this post was submitted on 28 Jul 2023
42 points (100.0% liked)

Books

10373 readers
2 users here now

Book reader community.

founded 4 years ago
MODERATORS
 

I have soon finshed all of The Expanse (which I have enjoyed immensely) and last month I finished Peter F Hilton’s Pandoras Star. While I enjoyed the second half of Pandoras Star, they (it’s a trilogy) are such heavy books with rather slow pace. One of my favorite reads last year was Recursion by Blake Crouch - it’s fast paced and just a plain joy to read. The same goes for The Martian and Project Hail Mary.

Given this, do you have any recommendations for what to read next?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] zakomo@beehaw.org 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Hyperion saga is very enjoyable. If you didn't read them already The Martian and Project Hail Mary by andy Weir are outstanding.

[–] simon@lemmy.utveckla.re 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Hyperion is definitely on my todo list. I’ve heard so many good things from so many sources!

[–] thelastknowngod@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

The Hyperion series is the best scifi I have ever read to be honest.. It has the adventure of something like Ringworld or maybe Ender's Game, politics like Foundation or Dune, philosophy like Childhood's End or The Left Hand Of Darkness. The first book is structured like The Canterbury Tales too.. Like a loosely connected group of short stories instead of the modern style 600 page slog.. It makes it really easy to get in and out of.

I honestly can't imagine anyone not liking that book. There are so many layers it's super easy to find something to love.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It is amazing. One of the coolest, most ambitious, wackiest series I have read.

[–] subtlebee1515@mastodon.social 0 points 1 year ago

@Anticorp @simon

‪"Red, White & Royal Blue" by Casey McQuiston is a romantic novel. Find out how two friends were forced to fake a friendship for political reasons, but their feelings deepened into a secret romance that challenges their lives and the world's perception. https://bit.ly/445UfVI‬