An Absolutely Remarkable Thing and A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor by Hank Green.
The uses and abuses of social media, aliens, artificial intelligence, arrogant evil billionaires…These books have something for everyone. Easy reads but with some serious undertones.
Warning, these are not a series so much as a single novel in two volumes. Read Remarkable Thing before Foolish Endeavor.
It’s not very good. Generic SF/cyberpunkish setting, cheesy stereotypical “smart”-and-sexy-and-athletic female protagonist, “just going to do this one more job before I retire” etc.
I had out it on my wishlist mostly because of the title (my musician alias is Starthief).
I haven’t read any Discworld, but i saw this on Polygon and wondered if anyone here would be interested. Downside is that it’s kindle but maybe this deal works for somebody:
Crivens! Get right on that!.
Okay, fantasy may not be your thing. That’s fine. But for anyone else, all five Tiffany Aching ebooks for $4 is the bargain of the decade. The series stands alone, apart from the other Discworld books. Tiffany Aching is probably my favourite Pratchett character among a great many memorable ones.
My “problem” with Discworld is that there are so many books that it’s just overwhelming to me. Yes i could pick a random one and start there, and some day i likely will but i already have other books i already own i need to read 
Trust me… once you start reading, it does not seem remotely overwhelming… you’ll soon be disappointed that he is not around to write more Discworld books. They are the kind of books that are such a pleasure to read that they fly by…
I’d go in order. I’m thinking of doing a re-read of the whole series. I need it, I think.
I wasn’t suggesting you have a problem. If you do, it’s the same one I have, just with different books.
As @mindysan33 says, a good approach is to read them in chronological order, starting with The Colour of Magic, but there are guide sites to suggest books for you. You can pick up almost any of the books and enjoy it, though.
You could do worse than start with The Wee Free Men, the first Tiffany Aching book. If the “YA” label makes you hesitate, be reassured that Tiffany could kick Harry Potter’s ass.
The Tiffany Aching books do bring in characters and concepts which were developed in other books, but I don’t think you need to have read them to be able to understand the personalities and strengths of characters like Granny Weatherwax or Nanny Ogg.
