My ULTIMATE Top 10 Sci-fi Books of All Time 👽🚀🪱

Here are my top 10 science fiction books of all time with some honorable mentions.
*Books Include*
Sealed Empire by Norbert Zsivicz
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey
Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Golden Son by Pierce Brown
Dune by Frank Herbert
Howling Dark by Christopher Ruocchio
Hyperion by Dan Simmons
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0:00 Intro
1:17 Sealed Empire
2:26 Ready Player One
3:55 Leviathan Wakes
5:36 Rendezvous with Rama
7:49 Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep
10:11 Dark Matter
11:26 To Sleep in a Sea of Stars
13:56 Project Hail Mary
15:31 Golden Son
17:06 Dune
18:32 Howling Dark
20:46 Hyperion
22:58 Final Thoughts
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[@CNavo.TheNextChapter]

Fantastic list and great video! I'm so behind on my Sci-Fi reading. Of your list I read Pierce, Dick, and Herbert. I did read the first Sun Eater book and plan to continue with Howling Dark in Dec. -Cheers!

[@davidgould3297]

These are the most refreshing reviews and recommendations. Making the books the central thing and not some incidental part of the video. Well done and keep going.

[@BiblioTheory]

Thanks for the kind words and for stopping by! 🙏

[@BenjaminsBookclub]

Rendezvous with Rama does not get enough talk I think, it is probably my faveorite sci fi book of all time.

[@harryireland1935]

Excellent video! Will certainly add some of the titles I didn't already have. Thank you.

[@BiblioTheory]

Fantastic! I hope you enjoy and thank you for stopping by again 🙏

[@RunnerLogan]

Rendezvous with Rama (my fave), Dune(one of the best),Project Hail Mary(was good but slow), Ready Player One(excellent candy), D.A.D.O.E.S was great. The complete Expanse series has such greater character development. Snow Crash Neuromancer Altered Carbon Foundation Stranger in a Strange Land There's just so many. the above not ranked. Always nice to see other people's lists

[@Love_and_lore]

Yessss Sealed Empire. I am reading Howling Dark right now and love it!

[@authornorbert]

Such a great list and video! I’m honoured, thank you 🙏

[@bartsbookspace]

Love seeing Hyperion on top of your list! 🙌 It is probably top 3 for me as well. I've got to put together my top 10 at some point. Nice video!

[@BiblioTheory]

Huzzah, another Hyperionian. Freaking love this series. When your top 10 comes out, I gotta check it out 🫡

[@bartsbookspace]

@@BiblioTheory I only read Hyperion so far. But, I’ll be reading the other 3 books soon. I’ve heard many people say they love Hyperion, but not the follow ups. How do you feel about them?

[@tasosalexiadis7748]

@@bartsbookspace Hyperion is only a half-of the story. Fall of Hyperion concludes that story. So you definitely need to read that one. Books #3 and #4 are again a single story that can be considered a sequel to the story of the first two books.

[@bartsbookspace]

@@tasosalexiadis7748 Yes. I should have already read Fall of Hyperion +, but somehow it hasn’t happened… definitely soon!

[@dpbreviews1513]

Very happy you mentioned Dune! 👍

[@EricKay_Scifi]

Project Hail Mary hit many of my boxes, especially buddy scientists fixing things, but I still like The Martian more. My top 10 list in no order: Red Mars Trilogy The Martian Snow Crash A Scanner Darkly (My PKD entry as I have not read DADoES) Jurassic Park. Dune. Three Body Problem Series. A Darkling Sea (Other than a brief mention of FTL, a hard space opera) Children of Time. There Is No Antimemetics Division (Indie with a touch of cosmic horror)

[@EricKay_Scifi]

Also the Priest's Tale in Hyperion... chef's kiss. Almost earn it's spot with that story.

[@BiblioTheory]

The priest's tale was.... icing on the donut for me, so freaking good 🍩

[@johnturiano]

Great list! Dark Matter is one of my all time favorites. I hope the television series does it justice.

[@BiblioTheory]

I do too! 🙏🤞

[@TheShadowReaders-sx2cv]

I really enjoy your take on sci-fi👍

[@MythSafc]

Love this video. We have similar tastes as hyperion is also my fave book of all time Sci fi wise anyways (lord of the rings is fantasy one for me) so when you reccomend other books here I haven't heard of I'm excited as I know I'm gonna hit with them. I'm going to read sealed empire after I finish stories of your life and others by Ted Chiang. Subbed and excited for your future vids❤

[@BiblioTheory]

Wow! I love to see another Hyperion lover 🍻 Did you read the sequels by chance?

[@MythSafc]

@@BiblioTheory I did I just finished Endymion and have the final book ready to go. Love them all so far but the 1st remains the best. Hoping the end is satisfactory!

[@hankhillsnrrwurethra]

I wouldn't recommend Leviathan Wakes to a noob without letting them know it's the first of a long series. Might be good (my opinion), might be bad, but they should know. Novels that don't stand alone but must be part of a series is a complaint of mine regarding more modern SF but The Expanse is freaking awesome.

[@namne11]

Thanks for the recommendations. But i highly implore you to continue The Expanse series. Especially since the series is now fully finished.

[@BiblioTheory]

Absolutely, that first one was amazing and I got the next 2 on my shelf!

[@linesbyleon]

Loved "Ready Player One". My complaint about "Too Sleep..." was it was too long.

[@BiblioTheory]

You are very right, it's a very beefy book. Could of been trimmed down for sure

[@DavidWiley7]

Hyperion checked soooo many boxes for me, too! Great list!

[@BiblioTheory]

Thanks so much for stopping by!

[@gronskeibooks]

interesting list. these books are all over the place. i loved a few of these and hated a few of these. can't quite figure your tastes, but you do you. nicely edited video

[@BiblioTheory]

Haha thanks for stopping by! Which ones didn't click for you?

[@gronskeibooks]

I didn't like Ready Player One (which I know was just in your honorable mentions), at least not as much as most people seemed to. I couldn't take it seriously, even within the premises Cline created. It wasn't the world-build i couldn't take seriously, or even the general plot, that was all kind of fun, but I hated how perfect Wade was. He was too young to have mastered ~30 years of nerd culture. The book was entertaining, but the sheer implausibility of Wade's depth of knowledge kept taking me out of the story. Also, i really can't stand Paolini as an author. I read some of the early Inheritance stuff, but i think i was too old for it when it came out. Since then i've flipped through his new books at the library and still can't stand the way he writes. IDK. i'm picky! but i love the Philip k dick, herbert, Corey, & Simmons on your list!

[@Fabulist]

Well, this video is certainly further evidence that each person has their own unique taste. I’ve read all of these except the first one, and while there are a couple solid choices, none of them would make my ultimate top 10 list. Project Hail Mary would come close. A couple would definitely make my Bottom 10, that’s for sure. But you like what you like and don’t let anyone tell you different.

[@BiblioTheory]

You're speaking some truth! What's a few of your top picks so I can check them out?

[@j.j.5731]

Have some recommendations for you. The Mote In God's Eye - Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle. One of the best first contact stories. The language is dated but easy to get past. I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream - Harlan Ellison The Jaunt - Stephen King The Children Of Time - Adrian Tchaikovsky The Dying Earth - Jack Vance The Blue World - Jack Vance The Broken Sword - Poul Andersen The Gap Cycle series - Stephen Donaldson

[@BiblioTheory]

This is a fantastic list! Thank you so much for putting them all here. I really want to read more Tchaikovsky, I really think I will love his books.

[@RayRay-ze7yl]

i have been trying to find a hardcover version of Howling Dark for months now with no luck, I'm only missing that one to complete my series.

[@BiblioTheory]

I was lucky enough to get into the Sun Eater craze when HD was still available on Amazon 😅 Have you checked out the Diamond Edition? I'm pretty sure Howling Dark will get that treatment right after Disquiet Gods comes out

[@MohamedMElbadwihi]

I'm curious what you think of The Black Cloud by Fred Hoyle and Dragon's Egg by Robert Forward

[@BiblioTheory]

I can tell you honestly I have not heard of these two! Putting both in my Goodreads TBR!

[@MohamedMElbadwihi]

@@BiblioTheory Awesome! I hadn't heard of them either till I heard them by chance in the middle of a debate, and then years later a dear friend of mine happened to have read these exact two. Black Cloud is under 200 pages and is a quick read, while the other is a little longer!

[@havocmaverick]

I read the first sun eater and most of book two.I had to DNF, I just did not like it. It was slow and he went into detail on things that would be useless in the future. The main character was basically a different character in book two and we never seen a character arch. These books were frustrating and I will never read them.

[@dominikschneeweihs9538]

Aliens rule!

[@BiblioTheory]

You sir are the winner!! First ever to comment the description easter egg 🏆 Also, thanks for stopping by 🙏

[@psikeyhackr6914]

Daemon & Freedom by Daniel Suarez Should be taken more seriously than most SF. Look at what is going down in the real world.

[@BiblioTheory]

Just added him to my TBR! Appreciate the recommendation 🍻