Can anyone recommend a good novel?

[beta_male455]

Might be a little dated, but anything by Frederick Forsyth. Day of the Jackal or The Odessa File are both compelling and easy to read.

 

[pokipoki]

Pandora's Star by Peter F. Hamilton. If you like it, there is a lot more to read in that saga, and from that author. He always explores new concepts.

 

[deeodee]

I tend to read most things by Brandon Sanderson (if scifi/fantasy is your thing). I also read light novels and I've found a number I've liked, like Mercedes and the Waning Moon, or Disciple of the Lich, or So I'm a Spider, So What?

 

[devilishinspire]

The Lost Fleet series by Jack Campbell. First book is called Lost Fleet: Dauntless.

 

[xaveq]

It's not really a spy novel but i can't recommend it enough. Yellowface by Rebbeca F. Kuang is a hell of a thrilling story about a woman who steals her friend's novel idea and try to live the lie. Thrilling and funny until the very end!
And if you insist on something sci-fi, then I can recommend any sci-fi novel by Brandon Sanderson. I didn't read all of them but every single one i touched was a good one!

 

[jorkinator]

red rising series is pretty metal and interesting

 

[Eisenmann]

Just finished Glorious Exploits.
It's set in ancient Syracuse during the Peleponese War but written in a modern colloquial style. Two out of work potters are staging Euripides in a quarry, where Athenian prisoners of war are kept in utter desolation with the actors recruited from the prisoners. It's really well paced, has crafty prose and I can only utterly recommend it.

 

[redGin]

Can't go wrong with The Expanse. It's such a good book series.

I second this. I read through the first 6 books without noticing.

I recommend Dune, best political sci-fi ever made.

 

[lagan]

A little bit older but still good. The Stainless Steel Rat series by Harry Harrison. a mix of sci-fi, crime and espionage with a good portion of humor.
If you like hard military sci-fi then try Honor Harrington by David Weber. But only the first 4 books, after that the quality declines.
I also recommend "Santiago" by Mike Resnick. A Bountyhunter searches for a legendary terrorist in the human colonized space.

 

[goVEGAN161]

You have to check out the Silo Trilogy by Hugh Howey (Wool, Shift, and Dust)

 

[Phantomdriver]

You bet I can. Try The Magus by John Fowles.I learned of this novel as a tip from Tim Leary seventy years ago. He said no novel captivated him as much as The Magus and compared it to James Joyce's Ulysses for the exaltation of human consciousness.

 

[dakllkd]

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