BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS

soooooo I got back into actually reading stuff recently, and I remembered that I absolutely love to read, and I was kinda like "well now I've finished that book, I need more new ones!" but I don't have any....so I thought I'd make a general thread for people to ask for book recommendations! just make a post saying what kind of books you like and that you're looking for new stuff, and then people can suggest things you might like to read! and this way, it's in a thread, so you don't have to like, write it down and lose the list or something.
I know there's already a thread for posting about books you've read titled 'Book Recs', but it didn't seem so much like people asking for stuff to read and people responding as opposed to people just posting things they've read that they liked.
ALSO--if you're responding to someone's request for book recommendations, please offer a brief summary of each book you're recommending! and requesters, if you want to give examples of books you enjoyed, that would probably help people to help you quite a bit.

 

okay that said I really, really need some book recommendations
I am not super sure of what genre I'd describe my reading as--but I really like things like Trickster's Choice and Trickster's Queen, Protector of the Small, basically any Tamora Pierce books, and stuff like the new series Wayward Children (which is about kids who go into other worlds, like Alice does in Alice in Wonderland, and what happens to them after they come back--it's a hella cool book), and things like the Shadow Children series, which is about a future where drastic measures are taken to quell overpopulation, and families are only allowed two children. the series follows secret third children. so like....I guess, sort of, modern dystopia stuff is cool, and fiction.

 

Hey man while I'm here why don't you check out Don't Look Back - it's my favorite thriller to date with a twist that came outta left field, and female leads are always the best. I didn't even mind the heterosexual romance subplot, which is a first! I can't really explain it more than what goodreads says there, but it was a very compelling read despite what it crops itself out to be. And it was new genre wise for the author, who usually writes romance. And she did both plot and subplot well, all things considered. I didn't feel like the romance in it took away from the main story, and it was realistic enough to not feel forced.

I mean, hell, that said, anyone know of good thriller mysteries? It's been a while since I read that one.

 

.....okay fuck yes I am so reading that book.

 

The Name of the Wind and A Wise Man's Fear are both pretty good. Long as hell, too.

 

EXCELLENT talk to me about it when you do/start because I'm tempted to go and try and find it again because holy shit

 

I'm always down for dark and gritty wizards

 

@chaoticArbiter Have you read anything by brandon sanderson? There's a thread for his stuff in fan town. It's all really good fantasy things. Mistborn is the really good dystopia like one about a gang of thieves and revolutions and an awesome magic system. Love the worldbuilding and the sequels are great too.
The Goblin Emperor (Katherine Addison) is fantastic if you like politics and conlang in your fantasy. There's goblin vs elves racism parallel.

 

@chaoticArbiter a lot of those sound like fantasy so i recomend the mistborn series by brandon sanderson! it's probably one of my favorite fantasy series out there. about an orphan street urchin (vin) and she ends up allied with the rebellion against the grand ruler dictator person. the wordbuilding and magic system and plotting of the series is (imo) pretty phenomenal (also i recomend any of his other books too, but imo mistborn is a good starting point)

i recomend these as well. definitely long as hell but very cool

 

these look cool
also @raybot and @Juniperrome both Mistborn and The Goblin Emperor sound really good!

OH WHILE I'M HERE
can I just recommend Malinda Lo's books to everyone here
her fiction books are, imo, really good, and pretty much all contain queer characters--my personal favorite is Huntress. it....doesn't end happy, so if you are looking for a book with a happy ending for a queer couple, that's probably not the one for you, but personally I enjoyed it a lot and I thought it was pretty good.

 

A book series I like recommending for anyone that's looking for a lighter fun little fantasy series is the Ranger's Apprentice series; it's a childrens series and not very serious but I love its humor and it's just a fun light adventure series (that makes me seriously want to pick archery back up)

 

I used to read that one! it got a little difficult for me to enjoy it after a while, because I couldn't keep up with the books since my depression started to hit around the time I started reading the series, but I second this recommendation!

 

Fuck I love Malinda Lo. The prequel to Huntress is Ash, which is basically Cinderella but gay and I just love it so much

 

If you're into modern dystopian stuff, you might be interested in Neal Shusterman's stuff. The Unwind series is fantastic. Marrissa Meyer's Lunar Chronicles series is pretty awesome too, and mingles in the fantasy aspects with the dystopian aspects pretty well. Also, canon disabled rep!

 

@chaoticArbiter i also recomend the girsha trilogy by leigh bardugo! (first book is shadow and bone) it's high fantasy, with some political bits too. it's interesting and had some cool variations on usual fantasy tropes

it get's better with each book -- the first was a bit meh, but by the third i was really invested and it has a great story, as well as canonically gay characters! (though the gayness is not a big part of the thing)

 

I have yet to read this one but BOY DO I WANT TO

......will read both of these also because good

oooooh, sounds good!!! :D

 

@chaoticArbiter Have you read Tamora Pierce's Emelan books? You might also like Diane Duane's Young Wizards series too.

Also my general recommendation: The Saga of Edda-Earth which I've only mentioned like 30 times here XD. It's one of my favorite series ever but almost no one else has read it and Sigrun is a v important character to me.

 

I haven't read the Emelan books, but I will now! and omg I read the first of the Young Wizards series--I didn't know there were more?? THIS IS GOOD NEWS

 

There's like 9 or 10. If you can, read the New Millennium Editions, especially for the 5th book onward. (i might be willing to share mine if someone wants to read them but can't afford them)

 

New Millenium editions definitely recommended for the YW series, if possible.

Max Gladstone writes some really interesting urban(ish) fantasy in a really interesting not-Western setting, with lots of diversity. Doesn't feel forced, either, which is great. Definitely recommended.

For a more traditional fantasy setting, I like Alison Croggon's Books of Pellinor series.

Paul Tremblay has a few recent horror books that are pretty interesting, although I'd definitely say that CWs abound (mental illness, exorcism, murder, etc.)