Looking for new books to read as I am preparing to head out on a much needed vacation and want to dig into some good reading. Can be fiction or nonfiction, just so long as it hooked you and made you want to keep reading and reading until the end.

  • wccrawford@lemmyonline.com
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    1 year ago

    I feel like I have read quite a few books that I felt that way about, but it’s always hard to bring them to mind when someone asks. That said, the first few that popped into my head:

    • Cradle (series)
    • Wool (series)
    • The Martian (Audio book is especially well narrated!)
    • Murderbot Diaries (series)
    • The Bobiverse (series)
    • sudman
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      1 year ago

      If you love The Martian, you are going to love Project Hail Mary. The audiobook is really good as well.

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      1 year ago

      Is the Cradle series Amazon exclusive? Neither libby or my library seem to acknowledge it’s existence.

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      1 year ago

      Murderbot Diaries is a great series. It gives me Marvin the Robot (but he’s heavily armed) feels and I love it.

      Cradle is phenomenal too. I’m waiting on my book 12 order right now…

    • PolandIsAStateOfMind
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      1 year ago

      The Bobiverse (series)

      4th book was such a disappointment.

      Overall message too, somehow went from “we are the avantgarde of transhumanism and the universe is our playground” straight up to something like “i wish 50’s back”. Every single Bob turned to either flat meme or boomer.

      • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆
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        1 year ago

        Haha yeah, I really enjoyed the first few books, and the last one just fell flat.