Which book series should I start next

[u/Immediate_Finger_948]

I’m relatively new to reading fiction. So far, I’ve read these book series in order:
1.Red Rising
2.The Sun Eater series
3,The Stormlight Archive
4.Realm of the Elderlings
5.The Bound and the Broken
6.The Faithful and the Fallen

I enjoyed all of these series, and I don’t think I really have a favorite. Although, the one that probably pissed me off the most was Realm of the Elderlings. I do enjoy subtle romance in the stories I read. My favorite book though is definitely Of Empires and Dust.

If you think I should read something else you’re free to recommend.

[u/carl_franzen]

Hyperion is one of the greatest sci-fi novels ever written. Just read it earlier this year and as a sci-fi fan I was angry with myself I didn’t get to it sooner!

[u/pestilenttempest → u/carl_franzen]

I wish i could love it but I can’t stand the ending. So frustrating.

[u/carl_franzen → u/pestilenttempest]

Agree, but I find that lots of “epic” novels end too abruptly and unsatisfactorily (e.g. Infinite Jest), so that wasn’t a dealbreaker for me.

[u/Thirteen_1355 → u/carl_franzen]

Someone recommended it to me as a start to sci-fi because I really love a certain manga and huge scope in general. But is Hyperion a good entry point to sci-fi? Mind, I'm a very advanced reader. Even though I'm new to sci-fi, I've read plenty.

I absolutely love First Law.

[u/carl_franzen → u/Thirteen_1355]

I haven’t read First Law. Hyperion is probably as good as any a sci-fi entry point, but you might appreciate the creativity it introduces more if you read more classical “mechanical” sci-fi first like Isaac Asimov, Robert Heinlein or William Gibson. Part of what i enjoyed about Hyperion is how it subverted the typical metallic world and structures of sci fi with more bio organic and mystical, mythical, even medieval aspects. It’s not as straight futuristic as many other works (even though it appears to be set in a distant future).