I'm in need of book recommendations! Because I'm often tired and do a ton of multitasking, I'm having trouble sticking with anything. Can be any fiction genre with preference for historical thrillers, sci-fi, fantasy, and not too depressing. - ThreadSky

agathechaigne.bsky.social • 72 days ago

I'm in need of book recommendations! Because I'm often tired and do a ton of multitasking, I'm having trouble sticking with anything.
Can be any fiction genre with preference for historical thrillers, sci-fi, fantasy, and not too depressing.

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mpercharde.bsky.social•72 days ago

Sarah j Maas books - ACOTAR series and others. Although beware they are addictive and will then steal all of your spare time…

agathechaigne.bsky.social•72 days ago

What spare time

mpercharde.bsky.social•72 days ago

Well…I haven’t been very productive recently

ammcdow.bsky.social•72 days ago

Hi Agathe. If you're interested in #epicfantasy, I've written two #novels in that genre that are part of an ongoing trilogy. They are called Mystical Greenwood and Beneath the Deep Wave, respectively.

antoinezalc.bsky.social•72 days ago

1984 Julia just started it.
Silo trilogy
3 body problem
Anything by colson whitehead

peiferlabunc.bsky.social•72 days ago

Loving the Flavia De Luce series. Clever, quite funny, and filled with bits of chemistry. The characters are remarkably well envisioned, especially the heroine and her friend Dogger
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/FLV/flavia-de-luce/

greenrat.bsky.social•72 days ago

This year, I also enjoyed Navola by @paolobacigalupi.bsky.social it's great, but it could be a bit brutal and sad for the "not depressing" rec. Also The Bright Sword by @levgrossman.bsky.social an Arthrian fantasy, very poetic and funny at the same time, but with a tocuh of Arturian melancholy

greenrat.bsky.social•72 days ago

Also anything by @ianmcdonald.bsky.social starting with the Luna trilogy (if you like Dune and Game of Thrones on the Moon), his Hopeland is also great

greenrat.bsky.social•72 days ago

Did you read the Murderbot series by @marthawells.com ? Funny and touching novellas about rogue security android, which just wants to watch soap operas

agathechaigne.bsky.social•72 days ago

I did, loved it!

jytinevez.bsky.social•72 days ago

The murderbot diaries

agathechaigne.bsky.social•72 days ago

Good suggestion, I read that already

patrickpla.bsky.social•72 days ago

Obviously 😉 https://chroniqueurdelatour.wordpress.com/pres/

wandavargasauthor.bsky.social•72 days ago

Let me throw my titles at ya. Parallel Circuit, crime drama, and Ignite Earth Red Giant, sci-fi doomsday. Check out blurbs. https://www.wandavargasauthor.com Reviews on Amazon.

iampritishpatil.bsky.social•72 days ago

I'm reading "How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying" right now, and it's funny and far from depressing.

agathechaigne.bsky.social•72 days ago

I like the title already!

agathechaigne.bsky.social•59 days ago

Thanks for the recommendation!! It was great, I loved it. Exactly what I was looking for.

iampritishpatil.bsky.social•58 days ago

Glad you liked it! I'm still 3/4th in. Excited for how it ends :)

archbladecahouse.bsky.social•72 days ago

If you like indie Scifi/Fantasy with romance, adventure, sword/sorcery, necromancers/monsters, reluctant hero MMC, genius-level FMC, blend of science/magic, and an epic battle of good vs. evil, you'll enjoy my book:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CP9Y37FN

dionysioswatson.bsky.social•72 days ago

If you want a long-term commitment, Wheel of Time. With on-off reading, took me 2.5 years for the whole series!!

agathechaigne.bsky.social•72 days ago

I tried and it wasn't for me for some reason. I didn't enjoy the writing

aineurolab.bsky.social•72 days ago

Most books from Kurt Vonnegut. Irreverent, imaginative, satirical, shocking, and funny. Umberto Eco’s Foucault’s Pendulum. For sci-fi adventurism, David Brin’s Startide Rising and the entire Uplift Universe series (tho I’ve read those when I was younger).

vladimirvolkov.bsky.social•72 days ago

Robertson Davies, the Cornish trilogy. Has bits of #1 and #2 on your list + some academic situation drama. Super long but highly entertaining

vladimirvolkov.bsky.social•72 days ago

Sorry, missed a button. No sci-fi, but fantasy yes

timwrhoads.bsky.social•72 days ago

Broken earth trilogy by nk jemisin. Maybe a little depressing/dark in parts, but the overall arc is absolutely wonderful.

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