Reviving a 15 yr old John Scalzi thread in modified form

[james_davis_nicoll]

(Modified because the thread is 15 yrs old):

Good, recent science fiction for people who don't read science fiction.

A: Audience is adult, intelligent, and literate.
B: No YA
C: No books before 2010.
D: Book has to be primarily SF, not fantasy.
E: Recommend a book that you would actually recommend to someone.

Comments

[fred_mouse]

If they are a reader of so-called 'literary' fiction, Book of Joan by Lidia Yuknavitch, which I finished and immediately turned around and shoved under the nose of a friend.

For a mystery reader, Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty.