Previously, On SciFiMonth – Best SF Books of the Last Ten Years #SciFiMonth
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Big thanks to Mayri at Bookforager for reminding me about this SciFiMonth prompt! I’ve put my own spin on it, and I’m highlighting my favorite SF book from each of the last ten years, 2013 through 2022. This was hard! As you can imagine, there are multiple favorites each year, so picking just one was agonizing in some cases. Some of these choices might surprise you, since a few books could be considered “under the radar.” Still, this was a lot of fun. No commentary, but I am linking my reviews if you’re interested. Here we go!
30 responses to “Previously, On SciFiMonth – Best SF Books of the Last Ten Years #SciFiMonth”
Caroline Lambe
The Mad Scientist’s Daughter!! I love that book so much. The first audiobook I listened to when I joined AR originally way back when. What an honour to have it – and The Phlebotomist – included!
I’ve read the Martian and the Dark Matter from your list. I enjoyed them both so I guess I need to check out the others, too. I’ve read others from Vandermeer but not Borne.
I haven’t read any of these (surprise surprise lol) but I’ve seen your reviews for some of them and they seem to be fantastic reads! 😀 Stephanie @ Bookfever recently posted…The Non-Fiction Book Tag #NonfictionNovember
Wow, hard to believe The Martian was out in 2014. Doesn’t seem like that long, and I was new to blogging then! Dark Matter is one of my favorite books so yeah to that one. 🙂
Vandermeer’s stuff is so wild- after I read one of his books I’m always like- what did I just read? 🙂 Greg recently posted…Tuesday Tagline 235
A Boy And His Dog.. was such a good read.
I really must get around to reading another Blake Crouch, it’s been a while.
Have just started Sea of Tranquility and I can’t wait to get back to it 😀
Some of your listed titles are among my favorites as well, and one of these days I need to read St.John Mandel because I keep hearing great things about her novels 🙂 Maddalena@spaceandsorcery recently posted…CONSIDER PHLEBAS (Culture #1), by Iain Banks – #SciFiMonth
I believe I’ll have to use this as a TBR list for the books I haven’t read yet, haha! I’ve had a copy of The Sky is Yours sitting on my shelf since it came out, I should probably get around to that one finally…
Surprisingly, considering I don’t feel like I read enough sci-fi, I’ve read and loved six of these – which was a very pleasant surprise. I should try to read The Mad Scientist’s Daughter, I’m sure I already have a copy – and the Blake Crouch.
Lynn 😀
Great picks! The only one I’ve read is the Martian, but the Mad Scientist’s Daughter sounds interesting and I’ve always liked the cover of the Phlebotomist.
Hard pickings. But clearly a list of books i need to look into as I have not read any of these yet. Annemieke @ A Dance with Books recently posted…Dancing out of November 2022
Not only have I not read any of these books but I haven’t read anything by the authors either which feels pretty terrible considering how popular some of them are. At least I have a few good starting points for the genre though. I didn’t realise Cassandra Rose Clarke had a sci fi book, I have a few fantasy novels by her on my TBR.
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The Mad Scientist’s Daughter!! I love that book so much. The first audiobook I listened to when I joined AR originally way back when. What an honour to have it – and The Phlebotomist – included!
Me too Caroline! And I’ll never stop shouting about The Phlebotomist:-) Thank you for commenting!
I’ve read the Martian and the Dark Matter from your list. I enjoyed them both so I guess I need to check out the others, too. I’ve read others from Vandermeer but not Borne.
Borne is my favorite by far:-)
Ooooooo, I bought Dark Matter in a charity shop only last month! Excited!
Great list!!
Oh cool, I think it’s one of his best.
Squeee!
I can’t believe some of these are that old.
Anne – Books of My Heart recently posted… Wanderers by Chuck Wendig
I know, I feel like I read The Martian just a few months ago, lol.
I haven’t read any of these (surprise surprise lol) but I’ve seen your reviews for some of them and they seem to be fantastic reads! 😀
Stephanie @ Bookfever recently posted…The Non-Fiction Book Tag #NonfictionNovember
I love them all!
Wow, hard to believe The Martian was out in 2014. Doesn’t seem like that long, and I was new to blogging then! Dark Matter is one of my favorite books so yeah to that one. 🙂
Vandermeer’s stuff is so wild- after I read one of his books I’m always like- what did I just read? 🙂
Greg recently posted…Tuesday Tagline 235
Right? Time flies… And yes I agree. Vandermeer is actually hit or miss with me. I loved Borne, but a few others have been DNFs for me.
The only one I’ve read so far is The Martian and I can understand why that one made it as a favorite that year. Such a great story.
It was so good! And then the movie was pretty amazing as well.
A Boy And His Dog.. was such a good read.
I really must get around to reading another Blake Crouch, it’s been a while.
Have just started Sea of Tranquility and I can’t wait to get back to it 😀
I’m looking forward to your thoughts on Sea of Tranquility! It’s one of the best books of the year, IMO.
Some of your listed titles are among my favorites as well, and one of these days I need to read St.John Mandel because I keep hearing great things about her novels 🙂
Maddalena@spaceandsorcery recently posted…CONSIDER PHLEBAS (Culture #1), by Iain Banks – #SciFiMonth
Oh yes you must read St. John Mandel! All of them, start from the beginning:-)
I believe I’ll have to use this as a TBR list for the books I haven’t read yet, haha! I’ve had a copy of The Sky is Yours sitting on my shelf since it came out, I should probably get around to that one finally…
I loved it, although I may be in the minority, lol.
I should take a trip down memory lane and do a list like this!
Mogsy @ BiblioSanctum recently posted…#ScifiMonth Waiting on Wednesday 11/23/22
You should, it was fun:-) Also hard to pick only one per year!
I haven’t read any of these but I have heard great things of The Sea of Tranquility!
It’s amazing!
Surprisingly, considering I don’t feel like I read enough sci-fi, I’ve read and loved six of these – which was a very pleasant surprise. I should try to read The Mad Scientist’s Daughter, I’m sure I already have a copy – and the Blake Crouch.
Lynn 😀
Oh yes, read Dark Matter!
Great picks! The only one I’ve read is the Martian, but the Mad Scientist’s Daughter sounds interesting and I’ve always liked the cover of the Phlebotomist.
Hard pickings. But clearly a list of books i need to look into as I have not read any of these yet.
Annemieke @ A Dance with Books recently posted…Dancing out of November 2022
Not only have I not read any of these books but I haven’t read anything by the authors either which feels pretty terrible considering how popular some of them are. At least I have a few good starting points for the genre though. I didn’t realise Cassandra Rose Clarke had a sci fi book, I have a few fantasy novels by her on my TBR.