Any fiction suggestions for a somewhat picky reader? The Expanse lasted me a long while but I'm finishing up the novellas now and need to start looking for something new. Not necessarily in the same genre.
I don't have a lot of books under my belt as an adult, but some of my favorites have been Stoner by John Williams, Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts, East of Eden, Catch 22, Flowers for Algernon, and Harry Potter. Kind of all over the place I guess. ๐
I've also enjoyed John Williams' other novels, Piranesi, The Things They Carried, House of Leaves, and Ender's Game and the sequel.
Some books I didn't really care for include Hitchhiker's Guide (although I loved the first half), Lolita, Sharp Objects, Turtles All the Way Down, The Stand, The Road, 1984, and Fahrenheit 451.
I'm always overwhelmed trying to find something new, so thanks for any suggestions!
EDIT: Thank you all! It'll be a bit daunting exploring all these new books but not nearly as daunting as if I had no guidance, so I really appreciate it!
Nice list, I will add to my bucket the hall Mary and the DND ones
I tried reading hitchhiker after seeing the movie but didn't get my attention. I'm afraid the Martian may be the same thing.
As for Asimov, I've read all his books when young, may be worth re reading.
I've tried 3 body problem but I'm avoiding typical hero sci Fi stories as long as I still have star Trek books to read, and there's hundreds of it.
Then there's one in in progress that I'd like to suggest, "this is how you lose the time war"by Amal El-Mohtar. Very different from anything else I've read, it's less action and more... poetry? It's more introspective and less descriptive, and you can get a reasonable first impression from the sample ebook pages.
I've been looking for authors that are not rooted in dichotomy such as any English related literature (like everyone is clearly good or bad, instead everyone is fallible and in between), including but not limited to sci Fi.