TOP 10 SCIENCE FICTION BOOKS

These are the ten novels that have stayed with me the most/stuck in my head, that I continue to think about, years after reading them. While this isn't my top 10 favorite books, I did enjoy all of these and recommend them as strong reads for science fiction fans.
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Titles include the Vorkosigan Saga by Lois McMaster Bujold, Neuromancer by William Gibson, Diaspora by Greg Egan, Kindred by Octavia Butler, Hyperion by Dan Simmons, Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany, Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, and Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card.
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[@noeditbookreviews]

This is just the kind of video that got me started watching channels like this. It's such a good resource for people who are looking for the good stuff.

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks. Glad to hear that

[@secretsauceofstorycraft]

absolutely loved that count down. like wow.... reallly adds something to your video ;) GENIUS EDITING.

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thank you for your amazing edits on the countdown numbers. I couldn't have done it without you

[@SciFiScavenger]

Great list! I recently read Kindred and enjoyed it immensely, I want to read more. There's a few of your 10 there I haven't read, including Neuromancer, I must sort that out! Nice video. 👏

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks. I appreciate it. Kindred definitely stays with me. I'm currently re reading he book Parable of the Sower

[@HarryTo1]

Great timing for this video, I just finished Hyperion and Ender's Game last month and they are already two of my all time favourites. Also nice to see books I've never heard of on your favourites list, I've got more authors to look out for now!

[@FIT2BREAD]

awesome. will you continue on with Speaker for the Dead and Fall of Hyperion?

[@HarryTo1]

@@FIT2BREAD Absolutely, I got the Hyperion Omnibus because I knew it wasn't a completed story, so very excited to finish it. I will definitely read Speaker for the Dead, although I'm not always the biggest fan of sequels that greatly change from the first so I'll be curious to see what direction it goes.

[@michaeljdauben]

I've already read most of these, but I just picked up Diaspora earlier today. I'm looking forward to getting started!

[@FIT2BREAD]

I hope it blows you away

[@dalejones4322]

Great video. I love how it's not the typical top 10 so some other books get some recognition. Great job Michael

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks Dale

[@Kaolein]

Fantastic list. And again I could add 2 or 3 books to my wishlist and discovered new authors. Thank you very much.

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks. And thanks for commenting

[@bookssongsandothermagic]

Great video with some surprised in it!! - you’re always putting fantastic content on here. Love seeing the Ted Chaing book mentioned.

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks G

[@ramblingraconteur1616]

I’m definitely with you on Dhalgren, Kindred, and Neuromancer! I’ll have to check out the Vorkosigan Saga now.

[@FIT2BREAD]

awesome. I think you'll like Vorkosigan

[@YourQueerGreatAuntie]

Another great list, Michael / Kid! Some titles and authors here I have yet to encounter. Was interested that a MZB was on your list - I mostly remember her books as the kind of sword & sorcery books that were easy to get in the 80s. Had no idea that she has a murky story herself... Love that Kindred is on this list, and so interesting to hear your response to reading it. I feel like I've grown up (in mid-forties now) with SF as a genre of the cis-het white male. I've been overjoyed to find authors of colour in the genre, simultaneously raging that it has taken til the 2020s for me to discover them! I'm getting Hyperion from the library tomorrow - I'll finally be able to join in with the Sci Fi Alliance in talking about Simmons!

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks. Yeah, if I do a top 10 meaningful...Kindred will be in there as well. In my late forties I can relate having grown up with one type of scifi that us now evolving

[@RosLanta]

Every time I see you mention Vorkosigan I want to cheer, it gets so little recognition on BookTube. Memory is the one that stands out the most to me but Mirror Dance would probably be in the top 3

[@FIT2BREAD]

Awesome. I should have a stand alone Shards of Honor review out soon (with some Richard Marx music)

[@RosLanta]

@@FIT2BREAD looking forward to it!

[@mattrobson3603]

One of the things that I love about the Vorkosigan series is that they can be read on their own. I haven't read all of them, but the ones that I have work well enough as standalone stories that it almost doesn't really matter where you start or what order you read them in.

[@FIT2BREAD]

@mattrobson3603 great point. It's true for nearly all if them...sort of like The Culture...

[@materiagrix]

Hyperion and Hyperion and Dhalgren going straight to my 2024 TBR

[@FIT2BREAD]

Some solid 2024 reading. Hyperion is great, and I hope you'll let me know how Dhalgren goes. Obviously I love it, but I know it doesn't hit for everyone

[@PoorPersonsBookReviewer]

i read Bradleys "Saga of the Renunciates" trilogy set in the Darkover World and enjoyed it so much i bought the whole darkover series, then i found out about her life and crimes and haven't picked them up since. separating the art and the artist is something im struggling with on this one. Your recommendation reminded me that i will have to make a decision on this

[@FIT2BREAD]

Yeah u get it. Same conflict when I read Ender books

[@dougsundseth6904]

I agree with many of these. One outstanding exception is "Dhalgren". Dhalgren is probably on more lists of DNF'd SF novels than any other book from that era. It was a "notable" book when it was published, so nearly every serious SF fan bought it. Like many others, I dropped it as unreadable, in my case probably 75 pages after I should have given up on it. Good to know that there is a real audience for it, though. My equivalent list would include some of these as well as some part of: The Beastmaster, Star Guard, Pandora's Planet, Tactics of Mistake, Three Hearts and Three Lions, Hammer's Slammers, Starship Troopers, The Forever War, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, The Caves of Steel, On Basilisk Station, and The Gray Lensman. (I wouldn't _recommend_ The Gray Lensman, but I read it at exactly the right time, and it was perfect for me then.) All of those were very influential for me.

[@FIT2BREAD]

Doug, fess up! You know you are just trying to bury me in titles you know I haven't read, ha. Just kidding. I have to give you a hard time for not buying into the gospel of Dhalgren. My lord I love that book. It's one of the few that I desperately want other to love and to experience the way I do..but of course I know that isn't to be. I do have reviews of Caves of Steel and The Forever War on my channel. The Forever War review is pretty recent. Hammer Slammers has been on my radar for a while. Thanks for the comment (and the slander)!

[@dougsundseth6904]

@@FIT2BREAD You have divined my nefarious plot. 😉

[@jerryB75]

Good list. One that that made me think was The Lathe of Heaven. I think it’s my favorite by Le Guin

[@FIT2BREAD]

I have to agree on that one. I like to recommend it as well

[@youtubeme7195]

commenting live in order of mention. 1) Love the entire series, and Miles bonding with his "brother" is great, when you learn marks story and it's difference from miles. Miles was a victim of a botched assassination attempt that was an all at once situation leading to difficulty. Mark was tortured to match miles history of malady's. It starts with a nepharious replacement tale, and finishes with a sad tale of a torturned man, who ends up finding the bond with their target or antagonist respectfully. 3) Darkover is a fascinating universe, but there is a lot of disturbing things throughout the series, and after learning what a terrible person she is they made perfect sense. ** Dune and Foundation are legend. 4) Neruomancer is great. Just great. I recomend it to anyone interested in the genre. It's not the first ever, but it's close to, and without a doubt the most significant contributors to the world. 6) I know I read Kindred, and I refuse to not finish a book. I will choose not to finish a series, but not an individual book, and I Know I read it, but it didn't stick with me. 8) Enders Game was written to create the back story for Speaker for The Dead.. Both books are great, and it sticks with you, especially if you read it as a young man, particularly a boy, at the right development to be able to appreciate the various complexities that exist in both books. And Orson largely had a rather bland, yet dense and fulfilling way of writing. The passion was almost sterile, but it was steril for a purpose. No reason to comment on Strange New World. However you feel about it, it doesn't matter, it's so built into the zeitgeist that there is really no way to describe it without interfering with the things that people think they already know, though what they know is faulty. You just have to read it to get it, and what is being described is not the least bit complex, it's all in your face.

[@FIT2BREAD]

Great comment thanks. Appreciate these thoughts.

[@youtubeme7195]

@@FIT2BREAD sorry brave new world. duh on me.

[@sylvanyoung]

Foster . I have the Daw part 3 . Can it be read without 1 and 2 . The Dark Over series is ok . Cant go wrong with Gibson , he requires a bit of patience but well worth the read . TBR Hyperion and Dhalgren . Read both Orson Scott Card i not go beyond those first two . Twice seeing . Some type or anomly 😂😂 . Or sf effect 😂😂 . Thank for the list (s)

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks yeah. I think Darkover just sticks with me because of it being an early read for me. But I think people will like it. Sorry about the double video. Editing error. I'm hoping it will fix in a few minutes

[@jakubskonieczny5750]

Books that stick with me (no particular order) 1. The Rediscovery Of Man Cordwainer Smith 2. Hearts, hands, voices Ian McDonald 3. Flowers for Algernon 4. City and the Stars Clarke 5. Permutation City Greg Egan 6. Essential Ellison 7. Dog's Star Heller 8. Hyperion (favourite book) 9. Baroque Cycle Neal Stephenson or maybe Anathem. 10. From recent ones: Passage Connie Willis.

[@FIT2BREAD]

Great list. Baroque Cycle Def would be in this top 20 I think for me. And u have a boutique 6 more in there that I love, and a couple I've missed. I love McDonald but haven't read Hearts...

[@mondostrat]

William Gibson starts with the vivid imagery from the first sentence: "The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel."

[@FIT2BREAD]

Tough to beat

[@jeremyfee]

Oh I was thinking sticky like oozes or oils or melted ice cream, weird alien stuff, LOL, but this was wonderful. :)

[@FIT2BREAD]

That's just how I draw u in Jeremy. We call that bait and switch (in the business)

[@jackwalter5970]

Mine include Engine Summer by John Crowley, Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban and The Sheep Look Up by John Brunner.

[@FIT2BREAD]

Sheep look up could def be subbed into my list. Great choice

[@LiterateTexan]

My daughter and I are buddy reading Kindred this month.

[@FIT2BREAD]

oh great. I'm going to have my kids read it soon too

[@taleroandres]

YES, for Hyperion! Such a great book.

[@FIT2BREAD]

Too soon to re read it...but...I want to re read it

[@suryanarayanan1769]

I was confused Neuromancer or Snowcrash by Neal Stephenson which one i should start reading in Cyberpunk genre?!

[@FIT2BREAD]

Both are great. I'd read Gibsons short story Burning Chrome first, then Neuromancer. The Snow Crash

[@FrankOdonnell-ej3hd]

totally agree with u about neuromancer though some of it feels a little dated now still trying to get thru diaspora but it's heavy going but u were correct to put brave new world at number one it's more prescient than 1984 and in some ways even scarier also would recommend lexicon by australian author whose name can't recall⚛😀

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks. I've had Lexicon on the edges of my radar

[@LiterateTexan]

I didn't know this about Marion Zimmer Bradley. I wonder how much time I'll spend on the Internet reading about this today.

[@FIT2BREAD]

Yeah was very surprising...dont get too distracted tho!

[@LiterateTexan]

@@FIT2BREAD ugh. The section in her Wikipedia article was plenty.

[@Wallabylullaby]

Is it supposed to play twice?

[@FIT2BREAD]

oh man. no! was only supposed to play once. big editing fail. hopefully I've fixed it

[@garthok6224]

subject for you: Movies that ruined the book. It gonna be interesting to read the original. I just read The Martian and the movie it was pretty accurate. One example is I Robot...

[@FIT2BREAD]

Totally echo I rbot/caves of steel. Was definitely happy with the Martian, Contact, and Minority Report.

[@welitonE3]

I WANT TOP 250 BOOKS!!!!!!!!!!! 10 HOURS VIDEO, MINIMUM!

[@FIT2BREAD]

210 wasn't enough!!? I'll see what I can do

[@welitonE3]

It was, but I keep rewatching this kind of videos, they are almost infinite because when I finish I've forgot the begginnig.@@FIT2BREAD

[@chrisconnors7418]

I’ll have find Mirror Dance. Don’t think I’ve read it before. I started Caliban (Asimov short story turned into a novel by McBride(?)). I’m liking the ideas but all the characters seem the same. They’re all good at discerning hidden truths from what was spoken or not spoken. The writing seems dated too. Each character is given a description in some way, either through someone else’s eyes or through the characters internal monologue, which seems forced. I don’t look in a mirror and comment upon what I see. Nor do I run through a list of my features and type of intelligence just as I’m about to interview or be interviewed. Feels like a stage play at times. Characters are one dimensional too. No nuance,

[@chrisconnors7418]

Oops. Posted by mistake. But I’m liking one of the concepts such as, is it worthwhile to get rid of a belief if that belief is what makes society function even though they belief is flawed to false? I can see how this plays into religion and there’s even two main groups who could pass for religious people vs non-religious/evangelical atheists complete with the factions who see different ways of achieving their goals. Without bringing in religion and the supernatural the author(s) are still discussing it by proxy.

[@FIT2BREAD]

what if as a goof, we do that...look in the mirror and start commenting (when nobody is around of course...)

[@Roondawg_Valhalla]

Hope you like 🧹 s

[@HarryTo1]

Great timing for this video, I just finished Hyperion and Ender's Game last month and they are already two of my all time favourites. Also nice to see books I've never heard of on your favourites list, I've got more authors to look out for now!

[@FIT2BREAD]

thanks. I'll double up on replies :) I wanted to distinguish the top 10 from other top 10ish stuff I've done. i thought the "sticky" label was a neat way to talk about some books I might not otherwise mention

[@HarryTo1]

@@FIT2BREAD sorry for the double comment! I agree, it definitely distinguished itself from other booktuber's lists where you'll see the same 10 classics, which is why I always appreciate your unique opinion!