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Best science fiction I have read (in a variety of sub-genres!)
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items Whether you're a beginner who wants to explore sci-fi or a seasoned reader, here are some of the best books I have read in the recent years. As I read across genres, I tried organizing the list by the overarching themes. My hope is that you will find...
Sections
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Apocalyptic/post-apocalyptic
Dystopian
Fantasy
Apocalyptic/post-apocalyptic
No, this is not related to that Severance! This book follow Candace Chen, who dispassionately watches the word around her screech to a halt thanks to a deadly fever (note that it was written in 2018, but - as I read it in 2020 - I couldn't help but n...
Severance by Ling Ma
Beautifully written, this book follows several characters and timelines to ultimately weave connections between everything in the end. My rating: 4/5 ⭐
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Dystopian
There is a bit of a good vs. evil battle going on in here as the evil billionaire tech CEOs are disproportionately better equipped to weather the end of the world than the mere mortals. Some good twists as we follow multiple characters and draw conne...
The Future by Naomi Alderman
This book has been all over my social media feed in 2025 so I was surprised to find out it was originally written in French in 1995. It is very bleak as it follows a group of women who are being held captive underground. What has happened to the worl...
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman
Imagine that you can take a DNA test that would match you with your true soulmate. Would you do it if you already had a partner? Or if you knew it could match you with a person of any sex? Or a completely different age? Different nationality? Differe...
The One by John Marrs
Fantasy
This book was off to a bit of a slow start for me as I had no idea what was happening. The world-building is well-crafted, but there is a lot going on. We follow three storylines that we know must somehow tie together, but we are not sure how. This i...
The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin
This is probably my favourite fantasy book. It combines intricate world-building with mythology, magic, politics, and unique characters. It is a first book of the Between Earth and Sky trilogy. My rating: 5/5 ⭐
Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse
The Poppy War trilogy is described as historical/military fiction as it is based on the history of mid 20th century China. There is magic and friendship and school rivalry, but also some truly brutal visuals as - make no mistake - it is a book about ...
The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang
This is a translation of a book originally written in Russian in 2007 and it is the first in The Metamorphosis trilogy. I will be honest - I was stumped by the entire book and especially so the ending - but nonetheless something in it spoke to me and...
Vita Nostra by Maryna and Serhiy Dyachenko