Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by the Broke and the Bookish.
Space: the final frontier ... Here are the top ten books set in space:
- Pathfinder by Orson Scott Card. The author's personal beliefs aside, I really liked this series.
- Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson. This book is set on Earth, but a comet/planet/something from space - they call it Calamity - comes to Earth and sets the whole story in motion.
- Illuminae by Amie Kaufman. This was an excellent book to listen to as an audio selection. I don't know that I would have enjoyed the print version as much as I enjoyed the audio, which was excellent.
- Of Beast and Beauty by Stacey Jay. Beauty and the Beast set in space on another planet. Shut up and take my money.
- Cress by Marissa Meyer. This is book #3 in the Cinder series, and Cress is a Rapunzel-esque hacker trapped in orbit of earth.
- The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett. To be fair, I'm not a big fan of the rest of the series, but this first book in the Long Earth series is really good.
- The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell. Love this one.
- Binky the Space Cat by Ashley Spires. Binky doesn't technically go into space, but he does build himself a rocket ship and prepare to leave orbit. In the end, though, he doesn't want to leave his people behind.
- The Martian by Andy Weir. I still love this book. I have read it maybe five times already and I haven't gotten bored yet.
- Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. Again, the author's personal beliefs turn my stomach, but this is by far one of my favorite books ever. The movie was on the yucky side of "meh," but the book is excellent.
Have you missed one of these excellent titles? Then add it to your to-read list. Is there one I'm missing? Let me know in the comments.
1 comment:
I haven't read a lot of books set in the space, but still I'll say that The Martian is my favourite. Such a good story!
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