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Every guide we have published, across books, films, TV and concepts, newest first. Short, spoiler-light and written to help you decide what is worth your time.
Caliban’s War by James S. A. Corey: The Expanse, book two
Better than the first book and one of the best political thrillers the genre has produced.
The Praxis by Walter Jon Williams: an empire loses its emperor
Naval adventure in vacuum, with a genuine interest in how empires end. Read it for the tactics.
Pandora’s Star by Peter F. Hamilton: who sealed those stars?
Genuinely enormous and genuinely good, with a comfortable future you will miss once it starts coming apart.
The Real Story by Stephen R. Donaldson: the darkest space opera
Cold, clever and deliberately uncomfortable, with a trick in it that earns its place.
Galactic Patrol by E.E. “Doc” Smith: where space opera started
The founding document of space opera, read today as history and as a genuinely enjoyable adventure.
Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds: why the sky is quiet
Dense, gothic and genuinely unsettling, with the best answer to the Fermi paradox in modern space opera.
On Basilisk Station by David Weber: the posting nobody wanted
An old-fashioned naval adventure with a satisfying payoff, and a good first chapter for a very long series.
Dauntless by Jack Campbell: a fleet a century from home
Military science fiction that earns its tactics, built from one hard constraint and followed honestly.
The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks: the best way in
Sharp, funny and quietly savage, and the best introduction to the Culture there is.
Shards of Honour by Lois McMaster Bujold: two sides, one planet
A small, sharp first novel that starts a huge story with two people rather than a war.
The Expanse: the most convincing solar system on television
The most convincing spacefaring civilisation ever put on television, with a plot that grows honestly out of its politics.
Ex Machina: a test with two subjects in it
Small, precise and genuinely unsettling, with the discipline to end when it should.
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