Andy Weir is a wonderful contemporary revival of hard science fiction. It's almost like a fun science class. His Project Hail Mary doesn't disappoint either.

@DragonArmyBooks

Жыл бұрын

"Fun science class" is a great way to put it. I also loved Project Hail Mary. Can't wait to see what's next from him.

Children of Time should be in the list... It's a remarkable modern sci fi novel! One of the best.

@DragonArmyBooks

3 жыл бұрын

Added to my TBR! I've never read it before! Thanks for the suggestion.

@tedbrasso6831

2 жыл бұрын

@@DragonArmyBooks it's been 6 months, have u read it Dustin? hahaha. New sub here!

@alexnotzel

2 жыл бұрын

@@DragonArmyBooks sho true bro this one toch my soul bro captiveding

@FloralHaze

Жыл бұрын

Was looking for this exact comment, abso-fucking-lutly what an incredible book

@judyandfriends123

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely

Great list. Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Children of Time, to me, is a modern classic

@DragonArmyBooks

3 жыл бұрын

Children of Time. Never read but added to the list!

I’d say the 80s and forward can comfortably be considered modern sci-fi, so I agree with you. Sci-fi writing changed quite a bit in the 1980s. I’m old, I was there lol

@DragonArmyBooks

2 жыл бұрын

We'll gather around your rocking chair and you can tell us all about what it used to be like! 😂

@scottbrooks6425

Жыл бұрын

I have heard some say that David Brin's 'Startide Rising' is a cutoff point so to speak.

I’ve heard so many great things about Station Eleven! Also have Red Rising on my tbr can’t wait to get to it!! Nice video!

@DragonArmyBooks

3 жыл бұрын

Stop everything that you're doing and cancel all plans and read Red Rising immediately!

@grayde3903

3 жыл бұрын

@@DragonArmyBooks just finished red rising and loved it! Thanks for the recommendation

@DragonArmyBooks

3 жыл бұрын

@@grayde3903 Best news!

Great list! The expanse series was some of the most fun reading I've had in a long time! And of course Enders Game is fantastic as well. :) I've never read station 11 or red rising but am found to go grab a copy now to check out - so ty for the suggestion! Of all of these, I think Martian is the only one that I'm not super excited about. So many people love it but for some reason it was a miss for me. I didn't hate it, but just found it a little too grounded for my taste I think. It's always interesting to see how tastes can overlap and diverge :)

@DragonArmyBooks

3 жыл бұрын

I understand The Martian not being everyone's cup of tea. It is a fairly basic sci-fi story. I thought it was charming though! Hope you enjoy Station Eleven and Red Rising when you get to them!

@JeszikaLeVye

3 жыл бұрын

@@DragonArmyBooks Thank you! I'm excited to give them a try :)

i have red rising and the expanse in my tbr. my neverending tbr

@DragonArmyBooks

3 жыл бұрын

Hope you've got a few of them near the top!

@irmac.a.6818

3 жыл бұрын

Same.

@Mark-iv6yg

2 жыл бұрын

The Expanse is as good as it gets!

Great list and an excellent breakdown of what the books are about and why you think they're must reads. I agree with the choices although I haven't yet read Red Rising...I need to sort that out this year.

Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer, it’s an intoxicating blend of sci fi, horror and paranoia

Great list! I'll personally put Cixin Liu's Three Body Problem trilogy and Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Children of Time in the list as well

Great video. I didn't realize Ender's Game was 1985, but I love the story, as well as Red Rising and The Martian. I need to read Station Eleven and the Expanse series. I just recently got the full expanse series in the mail, so that should help me get to it at some point this year.

@DragonArmyBooks

3 жыл бұрын

The full Expanse series? That must have been a huge package!

@jeremyfee

3 жыл бұрын

@@DragonArmyBooks Yes, it was a heavy box full of hardcover books.

I've tried to get past Red Rising three times and each time I DN'F it. I don't get the appeal.

Still trying to find a series that will make me feel anything close to what the Red Rising trilogy did to me. Did you enjoy the two books released of the second trilogy? I’ve yet to read them because I’m afraid they will disappoint.

@DragonArmyBooks

3 жыл бұрын

They are spectacular. They do, however, take some getting used to since you're not going to be with the characters you know and love as much. But it's def worth it!

@madarauchiha1312

3 жыл бұрын

Found anything as good yet 😅

Great video and good selections

@DragonArmyBooks

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks friend!

I usually don’t do this because there are so many books and series to choose from in this genre and narrowing it down to 5 can be a daunting task… But how Hyperion by Dan Simmons doesn’t make either the Classic or Modern Top 5 SciFi books you must read or you will die lists is absolutely criminal and not just in my mind…I mean every reviewer worth their salt lists Hyperion in their Top 10 SciFi of all time if not in the Top 5 so I really don’t know how you could overlook this book and series from what amounts to a Top 10 SciFi books list you must read…but you can somehow choose Station Eleven over Hyperion which is an absolute and profound insult to everyone in the world of SciFi fandom… If you or anyone reading this hasn’t read Hyperion put down and stop what you are reading now and go pick it up and start reading it or at least put it at the very top of your TBR list…to me and many others it’s only 2nd to Dune All-Time in the SciFi book genre… I am a subscriber and do enjoy your channel and your videos just totally shocked at this major oversight on your part…Keep up the good works…👍🏻

@boydionysus

Жыл бұрын

I cannot agree more! I read Hyperion Cantos a few years ago and have been since trying to find another book that can match it and failing... if you have any recommendations I'd be very grateful

Station Eleven and Red Rising have both been on my shelf at home for years. Thanks

just found your channel, i loved station eleven and the martian, looks like we have very similar taste, i'd definitely recommend children of time, great list! :-)

Thank you for your recommendations! I’m new at reading for fun and I’d would love any more recommendations

Enders Game was my first sci-fi (minus 1984 in HS) and first audio book. It started a life long love affair with both audio books and sci-fi. Glad to see it show up in one of these lists. Red Rising blew my mind away, the series is going great, looking forward to the next installment. Thanks for the list, going to check out Station Eleven and the Leviathan Wakes, the two i didnt read from the list.

@siriusblack7714

2 жыл бұрын

Audiobooks are a game changer for me. I get tired of holding a book and having my eyes open lol.

looking sharp , dustin 😎

@DragonArmyBooks

3 жыл бұрын

I try. :)

Is the ender game series finished or will there be more books. Last i checked osc was going to write atleast two more books

nice video. im gonna read Red Rising for sure

@DragonArmyBooks

Жыл бұрын

You will not regret it!

Looking for something modern. Finished all of Dune. Finished all of Hyperion. Waiting for A Fire Upon the Deep, but I know I’ll tear through that series too. I need to buy ahead of time. Because when I finish something and have nothing to pick up immediately after, I have withdrawal symptoms.

@DragonArmyBooks

3 жыл бұрын

A few series that might interest you: Red Rising, The Chronicles of St Mary's, The Conqueror's Saga, and The Band. Some favorites.

@296jacqi

3 жыл бұрын

@@DragonArmyBooks Thank you much. Just took a screenshot of those. 😊

do you read anything else than new york times best sellers list ? Try Cixin Liu ... or Adrian Tchaikovsky

Enders game one of my favs, and the martian is on my TBR pile right now as well as the expanse

@DragonArmyBooks

3 жыл бұрын

I've got to get around to The Expanse eventually. I only hear good things about it.

Your list is superb!

Ooof I was on the struggle us for Station Eleven and I didn’t enjoy it. I would replace that with something like Dark Matter, Old Man’s War or The Humans (though not as popular). But I absolutely agree with the other selections. Nice job!

@DragonArmyBooks

3 жыл бұрын

Ooo, you didn't like Station Eleven!? I haven't read Dark Matter or Old Man's War or The Humans! I'm slacking.

@MishaSalnikov

3 жыл бұрын

+1 for Dark Matter. Essential read

I love this channel. This guy's smart and he likes the best books. Here are my favorite novels (and one art book): - The Dragon Masters by Jack Vance - Armor by John Steakley - Great Fighter Jets of the Galaxy 1 by Tim Gibson

I agree about Ender's Game begin in this list, I consider it to be the first modern sci fi book really.

@DragonArmyBooks

3 жыл бұрын

I couldn't disagree with you!

Remembrance of earths past trilogy has given me nightmares in a good way!

Hello! Just found your channel and subscribed! Great video!

For some hardcore sci-fi ‘The Three Body Problem Trilogy’ by Cixin Liu and for some great speculative fiction shorts ‘Stories of Your Life & Others’ + ‘Exhalation’ both by Ted Chiang

@fredlewis6527

Жыл бұрын

3body trilogy is next level amazing

do you just rec "ender's game" or the hole series?? :)

My fave sci fi writers are Stephen King, Ursula K Le Guin, Philip K Dick, Tim Schooch, Joey Vimsante, Bob Gale, and George Orwell.

I love all the books recommended... But, I just wish there were others recommended. These are all books that every book youtuber is recommending. I'm having a hard time finding a series that I haven't read yet and that interests me... I want a series or even a stand alone that isn't on everyones list... Ya kno? I want that diamond in the ruff recommendation.

@DragonArmyBooks

Жыл бұрын

Great suggestion! I might make a video soon of obscure book recommendations for the reader who's read everything.

hmm, i agree w station 11 and enders game but im iffy about the rest of the list.. gonna re-read the rest of the list this week to decide if I agree.

@DragonArmyBooks

Жыл бұрын

Come back and let me know!

Added to my list (Leviathan Wakes is the only one I've read). Just finished Dark Matter and it is a top 5 for me.

I haven't read any of these books, they're all very popular SF novels. The only author I ever read among these, is Orson Scott Card, his first volume in a collection of short stories called "Maps in a Mirror", which I didn't like. Have you read or liked anything by authors such J.G. Ballard, Philip K. Dick, Ursula LeGuin, Bob Silverberg, Robert Holdstock, Christopher Priest, Harlan Ellison, George Martin, Thomas Burnett Swann, Bruce Sterling ["The Artificial Kid"], Olaf Stapledon, John Varley, Jack Williamson ["Darker Than You Think"], Anna Kavan ["Ice"] or John Crowley?

Please, I'm seeking help finding this book again. It's about a man hunting impending darkness, a mother with a daughter who controls the forest and a man battling the cold.

Station Eleven has since been made into a miniseries, and I find it really really good

For me it was Stranger in a strange land - Orson Scott Card that pulled me into sci fi.

I will read the other books after reading all of the Enderverse Books.

@DragonArmyBooks

3 жыл бұрын

Make sure to read Ender's Shadow series as well!

@himanshugirigoswami4573

3 жыл бұрын

@@DragonArmyBooks I finished Ender's Shadow series after completing Ender's Quintet. I've also read First Meetings.

Cixin Liu's Three Body Problem trilogy and Hyperion by Dan Simmons. It is older but it is still modern. I agree with your list and liked and aktivated an abo because of it.

@DragonArmyBooks

Жыл бұрын

I just read Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion for the first time. Definitely saw the interest many people have with that series.

i hope to read red rising this year

@DragonArmyBooks

3 жыл бұрын

Make it priority. Red Rising is already one of my favorite books of all time. It's that good.

Ender Game was also the first sci-fi book I read. 25 years later Im still looking for good sci-fi books. Unfortunately I’ve read all the books in your list 😞 PS: red rising was phenomenal!

To modern sci-fi you should add, James L Cambias” a darkling sea and arkad,s world. Also W Michael Gear, the Donovan series, outpost, abandoned, pariah and unreconciled

@judyandfriends123

Жыл бұрын

I just discovered the Donovan series. Amazing!

Enders Game is classic sci fi. Expanse is great. Loved it. If Game of Thrones, Enders Game, and Hunger Games had a baby…it would be Red Rising.

To Sleep in a Sea of Stars

I liked Red Risi g but good god the main character spends a LOT of time lamenting. Just page after page after page of "oh things are so bad for me. Why can't things just be easy and nice for a change? Why must life be so painful?" If you can get past all that (and he does it all through the story for various reasons) it's a really cool story.

I wouldn't call Ender's Game modern, its more likely postmodern or maybe even contemporary :)

@DragonArmyBooks

Жыл бұрын

I was simply basing it off publication date. But I see your point!

By marko Kloos, both the Palladium Wars and the Frontlines series are top notch. Jack Campbell's Lost Fleet series is also a must for me.

I'm really not sure what qualifies as modern, especially since you included Enders Game. Anyway, one of my favorite stories is by Kim Stanley Robinson and the first in series was published in '92. The trilogy is: Red Mars Green Mars Blue Mars It is basically terraforming story, but way more. The state of Earth is very much changed by climate shift; flooding, desertification and poisoning. Overpopulation and resulting starvation ... so much more. Earthbound political and corporate issues as well as class issues. Many of these last issues are brought to Mars with the "pioneers" and original crews. The story progresses and we see many evolutions. Physical evolutions, mental evolutions, technological and medical evolutions. Political,social, and religious evolutions. Even from the start we see that everyone involved has a common dedication to making Mars a livable world, yet they all have their own visions of what it should become and their own priorities and morals that they each believe to be "right". This is an epic story with character developments that in some cases span many lifetimes. Plenty of action, intrigue, sacrifice, soul searching, and a touch of murder as well. 😄 To me this series is most definitely a must read. I'm not sure though if it fits in with your "category".

James Alan Gardner: Commitment Hour. One of my favorite modern Sci-fis

Great list. I personally didn't like Ender's Game, however. Maybe I need to give it another go. I'm with a lot of people here......Children of Time is brilliant. I haven't read The Martian yet. I read Artemis and it's very mediocre. So I'm in no rush to read more by Andy Weir.

Nice Video! Thx very much! :-) Here is one of my favorite Sci-Fi Books (from 2020): The trilogy: "The Ungerdround Complex - Vol.1 Groomy Future, Vol 2. Demons of the Dark Past and Vol.3 Torn Present", available on amazon. Very dark and exciting!

@DragonArmyBooks

3 жыл бұрын

I've never heard of it. Thanks for sharing!

@DragonArmyBooks

3 жыл бұрын

Actually. You know what? I think you might be the author! Kind of weird to suggest your own book like this, huh?

@HardysArt83

3 жыл бұрын

@@DragonArmyBooks your right :-) maybe it is weird, but it is not easy for a new Autor to establish...especially without Budget. Maybe u want to read it although. If u dislike my Comment, feel free to delete it :-) greetings from germany

Jeez! Try something with some currently relevant depth. Daemon & Freedom by Daniel Suarez Cyber-economics is affecting us today.

I just don’t get The Expanse series. I agree with the others as great books; they’d all make my top 10. (I’d replace THe Expanse with Old Man’s War.)

you should read project hail mary

@DragonArmyBooks

2 жыл бұрын

I have! Loved it!

@aumpatel2183

2 жыл бұрын

@@DragonArmyBooks Yes! its my favorite sci fi book

@abbyg

2 жыл бұрын

♫♩♫ ♩♫♫♩ ♩♩♫♩ ♫♩♫♩♫♫♩!

@aumpatel2183

2 жыл бұрын

@@abbyg haha smart

You may have just sold me on Station Eleven...

@DragonArmyBooks

3 жыл бұрын

Try it! Please! It's a beautiful book!

The Dune series and Iain M Banks culture series are the best sci-fi I've read. Terry Pratchett has a couple of Sci-fi very readable Strata and The Dark side of the Sun. Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park, The Andromeda Strain have Sci-fi elements, but are perhaps considered contemporary? I read Foundation a long time ago and remember finding it boring compared to Dune, but I'd played the early Dune video games before reading which may have motivated me to continue through the heavy writing. I found Ursula K LeGuin interesting, but I'm not hooked enough to read more books of hers. William Gibson's Sprawl series was great when I read it, it's really Cyberpunk. I read Snow Crash much later and it never gelled with me. I'd like to find more sci-fi with writing as enjoyable as Terry Pratchett and Dianna Wynne Jones writing.

@DragonArmyBooks

Жыл бұрын

I’ve done Dune, of course, but haven’t tried any Lain M. Banks. Got to look him up.

The left Hand of Guitar

"you must or else you die" :D

@DragonArmyBooks

3 жыл бұрын

It's true though.

Roadside Picnic bro. Check it out.

Endymion by Dan Simmons. A little older but worth a look.

Gideon the Ninth and Harrow the Ninth are amazing. Granted, Gideon is more reminiscent of fantasy, but the second one is a very cool sci-fi world. And the characters and their voices that author does are just magnificent. The atmosphere is there from start to finish, and the things Munier does in the second book.... Almost as cool as Quantum Thief. And Quantum Thief is just the best modern sci-fi book period

@DragonArmyBooks

3 жыл бұрын

I've heard really good things about Gideon and Harrow. Doesn't the author do some weird POV shifts? At least in the sequel?

@MishaSalnikov

3 жыл бұрын

@@DragonArmyBooks she does, but it's super intentional and greatly adds to the narrative

City by Clifford D Simack......Dragon's Egg by Robert L Forward.....

Sorry to disagree with your list but, my list is way better books. 1. House of Suns 2. Children of Time 3. Chasm City 4. Old Man's War 5. Roadside Picnic All of these are considered modern.

@DragonArmyBooks

Жыл бұрын

Great list!

It's a judgment call, but I probably wouldn't include Ender's Game as "modern" (although I'd recommend it a just a great SF book). On the other hand, I'd probably replace it with Children of Time, one of favorite books of recent years.

' but we don't talk about that' 🤣🤣🤣. yeah the movie is a travesty

@DragonArmyBooks

3 жыл бұрын

What movie?

@MrRorosuri

3 жыл бұрын

@@DragonArmyBooks enders game 😅

@Bunbunfunfun

2 жыл бұрын

Sci fi fans are the most picky and fickle. I enjoyed the movie a lot. Movies never can be as good as the book. So you need to reasonably adjust your perspective.

Sci-fi Author Rick Partlow is really good as well

Micheal chricton!!! Either sphere or jurrasic park would be my 2 cents.

I hate this list 🥲 mostly because Ender's game is old and everything else feels like low-hanging fruit

💜💜💜💜

@DragonArmyBooks

3 жыл бұрын

The Prefect Revelation Space Chasm City By Reynolds Matter, Hegemony By Iain Banks Velocity series by O'Keefe Flash by Modesitt Shockwave Rider by Brunner

Gift of Time and The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August are great reads

Three Body Problem

I loathe this lists I just read "the three body problem" ITS AWFUL! Because someone made it into a list. that book is naive badly written and silly.I hope this time I get better luck with your list thanks. Enders game is good but "speaker for the dead" is really good.

Hail Mary Project by Andy W is superb as well.

@gutierreznatalie

2 жыл бұрын

I agree! Excellent on audible btw!!!

I give Ender's Game a 7/10, quite an overrated book. But great read for teenagers.

Great list, but modern? I don't think so. Nothing less than 10 years old.

Pandemic post apocalyptic.

A book that’s 30 years old isn’t modern lol

Modern sci fi is terrible. Also does every hero in these books have to be a woman? I read sci fi from the 50’s and 60’s.

Red Rising is an incredibly terrible book.

I like the classics, Frankenstein--also for its back story--The Time Traveller, Olaf Stapleton First & Last Men etc. More recent "Tiger, Tiger' also named 'The Stars my Destination'. 'The Cultural' books by I think Banks and the Sci Fi sagas of Alister Reynolds. I'll try your suggests. Jack London long ago wrote the short story 'The Purple Plague. about a disease wiping out civilisation. It's pretty good. You might consider his 'The Iron Heel' as Sci Fi, it certainly was a feed in book for 1984 along with 'We' Also his 'Before Adam'. I like the river series Sci Fi fantasy whose name escapes me. There are The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury with others. I guess th series on teenagers and children set to fight each other to death is Sci Fi only closer to realistic dystopia. A good background book to read on diseases and plague as a source book is 'The Coming Plague' by Laurie Garrett published 1994. Pinned the lastest post from Laurie at the head of my Facebook timeline. If you do not know all these books you are another ill-read yank who has no thical right to be putting up videos on You Tube. There needs to be licenses for these things.

loved enders game, it was one of my first sci fi books that i read. i do recommend though that people buy it used since the author is adamantly homophobic. thiftbooks is a good site for this!

@DragonArmyBooks

3 жыл бұрын

Didn't know about that site. Thanks for the recommendation!