I love these genres but so many of the books are dreadfully written. I care much more about the writing style than I do the plot.
Examples that I loved:
Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel,
How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu,
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood,
Severance by Ling Ma,
The Passage trilogy and The Ferryman by Justin Cronin,
The Mandibles by Lionel Shriver,
The New Wilderness by Diane Cook,
Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng,
The End We Start From by Megan Hunter,
I've tried and failed with McCarthy so please don't recommend The Road 😁
Would appreciate any suggestions!
by Alan_is_a_cat
1 Comment
I like a lot of these too – just finished How High We Go in the Dark and loved it! How about…
The Chimes by Anna Smaill – really interesting dystopia based on music keeping the population in a state of amnesia.
To Be Taught If Fortunate by Becky Chambers – more sci-fi, but it’s a short, beautiful love letter to the importance of science
Always Coming Home by Ursula Le Guin – an anthology of writings from people who might one day live in California, long after we’re gone. It may or may not work for you!