The ones you love to pick up and tear through in a day or two. Great pacing. Almost like hopping on a roller coaster, you just go along for the ride. Low effort, high reward. No regard for literary merit.
I’m looking to expand my list.
Here are my main ones:
Ender’s Game (and several more from that series)
Jurassic Park and Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton
House of Suns by Alastair Reynolds
Maybe Children of Time, I need another read through to decide
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