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Perhaps irrelevant to Wodehouse (who writes farce), but I'm a big fan of 'frivolous, empty, and perfectly delightful' popular sci-fi and fantasy novels, especially if they go multiple books! Sometimes you want an escape from the human condition. Good examples include Mistborn, Farseer, Belgariad (especially), the Martian, Ready Player One (although this was a bit shallow, even for me).

If anyone has other recommendations, would be much obliged.

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If you are looking for silly and satire (kind of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), you should read Discworld (41 books, can be read as standalones) - Mort is good starting point

Another recommendation is Howl's Moving Castle (has two follow ups, which are okayish)

you've read Mistborn, are you aware of Cosmere - https://www.reddit.com/r/cosmere/wiki/order

I enjoyed Artemis by Andy Weir. If you liked The Martian, you will probably like Artemis.

Hugh Howey's Wool series was a lot of fun to read.

I also have enjoyed all of Daniel Suarez' books, especially Daemon.

The Expanse series (7 books, by James Corey) is an entertaining escape.

Ann Lecke's "Ancillary*" trilogy was in a similar vein.

Pierce Brown's "Red Rising" series is also recommended.

I'm with you on sometimes wanting to just rip through a book, not having deep thoughts, but just turning page after page to find out what comes next.

Really enjoyed the Bobiverse series: http://dennisetaylor.org/. Reminded me a little of Greg Egan, but with a lot less maths and a lot more humour. Helps that the hero is a programmer ;_)

Also the Brilliance trilogy by Markus Sakey. Very entertaining..

I really liked those novels also. I listened to them via audible and they were lovely.

You may well enjoy the Laundry series by Charles Stross

If you enjoy the Laundry series you may also enjoy the Nightside series by Simon Greene. Actually pretty much anything by Simon Greene.

I was trying to guess what this article might be about (since the server seems to be melting and I can't see it), and Wodehouse was my first guess. I think he would like that.

Although it probably is not intended for this use, I enjoy A.E. Van Vogt's work that way.

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