Over 50 of Your Favorite YA Sci-Fi Books
This Riot Recommendation on YA sci-fi books is sponsored by Your One and Only by Adrianne Finlay.
Jack is a walking fossil. The only human among a sea of clones. It’s been hundreds of years since humanity died off in the slow plague, leaving the clones behind to carry on human existence. Over time they’ve perfected their genes, moving further away from the imperfections of humanity. But if they really are perfect, why did they create Jack? Meanwhile, Althea-310 struggles with the feeling that she’s different from her sisters. Her fascination with Jack doesn’t help. As Althea and Jack’s connection grows stronger, so does the threat to their lives. What will happen if they do the unthinkable and fall in love?
I can’t be chill about a good sci-fi story (she types bleary-eyed after a Star Trek: The Next Generation all-night marathon). And as the kids in my extended family grow into teenagers, I need them to get into the genre too. Or else I’m going to have to learn how to use that snappy chat thing if I want to relate to them, and I just don’t have the storage on my phone. So I asked for your favorite works of YA sci-fi. You told me and now I’ve got a library hold list that’s going to give me so much cred with the youths. Citizen of the Galaxy, Podkayne of Mars, and Farmer in the Sky by Heinlein Needle and Through the Eye of a Needle by Hal Clement The Mushroom Planet series by Eleanor Cameron Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card Interstellar Pig by William Sleater The Lucky Starr series by Isaac Asimov writing as Paul French Little Brother by Cory Doctorow A Conspiracy of Stars by Olivia A. Cole Red Rising Series by Pierce Brown The Lunar Chronicles series by Marissa Meyer Time Storm by Gordon R. Dickson The Zodiac series by Romina Russell Bumped and Thumped by Megan McCafferty The Solar Queen series by Andre Norton Feed by M. T. Anderson The Binti series by Nnedi Okorafor Dogsbody by Diana Wynne Jones Starswept by Mary Fan Nyxia by Scott Reintgen The Uglies series by Scott Westerfeld Starflight by Melissa Landers Avalon and Polaris by Mindee Arnett Growing Up Weightless by John M. Ford This Mortal Coil by Emily Suvada Boneshaker by Cherie Priest On the Edge of Gone by Corinne Duyvis The Mortal Engines series by Philip Reeve Leia: Princess of Alderaan and Defy the Stars by Claudia Gray Amish Vampires in Space by Kerry Nietz The Illuminae Files series by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff The Tripods series by John Christopher Invictus by Ryan Graudin Ready Player One by Ernest Cline The Islands at the End of the World by Austin Aslan The Earthseed series by Pamela Sargent The Abyss Surrounds Us by Emily Skrutskie The Carve the Mark series by Veronica Roth Terminal Alliance by Jim C. Hines The Forever War series by Joe Haldeman The Riverworld series by Philip Jose Farmer
Jack is a walking fossil. The only human among a sea of clones. It’s been hundreds of years since humanity died off in the slow plague, leaving the clones behind to carry on human existence. Over time they’ve perfected their genes, moving further away from the imperfections of humanity. But if they really are perfect, why did they create Jack? Meanwhile, Althea-310 struggles with the feeling that she’s different from her sisters. Her fascination with Jack doesn’t help. As Althea and Jack’s connection grows stronger, so does the threat to their lives. What will happen if they do the unthinkable and fall in love?
I can’t be chill about a good sci-fi story (she types bleary-eyed after a Star Trek: The Next Generation all-night marathon). And as the kids in my extended family grow into teenagers, I need them to get into the genre too. Or else I’m going to have to learn how to use that snappy chat thing if I want to relate to them, and I just don’t have the storage on my phone. So I asked for your favorite works of YA sci-fi. You told me and now I’ve got a library hold list that’s going to give me so much cred with the youths. Citizen of the Galaxy, Podkayne of Mars, and Farmer in the Sky by Heinlein Needle and Through the Eye of a Needle by Hal Clement The Mushroom Planet series by Eleanor Cameron Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card Interstellar Pig by William Sleater The Lucky Starr series by Isaac Asimov writing as Paul French Little Brother by Cory Doctorow A Conspiracy of Stars by Olivia A. Cole Red Rising Series by Pierce Brown The Lunar Chronicles series by Marissa Meyer Time Storm by Gordon R. Dickson The Zodiac series by Romina Russell Bumped and Thumped by Megan McCafferty The Solar Queen series by Andre Norton Feed by M. T. Anderson The Binti series by Nnedi Okorafor Dogsbody by Diana Wynne Jones Starswept by Mary Fan Nyxia by Scott Reintgen The Uglies series by Scott Westerfeld Starflight by Melissa Landers Avalon and Polaris by Mindee Arnett Growing Up Weightless by John M. Ford This Mortal Coil by Emily Suvada Boneshaker by Cherie Priest On the Edge of Gone by Corinne Duyvis The Mortal Engines series by Philip Reeve Leia: Princess of Alderaan and Defy the Stars by Claudia Gray Amish Vampires in Space by Kerry Nietz The Illuminae Files series by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff The Tripods series by John Christopher Invictus by Ryan Graudin Ready Player One by Ernest Cline The Islands at the End of the World by Austin Aslan The Earthseed series by Pamela Sargent The Abyss Surrounds Us by Emily Skrutskie The Carve the Mark series by Veronica Roth Terminal Alliance by Jim C. Hines The Forever War series by Joe Haldeman The Riverworld series by Philip Jose Farmer
