My 25 Favourite Sci-Fi Books of All Time

this isn't necessarily a book where I loved the entire reading experience but the last hundred pages of blindsight hit me like a steak through the heart and I haven't been able to stop thinking about this book since I finished it

to me cat's cradle is both one of his funniest books and also one of his most poignant it's endlessly quotable and one of a rare handful of books that has actually made me laugh out loud

this is a brilliant ideas driven book it takes zoomed out look at Humanity

this was a book that I really liked and then it turned into something truly special with its final Act

I loved all three books in the series but I particularly enjoyed book two the Dark Forest and book 3 death's end

Dark Matter isn't as thematically heavy as some of the other books on this list but it makes up for that in pure entertainment

I loved all three books in the series but I particularly enjoyed book two the Dark Forest and book 3 death's end The ideas in death's end are almost guaranteed to melt your mind

this is sword and Planet sci-fi at its absolute best and it contains one of my all-time favorite fight scenes

while this book is an interesting exploration of the ability of telepathy it's also an examination of the experience of any Talent or natural ability that has gone to waste and the toll that takes on our relationships and our identity

Ender's Game combines some of the best elements of military sci-fi with a coming-of-age story

this is an emotional book and one that left me an absolute mess at the end of it

Frankenstein is a fantastic read over 200 years after its release because of its wonderful prose its powerful characters and its Timeless themes

this is a relatively hard sci-fi book about clones and machine people yet it still builds towards a touching ending and it's my all-time favorite sci-fi book

I found this to be a poignant book particularly in its depiction of loneliness and the sensations of not feeling whole

for me 1984 was the one that had the largest emotional impact for me it created the most tension the higher stakes and it ended with a nuclear bomb to my soul

this book is packed with awesome sci-fi Concepts to do with artificial intelligence clones time relativity and immortality

this is a thoroughly entertaining that I think will land for both new and old sci-fi readers

when I finished this book I felt like my brain had been shattered into a million pieces and put back together again

the first thing I liked about Solaris was the tone and atmosphere it's creepy and surreal and mysterious and it really heightens the experience of searching for the secrets of this mysterious ocean planet

this is one of those rare books that grabbed my attention and I didn't want to miss a single word from start to finish

for me the children of men was a poetic examination of people power and purpose

there were several times while reading this book that I stopped and thought to myself this is why I read science fiction

I loved both project Hail Mary and the Martian I slightly preferred the setting in the Martian but I ended up choosing a project Hail Mary for this list due to its larger scope and for its characters

for me reading the road was emotionally impactful I don't have any children but after I finish reading the road I did feel the need to hug my dog

I think the book could have benefited from some more three-dimensional female characters but nonetheless I still enjoyed this group getting together and trying to figure out the secrets

ubic is a book that intrigued me initially but didn't fully hook me in right away but once the shifts in reality started to happen I just didn't want to put this book down

The first thing I fell in love with about weigh station was the writing style it vividly describes a particular time and place in a poetic and concise way