Can you recommend some books/plays? Beginner, medium and hard difficulty? Thanks!
I don’t really think of literature in those terms. As someone who’s invested quite a bit of time in academic analysis of a genre fiction series, I’m not really much for the highbrow/lowbrow dichotomy and I think you can find intellectual engagement in a wide range of literature.
So I’ll list what I’ve read recently for fun: Hilary Mantel’s series on Thomas Cromwell is excellent, I have re-read Steven Brust and Emma Bull’s Freedom & Necessity so many times the paperback fell apart, Ken Liu’s the Grace of King’s is a refreshingly non-Medieval European fantasy epic, I went on a huge Scalzi binge last year, re-read Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell again when the tv series came out, Ben Aaronovitch’s Rivers of London series is a rare urban fantasy that actually feels urban and fantasy, I love Robert E. Howard even though he’s massively problematic, Lauren Beukes I feel the same way as I do about Aaronovitch, etc.
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