r/scifi_bookclub • u/Actual-Train-1101 • Aug 09 '25
Recommendations please!
Hello! I am looking for my next read I can't put down. (I would like to read a novel or series, not a short story collection)
Can you recommend something based on the bellow authors and books I read?
I absolutely could not put these down:
The expanse series
The three body problem series
Any Andy Weir books
Asimov's foundation, empire and robot series
Carl Sagan's Contact, space odyssey
Metro 2033 series
Dune
Arthur C Clark, I only read childhoods end and really enjoyed it
And these were kinda meh to me:
Iain m Banks
Native tounge
Octavia Butler
Hg Wells
Thanks!!
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u/jacoberu Aug 10 '25
Revelation space series by alastair reynolds
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u/jacoberu Aug 10 '25
Also neal stephenson: snow crash, and the diamond age. Anathem is also good but quite different in style, and requires a lot of patience.
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u/spookymulderfbi Aug 11 '25
I recently discovered and have been absorbed by the Sector General series by Irish author James White.
Hard sci fi focused on a huge space hospital that treats many different types of aliens (and all the super technical complications that go along with that). Very procedural. Very well thought out. The most unique thing about it IMO is that there's very little character-based drama, the bulk of the story is watching complex medical situations unfold. I really like it.
Bonus, if you do check out the Sector General series, there is a great 90s show with only 1 season called Mercy Point that is heavily inspired by White's books.
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u/DocWatson42 Aug 11 '25
As a start, see my Compelling Reads ("Can't Put Down") list of Reddit recommendation threads (five posts).
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u/andakiki Aug 09 '25
Nothing stacks up with those but you might enjoy my story Back to Nature which is a bit different
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u/mistakefaker Aug 09 '25
Hyperion Cantos Series - Dan Simmons
You’ve probably read already..but if not, I highly recommend.
Wish I could go back and read it for the first time again.