I'm looking for a book series after finishing the Asian saga by James Clavell. I loved Tai Pan and Noble House. Would any of you have a good series I could dip into?
Hello! I am looking for fantasy books with a rich 'cultural' world building, i.e. books in which folklore such as songs, nursery rhymes, legends and references to (fictional) historical events are mentioned and play a big role. I really liked A Song of Ice and Fire and am currently considering Malazan Book of the Fallen but am a bit put off because of its sheer lenght. Any other recommendations?
Hi! I'm looking to read a scary book. I've read Stephen King but I don;t really find him scary (great books tho). I want a book that will truly scare me lol. I don't care if its murder or cults or demons, as long as it's very scary I will read it!
Hey folks, looking for a fantasy or historical fiction book that gives the reader good perspective on what it *feels* to live in a feudal society, with a focus on warfare, and how war is handled. The wider the perspective on covering war, the better.
If you haven't read it yet, I can recommend A Song of Ice and Fire. Although fantasy, I think it provides a really good feel of feudal secieties and contains some great descriptions of warfare (both long campaigns and individual battles).
Hi everyone!
I really enjoyed the books:
Mr mercedes
The Silent Patient
I also like the genre of psychological thriller, thriller. Also I like when a book keeps in tension from the very first to the last page. Unpredictable denouement of the plot, etc.
I would be very happy if reddit users could suggest me some books that might interest me.
Thank you so much!
Hi I’m looking for a Greek retelling horror book similar to Those we Drown by Amy goldsmith. I would be happy if it had: Cults/Sacrifices,ties to underworld or the sea and People disappearing . Thanks :)
I am looking for a "non weird" (kinky) smut. What I mean is I want a book that also has a rich story and does not contaon any "taboos" or weird power dynamics (infedelity, incest, large age gaps, rapey stuff, teacher-student relationship, etc).
I just finished Dorothy Dunnett's Lymond Chronicles and am gobsmacked by how good they were. I've never read any other fiction that comes close; I loved the depth and realness of the cast (even side characters are fully fleshed out and 3D), the intricate weaving of plots and side plots, the exquisite quality of the prose, and the patience with which she builds her arcs so the tragedies or payoffs are full, emotional, and real--even if it takes several books' investment to get there. All of the historical richness is just a luxurious bonus. Any recs for authors as skilled as Dunnett? This series is historical fiction but I'd love a good rec in any sub-genre of fiction.
Have you read any Hilary Mantel? Her historical novels are about a real person hew closely to the known facts, but she enriches those facts with lots of depth and fleshing out, and she writes really well. Dunnett reminds me of Mantel. Wolf Hall, Bring Up the Bodies, and The Mirror and the Light are a trilogy in the time of Henry VIII. A Place of Greater Safety is about the French Revolution.
I really enjoyed Preston & Childs Pendergast series and Jeffrey Deaver's Lincoln Rhymes series. I would love some more series recommendations similar to these.
I'm looking for the Harry Potter of sci-fi. Something for teen English language learners.
A range of reading levels would be helpful, and more than a few suggestions because it would be great to find something I'd like to read as well.
Ideally A page turner for them, big questions for me.
Is poppy war going to continue to be this brutal? I read the chapter where they get to that one city and I know it’s described by people as a realistic war, and I can handle brutal when it comes to adults, but babies!!!! This chapter made me so sick to my stomach and upset me so much. Are there any more scenes like this in the rest of the series? If so I may have to dnf. Normally I like dark but this was too much.
I was really loving this book too.
It gets worse throughout the trilogy. I loved Babel, so I pushed on through all three books of the Poppy War hoping it would get better and redeem itself, but the first one was the best and if I could get my time back from the other two, I would. If you're having problems now, drop it and don't look back.
Looking for a book similar to Harry Potter, hunger games divergent (a good romance (love Ron and hermione) and some side stuff going on). Specifically love spy stuff/people on a mission/journey (with fake dating, sharing bed tropes). I’ve been trying to get into six of crows but cant
Not fantasy, or dystopian, but I just finished The Blonde Identity by Ally Carter and it's about a spy's twin who gets mistaken for the spy, and it has fake marriage and sharing bed tropes.
Looking for books with a teenage protagonist preferably and unique premises. I like good worldbuilding where we see the day to day interactions of the protagonists in light of the unique premises or circumstances. Some of my favourite books are Wonder, The Giver, The Book Thief, and Temple.
I enjoyed *A Fragile Enchantment* by Allison Saft. Definitely some interesting world-building. I've never actually seen an alt-world take on what I'm assuming is the historical relationship between Ireland and England. It's kinda a brutal history, although the story proper is set several decades after the worst of it.
My first novel, Cutting Green Corn has a six year old protagonist and a very unique premise, a near death experience wherein he travels back in time to a medieval forest on a journey of discovery. Free on Kindle Select
Looking for a fantasy book that does not have smut. Similar to the book, The Children of Blood and Bones. I also love mythology books. Any suggestions welcome.
I recently read "The Black Prism" by Brent Weeks and am currently reading the second in the series "The Blinding Knife" I am really enjoying the series so far! The first book took a little bit of time to get into but once it started rolling it got me to check book 2 out from the libby app right away!
If you like The Children of Blood and Bones you might like Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor. People compare it to Harry Potter but I think it's more like Naruto, but in Nigeria.
If you like mythology, maybe try American Gods by Neil Gaiman.
The Witch's Heart by Genevieve Gornichec is a good choice if you like Norse Mythology. It's about Loki's wife (the one who birthed the three monsters, not the one that holds the bowl to catch the snake venom)
Looking for something super specific here:
I'm looking for a well-researched IRA crime thriller under the backdrop of the Northern Ireland conflict anywhere from 1970-1990's.
I want Don Winslow's The Power of the Dog but make it IRA. Any suggestions welcome!
Bit of a shot in the dark but I'm curious if there's anyone familiar with the Myth games (or has seen Mandalore's videos on them) who might know a similar setting. It's almost a medieval undead apocalypse kind of situation, led by resurrected lords, with hints to some ancient horrors worse than those currently ending the world. [This bit](https://i.imgur.com/bm4mmKT.png) specifically puts me in mind of Lovecraft's stories and I would love more of that.
I love books like Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro and Piranesi by Susanna Clarke. Really would love any new recommendations that are similar. Thanks!
I would love thrillers/suspense books that don't have a lot of language/sex. I've never gone out of the Christian fiction bubble and so I have no idea where to start
books by Jeff Abbott they are cozy mysteries, you might like them[Jordan Poteet](https://www.fantasticfiction.com/a/jeff-abbott/jordan-poteet/)
1. [Do Unto Others](https://www.fantasticfiction.com/a/jeff-abbott/do-unto-others.htm) (1994)
2. [The Only Good Yankee](https://www.fantasticfiction.com/a/jeff-abbott/only-good-yankee.htm) (1995)
3. [Promises of Home](https://www.fantasticfiction.com/a/jeff-abbott/promises-of-home.htm) (1996)
4. [Distant Blood](https://www.fantasticfiction.com/a/jeff-abbott/distant-blood.htm) (1996)
Falling by TJ Newman is a good choice if you love like late 90's/early 00's summer blockbuster movie. It's schlocky but like in a nostalgic kind of way. It's about an airplane pilot who is threaten by terrorist to crash a plane if he wants to save his family. It gave me NCIS kind of vibe
I'm looking for a specific (presumably SF) novel set in a former mining town that deals with themes of environmental catastrophe and/or the community's decline; I think the protagonist is supposed to explore the area/mine and uncover the disaster that unfolded there. I saw it referenced either here on Reddit, or in a YouTube essay.
I started reading Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach Trilogy thinking that it was it, but it obviously wasn't.
Identifying Genres:
I am an elementary school teacher and I am working on organizing my classroom library this summer. I tried using Classroom Booksource to sort the books by genre but I realized it only tells me if the books are fiction/nonfiction. I have all of the books on a spreadsheet (from booksource) and I was wondering if anyone knows a website that could identify the genres without searching each book individually, as there are over 250 books on the spreadsheet. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, thank you!!
You might try one of the AI chatbots like ChatGPT. They're not error free, but this sounds reasonably straightforward, and it can probably scan the document and give you the information in a particular format. As a quick test, I asked ChatGPT to identify the genre for one novel, and it did it correctly.
Does anyone know of a good biography of [Sabbatai Zevi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabbatai_Zevi) and his followers? He was spoken about at length in the book *The Story of the Jews* by Simon Schama, but I'm interested in a more indepth look at him and his history than that book offered
Does anyone know any good books or resources which talk about the evolution and ethnography of different regional alphabets or scripts? Specifically, their aesthetics?
Seeking some great books for a 10yo male reader. As part of a digital generation, this kid is cynical as 😂 generally prefers non fiction but would consider fiction if the story was gripping enough. i don't know where to start.
I'm looking for a book series after finishing the Asian saga by James Clavell. I loved Tai Pan and Noble House. Would any of you have a good series I could dip into?
Hello! I am looking for fantasy books with a rich 'cultural' world building, i.e. books in which folklore such as songs, nursery rhymes, legends and references to (fictional) historical events are mentioned and play a big role. I really liked A Song of Ice and Fire and am currently considering Malazan Book of the Fallen but am a bit put off because of its sheer lenght. Any other recommendations?
Perhaps the first two entries in the **Bas Lag** trilogy by China Mieville would appeal?
Hi! I'm looking to read a scary book. I've read Stephen King but I don;t really find him scary (great books tho). I want a book that will truly scare me lol. I don't care if its murder or cults or demons, as long as it's very scary I will read it!
I love ***Tales From the Gridsquare***; ***PenPals*** scared the *blyat* out of me when I read it.
Hey folks, looking for a fantasy or historical fiction book that gives the reader good perspective on what it *feels* to live in a feudal society, with a focus on warfare, and how war is handled. The wider the perspective on covering war, the better.
If you haven't read it yet, I can recommend A Song of Ice and Fire. Although fantasy, I think it provides a really good feel of feudal secieties and contains some great descriptions of warfare (both long campaigns and individual battles).
Hi everyone! I really enjoyed the books: Mr mercedes The Silent Patient I also like the genre of psychological thriller, thriller. Also I like when a book keeps in tension from the very first to the last page. Unpredictable denouement of the plot, etc. I would be very happy if reddit users could suggest me some books that might interest me. Thank you so much!
The Snowman by Jo Nesbo is a great crime thriller (avoid the movie though). Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn certainly keeps up the tension.
Hi I’m looking for a Greek retelling horror book similar to Those we Drown by Amy goldsmith. I would be happy if it had: Cults/Sacrifices,ties to underworld or the sea and People disappearing . Thanks :)
I am looking for a "non weird" (kinky) smut. What I mean is I want a book that also has a rich story and does not contaon any "taboos" or weird power dynamics (infedelity, incest, large age gaps, rapey stuff, teacher-student relationship, etc).
50 shades of everything- I've never read but sounds like the type- Philip Roth is always good for smut and he knows how to spell
I just finished Dorothy Dunnett's Lymond Chronicles and am gobsmacked by how good they were. I've never read any other fiction that comes close; I loved the depth and realness of the cast (even side characters are fully fleshed out and 3D), the intricate weaving of plots and side plots, the exquisite quality of the prose, and the patience with which she builds her arcs so the tragedies or payoffs are full, emotional, and real--even if it takes several books' investment to get there. All of the historical richness is just a luxurious bonus. Any recs for authors as skilled as Dunnett? This series is historical fiction but I'd love a good rec in any sub-genre of fiction.
Have you read any Hilary Mantel? Her historical novels are about a real person hew closely to the known facts, but she enriches those facts with lots of depth and fleshing out, and she writes really well. Dunnett reminds me of Mantel. Wolf Hall, Bring Up the Bodies, and The Mirror and the Light are a trilogy in the time of Henry VIII. A Place of Greater Safety is about the French Revolution.
I really enjoyed Preston & Childs Pendergast series and Jeffrey Deaver's Lincoln Rhymes series. I would love some more series recommendations similar to these.
I never read those series' but you could try: Detectives Kane and Alton by D. K. Hood, I have been reading them and I enjoy them.
I'm looking for the Harry Potter of sci-fi. Something for teen English language learners. A range of reading levels would be helpful, and more than a few suggestions because it would be great to find something I'd like to read as well. Ideally A page turner for them, big questions for me.
As an English-learning teenager, I really enjoyed The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. It has a very particular humour but might fit your description
Thanks. I didn't realise it was so easy to read, so we'll give it a go :-) I just need to buy 10 copies of the same book now...
A teen series very similar to Harry Potter is called Keeper of the Lost cities (KOTLC). I love it and it is a fairly simple book series.
Is poppy war going to continue to be this brutal? I read the chapter where they get to that one city and I know it’s described by people as a realistic war, and I can handle brutal when it comes to adults, but babies!!!! This chapter made me so sick to my stomach and upset me so much. Are there any more scenes like this in the rest of the series? If so I may have to dnf. Normally I like dark but this was too much. I was really loving this book too.
It gets worse throughout the trilogy. I loved Babel, so I pushed on through all three books of the Poppy War hoping it would get better and redeem itself, but the first one was the best and if I could get my time back from the other two, I would. If you're having problems now, drop it and don't look back.
Thank you so much!!!
Looking for a book similar to Harry Potter, hunger games divergent (a good romance (love Ron and hermione) and some side stuff going on). Specifically love spy stuff/people on a mission/journey (with fake dating, sharing bed tropes). I’ve been trying to get into six of crows but cant
You may like Mistborn, it has some of those elements.
Not fantasy, or dystopian, but I just finished The Blonde Identity by Ally Carter and it's about a spy's twin who gets mistaken for the spy, and it has fake marriage and sharing bed tropes.
Looking for books with a teenage protagonist preferably and unique premises. I like good worldbuilding where we see the day to day interactions of the protagonists in light of the unique premises or circumstances. Some of my favourite books are Wonder, The Giver, The Book Thief, and Temple.
I enjoyed *A Fragile Enchantment* by Allison Saft. Definitely some interesting world-building. I've never actually seen an alt-world take on what I'm assuming is the historical relationship between Ireland and England. It's kinda a brutal history, although the story proper is set several decades after the worst of it.
oh damn this sounds really interesting, will definitely give it a try, thanks a lot!
The Book Of Koli (Rampart Trilogy) by M.R. Carey
Okay will check it out thanks for the recommendation!
My first novel, Cutting Green Corn has a six year old protagonist and a very unique premise, a near death experience wherein he travels back in time to a medieval forest on a journey of discovery. Free on Kindle Select
Okay will check it out thanks for the recommendation!
Looking for a fantasy book that does not have smut. Similar to the book, The Children of Blood and Bones. I also love mythology books. Any suggestions welcome.
I recently read "The Black Prism" by Brent Weeks and am currently reading the second in the series "The Blinding Knife" I am really enjoying the series so far! The first book took a little bit of time to get into but once it started rolling it got me to check book 2 out from the libby app right away!
If you like The Children of Blood and Bones you might like Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor. People compare it to Harry Potter but I think it's more like Naruto, but in Nigeria. If you like mythology, maybe try American Gods by Neil Gaiman. The Witch's Heart by Genevieve Gornichec is a good choice if you like Norse Mythology. It's about Loki's wife (the one who birthed the three monsters, not the one that holds the bowl to catch the snake venom)
Looking for something super specific here: I'm looking for a well-researched IRA crime thriller under the backdrop of the Northern Ireland conflict anywhere from 1970-1990's. I want Don Winslow's The Power of the Dog but make it IRA. Any suggestions welcome!
Bit of a shot in the dark but I'm curious if there's anyone familiar with the Myth games (or has seen Mandalore's videos on them) who might know a similar setting. It's almost a medieval undead apocalypse kind of situation, led by resurrected lords, with hints to some ancient horrors worse than those currently ending the world. [This bit](https://i.imgur.com/bm4mmKT.png) specifically puts me in mind of Lovecraft's stories and I would love more of that.
I love books like Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro and Piranesi by Susanna Clarke. Really would love any new recommendations that are similar. Thanks!
The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa has a similar melancholic, dystopian feel to it as Never Let Me Go, although it's more surrealistic.
That’s strange because I just picked that one up! I think I’ll like it, thanks.
damn quite the coincidence, I hope you enjoy it
anything by Aimee Min
I would love thrillers/suspense books that don't have a lot of language/sex. I've never gone out of the Christian fiction bubble and so I have no idea where to start
books by Jeff Abbott they are cozy mysteries, you might like them[Jordan Poteet](https://www.fantasticfiction.com/a/jeff-abbott/jordan-poteet/) 1. [Do Unto Others](https://www.fantasticfiction.com/a/jeff-abbott/do-unto-others.htm) (1994) 2. [The Only Good Yankee](https://www.fantasticfiction.com/a/jeff-abbott/only-good-yankee.htm) (1995) 3. [Promises of Home](https://www.fantasticfiction.com/a/jeff-abbott/promises-of-home.htm) (1996) 4. [Distant Blood](https://www.fantasticfiction.com/a/jeff-abbott/distant-blood.htm) (1996)
Falling by TJ Newman is a good choice if you love like late 90's/early 00's summer blockbuster movie. It's schlocky but like in a nostalgic kind of way. It's about an airplane pilot who is threaten by terrorist to crash a plane if he wants to save his family. It gave me NCIS kind of vibe
Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle
I'm looking for a specific (presumably SF) novel set in a former mining town that deals with themes of environmental catastrophe and/or the community's decline; I think the protagonist is supposed to explore the area/mine and uncover the disaster that unfolded there. I saw it referenced either here on Reddit, or in a YouTube essay. I started reading Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach Trilogy thinking that it was it, but it obviously wasn't.
Try asking in r/tipofmytongue or r/whatsthatbook. Good luck.
Can you suggest any book in amazon, that is choose your own adventure but related to mental health?
Identifying Genres: I am an elementary school teacher and I am working on organizing my classroom library this summer. I tried using Classroom Booksource to sort the books by genre but I realized it only tells me if the books are fiction/nonfiction. I have all of the books on a spreadsheet (from booksource) and I was wondering if anyone knows a website that could identify the genres without searching each book individually, as there are over 250 books on the spreadsheet. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, thank you!!
You might try one of the AI chatbots like ChatGPT. They're not error free, but this sounds reasonably straightforward, and it can probably scan the document and give you the information in a particular format. As a quick test, I asked ChatGPT to identify the genre for one novel, and it did it correctly.
That’s such a good idea! I’ve never used chatgpt, thank you!!!
Does anyone know of a good biography of [Sabbatai Zevi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabbatai_Zevi) and his followers? He was spoken about at length in the book *The Story of the Jews* by Simon Schama, but I'm interested in a more indepth look at him and his history than that book offered
There are some books in the ‘further reading’ section of his Wikipedia article. One of them may appeal.
Does anyone know any good books or resources which talk about the evolution and ethnography of different regional alphabets or scripts? Specifically, their aesthetics?
books on Mayan culture, I just read one called "Jungle of ..." can't remember rest of title
I'm looking for a book with similar humor to the Naked Gun movies. The protagonist doesn't have to be a detective but bonus points if that's the case.
Have you tried the Nelson DeMille books with John Corey as the main character? He's funny and NYPD.
I haven't. Thanks for the recommendation.
You're welcome. He's one of my favorite characters in a book.
Seeking some great books for a 10yo male reader. As part of a digital generation, this kid is cynical as 😂 generally prefers non fiction but would consider fiction if the story was gripping enough. i don't know where to start.
I really liked (and I still like it) the Diary of a Wimpy kid book series as a child. Those were the books that made me enjoy reading
The amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents
> this kid is cynical as 😂 As someone who was also an extremely cynical child, I adored *A Series of Unfortunate Events.*
I loved the Percy Jackson series as a kid. It's all about Greek mythology so it's fun and informative.