What are your favorite 21st century science fiction or fantasy books?

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Do you read science fiction, fantasy, or speculative fiction novels? If so, what are some of your recent favorites (i.e., those published in the 21st century)?

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I used to read nothing but this genre when I was younger, but don’t know that I’ve read all that many in recent years - and even those have been classics. Very interested to see what pops up on this list so I can add books to my TBR!

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I have never been a fan of either fantasy or science fiction; however, I did love A WRINKLE IN TIME when our teacher read it aloud. It wasn’t until I was in college that I discovered it was part of a series. Consequently, I read the three-part series.

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I don’t read much in these genres, but I have enjoyed Naomi Novak’s Temeraire books. They’re Napoleonic wars, but with dragons! And the dragon, Temeraire, is such a great character.

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My favorites are James S.A. Corey’s The Expanse series and Pierce Brown’s The Red Rising Saga. I also 5-starred Andy Weir’s Project Hail Mary and The Martian, Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven, Tyrell Johnson’s The Wolves of Winter, Daniel Suarez’s Delta-V, William R. Forstchen’s One Second After, The Final Day, and Pillar to the Sky, and Brian Herbert’s Sandworms of Dune and The Lady of Caladan.

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Maybe we could also do our favorites of the 20th century (so I can include Frank Herbert’s Dune and others)?

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@Luisa_H Yeah, we’ll probably do something like that soon.

Thanks for the reading list! My problem is that I’m old-school and I’m super familiar with (and love) the 20th-century stuff. I haven’t found much I’ve really enjoyed that has been published this century, though, and I was hoping for some suggestions! I appreciate you providing some that I can add to my list. I read The Expanse series, the Red Rising books (almost stopped at one point because I was so stricken by the “death” of one of the characters), Weir’s books, and Station Eleven. Thanks for the rest - those are new to me.

Have you read any China Mieville? I read Embassytown some years ago and I meant to get back to his writing but never have. I need to read The City and the City, if nothing else.