If you want to try science fiction…

Here’s a starting point.

For the past year I have been trying to dive deeper into science fiction and/or dystopian books. I have only dabbled previously. Here are some standouts…

Adult

The first three books in Pierce Brown’s Red Rising Saga were all five-star reads for me. I fell in love with Darrow and his band of rebels. The action and character development is amazing. I hope the later books are just as good.

I adore The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells. The hilarious sci-fi novellas are surprisingly tender as Murderbot—a security unit that hacked his governor module and has gone rogue—sorts through his feelings about humans and other bots. Note that book five is a full-length novel.

I also enjoyed:

• Blake Crouch – Recursion
• Nnedi Okorafor – Binti novella trilogy

Adult Sci-fi Romance

I am a fan of Jessie Mihalik. I really enjoyed the friendships and romance in Hunt the Stars and can’t wait to dive into recent release Eclipse the Moon, book two of the Starlight’s Shadow series. I also enjoyed her Consortium Rebellion trilogy.

Young Adult

The Skyhunter duology by Marie Lu was fantastic and I plan to hit her backlist in future.

I also enjoyed:

• Victoria Aveyard – Red Queen series
• Suzanne Collins – The Hunger Games series
• Ernest Cline – Ready Player One
• James Dashner – The Maze Runner series
• S.J. Pratt – The 716
• Leah Thomas – Because You’ll Never Meet Me duology
• Paula Weston – The Undercurrent

Classics

• Arthur C. Clarke – 2001: A Space Odyssey
• Jules Verne – Journey to the Center of the Earth
• H.G. Wells – The Time Machine, The Invisible Man

And don’t forget Fantasy/Sci-Fi mix

• Erika Johansen – Queen of the Tearling series
• Anne McCaffrey – The Dragonriders of Pern series

I can’t wait to discover more science fiction authors!