7 Sci-Fi Books for Your Reading List

I really like Children of Time.

And I thought that book did a great job of sort of exploring the issue of first contact and how the existence of aliens might impact your worldview, your philosophies, and the different ways in which science and religion maybe contradict each other, but maybe also complement each other.

But then I read Dawn and that is a first contact story that I thought was very well done. It's one that really gets under your skin. It's kind of creepy and unsettling and gives you a lot to think about.

I'm a fan ofChaikovski. I like Dogs of War.

I have read Claraara and the Sun, and I thought that was a fantastic read. Ishiguru is an incredible writer. Even if the plot isn't moving at a rapid pace, just the writing style is very pleasant to read.

And while I certainly think you can read Ring on its own, I did and it became one of my favorite books, it definitely made me want to read book two, Time Like Infinity, because I was a fan of Ring.

I really enjoyed that book, especially the sections which took part in the mysterious zone interacting with artifacts from an alien species and what that meant for humans I found to be rather profound.

Shards of Earth was pretty good, too.

Recently, I read Vert by Jeff Non and absolutely loved it. It is surreal and creepy and trippy and disturbing and just utterly engrossing.

The first being Wild Seed, which I was a little bit mixed on. It was a little bit more fantastical than my preferred taste in science fiction, and I found the characters a little bit frustrating.