YouTuber Michael K. Vaughan is promoting Rocket Summer 2025. It’s a reading challenge for fans of classic science fiction. During July, various YouTubers will review classic science fiction novels, asking their viewers to read along. They are dividing the month into four weeks:

• Week 1: Books published before 1940
• Week 2: Books from the 1940s
• Week 3: Books from the 1950s
• Week 4: Books from the 1960s

Each YouTuber will select their own titles to read. Here’s Vaughan’s video introducing the books he wants to read.

Links to other YouTubers participating in Rocket Summer 2025 are listed under this video on YouTube. Check them out to find a reviewer that’s reading books you’d also like to read.

Here’s the Rocket Summer 2025 video from Vintage SF (Richard Rempel). He’s proposing four books for each week, allowing his viewers to vote and select the one he will review. The first week’s poll is up now.

Here are other YouTuber videos to watch. Not every YouTuber participating in Rocket Summer 2025 has created their video yet. I’ll update this page as I discover them.

I’m going to read along, but I haven’t decided on which books I’ll read for each week of Rocket Summer 2025

JWH