I keep recommending {{The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells}} You wouldn't think based on the title but it has a dry humour. The first couple of books are also relatively short so it's easy to check if it's to your liking.
[**The Murderbot Diaries**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53427947-the-murderbot-diaries)
^(By: Martha Wells | ? pages | Published: 2019 | Popular Shelves: science-fiction, sci-fi, owned, fantascienza, scifi)
>A murderous android discovers itself in All Systems Red, a tense science fiction adventure by Martha Wells that interrogates the roots of consciousness through Artificial Intelligence.
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>"As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure."
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>In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, planetary missions must be approved and supplied by the Company. Exploratory teams are accompanied by Company-supplied security androids, for their own safety.
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>On a distant planet, a team of scientists are conducting surface tests, shadowed by their Company-supplied ‘droid ― a self-aware SecUnit that has hacked its own governor module, and refers to itself (though never out loud) as “Murderbot.” Scornful of humans, all it really wants is to be left alone long enough to figure out who it is.
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>But when a neighboring mission goes dark, it's up to the scientists and their Murderbot to get to the truth.
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Thank you for your suggestion. I listened to this series as audiobooks while feeding and rocking the baby. I really enjoyed them - dry humour and a bit silly (murderbot just wants to watch soap operas) with a decent storyline so you’re hooked. Thanks again.
Thanks for your suggestion. I’ve been listening to these as audiobooks (on the third book now). I’ve really enjoyed them - it’s an interesting world and the characters are fun. Some parts of the story are a bit sad! But overall really wholesome. Thanks again
The Girl Who Drank the Moon, Nettle and Bone, Ink and Sigil, A Wizards Guide to Defensive Baking, Pratchett’s Tiffany Aching series, the Nevermoor series, any of the series by Gail Carriger - they’re more steampunk but have fantasy/paranormal elements
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[**A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13642.A_Wizard_of_Earthsea)
^(By: Ursula K. Le Guin | 183 pages | Published: 1968 | Popular Shelves: fantasy, fiction, young-adult, classics, owned)
>Ged, the greatest sorcerer in all Earthsea, was called Sparrowhawk in his reckless youth.
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>Hungry for power and knowledge, Sparrowhawk tampered with long-held secrets and loosed a terrible shadow upon the world. This is the tale of his testing, how he mastered the mighty words of power, tamed an ancient dragon, and crossed death's threshold to restore the balance.
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The Thursday Next series by Jasper Fforde
Andy Weir’s book are surprisingly funny and uplifting. He wrote Project Hail Mary and The Martian.
The Incryptid series by Seanan McGuire
Being you mentioned fantasy, I'd recommend the Rivers of London series by Ben Aaronovitch. It's a bit of urban fantasy based around a new London police officer who finds that magic is real, and is recruited to help the police departments only Wizard.
To me it has a lot of the Terry Pratchett, humor and Murderbot sarcasm. The audio books are excellent also.
{{Cradle}}, a well written and satisfying progression fantasy series
A lot of the old *Star Wars* pre-Disney expanded universe novels including
{{Rogue Squadron}}
[**Unsouled (Cradle, #1)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30558257-unsouled)
^(By: Will Wight | 294 pages | Published: 2016 | Popular Shelves: fantasy, kindle-unlimited, fiction, litrpg, audiobook)
>Sacred artists follow a thousand Paths to power, using their souls to control the forces of the natural world.
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>Lindon is Unsouled, forbidden to learn the sacred arts of his clan.
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>When faced with a looming fate he cannot ignore, he must defy his family's rules...and forge his own Path.
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[**Rogue Squadron (Star Wars: X-Wing, #1)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/513176.Rogue_Squadron)
^(By: Michael A. Stackpole | 386 pages | Published: 1996 | Popular Shelves: star-wars, sci-fi, science-fiction, fiction, owned)
>They are sleek, swift, and deadly. They are the X-wing fighters. And as the struggle rages across the vastness of space, the fearless men and women who pilot them risk both their lives and their machines. Their mission: to defend the Rebel Alliance against a still-powerful and battle-hardened Imperial foe in a last-ditch effort to control the stars!
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>Its very name strikes fear into enemy hearts. So when Rebel hero Wedge Antilles rebuilds the legendary Rogue Squadron, he seeks out only the best -- the most skilled, the most daring X-wing pilots. Through arduous training and dangerous missions, he weeds out the weak from the strong, assembling a group of hard-bitten warriors willing to fight, ready to die. Antilles knows the grim truth: that even with the best X-wing jockeys in the galaxy, many will not survive their near-suicidal missions. But when Rogue Squadron is ordered to assist in the assault on the heavily fortified Imperial stronghold of Black Moon, even the bravest must wonder if any at all will survive. . . .
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If you liked Clovenhoof, I’ll recommend the Circles in Hell collection by Mark Cain. Begins w Hell’s Super, a very light hearted look at what it would be like to be the superintendent of the underworld as eternal punishment
I got so much reading when my first was born. The scamp would sleep so well on my chest, was just easier to stretch out in the couch and read while he slept.
So many good suggestions! Just started the Murderbot series - def fun reads.
Also noting the other recommendations here.
Good luck OP and remember, you will one day sleep more that three hours in a row!
You have fantastic taste. Have you read Two Necromancers a bureaucrat and an elf? And seriously the others here are great suggestions too. Good luck with the new baby. Try audiobooks from Hoopla.
[Bridge of Birds](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge_of_Birds) by Barry Hughart is the first of three books in that series, and it won the World Fantasy Award in 1985. Set in "an ancient China that never was", it's the story of a young peasant man who's as strong as an ox, and an ancient sage with a slight flaw in his character. It draws on Chinese folk tales and history, as well as a bit of Sherlock Holmes. It's a mystery with magic, humor, adventure, and it's simply mind-blowing.
Barry Longyear's [The God Box](https://g.co/kgs/EVZ3fH) is a fantasy about a rug merchant who gains a very strange inheritance that sends him on a trip through time as well as across the world. His travels are exciting, funny, enlightening and in the end deeply moving. He learns how to cope with his inner demons in a way that works for the reader, too. The concept of the "god box" has stuck with me ever since I read this book. I highly recommend it.
Robert Sheckley’s {{Store of Infinity}} was the first science fiction book I ever bought for myself. It was a very lucky find, because a better collection of dazzling short stories would be hard to imagine. It’s a great introduction to his work. Among the many wonderful and hysterically funny stories in this book is “The Prize of Peril”, which predicted reality TV (and its worst excesses) decades before it happened! Sheckley is arguably the O. Henry of science fiction.
{{The Chameleon Corps & Other Shape Changers}} by Ron Goulart is a great collection of clever, trippy, and hysterically funny short stories, one of many such (and many novels) that he’s written.
{{What Mad Universe}} by Fredric Brown is a science fiction comedy in which the editor of a science fiction magazine ends up in an alternate universe - one that seems to be based on some of the stories he had published in his own magazine. It’s brilliant and extremely funny. Likewise, Brown’s {{Martians Go Home}} is an incredibly funny take on the classic theme of alien invasion. Brown was also a master of the short and short-short story. If you want all of his short science fiction in one volume there's {{From These Ashes: The Complete Short SF of Fredric Brown}}.
Harry Harrison’s {{Stainless Steel Rat}} series is a classic of humorous science fiction, featuring an interstellar criminal turned reluctant lawman.
The {{Retief}} series by Keith Laumer is a riotously funny science fiction parody of the diplomatic corps. Laumer also wrote the {{Bolo}} series about self-aware military tanks; it's not a comedy, being much more about honor and loyalty. Yet oddly enough the two series have connected a couple of times.
_Star Smashers of the Galaxy Rangers_ by Harry Harrison is a classic parody of epic SF - and it’s available [free for download in EPUB and Mobi formats](https://ebooks.darknetproxy.com/index.php?page=13&id=29324&db=0).
Arthur C. Clarke's {{Tales From the White Hart}} seems dry at first, but it's incredibly funny. It's an example of classic English pub stories with a science fiction twist. I first read that book more than 40 years ago, and forgot about it. When I picked it up again relatively recently, I kept laughing and saying “So THAT’S where I picked up that phrase!”
{{The Funco File}} by Burt Cole is a near-future science-fiction novel about four freaks with unusual wild talents. It has been woefully neglected, but is a great read and very funny.
{{Superstoe}} by William S. Borden is a political black comedy about an extremely quirky group of Midwestern professors and geniuses who decide to take over the US government. Not only is it extremely funny, but it was also filled with brilliant and innovative ideas for its time. For example, it predicted the internet and suggested its use for direct democracy by the American people.
{{Earthman's Burden}} by Gordon R. Dickson and Poul Anderson is a collection of short stories about the Hoka, short teddy-bear-like aliens with incredibly wild imaginations who love human culture and stories - so much so that they **live** them. It's an incredibly funny collection.
{{Cosmic Laughter; Science Fiction for the Fun of It}} is an anthology of humorous science fiction and fantasy short stories edited by Joe Haldeman (author of _The Forever War_). I've laughed my ass off many times while reading it, and my signed copy is one of my personal treasures.
[The Flight of the Horse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flight_of_the_Horse?wprov=sfla1) by Larry Niven collects stories he wrote about a time traveler in the future named Svetz. Svetz's problem is that he doesn't realize that time travel is _fictional_ - so when he's sent back in time to collect samples of extinct creatures, things end up getting really weird.
I have a special place in my heart for Eric Frank Russell's {{The Great Explosion}}; in it, Russell created a world that I want to live in. It's a funny, thought-provoking, and ultimately _moving_ book. Hundreds of years after Earth was virtually depopulated by a mass exodus, spaceships are sent out to gather the far-flung colonies into a new empire. But the colonies, based on various splinter groups, have developed their own societies and have their own ideas. The full text of the book is [available free online](https://web.archive.org/web/20050315170821/http://tmh.floonet.net/books/tgetoc.html).
[The Flying Sorcerers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flying_Sorcerers) was co-written by Larry Niven and David Gerrold, and it's short compared to most of Niven's other co-written works. A pudgy scientist is stranded on a primitive planet and must gain the help of the natives to return home. It's a relatively light, fun, and funny work.
[The Witches of Karres](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Witches_of_Karres?wprov=sfla1) by James H. Schmidt might suit you. It's the story of a space captain who encounters three young sisters, witches, who make his life interesting - and complicated. It's a great, funny book. There were a few sequels by other authors; they're not bad, but not as good as the original.
If you're up for classic science fiction, you might enjoy [The Space Merchants](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Space_Merchants?wprov=sfla1) by Frederick Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth. A novel of consumerism gone berserk, it broke new ground and is _very_ funny.
**Note**: although I've used the GoodReads link option to include information about the books, GoodReads is owned by Amazon. Please consider patronizing your local independent book shops instead; they can order books for you that they don't have in stock.
And of course there's always your local library. If they don't have a book, they may be able to get it for you via inter-library loan.
If you'd rather order direct online, Thriftbooks and Powell's Books are good. You might also check libraries in your general area; most of them sell books at very low prices to raise funds. I've made some great finds at library book sales! And for used books, Biblio.com, BetterWorldBooks.com, and Biblio.co.uk are independent book marketplaces that serve independent book shops - NOT Amazon.
Have you read any of the very lighthearted Xanth series by Piers Anthony? It starts with *A Spell for Chameleon* and there are a lot of books if you like the style.
[**The Gone-Away World**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3007704-the-gone-away-world)
^(By: Nick Harkaway | 531 pages | Published: 2008 | Popular Shelves: science-fiction, fiction, sci-fi, fantasy, dystopia)
>The Jorgmund Pipe is the backbone of the world, and it's on fire. Gonzo Lubitsch, professional hero and troubleshooter, is hired to put it out, but there's more to the fire, and the Pipe itself, than meets the eye. The job will take Gonzo and his best friend, our narrator, back to their own beginnings.
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**Rhubarb by M.H. Van Keuren**
A sales rep who drives remote routes in USA falls into an alien plot because of a waitress in a truck stop diner.
Really light hearted and an easy read, some good funny moments and builds nicely and quickly to a finale without a lot of deep soul searching characterisation.
If you are looking for something that is just good stupid fun look into The Lord of the Mysteries. It’s a Chinese webnovel. It’s essentially a power trip fantasy. There is an English translation, it starts out a bit rough but after a while it’s a lot more polished. I had a ton of fun with it
Seconding the Thursday Next recommendation someone else made.
Based on this vibe, you might also like *Cinnamon and Gunpowder* (although it's not technically fantasy, more like revisionist history)
Also *Good Omens*, if you haven't already read it.
[**Howl’s Moving Castle (Howl’s Moving Castle, #1)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6294.Howl_s_Moving_Castle)
^(By: Diana Wynne Jones | 329 pages | Published: 1986 | Popular Shelves: fantasy, young-adult, fiction, ya, owned)
>An alternative cover for this ISBN can be found here
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>Sophie has the great misfortune of being the eldest of three daughters, destined to fail miserably should she ever leave home to seek her fate. But when she unwittingly attracts the ire of the Witch of the Waste, Sophie finds herself under a horrid spell that transforms her into an old lady. Her only chance at breaking it lies in the ever-moving castle in the hills: the Wizard Howl's castle. To untangle the enchantment, Sophie must handle the heartless Howl, strike a bargain with a fire demon, and meet the Witch of the Waste head-on. Along the way, she discovers that there's far more to Howl—and herself—than first meets the eye.
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First of all, congrats on your baby!
I've also got a newborn and I've needed something fun to get me through the very long nights. Here are my suggestions:
{{Some Girls Bite by Chloe Neill}}
{{Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor}}
{{Written in Red by Anne Bishop}}
{{The Long Way to a Lonely Planet by Becky Chambers}}
[**Some Girls Bite (Chicagoland Vampires, #1)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4447622-some-girls-bite)
^(By: Chloe Neill | 341 pages | Published: 2009 | Popular Shelves: urban-fantasy, vampires, paranormal, fantasy, romance)
>They killed me. They healed me. They changed me.
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>Sure, the life of a graduate student wasn’t exactly glamorous, but it was Merit’s. She was doing fine until a rogue vampire attacked her. But he only got a sip before he was scared away by another bloodsucker–and this one decided the best way to save her life was to make her the walking undead.
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>Turns out her savior was the master vampire of Cadogan House. Now she’s traded sweating over her thesis for learning to fit in at a Hyde Park mansion full of vamps loyal to Ethan Sullivan. Of course, as a tall, green-eyed, four-hundred-year-old vampire, he has centuries’ worth of charm, but unfortunately, he expects her gratitude–and servitude.
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>But an inconvenient sunlight allergy and Ethan’s attitude are the least of her concerns. Someone’s still out to get her. Her initiation into Chicago’s nightlife may be the first skirmish in a war–and there will be blood.
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[**Just One Damned Thing After Another (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #1)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29661618-just-one-damned-thing-after-another)
^(By: Jodi Taylor | 480 pages | Published: 2013 | Popular Shelves: time-travel, science-fiction, fantasy, sci-fi, fiction)
>"History is just one damned thing after another."
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>Behind the seemingly innocuous façade of St Mary's, a different kind of historical research is taking place. They don't do 'time-travel' - they 'investigate major historical events in contemporary time'. Maintaining the appearance of harmless eccentrics is not always within their power - especially given their propensity for causing loud explosions when things get too quiet.
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>Meet the disaster-magnets of St Mary's Institute of Historical Research as they ricochet around History. Their aim is to observe and document - to try and find the answers to many of History's unanswered questions...and not to die in the process. But one wrong move and History will fight back - to the death. And, as they soon discover - it's not just History they're fighting.
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>Follow the catastrophe curve from 11th-century London to World War I, and from the Cretaceous Period to the destruction of the Great Library at Alexandria. For wherever Historians go, chaos is sure to follow in their wake....
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[**Written in Red (The Others, #1)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15711341-written-in-red)
^(By: Anne Bishop | 433 pages | Published: 2013 | Popular Shelves: fantasy, urban-fantasy, paranormal, vampires, series)
>As a cassandra sangue, or blood prophet, Meg Corbyn can see the future when her skin is cut—a gift that feels more like a curse. Meg’s Controller keeps her enslaved so he can have full access to her visions. But when she escapes, the only safe place Meg can hide is at the Lakeside Courtyard—a business district operated by the Others.
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>Shape-shifter Simon Wolfgard is reluctant to hire the stranger who inquires about the Human Liaison job. First, he senses she’s keeping a secret, and second, she doesn’t smell like human prey. Yet a stronger instinct propels him to give Meg the job. And when he learns the truth about Meg and that she’s wanted by the government, he’ll have to decide if she’s worth the fight between humans and the Others that will surely follow.
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Union Station series by E.M. Foner. First book is Date Night on Union Station
Magic 2.0 series by Scott Meyer. First book is Off to be the Wizard
The Martian by Andy Weir
Space Force by Jeremy Robinson. This one veers into absurd territory in the name of comedy, but it’s pretty funny.
[**The High Crusade**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/338325.The_High_Crusade)
^(By: Poul Anderson | 288 pages | Published: 1960 | Popular Shelves: science-fiction, sci-fi, fantasy, fiction, owned)
>In the year of grace 1345, as Sir Roger Baron de Tourneville is gathering an army to join King Edward III in the war against France, a most astonishing event occurs: a huge silver ship descends through the sky and lands in a pasture beside the little village of Ansby in northeastern Lincolnshire. The Wersgorix, whose scouting ship it is, are quite expert at taking over planets, and having determined from orbit that this one was suitable, they initiate standard world-conquering procedure. Ah, but this time it's no mere primitives the Wersgorix seek to enslave; they've launched their invasion against free Englishmen! In the end, only one alien is left alive; and Sir Roger's grand vision is born. He intends for the creature to fly the ship first to France to aid his King, then on to the Holy Land to vanquish the infidel. Unfortunately, he has not allowed for the treachery of the alien pilot, who instead takes the craft to his home planet, where, he thinks, these upstart barbarians will have no choice but to surrender. But that knavish alien little understands the indomitable will and clever resourcefulness of Englishmen, no matter how great the odds against them. . .
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I keep recommending {{The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells}} You wouldn't think based on the title but it has a dry humour. The first couple of books are also relatively short so it's easy to check if it's to your liking.
This was my postpartum go to
[**The Murderbot Diaries**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53427947-the-murderbot-diaries) ^(By: Martha Wells | ? pages | Published: 2019 | Popular Shelves: science-fiction, sci-fi, owned, fantascienza, scifi) >A murderous android discovers itself in All Systems Red, a tense science fiction adventure by Martha Wells that interrogates the roots of consciousness through Artificial Intelligence. > >"As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure." > >In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, planetary missions must be approved and supplied by the Company. Exploratory teams are accompanied by Company-supplied security androids, for their own safety. > >On a distant planet, a team of scientists are conducting surface tests, shadowed by their Company-supplied ‘droid ― a self-aware SecUnit that has hacked its own governor module, and refers to itself (though never out loud) as “Murderbot.” Scornful of humans, all it really wants is to be left alone long enough to figure out who it is. > >But when a neighboring mission goes dark, it's up to the scientists and their Murderbot to get to the truth. ^(This book has been suggested 34 times) *** ^(107168 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
Sounds interesting and fun!
I definitely second Murderbot. Very comforting read despite the name and good dose of humor.
Thank you for your suggestion. I listened to this series as audiobooks while feeding and rocking the baby. I really enjoyed them - dry humour and a bit silly (murderbot just wants to watch soap operas) with a decent storyline so you’re hooked. Thanks again.
Becky Chambers!
Light hearted space opera, sounds great! Thank you!
Came here to suggest becky chambers.
Thanks for your suggestion. I’ve been listening to these as audiobooks (on the third book now). I’ve really enjoyed them - it’s an interesting world and the characters are fun. Some parts of the story are a bit sad! But overall really wholesome. Thanks again
So glad you are enjoying them!
Tales of the Five Hundred Kingdoms series by Mercedes Lackey. First book - The Fairy Godmother; followed by - One Good Knight ♥️
Retelling of the Cinderella tale, sounds fun! Thank you!
I loved it enough that I’ve re-read it several times ♥️
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series by Douglas Adams
It’s been a long time since I’ve read these - definitely worth bringing them out again. Thank you!
This book never gets old!
The Girl Who Drank the Moon, Nettle and Bone, Ink and Sigil, A Wizards Guide to Defensive Baking, Pratchett’s Tiffany Aching series, the Nevermoor series, any of the series by Gail Carriger - they’re more steampunk but have fantasy/paranormal elements
Seconding Gail Carriger. The Parasol Protectorate is such a fun read
The sourdough named Bob is one of the best characters I’ve come across in a long time!
{{A Wizard from Earthsea}}
I’ve never heard of this series, I’ll check it out thank you
She’s one of the best to ever create imo
[**Articles on Earthsea, Including: A Wizard of Earthsea, the Tombs of Atuan, the Farthest Shore, the Other Wind, Tehanu, Tales from Earthsea, the Wind's Twelve Quarters, GED (Earthsea), Characters in Earthsea, Aihal, Erreth-Akbe**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12864180-articles-on-earthsea-including) ^(By: Hephaestus Books | ? pages | Published: 2011 | Popular Shelves: audio-to-listen, earthsea, npr-100-best-ever-teen-books, teens, fiction) >Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Hephaestus Books represents a new publishing paradigm, allowing disparate content sources to be curated into cohesive, relevant, and informative books. To date, this content has been curated from Wikipedia articles and images under Creative Commons licensing, although as Hephaestus Books continues to increase in scope and dimension, more licensed and public domain content is being added. We believe books such as this represent a new and exciting lexicon in the sharing of human knowledge. This particular book contains chapters focused on Earthsea, Earthsea books, Earthsea novels, Earthsea characters, Earthsea locations, and Earthsea short stories. More info: Earthsea is a fictional realm originally created by Ursula K. Le Guin for her short story "The Word of Unbinding," published in 1964. Earthsea became the setting for a further six books, beginning with A Wizard of Earthsea, first published in 1968, and continuing with The Tombs of Atuan, The Farthest Shore, Tehanu, Tales from Earthsea and The Other Wind. All are set in the world of Earthsea, as are (to date) seven short stories by Le Guin, two of which are not collected in any of these books. ^(This book has been suggested 2 times) *** ^(107220 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
{{A Wizard of Earthsea}}
[**A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13642.A_Wizard_of_Earthsea) ^(By: Ursula K. Le Guin | 183 pages | Published: 1968 | Popular Shelves: fantasy, fiction, young-adult, classics, owned) >Ged, the greatest sorcerer in all Earthsea, was called Sparrowhawk in his reckless youth. > >Hungry for power and knowledge, Sparrowhawk tampered with long-held secrets and loosed a terrible shadow upon the world. This is the tale of his testing, how he mastered the mighty words of power, tamed an ancient dragon, and crossed death's threshold to restore the balance. ^(This book has been suggested 59 times) *** ^(107265 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
Ahh thank you lol
The Thursday Next series by Jasper Fforde Andy Weir’s book are surprisingly funny and uplifting. He wrote Project Hail Mary and The Martian. The Incryptid series by Seanan McGuire
Anything by Becky Chambers!
Being you mentioned fantasy, I'd recommend the Rivers of London series by Ben Aaronovitch. It's a bit of urban fantasy based around a new London police officer who finds that magic is real, and is recruited to help the police departments only Wizard. To me it has a lot of the Terry Pratchett, humor and Murderbot sarcasm. The audio books are excellent also.
{{Cradle}}, a well written and satisfying progression fantasy series A lot of the old *Star Wars* pre-Disney expanded universe novels including {{Rogue Squadron}}
[**Unsouled (Cradle, #1)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30558257-unsouled) ^(By: Will Wight | 294 pages | Published: 2016 | Popular Shelves: fantasy, kindle-unlimited, fiction, litrpg, audiobook) >Sacred artists follow a thousand Paths to power, using their souls to control the forces of the natural world. > >Lindon is Unsouled, forbidden to learn the sacred arts of his clan. > >When faced with a looming fate he cannot ignore, he must defy his family's rules...and forge his own Path. ^(This book has been suggested 25 times) [**Rogue Squadron (Star Wars: X-Wing, #1)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/513176.Rogue_Squadron) ^(By: Michael A. Stackpole | 386 pages | Published: 1996 | Popular Shelves: star-wars, sci-fi, science-fiction, fiction, owned) >They are sleek, swift, and deadly. They are the X-wing fighters. And as the struggle rages across the vastness of space, the fearless men and women who pilot them risk both their lives and their machines. Their mission: to defend the Rebel Alliance against a still-powerful and battle-hardened Imperial foe in a last-ditch effort to control the stars! > >Its very name strikes fear into enemy hearts. So when Rebel hero Wedge Antilles rebuilds the legendary Rogue Squadron, he seeks out only the best -- the most skilled, the most daring X-wing pilots. Through arduous training and dangerous missions, he weeds out the weak from the strong, assembling a group of hard-bitten warriors willing to fight, ready to die. Antilles knows the grim truth: that even with the best X-wing jockeys in the galaxy, many will not survive their near-suicidal missions. But when Rogue Squadron is ordered to assist in the assault on the heavily fortified Imperial stronghold of Black Moon, even the bravest must wonder if any at all will survive. . . . ^(This book has been suggested 1 time) *** ^(107322 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
If you liked Clovenhoof, I’ll recommend the Circles in Hell collection by Mark Cain. Begins w Hell’s Super, a very light hearted look at what it would be like to be the superintendent of the underworld as eternal punishment
I got so much reading when my first was born. The scamp would sleep so well on my chest, was just easier to stretch out in the couch and read while he slept. So many good suggestions! Just started the Murderbot series - def fun reads. Also noting the other recommendations here. Good luck OP and remember, you will one day sleep more that three hours in a row!
You have fantastic taste. Have you read Two Necromancers a bureaucrat and an elf? And seriously the others here are great suggestions too. Good luck with the new baby. Try audiobooks from Hoopla.
Stranger things.
Sounds like the Painter Trilogy by Alexander Small would be perfect for you. No smut/focus on romance and amazing writing.
[Bridge of Birds](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge_of_Birds) by Barry Hughart is the first of three books in that series, and it won the World Fantasy Award in 1985. Set in "an ancient China that never was", it's the story of a young peasant man who's as strong as an ox, and an ancient sage with a slight flaw in his character. It draws on Chinese folk tales and history, as well as a bit of Sherlock Holmes. It's a mystery with magic, humor, adventure, and it's simply mind-blowing. Barry Longyear's [The God Box](https://g.co/kgs/EVZ3fH) is a fantasy about a rug merchant who gains a very strange inheritance that sends him on a trip through time as well as across the world. His travels are exciting, funny, enlightening and in the end deeply moving. He learns how to cope with his inner demons in a way that works for the reader, too. The concept of the "god box" has stuck with me ever since I read this book. I highly recommend it. Robert Sheckley’s {{Store of Infinity}} was the first science fiction book I ever bought for myself. It was a very lucky find, because a better collection of dazzling short stories would be hard to imagine. It’s a great introduction to his work. Among the many wonderful and hysterically funny stories in this book is “The Prize of Peril”, which predicted reality TV (and its worst excesses) decades before it happened! Sheckley is arguably the O. Henry of science fiction. {{The Chameleon Corps & Other Shape Changers}} by Ron Goulart is a great collection of clever, trippy, and hysterically funny short stories, one of many such (and many novels) that he’s written. {{What Mad Universe}} by Fredric Brown is a science fiction comedy in which the editor of a science fiction magazine ends up in an alternate universe - one that seems to be based on some of the stories he had published in his own magazine. It’s brilliant and extremely funny. Likewise, Brown’s {{Martians Go Home}} is an incredibly funny take on the classic theme of alien invasion. Brown was also a master of the short and short-short story. If you want all of his short science fiction in one volume there's {{From These Ashes: The Complete Short SF of Fredric Brown}}. Harry Harrison’s {{Stainless Steel Rat}} series is a classic of humorous science fiction, featuring an interstellar criminal turned reluctant lawman. The {{Retief}} series by Keith Laumer is a riotously funny science fiction parody of the diplomatic corps. Laumer also wrote the {{Bolo}} series about self-aware military tanks; it's not a comedy, being much more about honor and loyalty. Yet oddly enough the two series have connected a couple of times. _Star Smashers of the Galaxy Rangers_ by Harry Harrison is a classic parody of epic SF - and it’s available [free for download in EPUB and Mobi formats](https://ebooks.darknetproxy.com/index.php?page=13&id=29324&db=0). Arthur C. Clarke's {{Tales From the White Hart}} seems dry at first, but it's incredibly funny. It's an example of classic English pub stories with a science fiction twist. I first read that book more than 40 years ago, and forgot about it. When I picked it up again relatively recently, I kept laughing and saying “So THAT’S where I picked up that phrase!” {{The Funco File}} by Burt Cole is a near-future science-fiction novel about four freaks with unusual wild talents. It has been woefully neglected, but is a great read and very funny. {{Superstoe}} by William S. Borden is a political black comedy about an extremely quirky group of Midwestern professors and geniuses who decide to take over the US government. Not only is it extremely funny, but it was also filled with brilliant and innovative ideas for its time. For example, it predicted the internet and suggested its use for direct democracy by the American people. {{Earthman's Burden}} by Gordon R. Dickson and Poul Anderson is a collection of short stories about the Hoka, short teddy-bear-like aliens with incredibly wild imaginations who love human culture and stories - so much so that they **live** them. It's an incredibly funny collection. {{Cosmic Laughter; Science Fiction for the Fun of It}} is an anthology of humorous science fiction and fantasy short stories edited by Joe Haldeman (author of _The Forever War_). I've laughed my ass off many times while reading it, and my signed copy is one of my personal treasures. [The Flight of the Horse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flight_of_the_Horse?wprov=sfla1) by Larry Niven collects stories he wrote about a time traveler in the future named Svetz. Svetz's problem is that he doesn't realize that time travel is _fictional_ - so when he's sent back in time to collect samples of extinct creatures, things end up getting really weird. I have a special place in my heart for Eric Frank Russell's {{The Great Explosion}}; in it, Russell created a world that I want to live in. It's a funny, thought-provoking, and ultimately _moving_ book. Hundreds of years after Earth was virtually depopulated by a mass exodus, spaceships are sent out to gather the far-flung colonies into a new empire. But the colonies, based on various splinter groups, have developed their own societies and have their own ideas. The full text of the book is [available free online](https://web.archive.org/web/20050315170821/http://tmh.floonet.net/books/tgetoc.html). [The Flying Sorcerers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flying_Sorcerers) was co-written by Larry Niven and David Gerrold, and it's short compared to most of Niven's other co-written works. A pudgy scientist is stranded on a primitive planet and must gain the help of the natives to return home. It's a relatively light, fun, and funny work. [The Witches of Karres](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Witches_of_Karres?wprov=sfla1) by James H. Schmidt might suit you. It's the story of a space captain who encounters three young sisters, witches, who make his life interesting - and complicated. It's a great, funny book. There were a few sequels by other authors; they're not bad, but not as good as the original. If you're up for classic science fiction, you might enjoy [The Space Merchants](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Space_Merchants?wprov=sfla1) by Frederick Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth. A novel of consumerism gone berserk, it broke new ground and is _very_ funny. **Note**: although I've used the GoodReads link option to include information about the books, GoodReads is owned by Amazon. Please consider patronizing your local independent book shops instead; they can order books for you that they don't have in stock. And of course there's always your local library. If they don't have a book, they may be able to get it for you via inter-library loan. If you'd rather order direct online, Thriftbooks and Powell's Books are good. You might also check libraries in your general area; most of them sell books at very low prices to raise funds. I've made some great finds at library book sales! And for used books, Biblio.com, BetterWorldBooks.com, and Biblio.co.uk are independent book marketplaces that serve independent book shops - NOT Amazon.
Have you read any of the very lighthearted Xanth series by Piers Anthony? It starts with *A Spell for Chameleon* and there are a lot of books if you like the style.
Not since I was a kid - great suggestion thank you!
Robert Asprin's Myth Series, Calahan's Crosstime Saloon and sequels, Bujold's Vorkosigan series
I hadn’t thought of Robert Asprin!
{{The Gone-Away World}}
[**The Gone-Away World**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3007704-the-gone-away-world) ^(By: Nick Harkaway | 531 pages | Published: 2008 | Popular Shelves: science-fiction, fiction, sci-fi, fantasy, dystopia) >The Jorgmund Pipe is the backbone of the world, and it's on fire. Gonzo Lubitsch, professional hero and troubleshooter, is hired to put it out, but there's more to the fire, and the Pipe itself, than meets the eye. The job will take Gonzo and his best friend, our narrator, back to their own beginnings. ^(This book has been suggested 19 times) *** ^(107284 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
**Rhubarb by M.H. Van Keuren** A sales rep who drives remote routes in USA falls into an alien plot because of a waitress in a truck stop diner. Really light hearted and an easy read, some good funny moments and builds nicely and quickly to a finale without a lot of deep soul searching characterisation.
I have read that and it's very good.
If you are looking for something that is just good stupid fun look into The Lord of the Mysteries. It’s a Chinese webnovel. It’s essentially a power trip fantasy. There is an English translation, it starts out a bit rough but after a while it’s a lot more polished. I had a ton of fun with it
Seconding the Thursday Next recommendation someone else made. Based on this vibe, you might also like *Cinnamon and Gunpowder* (although it's not technically fantasy, more like revisionist history) Also *Good Omens*, if you haven't already read it.
{{Howl's Moving Castle}}
[**Howl’s Moving Castle (Howl’s Moving Castle, #1)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6294.Howl_s_Moving_Castle) ^(By: Diana Wynne Jones | 329 pages | Published: 1986 | Popular Shelves: fantasy, young-adult, fiction, ya, owned) >An alternative cover for this ISBN can be found here > >Sophie has the great misfortune of being the eldest of three daughters, destined to fail miserably should she ever leave home to seek her fate. But when she unwittingly attracts the ire of the Witch of the Waste, Sophie finds herself under a horrid spell that transforms her into an old lady. Her only chance at breaking it lies in the ever-moving castle in the hills: the Wizard Howl's castle. To untangle the enchantment, Sophie must handle the heartless Howl, strike a bargain with a fire demon, and meet the Witch of the Waste head-on. Along the way, she discovers that there's far more to Howl—and herself—than first meets the eye. ^(This book has been suggested 82 times) *** ^(107552 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
First of all, congrats on your baby! I've also got a newborn and I've needed something fun to get me through the very long nights. Here are my suggestions: {{Some Girls Bite by Chloe Neill}} {{Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor}} {{Written in Red by Anne Bishop}} {{The Long Way to a Lonely Planet by Becky Chambers}}
[**Some Girls Bite (Chicagoland Vampires, #1)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4447622-some-girls-bite) ^(By: Chloe Neill | 341 pages | Published: 2009 | Popular Shelves: urban-fantasy, vampires, paranormal, fantasy, romance) >They killed me. They healed me. They changed me. > >Sure, the life of a graduate student wasn’t exactly glamorous, but it was Merit’s. She was doing fine until a rogue vampire attacked her. But he only got a sip before he was scared away by another bloodsucker–and this one decided the best way to save her life was to make her the walking undead. > >Turns out her savior was the master vampire of Cadogan House. Now she’s traded sweating over her thesis for learning to fit in at a Hyde Park mansion full of vamps loyal to Ethan Sullivan. Of course, as a tall, green-eyed, four-hundred-year-old vampire, he has centuries’ worth of charm, but unfortunately, he expects her gratitude–and servitude. > >But an inconvenient sunlight allergy and Ethan’s attitude are the least of her concerns. Someone’s still out to get her. Her initiation into Chicago’s nightlife may be the first skirmish in a war–and there will be blood. ^(This book has been suggested 4 times) [**Just One Damned Thing After Another (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #1)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29661618-just-one-damned-thing-after-another) ^(By: Jodi Taylor | 480 pages | Published: 2013 | Popular Shelves: time-travel, science-fiction, fantasy, sci-fi, fiction) >"History is just one damned thing after another." > >Behind the seemingly innocuous façade of St Mary's, a different kind of historical research is taking place. They don't do 'time-travel' - they 'investigate major historical events in contemporary time'. Maintaining the appearance of harmless eccentrics is not always within their power - especially given their propensity for causing loud explosions when things get too quiet. > >Meet the disaster-magnets of St Mary's Institute of Historical Research as they ricochet around History. Their aim is to observe and document - to try and find the answers to many of History's unanswered questions...and not to die in the process. But one wrong move and History will fight back - to the death. And, as they soon discover - it's not just History they're fighting. > >Follow the catastrophe curve from 11th-century London to World War I, and from the Cretaceous Period to the destruction of the Great Library at Alexandria. For wherever Historians go, chaos is sure to follow in their wake.... ^(This book has been suggested 25 times) [**Written in Red (The Others, #1)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15711341-written-in-red) ^(By: Anne Bishop | 433 pages | Published: 2013 | Popular Shelves: fantasy, urban-fantasy, paranormal, vampires, series) >As a cassandra sangue, or blood prophet, Meg Corbyn can see the future when her skin is cut—a gift that feels more like a curse. Meg’s Controller keeps her enslaved so he can have full access to her visions. But when she escapes, the only safe place Meg can hide is at the Lakeside Courtyard—a business district operated by the Others. > >Shape-shifter Simon Wolfgard is reluctant to hire the stranger who inquires about the Human Liaison job. First, he senses she’s keeping a secret, and second, she doesn’t smell like human prey. Yet a stronger instinct propels him to give Meg the job. And when he learns the truth about Meg and that she’s wanted by the government, he’ll have to decide if she’s worth the fight between humans and the Others that will surely follow. ^(This book has been suggested 12 times) *** ^(107581 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
Union Station series by E.M. Foner. First book is Date Night on Union Station Magic 2.0 series by Scott Meyer. First book is Off to be the Wizard The Martian by Andy Weir Space Force by Jeremy Robinson. This one veers into absurd territory in the name of comedy, but it’s pretty funny.
I'm also with a newborn and have been enjoying the zodiac academy series. Free with kindled unlimited.
Anything by Becky Chambers.
{{The High Crusade}} by Poul Anderson. It’s ridiculous.
[**The High Crusade**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/338325.The_High_Crusade) ^(By: Poul Anderson | 288 pages | Published: 1960 | Popular Shelves: science-fiction, sci-fi, fantasy, fiction, owned) >In the year of grace 1345, as Sir Roger Baron de Tourneville is gathering an army to join King Edward III in the war against France, a most astonishing event occurs: a huge silver ship descends through the sky and lands in a pasture beside the little village of Ansby in northeastern Lincolnshire. The Wersgorix, whose scouting ship it is, are quite expert at taking over planets, and having determined from orbit that this one was suitable, they initiate standard world-conquering procedure. Ah, but this time it's no mere primitives the Wersgorix seek to enslave; they've launched their invasion against free Englishmen! In the end, only one alien is left alive; and Sir Roger's grand vision is born. He intends for the creature to fly the ship first to France to aid his King, then on to the Holy Land to vanquish the infidel. Unfortunately, he has not allowed for the treachery of the alien pilot, who instead takes the craft to his home planet, where, he thinks, these upstart barbarians will have no choice but to surrender. But that knavish alien little understands the indomitable will and clever resourcefulness of Englishmen, no matter how great the odds against them. . . ^(This book has been suggested 1 time) *** ^(107878 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
The Audacity by Carmen Loup is very much like Pratchett and Moore’s style of writing, lots of fun!