I rate the 10 science fiction books I read in July 2026 - it's TBR chaos!

But I thought that the anomaly was an engaging read. It's part thriller, part page turner, and part philosophical question. I give The Anomaly 8 out of 10.

Lois McMaster Bujold then layers in really compelling character work on top of that, which really worked for me, as it has done for countless thousands of other people. I was really rooting for the characters by the end, and the breathless final section puts Cordelia at the fore, and I thought that worked really well.

I enjoyed the conflict between the sleepers and the sleep as in the sort of thought experiment that provoked in the first book more I think than I enjoyed this story but I did still enjoy it. And it again poses some interesting questions about responsibilities and duty in society and how things work.

Next I read Beggars and Choosers by Nancy Kress which is the sequel of course to Beggars in Spain a book I read last year and very much enjoyed.

But I give Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep 8 out of 10. It's also a stellar splendor. Actually, that might be my favorite Philip K. Dick And that might actually be my favorite PKD book so far.

On balance though I think I preferred the first book. It was more visceral dealing as it did with the fall itself and the ensuing panic and chaos on the reservation.

The characters are engaging and I felt I got to know them pretty well by the end of the book and I was certainly vested in their success and felt the emotion of some of the in some cases permanent setbacks. On balance though I think I preferred the first book.

And I thought it was really good. You know, having read a bunch of generation ship tales now, I'm glad to have mopped this one up as well. I give Non-Stop 8 out of 10.

And I liked it well enough. I did find it maybe a touch lovey-dovey for my liking.

It's a cat and mouse drama and it's tightly written in the present tense making it feel very immediate and intimate. The tension between Brant and Corey is done quite well, I thought.

Given that I've read them n times before, I'm not going to give them a score, but suffice to say they're among my favorite space opera books.

But I was enjoying so much my re-listen, and I'm not running as much as I have at some points in the year cuz I'm not training for a race at the moment. So, I started to read the physical book, which you see here before you. And then and I couldn't be I basically couldn't put it down.

So, this was another winner for me. This is character-driven space opera and is done extremely well. I give The Warrior's Apprentice 9 out of 10.