John Scalzi, one of my favorite authors, consistently writes fun, inventive, thoughtful, and fast-paced science fiction. If you haven’t picked up any of his books, I strongly recommend you fix this disastrous state of affairs.
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Best Science Fiction Thrillers
Science fiction thrillers are fast-paced yarns with aliens breathing down your neck, nanobots already cruising through your bloodstream, and world-killer asteroids that just entered the atmosphere.
Best Post-apocalyptic Book Series
If the world’s going to end in a big, messy apocalypse, surely we need more than one measly book to battle through the ruins of our civilization.
(All the descriptions below are for the first books in the series.)
The Best Mad Scientist Science Fiction Books
We’ve loved mad scientists ever since we invented science. We love stories about people going too far, breaking too much, and doing it with a wild grin on their face.
The 2022 Hugo Award Winners
These aren’t all the Hugo winners, just the ones I decided were book-like enough for this list. I’ve listed the both winner and the finalists.
(Hugo awards also go to artists, editors, non-fiction, TV shows, movies, short stories, and more.)
And because these are the Hugos, there will be some fantasy on the list. It’s okay. They’re friends.
The Best Science Fiction Books with Cats in Them
I haven’t read all of these books, but I made the internet pinky-swear that there are indeed cats in all of them.
The Best Fantasy Books of 2022
Women and authors of color really brought their A game in 2022. Holy cow. They’re tearing it up. RIP your To Read list.
The Best Science Fiction Books of 2022
With reality feeling stranger every day, it’s nice to tuck into a book filled with the delightfully unreal, and in 2022, science fiction authors delivered exactly this.
12 Best Mathematical Science Fiction Books
If you have even a passing interest in math, i.e., if you see an equation and don’t recoil as if you just spotted a spider moseying up your thigh, then these books are for you.
The 21 Best Ecofiction Books
Ecofiction are stories usually about the relationship between humanity and nature, but anything related to nature or the environment will do. That encompasses a lot of books, and I’ve tried to represent a lot of different ideas and approaches (some very weird) in this list.