Got back into reading at the end of last year and have been mainly enjoying sci-fi, but I wanted some books set in the real world to break them up. I’ve found it harder to discern what the top books may be than in mediums like film since there seems to be large groups focused on specific genres (goodreads has an intense romantasy bias, for example).
Books I read recently that I really enjoyed are The Southern Reach Trilogy by Jeff VanderMeer (gorgeous prose), And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie and The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K LeGuin. Some of my favourite films are Children of Men, Parasite, and Arrival.
Would like something that’s not too old (1980s or later) and not too long (~400-500 pages max maybe?). Maybe a thriller or horror but wouldn’t say no to a good drama.
by LetzPlayGameplay
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From the authors and genres you listed, I’d recommend checking out Emily St. John Mandel. Her books Station Eleven and Sea of Tranquility are really beautiful.
For a good new literary horror novel, I recently read and loved What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher.
Andy Weir’s The Martian, and Project Hail Mary are both fast pace single book scifi that’s generally popular here.
I also recommend American Gods by Neil Gaiman. Takes place in america, but “what if gods were real and lived among us like people?”
I am Legend by Richard Matheson. Waaaaay better than the movie and makes waaay more sense.
Martha Wells and Becky Chambers are writing modern classics, you can’t go wrong with either of them.
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