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badmanmadmansadman t1_ja796d7 wrote

I could be looking in the wrong places but I logged into audible today and my first recommendation was looking for Alaska. How dated for one. And just not my jam. Then all the other books are teen romance or something idk. but I am in a weird limbo where I find adult books to generally be kind stiff. You can't be as free with adult protagonists sometimes because they are adults. There's not much room for lacking common sense. Or to make errors or to be seen as an underdog. And sometimes the head space is so serious and bleak feeling. I dunno I might be looking at the wrong books.

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Pipe-International t1_ja7bbwe wrote

Audible’s just going off what you have previously bought and/or clicked on. The algorithm won’t change until you start looking and buying other types of books.

So you’re looking for higher stakes but not overly serious in tone, like still with adult themes but with teenage MCs? Dystopian future, no ‘woke’ subject matter? Good worldbuilding, wilful lead?…try Mark Lawrence’s trilogies starting with The Broken Empire trilogy and if you like that, the rest of his trilogies.

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badmanmadmansadman t1_ja7by6t wrote

I'll definitely check it out it looks super interesting!

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Pipe-International t1_ja7clkb wrote

Hope you enjoy, it’s one of my fave series of all time and I don’t even really like teenage MCs

Edit: I should probably mention it’s not classified YA despite having a young MC & there are some trigger warnings too re: rape & suicide, just so you know.

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