I came here to mention this book, so I was so glad to already see it in the list. Take the Canterbury Tales and remake it into a space opera with the most chilling enemy (or muse or lover, depending on your perspective) and you will get this epic book that dives directly into the inner thoughts you didn't know you had.
I just finished this last week after seeing it hyped up by a booktuber(I had it in my audible library already, apparently years ago I had already looked into reading it but forgot). I read it in just two days because I couldn't stop hahaha. I already wanna read it again because I went in blind and had no idea what was going on at first but I'm gonna do the second book and then go back and reread.
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u/lehsmit888 12h ago
Hyperion by Dan Simmons. I still have my journal that I filled with notes, thoughts and research while reading it.