Since my last post where I mentioned I enjoyed reading hard science-fictions books I made some progress. I’ve discovered and read another batch of very good quality books that make you think about our place in the Universe and think about what is possible and what could have been.
The books below vary in their style, themes and length, but all of them worth your time and money unless you have a public library access. But this doesn’t guarantee they have all the books below. In my case library doesn’t have a paper version of books by Greg Bear, Stephen Baxter and Peter F. Hamilton which is strange to say the least.
Only one of the books below I cannot recommend, which is The Wandering Earth by Cixin Liu. This book is a collection of his stories. I did like The Wandering Earth story and a few others, but I stopped reading the book in the middle. For I didn’t find stories interesting to invest my time in reading them.
Very good books I recently read
To summarize from February 8th, 2026 until May 31st, 2026 which is a period of about four months I’ve read a couple of hard sci-fi books.
Each book on average had 365 pages which makes it on average 8 * 365 = 2920 pages long. Actual count was 2924 pages. Or 2924 / 4 about 731 page a month.
- Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
- A View From the Stars by Cixin Liu
- To Hold up the Sky by Cixin Liu
- The Wandering Earth by Cixin Liu (first 1/3 of the book. This book only had a couple of stories I liked)
- Ring by Stephen Baxter
- Eon by Greg Bear
- Pandora’s Star by Peter F. Hamilton (in progress 400 out of 986 pages)
Some AI generated statistics
Book Page Count Breakdown
| Book Title | Author | Pages Read | Full Book Length |
| Children of Time | Adrian Tchaikovsky | 600 | 600 |
| Fahrenheit 451 | Ray Bradbury | 190 | 190 |
| A View From the Stars | Cixin Liu | 224 | 224 |
| To Hold up the Sky | Cixin Liu | 334 | 334 |
| The Wandering Earth (First 1/3) | Cixin Liu | 160 | 480 |
| Ring | Stephen Baxter | 512 | 512 |
| Eon | Greg Bear | 504 | 504 |
| Pandora’s Star (In Progress) | Peter F. Hamilton | 400 | 986 |
| TOTAL | – | 2,924 | 4,330 |
Total Pages Read:
- Actual progress: 2,924 pages.
Average Pages Per Book:
- Current average progress: 365.5 pages per book.
What’s next?
As, I’ve mentioned I have been currently reading Pandora’s Star by Peter F. Hamilton, next Manifold: Space by Stephen Baxter, next Children of Ruin by Adrian Tchaikovsky, next Judas Unchained by Peter Hamilton. Also, I consider reading In the Ocean of Night book by Gregory Benford.
Stay tuned.
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