Website Collider recently offered readers a guide to some of the best sci-fi novels of the last
decade. Here are some of their top picks.
'Dark Matter' (2016) by Blake Crouch: This book explores quantum mechanics' many-world theory,
which asserts that every event causes new universes to come into existence based on all possible outcomes.
'All Systems Red' (2017) by Martha Wells: The first entry in the 'Murderbot' series focuses on a security robot that becomes independent and begins to develop emotions.
'Recursion' (2019) by Blake Crouch: This thriller revolves around a police officer investigating
claims of false memories he believes are connected to a new technology capable of altering the past.
'The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet' (2014) by Becky Chambers: This quirky space opera offers a more optimistic view of the future, following a Martian-born human aboard the spaceship Wayfarer.
'Wool' (2013) by Hugh Howey: The first story in the 'Silo' series takes place in a grim future where most of humanity has been forced to live in a giant underground city.
'Red Rising' (2014) by Pierce Brown: This Martian tale of revenge focuses on a dictatorship that has divided society into castes.
'Exhalation' (2019) by Ted Chiang: This collection of short stories by the author of 'Arrival' is a must-readfull of big ideas wrapped in engaging stories.
'We Are Legion' (2016) by Dennis E. Taylor: This sci-fi comedy focuses on a man who gets hit by
a car and wakes up 100 years later to discover his consciousness is now the property of the government.