My gf and I are trying to start our own little “book club”, but the books we’ve tried so far have been rather dull. Here are some of the things we’re looking for:
- Grabs your attention very early in the book, no slow burns
- A good amount of interpersonal drama
- We both enjoy sci-fi
- Supernatural/paranormal elements
- She enjoys history
The suggestion can have any combination of these elements. Really none of them are mandatory, except the one about drama (she loves messy situations lol)
by Zero_Gravvity
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A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik is great and 3 part series!
A River Enchanted by Rebecca Ross is a 2 part series I couldn’t put down!
Ilona Andrews Innkeeper Chronicles –A magic Inn, space werewolves and vampires, a lot of really unique aliens, mystery, romance, action, a fun and humorous series
I think the Locked Tomb Series would be good. those characters are a trainwreck. also action, sci-fi and supernatural elements
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo chalk full of sci-fi fantasy and can be described as “what if imperial Russia had wizards” plus a love triangle.
S.M Stirling’s The Change Series captures science fiction, history and paranormal. There is a companion series Islands of Time that is amazing. Nothing else like Stirling for massive world building.
Red rising series!
World War Z fits the bill nicely. It is broken up into short stories of different people around the world, so it makes an ideal book for starting/stopping and discussion. It has sci-fi and slight paranormal. Ignore the bad movie. Do the audiobook if possible.
Project Hail Mary is one of the better Sci-fi books from the last few years and the Murderbot Diaries are some of the better series. The latter are novellas so very easy and fun to read through.
For a bit of history, The Pillars of the Earth is very readable and interesting – you would both like it and it does grab you pretty quickly.
If you like Six of Crows, you’d like Lies of Locke Lamorra.
Left hand of darkness by Ursula K Leguin – not too long, really engaging and such a simple sci fi story that is also very epic at times. One of the main elements is a human on another planet who learns how to socially work in another being’s world, but there is a good plot thrust to keep it interesting through the whole thing.
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch is a very fast paced sci-fi novel. I read it in about two days.