Ask HN: Recommend one book I need to read this summer?

Post by TimSchumann » Tue, Jul 02, 2019, 10:26 AM UTC

isaachawley wrote: post #126

sho wrote: post #57

I mainly read SF to relax (biased towards hard space opera) and have accumulated a "best of the best" list of my own: Leviathan Wakes - James S. A. Corey (TV show The Expanse is loosely based on this, but IMO doesn't even come close) Revelation Space - Alastair Reynolds Three Body Problem (all 3 books) - Liu Cixin Consider Phlebas - Iain M. Banks (your gateway drug into the Culture universe) Genuinely wish I could ex…

If you bounce off of Consider Phlebas, try Player of Games. I think it's an easier place to start the Culture novels.

Post by natmaka » Tue, Jul 02, 2019, 10:29 AM UTC

Post by leethargo » Tue, Jul 02, 2019, 10:30 AM UTC

Fnoord wrote: post #30

Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson, SF from 1992. Goodreads entry here [1] [1] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40651883-snow-crash

Post by keiferski » Tue, Jul 02, 2019, 10:37 AM UTC

Post by Kuraj » Tue, Jul 02, 2019, 10:42 AM UTC

m4n wrote: post #48

Last year a friend showed me trailer of a game called The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, I found its story so fascinating that I ended up reading all of its 8 books in a single month. If you like reading fantasy, do not miss it.