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
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.