Top 10 Best Selling Sci-Fi Books Ever!

Today we’re celebrating the top 10 best-selling sci-fi books of all time, exploring their massive popularity, and enduring impact.
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0:00 - Intro
1:25 - 10. "The Martian" by Andy Weir and "2001: A Space Odyssey" by Arthur C. Clarke
3:29 - 9. "Stranger in a Strange Land" by Robert A. Heinlein
4:45 - 8. "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley
6:03 - 7. "Ender’s Game" by Orson Scott Card
7:28 - 6. "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury
9:02 - 5. "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglas Adams
10:30 - 4."Foundation" by Isaac Asimov
12:08 - 3. "Dune" by Frank Herbert
13:57 - 2. "1984" by George Orwell
15:32 - 1."The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
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MY SCI-FI NOVELS
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DELPHINE DESCENDS
After her family is killed and her homeworld occupied, young Kathreen Martin is sent to the distant world of Furoris for re-education. She will live the rest of her life as a serf - to be bought and sold as a commodity of the Imperial Network.
When her only chance of escape is ruined, a chance mistaken identity offers her a new life as the orphaned daughter of a First-Citizen Senator and heiress to a vast fortune.
She vows to claw her way into power to sit among the worlds’ elite. Then, with her own hands, she will reap bloody vengeance on them all.
But to beat them, she must play their game. And she must play it better than them all.
BLACK MILK
Prometheus has the chance to bring his wife back from the dead, but doing so will mean the destruction of Earth.
Spanning time, planets and dimensions, Black Milk draws to a climactic point in a post-apocalyptic future, where humanity, stranded with no planet to call home, fights to survive against a post-human digital entity that pursues them through the depths of space.
Five lives separated by aeons are inextricably linked by Prometheus’s actions:
Ystil.3 is an AI unit sent back in time from the distant future to investigate Prometheus’s discovery...
The mysterious Lydia has devoted her life to finding a planet that the last remaining humans can call home…
Tom Jones (he’s a HUGE fan!) is an AI trapped inside a digital subspace, lost and desperate to find his way back to his beloved in real-time…
Dr Norma Stanwyck is a neuroscientist from 24th Century Earth whose personal choices ripple throughout time...
Prometheus must learn the necessity of death or the entire universe will be swallowed by his grief.
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[@Sci-FiOdyssey]

09:10 🤦‍♂️or it could be 42!

[@stevens-universe]

He did say "may be" lol

[@MattMcQueen1]

Out by one error. Must be using a zero based array or something 🙂

[@5395Media]

Must have been calculated by a Sirius Cybernetics version of Deep Thought. A pain in all the diodes down its left side.

[@petarnovakovich240]

He obviously hasn't read it.

[@darinsingleton3553]

Hey! I got to be the 42nd person to click like on your correction ... .. pretty sure that will have vast cosmic implications for me in the near future ...

[@dandelves]

Surprised not to see War of the Worlds or Day of the Triffids

[@SteampunkEngineering]

Interesting list... I have read them all - some of them many times - and am rather surprised at some of the rankings. I think what *really* surprised me was that none of the works of either H.G. Wells or Jules Verne made it into the top ten.

[@richardfox4803]

The Hunger Games is the best selling SF book. What sick and twisted dystopian universe have I stumbled into !

[@markkavanagh7377]

Hang in there, Fahrenheit 451 is coming!

[@commentarytalk1446]

In another universe in a different language it's known by another name: Une Battle Royale With Cheese.

[@richardfox4803]

@@markkavanagh7377 I thought that, but thought it best not to say it out aloud.🤭

[@richardfox4803]

@@commentarytalk1446 Not Fortnite-lite ?

[@commentarytalk1446]

@@richardfox4803 Masayuki Taguchi 's novel "Battle Royale" also adapted into a Manga and Film (all excellent). Should add have no hard feelings about Hunger Games: Does what it set out to do successfully but the premise is explored in a superior form elsewhere, imo.

[@rodneykelly8768]

09:02 1/137 is the true answer to the question of the meaning of life.

[@commentarytalk1446]

Overall another interesting list of good books (ideas, stories and writing). Good to see that plenty of people enjoy these in these good books and even Hunger Games while a little lighter than the others is still drawing younger readers into exploring ideas and enjoying stories. I'd recommend The Forever War if anyone stumbles across this list searching for all 3 qualities done very well in a single sci-fi book.

[@jor-el1298]

I haven't read Hunger Games. I can live with that.

[@stevens-universe]

It's pretty chill for a YA novel

[@bookspin]

I'm pretty sure The Three-Body Problem should be in this list. I saw an article from 2020 which stated over 8 million copies have been sold (not sure if that figure refers to just the first book or the trilogy as a whole).

[@nishthagupta1357]

EXACTLY! He always skips this amazing trilogy in every video

[@lanszoominternet]

I was 14 when “Stranger in a Strange Land” came out. 14 when “Dune” came out. I was already a Sci-Fi fan. These books had a profound effect on my world view. I have also read all the books on this list and many more. Some of my favorite authors are not represented on this list. Top would probably be .Philip K. Dick who wrote so many stories that have become major motion pictures and had serious social impact way beyond the sales figures of his books.

[@DocZom]

I do agree, but understand that Dick has always been a niche author, not as popular as Heinlein or Herbert. I want to know where is Verne, or Wells? Surely they have sold plenty of books.

[@lslusa]

I was genuinely surprised by number one. And then, I remembered all the scenes in the films, where the character is forced to communicate something against their will, and unable to ask for help, they signal it by saying something blatantly false or weird, so the one they talk to realize they don't speak sincerely...

[@jktomas]

41? :D That was so unexpected I almost fell out of my chair.

[@Sci-FiOdyssey]

I’m a rebel 🤣

[@jamesbarker7459]

Like most of the commentators I have read them all, apart from the Hunger Games and Enders Game. I think the reason some of the older Sci Fi authors are not in the list is due to the plethora of second hand book shops that were everywhere. Most of my Sci Fi was done at the library and the S/H book stores. I would buy a hand full for 0.25 p each, read and return them for half price and buy more. The books from the authors I liked I kept. E E doc Smiths' the Lensman series. Everything by Heinlein. Loved Asimov specially his shorts, Christmas on Ganymede being one. Some A.C. Clarke, his City and the Stars was very prophetic considering it was written in the 1950's . A.E. van Vogt's Voyage of the Space Beagle and the Wizard of Lin.

[@holygooff]

Nice list! Could you make a list of Sci-fi books that are originally not in English?

[@sofadhana1289]

This could be very interesting

[@Sci-FiOdyssey]

That's a great idea!

[@bookspin]

I have a similar video idea I made awhile back, my top 10 sci-fi novels in translation

[@barryvercueil2346]

Oh man!!!!! I've read them all except number 1. Excellent video. Cheers.

[@davidpalmer4184]

The number 1 book is the only one I have not read. The other 9 I have read many times over and I love them all. Thank you for the trip down memory lane.

[@thewriterstuff]

I'm amazed that the Hunger Games is #1. Maybe because it's a YA like Harry Potter which I'm sure would be #1 among fantasy novels.

[@narrativedude]

Excellent information. I’m curious about Bradbury and how his political shifts later in his life affected sales of the book. If I recall correctly, he shifted toward conservatism and Reaganism. I need to look it up, but he walked back the theme of his influential. I wonder if the political shift attracted more or less sales. Or if it was even noticed. Thanks for the brilliant work. Your channel is one of my favorites.

[@chuckupd]

I am pleased to report that I've read all of these books with the single exception of Hunger Games. No plans to read that any time soon.

[@LaurindaBellinger]

I have not read Hunger Games because I think of it as YA. No HG Wells' "Time Machine"? I'm surprised by Hunger Games being SF and the lack of any HG Wells.

[@Robgra]

My local libraries give a running total each year how much money I save by checking out rather than buying the physical books I read. Unfortunately, they don’t include the e-book totals

[@treefarm3288]

Thanks for the video and insightful comments! I have read all of these except The Martian and The Hunger Games. You can't forget 1984 and Frankenstein. Dune is worth re-reading, but Banks and Hamilton have exceeded Herbert in world-building. I didn't get the joke about 41 instead of 42, but William Tenn is another of the few humourous sci-fi writers. I have no plan to read The Hunger Games.

[@captainmoky]

I've read them all, except Hunger Games

[@Tikkaspecial]

Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary is waaay better than The Martian, IMO.

[@distantearth]

I think the sales of 2001 seem very underestimated. Noting that it is also a series of 4 books.

[@danishfauna3398]

I own quite a lot of these titles but all of them bought in secondhand stores... I guess that doesn't count? I think a lot of the older titles have been sold/bought again and again.

[@gerrimilner9448]

surprised not to see The Midwich Cuckoos, or anything by john wyndham on this list

[@stevens-universe]

I enjoyed The Martian film more than the book, but maybe I'm biased by Matt Damon

[@Monkey-fv2km]

I've not read the hunger games, and maybe it's because I'm really old but it seems like it doesn't belong with these other titles.

[@rachelthompson9324]

I've read 8 out of the ten and I'm not interested in the other two. thanks for sharing. I'm surprised Kurt Vonnegut wasn't on it

[@richardbenitez1282]

I vaguely remember hype about Hunger games. I think I saw a movie regarding such. It caused me to move away from sci-fi. I started reading all these euro classics.

[@michaelpurtell4741]

Have read them all and enjoyed them all except …Stranger in a strange land read it when I was young Hated it… gave it another go 20 years later and still hated it . Oh well can’t please everyone. PS strictly speaking 2001 was a movie first then a book

[@mickles1975]

The Martian is good but the book Andy published after that is so much better.

[@PiJAlois]

42! its 42!

[@j.dunlop8295]

I've been Groking SF now for fifty years, its the twinkle in God's eye of possible futures, alternatives? LoL 😅

[@randomnickify]

I think its bit unfair to count sales of all three Hunger Games books and not counting sequels to Space Odyssey or all - like twenty something - Dune books :)

[@nelkosme3734]

The answer to Life, the Universe and Everything is 42!

[@patrickwheeler5701]

aw yeah i love suzanne ' i never herd of ''battle royal'' ' collins

[@TheRealPaulMarshall]

Owning all of the others, must I now bring myself to read what I thought was only a crude pastiche on 'Battle Royale'? Having checked, I see that my tiny local library has four copies. Might as well give it a go, I suppose. I hope it's better than I expect from the trailers.

[@j.dunlop8295]

What Is the Most Banned Book in America? For all time, the most frequently banned book is 1984 by George Orwell. However Yevgeny Zyamatin's We. We was published in English in 1924, and reviewed by Orwell in the Tribune Magazine in 1946; 1984 was not published until 1949. Yes, it is Zyamatin not Orwell who has the honor of being a groundbreaking dystopian novelist. It's similar to 1984!

[@michaelking9818]

The three body problem must of sold millions?

[@daveac]

What! '41' I think you have lost a marble ;-)

[@Sci-FiOdyssey]

Yup definitely lost a marble 🤣

[@richardfox4803]

@@Sci-FiOdyssey Belgium, you've completely lost your towel boy !

[@jasperdoornbos8989]

@@richardfox4803on camera?

[@olliverklozov2789]

No DELPHINE DESCENDS? An outrage! Currently enjoying it - can't rate it yet. I'm only on page 42!

[@Sci-FiOdyssey]

Awesome! Hope you enjoy it! 👌

[@brettrobson5739]

No mention of Wells or Verne. Find that difficult to believe.

[@cotidiemorior]

The Bible is best selling sf ever xd

[@adityakatiyar616]

The Three Body Problem should be on this list

[@richardfox4803]

It hasn't been around that long, let's see the figures again after the TV series drops. Sales are quoted at 8 million, 6.5 of those in China.

[@skyden84]

I believe it's the Best Selling books list, not the best books. There is no chance that The Hunger Games is better than The Three Body Problem or Hyperion. But in terms of sales, it's higher.

[@dixieflatline1189]

Its interesting to see peoples reaction to no1, but i agree its sci-fi even if i would never read a YA novel. I do question “best selling” book lists though. Best selling according to who? The data such that you can find it is not consistent by geography, year, reissue, platform or publisher. You may as well use Wikipedia or goodreads and just not put any numbers on “sales”. Even then its not going to be accurate

[@charlesbrentner4611]

I believe it's 42 not 41.

[@sofadhana1289]

Hunger Games is scifi? Never read it, honest question.

[@relvar3158]

41?

[@DocZom]

I would not include 1984, Hunger Games, or F 451 in a list of science fiction. They are predictive, dystopian, speculative fiction with no real science connections. Why not include LOTR in the group? Arguably creating rings of power requires some form of science. (No, I would not include it in the list, just saying.) Remove those three from the list and perhaps we might see some time tested sci-fi classics, like something from Verne or Wells. If you are including sales figures for series, could ERB''s Martian series have made the list?

[@richardrichardhaleysguitar8810]

Bible says swearing is wrong

[@km-bo3zx]

Should this be labeled “The 11 Best Selling…..”?

[@daviddonovan1289]

42 not 41.

[@IRosamelia]

The dianetics book by L. Ron Hubbard isn't on this list? Seriously? I mean, I know it's unethical af, but still... Well, I won't say you don't have a sense of morality Darrell.

[@Sci-FiOdyssey]

Hmmm I’ll check that out! You got me interested with it being unethical 😀

[@superflan7812]

Ha Ha Ha yes the Cheesiest Battle Royale Rip off

[@trhansen3244]

Ugh. The Hunger Games stinks.

[@navalinfantry2009]

The Hunger Games are #1? They're teen-lit trash....

[@wynandl.oberholzer1702]

Where is Hyperion?????