i want to get a gift for my friend who loves sci-fi and thrillers. she isn't an avid reader but some of her fave books include: 1) misery 2) to kill a mockingbird 3) the martian 4) project hail mary
infact, i think she mentioned she was reading kafka recently and was enjoying it.
bonus points if the book has themes a female protag and some really nice friendship & found family themes.
by girlivealwaysb33n
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The Scanner Darkly by Phillip K Dick
Trippy book. It is a movie too, with Keneu Reeves, woody Harrelson, Winona ryder, Robert Downey jr.
Check out the trailer to get an idea of the book.
The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers for cozy sci-fi with found family and female protagonist
Thursday Next series, a series of sci-fi books about a female action hero who protects classic books
Disneys Snow white and the 7 dwarfs used it.
A-ha take on me music video also did
And in the famous Last Waltz concert video for The Band, it was used to remove the huge boulde of coke in Neil Youngs nose while he was on stage
Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
Parasite by Darcy Coats is definitely sci-fi and thriller but I’m not sure about the classics part. It’s structured like a collection of short stories that all tie together and a couple of them are female protag and semi found family. It’s one of my favorites of all time and I can’t recommend it enough to anyone who likes sci-fi thrillers. Hope this works!
The Murderbot series by Martha Wells
Wheel of time series
A great sci-fi classic is War with the Newts by Karel Čapek, who was writing in Czechia around the same time as Kafka