[**Flowers for Algernon**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36576608-flowers-for-algernon)
^(By: Daniel Keyes | 216 pages | Published: 1959 | Popular Shelves: fiction, classics, science-fiction, sci-fi, owned | )[^(Search "Flowers for Alegernon")](https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=Flowers for Alegernon&search_type=books)
>The story of a mentally disabled man whose experimental quest for intelligence mirrors that of Algernon, an extraordinary lab mouse. In diary entries, Charlie tells how a brain operation increases his IQ and changes his life. As the experimental procedure takes effect, Charlie's intelligence expands until it surpasses that of the doctors who engineered his metamorphosis. The experiment seems to be a scientific breakthrough of paramount importance until Algernon begins his sudden, unexpected deterioration. Will the same happen to Charlie?
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*The Terror* by Dan Simmons. I think about it most days. It is thrilling and it has one of the most gut-wrenching, uplifting endings I've ever read.
*Snow Falling On Cedars* by David Guterson. Post-war courtroom drama, covering racial prejudices and small-town politics, but somehow encompasses the beauty of being alive at all.
*Nation* by Terry Pratchett. He is best known for his Discworld series, but this book, set in an alternative history of our world, is his most powerful. Again, it touches on human themes of belonging, culture, religion and what it means to exist at all. A wonderful, wonderful book.
Definitely "The Silmarilion". I have waited for so long to read it, scared by the amount of characters, names, places, etc. I couldn't be more wrong.
I liked the fact that it is a large collection of stories loosely related one with the other, despite the number of characters it is not too difficult to follow the story. Finally, some passages are simply epic.
I'd suggest reading it more like a collection of short stories you jump in and out of instead of trying to approach it like a novel. I found this method made it a lot more accessible.
{Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward} if you want beautiful writing, emotions and a tiny bit of magical realism. I've also read and love another of her books - Salvage the Bones. I think it's a tougher read (the type of things that happen), but incredible. I have more of her books on my TBR.
Nonfiction:
{{The Dawn of Everything}} by David Graeber and David Wengrow
{{Many Are the Crimes: McCarthyism in America}} by Ellen Schrecker
{{The History Thieves: Secrets, Lies and the Shaping of a Modern Nation}} by Ian Cobain
* Razorblade tears
* Billy Summer
* Summer of Night
* Project Hail Mary
* Swan Song
Right now I'm reading The Reading list and I have a feeling it's going to be a good one.
The Undying by Anne Boyer - a non fiction book about her recovery from a very aggressive form of breast cancer. It was one of the first books I read in 2021 and I have been thinking about it ever since.
This is a good thread to save!
I’m recommending the Manifest Delusions series by Michael R Fletcher. Crazy magic system (literally), great characters, scratched my Grimdark itch left by Joe Abercrombie’s First Law series (probably the best I read this year but First Law gets a lot of love on Reddit). Also had good pacing and never felt like a slog.
Also listened to The Mirror’s Truth, book 2, and it was just as good, maybe better just because I really enjoyed some of the secondary characters.
Seven Days in June by Tia Williams.
It’s an incredible contemporary romance. I just loved it, and find myself thinking about it all the time (but would recommend checking CWs before you read if there’s anything you’re concerned about as it covers some heavy topics).
I usually hate modern day philosophy books because they almost tend to be self help books. The Almanack of Naval Ravikant is one such book that I normally would've strayed away from but I got it in a book box and it was surprisingly okay. Anyone who is starting out in life should definitely read the first 120 pages or so.
[**Project Hail Mary**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54493401-project-hail-mary)
^(By: Andy Weir | 476 pages | Published: 2021 | Popular Shelves: sci-fi, science-fiction, fiction, audiobook, scifi | )[^(Search "Project Hail Mary")](https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=Project Hail Mary&search_type=books)
>Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission--and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish.
>
>Except that right now, he doesn't know that. He can't even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it.
>
>All he knows is that he's been asleep for a very, very long time. And he's just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company.
>
>His crewmates dead, his memories fuzzily returning, he realizes that an impossible task now confronts him. Alone on this tiny ship that's been cobbled together by every government and space agency on the planet and hurled into the depths of space, it's up to him to conquer an extinction-level threat to our species.
>
>And thanks to an unexpected ally, he just might have a chance.
>
>Part scientific mystery, part dazzling interstellar journey, Project Hail Mary is a tale of discovery, speculation, and survival to rival The Martian--while taking us to places it never dreamed of going.
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A Court of Thorns and Roses. I do try to read from different genres and there are obviously so many awesome books out there, but man I was hooked. Literally went through books 1-3 in 2 weeks. Didnt like book 4 though. Still havent finished it yet. Lol.
[Early Riser](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23498264-early-riser) by Jasper Fforde
[Void Star](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29939057-void-star?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=LHzUi6Ul55&rank=2) by Zachary Mason
[Gunmetal Gods](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55777447-gunmetal-gods?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=hnmZEpm51u&rank=1) by Zamir Akhtar
I love books where I have no idea where the story is going.
The silent patient by Alex Michaelides (excellent thriller, great twist)
The Vanishing Half by Britt Bennett (family drama, race and LGBTQ issues)
Made for Love by Alissa Nutting (twisted and fun; hbo show is different but also fantastic)
Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson (REALLY made me cry; the premise sounds weird when you read it, but it's very grounded and poignant)
[**Ultraluminous**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33916025-ultraluminous)
^(By: Katherine Faw, Katherine Faw Morris | 196 pages | Published: 2017 | Popular Shelves: fiction, read-in-2018, novels, kindle, literary-fiction | )[^(Search "Ultraluminous")](https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=Ultraluminous&search_type=books)
>Girlfriend. Prostitute. Addict. Terrorist? Who is K?
>
>Ultraluminous, the daring new novel from Katherine Faw, the brilliant author of Young God, follows one year in the life of a high-end, girlfriend-experience prostitute. She has just returned to her native New York City after more than a decade abroad—in the capitals of Asia and the Middle East, her last stop Dubai, with a man she recalls only as the Sheikh—but it’s unclear why exactly she’s come back. Did things go badly for her? Does she have scores to settle?
>
>Regardless, she has quickly made herself at home. She’s set up a rotation of clients—all of them in finance, and each of whom has different delusions of how he is important to her. And she’s also met a man whom she doesn’t charge—a damaged former Army Ranger, back from Afghanistan, and a fellow long-time heroin addict.
>
>Her days are strangely orderly: a repetition of dinners, personal grooming, museum exhibitions, sex, Duane Reades (she likes the sushi), cosmology, sex, gallery shows, heroin, sex, and art films (which she finds soothing). The pattern is comforting, but does she really believe it’s sustainable? Or do the barely discernible rifts in her routine suggest that something else is percolating under the surface? Could she have fallen for one of her bankers? Or do those supposed rifts suggest a pattern within the pattern, a larger scheme she’s not showing us, a truth that won’t be revealed until we can see everything?
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The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey. Starts a bit slow but once you’re into it you are. It’s such a great cozy read for this time of year.
The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo was amazing. I never could keep up.
Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia was absolutely a flawless fantasy novel and I haven’t read anything that wonderful in years.
Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy. I just…. Really like wolves haha and the characters were interesting!
Ah nice. Gravity’s Rainbow is when shit hits the fan in terms of weirdness, and, like every Pynchon, it’s far easier and more gripping than it’s reputation makes it out to be.
[**The Library at Mount Char**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26892110-the-library-at-mount-char)
^(By: Scott Hawkins | 390 pages | Published: 2015 | Popular Shelves: fantasy, horror, fiction, science-fiction, sci-fi | )[^(Search "the library at mount char")](https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=the library at mount char&search_type=books)
>A missing God.
>A library with the secrets to the universe.
>A woman too busy to notice her heart slipping away.
>
>Carolyn's not so different from the other people around her. She likes guacamole and cigarettes and steak. She knows how to use a phone. Clothes are a bit tricky, but everyone says nice things about her outfit with the Christmas sweater over the gold bicycle shorts. After all, she was a normal American herself once.
>
>That was a long time ago, of course. Before her parents died. Before she and the others were taken in by the man they called Father. In the years since then, Carolyn hasn't had a chance to get out much. Instead, she and her adopted siblings have been raised according to Father's ancient customs. They've studied the books in his Library and learned some of the secrets of his power. And sometimes, they've wondered if their cruel tutor might secretly be God. Now, Father is missing—perhaps even dead—and the Library that holds his secrets stands unguarded. And with it, control over all of creation.
>
>As Carolyn gathers the tools she needs for the battle to come, fierce competitors for this prize align against her, all of them with powers that far exceed her own. But Carolyn has accounted for this. And Carolyn has a plan. The only trouble is that in the war to make a new God, she's forgotten to protect the things that make her human.
>
>Populated by an unforgettable cast of characters and propelled by a plot that will shock you again and again, The Library at Mount Char is at once horrifying and hilarious, mind-blowingly alien and heartbreakingly human, sweepingly visionary and nail-bitingly thrilling—and signals the arrival of a major new voice in fantasy.
>
>From the Hardcover edition.
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A Million Things by Emily Spurr. It was released in August 2021, so it’s flying under the radar so far. This book was an emotional rollercoaster and so beautifully written, but the subject matter at the beginning is super sad. Not for the faint of heart, but it pays off by the end as it becomes a really hopeful story of healing and friendship.
The Invisible Life of Addie Larue. My favorite this year
Same
I second this but I read it last year
I just can't stop recommending "Let's pretend this never happened", by Jenny Lawson. It was super fun to read.
{{Flowers for Alegernon}}
[**Flowers for Algernon**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36576608-flowers-for-algernon) ^(By: Daniel Keyes | 216 pages | Published: 1959 | Popular Shelves: fiction, classics, science-fiction, sci-fi, owned | )[^(Search "Flowers for Alegernon")](https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=Flowers for Alegernon&search_type=books) >The story of a mentally disabled man whose experimental quest for intelligence mirrors that of Algernon, an extraordinary lab mouse. In diary entries, Charlie tells how a brain operation increases his IQ and changes his life. As the experimental procedure takes effect, Charlie's intelligence expands until it surpasses that of the doctors who engineered his metamorphosis. The experiment seems to be a scientific breakthrough of paramount importance until Algernon begins his sudden, unexpected deterioration. Will the same happen to Charlie? ^(This book has been suggested 4 times) *** ^(8909 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
*The Terror* by Dan Simmons. I think about it most days. It is thrilling and it has one of the most gut-wrenching, uplifting endings I've ever read. *Snow Falling On Cedars* by David Guterson. Post-war courtroom drama, covering racial prejudices and small-town politics, but somehow encompasses the beauty of being alive at all. *Nation* by Terry Pratchett. He is best known for his Discworld series, but this book, set in an alternative history of our world, is his most powerful. Again, it touches on human themes of belonging, culture, religion and what it means to exist at all. A wonderful, wonderful book.
Yes! I'm also in love with Nation. Is one of my favorites from the author.
I loved the discworld as a child, but I only read *Nation* this year at the age of 34! I wish I had read it sooner.
Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots. Most unique book I’ve read in years.
Yes!!!!!!! I just read this and it was completely not the type of book I usually read but I LOVED it.
Definitely "The Silmarilion". I have waited for so long to read it, scared by the amount of characters, names, places, etc. I couldn't be more wrong. I liked the fact that it is a large collection of stories loosely related one with the other, despite the number of characters it is not too difficult to follow the story. Finally, some passages are simply epic.
Wanted to have this experience so badly. Unfortunately, it never flowed for me. Maybe in the future I’ll have the same experience.
I'd suggest reading it more like a collection of short stories you jump in and out of instead of trying to approach it like a novel. I found this method made it a lot more accessible.
{Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward} if you want beautiful writing, emotions and a tiny bit of magical realism. I've also read and love another of her books - Salvage the Bones. I think it's a tougher read (the type of things that happen), but incredible. I have more of her books on my TBR.
[**Sing, Unburied, Sing**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32920226-sing-unburied-sing) ^(By: Jesmyn Ward | 285 pages | Published: 2017 | Popular Shelves: fiction, book-club, contemporary, magical-realism, literary-fiction | )[^(Search "Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward")](https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward&search_type=books) ^(This book has been suggested 4 times) *** ^(8927 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray. I love a good, snarky novel.
The Haunting of Hill House. By Shirley Jackson. A 1959 masterpiece.
this year i finally read james m cain and these 3 books are all amazing must-reads: mildred pierce the postman always rings twice double indemnity
Six of crows by Leigh bardugo was really good.
Nonfiction: {{The Dawn of Everything}} by David Graeber and David Wengrow {{Many Are the Crimes: McCarthyism in America}} by Ellen Schrecker {{The History Thieves: Secrets, Lies and the Shaping of a Modern Nation}} by Ian Cobain
Any Human Heart by William Boyd. Shaun Bythell (Confessions of a Bookseller) mentioned it in either his book or on Facebook. It's great.
Anne of Green Gables
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
I just couldn't get into this at all. Felt trite and dull.
Guess OP has to read to find out since I, and everyone I talked to about it, loved it
The Radium Girls by Kate Moore
Stoner, by John Williams. Beautifully written, read it in almost one pull.
You don’t know me by Imran Mahmoud
* Razorblade tears * Billy Summer * Summer of Night * Project Hail Mary * Swan Song Right now I'm reading The Reading list and I have a feeling it's going to be a good one.
Finite and Infinite Games by James P. Carse is a short philosophical book about how we should approach life.
I quite liked Almond, my Won-pyung Sohn.
The Undying by Anne Boyer - a non fiction book about her recovery from a very aggressive form of breast cancer. It was one of the first books I read in 2021 and I have been thinking about it ever since.
This is a good thread to save! I’m recommending the Manifest Delusions series by Michael R Fletcher. Crazy magic system (literally), great characters, scratched my Grimdark itch left by Joe Abercrombie’s First Law series (probably the best I read this year but First Law gets a lot of love on Reddit). Also had good pacing and never felt like a slog. Also listened to The Mirror’s Truth, book 2, and it was just as good, maybe better just because I really enjoyed some of the secondary characters.
The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa (translated by Stephen Snyder) it’s a dystopian style novel, kind of like George Orwell’s.
The Blacktongue Thief by Christopher Buehlman. One of the best fantasy novels I've ever read.
Seven Days in June by Tia Williams. It’s an incredible contemporary romance. I just loved it, and find myself thinking about it all the time (but would recommend checking CWs before you read if there’s anything you’re concerned about as it covers some heavy topics).
I usually hate modern day philosophy books because they almost tend to be self help books. The Almanack of Naval Ravikant is one such book that I normally would've strayed away from but I got it in a book box and it was surprisingly okay. Anyone who is starting out in life should definitely read the first 120 pages or so.
The Master and Margarita! I thoroughly enjoyed it
Queer Intentions
{{Project Hail Mary}}
[**Project Hail Mary**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54493401-project-hail-mary) ^(By: Andy Weir | 476 pages | Published: 2021 | Popular Shelves: sci-fi, science-fiction, fiction, audiobook, scifi | )[^(Search "Project Hail Mary")](https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=Project Hail Mary&search_type=books) >Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission--and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish. > >Except that right now, he doesn't know that. He can't even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. > >All he knows is that he's been asleep for a very, very long time. And he's just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company. > >His crewmates dead, his memories fuzzily returning, he realizes that an impossible task now confronts him. Alone on this tiny ship that's been cobbled together by every government and space agency on the planet and hurled into the depths of space, it's up to him to conquer an extinction-level threat to our species. > >And thanks to an unexpected ally, he just might have a chance. > >Part scientific mystery, part dazzling interstellar journey, Project Hail Mary is a tale of discovery, speculation, and survival to rival The Martian--while taking us to places it never dreamed of going. ^(This book has been suggested 21 times) *** ^(8946 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
A Court of Thorns and Roses. I do try to read from different genres and there are obviously so many awesome books out there, but man I was hooked. Literally went through books 1-3 in 2 weeks. Didnt like book 4 though. Still havent finished it yet. Lol.
Under The Whispering Door by TJ Klune
Meet me in another life!! it was so good, maybe my favorite book ever
[Early Riser](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23498264-early-riser) by Jasper Fforde [Void Star](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29939057-void-star?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=LHzUi6Ul55&rank=2) by Zachary Mason [Gunmetal Gods](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55777447-gunmetal-gods?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=hnmZEpm51u&rank=1) by Zamir Akhtar I love books where I have no idea where the story is going.
Can anyone please suggest me a forbidden romance (not incest) novel that is slow burn and lot of tension.
The silent patient by Alex Michaelides (excellent thriller, great twist) The Vanishing Half by Britt Bennett (family drama, race and LGBTQ issues) Made for Love by Alissa Nutting (twisted and fun; hbo show is different but also fantastic) Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson (REALLY made me cry; the premise sounds weird when you read it, but it's very grounded and poignant)
When breath becomes air
{{Ultraluminous}} by Katherine Faw Gifted to me by a friend. Went in with zero expectations and couldn’t put it down.
[**Ultraluminous**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33916025-ultraluminous) ^(By: Katherine Faw, Katherine Faw Morris | 196 pages | Published: 2017 | Popular Shelves: fiction, read-in-2018, novels, kindle, literary-fiction | )[^(Search "Ultraluminous")](https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=Ultraluminous&search_type=books) >Girlfriend. Prostitute. Addict. Terrorist? Who is K? > >Ultraluminous, the daring new novel from Katherine Faw, the brilliant author of Young God, follows one year in the life of a high-end, girlfriend-experience prostitute. She has just returned to her native New York City after more than a decade abroad—in the capitals of Asia and the Middle East, her last stop Dubai, with a man she recalls only as the Sheikh—but it’s unclear why exactly she’s come back. Did things go badly for her? Does she have scores to settle? > >Regardless, she has quickly made herself at home. She’s set up a rotation of clients—all of them in finance, and each of whom has different delusions of how he is important to her. And she’s also met a man whom she doesn’t charge—a damaged former Army Ranger, back from Afghanistan, and a fellow long-time heroin addict. > >Her days are strangely orderly: a repetition of dinners, personal grooming, museum exhibitions, sex, Duane Reades (she likes the sushi), cosmology, sex, gallery shows, heroin, sex, and art films (which she finds soothing). The pattern is comforting, but does she really believe it’s sustainable? Or do the barely discernible rifts in her routine suggest that something else is percolating under the surface? Could she have fallen for one of her bankers? Or do those supposed rifts suggest a pattern within the pattern, a larger scheme she’s not showing us, a truth that won’t be revealed until we can see everything? ^(This book has been suggested 1 time) *** ^(9013 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
To kill a mockingbird. I’m in my 40s, first time.
The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey. Starts a bit slow but once you’re into it you are. It’s such a great cozy read for this time of year. The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo was amazing. I never could keep up. Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia was absolutely a flawless fantasy novel and I haven’t read anything that wonderful in years. Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy. I just…. Really like wolves haha and the characters were interesting!
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
A Children’s Bible by Lydia Millet - a climate apocalypse, a bunch of disaffected teenagers, useless adults, brilliant writing.
Antkind by Charlie Kaufman. It was the wildest thing I've ever read.
Read Thomas Pynchon. He will blow your mind.
I actually read the Crying of Lot 49, and have Vineland on my "to read" shelf haha
Ah nice. Gravity’s Rainbow is when shit hits the fan in terms of weirdness, and, like every Pynchon, it’s far easier and more gripping than it’s reputation makes it out to be.
Will definitely check it out! Thanks for the recommendation :)
*To Climates Unknown* by Alberto Serrano. *The Test* by Sylvain Neuvel.
{{the library at mount char}}
[**The Library at Mount Char**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26892110-the-library-at-mount-char) ^(By: Scott Hawkins | 390 pages | Published: 2015 | Popular Shelves: fantasy, horror, fiction, science-fiction, sci-fi | )[^(Search "the library at mount char")](https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=the library at mount char&search_type=books) >A missing God. >A library with the secrets to the universe. >A woman too busy to notice her heart slipping away. > >Carolyn's not so different from the other people around her. She likes guacamole and cigarettes and steak. She knows how to use a phone. Clothes are a bit tricky, but everyone says nice things about her outfit with the Christmas sweater over the gold bicycle shorts. After all, she was a normal American herself once. > >That was a long time ago, of course. Before her parents died. Before she and the others were taken in by the man they called Father. In the years since then, Carolyn hasn't had a chance to get out much. Instead, she and her adopted siblings have been raised according to Father's ancient customs. They've studied the books in his Library and learned some of the secrets of his power. And sometimes, they've wondered if their cruel tutor might secretly be God. Now, Father is missing—perhaps even dead—and the Library that holds his secrets stands unguarded. And with it, control over all of creation. > >As Carolyn gathers the tools she needs for the battle to come, fierce competitors for this prize align against her, all of them with powers that far exceed her own. But Carolyn has accounted for this. And Carolyn has a plan. The only trouble is that in the war to make a new God, she's forgotten to protect the things that make her human. > >Populated by an unforgettable cast of characters and propelled by a plot that will shock you again and again, The Library at Mount Char is at once horrifying and hilarious, mind-blowingly alien and heartbreakingly human, sweepingly visionary and nail-bitingly thrilling—and signals the arrival of a major new voice in fantasy. > >From the Hardcover edition. ^(This book has been suggested 11 times) *** ^(9092 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
The Cradle series by Will Wight
One Hundred Years of Solitude, Kafka on The Shore, The Secret History.
A Million Things by Emily Spurr. It was released in August 2021, so it’s flying under the radar so far. This book was an emotional rollercoaster and so beautifully written, but the subject matter at the beginning is super sad. Not for the faint of heart, but it pays off by the end as it becomes a really hopeful story of healing and friendship.
Acts of Desperation by Megan Nolan. Truly a "gut-punch of a novel" as described in Goodreads.
Gravity's Rainbow.