I'm trying to do a 1-book per month challenge for this year and, to try and make sure I don't lose momentum by reading a series back to back (I already had some trouble getting into The Dark Forest by Liu Cixin right after The Three Body Problem), I decided to switch between sci-fi and fantasy each month.
I'm currently reading through The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang and the third book is being published in spanish next month, followed by Wind and Truth by Brandon Sanderson in December. With that in mind I'd like to read some sci-fi in between, so one suggestion for September (no back to back, so The Burning God will have to wait a month) and another for November.
This year so far I've read:
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The Three Body Problem by Liu Cixin
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The Dark Forest by Liu Cixin
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The Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov (tha last 2, I had left it on the shelf after finishing the first a couple years ago).
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The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang
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The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England by Brandon Sanderson
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Death's End by Liu Cixin
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Ruination by Anthony Reynolds
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The Dragon Republic by R. F. Kuang (currently reading)
With this in mind, do you have any specific suggestions?
I already have planned reading through The Expanse series by James S. A. Corey (and own the first book) but I'd rather not start a long series just yet.
Other than that, was considering Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir and maybe Metro 2033 by Dmitry Glukhovsky since I love the games.
by Dlenx
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If you want two quick easy reads, I reccomend the Monk & Robot duology by Becky Chambers. It’s more a relaxed solarpunk vibe, but it’s two books.
My initial thought was actually the Wayfarer’s Series, also by Becky Chambers which fits the broad sci fi vibe better, but there’s 4 books. The first book though is The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet. From there the other books can be read in any order, and each book all focus on different characters in a shared universe so you don’t strictly have to read all of them.
Just throwing out sci fi suggestions though, there’s also Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Children of Time series. However it’s 3 books currently and is a more traditional series.
For a single book, I might as well also through A Half-Built Garden by Rhuthanna Emrys out there. It’s technically again more solarpunk/ecofuturistic rather than specifically sci fi space adventure, but I think it has some fascinating concepts and world/universe development.