I’ve been in a reading slump for a while now, and I’m a huge fan of science fiction but haven’t found anything new and interesting to read in a while. Maybe I’m just not looking in the right places, so I thought I’d post here.
Here are some that I’ve loved:
– the Red Rising series
– the Expanse series
– the Illuminae Files
– the Lunar Chronicles
– Almost anything by Lois McMaster Bujold
Here are some I’ve liked:
– Mickey 7
– Star Wars books
– Old Man’s War
– Defy the Stars series
– The Diabolic and The Empress by SJ Kincaid
Books that I don’t seem to like:
– Hard sci-fi that doesn’t have good characterization
– Literary sci fi
– Cozy sci fi w/ low stakes
Even though most of what’s up there is space opera, I don’t mind space horror, dystopia, near future, etc. as long as it’s got some action, suspense, and decent stakes.
by DiscountLizLemon
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Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
Wool Trilogy (sci-fi, post apocalypse, dystopian)
Infinity Gate by M.R. Carey (currently two books about a war of parallel worlds)
Hyperion by Dan Simmons – very sci-fi. Kinda dense? But not really overwhelming.
The Honor Harrington series by David Weber is VERY good.
Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Dawn by Octavia E. Butler
A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
Salvation by Peter F. Hamilton
Skyward by Brandon Sanderson
These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini
The Power by Naomi Alderman