Hey everyone!
I am off on my honeymoon tomorrow and my wife (so fun to say that) has suggested that I read/listen to something that isn’t Warhammer 40K… which I’ve been almost exclusive with for 4 years minus “Hail Mary Project” by Andy Weir
I love the Martian, Artemis and Hail Mary Project by Andy Weir
I also love young adult books, I’m dyslexic which is why I do audio books but I love a physical book for pool side
Favourite YA series are:
– Scythe (absolutely loved all 3 books)
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Maze Runner (first one was amazing, second and third were good)
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Hunger Games (all 3, especially the second)
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Divergent, the second and third book were rubbish tho
Anyone got any ideas? Triple bonus points if you think I’ll find it at an airport bookshop
by rokiller
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*All Systems Red* by Martha Wells
Do not know if these will be in airport shops but:
– **Silo** trilogy by Hugh Howey (first book is *Wool*, very dystopian, post-apocalyptic mystery with a strong female lead. Not really YA but in the neighborhood at least)
– **World War Z** by Max Brook (get the complete edition as it has extra chapters). A nonfiction oral history of the zombie plague that nearly wiped out humanity. Each new chapter is a new character from all over the world, so it’s like a bunch of cool short stories. Excellent audiobook too.
– **84k** by Claire North. Excellent dark, dystopian murder mystery/revolution against the oppressive regime story. Another really great book by her is **The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August**, kind of a Dr. Who, mind-bending adventure about this guy who, well, keeps repeating his same life.
Another author I think you’d like is Ben H. Winters. He does these spartan novels set in a slightly darker reality than our own:
– **Underground Airlines** is set in present day America, only the Civil War was never fought and slavery was never outlawed. The main character is a black man (and former slave) who now works as a bounty hunter for runaway slaves. It’s a really complex moral landscape this guy is always tiptoeing through, trying to justify his profession to the reader and himself.
– **Golden State** is a gritty detective story set in a country (which we learn was formerly California) where lying is the worst offense possible. A grizzled, cranky old lie detective gets saddled with a new and optimistic rookie. They’re sent to investigate a death with suspicious circumstances, and begin to unravel a chain of events that will
Change reality itself.
Insignia by S.J. Kincaid (YA)