8 MODERN SCI-FI BOOKS | Recommendations by Subgenre

Here are 8 of my favourite modern science fiction books that I think might best suit you based on your reading tastes.

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00:00 - Intro
00:36 - 1. Space Opera
01:58 - 2. First Contact
03:30 - 3. Post-Apocalyptic
04:41 - 4. Hard Sci-Fi
06:04 - 5. Sci-Fantasy
07:18 - 6. New & Old Sci-Fi Readers
09:08 - 7. For Fans of Christopher Nolan
10:15 - 8. Pulpy Sci-Fi

#ScienceFiction #Books

[Kenji-Tsuyoi]

Absolutely loved the Three body problem series the later two books were mind boggling

[OfficerB--]

The algorithm brought me here, and I'm glad it did. Good to hear an Australian reviewer. My particularly self-serving suggestion is my debut, 36 Streets (Titan Books UK). It was just last week shortlisted for an Aurealis Award (Best Science Fiction Novel), so I can assure you it's not terrible. Cover quote from Richard Morgan (Altered Carbon), who's a huge fan of the book. Cheers, T. R. Napper.

[branwynnemay]

My top sci-fi reads this year were The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet and To Be Taught, If Fortunate (both by Becky Chambers), The Midnight Library, by Matt Haig and The Locked Tomb Series by Tamsyn Muir, which I need to reread now… and possibly several times to fully grasp all of its intricacies. Thanks for this list! I can’t wait to discover more from Black Crouch and Andy Weir in particular.

[thetheatrezoo]

This is a great list. I've read most of these and really enjoyed each of them.

[TheRoastedPenguin]

House of Suns is easily the best book I've read so far in 2022 and I would recommend that to anyone who is even remotely interested in Sci-Fi on large scales. Remembrance of Earth's Past is also one of the greatest Hard sci fi book series I've ever read. The second installment, the Dark Forest, is a thought-provoking wild ride! Great video Jonathan, I'm looking forward to your next one!

[alexvaldiers]

Very good selection with a nice blend of genres and style.

[Swampratatta]

project hail mary was awesome. been hearing a lot about those three bodies and their problems i reckon i’ll have to pick those up!

[Spencer_Beard]

First off: love the tone and pace of your content, cheers 😊
Second: you mentioned a sci-fi/fantasy title, so it got me thinking, "Did anyone ever expand on the concepts and world-building in the movie"Krull"? It would be fun to know more about The Beast, how the world knew about it? who forged The Glaive? what are the Hunters? And on and on.

[cindywingetbooks]

I want to read House of Suns, Children of Time, and Empire of Silence. I love Project Hail Mary 😃

[mckenziekate]

Empire of Silence sounds fantastic... you are making my tbr grow !

[DJYoue]

I'm always behind you with your love for Three Body, I've got at least one of the others on my ereader TBR... Trying to work my way through the 200+ unread books on there but for every one I finish I buy another five!

[Snowy]

My favorite scifi subgenre is space opera so I try to consume as much as I can.
House of Suns is great it makes you think.
The Expense everyone knows about it, fun read. James Pinche Holden
HOWEVER! What I want to give out a shoutout to is "Spiral Wars" It's a book not really talked about in the Youtube community and it's actually great I'm on book 7 (the latest book) so you know you've got good consistent reading. It's a bend of military action and brings some interesting things which makes you stop and think about it once in a while. EG how does natural evolutionary traits effect different spices inclination to things like curiosity, democracy, etc.

Just wanted to give a shoutout to spiral wars since ya its good stuff.

[TuftyMcTavish]

Ooo, I like lists! There is a risk of repeating myself since I don’t recall if I have used these items before, but I own and have read all of these:
1️⃣ Space Opera: The Cold Between by Elizabeth Bonesteel.
2️⃣ First Contact: Terms of Enlistment by Marko Kloos
3️⃣ Post-Apocalyptic: Wool by Hugh Howey
4️⃣ Hard SciFi: Ring by Stephen Baxter
5️⃣ Sci-Fantasy: The Unspoken Name by A.K. Larkwood
6️⃣ New&Old: Lightless by C.A. Higgins
7️⃣ Nolan: 🤷‍♂️
8️⃣ Pulpy: Trading in Danger by Elizabeth Moon
I need to get to the Suneater series - that is high on my TBR.

[dalejones]

Great video. Have you ever done a video of like your top 10 or 20 favorite science fiction books of all time? If not, I'd really be interested. I'm getting most of my book ideas from you. Thanks buddy

[curtjarrell]

I recently added The Three Body Problem and its' sequels to my TBR. I'm curious about Blake Crouch and will look into his work later as time and money allow. Since I already own several Arthur C Clarke books I still havn't read I'll add a few to my list of planned reading including Imperial Earth, 2061: Odyssey Three, Astounding Days, and The Fountains o Paradise. Happy reading.

[elog]

6 words. Red Rising Series by Pierce Brown. Unreal.

[TheMcMonster]

Three-Body Problem is a bit strange, because Dark Forest (which I'm currently reading) is actually much improved over book #1. On one side, I'd love to recommend this series to other people, but I am aware that TBP has some serious flaws, even though I liked it too.

[jonhill]

I've just got into Sci-Fi and still trying to find my ideal genre. This was really helpful for being open minded and exposure to a broad array of stuff, thanks for creating and sharing! Cheers

[TheReaper]

Some very solid picks! I’m currently binging Blake Crouch, I highly recommend delving into Recursion if you haven’t already.
I just finished Upgrade his most recent novel, while I didn’t enjoy it as much as the other two, it’s still better than other novels I’ve forced myself to suffer through recently 😂

[Reflektr]

Great recommendations, I finally put House of Suns on my TBR list. The Trisolaris trilogy was great and I agree, book 2 and 3 are much stronger than the first one which seems a little too classic. Also, Oryx and Crake sounds interesting, I'm feeling very postapocalyptic right now. 🖤