25 Best Science Fiction Books of 2018 – The Best Sci Fi Books In 2018, a lot of science fiction writers got weird. They gave us happiness machines, time-traveling detectives, dragons, deadly intergalactic singing contests, a superhero whose power is math, and disappearing shadows. Good stuff. 25 Binti: The Night Masquerade by Nnedi Okorafor The third book o…. I love this list.