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Mark Joseph says:
Wow. I thought this site was depressing before, but this takes the proverbial cake. Nine authors no one outside of this site has ever heard of, and Andy Weir’s book. I’m happy to say I’ve read “none of the above.”
My top ten so far this year (in no particular order):
1Q84 by Haruki Murakami Komarr by Lois McMaster Bujold A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold Zima Blue and Other Stories by Alastair Reynolds Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance by Lois McMaster Bujold Pilgrimage to Earth by Robert Sheckley Cryoburn by Lois McMaster Bujold Ventus by Karl Schroeder Seveneves by Neal Stephenson Fire with Fire by Charles Gannon
Hey, there’s no law that says you have to read only new books (though booksellers would prefer one be enacted)!
“There are two kinds of fools. One says, ‘this is old, therefore it is good.’ The other says ‘this is new, therefore it is better.'”
Thanks so much for joining the conversation, Mark. Looking at your list, while there are a TON of fabulous books there, none of them were published in 2021 so unfortunately don’t qualify for this particular reader poll which is honoring the best books published this year (so far).
As a reminder, this is a reader’s choice poll decided on by the votes of readers – of which there were thousands who added their votes. We have no skin in the game, other than providing a platform to showcase the pulse of the community.
While we definitely appreciate the classics and pay homage to them all across this site, I think you’d be pleasantly surprised by the quality of modern day sci-fi tales – all of the authors on this list have sold hundreds of thousands, if not millions of copies of their books to readers around the world, and we are honored to hear that the sci-fi community enjoys their work so deeply as to vote them into the top 10 here.
The Top 10 Sci-Fi Books of 2022 (So Far)!
Wow. I thought this site was depressing before, but this takes the proverbial cake. Nine authors no one outside of this site has ever heard of, and Andy Weir’s book. I’m happy to say I’ve read “none of the above.”
My top ten so far this year (in no particular order):
1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
Komarr by Lois McMaster Bujold
A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold
Zima Blue and Other Stories by Alastair Reynolds
Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance by Lois McMaster Bujold
Pilgrimage to Earth by Robert Sheckley
Cryoburn by Lois McMaster Bujold
Ventus by Karl Schroeder
Seveneves by Neal Stephenson
Fire with Fire by Charles Gannon
Hey, there’s no law that says you have to read only new books (though booksellers would prefer one be enacted)!
“There are two kinds of fools. One says, ‘this is old, therefore it is good.’ The other says ‘this is new, therefore it is better.'”
Thanks so much for joining the conversation, Mark. Looking at your list, while there are a TON of fabulous books there, none of them were published in 2021 so unfortunately don’t qualify for this particular reader poll which is honoring the best books published this year (so far).
As a reminder, this is a reader’s choice poll decided on by the votes of readers – of which there were thousands who added their votes. We have no skin in the game, other than providing a platform to showcase the pulse of the community.
While we definitely appreciate the classics and pay homage to them all across this site, I think you’d be pleasantly surprised by the quality of modern day sci-fi tales – all of the authors on this list have sold hundreds of thousands, if not millions of copies of their books to readers around the world, and we are honored to hear that the sci-fi community enjoys their work so deeply as to vote them into the top 10 here.