Episode Details

Welcome to Part 2 of my Top 100 Sci-Fi Reads of All Time (2025 Edition), where we move into ranks 80 through 61 — the section where the list starts to feel dangerous.

This tier is packed with dystopias, survival stories, space opera, monsters, conspiracies, and big ideas colliding with bad human decisions. Many of these books ranked higher last year but were pushed down as my sci-fi reading expanded. Others are brand-new arrivals making strong first impressions.

These may not be my absolute favorites — but they’re all books I’m glad I read.

If you enjoy sci-fi rankings, genre history, and honest takes from a lifelong speculative fiction reader, be sure to Like, Subscribe, and Ring the Bell so you’re ready for what’s next.

📚 In this episode:

• Ranks 80–61

• Big list reshuffling

• Dystopia, space opera, monsters, and chaos

• Books that spark strong opinions

Sound off below — which of these do you love, and which would you move way up (or off entirely)?

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Want to purchase books/media mentioned in this episode?

Blackout: https://t.ly/1qJav

The Boy on the Bridge: https://t.ly/L9Uuu

Cibola Burn: https://t.ly/NCK1R

Dark Bloom: https://t.ly/Y5F_a

Dark Force Rising: https://t.ly/TJgcE

Frankenstein: https://t.ly/H167T

The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England: https://t.ly/k5Qm-

Heir to the Empire: https://t.ly/yN8oG

House Atreides: https://t.ly/88LuO

House Corrino: https://t.ly/fPngb

House Harkonnen: https://t.ly/56IGl

The Kaiju Preservation Society: https://t.ly/BGopw

The Last Command: https://t.ly/lLRX3

The Last Town: https://t.ly/BeWkA

The Maze Runner: https://t.ly/vqkeD

The Scorch Trials: https://t.ly/qFI4f

Shift: https://t.ly/2vbL8

Under the Dome: https://t.ly/unbVA

Wayward: https://t.ly/JG712

Zoo: https://t.ly/io6R8

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0:00 - Opening

0:46 - Episode Explanation

2:03 - Books 80 - 61

15:29 - Conclusion & Wrap-up

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