The moment when you finished a good book series and don’t know which book to read next oo
Nothing on my to be read list interest me right now :-(
@V_ Try subscribing to Scribd or Bookmate. You have millions of books there for a monthly fee to read. Enjoy.
@josephaleo I mostly read Fantasy, Science Fiction, and YA. Magic Schools are always a plus or alternate history / parallel world.
@mikiejones not sure if I want to go on the subscription train for books. Currently, my problem is more that I need to find a new series to start. It’s always work to enter a new world and get to know new personalities.
@V_ I think the best YA magic school book is Ursula K. Le Guin’s A Wizard of EarthSea. I think I re-read it every decade. It always holds up and I always find something new in it. Remarkable for such a thin novel.
Charles Stross’s Merchant Princes series is a neat take on a classic trope. It’s got magic and plenty of alternate histories.
I’m a fan of Bruce Sterling and I also just re-read his Heavy Weather novel. It was published n 1994 and it’s remarkably prescient (a wrecked climate, rampant viruses, crypto currencies, etc). It’s also showing its age but a great read.
I’m also a fan of the late Iain M. Banks, especially his Culture novels. The Player of Games is my favorite in the series.
Another author I love is Neal Stephenson and I recommend Cryptonomicon, The Diamond Age, and Snow Crash. I also think you’d adore The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O., which he co-wrote with Nicole Galland.
Greg Egan writes the hardest of hard scifi and Diaspora is Egan at his mind blowing best.
Finally, if you want to try some grimdark, I highly recommend Thomas Ligotti’s My Work Is Not Yet Done.
That should get you through the summer :-)
@V_ That’s when I open up my Instapaper backlog, sort by oldest first, and catch up on all that I’ve put off reading.
@V_ have you read Patrick Rothfuss - The Name of the Wind and The Wise Man’s Fear? Two of my favourite fantasy books. Magic, darkness, light, love, humour, intelligence, mystery, incredible moments of music and life. And a magic college too (it features prominently and is a super exciting place)😄I’ve read them twice over (I never do that) and got them on Audible as there’s a fantastic narrator.
@josephaleo I love the Merchant Princes series, still waiting for the last issue of the follow up series. And I think I’ve read nearly everything from Mr. Stross. I still have some issues open vom Urusla Le Guin, but that is usasually quite heavy to read – not something I want to do right now ;-)
I will checkout the other books/authors you’ve mentioned.
@hollyhoneychurch I’ loved that book! But given up hope that I will ever by able to read the conlusion of that series :-) And this series is certainly an example of a magic school done right.
@V_ agreed 😊 don’t give up hope. It’ll come. Another fav fantasy - though not about a magic school - Kings of the Wyld. I found it a lot of fun. And different - it’s about grown ups for a start ha! I like that it’s a stand alone book though Nicholas Eames has written a follow up around some of the same characters. It became super real with the audible narrator doing many a fun voice. I’m like you, into all the magic stuff (loved Harry Potter). Also had great fun (and tears) reading Pullman’s His Dark Materials. His Sally Lockhart books were also incredibly gripping. Then Philip Reeve’s Mortal Engine series plus Fever Crumb series kept me busy for a while. I had a blast reading all of them.
@V_ did you read The Magicians? I haven’t but I have watched all the series on Prime and found it excitingly hilarious. Amazing actors and screenplay. Brutal in places, giggles in other bits. Super creative.
@hollyhoneychurch I started follow up series of His Dark Materials (as I liked that) but his writing style is quite hard to read for me so I have not yet read the second issue it’s still on the to be read list. Mortal Engine should be right up my alley (steampunk / airships) but I’ve lost interest after I think the third book – its sad – I like the world but not the protagonists. And HP I’m at the moment on another “reread” (via audiobook), I’ve lost count how many times I’ve read or listened that series.
@V_ which version? have you tried Stephen Fry? Books are so personal and subjective. I totally understand.
@hollyhoneychurch I’m not sure if I follow, Stephen Fry is the narator of the Harry Potter audiobook (and I like him very much) does he also write books?
@AndyNicolaides I’ve stumbled over it multiple times but I have not yet read it and I’ve forgotten about it again. I put the sample chapter of the first issue in my Kindle app so it does not happen again.
@V_ there’s another version of the audio Harry Potter series - the one usually available in the US. And yes, Stephen Fry also writes novels : )
@hollyhoneychurch thanks for the clarification! Looks like I’m lucky I have all books narrated by Stephen Fry.