Looking for new books to read as I am preparing to head out on a much needed vacation and want to dig into some good reading. Can be fiction or nonfiction, just so long as it hooked you and made you want to keep reading and reading until the end.
here are a few of my favorites
Susanna Clark
- Piranesi
- The ladies of Grace Adieu and other stories
Vonnegut
- Cat’s cradle
- Slaughterhouse Five
Douglas Adams
- literally anything he ever wrote
Mark Haddon
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Margaret Atwood
Oryx and Crake
Ursula K. Le Guin
The Lathe of Heaven
Great list. Piranesi was also a very fast read for me. I loved the way she painted pictures with her words.
Some great books there, that reminds me I need to read some Susanna Clark.
Piranesi is a real gem!
A Short History of Chinese Philosophy by Fung Yu-Lan. I spent pretty much all of my time off work reading it. I found it insanely interesting since I knew almost nothing about Chinese philosophy, and the book is written specifically for people like that. The way their schools of thought developed through the ages and were influenced by each other constantly as one became dominant was very fascinating.
I scrolled all the down the comments and didn’t see Discworld by Terry Pratchett. Don’t listen to anyone and just start reading it. There’s no right or wrong way to do it.
Maybe the wrong way is to start with Book 1. I’d say try ‘Witches’ first, as I found the first book a bit offputting.
Not sure if your into light novels, recently I’ve been addicted to Acendence of A Bookworm.
The expanse. I’m on book 8 right now and it’s been going fast. The world building is so good. It makes you wish you were there with them. If you’re into hard scifi, then you’ll love this series
I tried watching the TV series and couldn’t get into it. I finally tried the first book and it is so much better.
Wait til you get further in. Things just keep building and it gets even better. The books I mean. I liked season one of the tv show and that was it. But the books. Only one book out of the series so far has been a struggle. The rest I’ve blinked and finished because of how good they were.
Those books are sooooo good. Cannot recommend them enough
Very recently, Mrs March by Virginia Feito. I was just gripped, I finished it in a day. It was compulsive, I just had to know what the main character was going to do next and how it was all going to unravel.
Every time I buy the new Alex Delaware novel written by Jonathan Kellerman I read it straight through in one seating. I own the entire collection in hardback.
Here’s some I have even reread.
- The chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever. By Stephen R. Donaldson. 10 books
- The Galactic Center Saga by Gregory Benford. 6 books
- The Culture Series by Iain M. Banks 10 books
- LOTR
Love the Murderbot series too.
End of the World running club. As someone the UK the concept of a massive apocalyptic event set in the uk was intriguing. I loved the book.
Also Sphere by Michael Crichton. In my own head canon, I seem to recall reading this in one sitting over a single night I was doing an all nighter. It was just super gripping!
The Kingkiller Chronicles is a series by Patrick Rothfuss. The first book is The Name of the Wind. Definitely one of my absolute favorites
Be forewarned that the author has not released the third book and last I checked there’s no release date on the horizon
Here’s some I have even reread.
- The chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever. By Stephen R. Donaldson. 10 books
- The Galactic Center Saga by Gregory Benford. 6 books
- The Culture Series by Iain M. Banks 10 books
- LOTR
Love the Murderbot series too.
It’s probably been said, and is not exactly a hidden gem, but 1984 is something special. I read an excerpt of the first chapter and was hooked.
A few books that kept me captivated recently
- Blindsight by Peter Watts https://www.rifters.com/real/Blindsight.htm
- Doors of Sleep by Tim Pratt
- Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Edges by Linda Nagata
- Mickey7 Ashton, Edward
- Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells
- A Secret History
- A Gentleman in Moscow
- The Martian
- 11/22/63
- Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
- East of Eden
I’d add Artemis too, or really anything Andy Weir writes.
This is a hot take, but Street Lawyer, by John Grisham.
Hey I dig it. Some Grisham hits the spot for me.
However, I’m a lawyer myself so sometimes it’s hard for me to read legal thrillers because I want to escape real life….