I love that you're planning to read more science fiction next year. My personal SFF tastes usually leaned more to scifi, but most of booktube leans towards fantasy. I am obsessed with the Expanse series so I really hope you enjoy it!
Been meaning to get to Red Rising and Scythe for ages. Very close to the top of my sci fi list. I enjoyed 'The Long Way To A Small Angry Planet' its nice. I know that sounds quite meek but spending time with that team feels nice and cosy ha.
Yeah, same! They have all been getting bumped down my TBR and I want to try them because I accumulated all of these sci-fi reads! I just have to make time for them in my TBR.
OMG you have listed so many of my favourite books here, plus I discovered a few new reads to add to my TBR as well! I absolutely adore the Red Rising series, Scythe and the Themis Files as well. Evelyn Hardcastle was so good omg!
Haha!!! I always read your reviews on Goodreads for books and we have so many of the same ones we want to check out!! I'm very excited for all of these!
Yassss, Red Rising! Highly highly recommend the audio books! The narrator has an Irish accent & does the best voices. I'm listening to the 2nd book now & I'm obsessed! 💖
I adored the Red Rising trilogy when I listened to the audiobooks at the start of this year! Iron Gold let me down a bit, I hope the next book in July brings my interest back up. But anyway! The trilogy was really fast paced and emotional and I hope you end up loving them too. 🙌🏻
Regarding John Scalzi, I discovered him with Redshirts a few years ago as I was skimming through Hugo award winners, and I loved it, it's very funny and meta even if I'm not that familiar with Star Trek. Then I read Lock in and I liked the mix of sci fi and police investigation, and I've been looking for similar stuff since then. I would say that since then it's my favourite sub-genre of sci-fi (investigation / police procedural). Earlier this year I bought the Old man's war books (took me until a few weeks ago to find The ghost brigades though, as I don't really buy online) and I was completely captivated. The "one book a day during my holiday" sort of captivated. I preferred the 4 first books as numbers 5 and 6 are more collections of short stories, although there is some continuity to it, but overall it's a pretty solid military sci fi series. And now The collapsing empire and its sequel are on my TBR list but I've fallen for The expanse in the meantime so it'll have to wait a little bit. Overall I'd say John Scalzi is one of my favourite sci-fi authors, and I would definitely say he's one of the most accessible ones out there at the moment, especially as a non native English speaker myself. Hope that helps and as this video was a while ago I hope reading The collapsing empire was a nice experience for you!
This is such a great list! Red Rising, Leviathan Wakes, Alex White, Becky Chambers- all good stuff. I would also suggest to try to find Sleeping Giants on audio from your library while you read it - the cast recording is great. I’ll be eager to see what you think!
I'm really interested to hear what you think of Red Rising. I disliked a lot of the tropes it used and I thought the plot was tenuous but really I could not stand the writing. But I know it's a widely love series so I'm looking forward to hearing your experience. I heard about Big Ship from Jes's channel too! I really liked the characters and I'm hoping to get to the second book in 2019. I've been wanting to expand my sci-fi horizons too. So many of these are also on my TBR like The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet, Scythe, and Sleeping Giants!
Red Rising is a good gateway from Fantasy to Sci-Fi. That first book really reads like a fantasy, I think that is a great place for you to start. A Long Way To a Small Angry Planet is a really good character driven light Sci-Fi book. I really enjoyed Leviathan Wakes, and also the second book Caliban's War, I'm on the third book of that series. Loved The Collapsing Empire, John Scalzi is one of my favorite authors. You could start with The Collapsing Empire or Old Man's War, they are both great space operas and Scalzi has a humor to his writing that makes it very approachable. Redshirts is another great one of his. I've been meaning to get to The Three-Body Problem too, I have the whole trilogy. I read The Power earlier this year and really liked it. I really want to read Evelyn Hardcastle! Some great books on your list, look forward to hearing how you get on with them.
Yes!! Thank you!! That gives me hope because I want to build to some of those harder sci-fi picks (like The Three Body Problem!). Thanks for the suggestion on the reading order!
@@WhatCassRead ha...yeah...that 2nd job...I had that job for like 2 weeks...in the end, I wasn't getting any more hours with just first job so it wasn't worth it. It's just been a really slumpy year, I've been socializing with friends more, playing more video games and playing a lot of D&D. I've only managed to read 14 books. A lot of them were actually re-reads...and 4 of which I really wish I didn't bother with.
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy is a great comedic sci-fy. Another one I enjoyed was a techno thriller from Michael Crichton called the Lost World. It’s the sequel to Jurassic Park. I thoroughly enjoyed both, but Lost World is what made me pick up more books from him.
I really want to start reading more Sci-Fi also. I didn't enjoy Red Rising as much as I wanted to. Long Way to A Small Angry Planet is on my January TBR. Now I'm excited to read Leviathan Wakes. Can't wait to hear your opinions of them!
I was also nervous about reading The Three Body Problem, as I'm not a huge hard-sci fi reader. However, I thought it was completely understandable and I enjoyed it! I did have to skim over some stuff about theoretical physics I knew I wasn't going to understand, but that did not diminish my enjoyment of the story overall or my understanding of the plot as a whole.
Scythe is so good! I can't wait for book 3. Also, I am going to get back into The Expanse series again after catching up with that TV show! I don't recall the space martial arts from that book that you mentioned but it is definitely not about space martial arts 😂 I remember reading an article about how the physics of space living and travel is pretty accurate in that series which is a must for me in Sci Fi! I also want to read a lot of these on your list 😂😁 I am also looking at reading Planetfall, Altered Carbon, and a bunch of YA Sci fi I've been hoarding 😁
I’m really interested to see what you think of Red Rising. So many people really love it, but I really struggled with it. I always value your opinions on things, so I’m excited for you to get to that one.
Thank you! That might be one of the ones I pick up soon since people have been telling me that as a fantasy reader it's easier to wrap my head around than some of the hard sci-fi! I'll keep you posted!!
If you liked Red Rising... Brimstone's Knight by W. Wright - Sci-Fi/Fantasy - International release date: JAN 31st! Pre-order available on-line at Austin Macauley Publishers. Goodreads, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books A Million & more! "Will you answer the call, or run away like your father did?"
My recent likes in 2020 are: Artemis - Andy Weir Breakthrough - Michael C. Grumley Artifact - Logan White Red Shirts - John Scalzi Outland - Dennis E. Taylor
I love Leviathan Wakes. You’ll be happy to see that martial arts in zero gravity isn’t really a thing in the book or the series. I do know what it’s like to put down a book for a bit when something doesn’t ring true so I can wrap my head around it. I do it all the time. lol
I read the Expanse series several months ago, and really enjoyed the Martian Roberta Draper and the Earth Amos Burton characters. James S A Corey does a wonderful job developing their back stories.
I effing love Saga and we have long discussion where we talk about it a volume at a time so u don’t get spoiled . Long Way is one of my favorite books of all time!! We have a discussion on that one too so if u wanna talk abt it ;) Hated Red Rising but ppl who love it LOVE it. I’m looking forward to hearing how you like The Three Body Problem and 7 Deaths. I haven’t read them but I’m interested. Also, I’ve enjoyed the Themis Files audiobooks. They have a full cast. The Power was meh for me but Christeena loved it. Great list! I love watching your channel! 🖤 -Jessica
Omg LYING CAT!!!!!! I honestly picked up Saga because of you two! I saw the video where you and Christeena hauled like...six volumes at a time! Haha, I will definitely look at the individual volume discussions because I was honestly so blown away by how good this was!
Looks like a good list even if I personally don't even own most of those books. Just finished The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet myself and yeah it's a very character driven story that doesn't throw difficult concepts at you left and right so it definitely could be a good place to start. For recommendations outside of what you've got here for sci fi I always have to recommend some books published by Angry Robot. Hunger Makes The Wolf by Alex Wells which is a mix of space biker gang antics, fighting against the corporate overlords, and magic is probably the best book put out by them I've read and I don't remember it being super dense either. I also recently finished Necrotech by K. C. Alexander, another Angry Robot book, which is sort of a cyberpunk post apocalypse kind of thing where the main character has memory loss and that one in particular is way too in your face action packed to be mind numbing.
I don't know what it is but im weirdly picky with sci-fi when it comes to books (movies and tv shows are a completely different story) but I've got some on my TBR and I'm hoping I like them: Red Rising and Laviathan Wakes are the top to I can think of on that list. I'm considering The Power as well. Best of luck with these and I hope you enjoy them.
@@WhatCassRead Its hard to explain. Sometimes I think the way the concepts are trying to be conveyed or parts of the plot are just so unbelievable or convoluted that it just doesn't translate well to book forms. But I also haven't read tons of sci-fi si maybe I'm just not reading the right ones for me?
Hell yeah SAGA ♥♥♥ !!! Red Rising has become my favourite SyFy trilogy of all time ! The first like 70 pages are kind of "their own" they don't prepare you for what's to come (first installement had to build the universe), it's gonna be like GOT meets Hunger Games with a dash of Antiquity reference,I too am more of a fantasy reader than SyFy so I'll use your list to expend my reading journey, thanks !!! I'll start with Scythe next year I think...
Erm The Seven Deaths is NOT a sci-fi book. The author ment it as a Fantasy Agatha Cristie. It was very, very, very good, and I really enjoyed it. Another book you might want to check out is The Humans. I also found out about it from Emiliy. It was very unique read, atleast for me.
Maybe short stories? 1. Robert Silverberg, pick one of selections of his "the best of" short stories. This guy is mostly known for " Lord Valentine's Castle", but many of his short stories are mind blowing. 2. "Tuf Voyaging" by George R. R. Martin. Galaxy after fall of an interstellar empire, each planet now has its own government and galaxy is in technological regress. Guy named Tuf, finds 30 km long bio-engineering spaceship, capable of creating new biological species(plants, animals, insects etc. ) and now Tuf is selling his bio-engineering services to planetary governments across galaxy - each service is one short story. Lets put this way, Tuf is playing a god, and doing business with him, is like doing business with the devil - there is always a catch.
"The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet" was the most disappointing book of the last year for me. It was so overhyped that when I finally picked it, it didn't deliver. And even though I completely agree with its message, I hated how it was presented in the book. So I'm looking forward to hearing your opinion.
@@WhatCassRead well it's epic in scale but it's not technical or difficult reading in any way. I really enjoyed it and I'm not a hard core sci fi reader by any measure.
You are only reading pretty current books. There are hundreds of great books you are ignoring because they are not from the past couple of years. Definitely start with the "Forever War."
@@WhatCassRead It might depend on how you define science fiction. If I go with the definition of SF when I google it, that says, "fiction based on imagined future scientific or technological advances and major social or environmental changes, frequently portraying space or time travel and life on other planets", then the book about Evelyn Hardcastle's deaths is not SciFi. If I check out the many definitions of SF on Wikipedia for instance, there are definitions, where the book falls under SF easily, but then most fantasy books would as well.
I've read the Themis files and enjoyed them moderately, I finished the series more to show support to a fellow Canadian than because I was really enthralled. I didn't like the format, and while some rave about the audiobooks, I also heard from Emily Fox that the one French Canadian character doesn't have the right accent and as a French Canadian myself, it will undoubtedly irritates me too much. I hope to read A Long Way to a Small Angry Planet next year too. The Power intrigues me too. (A similar book might be Vox, which you might want to check out too, although I haven't read it yet either.) One series you didn't mention but that interests me a lot is the Broken Earth, by N. K. Jemisin. That might just be the first book I pick up next year and it's pretty well-loved, so there's hope!
Oooh....I thought Scythe was great! Will definitely read Thunderhead. I can highly recommend The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal. Wonderful characters!!
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I love that you're planning to read more science fiction next year. My personal SFF tastes usually leaned more to scifi, but most of booktube leans towards fantasy. I am obsessed with the Expanse series so I really hope you enjoy it!
The Collapsing Empire is really good! I don’t enjoy sci-fi all too much but that one really did it for me
Oh awesome!
Been meaning to get to Red Rising and Scythe for ages. Very close to the top of my sci fi list.
I enjoyed 'The Long Way To A Small Angry Planet' its nice. I know that sounds quite meek but spending time with that team feels nice and cosy ha.
Yeah, same! They have all been getting bumped down my TBR and I want to try them because I accumulated all of these sci-fi reads! I just have to make time for them in my TBR.
Since you are dipping your toes into Sci-Fi you should check out Dark Matters by Blake Crouch I think you will really enjoy it :)
Yes! Loved Dark Matter 😁
I wholeheartedly agree, it was fantastic!
Oh thank you!! I have seen Dark Matters in other videos but I forgot about it. It does look pretty interesting.
I came to the comments to suggest this exact book! So easy to get into and a fun fast read :)
OMG you have listed so many of my favourite books here, plus I discovered a few new reads to add to my TBR as well! I absolutely adore the Red Rising series, Scythe and the Themis Files as well. Evelyn Hardcastle was so good omg!
Haha!!! I always read your reviews on Goodreads for books and we have so many of the same ones we want to check out!! I'm very excited for all of these!
Yassss, Red Rising! Highly highly recommend the audio books! The narrator has an Irish accent & does the best voices. I'm listening to the 2nd book now & I'm obsessed! 💖
Ooh awesome! I'm always looking for audiobook recommendations from other fantasy fans. The narrator is always important to me!
I adored the Red Rising trilogy when I listened to the audiobooks at the start of this year! Iron Gold let me down a bit, I hope the next book in July brings my interest back up. But anyway! The trilogy was really fast paced and emotional and I hope you end up loving them too. 🙌🏻
Regarding John Scalzi, I discovered him with Redshirts a few years ago as I was skimming through Hugo award winners, and I loved it, it's very funny and meta even if I'm not that familiar with Star Trek.
Then I read Lock in and I liked the mix of sci fi and police investigation, and I've been looking for similar stuff since then. I would say that since then it's my favourite sub-genre of sci-fi (investigation / police procedural).
Earlier this year I bought the Old man's war books (took me until a few weeks ago to find The ghost brigades though, as I don't really buy online) and I was completely captivated. The "one book a day during my holiday" sort of captivated. I preferred the 4 first books as numbers 5 and 6 are more collections of short stories, although there is some continuity to it, but overall it's a pretty solid military sci fi series.
And now The collapsing empire and its sequel are on my TBR list but I've fallen for The expanse in the meantime so it'll have to wait a little bit.
Overall I'd say John Scalzi is one of my favourite sci-fi authors, and I would definitely say he's one of the most accessible ones out there at the moment, especially as a non native English speaker myself.
Hope that helps and as this video was a while ago I hope reading The collapsing empire was a nice experience for you!
This is such a great list! Red Rising, Leviathan Wakes, Alex White, Becky Chambers- all good stuff. I would also suggest to try to find Sleeping Giants on audio from your library while you read it - the cast recording is great. I’ll be eager to see what you think!
I'm really interested to hear what you think of Red Rising. I disliked a lot of the tropes it used and I thought the plot was tenuous but really I could not stand the writing. But I know it's a widely love series so I'm looking forward to hearing your experience.
I heard about Big Ship from Jes's channel too! I really liked the characters and I'm hoping to get to the second book in 2019.
I've been wanting to expand my sci-fi horizons too. So many of these are also on my TBR like The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet, Scythe, and Sleeping Giants!
Red Rising is a good gateway from Fantasy to Sci-Fi. That first book really reads like a fantasy, I think that is a great place for you to start. A Long Way To a Small Angry Planet is a really good character driven light Sci-Fi book. I really enjoyed Leviathan Wakes, and also the second book Caliban's War, I'm on the third book of that series. Loved The Collapsing Empire, John Scalzi is one of my favorite authors. You could start with The Collapsing Empire or Old Man's War, they are both great space operas and Scalzi has a humor to his writing that makes it very approachable. Redshirts is another great one of his. I've been meaning to get to The Three-Body Problem too, I have the whole trilogy. I read The Power earlier this year and really liked it. I really want to read Evelyn Hardcastle! Some great books on your list, look forward to hearing how you get on with them.
Yes!! Thank you!! That gives me hope because I want to build to some of those harder sci-fi picks (like The Three Body Problem!). Thanks for the suggestion on the reading order!
I totally just need to read more in general in 2019...more sci-fi...more fantasy. Great list!
Thank you!!! Didn't you get a new job this year? I think it's understandable that you want to pick up your reading.
@@WhatCassRead ha...yeah...that 2nd job...I had that job for like 2 weeks...in the end, I wasn't getting any more hours with just first job so it wasn't worth it. It's just been a really slumpy year, I've been socializing with friends more, playing more video games and playing a lot of D&D.
I've only managed to read 14 books. A lot of them were actually re-reads...and 4 of which I really wish I didn't bother with.
A Big Ship sounds incredible! I'm going to have to put it on my wishlist.
I'm not a sci-fi fan, but Saga intrigues me!
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy is a great comedic sci-fy. Another one I enjoyed was a techno thriller from Michael Crichton called the Lost World. It’s the sequel to Jurassic Park. I thoroughly enjoyed both, but Lost World is what made me pick up more books from him.
I really want to start reading more Sci-Fi also. I didn't enjoy Red Rising as much as I wanted to. Long Way to A Small Angry Planet is on my January TBR. Now I'm excited to read Leviathan Wakes. Can't wait to hear your opinions of them!
I was also nervous about reading The Three Body Problem, as I'm not a huge hard-sci fi reader. However, I thought it was completely understandable and I enjoyed it! I did have to skim over some stuff about theoretical physics I knew I wasn't going to understand, but that did not diminish my enjoyment of the story overall or my understanding of the plot as a whole.
Scythe is so good! I can't wait for book 3. Also, I am going to get back into The Expanse series again after catching up with that TV show! I don't recall the space martial arts from that book that you mentioned but it is definitely not about space martial arts 😂 I remember reading an article about how the physics of space living and travel is pretty accurate in that series which is a must for me in Sci Fi! I also want to read a lot of these on your list 😂😁 I am also looking at reading Planetfall, Altered Carbon, and a bunch of YA Sci fi I've been hoarding 😁
I’m really interested to see what you think of Red Rising. So many people really love it, but I really struggled with it. I always value your opinions on things, so I’m excited for you to get to that one.
LeeNichole I didn’t get on with it either, so you’re not alone.
I couldn’t get into it either! Thought I was alone, haha
Thank you! That might be one of the ones I pick up soon since people have been telling me that as a fantasy reader it's easier to wrap my head around than some of the hard sci-fi! I'll keep you posted!!
If you liked Red Rising... Brimstone's Knight by W. Wright - Sci-Fi/Fantasy - International release date: JAN 31st! Pre-order available on-line at Austin Macauley Publishers. Goodreads, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books A Million & more! "Will you answer the call, or run away like your father did?"
My recent likes in 2020 are:
Artemis - Andy Weir
Breakthrough - Michael C. Grumley
Artifact - Logan White
Red Shirts - John Scalzi
Outland - Dennis E. Taylor
The new book by Blake Crouch, Recursion is also a masterpiece I think. You should make a try :)
Recursion was so good!
I love Leviathan Wakes. You’ll be happy to see that martial arts in zero gravity isn’t really a thing in the book or the series. I do know what it’s like to put down a book for a bit when something doesn’t ring true so I can wrap my head around it. I do it all the time. lol
I read the Expanse series several months ago, and really enjoyed the Martian Roberta Draper and the Earth Amos Burton characters. James S A Corey does a wonderful job developing their back stories.
I effing love Saga and we have long discussion where we talk about it a volume at a time so u don’t get spoiled .
Long Way is one of my favorite books of all time!! We have a discussion on that one too so if u wanna talk abt it ;)
Hated Red Rising but ppl who love it LOVE it.
I’m looking forward to hearing how you like The Three Body Problem and 7 Deaths. I haven’t read them but I’m interested.
Also, I’ve enjoyed the Themis Files audiobooks. They have a full cast.
The Power was meh for me but Christeena loved it.
Great list!
I love watching your channel! 🖤
-Jessica
Game of Tomes Love me some Lying Cat!
Omg LYING CAT!!!!!! I honestly picked up Saga because of you two! I saw the video where you and Christeena hauled like...six volumes at a time! Haha, I will definitely look at the individual volume discussions because I was honestly so blown away by how good this was!
What Cass Read omg that’s awesome!!! I’m so happy we inspired you to pick them up! It’s our fav GN series 🖤🖤🖤
I like John Scalzis Fuzzy Nation. Really good, and Red Shirts as well.
Red Rising is on my TBR too! So many of my friends on bookstagram have reccomended it!
Oooh yay!! I hope you like it too!!
Looks like a good list even if I personally don't even own most of those books. Just finished The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet myself and yeah it's a very character driven story that doesn't throw difficult concepts at you left and right so it definitely could be a good place to start. For recommendations outside of what you've got here for sci fi I always have to recommend some books published by Angry Robot. Hunger Makes The Wolf by Alex Wells which is a mix of space biker gang antics, fighting against the corporate overlords, and magic is probably the best book put out by them I've read and I don't remember it being super dense either. I also recently finished Necrotech by K. C. Alexander, another Angry Robot book, which is sort of a cyberpunk post apocalypse kind of thing where the main character has memory loss and that one in particular is way too in your face action packed to be mind numbing.
Oooh!! Thank you for the list of recommendations! This is so helpful!
I don't know what it is but im weirdly picky with sci-fi when it comes to books (movies and tv shows are a completely different story) but I've got some on my TBR and I'm hoping I like them: Red Rising and Laviathan Wakes are the top to I can think of on that list. I'm considering The Power as well.
Best of luck with these and I hope you enjoy them.
Haha...what parts are you picky about? I'm curious.
@@WhatCassRead Its hard to explain. Sometimes I think the way the concepts are trying to be conveyed or parts of the plot are just so unbelievable or convoluted that it just doesn't translate well to book forms. But I also haven't read tons of sci-fi si maybe I'm just not reading the right ones for me?
Hell yeah SAGA ♥♥♥ !!! Red Rising has become my favourite SyFy trilogy of all time ! The first like 70 pages are kind of "their own" they don't prepare you for what's to come (first installement had to build the universe), it's gonna be like GOT meets Hunger Games with a dash of Antiquity reference,I too am more of a fantasy reader than SyFy so I'll use your list to expend my reading journey, thanks !!! I'll start with Scythe next year I think...
SAGA!!! I didn't find many graphic novels this year that piqued my interest except for Saga. I loved it!!
Erm The Seven Deaths is NOT a sci-fi book. The author ment it as a Fantasy Agatha Cristie. It was very, very, very good, and I really enjoyed it. Another book you might want to check out is The Humans. I also found out about it from Emiliy. It was very unique read, atleast for me.
The Collapsing Empire and The Power are really good
I’m excited to hear your 7&1/2 deaths review. I compared it to the fog monster in the tv series LOST... not literally but how the book made me feel.
Ooh, awesome! I saw a lot of people picked it up this year.
Hey Cass stop raiding my book shelf lol jk. We have alot of the same sci-fi books on our tbr, and now you may have made me want to add more lol.
Oh no!! My bad ;)
Red rising is a excellent book/series
Lux series💓💓💓💓
Maybe short stories?
1. Robert Silverberg, pick one of selections of his "the best of" short stories. This guy is mostly known for " Lord Valentine's Castle", but many of his short stories are mind blowing.
2. "Tuf Voyaging" by George R. R. Martin.
Galaxy after fall of an interstellar empire, each planet now has its own government and galaxy is in technological regress.
Guy named Tuf, finds 30 km long bio-engineering spaceship, capable of creating new biological species(plants, animals, insects etc. ) and now Tuf is selling his bio-engineering services to planetary governments across galaxy - each service is one short story.
Lets put this way, Tuf is playing a god, and doing business with him, is like doing business with the devil - there is always a catch.
"The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet" was the most disappointing book of the last year for me. It was so overhyped that when I finally picked it, it didn't deliver. And even though I completely agree with its message, I hated how it was presented in the book. So I'm looking forward to hearing your opinion.
I recommend Children of Time
I've heard good things about it! For a Sci-Fi newbie, does it lean more hard sci-fi?
@@WhatCassRead well it's epic in scale but it's not technical or difficult reading in any way. I really enjoyed it and I'm not a hard core sci fi reader by any measure.
I highly suggest the audiobooks for Waking Gods. It has a full cast narration and is very immersive.
I have it in my queue!! I definitely want to try it on audio!!
You are only reading pretty current books. There are hundreds of great books you are ignoring because they are not from the past couple of years. Definitely start with the "Forever War."
Stuart Turton's book does have a fantastical element to it, but SF? I don't think so.
Hmm...okay. I saw it on an SF recommendations video so I wonder why.
@@WhatCassRead It might depend on how you define science fiction.
If I go with the definition of SF when I google it, that says, "fiction based on imagined future scientific or technological advances and major social or environmental changes, frequently portraying space or time travel and life on other planets", then the book about Evelyn Hardcastle's deaths is not SciFi.
If I check out the many definitions of SF on Wikipedia for instance, there are definitions, where the book falls under SF easily, but then most fantasy books would as well.
Expanse is great, check out TV show with the same name, based on books.
Yeah, I've heard about it! I know it's on Scyfy, but is there a streaming option?
@@WhatCassRead SyFy cancelled it, but Amazon picked it up for season 4, so i am assuming they will have other seasons as well.
I've read the Themis files and enjoyed them moderately, I finished the series more to show support to a fellow Canadian than because I was really enthralled. I didn't like the format, and while some rave about the audiobooks, I also heard from Emily Fox that the one French Canadian character doesn't have the right accent and as a French Canadian myself, it will undoubtedly irritates me too much.
I hope to read A Long Way to a Small Angry Planet next year too. The Power intrigues me too. (A similar book might be Vox, which you might want to check out too, although I haven't read it yet either.)
One series you didn't mention but that interests me a lot is the Broken Earth, by N. K. Jemisin. That might just be the first book I pick up next year and it's pretty well-loved, so there's hope!
I haven't heard of Vox! I will definitely check it out! Yeah, I want to try N.K. Jemisin, but she keeps getting bumped down my TBR.
Sleeping Giants is AWESOME as an audiobook!! It’s a full cast and really adds something to the experience 😊
Yeah, it's definitely in my audio queue!!
Scythe, Expanse, Red Rising, Sleeping Giants all great books.
Oooh....I thought Scythe was great! Will definitely read Thunderhead. I can highly recommend The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal. Wonderful characters!!
Oh thank you for the recommendation!! I admittedly do not know of many sci-fi picks!!!
Sleeping Giants is meant to be listened on audiobook. I listened to the first two back to back in two days because of the audiobook.
I have that in my queue! I'm listening to Red Sister right now, but I believe I'll try Sleeping Giants on audio!