“Iron Gold/Dark Age” Or “Player of Games” are my sci-fi/fantasy suggestions.
If you want to try historical fiction the “Richard Sharpe” series is really fun military history. Richard Sharpe is an English soldier in the Napoleonic wars. The author researched the actual campaigns meticulously so you learn a lot about the actual wars. But Richard sharpe is also one of the inspirations for the character of Darrow in Red Rising. I would start with “Sharpe’s Rifles”.
Or “in the Reign of Terror” for another historical fiction that is just a really good story.
If you want to try historical fiction the “Richard Sharpe” series is really fun military history. Richard Sharpe is an English soldier in the Napoleonic wars. The author researched the actual campaigns meticulously so you learn a lot about the actual wars. But Richard sharpe is also one of the inspirations for the character of Darrow in Red Rising. I would start with “Sharpe’s Rifles”.
Or “in the Reign of Terror” for another historical fiction that is just a really good story.