Weber, Honor Harrington.
Safehold.
Asimov (although I can't find the epubs I had).
Anything I can pull down that might get my head out of the rut I'm in.
Science historical fiction, or engineering related, but not the 1632 Genealogy …. diatribe that has been going on for the last several- stopped buying them.
Thank you very much.
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this is where don’t tell you I’ve got a whole lot of old sci-fi in my online store.
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His Majesty ‘s Dragon, Temeraire series by Naomi Novik.
You don’t say if you’re open to fantasy as well. If so, Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files, first book is Storm Front. Urban fantasy with wizards.
You didn’t mention David Brin. The first three books of his Uplifting series are a good start, as is his book Earth. Brin is a physics professor who teaches or did teach at UCLA I think. Gregory Benford is also a physics professor and has cio-authored some books with Brin but his characters were never as relatable to me as Brin’s.
Tanya Huff writes both sci-fi and fantasy. In sci-fi start with Valor’s Choice.
You mentioned Honor Harrington, which is my favorite space opera series. You don’t mention any of Weber’s other work, some of which I like and others not as much. One great series starts with Out of the Dark. Contemporary modern earth, aliens invade without warning, start by KEW strikes that kill about half the humans. Then some fight back. Unlike the HH books, the MCs here are men. Reminds me a little bit of the Independence Day movie not in content but the idea.
L.E Modesitt is known for his fantasy and I could never get into some of his books but I love the series that starts with Isolate, then Counselor, and Contrarian as well as another book set in the same world several hundred years earlier called Legalist. Four books in this series with another coming out next year. Not exactly fantasy or sci-fi although some laws of science work differently there (no electricity and it won’t work well enough for energy uses and the sky is green rather than blue). There is telepathy so this is more fantasy.
Back to fantasy, Anne Bishop, first book of the series I like is Sebastian.
Ilona Andrews is a team that writes fantasy in various sub genres. Innkeeper or Kate Daniels series to start but the new one out earlier this year called The Inheritance is another alien invasion story.