📚 10 Science Fiction, Fantasy Books Worth Reading (AARP Article)

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Fantasy Books Are Not Just for Kids.

Experts suggest 10 magical reads grown-ups will love.

By Maria Speidel, AARP. Published August 06, 2024.

Life is a lot right now, isn’t it? Why not escape with a dip into the world of fantasy fiction? From the spicy, romantasy of Sarah J. Mass to cautionary postapocalyptic sagas and the foundational legends of kingdoms real and imagined, the super-popular fantasy genre is huge with young people — but many older adults are also loving the opportunity for escape that they find within the pages of these imaginative and transporting books.

“Over half of our 25-person book club is 50 or older,” says Andrea Larson, a librarian in the Cook Memorial Library District in Illinois, who leads a fantasy and science fiction book club there. Some started reading fantasy like C.S. Lewis (The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe) as children, while others came to it later. “Something we’ve talked about in our club is that when we revisit fantasy titles we’ve read in our younger years, we see the books in a different light. We notice more complexity in the stories, and can be more attuned to a book’s deeper meaning, instead of just getting caught up in the adventure."

https://www.aarp.org/entertainment/books/info-2024/fantasy-books.html