This is a crazy big list of books I've not read. You are making my TBR too big to keep up with. Great video. Thank you so much for always giving me something good to read
Wow! Lot’s of good choices. Have read Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven and loved it. You reminded me of Michael Crichton and I quickly hopped over to Amazon to check out his books. Long ago I read Andromeda Strain and was reminded how much I enjoyed it. I was pleasantly surprised to find it was a duology. I quickly bought both books on Kindle and will read on the long flight to Italy in about 10 days. Thanks for all the good reads.
Gonna check out The Fold. I read 14 years ago and enjoyed all the different personalities in the very unique apartment complex. I appreciate the smorgasbord of authors and novels to dive into. Thank you.
Thanks so much for all your hard work compiling this list. I will definitely have to pick up the two authors I’ve overlooked. Enjoy your summer reading! ✌️😺
Love the overall video but just try to work with the editor so you can have a better voice management and some visuals. Looking forward to check out more stuff coming ;)
I'm glad I read books from at least 4 of the authors and I know of most of the other. Martha Wells's Murderbot series is what I'd start with, lightweight easy to pick up. Dennis E.Taylor's Bobbiverse would be my second choice. I would add Becky Chambers to the list, great author with lots of well reviewed works. To be taught if fortunate novel is great, the two part Monk & Robot is also great, and the Wayfarers series is also worth reading.
Superbo as ever! An edition on funny sci-fi would be great. Some of it is very po-faced at times. I'm definitely going to get some John Scalzi. You've goaded me into it. Thank you.
Yet another outstanding piece. Given your choice of authors I'm familiar with (Barry, Clines, Suarez, Howie, and more), I've no choice but to look into the others. Thank you. Well done.
I loved The Light Brigade, Jurassic Park, and Murderbot ❤. Thanks for all the cool recs! I'd never heard of Daniel Suarez and his books particularly caught my eye.
Gully Foyle is mad that you didn't mention The Stars My Destination. He is repairing his spaceship, and is coming after you. Takeshi Kovacs will come for you for forgetting Altered Carbon, after he gets a new skin.
Great list! I have not read any books by Robert Sawyer, Chris Panatier, Daniel Suarez, or J.S. Dewes, so now I'm going to check them out. Thanks! Sea of Rust and Day Zero by C. Robert Cargill might fit your criteria.
Yes! Prey was pretty damn good. I also enjoyed Sphere, which is A LOT better a book than the movie they made after it. Congo was nice as well. However, even if it's very dry, The Andromeda Strain is my favorite Crichton.
Change Agent by Suarez was great - must get onto his others. It was a superior version (IMHO) of Blake Crouch's Upgrade. That said, I loved Dark Matter and Recursion by Crouch. The Pines trilogy is sitting on the shelf too. I didn't enjoy Redshirts by Scalzi as much as a lot of folk seem to, but loved Old Man's War. The less said about his book Android's Dream the better...
If you like the original Star Trek and Galaxy Quest - Willful Child by Steven Erickson. This predates your criteria by a few years, but does it get any more sci fi on the beach than dolphins in space in the Uplift War by David Brin?
How can you go with light reads in the Sci-fi genre without the Lady of Sci-fi, Lois McMaster Bujold??? And for humor, Barry J. Hutchinson Love all you your suggestions otherwise though 😊!
I've read Sylvain Neuvel's "The History of What Comes Next". It wasn't very good. It had good ideas, but it just tended to go on. I prefer late twentieth century SF.
Great list! Curious about most authors here, though I gotta say - I'm kinda turned off of reading any more Robert J. Sawyer after his dull Spin series.
17 authors in 13 minutes... I'm impressed
Haha 😂 yeah!! 👍🏻
Scalzi's Redshirts is a fun read that also satisfies a Star Trek itch.
True!!!
This is a crazy big list of books I've not read. You are making my TBR too big to keep up with. Great video. Thank you so much for always giving me something good to read
You're so welcome! 😉
At first i thought that was a giant salt shaker with a piece of bread draped over it. Whitney is outside?! Love the channel
Hahaha salty bread?? 🥖 thanks!!
Wow! Lot’s of good choices. Have read Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven and loved it. You reminded me of Michael Crichton and I quickly hopped over to Amazon to check out his books. Long ago I read Andromeda Strain and was reminded how much I enjoyed it. I was pleasantly surprised to find it was a duology. I quickly bought both books on Kindle and will read on the long flight to Italy in about 10 days. Thanks for all the good reads.
Awesome!! Perfect timing then. (I also got andromeda strain recently again)
Thanks for the great list! This is awesome!
Glad you liked it! Thanks!! 😊
Fantastic! So many great books to add to my list!
Thank you 😊 hope u enjoy
LOVE your channel! I'm going back to check out YOUR backlist of vids!
Thanks ever so much for contributing to my insane TBR. 😂
Yay! Thank you!
Pandora's Star may be a 30 hour beach read.
Naw 😆
Going to add it to my never ending kindle TBR 'pile'.
I read PREY more than 20yrs ago and have no idea why it isn't on the big screen.
I'll have to get back to this video a few times. Great content.
☺️ thanks!! - -- I loved prey!
This video is awesome, very insightful. A lot of books I haven’t even considered but will be adding to my ever growing TBR. Thanks Whitney.
So glad you liked it!! Thanks for wayching
About time you got some sun. I was starting to think you were Canadian.
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Awesome video! I loved how you recommended authors, not particular books.
Wont keep to that everytime but it was a fun way to do the list
Incredible list. I LOVE Hugh Howey. Beacon 23 was fantastic. Same with 'Sand'. I adore his short story collection 'Machine Learning'.
🔥 tha ks for watching. I havent gotten to sand yet
@@secretsauceofstorycraft I guess it would be pretty on-the-nose beachy read, they're *sand* diving like scuba divers
Good video Whitney, some authors I haven't read yet to look for. Thanks.
Always happy to provide!! Let me know if you find anything i should b including
Another great video. Thank you for the recommendations.
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I love your editing! nice work. 😊
Thank you! 😄
Starter Villian -John Scalzi. One of the few sci fi books my wife read after I showed her the cover. Some great laughs.
Yesssss
@@secretsauceofstorycraft we have both in the house. And the line about dogs is so true.
Noooooo! Not more authors I've never even heard of! I'm never going to catch up on my TBR. I've just resigned myself to that fact.
Hahahaha 🤣 always!!! (Mee too on the tbr)
Great list! Some I’ve read I loved (Scalzi, Crouch, Crichton) , some are already bought and some - never heard of. Good balance
Yay! Thanka for watching!
Gonna check out The Fold. I read 14 years ago and enjoyed all the different personalities in the very unique apartment complex. I appreciate the smorgasbord of authors and novels to dive into. Thank you.
Please do! Thanks for watching
Thanks so much for all your hard work compiling this list.
I will definitely have to pick up the two authors I’ve overlooked.
Enjoy your summer reading!
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Hope you enjoy it! 🌴
Love the overall video but just try to work with the editor so you can have a better voice management and some visuals.
Looking forward to check out more stuff coming ;)
Thanks for the tip- but im a bit confused. Could you be more specific? U mean my voice is too loud? Or soft?
I love 14 and The Fold! Peter Clines is definitely not mentioned often enough.
Yess 🔥
Great list! I would add Suzanne Palmer's Finder Chronicles to the list. A funny and adventurous scifi romp. 😊
I'll check it out! Havent read those yet
Can’t go wrong with Project Hail Mary! But for a summer read Murderbot is 👍
Great video, packed with awesome choices.
Thanks for watching!!!
I took Julian May's "The Golden Torc" on my last vacation, took your recomendation and i'm loving "The Saga of The Exiles" so far😘
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I'm glad I read books from at least 4 of the authors and I know of most of the other.
Martha Wells's Murderbot series is what I'd start with, lightweight easy to pick up. Dennis E.Taylor's Bobbiverse would be my second choice.
I would add Becky Chambers to the list, great author with lots of well reviewed works. To be taught if fortunate novel is great, the two part Monk & Robot is also great, and the Wayfarers series is also worth reading.
Agreeed!!!! 🌴
Superbo as ever! An edition on funny sci-fi would be great. Some of it is very po-faced at times. I'm definitely going to get some John Scalzi. You've goaded me into it. Thank you.
U’ll love it!! 😊 will work on funny scifi
Yet another outstanding piece. Given your choice of authors I'm familiar with (Barry, Clines, Suarez, Howie, and more), I've no choice but to look into the others. Thank you. Well done.
Always!! Thanks for watching
I loved The Light Brigade, Jurassic Park, and Murderbot ❤. Thanks for all the cool recs! I'd never heard of Daniel Suarez and his books particularly caught my eye.
Would recommend suarez. They are great
Wonderful list!😊
Thanks! 😊
Nice list. But as someone from the southern hemisphere, where it is winter, I must protest you calling them beach reads 😂
Noted! Haha
Gully Foyle is mad that you didn't mention The Stars My Destination. He is repairing his spaceship, and is coming after you. Takeshi Kovacs will come for you for forgetting Altered Carbon, after he gets a new skin.
Pft 🌴
Great list! I have not read any books by Robert Sawyer, Chris Panatier, Daniel Suarez, or J.S. Dewes, so now I'm going to check them out. Thanks! Sea of Rust and Day Zero by C. Robert Cargill might fit your criteria.
Yes 👍🏻 they would but the rest of cargill is fantasy and i havent read it :)
Yes! Prey was pretty damn good. I also enjoyed Sphere, which is A LOT better a book than the movie they made after it. Congo was nice as well. However, even if it's very dry, The Andromeda Strain is my favorite Crichton.
Andromedra strain was a great primer to first contact- but it is his most dry book.
Change Agent by Suarez was great - must get onto his others. It was a superior version (IMHO) of Blake Crouch's Upgrade. That said, I loved Dark Matter and Recursion by Crouch. The Pines trilogy is sitting on the shelf too. I didn't enjoy Redshirts by Scalzi as much as a lot of folk seem to, but loved Old Man's War. The less said about his book Android's Dream the better...
Scalzi on general is a good thrilling read- i havent read change agent yet
@@secretsauceofstorycraft it covers similar ground to Upgrade (gene editing, CRISPR etc.) but does it a bit better I think.
Plenty new to me on that list, I'll look out for them (if published here). I shall be picking my vacation reading tonight. 👍🔫🚀📚🎬
Perfect timing!!
I have never understood why Robert J Sawyer's *Far-Seer* series has not gotten more attention.
Haha. 😆 the cover of that book tho
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What have you got against dinosaurs?
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What have you got against dinosaurs?
If you like the original Star Trek and Galaxy Quest - Willful Child by Steven Erickson.
This predates your criteria by a few years, but does it get any more sci fi on the beach than dolphins in space in the Uplift War by David Brin?
Hahahaha 🤣🌴 i do need to get this one
How can you go with light reads in the Sci-fi genre without the Lady of Sci-fi, Lois McMaster Bujold??? And for humor, Barry J. Hutchinson
Love all you your suggestions otherwise though 😊!
Havent read much by these authors! But there are so many so thanks for putting these in the comments
What is this "vacation" thing of which you speak?
Haha
I've read Sylvain Neuvel's "The History of What Comes Next". It wasn't very good. It had good ideas, but it just tended to go on. I prefer late twentieth century SF.
🤷🏼♀️ I guess maybe its cuz ive been reading more alt histories lately.
Great list! Curious about most authors here, though I gotta say - I'm kinda turned off of reading any more Robert J. Sawyer after his dull Spin series.
Fair enough! Although spin was robert wilson not robert sawyer… 🌴 too many roberts!
@@secretsauceofstorycraft oops, I got confused🤣
@@secretsauceofstorycraft oops, I got confused!🤣
Vacation? What's that.. don't think I'm familiar with that word 🤭
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Same!
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Such a weird video. One author is yay! the other is boo! and it goes on like this for quite a while :D
Hahahaha.
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