I’ve tried reading Legends and Lattes and Children of Time. I DNFd both of them (I’m very pro DNF if I’m not feeling a book). I didn’t like the writing style of Children of Time and I think Legends and Lattes was a bit too high fantasy for me? I think I might prefer a book about a human in a fantasy world.
I’ve noticed that I tend to prefer books written by women though I can’t pinpoint exactly why that’s the case. That said, I’m not against books written by men. I love authors who are very vivid, witty, and use dark humor. I like weird books and ones about cults. I’m not against horror elements though I usually don’t go looking for it. I’m not big on romance unless it’s light and not cringy. Id like recommendations that will help wet my toes in sci-fi and fantasy. Any suggestions?
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Try the Murderbot series by Martha Wells.. The first books are novellas so you should know quickly whether you like them or not.
For fantasy, I’d suggest Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
For sci-fi, you might be into Ann Leckies Ancillary Justice.
Try Steven Brust, and not just because I can’t shut up about him. He was my favourite non-Pratchett fantasy writer when I was 11, and he’s my favourite non-Pratchett fantasy writer now. His main series about Vlad Taltos, a relatively weak, human witch/assassin/small time mob boss in a society run by superhuman beings, is nearly finished. The series has a lot of well-fleshed out male and female characters, very little stereotyping even though quite a bit was written in the 80s and 90s.
Specifically start with Taltos or Jhereg. They’re published out of order with the internal timeline but generally these two are the intros.
Went into children of time blindly and after a hundred pages I was like: what the f am I reading? I did finish it and don’t regret it 😜
The Scholomance trilogy by Naomi Novik
The Expanse series. Sci fi with very human elements
Orson Scott Card. Enders Game series and Enders Shadow series. These will keep you busy for a long while