# Hugonauts: The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time

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Author: Brent Gaisford & Cody Troyer
Episodes: 97

## Resource

Explore the best of sci-fi with Brent and Cody. Each episode dives into a single book or series in the sci-fi cannon. Author interviews, reviews and analysis, and related book recommendations. Happy reading y'all!

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## Episodes
- [Horror & Fantasy we actually loved - 2026 Nebula books!](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hugonauts-the-best-sci-fi-books-of-all-time-4678139/horror-fantasy-we-actually-loved-2026-nebula-books) — 2026-06-16T12:00:00+00:00
- [The Best of Sci-Fi and Fantasy - YA Books so Good we Loved them as Adults](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hugonauts-the-best-sci-fi-books-of-all-time-4678139/the-best-of-sci-fi-and-fantasy-ya-books-so-good-we-loved-them-as-adults) — 2026-05-26T12:00:00+00:00
- [The Devils by Joe Abercrombie - Monsters, the Pope, and a hell of a lot of good jokes!](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hugonauts-the-best-sci-fi-books-of-all-time-4678139/the-devils-by-joe-abercrombie-monsters-the-pope-and-a-hell-of-a-lot-of-good-jokes) — 2026-05-05T12:00:00+00:00
- [There Is No Antimemetics Division - This Book Erases Itself From Your Mind](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hugonauts-the-best-sci-fi-books-of-all-time-4678139/there-is-no-antimemetics-division-this-book-erases-itself-from-your-mind) — 2026-04-21T12:00:00+00:00
- [Project Hail Mary - Book vs Movie (plus other sci-fi book to movie recommendations)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hugonauts-the-best-sci-fi-books-of-all-time-4678139/project-hail-mary-book-vs-movie-plus-other-sci-fi-book-to-movie-recommendations) — 2026-04-07T12:00:00+00:00
- [The Dark Tower: Unraveling Stephen King's Mid-World](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hugonauts-the-best-sci-fi-books-of-all-time-4678139/the-dark-tower-unraveling-stephen-king-s-mid-world) — 2026-03-17T12:00:00+00:00
- [PAGE TURNERS: 15 binge-worthy Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books!](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hugonauts-the-best-sci-fi-books-of-all-time-4678139/page-turners-15-binge-worthy-sci-fi-and-fantasy-books) — 2026-02-24T13:00:00+00:00
- [The Best Space Operas Ever Written - the biggest stories and the best characters!](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hugonauts-the-best-sci-fi-books-of-all-time-4678139/the-best-space-operas-ever-written-the-biggest-stories-and-the-best-characters) — 2026-02-03T13:00:00+00:00
- [Neal Stephenson's Diamond Age - Nanotech, Atom-scale 3D Printers, and a subversive Primer!](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hugonauts-the-best-sci-fi-books-of-all-time-4678139/neal-stephenson-s-diamond-age-nanotech-atom-scale-3d-printers-and-a-subversive-primer) — 2026-01-13T13:00:00+00:00
- [The Myths that Inspired Fantasy and Sci-Fi](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hugonauts-the-best-sci-fi-books-of-all-time-4678139/the-myths-that-inspired-fantasy-and-sci-fi) — 2025-12-16T13:00:00+00:00
- [Best Starter Science Fiction Books](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hugonauts-the-best-sci-fi-books-of-all-time-4678139/best-starter-science-fiction-books) — 2025-11-25T13:00:00+00:00
- [Cloud Atlas - A genre-bending book we can't stop thinking about!](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hugonauts-the-best-sci-fi-books-of-all-time-4678139/cloud-atlas-a-genre-bending-book-we-can-t-stop-thinking-about) — 2025-11-04T13:00:00+00:00
- [The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe - Full Audiobook](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hugonauts-the-best-sci-fi-books-of-all-time-4678139/the-tell-tale-heart-by-edgar-allen-poe-full-audiobook) — 2025-10-31T12:00:00+00:00
- [The Best Time Travel Books... of all time](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hugonauts-the-best-sci-fi-books-of-all-time-4678139/the-best-time-travel-books-of-all-time) — 2025-10-14T12:00:00+00:00
- [I Who Have Never Known Men - Review and Analysis](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hugonauts-the-best-sci-fi-books-of-all-time-4678139/i-who-have-never-known-men-review-and-analysis) — 2025-09-23T12:00:00+00:00
- [Interview with Robert Jackson Bennett - Author of The Tainted Cup!](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hugonauts-the-best-sci-fi-books-of-all-time-4678139/interview-with-robert-jackson-bennett-author-of-the-tainted-cup) — 2025-09-02T12:00:00+00:00
- [The Culture Series by Iain M. Banks - would utopia make you happy?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hugonauts-the-best-sci-fi-books-of-all-time-4678139/the-culture-series-by-iain-m-banks-would-utopia-make-you-happy) — 2025-08-12T12:00:00+00:00
- [Ranking the 2025 Hugo nominees plus 4 more of the best sci-fi and fantasy books of the year!](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hugonauts-the-best-sci-fi-books-of-all-time-4678139/ranking-the-2025-hugo-nominees-plus-4-more-of-the-best-sci-fi-and-fantasy-books-of-the-year) — 2025-07-22T12:00:00+00:00
- [2025 Nebula winner and nominees - the best fantasy books of the year?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hugonauts-the-best-sci-fi-books-of-all-time-4678139/2025-nebula-winner-and-nominees-the-best-fantasy-books-of-the-year) — 2025-07-01T12:00:00+00:00
- [The 10 Best Fantasy Books and Series of all time!](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hugonauts-the-best-sci-fi-books-of-all-time-4678139/the-10-best-fantasy-books-and-series-of-all-time) — 2025-06-10T12:00:00+00:00
- [Redshirts by John Scalzi - funny, rule-breaking scifi!](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hugonauts-the-best-sci-fi-books-of-all-time-4678139/redshirts-by-john-scalzi-funny-rule-breaking-scifi) — 2025-05-20T12:00:00+00:00
- [The God's Themselves - Asimov answering the biggest question in the universe!](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hugonauts-the-best-sci-fi-books-of-all-time-4678139/the-god-s-themselves-asimov-answering-the-biggest-question-in-the-universe) — 2025-04-29T12:00:00+00:00
- [Altered Carbon - Wild tech, visceral action, and an unhinged plot!](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hugonauts-the-best-sci-fi-books-of-all-time-4678139/altered-carbon-wild-tech-visceral-action-and-an-unhinged-plot) — 2025-04-08T12:00:00+00:00
- [Great North Road by Peter F. Hamilton - An Incredible Space Opera!](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hugonauts-the-best-sci-fi-books-of-all-time-4678139/great-north-road-by-peter-f-hamilton-an-incredible-space-opera) — 2025-03-18T12:00:00+00:00
- [Interview with Ann Leckie - author of Ancillary Justice!](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hugonauts-the-best-sci-fi-books-of-all-time-4678139/interview-with-ann-leckie-author-of-ancillary-justice) — 2025-02-25T13:00:00+00:00

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