Man, our tastes align quite a bit in both Sci Fi and Fantasy. Like I mentioned the on the other video, you've got a great vibe and I'm glad you took the plunge into longer form content here on YT. Not jealous you have more subs in 2 videos than I do in 8 months. Nope, not at all :). Killer video Smitty!!

The algorithm is algorithming. I followed you on TikTok for months and months, and KZfaq finally brought me here.

Project Hail Mary is one of my all time favorites 👏🏽 Just started the Sun Eater series, and now I can't wait to get to Demon in White! (Also I'm here from tiktok and so excited to find your channel here)

I got goosebumps when I saw Demon in White as you #1. I read this back in pandemic days and I was wondering why no one was shouting it out the rooftops. So glad it’s getting the attention it rightful deserves recently. DIW was my favorite until I reached Ashes of Man, the fifth in the series. Ugh wish I can be you so I can experience it all anew!! Keep us posted on your wild journey!

Defiently worth starting the second trilgoy Dark Age and Light Bringer Top Morning Star by a long shot.

I can't wait to read proyect hail mary. I just started reading and am in the middle of the sword of kaigen.

Personally i wouldn’t have went into many details of project Hail Mary. Finding out about the secondary character was the best part of the story.

My top 5 5.Kindred 4.Empire of Silence( read this because you recommended it. It didn’t disappoint) 3.Leviathan Wakes 2.1984 1.Sea of tranquility

You need to read the three body problem and it’s sequels if you enjoyed dune. It has a lot of the same creative juice in a way, it also is super plot based, and the characters aren’t as bad as people think they are. Book one is like a mystery kind of thing, but books two and three will blow your mind,

Great list! If you are a fan of Dune and the Sun Eater series, you would enjoy Hyperion by Dan Simmons. Also the three body problem is some of the best and most unique scifi I’ve ever read and there’s a show out now that’s killing it so far! Definitely also check out more of Blake Crouch’s stuff if you haven’t already

Can’t wait for you to read Disquiet Gods. That was one of the wildest reading experiences ever

This was perfect! Added Project Hail Mary and Demon in White (going to jump into the 1st book). My favorite scifi so far is 'Children Of Time' series. Happy to come across your Channel!

I’m currently reading golden son. If I keep my pace I’ll finish it in about 3-4 days. It’s a great book and I already have morning son on stand by. Once I read that because of your recommendations the sun eater series is my next series I want to really read. Thanks to you I got into reading so thanks a lot.

Hey Smitty. Read Recursion. Whew many twist and turns. Great! Read 1st Red Rising some time ago and loved it. I am inspired to continue series. Probably start over with Red Rising to refresh. I have Dark Matter but haven’t read it yet. Love your channel and style. 👍💚

Love the enthusiasm for Howling Dark. Have yet to read any of these, but if you haven't yet, I would recommend trying Foundation by Isaac Asimov and Ender's Game and if you enjoy it, try Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card. They're my favourite Sci-fi of all time thus far.

Great seeing you on KZfaq! Keep it up, can't wait to see the new video's comming.

I listened to Project Hail Mary on Audio and was blown away. It is definitely in the conversation as my favorite book ever. I lean more toward scifi so I'm going to be giving some of these a try.

guess it's finally time to start reading sun eater. some else mentioned it but children of time is a must read for some hard sci-fi, it's truly incredible! adrian tchoikovsky also writes a lot of fantasy & i've heard the doors of eden is a great blend of the two genres you might enjoy. love the channel!

Okay, when you move upstairs, we’re going to need that bookshelf tour!

Loving the shirt, I really gotta get more into sci-fi. Suneater is high priority.

A Sci-Fi list! My recommendations for the genre are The Expanse series and if you don’t have plans for the future, The Horus Heresy.

3 Body Problem series. 2nd book Dark Forest was amazing! The Mountain in the Sea was great. I agree on Dune and Red Rising.

great to see you on youtube! really enjoyed your tiktoks when I used the app, looking forward to what comes next:)

i’m split between if i prefer sci fi or fantasy. also finish the red rising series, i think dark age will be one of your favorites.

Your list honorable mention - Dune - I've read 5. Morning Star - haven't read 4. Ready Player One - haven't read 3. Dark Matter - I've read 2. Project Hail Mary - I've read 1. Demon in White - Haven't read 5 of my favorites in no particular order Dune - Frank Herbert Hyperion - Dan Simmons Children of Time - Adrian Tchaikovsky Starship Troopers - Robert A Heinlein Anathem - Neal Stephenson I want to read all of the books in your list that I haven't read yet. Keep trucking brother

Great list. Hadrian Marlowe is that guy! If you loved Morningstar, wait until you read the other books in the Red Rising Saga. You’re in for a treat.

Cool to see a new booktuber with similar tastes! I would recommend continuing with Red Rising series, I think Darrows journey into the future of ruling is fascinating. Also, I’ll make a plug for a classic that’s one of my all time favorites, Hyperion!

Sci fi fantasy blends!! I love anything that challenges the boundaries of genre. Thank you!!

Glad to have stumbled across another Sun Eater fan. If Demon in White was emotional, buckle up, the following books are quite the wild ride! Love the channel!

My top 5: Skyward, Red Rising, Mazerunner, Super Powereds, Ready player one. Also first 4 books of Sun Eater are currently free on audible right now if you're a member, I'm definitely going to start listening to those. I only listen to books so not a true book junkie but loving this channel and glad I found it. Red Rising series was a fantastic listen, the amazing narrator helped me like those books even more. Adding many of your books to my future listening list.

Thank you 🙏🏽 Dark Matter was really good…can’t wait to checkout your other recs

Great video. The only one on your list I've read is Ready Player One. It hit that sweet spot of futuristic and nostalgia. I didn't think it was possible, but here we are.

Dude Sun Eater became my favorite series overnight

Dude sun eater sounds amazing I gotta try that! I’m almost done with Wheel of Time then I might skip over to scifi for a little! Love your channel right now!

Another banger! Keep it up! I’m personally so excited to start the sun eater series! I’m a bit newer to reading sci-fi, but I’ve read the entire ‘the expanse’ series and LOVED it! I also really really loved ready player one

Great selection of novels. I loved all of these books. Hyperion Cantos and Use of Weapons also up there for me.

You are giving me new books to try yay! 🖤 also I’m getting Dune soon! I’m excited😅

It's so funny that I ran across your channel because I've been debating well over a decade about starting a channel about my favorite genre which is sci-fi books. I was looking for some new books to read and I just popped by your channel thank you kid

I just started getting into audio books and so far I have listened to Level Five narrated by Macleod Andrews and Quantum Radio narrated by Ray Porter, both were awesome! Looking forward to listening to Level Six and checking out more of A.G. Riddle books.

Project Hail Mary was my first 5 star sci-fi of the year I loved it so much! My top 5 includes Illuminae and 4 different Adrian Tchaikovsky books, his sci-fi stuff just hits different, I’d highly recommend The Doors of Eden and Children of Time if you haven’t checked him out yet!

Dude I don't do Tiktok but love your KZfaq videos. You have the SAME reading taste and in some cases top 5s as me. Looking forward to more of this content!

Golden Son and Light Bringer are my favorite books in the Red Rising saga. I also love Morning Star, but the later books in the series are truly ALL masterpieces. Definitely recommend picking the series back up at some point!

Great video. I have Empire of silence on my kindle but haven't gotten to it yet. I need to get to it because I just keep hearing great things about the series.

loved your video!! I always try to get people to read my favourite sci fi and favourite book in general of all time because I never see anyone even knowing that book. And it’s Metro 2033. this one got me into reading as an adult and it really will forever be my favourite, just the atmosphere and bleakness are so heavy and because of this book I always get a little uneasy travelling by the subway or metro. The main character really goes through quite heavy stuff as well and the uncertainty if he could make it through the next chellange at all just really hit the nail. it’s more post apocalyptic than your 'typical' sci fi but I really hope that at least one person may find it interesting and gives it a try :)

YES! Demon in White isn’t only my best sci fi book of all time, it just rose to my best book of all time (fiction/non fiction/ contemporary/classic)! A literary marvel to behold!

I hope you continue on the RR series! It gets soooooo much better

I just caught up on Sun Eater a few weeks ago and Demon In White has launched up my all time favorite books list. Such a great series!

Project Hail Mary is my #1 Sci-fi book. Its so damn good I've read it so many times since its came out. Definitely recommend audiobook for this one its such a good audiobook! You are right Rocky is such a great character.

Great list! I’ve heard phenomenal things about Howling Dark, so I’m excited to hear Demon in White surpassed that level for you. I don’t know what I’m doing not reading Sun Eater, but I will someday! 😅

Great list! Those are some stellar books! I do highly recommend you continue with the rest of the Red Rising books, the journey gets even more epic. Here are some more recs for you: The Expanse series is amazing. The House of Suns by Reynolds is incredible. Anything and everything by Tchaikovsky (his fantasy series Shadows of the Apt is on my top ten list), but for sci-fi I especially recommend the Children of Time trilogy, Dogs of War, Cage of Souls. I also recommend The Remebrance of Earth's Past by Cixin Liu, especially books 2 and 3 are fantastic.

So good! Loved the video ❤️

Thanks for the advice. I'm going to check out Project Hail Mary.

I found your channel and loved it! I don’t use TikTok. And there are only 2 videos! I hope you continue doing videos about the books you like!

Good picks although I haven't read Project Hail Mary or The Demon in White. My picks would probably look something like this. 5. The Dark Forest - Cixin Liu 4. Wool - Hugh Howey 3. Dune - Frank Herbert 2. Hyperion - Dan Simmons 1. The Shrinking Man - Richard Matheson

Project Hail Mary is getting an adaptation with Ryan Gosling!!! i'm hyped!

My dip into scifi is Halo. I have the first book but going thru what im on right now before i start it, but ik ill like it already because loved the games growing up.

you should consider making these a top ten. a lot of people tend to have similar top 5s, but more hot takes from 6-10

I hear about sun eater so much it sounds super interesting, I'm dying to read it.

Great list! Haven't heard of the Sun Eater series, adding it to the list.

Great video, also reading the sun eater series, excited to get to demon in white!

Sci-Fi is my second favorite genre as well. I just finished Dark Matter a couple of weeks ago and it was amazing. I'm in the process of acquiring the Sun Eater series (I have books 1, 4, 5, and 6, I prefer hardcover books and I'm having a hard time finding books 2 and 3 at a reasonable price) but I'm really excited to read it. I haven't read any of the other books on your list but Project Hail Mary is definitely on my TBR. My personal favorite Sci-Fi is Ender's Game.

You popped up in my recommended and I’m glad you did cause you’re dope! You gotta read red rising that shit is amazing. Also for future videos you should level your camera for more aesthetically pleasing framing. Luckily you have that table behind you so you can see if it’s level or not. If you’re shooting on your phone eventually try to switch to a DSLR (or mirrorless) camera and a tripod since nowadays most tripods have a level built in. I can’t wait to see more content from you my guy!

We have such similar taste, loving your videos!

I bought a used copy of Project Hail Mary about a year ago and I think I’m finally going to get to it after I finish my current book. I’m more of a horror novel kinda guy, but I’m also waiting to read Dunr and I’ve been looking pretty hard at some Blake Crouch books. Glad to see you recommended some of the things on my TBR! Can’t wait to see the new setup for your videos! Later gator 🐊

All of the booktubers are talking about the Sun Eater series, and I HAVE to go read it sometime! 😩 I don’t usually read sci-fi, but the Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell is my favorite book of all time.

If you enjoy some humor with your Sci fi I recommend Dennis E. Taylor’s series Bobiverse. It’s definitely a lighter read than the ones you have listed but still worth reading.

I have not see your vidoes before. The algorithm knows ive watched enough similar videos of other people. But the way you spoke got me to pay attention. I hadn't even heard of the Sun Eater series. ( So many great scifi books in the world) So I start looking up the series. And start planning my next purchase. So thanks.

I started watching you on tiktok, and because of you i started the Cosmere (tysm for this, finished WoR last week), now i want some sci-fi and i find again your video, so i already know the 5 books are bangers, tysm and keep the good work!

This vid just popped in my feed. Great list. Ive read all but RP1 & agree with your thoughts. Like others here, Id recommend The Expanse & after that, if you enjoy mind blowing scifi concepts, check out Alastair Reynolds. Start him with Eversion & then roll right into Revelation Space. Also, Hyperion will be an instant all timer.

Another great video! Of your top 5 (6), I’ve read 3 and completely agree with what you said about them (PHM, MS and Dune) - Dark Matter and Ready Player One have been on my shelf for so long but I haven’t managed to get to them yet as while I do tend to enjoy sci fi once I push myself to read them, I don’t generally think of myself as a sci fi fan. Never heard of the Sun Eater series but will definitely add it to my TBR now! Very different to those you’ve mentioned but some of my favourite sci fi books are The Kaiju Preservation Society (bit of a silly, low stakes, hilarious book but so bloody good!) and Jurassic Park which got me back into reading a couple years ago after not touching a book in so long. I had always loved the movies but was a bit hesitant to read the book thinking it wouldn’t stack up with the nostalgia I have for the movies - I worried about nothing though, the book still managed to be better! 😂

Loved Project Hail Mary and Dune, and quite liked Dark Matter but didn't really feel the ending was the best. Pierce Brown and Ruocchio are on the reading list, but I am waiting until the final book is finished before I start them. Eagerly anticipating those moments though! Great video!

Check out the works of Andre Norton; she has both sci-fi and fantasy, and lots of books that combine them both. From the Witch World series, which begins as essentially an isekai, through several great space-faring series, and tons of collaborations with other great authors. I haven't rear the Dark Matter book (yet) but I did watch the tv show, which was pretty great. The parallel worlds made me think of The Chronicles of Amber, by Roger Zelazny.

Gonna have to check these out! Just got into reading and I decided to go with the Witcher series. On book 4 right now and I’m loving the series so far.

Great list, my friend. I still need to read Project Hail Mary. I've heard nothing but great things. I hope to start Demon in White soon, and im on Iron Gold with the Red Rising series. -Cheers 🍻🤘🏼

Project Hail Mary got me into reading. I dont even remember how i found it but man that book was just so intriguing

My top 5: 1. Firestar (first book of the Firestar Trilogy) 2. Time Enough for Love 3. Dune 4. Foundation by Asimov 5. Starship Troopers Honorable mention: The Martian

Let’s go with some recommendations. One of it is Commonwealth Saga - it’s a duo starting Pandora’s Star. It’s a kind of space opera but… kinda not. First contact, conspiracy theory, murder mystery, how the society handles some stuff, there are some intense war parts with close combat and space battles but mainly character heavy thing. Even has a strange portal fantasy like story element for one storyline. All in 2 books. Oh yes, you are missing Octavia Butler… to be shocked. Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents. 👌🏽 Books to meditate on? Banks - Culture. Great example of the series is Player of Games. It’s on the level of Dune. Of course we can’t leave out Ender’s Game and Speaker for the Dead when you talk about Red Rising. We know that everyone says it’s based on Hunger Games and that based on Ender’s Game… Speaker for the Dead on the other hand was the original idea of the author why he wrote it. And that’s a very different story. Both got Hugo and Nebula awards for a reason. And just for a taste from cyberpunk Altered Carbon trilogy. Yes, it has a bit similarities to the Netflix show at least in s1, but that was it, it has awesome action scenes, the main character is crazy as heck (written in first person), it’s not really technology focused it uses only as a tool, so it’s fun not annoying to always listen to the tech speech. You didn’t hear enough the Three-Body Problem? 😁 I chose some books that are not so usual on booktok.

If you love sci-fantasy, I’d say The Book of The New Sun by Gene Wolfe..with the Alzabo Soup podcast as a companion to the reading.

Thing about Dune is it might be the greatest, yes, but once you've read Dune Messiah and Children of Dune (God Emperor should be read as well) it takes several steps forward and makes Paul maybe the best character ever written as he's explored post Jihad. Each of those first four could be a contender for best in the series. Have Empire of Silence on my shelf waiting to be read, I'm so stoked. Just have to finish Guy Gavriel Kay's Tigana first (then a quick Zito Madu's The Minotaur at Calle Lanza)

Well done on your rapid channel growth! I read Red Rising earlier this year, like you I thought it was ok. But i have heard before that it gets better and better. Ready Player 1 gets a lot of shit for being basic, but I enjoyed it mainly for the 80s nostalgia. I read Dark Matter a month or two back, it was a fun airport thriller type of thing, i blew through it an afternoon. The sci fi elements i thought were cursory but i didn't really care. I loved PHM last year, had a blast, I loved Rockie and the bromance. His 2nd book was pretty bad tho. I am a recent convert to Sun Eater, i finished Demon in White last month, it's a contender for my book of the year. The first three were a 9, 9.5 and 9.5 for me. I'm half way through the 4th book and so far it's less great than the first three. I was lucky to have a chat with Ruocchio on my channel a few weeks back, enjoyed talking with him. 👍📚🚀👽🎬

Ive started reading Sci Fi for the first time recently (used to exclusively read fantasy before) and my first sci fi book was Hyperion and man it blew me away! Chapter 1 is the best opening chapter I've read of a book period. Highly recommend. About to finish book 2 then I'm gonna check out Empire of Silence

Glad I found your channel!

Demon in White is so so good. Best sci fi book ever written.

I'm all in! I agree with this list so much.

Red rising been my fav since 2014. Finish the rest of the series it gets way better and more adult. Howerlife🐺

Ready Player 1!!!! I LOVED it, my first sci fi book, read it last summer. It put me into a reading slump, in a good way, I didn't think there'd be another book as good as that.

I loved Project Hail Mary and Dune, but haven’t read the others on your list (yet). I’d highly recommend checking out Ender’s Game as an easy read to mix up the pace. It’s a quick and easy read that really surprised me with its depth and themes.

Stoked for you to get to the next two in sun eater

I've read all the books on your list but your #1. Looking forward to checking it out. If you liked ready player one, you should check out Player of Games by Ian M Banks. It's one of The Culture series. A must read for anyone into gaming. Also, if you liked Project Hail Mary, check out We Are Legion, We Are Bob; excellent sci-fi ride.

I appreciate the Dark Matter recommendation. I am going to give that one a try.

Howling Dark is in the middle of the left bundle 😅 had spotted it before you brought it up 🎉 Edit: I had this comment posted before the end of the vid 👍🏻

You saying you liked reading about different timelines reminded me of the first book in the Licanius trilogy. Cool seeing books take that perspective

You had me at Dark Matter!!! ❤

Great video! You should do a favorite authors next I’d like to see your list

Great video! I added Project Hail Mary to my tbr list from your 6 star vid on tiktok. I'll check it out before the movie comes out. Is there another Sci-fi book you would recommend to someone for their first Sci-fi book that wasn't on the list or should I go ahead with Project Hail Mary? Also starting Mistborn today!!! :) Happy reading Smitty!

I don't know about the order of books, but some of my favorites are Nemesis Games by James S A Corey, Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie, and Requiem Moon by C T Rwizi

The next book, Kingdom of Death, is very dark and one of my favorites in the Sun Eater series.

keep grinding boss. good stuff

I love the Red Rising series and Dark Matter as well. If you haven’t read The Culture you should check those books out.

I typically just read Fantasy... but I'm delving into Sci-Fi now, and have started Empire of Silence... I'm absolutely and utterly hooked on Suneater. I'm being converted into a sci-fi fan..