Gary asked Scott Hawkins:

Just devoured your book - and loved it. Thanks for writing it. I'd love it if you'd be able to recommend my next book?

Scott Hawkins Hey Gary,

So I just did the "Compare Books" thing. You and I seem to be largely on the same page, so I think most of these ought to be at least in the ballpark.

I read Handmaid's Tale back when it came out, and I'm rereading now for obvious reasons. It's still great.

I highly recommend The John Varley Reader -- he has some great short fiction.

If you're in the mood for weapons-grade weird, The Invisibles by Grant Morrison fits the bill.

I see you've done at least some Chuck Palahniuk. My favorite of his is Diary: A Novel.

Just to throw a nonfiction one out: Rogue Warrior by Richard Marcinko kind of jump-started the tradition of every Navy SEAL writing a memoir. This guy had an interesting life, and I enjoyed his autobiography very much. I also liked Hughes: The Definitive Biography by Richard Hack.

I find a lot of short fiction that I probably would have otherwise missed by reading anthologies--you can't go wrong with anything edited by Ellen Datlow and / or Gardner Dozois. I pick those up on sight.

Also, FWIW, all my IRL friends are talking about We Are Legion (We are Bob), but I haven't read it yet.

HTH,

Scott

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