Feeling pretty pessimistic about real life politics lately, and I’d like to seek refuge in speculative fiction that deals with people resisting authoritarian regimes
I just finished Book of Joan by Lidia Yuknavitch, and I thought it was going to scratch this itch at first but ultimately felt like it didn’t live up to its potential.
I typically like books that fit some combo of these criteria:
– set in outer space
– written by a woman or non-binary author
– around or less than 500 pages (but def open to longer)
– preferably not YA (but I’m open to it depending on the book/series!)
Some books I’ve loved lately:
– the Teixcalaan duology by Arkady Martine
– the Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir
– Seveneves by Neal Stephenson
– the Expanse series by James SA Corey (Cibola Burn and Persepolis Rising were my faves)
– the Wayfarers series by Becky Chambers
– This is How You Lose the Time War
– Sphere
Some books I’ve tried and didn’t love (or didn’t finish:
– Red Rising
– Hyperion
– Book of Joan
– Children of Time (I was lukewarm on this one)
Any suggestions?
by ccno3