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I swear your recommendations are so refreshing! It's like a breath of fresh air in the community! These are books that you don't typically hear people talk about that much! A bunch of these are now going to my never ending TBR! THANK YOU!

Emily, I hate to be that person that only comments on your makeup, but damn that eye makeup! 🔥

I love how your reviews are not mere plot synopses, rather an assessment of the flavor of story.

My 7th grade english class made us read Flowers for Algernon and I still remember it to this day at 27. Its a great pick. Heres a sub by the way

Can you also do a guide for “intermediate readers” of sci-fi who want to get into harder genres of sci-fi! This video was really good but I’ve already read a lot of these and want to get more into things like Dune etc. but I don’t know where to start and what’s worth reading!

My recommendation for new sci-fi readers is to not read Dune (at least not yet). It is big, full of scientific descriptions, weird names and lots of characters/relations to keep track of, and generally hard to read for a beginner. Yes, it often considered one of the best Sci-Fi books of all time, but work up to it. Don't read it first because it is the top of lists you find. If you do want something more classic and well-known than Emily's great picks, try Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep or Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Both are shorter books and have an easy to read writing style.

Some more recommendations: If you like short stories and/or magical realism, try The Paper Menagerie (the short story collection) by Ken Liu. If you like dystopia, try Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood (author of Handmaidens Tale) If you like dystopia and/or social commentary, try Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler And in general, I recommend Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut. One of my favorite books of all time.

I love Flowers for Algernon so much!! It was so sad! Almost all of the others are on my wish-list; can't wait to read them!

What's the best Sci-Fi book you've ever read?? :D`

Your recs are GREAT for beginners! I loved most of these. Replay is in my all-time top 5.

I’m not a huge sci-fi reader, but some of these books I have read and enjoyed. “Flowers for Algernon” is now added to my TBR 🙂

The long way to a small angry planet was really exhausting, I had high expectations for this book but it just gave me a headache. Thank you for the reccomendations ❤️

If someone wants to transition from historical fiction to sci -fi I recommend Kindred by Octavia Butler. Slavery and time travel. Very well written.

Because of you I read The seven deaths of Evelyn hardcastle, and I just finished it and I LOVED it! So glad I read it.Thanks for the recommendations!

I remember starting sci-fi by picking up "The Robots of Dawn" by Asimov, in my school library at 13. It was groundbreaking for me. Afterwards I was reading a lot of his short robot stories. Another great starting book was Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke.

I recently read Slaughterhouse Five for the first time and I loved it. The first Sci Fi book I ever loved was Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

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Really solid recommendations! The Long Way is my favorite! I'd also recommend Saga (graphic novel).

I'm old-school, so my recommendations will come from decades back. First there are Heinlein's 13 juvenile novels. I'll recommend two: "Time for the Stars" (1956) and "Have Space Suit -- Will Travel" (1958). The Jan Darzek novels of Lloyd Biggle Jr, especially "Watchers of the Dark" (1966) and "Silence Is Deadly" (1977). Although I think anything by Biggle would be worth reading. "The Witches of Karres" (1966) and "The Demon Breed" (1968) by James H. Schmitz. "Ten Years To Doomsday" (1964) by Chester Anderson & Michael Kurland "The Butterfly Kid" (1967) by Chester Anderson (one of the funniest books I've read) "Rimrunners" (1989) by C. J. Cherryh "The Overman Culture" (1976) by Edmund Cooper "Firestar" (1996) by Michael Flynn (first of a quadrilogy) "Inherit the Stars" (1977) by James P. Hogan (first of five related novels) "The Long Twilight" (1982) by Keith Laumer

I'm just getting into sci-fi and I think this video has been really helpful as you gave clear and easy info about each book, so we can figure out what we wanna read! Thank you, Emily!

First we like the video, then we watch it 😂

Thank you so much for this video! I always find sci-fi intimidating because i don’t know where to start, this video was so helpful :)

Can you do one for fantasy?!

Flowers for Algernon is my favorite book ever. It was one of the only books to make me cry. I could read it ten times in a row and not get sick of it.

Continuing... "Decision at Doona" (1975) by Anne McCaffrey "A Mirror for Observers" (1954) by Edgar Pangborn "Norstrilia" (1978) by Cordwainer Smith "Hospital Station" (1979) and "Double Contact" (1999) by James White (both part of his "Sector General" series) Re-Birth (1955) by John Wyndham (originally published in England as "The Chrysalids")

Dark matter was a life changing book! Loved it :)

Okay so I’ve been watching your videos for a couple years, probably close to 3 now. And this popped up on my suggestion page so I decided to watch it. Watching this shocked me because of how different you looked after your surgery. I think I forgot how big of a change it was, now that I look back on old shots of you. And I’m also noticing all the small things that you pointed out when talking about your jaw surgery, how the one side of your mouth differs from the other when you talk or smile, small stuff like that that I never noticed until I DONT notice it anymore in your new vids 😯

Thank you so much for this video! Hope to have more videos like this at some point. I definitely added a few of these to my TBR. And as many people have said many times before, thank you for suggesting books that aren't all over booktube, its absolutely refreshing and so overdue. 🧡

One of my goals for this year is to start reading Sci-Fi, so you just saved me (I actually have gotten some of the recommendations bc of your videos) you’re the best

Emily, this makeup look fits you PERFECTLY! I just watched your tutorial and I want to do it so badly! Hazel eyes are really beautiful on you too. I just added Flowers for Argenon to my TBR because that book sounds INCREDIBLE.

I subscribed the second you picked up The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet. it's one of my favourite books of all time and I wish it got more love and attention

I absolutely adore Harry August and Wool. So I will definitely be reading all of these others.

Weird, I LOVED station eleven but I never would have considered it sci-fi strictly because I "don't like sci-fi." This definitely opened my eyes!! There's so many vastly different types of sci-fi out there. I always have flashbacks to this one sci-fi book I tried to read once about a cat in space and it was all astronaut jargon and I had no idea what anyone was saying and I never picked up sci-fi again. Definitely interested in the more character-driven ones.

Flowers for Algernon was the first book I read from your recommendations a few years ago 💙😭 I’ve loved you ever since! Thanks for this video.

I'm so happy that you posted this video !! Since discovering your channel i wanted to read sci-fi, but i didn't know where to start !!!

I’ve added a few books to my TBR that I am pretty excited for from this. Thanks for the recs. I LOVE that you have Wool and Dark Matter on the list. Two of my favorite Sci-Fis.

Flowers for Algernon is one of my all time favorite books ❤

I read "A Long Way To A Small Angry Planet" by your recommendation from your June wrap up (I think) and let me just say it was a wonderful first introduction to sci-fi, I plan to read many more!

Ever since I've seen this video I've been going through the books mentioned one by one...I've read the Long way to small angry planet, The humans, Flowers for Algernon and Station Eleven, and I've loved every single one of them..thank you so much for introducing me to sci fi...You are amazing

A lot of those books in this videos are on my favorites-of-all-time list. Thanks for the video!

Finally I found youtuber that has similar reading taste with me, I'm so haaaaaaaaappy. From now on I'll believe in you for book rec. Keep doing your good work and thanks for your rec!!!:)

Flowers for Algernon broke me! One of my absolute favorite books ever!

I have just been stepping my toe into sci-fi lately and so many of these sound really good! Thanks for the recommendations!!

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams The Martian by Andy Weir Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton Sphere by Michael Crichton are some good ones.

This is such a helpful video! I usually read mystery/thriller books but have been wanting to branch out. Thanks for the recommendations!

I literally just received my order of The Humans in the mail today. So excited to read it

I really enjoy these kind of videos :) I have the pines trilogy and dark matter, I really need to read them soon. I've watched seasons 1 & 2 of Wayward Pines already but I really need to read the books. Great video ☺

just looked at your shelves while you did the intro and was like, yep - a lot of my favourite books, this is off to a great start already!

My first was Timeline by Crichton and that info dump about quantum theory at the beginning made me almost give up. Buuut, I stuck with it and I loved it!

Flowers for Algernon is on my tbr. I have owned it for a while, not sure why I haven't read it yet.

The Humans sounds so awesome!!

I think you could easily recommend Ender's game, Hyperion or Diune. While classics they are still easy to read and amazing books.

I may or may not have bought 6 books while watching this video.... CAN'T WAIT!!

I read flowers for algernon after watching this video and I cried like a baby the whole last 20 pages

thank you for this, this is very helpful, i’ve been wanting to read sci-fi but don’t know where to start. i read Flowers for Algernon for my Cognitive Psych class and i really enjoyed it 🧡

Wow Emily you’ve made me a very happy viewer today and basically read my mind! Thank you so much for making this video!

A lot of really good suggestions. I read Flowers For Algernon many, many years ago and loved it. I'm due for a re-read of it. I LOVED Replay when I read it a few years ago. Dark Matter is high on my TBR list. Several others looked very intriguing.

I just started The illuminae Files. I am on Gemina and loving the series. It's mind blowing. I was always afraid of Sci-Fi but I find myself reaching for it more often.

I TOTALLY love The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August. Several other books you mentioned were also really awesome!

Great recommendations! The Humans is one of my absolute all time favorites! Flowers for Algernon is up there too. I also love dark matter and station eleven. The first 15 lives of Harry August is high on my list to read.

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Thank you so much!!!! This was exactly the recommendation video I have been in need of!! Love your channel!

Thanks for the recommendations! I will definitely be picking up some of these as soon as possible.

Definitely trying out a few of these! Thank you for the recommendations!

Scifi is my favorite genre, thanks for making this video!! I'm almost done with station eleven, thanks for recommending

I love your recommendations! Perfect end to my workoholic day. Thank youu, and don't stop making vids. Ever.😎😎😎

Dark matter was so good!!! Thank you for the recommendation! I need to get my hands on Pines

Oh my god. I’m sorry if this is weird but I feel like I could listen to you talk all day 💖

Sci Fi and horror series Gone is pretty good. Huge chunky books. probably best for mature/adult readers

Old school sci-fi reader here. I think a great introduction would be the H Beam Piper -- Fuzzy series. Or the "Pip and Flinx" series by Foster. Agree "Dune" would be a bit heavy for new to the genre.

An underrated YA sci-fi series I'd recommended to get into sci-fi imo is "Time Riders" by Alex Scarrow. It's like the sci-fi version of Percy Jackson and the Heroes of Olympus.

I really love this insightful video! Thank you so much! You should definitely do this for other genres too x

YES! Loved it! You never disappoint! Thanks for the great videos.

Hi Emily! I picked up the humans by matt haig because of you and i’m LOVING it! Thank you!

I would love, love , love a reading list of the best post-apocalyptic reads. I just finished Zone One and I want more!

An excellent series for younger readers that isn't super well-known is Everworld. I read a bunch of the books when I was younger and they were coming out. I don't remember all the details, but remember enjoying it and want to go back and read the whole series. It is written by K.A. Applegate, who wrote the Animorphs series.

YEAS! I was waiting for this video ever since you said was coming out, thank you!

I loved The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle (I wish more people talked about it) - such an interesting sci-fi twist on a murder-mystery. I also adore A Long Way to a Small Angry Planet and The Themis Files. Great recommendations in here!

Some great recommendations in this video, many I enjoyed and some I've not got to yet. A Much better video than the standard top 10 scifi lists

FINALLY SOME LOVE FOR THE SILO SERIES! SO GOOD! I heard Ridley Scott is gonna be making the movie. Perfect choice for director... If done right it could be AMAZING.

I think sci-fi beginners should always try short story collections! It lets you get a taste of the kinds of concepts and stories in the genre without having to immerse yourself for 300 pages. Jodi Lynn Nye is I think one person who has edited a ton of good themed anthologies. If you want a recommendation of a particular author, for SURE try Theodore Sturgeon--his concepts are so cool, and they can be as much horror/fantasy as sci-fi. Timothy Zahn short stories are also a great idea: his plots and mechanisms are dead-on every time, and if you like his short stories you can read his Dragonback series (YA sci-fi) or one of his classics like Warhorse ♥

I read Dark Matter because of you and I loved it :) reading now Illuminae, so let's see. So many of those are on my tbr you have no idea

Thank you so much! I’m so happy. Will go and read them all❤️📔

Write the bad things that happen to you in sand and write the good things that happen to you in marble. These are my 3 favorite books: - The Languages of Pao by Jack Vance - The Essential Ellison by Harlon Ellison - Penturian by Tim Gibson

Flowers for Algernon is a good movie too. How about Leviathan Wakes or The Martian? Wool is going to be on tv (Silo).

I really really love your recommendations! I have read half of the books you mentioned and I enjoyed all of them. The other half sounds so so interesting as well, especially The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle. I like that the books you recommend all have unique premises that are not generic sci-fi. I don’t know whether you’ve made a video like this but about thriller recommendations before, but if not I would be very interested in watching it! One other book that have similar premise that I also enjoy is Life After Life by Kate Atkinson, although it’s more of a historical novel with a slight sci-fi twist.

Very interesting list and most I haven’t read. I did read the first three Wool books and thought they were very good. I bought Dark Matter but haven’t read it yet. Looking forward to it. Good video, I enjoyed it.

Nice Video! Great Books! Read them all. To me, Algernon was the best!

The Binti trilogy, especially the first book, are so so so well loved and definitely approachable. I think I'm the only one in the world who didn't love it, so I suggest other folks try it out. It's a good beginners book, features a black main female main character, and a pretty exciting world. It's more space-focused in its genre than the ones you showed in your video though.

My first sci-fi book was The Day of the Triffids and it is still one of my most favourite. I read Flowers for Algernon too and I fell in love with the story. Yesterday I started Dark Matter so I can't wait what's gonna be :) Hope you will make fantasy recommendations too :)

awesome recommendations! I love so many of these (Wool, Station Eleven, Flowers for Algernon)! Would you consider doing recommendations for like "intermediate" or "advanced" sci-fi? Because I guess I have read a lot of the basics and would love to hear your favs that are more hard sci-fi

I LOVE the Road to Nowhere series! The third book releases in April. It's a women's/gender dystopia where women and babies no longer survive pregnancy, and the books (so far) can actually work as standalones, so if you're not up for a full series, you don't feel like you're missing out

These are great recs! So many are on my tbr but I have read dark matter and LOVED it!

Great books! I need to re-read Flowers for Algernon! What is the color of your nail polish? I love it!

A good starting science fiction book is "Activate Invasion Protocols". A positive action backed fun to read book, not dark or scary like so many science fiction books.

Except for the first three, I want to read all of these!

YES perfect timing! I love your recommendations :)

Your really went old school with Flowers for Algernon. Was assigned to read that back in junior high. The book was published in 1959, and by today's standards is more speculative fiction than it is sci fi.

Humans has been on my TBR for some time now, I put a request in with my library last week for a copy. I can't wait for it!