Someone is bound to say “Murderbot Diaries”, so it may as well be me. It’s a very entertaining series of short, fast-paced books, told from the perspective of a cyborg(?) with a unique and funny narrative voice.
*A Closed and Common Orbit* by Becky Chambers has an AI inhabiting a human body as a main character. (It is the second book in a series but it can be read independently, as the books are only loosely connected.)
*Legends and Lattes* by Travis Baldree – all characters are mythical/fantastical creatures.
*Olivetti* by Allie Millington has two main characters, one of whom is … a typewriter. A slightly arrogant but good-hearted typewriter at that. It’s a children’s book but so inventive and well written that I would recommend it to any adult looking for a story told from an unusual perspective.
And to name a rather obvious one: *The Hobbit*!
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The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break by Steven Sherrill
Up Jumps the Devil by Michael Poore
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*Fox 8*, by George Saunders. Like so many of his stories, it’s deeply original, surprising, sad, funny.
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Circe by Madeline Miller: MC is a demi-goddess.
Glory by NoViolet Bulawayo: all the characters are animals. The title character is a goat.
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Consider Phlebas by Banks. The character is a Changer, a genetically modified humanoid. .
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Uhhh… The Book Thief? (Not technically true but it is the closest of the books I have of read)
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Grendel – Beowulf told from the monster’s viewpoint
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The Aurora Cycle series by Kaufman and Kristoff – there are five main characters; some are aliens, or part-alien part-human.
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The Shattered World by Michael Reaves
Someone is bound to say “Murderbot Diaries”, so it may as well be me. It’s a very entertaining series of short, fast-paced books, told from the perspective of a cyborg(?) with a unique and funny narrative voice.
*A Closed and Common Orbit* by Becky Chambers has an AI inhabiting a human body as a main character. (It is the second book in a series but it can be read independently, as the books are only loosely connected.)
*Legends and Lattes* by Travis Baldree – all characters are mythical/fantastical creatures.
*Olivetti* by Allie Millington has two main characters, one of whom is … a typewriter. A slightly arrogant but good-hearted typewriter at that. It’s a children’s book but so inventive and well written that I would recommend it to any adult looking for a story told from an unusual perspective.
And to name a rather obvious one: *The Hobbit*!
The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break by Steven Sherrill
Up Jumps the Devil by Michael Poore
*Fox 8*, by George Saunders. Like so many of his stories, it’s deeply original, surprising, sad, funny.
Circe by Madeline Miller: MC is a demi-goddess.
Glory by NoViolet Bulawayo: all the characters are animals. The title character is a goat.
Consider Phlebas by Banks. The character is a Changer, a genetically modified humanoid. .
Uhhh… The Book Thief? (Not technically true but it is the closest of the books I have of read)
Grendel – Beowulf told from the monster’s viewpoint
The Aurora Cycle series by Kaufman and Kristoff – there are five main characters; some are aliens, or part-alien part-human.