My favorite genre is sci-fi but my book club is full of Romantasy types, although we do different genres like contemporary fiction, true crime, etc. And we’ve done a few sci-fi, everyone loved Project Hail Mary and Dark Matter.
I personally have read and loved Bobiverse, The Expanse, Murderbot Diaries, and Seveneves.
Could you suggest a few good sci-fi options along these lines that won’t be too “hard sci-fi” for the others? We generally make a list of about 4 and vote on one.
I was thinking Foundation by Asimov (we usually do book 1 then everyone can decide to continue the series or not), but I’m not sure if that’s going to be good for them.
by FrankenHeart
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The quantum evolution trilogy by Derek kunsken. Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks (or any of banks’s culture novels)
I will always recommend The Martian by Andy Weir to those wanting to dip their toes into the genre of sci-fi. Though, I’m unsure about the similarity between it and Dark Matter / Foundations by Asimov, as I have never read them before.
I’m in a scifi club too. We just read translation state by Ann leckie. I’d recommend the first book in the series if you haven’t read it- Ancillary Justice.
I also recommend A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine.