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How Many 21st Century SF Books Have You Read? - Page 2

James Harris writes: "I've been watching a lot of science fiction book reviewers on YouTube and quite often they make me feel completely out of touch with current science fiction. It seems like there are a thousand new science fiction books published each year, and I seldom read what people are talking about.
"I feel well-read in the genre before 1980, maybe even 1990, but after that, when I hear young people talking about new science fiction I feel like I've been left behind. To see how unread I am I use the list builder feature and CSFquery to find any SF book that had gotten at least 3 citations published during the years 2000-2022. I created the checklist below...
"How well-read are you with 21st-century science fiction? Are you young or old? How many new SF books do you read each year? And what books do you recommend that are missing from the list?"
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River of Gods (Ian Mcdonald)
River of Gods
41
Ian Mcdonald
The Three-Body Problem (Cixin Liu)
The Three-Body Problem
42
Cixin Liu
Wool Omnibus (Silo, #1) (Hugh Howey)
Wool Omnibus (Silo, #1)
43
Hugh Howey
Blindsight (Peter Watts)
Blindsight
44
Peter Watts
The Calculating Stars (Mary Robinette Kowal)
The Calculating Stars
45
Mary Robinette Kowal
Catching Fire (Suzanne Collins)
Catching Fire
46
Suzanne Collins
The Dervish House (Ian Mcdonald)
The Dervish House
47
Ian Mcdonald
Hominids (Robert J. Sawyer)
Hominids
48
Robert J. Sawyer
Light (M. John Harrison)
Light
49
M. John Harrison
The Scar (China MiƩville)
The Scar
50
China MiƩville
The Separation (Christopher Priest)
The Separation
51
Christopher Priest
All the Birds in the Sky (Charlie Jane Anders)
All the Birds in the Sky
52
Charlie Jane Anders
Ash (Mary Gentle)
Ash
53
Mary Gentle
The Chronoliths (Robert Charles Wilson)
The Chronoliths
54
Robert Charles Wilson
Ninefox Gambit (Yoon Ha Lee)
Ninefox Gambit
55
Yoon Ha Lee
Pattern Recognition (William Gibson)
Pattern Recognition
56
William Gibson
Red Rising (Pierce Brown)
Red Rising
57
Pierce Brown
The Telling (Ursula Le Guin)
The Telling
58
Ursula Le Guin
Zoo City (Lauren Beukes)
Zoo City
59
Lauren Beukes
The Algebraist
The Algebraist
60
Ancillary Mercy (Ann Leckie)
Ancillary Mercy
61
Ann Leckie
Bold as Love
Bold as Love
62
Chasm City (Alastair Reynolds)
Chasm City
63
Alastair Reynolds
The City We Became (N K Jemisin)
The City We Became
64
N K Jemisin
Diplomatic Immunity (Lois McMaster Bujold)
Diplomatic Immunity
65
Lois McMaster Bujold
The Goblin Emperor (Katherine Addison)
The Goblin Emperor
66
Katherine Addison
How to Live Safely in a Science Fiction Universe (Yu)
How to Live Safely in a Science Fiction Universe
67
Yu
In War Times (Kathleen Ann Goonan)
In War Times
68
Kathleen Ann Goonan
The Last Colony (John Scalzi)
The Last Colony
69
John Scalzi
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Becky Chambers)
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
70
Becky Chambers
Look to Windward (Iain M. Banks)
Look to Windward
71
Iain M. Banks
Matter (Iain M. Banks)
Matter
72
Iain M. Banks
A Memory Called Empire (Arkady Martine)
A Memory Called Empire
73
Arkady Martine
Network Effect (Martha Wells)
Network Effect
74
Martha Wells
Piranesi (Susanna Clarke)
Piranesi
75
Susanna Clarke
The Plot Against America (Philip Roth)
The Plot Against America
76
Philip Roth
Seveneves (Neal Stephenson)
Seveneves
77
Neal Stephenson
Spinning Silver (Naomi Novik)
Spinning Silver
78
Naomi Novik
The Year of the Flood (Margaret Atwood)
The Year of the Flood
79
Margaret Atwood
11/22/63 (Stephen King)
11/22/63
80
Stephen King
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