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Ask HN: Best Fiction

by squigs25 on 6/13/16, 3:02 PM with 3 comments

One of my new years resolutions this year is to read more fiction, so to that end, I would like to hear what good fiction books the HN community is reading.

My interests tend to align most with these attributes: thought-provoking, comedy, or science-fiction; however, even if it doesn't fit these criteria, please post your best recent fiction reads below!

  • by enkiv2 on 6/13/16, 3:52 PM

    I recommend reading pretty much anything written by William Gibson, Neal Stephenson, David Wong, or Charlie Stross. (Stross is less recommended only because he writes a lot more and his quality level is less consistent; that said, at his best he competes with Stephenson's best and wins)

  • by maxerickson on 6/13/16, 3:55 PM

    Umberto Eco. Don't start with Foucault's Pendulum, his other books are shorter and probably more accessible.

    I really like The Island of the Day Before and Baudolino.

  • by bottlerocket on 6/13/16, 6:33 PM

    I really liked The Culture books by Iain M Banks.

    If hard scifi is your thing, Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds.

    And can't go wrong with the classics (Dune, Foundation, Hyperion)