Fantasy: Jack Vance- The Eyes of the Overworld (and Cugel’s Saga), ironic and IMO very funny.
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*The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy* by Mackenzi Lee – lots of adventure, not too serious, no romance at all (MC is canonically aromantic). Don’t be deterred by the fact that is second in a series, the book can stand on its own.
*The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi* by S.A. Chakraborty – if you haven’t read it yet. A grown-up adventure story (in the sense that the characters are middle-aged) and the title doesn’t lie, it is adventurous. Very little romance, a relationship from the past plays a role, but there is almost none in the present. The narration is very funny. I highly recommend the audiobook, if you like that sort of thing.
The Philosophical Strangler by Eric Flint is a pastiche of sword and sorcery fantasy adventure that follows an assassin who gets too interested in metaphysics to keep choking people
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A Walk In The Woods – Bill Bryson
Fantasy: Jack Vance- The Eyes of the Overworld (and Cugel’s Saga), ironic and IMO very funny.
*The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy* by Mackenzi Lee – lots of adventure, not too serious, no romance at all (MC is canonically aromantic). Don’t be deterred by the fact that is second in a series, the book can stand on its own.
*The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi* by S.A. Chakraborty – if you haven’t read it yet. A grown-up adventure story (in the sense that the characters are middle-aged) and the title doesn’t lie, it is adventurous. Very little romance, a relationship from the past plays a role, but there is almost none in the present. The narration is very funny. I highly recommend the audiobook, if you like that sort of thing.
https://www.baen.com/the-philosophical-strangler.html
The Philosophical Strangler by Eric Flint is a pastiche of sword and sorcery fantasy adventure that follows an assassin who gets too interested in metaphysics to keep choking people