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Book Recs for a Flight! (beehaw.org)

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i'm about to be on a plane for 18 hours to tokyo. the goal is to sleep through most of those, but at some point I'll probably wake up at some point. as a result I'm hoping to get some recommendations for some easy, breezy reads that ramp up quickly to distract me from being in a sardine can in the air.

in particular fun sci-fi / fantasy stuff would be nice. minority characters would also be great. recent and old stuff i like:

red rising
redwall
The Avatar F.C. Yee Books
Cyber Shogun Revolution
Iron Widow
Children of Blood and Bone

i don't care about particular tropes or "trope bundles" as I like to call them and are prevalent in sci-fi / fantasy and especially YA stuff. as long as it's interesting I'll read it.

i haven't gotten to read much in grad school so i have lots to catch up on

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

If you haven't read Ready Player One then it's a good sci-fi / young adult book.

There is also Ready Player Two after you finish that one.

Cory Doctorow also released a new sci-fi book recently, called Red Team Blues, which you may be interested in.