I did a book crawl this year around march and really found the love of reading again. I know a lot of it is trash by literature standards but I've enjoyed the escapism quite a bit. My favorite was Moonbound, maybe my favorite sci-fi book of all time tbh. I also enjoyed the House of Salt and Sorrows, Bitterblue, and Sea Sparrow quite a bit.
What were your favorite books?
If you're ok with it being a little YA the Graceling series was great, especially Bitterblue and Sea Sparrow.
I liked the Cruel Prince, very Fae focused fantasy. If you're down for an Arabian nights vibe the Wrath and the Dawn was good.
The House of Salt and Sorrow and it's sequel both caught me off guard with twists that had me yelling at my ereader when I found out that book three hadn't been published yet.
I didn't read it this year, but A Court of Thorns and Roses series is really popular. I enjoyed it a lot but the first book imo is the worst so you need a bit of an investment. Firmly 'romantasy', if you jive with that.
What's some of your favorite sci-fi? I love the genre but have a bad track record with actually liking the writing style of a lot of sci-fi I find (obviously Moonbound was an exception).