Need books for a 24-hr flight

[Anonymous]

I need some books to keep me entertained during two huge multi-stop flights.

I'd love any and all fiction recommendations, but I'm very fond of speculative fiction/sci-fi/fantasy. Last book I read was Station Eleven and I really dug it.

What have you read and enjoyed lately? Bonus points if you think it's engaging enough not to notice you're stuck in coach for multiple flights!

[Anonymous]

I still love the divergent series, if you haven't read/seen the films.

[Anonymous]

My husband loves sci-fi and devoured the Game of Thrones books.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My husband loves sci-fi and devoured the Game of Thrones books.

OP here. Yep, me too -- sadly I started reading them as they came out (in the 90s?!) and have re-read them, too! But thanks, that's the sort of book that's right up my alley.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I still love the divergent series, if you haven't read/seen the films.

I haven't, I will check them out. Similar to Hunger Games in tone, right?

[Anonymous]

The Martian by Andy Weir - LOVED it - Could NOT put it down. And I am a huge Station Eleven fan and enjoy Sci-Fi Fantasy.

Neil Gaiman's The Ocean at the End of the Lane and Neverwhere.

Divergent is similar to Hunger Games but not as deep or as well-written - though still engaging.

[Anonymous]

The City and the City
Neal Stephenson -- The Diamond Age, Reamde, Cryptonomicon
Something More Than Night
The Rook
Three Parts Dead (The Craft Sequence)
The Magicians (The Magicians trilogy)
Wool (The Silo series)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I still love the divergent series, if you haven't read/seen the films.

I haven't, I will check them out. Similar to Hunger Games in tone, right?

Not quite as well done in terms of plot, but more romance, which is fun.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The City and the City
Neal Stephenson -- The Diamond Age, Reamde, Cryptonomicon
Something More Than Night
The Rook
Three Parts Dead (The Craft Sequence)
The Magicians (The Magicians trilogy)
Wool (The Silo series)

2nd this choice. Not familiar with the others, but you can bet I'm going to look into them too.

[Anonymous]

Oh I have a couple of good ones! They are long so I'd read them on a Kindle.

The Book of Strange New Things (Michael Faber)

The Country of Ice Cream Star (Sandra Newman)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh I have a couple of good ones! They are long so I'd read them on a Kindle.

The Book of Strange New Things (Michael Faber)

The Country of Ice Cream Star (Sandra Newman)

Should mention -- these are kind of speculative fiction but really really well written. I loved Station Eleven too.

[Anonymous]

The Passage.

So so good.

[Anonymous]

You've probably read the Vorkosigan Saga, but it's worth a read if you haven't. You can buy omnibus editions with 2-3 of the original titles combined.

I also really liked Elizabeth Moon's Herris Serrano books.

[Anonymous]

World War Z and The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks. Very fast reading, very entertaining.

[Anonymous]

Second Neal Stephenson and the Rook

I don't think the Divergent series is as good as Hunger games and didn't really like the Magicians. In both cases I liked the first and didn't finish the series.

Brandon Sanderson has some good long books too.