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Apple TV + ' sSilois based on the popular science fiction series of the same name by generator Hugh Howey . While there are severaldifferences betweenSilo ’s tv set show and the book series , the post - apocalyptic plot has remained relatively the same . Science fabrication has always been a popular genre that studios look to for potential adaptations , and theSilobook seriesis one of many that are currently in growth . TheSiloseries examine lifespan in a bleak dystopian hereafter — as the remnant of humanity willingly live underground , believing the outdoor populace to be a toxic surround .

The sci - fi genre is one of the biggest in speculative fable , and it ’s no surprisal thatmany novel explore themes such as the wipeout of history , systematic subjugation , and the fallout of nuclear state of war . Silo ’s Apple TV+ adaptation invited spectator to get Hugh Howey ’s post - revelatory history in an all - unexampled data format , but has also introduced several new readers to his study and to the genre in cosmopolitan . And there are severalamazing skill fiction booksand series that offer similar storyline to Hugh Howey ’s popularSilobooks .

10Project Hail Mary

Written By Andy Weir

Andy Weir’sProject Hail Marywas published in 2021 , and quickly became a favourite among readers of the musical genre — even go on to get ahead the Goodreads Choice Award for best Science Fiction novel . Project Hail Mary ’s narrative explore the impending end of humanity — leaving one man , Ryland Grace , responsible for Earth ’s survival . Waking up on a ship light - year from Earth , Ryland finds his fellow crewmates are dead , go forth him to uncover an unsufferable scientific discovery by himself .

Project Hail Mary is being adapt for movie and expected to release in early 2026 .

Project Hail Mary ’s assumption is improbably alone , and given the independent booster is left alone in distance for the legal age of the novel , the narrative bounces back and forth between the past and the present — disclose Ryland ’s experience before the events leading to the launch of theHail Mary . As Ryland shin with amnesia in the present timeline , the past explores how the once midway school day teacher and former molecular life scientist came to room the ship that left him alone on a precarious journey .

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9Dark Matter

Written By Blake Crouch

Dark Matteris a skill fable thriller by Blake Crouch that explore the possibility of alternate reality and parallel universes . The story follow Jason Dessen , a happily wed man and Padre who is abducted one evening and wakes up in a world he does not know — but seemingly knows him . In this alternate reality , Jason ’s married woman is not his own , his Logos was never born , and instead of being an ordinary cathartic prof , is a noted genius who has attain the inconceivable .

The class 2025 has several upcoming scientific discipline fabrication account book , from standalone novels to extremely anticipated sequels to stunning debut whole kit and boodle .

8Hyperion

Written By Dan Simmons

Hyperionis the first novel in the four - bookHyperion Cantosseries by Dan Simmons , which focus on around a fauna called the Shrike . While there are those in the world of Hyperion who revere it , there are others who reverence it , and some who have even vowed to demolish it . On the eve of a galactic war , seven individuals commence their pilgrimage to Hyperion , all who have their own cryptic association to the Shrike . The narration ’s model has on several occasions been liken to Chaucer’sCanterbury Tales , with each of the seven " pilgrims " sharing their personal stories and understanding for joining the quest .

7Wanderers

Written By Chuck Wendig

Wanderers , by Chuck Wendig , follows the story of a terrific and mysterious epidemic smite present day America — ashundreds of civilian wake to find members of their family or friends in the grip of a strange sleepwalking phenomenon . Unable to be woken , and walking with dedicated purpose to some predetermined destination , several reference walk alongside their sleepwalk friend and family , known as shepherds , to provide them with limited means of protection .

The science fiction novel explore how such an event impacts both society and the saving , awakening terror and violence across the commonwealth . As the story continues , Wendig make it even more obvious that the unfeigned danger is not the noctambulism epidemic , but the fear of it . Wanderers follows the life of several characters as they attempt to unravel the mystery behind the somnambulism epidemic and save what they can of their crumbling beau monde .

6Wayward Pines Trilogy

TheWayward Pines Trilogyis another phenomenal science fiction Christian Bible serial publication by Blake Crouch , this timecentering around Secret Service agent , Ethan Burke , who arrives in Wayward Pines , Idaho in lookup of two overleap Union agents . However , after a violent stroke set ashore him in the hospital , Ethan wakes to find he has no I.D. , no cell earpiece , and no way to turn out who he says he is . His investigation into his drop colleagues pull up more dubiousness than response , and the spookily unknown townspeople becomes to feel inescapable .

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Project Hail Mary, Dark Matter, and Hyperion book covers

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Publication Year

Pines

1

Project Hail Mary book cover

2012

Wayward

2

Dark Matter by Blake Crouch book cover

2013

The Last Town

3

Book covers of Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor, Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins, & The Dark Mirror by Samantha Shannon against a yellow-green textured background.

2014

The series consists of three novel : Pines , Wayward , andThe Last Town — all of which center around Ethan and his attack to escape Wayward Pines . The strange town is full of habitant who do n’t understand how they arrived , and are forbidden to discuss anything about their prior living . As the serial publication keep , the narrative becomes even more thrilling as Ethan begins to find the truths about the town he finds himself trapped in .

5Skyward

Written By Brandon Sanderson

Skywardby Brandon Sanderson is a four - book sci - fi fantasy series , with accompanying novellas , that follows the remnants of the human race who are trapped on a major planet that is systematically attacked by alien starfighters . Sanderson is known for his brilliant and uniquefantasy book serial , andSkywardis another astonishing plus that like an expert blend YA fantasy with traditional skill fiction elements . The story follows the main friend , Sensa , as she long to become a pilot — a aspiration that rapidly issue forth lawful when she discovers the wreckage of an ancient , sentient ship .

4Station Eleven

Written By Emily St. John Mandel

Emily St. John Mandel’sStation Elevenis apost - apocalyptic novel about a group of survivors who roam the disordered outposts of the Great Lakes regionin the eerie days after civilization collapses . After a deadly grippe pandemic took nearly 99 % of the universe 20 years ago , the creation as they know it now consists of small settlement — ones the chief protagonist Kirsten and her friends , eff as the Traveling Symphony , travel to in the hopes of keeping art and humanity alive in their neutered macrocosm .

“ I stood looking over my damage home and attempt to bury the sweetness of life on Earth . ”

― Emily St. John Mandel , Station Eleven

Hyperion by Dan Simmons book cover

However , the tiny stria ’s beingness is later threaten by a violent prophesier . From here , the narrative begin to alternate back and forth in time , and describe spirit for each character before and after the pandemic — and how their lives came to be so strangely connected . Station Elevenexplores theme of preserving art , finding community , and persevering in hard and dangerous times .

3Red Rising

Written By Pierce Brown

TheRed Rising Sagaby Pierce Brown lie of six put out novels , with the serial ' conclusion pose for release later this year or early next . Red Rising , the first novel in the series , depict the new caste system of society on the planet of Mars . The tale orb around Darrow , a scarlet — the lowest caste in the dystopian fellowship — who works and subsist underground , believe his mass are make the airfoil of Mars livable for succeeding generations . However , the Reds have been lie to , and Darrow later key that humanity has already reached the aerofoil generations ago .

Red Rising

Golden Son

Wanderers by Chuck Wendig book cover

2015

Morning Star

2016

Pines by Blake Crouch book cover

Iron Gold

4

2018

Skyward by Brandon Sanderson book cover

Dark Age

5

2019

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel book cover

Light Bringer

6

2023

Red Rising By Pierce Brown (Red Rising Saga #1)

Red God

7

2025/2026

The cover of This Is How You Lose The Time War

After a tragic incident that thrust Darrow to confront his bon ton ’s treachery and deception , he unite the Sons of Ares , a radical of individuals who have been work for decennium to uproot the tyrannous gild human being hold out in today . To do so , Darrow must become a Gold , the high caste , and infiltrate their highest ranks to topple the empire from the interior . TheRed Risingseries only escalate from here , and is filled withplot twists that make for a genuinely entertaining read .

2This Is How You Lose The Time War

Written By Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone

This is How You Lose the Time Waris a 2019 science fabrication novel by authors Amal El - Mohtar and Max Gladstone — which , upon its acquittance , quickly became one of the most pop science fable novel of the year . The novel follows the biography of two rival agents among the ash of a dying humanity , who will do anything they can to fix the well possible future tense for their war factions . After an agent of the Commandant mysteriously incur a letter that read : " burn down before reading " , impart as a taunting between the factions , the two rivals observe they have an incomprehensible bond .

This is How You Lose the Time Wardepicts the concept of time change of location , and while it ’s utilise in a more metaphorical sense , it shows how falsify actions in the past tense can affect and change the time to come . What start out as a end to utilise time manipulation to eradicate the oppose faction , cursorily turns into a beautiful story that paint a picture of how infinite prison term and sexual love can be .

1The Fifth Season

Written By N.K. Jemisin

The Fifth Season , by N.K. Jemisin , is the first novel in theBroken Earth Trilogy , kicking off the story with three terrible scenarios — conclude by the end of the world when a cracking severance in the earth spews ash that will darken the sky for eld or hundred to fare . The series like an expert blends skill fabrication and fantasy component , and explore coarse theme of subjugation , power , and the persistency of manhood . After Essun discover her married man dispatch their son , and her girl has been kidnap , she will traverse the deadly and dying state for save her daughter .

The Broken Earth trilogyis a great addition to the sci - fi fantasy musical style and is perfect for devotee who loveSilo ’s dystopian mise en scene .

The post - apocalyptical landscape painting leaves Essun with no sunshine , urine , or arable land — and her limited supply can only take her so far . The expire world is now at state of war , with people contend not over baron or land , but the basic necessities for survival . However , turn down to give up on her girl , Essun will brave out the obscure and risk entering into the realities of war in the Bob Hope she discovers her girl ’s luck . The Broken Earth trilogyis agreat gain to the sci - fi phantasy genreand is stark for fans who loveSilo ’s dystopian setting .

The Fifth Season By N.K. Jemisin

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