one of my favorite in any fantasy series. Blindsight has been in my library for a while 🤔 Cant wait for Devils 😈 I never did get to finish my large print Piranesi 😳 Eek what a great year 🎉

[@TomOrange]

Great reading year! I feel the same way about Era one as you. Looking forward to see what you think about Wind and Truth whenever you get to it!

[@OverlyAverageBen]

So glad to see so many that we read together be on here!

[@ShelfCentered]

Right! It’s been such a good year and an amazing group to read with. I feel like I get so much more out of them when we talk after

[@OverlyAverageBen]

@ShelfCentered same here! Bring on Tolkien!

[@SHR0UD-e]

I’ve had the beautiful hardcover of Peter Watts’ Firefall on my shelf for ages which includes that book, you’ve inspired me to read it sooner

[@BookishChas]

Great list Bryce! Oathbringer is such a great book. I’m excited to finally start Faithful & Fallen next year.

[@esmayrosalyne]

What a stacked and epic year!! I am so eager to re-read Gentleman Bastards, especially after all your gushing again hahah. And Guns of the Dawn for the win!

[@safinan8008]

Happy new year!! 🎉

[@ShelfCentered]

Same to you! 🎊🎉

[@mudgetheexpendable]

In all the years you've known me, have I *ever* spoken positively about a re-read? Or even admitted I re-read something? 2024 has been a weird-ass year. PIRANESI (a re-read) made my top 5 reads of the year. Don't send the extraction team...I for real re-read it and loved it more the second time. And I've reviewed four hundred books this year. Also on my list: Supremacy: AI, ChatGPT, and the Race that Will Change the World by Parmy Olson The Devil at His Elbow: Alex Murdaugh and the Fall of a Southern Dynasty by Valerie Bauerlein The Mars House by Natasha Pulley and, drum roll please, my 2024 6*-of-five joybringing read that everyone on Earth needs to read: Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon

[@ShelfCentered]

Immediately runs to goodreads! We tend to be on the same page! Piranesi was just brilliant I need to reread it now!!!

[@galadan88]

Also read Age of Myth this year, very interested in continuing this series! Need to finally read Malice and some Joe Abercrombie, they're right there on my shelf 😅

[@kufujitsu]

I've read several crime novels by John Connelly, & a short story collection, all of which were good - he has great gifts of description & visualization, & can really raise the hackles - he can really write, . But I haven't read any of his fantasy books yet. Peter Watts is very high on my TBR list. Two books of his ( Blindsight, & Starfish. ), sound like my type of SF ( mysterious, creepy, with a touch of awe. I sort of agree with your take on Stephen King's It. The majority of the book was really well done, but the overly sentimental addition at the end of the book was a bit too much, even for me - who doesn't mind a long book.. I don't mind "message" in a novel, but not if I'm beaten over the head with it... Thanks for your list.👍

[@Aluminatihusker]

Brice, I must say, you just seem like one of the nicest fellas one would ever meet. I know, nicest is not a word lol. Anyways, keep bringing that positivity brotha! Great books/reads btw!

[@J.R.Carrel]

Great list man! Need to get my live streams up again so we can chat!

[@Spencer_Beard]

the only book on this list that I also read this year was "Blindsight" and yes, my mind melted too with Peter Watts' exploration of consciousness and sentience

[@NevsBookChannel]

That’s a great year!

[@jcmberne]

Couldn't agree more about Sapkowski.

[@ShelfCentered]

Love his short stories. I miss our discussions, we should get something else going my friend

[@jcmberne]

@@ShelfCentered we should!

[@bigaldoesbooktube1097]

Wow what a list 😮! My maths is bad but there might be more than 10 books here 😆. I’m sure everyone is telling you this but stick with Gwynne, Valour is ok but Ruin and Wrath are 👌.

[@AnEruditeAdventure]

I’m constantly surprised by how much I enjoy J.R. Carrel’s books. Never quite the “top 10”, but just a lot of fun. -T

[@caitlinl2750]

I’ve read seven of these!

[@TalonBray]

Peter Watts is the goat

[@ShelfCentered]

Expanded my mind!

[@Shaad2321]

Great list! I'm happy to see Sanderson at the top!

[@ShelfCentered]

He’s at the top of his game for sure

[@noname3609]

Ruin and Wrath are twice better than Malice.Just saiyan,im drunk 😅 TTWP goat Abercrombie book😊

[@ShelfCentered]

I’m so excited for more Gwynne this next year! Yeah TTWP is so so good I can’t wait for more Abercrombie this next year

[@noname3609]

@ShelfCentered same. The Devils 🙏