I'm looking for a book that my girlfriend and I can read together. We're having trouble choosing a book that will work for us both. She wasn't excited about my suggestion of The Martian. She suggested Stardust, Hyperion, and The War of the Flowers, but out of those only Hyperion sounded kind of interesting. We both found Dune pretty interesting but it'd be great to find a book that we'd be crazy for.
Her preferences
- Dystopian societies (one of her faves is the Uglies trilogy)
- Alternate realities within the book
- Interested in sci-fi but wants a book with "some magic in it," so not just a fiction resembling our world.
My preferences
- Sci-fi, interested in fantasy as well
- Casual tone, not hard language to read (e.g. Project Hail Mary. I'm reading it now and it's great)
- Good character depth (I read Inferno by Dan Brown and didn't really like it bc it lacked this)
- Either a standalone book or at most a trilogy, not trying to begin a 5 book series!
by hodlholder