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Nobody's suggested Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkisigan books, which are science fiction and have elements of politics, Military SF, mystery and (dare I mention this to a 20 year old male) romance, generally fairly fast paced and fun to read. Lois likes to describe the way she writes a Miles Vorkosigan book is that she likes to think up "What's the worst I can do to Miles" and watch him weasel his way out of it. The first of the series with Miles as the main protagonist is Warrior's Apprentice, which is free at the Baen Free Library, and all but one of them are on the CD bound with the latest Vorkosigan book, Cryoburn. I liked her Chalion fantasy, especially Curse of Chalion, but I had a tougher time with the Sharing Knife series, which I think has a stronger dose of romance themes.
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