Hey everyone! I've been finding myself losing interest in video games lately and have been getting back into books. I am close to 40, so video games have always been around and one of my bigger hobbies. I read a TON (hundreds) of books when I was in elementary and middle school, but after 8th/9th grade I seemed to just stop reading. I've read a few over the years but not actively. SO, here are some of my favorites and I have an Ebay cart ready to go with some new ones, along with some at the bottom I'm curious about. I GREATLY prefer paperback books, I cant do the kindle/ereader thing, I've tried. So any specific editions I should be aware of are helpful. Thanks for looking!
(I'm a big fan of sci-fi, science, and more seriously toned reads. I'm not particularly big on happy and silly or emotional dramas. I'm not interested in crying, I like epic world building and underdog/overcoming challenge arcs. The storyline from the movie "Solo: a Starwars Story" is fantastic, but ironically I don't really care for Starwars, too much religion/politics.
If I could have LOTR's mission in the star wars/40k universe, with the science info from project hail mary and combined with Davinci Code's "whats gonna happen next", maybe throw in some steampunk pirates/airships and a "come from nothing end up a hero" arc and It would be ideal.) I like post apocalyptic settings or multiverse settings too.
Not big on true crime or heavy time travel stuff, I get lost in it and crime/drama bores me, I want stuff to happen, not heated dialogue between 2 people sitting in a room.
I will note that these are what I've been drawn to historically, but I'm pretty smart and definitely have no issue going outside these themes if its a fantastic book, but again, no deep emotional stuff, not interested, I don't want a "Romance novel for the soul"
Memorable titles in no particular order (mostly from childhood):
Hobbit/LOTR (favorite)
Meditations Marcus Aurelius (And Epictetus complete works)
The DaVinci Code
HALO: The Fall of Reach
Project Hail Mary (just finished last week, so good)
The Demon Haunted World (Carl Sagan) (adult read)
1984 (George Orwell) (Adult read)
Chronicles of Narnia
Animorphs (I'm pretty sure I read all of the main series as a kid)
Books in my Ebay cart waiting for a few more suggestions:
The Gunslinger (Dark Tower 1)
A Gentleman in Moscow (Grandmas favorite book)
The Eye of the World (Wheel of time 1)
Dune (1st book)
Mort (from Discworld)
The Martian (Loved the movie, and I read project hail mary in 4 days)
Eisenhorn the Omnibus (Warhammer 40k lore intro, recommended by a coworker.)
Curious about:
No Country for Old Men (LOVED the movie)
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (Same thing, great movie)
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley) (A bit worried its just different 1984)
Jurrasic Park (Anything special if I've seen the movie?)
Walden or "Life in the Woods"
The Kite Runner (I started this one, seemed good, got distracted with life)
Cloud Atlas
Other Carl Sagan books, maybe "Pale Blue Dot"?
The Green Mile (Movie so good, also other Stephen King books?)
by RealManHumanMan