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Book Recs for a Flight! (self.literature)
submitted 1 year ago by mint to c/literature
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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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[–] revelrous@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

How Long 'til Black Future Month? by N. K. Jemisin [goodreads link] is a collection of speculative sci-fi/fantasy short stories -a few of these were fleshed out into YA novels/series. There is a little bit of everything in there, and while not always breezy, you don't have to commit a lot of time to get to the interesting bits.