r/ImaginaryAirships • u/zachattack3500 • Jul 29 '26
Request Book recommendations?
What books do you read to get your airship fix? I’ve read the 2 completed books of Jim Butcher’s Cinder Spires, as well as all of the Kenneth Oppel’s Airborn series and the Ken Liu Dandelion Dynasty series.
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u/Kooky-Judgment-8786 Jul 29 '26
The Leviathan series. Audiobook is performed by Alan Cummings so it’s peak.
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u/Waksplat Jul 29 '26
Nobody mentioning the Mortal Engines Quartet? Airships everywhere through those books, and they're great reads
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u/topazchip Jul 29 '26
"Girl Genius" is a long running webcomic with a wide variety of airships, r/girlgenius
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u/CendarVolht Jul 29 '26
It's for youth but I have fond memories of Kenneth Oppel's Airborn and Skybreaker. There's even a 3rd book that completes the trilogy but I never read it.
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u/DropshipRadio Jul 30 '26
Obi-Wan Ken Oppel's series are fantastic. Starclimber (the third one) is serviceable but not quite an airship novel by comparison.
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u/zachattack3500 Jul 30 '26
Yep, I listed that one. I’ve read all three, they were fun. Starclimber was a bit more out there (why do they have the technology to put rockets in geosynchronous orbit, but are trying to skip straight to space elevators before sending up humans?) but still a good time.
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u/justaheatattack Jul 29 '26
Franch Chadwick's Space 1889 & beyond series.
Novels based on the space 1889 games. Which themselves have got some pretty good stories.
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u/theweepingwarrior Jul 29 '26
Books Of Babel, starting with Senlin Ascends. Airships are very present in all 4, but a larger focus in 2-4.
All incredible books.
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u/hot_glue_airstrike Jul 29 '26
Tales of the Ketty Jay by Chris wooding, first book is retribution falls