These are some my favorite science fiction books, most are the start of a series or trilogy. These are not in order:
- Revelation Space (Revelation Space, #1)
- by Alastair Reynolds
- The Reality Dysfunction (Night’s Dawn, #1)
- by Peter F. Hamilton
- Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)
- by James S.A. Corey
- Old Man’s War (Old Man’s War, #1)
- by John Scalzi
- Odyssey One (Odyssey One, #1)
- by Evan Currie
- City of Golden Shadow (Otherland, #1)
- by Tad Williams
- Terms of Enlistment (Frontlines #1)
- by Marko Kloos
- Warship (Black Fleet Trilogy, #1)
- by Joshua Dalzelle
- We Are Legion – We Are Bob (Bobiverse, #1)
- by Dennis E. Taylor
- The Forever War
- by Joe Haldeman
- The Martian
- By Andy Weir
- Consider Phlebas (Culture #1)
- By Iain M. Banks
- The Praxis
- By Walter Jon Williams
- Ender’s Game
- by Orson Scott Card
- Neuromancer
- William Gibson
- Against Gravity
- Gary Gibson
All of these books gave me something good in terms of story