TOP 210 Science Fiction Books

Top 210 Science Fiction Books and Book Recommendations
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3:20 Mr. Sci Fi Marc Zicree (Writer/Producer - Space Command)
5:10 S.A. Barnes (Author/Dead Silence)
8:00 Chloe ‪@ThistleVerse‬
9:30 *Music Intro - Ashley ‪@BookishRealm‬
10:35 Thomas ‪@SFF180‬
11:50 *Music Intro - Saajid ‪@booksaremysociallife‬
13:40 Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki (Author)
17:45 & 19:10 Gareth ‪@bookssongsandothermagic‬
21:25 ‪@ConnorStompanato‬
22:40 Peter ‪@P.EnglishLiterature‬
24:25 Sarah Pinsker (Author/ We Are Satellites)
27:55 Steven Barnes (Author/Lion’s Blood, co-author Legacy of Heorot)
31:45 Gareth Powell (Author/Embers of War & Stars and Bones)
34:15 Meonicorn ‪@TheBookishLand‬
37:35 Kristen & Asia ‪@plotswithatwist4602‬
40:25 *Music Intro - Erica ‪@the_broken_spine‬
41:55 Fun Intro ‪@Johanna_reads‬
43:50 ‪@KristenelleSFFReader‬
44:40 Wole Talabi (Author/The Regression Test)
49:18 & 1:40:48 Noah ‪@EveryoneWhoReadsitMustConverse‬
51:00 *Music Intro - ‪@JessOwens‬
55:25 *Music Intro - Jay ‪@CapturedInWords‬
59:28 Cat Rambo (Author/You Sexy Thing)
1:01:42 Larry ‪@LarryHasOpinions‬
1:02:24 *Music Intro - ‪@B.LEE.DbrianleedurfeeREVIEWS‬
1:03:55 *Music Intro - ‪@mikesbookreviews‬
1:05:52 Saajid ‪@booksaremysociallife‬
1:07:37 Rachel Aukes (Author/Waymaker Wars Series)
1:08:56 ‪@DaisyXMachina‬
1:10:36 ‪@dinithireads‬
1:12:43 *Music Intro ‪@BeautifullyBookishBethany‬
1:14:24 ‪@BeautifullyBookishBethany‬
1:15:30 Shade ‪@coffeebookshelves5919‬
1:16:40 Isis Asari - SistahSciFi.com (get your scifi books here)
1:17:22 David Brin (Author/Startide Rising, The Postman, & Foundation’s Triumph)
1:18:26 Greg Bear (Author/Blood Music, Eon, & Foundation and Chaos)
1:19:07 Isis Asari - SistahSciFi.com
1:22:25 *Music Intro - ‪@michaelk.vaughan8617‬
1:25:49 Message from Linda Nagata (Author/Inverted Frontier Series)
1:28:09 Sonali ‪@TheMelodramaticBookworm‬
1:29:10 ‪@libraryofaviking‬
1:30:37 Rachel Aukes (Author/The Deadland Saga)
1:33:07 ‪@marvinflores8796‬ (Physicist)
1:34:50 Ian McDonald (Author/River of Gods & The Dervish House)
1:35:44 ‪@mikesbookreviews‬
1:37:50 Peggy ‪@thecontentednarrative1992‬
1:39:56 Jonathan ‪@WordsinTime‬
1:43:46 ‪@alexnieves‬
1:45:45 *Music Intro - Marc Zicree - ‪@MrSciFi‬ (Writer for Twilight Zone, etc.)
1:45:45 Steven Barnes briefly (Iconic author)
1:48:45 Adam Roberts (Author/Jack Glass & The Thing Itself)
1:52:33 Ian McDonald (Acclaimed Author/Desolation Road & The Dervish House)
1:55:00 Dennis E. Taylor (Author/We Are Legion)
1:56:31 Gareth Powell
1:59:50 Peter Watts (Author/Blindsight & Echopraxia)
2:00:29 *Music Intro - Adrian Tchaikovsky (Author/Children of Time)
2:01:53 Greg Bear (Legendary, Multiple Hugo & Multiple Nebula Award Winning Author)
2:05:05 John Wiswell (Nebula Award winner)
2:06:47 ‪@EpicTalez‬
2:07:46 *Music Intro - Angela ‪@LiteratureScienceAlliance‬
2:10:02 Steven Barnes (Wrote Legacy of Heorot w/ Niven and Pournelle)
2:12:45 ‪@JessOwens‬
2:13:48 ‪@marvinflores8796‬
2:17:04 Jimmy ‪@thefantasynuttwork‬
2:15:35 Angela ‪@LiteratureScienceAlliance‬
2:19:29 ‪@Johanna_reads‬
2:21:32 Ashley ‪@BookishRealm‬
2:22:47 ‪@WordsinTime‬ (if you want to call that singing…)
2:24:33 *Musical Intro - Shey ‪@HeyItsShey‬
2:25:47 NYT Best Selling Author, Douglass E. Richards
2:26:16 *Music Intro ‪@michaelk.vaughan8617‬
2:27:31 *Music Intro - Wole Talabi (Author/Incomplete Solutions)
2:34:21 Premee Mohamed (Nebula Award Winning Author)
2:36:50 Peter Watts (Author/Starfish, Firefall & Blindsight)
2:38:04 Liene ‪@LienesLibrary‬
2:40:39 Ian McDonald (PKD, Locus, Multiple BSFA,Hugo Award Winning Author)
2:44:18 *Music Intro - Peter Watts (Hugo Award Winning Author/The Island)
2:45:54 Liene ‪@LienesLibrary‬
2:47:43 Imraan Coovadia (Author/A Spy in Time)
2:48:10 Jose Pablo Iriarte (Author/ Proof by Induction)
2:50:29 *Musical Intro - Liene ‪@LienesLibrary‬ (joint presenting…)
2:50:43 Comic Intro - Erik ‪@BreakevenBooks‬
2:52:42 ‪@Bookpilled‬
2:54:12 *Fun Intro - “Jointly” again, ‪@LienesLibrary‬ & ‪@BreakevenBooks‬
2:56:52 *Music Intro - Surprise Guest - Can You Believe it!? Dr. Fantasy??
2:57:54 Parody (Brave New World-Soma Coma)
2:59:34 ‪@CamReeds‬
2:59:55 Author Wole Talabi
3:01:33 ‪@Bookpilled‬
3:02:25 John Wiswell
3:03:20 ‪@B.LEE.DbrianleedurfeeREVIEWS‬
3:05:20 Author Imraan Coovadia
3:09:07 John ‪@rammelbroadcasting‬
3:10:14 * Music Intro & Surprise Guest (MDC)
3:16:01 Peter Watts
3:22:11 Cory Doctorow - Award Winning Author/Little Brother
3:23:11 * Music Intro and Surprise Guest (Shades of…)
3:25:34 THE TOP 10
3:25:48 ‪@MediaDeathCult‬
3:27:39 * Comic Intro & Surprise Guest (Shades of...)
3:28:39 Peter Watts
3:30:02 Alaya Dawn Johnson (Nebula & World Fantasy Award winning Author)
3:35:43 & 3:37:26 Greg Bear
3:38:13 Farewell from 3x Hugo Award Winner David Brin
*Singing performed by Rocky Sams
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‪@TheShadesofOrange‬
‪@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy‬​

[@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy]

Incredible! Congratulations on successfully completing this massive project, Mike! Also, thanks for inviting me to make a small contribution! Also, what a lovely introduction you gave me! 🤣

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks Dr. Fantasy. Thanks so much for pitching in

[@mikesbookreviews]

Thanks so much for asking me to be a part of this, my friend. Extremely well done!

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks Mike. Sorry you got eaten by the dinosaur... great reviews and thanks for the cameos

[@JamesMcCormickIV]

Dude, spread the word on this. Stumbled into it from a friend. Everyone should see this. It's incredible!

[@RKStumblingbear]

I love that your lists combines modern scifi and classics! And I liked all the cameos of booktubers and authors in this one. I can see how much work you put into this for us to enjoy. Thank you!

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks RK. That's what I liked the most. Everyone participating

[@CapturedInWords]

This video is massive! Must have taken so long to put together, but I'm happy I got to be part of it! Great job!

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks Jay. It's all part of my plan to get you to read more SciFI so I can see it on your channel ;)

[@dresdenjackshula4940]

I feel like I am watching a movie or documentary about science fiction books. This is unbelievable. And the talent . Wow

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks DJS

[@bookssongsandothermagic]

I’ve watched the first hour and ten minutes and it’s just so epic and fantastic. So brilliantly done. Your videos are so well put together and there’s always content to make you want to take notes. Thanks so much for including me in it - honoured to be a part of it. When I’ve watched it all I will probably write another comment. Mike, this is very special.

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks Gareth

[@VickIngInTheSky]

The books, the KZbinrs, the songs, the backgrounds, the editing, the t-shirts! All perfectly well wrapped in an incredible video. And now my TBR is exploding. 🎆🎇🎆

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks M. Hope u find some good stuff

[@endymionsrage]

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[@user-mc9sg9fw3w]

Thank you for making this video! There are so many awesome sounding books you listed that I have never heard of and probably never would have if not for this.

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks B, I'm glad. I hope u find some good ones

[@sciencefictionreads]

Congratulations on completing this Michael! Can't wait to watch it over the weekend!

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks SFR

[@carlosandino5524]

Well done, Sir. What a wonderful community we share. It is a testament for you to help bring it together!

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks Carlos. I appreciate it

[@brooke5258]

This is so incredible. Gonna watch in chunks. Looking forward to the recs!

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks Brooke. Hope you find some good stuff

[@P.EnglishLiterature]

Congratulations, Michael. This's a lot of work, I can imagine how long it takes you to get to it. You're a fantastic science-fiction reader, analyst, and critic. I do enjoy your channel and it's a pleasure to be a friend and to be part of this amazing project. You're a diamond!

[@FIT2BREAD]

Glad we are freind Peter. Thanks

[@froscampelo]

Standing ovation!!! 👏👏💪💪 Your work is massive, respectful, fun celebratory, inclusive, original and engaging!!!🤗

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks FFC

[@nicholasedens]

Watched the whole thing and even added some to my TBR. Thanks so much for a fun video with some great recommendations!

[@FIT2BREAD]

Nick you are a trooper. Thanks for watching. Let me know if you find an eventual "new favorite" read from it

[@Johanna_reads]

Wow, Michael! It's going to be a while before I watch finish watching the video, but I'm already blown away by the quality, creativity, and everyone’s contributions! Thanks again for inviting me to be part of this! 🤩

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks J. Loved your segments on time machine and Dune messiah. Your cartoon was the final peice of the puzzle before I could upload :)

[@bookladyreads]

This video is epic! I love the recommendations and the songs. 😂 Thanks for putting this together. It’s a great resource.

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks I'm glad u also liked the music

[@TheShadesofOrange]

Lol omg I love my intro... thank you Michael for putting together this massive project

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks, your song was the first one I came up with...I also have it stuck in my head :)

[@fiberartsyreads]

This was excellent!! So many books I need to get to from this list. Thanks so much for putting this epic video together.

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks Crystal and thanks for aharing

[@MarcelaBellyDance]

This is an absolutely amazing video!!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Thank you so much.

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thank you Marcela. I'm glad you enjoyed it

[@madmaxisnow]

Just wow. This is a monumental list of varying works. I personally appreciate the time and effort you put into this. I plan to work my way down this list.

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks James. Let me know here later if you've run into anything on the list you end up loving

[@madmaxisnow]

@@FIT2BREAD I definitely will.

[@reneeelich4893]

This is epic! So happy to see a few of my favs on here.

[@FIT2BREAD]

So many favorites. Thanks

[@EpicTalez]

🤯🤯 This video is a work of art. I’ll use this as a reference for sure. I am so inspired.

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks for being part of it Talezy. Love your Sea of Rust presentation

[@blueblack9067]

Thank you for creating that feat of a video for the SciFi and book lovers community, Michael. I know it's a list I'm gonna come back and refer to many times.

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks blue. Stick around for the very ending, I think you'll enjoy the final two guests

[@JamesMcCormickIV]

This is EPIC. Really hope more people find this vid. It's excellent!

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks James

[@joinbookland]

Wow, this is impressive! I can't imagine how much time this took to put together. I'll definitely be referring to this list for future reads.

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks jo

[@Alchimystic]

Amazing video, the best top sci-fi book video anyone could hope for. Imensity, diversity and a lot of book passion in a 3h40m long video that reads like a thriller. Great idea of inviting all these fellow reviewers and writers, some of which i was already following. Thank you!

[@FIT2BREAD]

Aww thanks Carlos

[@perrywakefield1698]

Great video. I think this is my TBR for the next 4 years.

[@FIT2BREAD]

Ha thanks Perry

[@alexnieves]

I'm super impressed by the effort and dedication you put into the video sir! Thanks again for including me and I look forward to your top 300!

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks Alex. If I do three hundred..you'll see me with Grey hair on the screen

[@libraryofaviking]

Congratulations on completing this incredible project! Truly impressive! Also, thank you so much for having me on the channel!

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks was great to have some viking power!

[@Shawna540]

Wow, just finished this epic video and it has me hyped to read some science fiction! Thanks!

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks Shawna. Stay in touch

[@ethanfuture]

I have to keep commenting while watching. The songs you made for Ashley, Jess, and Mike's Book Reviews are my favorite. Rolling on the floor

[@owly611]

Thank you for all the effort that you should have needed to create this highly scopeful video. So much useful and worth it. Extremely appreciated. 👌🏼

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thank you David

[@RukminiDMaria108]

This video is MASSIVE!!! I have to watch it all again! Thank you! 🎉

[@myosotis3058]

I'm watching and taking notes... thank you, this video is so so brilliant 😍😍😍

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thank you myosotis

[@yelisieimurai]

Wow what a great video! Huge amount of work. I think that’s the longest video that I ever watched on KZbin. And one of the best indeed.

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks a lot for the comment and compliment

[@sagarberoshi]

This video is something really special and so clearly a labor of love. Tons of valuable work went into this video, and I'm very grateful for it. There were loads of books in this list that were new to me, even after decades reading sci-fi. I quite loved the random musical interludes too. Very fun, and actually quite moving in parts, especially hearing some of our genre's greatest authors speaking about their influences.

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks Sagar. I really appreciate your comments. I spent a year on it, and it was worth it and I am proud of it for all of the reasons you noted. The music is meant to honor the people and the books they are linked to. I have a lot of respect and appreciation for all of the authors of books I've loved and there were def some moments that choked me up listening to authors.

[@BeautifullyBookishBethany]

I’m not far in yet but really fantastic job on this project! Such a great lineup of people and I’m discovering some new books to check out.

[@BeautifullyBookishBethany]

I love all the introductions 😂 The effort that clearly went into this is incredible. I’ll be back to watch the second half!

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks B3.

[@bookspin]

Bravo! Just finished watching. I love hearing all these book recommendations

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks Spin

[@ConnorStompanato]

what a video! havent watched too much yet but will definitely keep dipping in and out. thank you for including me 😊

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks Connor. Was glad you could do it

[@carlosbranca8080]

Great video! My No. 1 is Hyperion/Fall of Hyperion...but my No. 2 Childhood's End didn't even crack the 200s??? But great recommendations and love the humor, songs and contributions of the other booktubers. Excellent job, subscribed!

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks Carlos. Glad you liked it. I actually was on Stve Donogues channel yesterday talking about Childhoods End not being in my top ten :)

[@betaylor73]

Thank you for this intriguing list. Watching this has given me quite a few new titles for my reading list. There are some names I am surprised not to have seen: (in no particular order) Brian Aldiss, C.S. Lewis, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Neil Gaiman, David Lindsay, John Wyndham, Harlan Ellison, J.G. Ballard, Bruce Sterling, A.E. Van Vogt, H.P. Lovecraft, Roger Zelazny, Fritz Leiber, Richard Matheson

[@FIT2BREAD]

Brandon, thanks. Regarding those missing, the reason some are missing...from your list, most of what I've read from those authors is their short fiction, which I wasn't including. In the case of Burroughs, there's a number of books from him and others I liked but I just don't remember enough to really even blurb or recommend the work. Aldiss and Lovecraft, I haven't read them yet...Aldiss is one I want to get too. Gaiman, I like a lot, and I debated putting American God's on here because I loved it, but I really ruled out things I felt were more of a fantasy read rather than scifi. There was some sci fi fantasy on the list, but for American Gods...

[@christianmanthei4569]

This is a monumental effort, thank you! Very happy to be a new subscriber.

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks Christian!

[@lofilazy.]

It's really cool how this subset of KZbin always finds ways to interact with each other.

[@FIT2BREAD]

Great to bond over a love of books

[@nicktankard1244]

What a great video. I enjoyed it a lot. And the list is pretty solid. Thanks for putting this together.

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks Nick. I hope we had at least a few favorites in common

[@nicktankard1244]

@@FIT2BREAD definitely. A lot of them. Maybe in different positions but still. And I’m excited to read some of your favorites that I haven’t gotten to yet. Like Egan and Tchaikovsky.

[@FIT2BREAD]

@@nicktankard1244 I'd say go with Children of Time if you haven't read that yet. With list like this, I could take pretty much any book from mid list and move it into the top 20 and I'm still cool with it

[@nicktankard1244]

@@FIT2BREAD yeah I plan to read all three books in the Children series in November. I’m sure I will love it. Sounds like my thing. I agree that making a top list in order is very hard. So many good books and each one is amazing in its own way.

[@waltera13]

@@FIT2BREAD So, top ten w/ a 100 way tie for 11 & then the last hundred. Right! Got it!

[@RedFuryBooks]

I made it to the end! I loved seeing Foundation at that top - still my favorite sci-fi series, and now I want to do a reread! I'm reading Hyperion this month for the first time, so I'm very excited for that. Bravo on the huge achievement that is this video!

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks. It was a long process but it was really a lot of fun to do. I hope u really like Hyperion

[@marvinflores8796]

What a massive undertaking! Congratulations on this video Michael! The list really showcases the diversity not only of the scifi genre but the people involved, fans and authors alike! From now on, I’ll point to this video anyone who asks me where to start if they want to get into scifi! :)

[@FIT2BREAD]

Marvin, thanks. Thanks for being a part of this, I hope everyone sees the great physicist moments!

[@marvinflores8796]

@@FIT2BREAD honored to be part of this! Just hit me up if you need another scifi video in the future where I could be of help. :) I’d be happy to talk about topics ranging from “why audiobooks is limiting to scifi” to “the status of scifi genre in developing countries like mine (Philippines)” ;)

[@Kobsidian]

Wow! I absolutely LOVE what you've done here! I get three huge gifts from this: Introduction to so many fascinating prospects. I'll never exhaust all the possibilities. This video underscores, and leapfrog's off of, that most amazing potential in all great sci-fi to blow our minds, take us not just to where we've never been, but on to where we've never been able to even imagine a possibility of being. And there's the re-evoking of so many of those great reads of my past - too many to mention, but I want to mention them all! The ones I think of often, that have in some way stretched my ability to see; the ones I barely remember but which, when reminded through another's enthusiasm, come alive, in a way never exactly like it did before. And there are the ones I've re-read myself, and experienced in a whole new way, as though the last time it was a different book, making me realize that the difference is me being such a different person. But the best part of this was being introduced to this amazing community of PEOPLE! I didn't think I was going to appreciate the 'intrusions', but there are so many wonderful, beautiful, smart, interesting friends and guests all through this! I feel I've been introduced and welcomed into an entire community! WONDERFUL!!! Thanks to ALL of you beautiful people who shared your words, your faces, your thoughts. You warm up the internet considerably!

[@xMoac]

Impressive video , I have now a heap of books that I might read.

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks Moac. What do you think you will get to first?

[@TheBookishMom]

This was impressive! I imagine it was quite the editing experience but the video was SO good and I am loving these recommendations!

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks J. Did u get any good scifi reads in to finish out september?

[@TheBookishMom]

@@FIT2BREAD I did! A lot actually, just filmed my wrap up but I will say I really enjoyed Iron Widow!

[@FIT2BREAD]

@@TheBookishMom oh nice. I knew you'd like that. Can't wait for the wrap up

[@maddy0119]

Wow! I'll have to watch this in chunks but this is such a fun concept. Great job!

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks maddy

[@ohladysamantha]

this is such an impressive endeavor! I don't read that much sci-fi, but this is a great reference point for me as I dip my toes in more!

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks Samantha, many of the collaborators you see in the video also do genres besides SciFi, so those would be worth checking out.. happy new year

[@Jortecho]

Great work!!! I enjoyed your video a lot, even if it tooke me three views to finish it. I'm 52 now, and in my teens and 20's I read a lot of sci-fi (the few that reached South America). In the last years I've been reading more horror, but starting to returno to sci fi, and your channel has become one of my favorites. Greetings from Peru!!

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks Jose. Glad you found this. I hope there's a few recommendations on here for you. Thanks for watching

[@yolispinner6653]

This is a MASTERPIECE! Thank you for taking such care to make this video and including some of my favorite creators. As a newbie to the genre, I can't wait to jump into some of these books. Well done✨

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks Yoli. Let me know if I can be of any help along the way

[@LivingDeadEnby]

Awesome! I had to take a break after watching it before I was able to write a comment 😄 So many Booktubers I follow, even THE LEADER! And Adrian Tchaikowsky 🖤 Now I have the urge to read every book of this list that I haven't read yet but want to - at once. I need clones or a time machine. Very inspiring video, thank you for all the work!

[@FIT2BREAD]

Of course the leader had to be there. Your favorite part?

[@LivingDeadEnby]

@@FIT2BREAD The best thing was when you introduced our dear leader of the cult, being over and over interrupted by his interludes. This was the coolest thing ever! - Followed by Jonathan's adorable little Vonnegut song 😂

[@onurcaksu3145]

just finished the video. i'm high on sci fi delight. amazing work! bravo!

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks O. Always hi on scifi

[@Verlopil]

I came here from Moid's channel. This is an astounding thing, the ultimate countdown that every sf fan should watch. It doesn't matter what order the books are in, it's the community you brought together that makes it so fantastic.

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks. That's how I feel...it really celebrates the community...authors, fans, reviewers

[@thesunshineseekers]

WOW! This video is massive! Wasn’t expecting to see myself in this, now I know why you were snooping 😂 love it!

[@FIT2BREAD]

Ha, I'm glad you liked it. What would it be without the Sunshine Seekers!

[@eric8737]

Thanks for putting this list together. Random KZbin recommend, I'm putting it on 2x speed to find some new reads

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks Eric. I talk so fast I hope it doesn't drill a hole in your ears!

[@lisacole6037]

Wow! What a huge undertaking and what a wonderful job you did. 👏

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks Lisa

[@garthok6224]

Wow just minutes in and blown away already. Having authors talking about their works was a great surprise. Great work

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks Garthok. In reflection, I feel very fortunate to have had the opportunity to hear from some of these artists.

[@CosmicDreamz139]

Thank you Mike for organizing this video and thanks to everyone who participated in this.

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks Cosmic

[@BreakevenBooks]

Thanks for letting me take part in this really cool collaboration!

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks Erik. Love collabbing with you

[@BookishRealm]

Oh my gosh! This is so freaking brilliant! I love it!!!! ❤

[@FIT2BREAD]

That's how I feel when I see your livestreams

[@tmorgan3988]

Your intro song, Okay 😜😛🤪

[@WinterKnits]

This is amazing! Thank you so much

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks Joey

[@chrisconnors7418]

Finished. Michael, that was simply fantastic! Your passion for sci-fi books shines throughout. Thank you! I'll be looking for books by Alaya Dawn Johnson, Cory Doctorow (have Little Brother already), Wole Talabi, John Wisell, Imraan Coovadia, Brian Lee Durfee (have The Forgetting Moon), and Peter Watt's Starfish. The book that changed his life (The Sheep Look Up) also did the same for me as a teen. I started living a low environmental impact eco-conscious minimalist life-style decades before it became the "in" thing. As an adult, I refused to own a car till I had to get one when I was 40. I even went back to school to become a biologist so maybe I could do something to protect our world and the species within it. Watt's also reminds me of so many of my biology colleagues in his looks, mannerisms, speech, and the slightly jaded view of the world that comes when you're one of the people who can see a slow motion disaster that no-one else sees and who ignore your repeated warnings of the imminent approach of the disaster. It's like you're the person in a B-movie warning everyone about the monsters/aliens, but you're ignored by the town folk. If he was in a room with 10 non-biologists and you asked me who the biologist was, I'd pick him out of the crowd after a few minutes of watching and listening. One of your guests, Erik from Breakeven Books, was my classmate (I went back to school for a year to upgrade my IT skills). He recommended The Martian to me, and that got me back into reading fiction again. I'd gotten out of the habit as I was only reading nonfiction and journal articles for work-related purposes. And he's also the one who introduced me to booktubing. He was the first one I followed, then Rachel 2nd, then 3rd was some guy that Rachel featured on her channel--you may know him--he runs a fitness gym and has a talent for making creative videos and great lists of top books. ;) btw, I wanted to hear Moid's Peter Hamilton story. :) I think I've read most of the 210 list. I'm going to look for books that some of your guests have written now.

[@FIT2BREAD]

Wow that's wild about you and Erik. So glad you found this channel, love connecting with you. Moid has a full video up of his Hamilton interview, although the story he was about to tell on this video was just a fake out I think.

[@warrenford]

Well done, this is truly impressive, They shall sings songs of this in the great halls of valhalla Been following your channel for a while And love your enthusiasm And thank you

[@FIT2BREAD]

Ha thanks Warren.

[@melis8433]

This was amazing, thank you so much!

[@the_broken_spine]

I have no words for this. This was amazing. ❤

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thank you so much 😀

[@pajacsan]

Are you trying to ruin my TBR list? 😁 Thank you for all the work and love you put in this channel 💪

[@FIT2BREAD]

Yes. Yes I am :)

[@johnsaxongitno4life588]

All I can say is that I found your amazing channel and I am really excited about watching this video later on today please stay safe and enjoy your reading 📖 xxxxx

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks John. Hope you enjoy it

[@johnsaxongitno4life588]

@@FIT2BREAD no worries 😉 i will let you know

[@Satorotas89]

This is just an incredible piece of work

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks Liam

[@LizSchubert]

What a feat! Michael, this was enthralling, really and I’m not a Sci Fi fan! Having so many guests made it quite entertaining. Bravo and thank you 👏

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks Liz. Maybe u found some scifi books to try out?

[@austenishoss]

Holy, I know what I'm doing for the next several hours. Thanks Fit!

[@FIT2BREAD]

Ha thanks Austen...hey didn't I just see you somewhere...

[@austenishoss]

@@FIT2BREAD ha you can find me around. 😎 I appreciate y'all.

[@RosLanta]

I'm very glad to see Vorkosigan Saga on here (it would be near the top if I wrote a list!). My personal favourite of the books is Memory, the book absolutely blew me away.

[@FIT2BREAD]

Such a great series

[@trilingual3631]

I cannot believe I just watched three hours of this but now I have soooo many books on hold at the library.

[@FIT2BREAD]

In what languages, tri? :)

[@trilingual3631]

@@FIT2BREAD haha, just English for now! But I’d love to take a look at any Japanese translations, if available. (Dune has been translated in Japanese, for anybody who wants to read it.)

[@LiamsLyceum]

Oh my, that's a large video. Some great books though, and many I still need to read.

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks Liam. I hope you find some you love

[@darthandy6161]

Up to 100 for now. Will finish the rest soon. Incredible!

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks Andy

[@andreabauer4711]

Love this! So much passionate and thoughtful work has been put into it. Happy to see so many of my favorites, especially China Mieville and Connie Willis, and to see The Dispossessed in the top 10. Two people I missed seeing here: James Tiptree Jr. aka Alice Sheldon and Marge Piercy. Piercy's Woman on the Edge of Time was decades ahead of its time and her He, She and It is stunningly original.

[@FIT2BREAD]

I almost had Sheldon on the list...it was hard to cut anything or leave anyone off. I've featured her on the channel a few times since then tho. And thanks

[@RedFuryBooks]

So I watched #210-121 today - I'm beyond impressed with the amount of work that this took to put together! I'll continue and finish this eventually, but It deserves multiple comments along the way! I hadn't realized there was a Foundation sequel trilogy, so I definitely have to explore that. I'm really enjoying the video, although it'll wreak havoc on my TBR!

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks Josh. Sorry/not sorry about your tbr! ;)

[@RosLanta]

I've been slowly working through this video in small sections for a while and I still have a way to go, but wanted to finally comment and say thank you, I'm enjoying it and have discovered a few books which are new to me!

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks Emma

[@RosLanta]

@@FIT2BREAD I finished the video this afternoon! Loved it, thanks for all the effort you put into it.

[@derrisreaditbefore]

Finally had the alignment of time, energy, and monotonous task needed for my brain to to listen to this. Mike. You're a bloody legend.

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks Derri. I was thinking you'd probably more than most, recognize most of the faces :)

[@chrisconnors7418]

First hour done. I'll have to check out Steven Barnes books. The SG-1 episode he wrote/co-wrote was Brief Candle. I remembered it right away. I was looking at Erica's (The Broken Spine) bookshelves at 40:55. She has some great books on her shelves. I have many of them myself, so I'll look up the ones I don't have since our tastes in fiction and non-fiction seem similar. Loving this video so far, Michael! Thank you again for doing it. I'm putting each book into Excel as you and your guests mention it so I can track which ones I've not read yet. btw, bike ride went well (2 hrs 20 minutes worth, climbed the escarpment--ugh). Now Jupiter is calling; so I'm taking a break to set up my telescope so it'll have time to cool down to outside air temperature before Jupiter rises high enough to see. Otherwise, a room temp scope outside has all sorts of heat waves radiating off it and creating turbulence that blurs the image.

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks. Did u get a good view of Jupiter? Erica is a good freind and has great taste in books!

[@chrisconnors7418]

I did get a good view. Even saw some knotting in the bands. Io and it’s shadow were going to transit the planet closer to midnight my time but got too tired to stay up.

[@jodistibbard4625]

I just finished Flowers for Algernon. Fantastic book especially for its time .

[@FIT2BREAD]

Jodi, is so timeless, and I love how it so clearly cuts to the chase revealing each character unmasked

[@kirinsama1847]

Bloody hell! The commitment, I can't even begin to imagine. Absolute gem. This is fucking bonkers man.

[@FIT2BREAD]

Ha, thanks K!

[@chovwizzle]

This is out. So cool!

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks OD!

[@drdoom2461]

This is a sci-fi convention. Awesome work !

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks. Such a great group of scifi people

[@drdoom2461]

yeah .. guests were amazing .. Our Glorious Leader Moid steals the show :)

[@FIT2BREAD]

@@drdoom2461 first time I saw his cameos I couldn't stop laughing

[@chrisconnors7418]

At #70 now. I have two of Douglas Richards' books (BrainWeb, Wired), but not yet read. I'll have to look up some of those others as just the titles caught my eye (I'll do that now while it's fresh in my head). Also, I picked up Rachel Aukes Waymaker Wars and the Fringe series last week after her appearance on a clip. Haven't read them yet, but I did see another couple of titles that caught my eye. I've also been adding some more booktube folks to my watch list. Thank you for highlighting them. btw, I think you are the very first person I've heard to use "lugubrious" in a sentence. I've seen it in books (Stephen Donaldson's A Man Rides Through series--he seems to have a particular fondness for that word, and "salubrious"), but I'm pretty sure I'd remember if someone else used it in a spoken sentence. Hats off to you for that! :) Edit: went to amazon and ended up downloading 19 Douglas Richards' books. My poor tbr. I just loved the premise of each of the books (and I liked the cover art too).

[@FIT2BREAD]

Haha you are so crazy...your tbr must be wrecked, but yes, I want to get to Waymaker Wars and Wired also

[@mikesnyder1788]

Totally enjoying and appreciating all the work you put into this very fun/fine list of the top 210 SF books!!! Special credit for your including Theodore Sturgeon's best novel, "More Than Human," which is very indicative of his humanism, his inclusion, and his vivid imagination. And I especially enjoyed the cartoon tribute to the most revered and most fearless leader of the Media Death Cult, Moid Modelhoff. Also, I totally love the breadth and texture of the presenters and the varied books included in this video. Diversity, yes!!!!!! Keep up the great work, sir, and you have earned my Like and my Subscribe!

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks Mike. I'm glad you're here.

[@mikesnyder1788]

@@FIT2BREAD So glad I stumbled across your channel. 100 titles more to go and, of course, I am trying to guess which titles will make your TOP TEN!

[@FIT2BREAD]

@@mikesnyder1788 no skipping ahead:) some great cameos to come yet also

[@mikesnyder1788]

@@FIT2BREAD Yes! I read through the comments and this will be fun!!!!!!

[@OFFmyCHEST]

Hey, do you have this list in excel file? I downloaded it from somewhere but lost it with my old computer :)

[@FIT2BREAD]

its on one of the other episodes related to the 210 in the descriptions. ill have to look again when im back on the computer. sorry

[@OFFmyCHEST]

​@@FIT2BREAD It would be great to have it. Thank you!

[@OFFmyCHEST]

@@FIT2BREAD I found it so never mind :)

[@waltera13]

I will NOT do this in one sitting. I'll never respect myself, but I can see you will be dominating my background booktubing for days to come- what an amazing beast! And I've never even had to send you any copies of Harlan Ellison! Wait, what? Oh and good news! Steve Donoghue just gave you a shout out - expect a bump!

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks Walter. I just picked up a new ellison at the book shop last week and it's one I've never heard of...hes in a gang or something...

[@waltera13]

@@FIT2BREAD There's at least 2 of those- from his "YOUT" - when he was a joung undercover journalist & ran with gangs for a while. . . For real. But you knew that! Rock on.

[@FIT2BREAD]

@@waltera13 walter...I didnt...do you recommend them? I haven't read those ones yet

[@waltera13]

@@FIT2BREAD TLDR: For SF? No. For Ellison Completest? Yes. I *love* Ellison & take him warts & all. He was influential, well regarded and obsessed with honesty and the truth. HOWEVER, his vibrant idiosyncratic personality is NOT well suited to today's "court of public opinion." He used to say: "Everyone's NOT 'entitled' to their opinion! Everyone's entitled to their **informed** opinion!" He was very much a product of his times and the discrimination he faced. As are his works. "First Hand / Confessional Journalism" triply so. These are pieces that are **really** aim to give the True Flavor of the moment & the experience I CAN NOT imagine a world in which they don't feel dated. Heck, that sort of hip, anti-establishment "outside of the Ivory Tower" gonzo writing was it's own liminal zone between Journalism and Pulp, often only published in sketchy magazines (like William S Burroughs or later, Hunter S Thompson.) I'm just not that much of a fan of the 50's. My 20th century reading is usually kept to genre fiction. Just my preference. I'm a BIG fan of his essays/reviews/opinion pieces - He was a breath of fresh air - in a different world. His SF mostly transcends this dating, but not all of it. He was the spearhead of American New Wave SF & in this quest to drag what was seen as formulaic nonsense out of the pulps and into the light of LITERATURE he experimented with a number of the techniques popular at the time like "real down to earth slang" which doesn't translate well today but it made him a trailblazer then. Sometimes his characters are very real for the time, but not people we of the 21st C. feel comfortable going back to visit; & Immature readers blame him for holding up a mirror. You can get really nice editions from his old website, Harlan Ellison Books (com) now run by his estate. Corrected texts and such. Two of the sections from "Memos From Purgatory" (The Tombs & one other) were printed by The Village Voice back when it was counter cultural, won awards & were nominated for more. Those are good reading, I haven't read all of that stuff though. As I said, not really my interest, but a GREAT source document if you're into 20th C history. The books on his website go by their original titles but the other titles are listed. The guy running it is great & will answer questions but there's a lot of info there. To get back to you Question though: For ME, I haven't read all the 50's gang stuff because I wouldn't read it by other authors. I WOULD read it from Ellison, after all the other Non-fiction, essays, reviews, think pieces & Speculative Fiction. But what I HAVE read (The Tombs , etc.) was good. I'll get to it b/c I'm an Ellison completest. Perhaps you could've gotten through it faster than my reply. 😅

[@FIT2BREAD]

@@waltera13 ha. No. I appreciate your reply and the length of it..got a lot out of it

[@DaisyXMachina]

I'll have to watch this in stages but OMG what an amazing achievement!

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks BG. Thanks so much for being a part of this

[@BreeShareeReads]

Wow this was amazing!

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks Bree

[@EndangeredMooseknuckle]

It.. has.. arrived!

[@ethanfuture]

How do I nominate this movie for a Hugo award and what category?

[@FIT2BREAD]

Ha Ethan. Thanks

[@arekkrolak6320]

what are these flashes interrupting the flow of video? Do you want us to get epilepsy? :)

[@FIT2BREAD]

I'll speak with the producers

[@cavidqilinc]

It was awesome video. I love it. I am trying to read all of them. Can you give me a favor what is song was in 3:25:47 it's familiar but I can't remember

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks. It's called Give Me Everything...I wanna say the original artist is Pitbull

[@cavidqilinc]

You are awesome

[@FIT2BREAD]

@@cavidqilinc no, u are!

[@neemarafi]

Awesome video!!

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks Neema

[@Tokayd13]

Well, that was great fun! I watched over 3 sessions, and I probably could have watched in one sitting but I had to go to bed lol.

[@FIT2BREAD]

Thanks!

[@maxturgeon89]

I'm a mathematician by training. Somehow I've never read any book by Greg Egan, but after this video I feel like I really have to start diving in

[@FIT2BREAD]

Oh nice. I'd say for you, go with Quarantine or Permutation City first.

[@maxturgeon89]

@@FIT2BREAD thanks! Your recommendations were sent to my spouse for Christmas! 😅 By the way, great video! It's definitely the longest YT video I've ever watched, and I've already recommended it to a hunch of people

[@FIT2BREAD]

@@maxturgeon89 thanks much. Now I'll have to wait til 2023 to find out if it was a good recommendation for you ha :)