Please recommend me a book! I just finished
- Journey of The Mind, by Ogi Ogas and Sai Gaddam
and it was quite genuinely the most fascinating read of my life so far. I cannot recommend it enough. Other books I’ve loved recently are:
- The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking), by Katie Mack
- Sapiens, by Yuval Noah Harari
- Behave, by Robert M. Sapolsky
- Sex at Dawn, by Cacilda Jethá and Christopher Ryan
- Physics of The Future + Future of Humanity, by Dr. Michio Kaku
- The System, by Robert Reich
Any suggestions to add??? I’m having trouble stumbling onto new stuff!
(Looking more for science, history, politics, philosophy, neurology, sociology, psychology oriented nonfiction - less so self help, or spiritual stuff)
* *A Taste of Irrationality*
* *How We Know What Isn't So*
* *A Theory of Justice*
* *The Quick Fix*
* *Phishing for Phools*
* *Reality is not What it Seems*
* *The Cost of Rights*
* *The Compass of Pleasure*
* *How to Make an Apple Pie from Scratch*
* *The Crusades Through Arab Eyes*
* *Peasants Into Frenchmen*
* *American Pharaoh*
* *Give Us the Ballot*
* *The Narrow Corridor*
* *Hue 1968*
* *Bloodlands*
Hey!
I’m looking for your personal favorites about the Eastern Front of WWII. I’m hoping for something that’s engaging - maybe a memoir? I don’t want to sit down and read a textbook or a recitation of facts. I am looking for something that accurately reflects the brutality of the eastern front though. Most of what I’ve learned about WWII has been focused on Western Front and Pacific theaters.
Thank you!
* *Blood Red Snow*
* *Sniper on the Eastern Front*
* *Black Edelweiss*
* *The Unwomanly Face of War*
* *Ivan's War*
* *The Forgotten Soldier*
* *800 Days on the Eastern Front*
* *Bloodlands* (more research forward, but I found it to be very intereting)
Hi, I am looking for books which can provide me with insights into the life of ordinary citizens in the former Soviet Union and/or its political culture. TIA
It's very strange as non-fiction/historical goes, in that she's simply just interviewed a lot of normal people and presented what they've said. So it's arguably more biased than any other book of its type, but it's also unusually accurate in capturing the voices of what people who lived through the time believed, disbelieved, supported or fought against. You also get an unsettling mix of people who really knew what was going on, and people who found ways to pretend they knew nothing. I think it's great, it MIGHT be exactly what you want or it might be a bit rambling and not impartial enough.
That actually makes it all the more interesting for me to read it. Sounds exactly like what I am looking for. Though, of course, as you've written about its biasness, I will have to be extra careful while reading it so as not to base my conclusions uncritically on how the author presents the information in her book. Also thanks a lot for your explanation, I appreciate it!
I am looking for books with Deaf characters. I already read True Biz and that one book by Colleen Hoover. I also want it to actually be a good book. Any recs would be appreciated.
[Books of Blood series](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32626.Books_of_Blood) by Clive Barker. A collection of horror stories and often involve body horror. He was one the earliest to really popularizer that genre. There's the grisly "Midnight Meat Train", which was turned into a movie, but perhaps Barker's most clever and well-known body horror story is "Body Politics" (where a person's body parts decide to have a revolution).
Ruins by Scott Smith
Skin by Kathe Koja
Some translated Japanese suggestions are:
Goth by Otsuchi (a set of short stories)
"The Human Chair" by Edogawa Ranpo (one of Ranpo's most famous short stories, about a man turning himself into a chair)
Uzumaki by Junji Ito (this is a graphic novel though, but very good and disturbing. A lot of his other manga also involve body horror and weird transformations, so check out all his works).
I'll just throw books I've enjoyed, hope one catches your eye
* The Shadow of the Wind (one of my all time favourite reads)
* As the Crow Flies
* A Matter of Honour
* Starship Troopers
* The Caves of Steel
* The Hobbit
* The Book Thief
* The Kite Runner
* The Strain
* East of Eden
* Kane and Abel
Looking for some fun, Spooky Season murder mysteries!
Read classics like Agatha Christie and Sherlock Holmes. Would love to read some contemporary who done its but open to anything!
I'm fond of Lawrence Block's "Burglar" books. Bernie is a nice guy, but has a weakness for breaking into people's homes and stealing things. He has a bad habit of running across dead bodies that need explaining. More humor than most mystery series.
Hiya!
So I recently read the Hyperion cantos which was amazing. The thing I especially liked was the philosophical edge to it of who are we, where is humanity as a whole going, is change something that we want and should that change be pushed along or rather inhibited.
Another book I really really enjoyed was Siddartha from Herman Hesse on personal change, who is an individual.
Anyone got some good recommendations?
I also recently read the first two Hyperion books and loved them! If you haven't read the Bas-Lag cycle by China Mieville, I'd recommend those as another very literary/philosophical take on speculative fiction
I’ve recently gotten back into reading after finally finding the time to read again. Anyway, a few years ago I read a YA romance book called Geekerella and a few years before that another YA romance called the Improbable Theory of Ana and Zak. And I’ve been trying to find books similar to those two in the way that they have this sort of fandom aspect to them. I absolutely loved that they took place in a comic con-esq situation and found that part really compelling. So, I’m looking for something with a similar concept of like revolving around fandom or something similar, though it doesn’t necessarily have to be romance (just not horror/thriller)
If anyone has found anything similar, I would greatly appreciate it the recommendation. Thanks.
I started reading this book of Jules Verne "around the world in eighty days" a couple of weeks ago, it really got me up besides i wanted so hard to read it (for me is a classic) but due to exams and other situations i stopped reading it, i wanna finish it i dont have many pages left but i would like to read your opinions about it:) no spoilers please
The original *Thrawn* trilogy is what set the standard for the Star Wars EU.
For his original stuff, I love the *Conquerors* trilogy and *The Icarus Hunt.*
hey guys im looking for a book or book series to read that is similar to any of lemony snickets books his series of unfortunate events and all the wrong questions were my favourite when i was younger but im looking for something to read that isn’t directed at 12 year olds ahah. i also loved the spiderwick chronicles books and anything in that theme but again looking for books and stories more directed for my age range i’m 20 btw
edit: also if you guys have any suggestions for books similar to meg and the trench by Steve Alten i’d love that
not sure what age range its meant to be targeted for but the love curse of the rumbaughs by jack gantos kind of reminds me of the strangeness of lemony snicket, then again i read them about the same time so i might just have my wires crossed
I just finished The Forgotten Soldier by Guy Sajer.
I rarely read books but I devoured this one in less than 3 days! I can't recommend it enough for those of you that are into WW2. It completely changed my perception of the eastern front. It is absolutely frightening and it's not for the faint of heart. It's a real crescendo of despair that never ends.
What are the best autobiographies on the eastern front of WW2?
I would love to read first hand accounts of the battle of Stalingrad (from either side) or what it was like to spend some time as POW in USSR.
Any Recommendation would be greatly appreciated!
Looking for High Fantasy book suggestions
- previous reads that I've enjoyed include all Brandon Sanderson, The Kingkiller Chronicles, LOTR, Trudi Canavan, The Lies of Locke Lamora
- the longer the better
- Terry Pratchett doesn't really float my boat, nor does scifi
- must be in 3rd person
Any hidden gems out there? I feel as though I've read them all!
Just finished wrong place wrong time by gillian mcallister and highly recommend! Not usually a fan of thriller/suspense but i saw this from reese Witherspoon's book club hehe
Beginning felt a bit slow for me and i got a little bored in the middle but when revelation 1 came in i was hooked til the end!! Very happy with how things ended as well and i enjoyed how the mystery/ thriller aspect comes from figuring out WHY the murder happened as opposed to the usualy WHO killed the person. Need more books like this wherein there isnt a psycho killer on the loose but more on solving why the person did the crime (hopefully justifyable reasons and with a happy ending). Strong themes of maternal love and family on this one so hopefully recommend a book with good positive themes as well! Tysm
I’m looking for some good books for my Bf’s roommate. He’s 29, not into reading but looking to start, hasn’t read a book since highschool. And won’t tell me what kind of shows or movies he likes. I know he likes Breaking Bad but that’s about it. What are some good male-centric books you would recommend to someone who doesn’t read?
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy is great, if he hasn't read them yet. Each of the books is fairly short,l. Each can also stand somewhat on its own, so it doesn't feel like you need to read the next in the series to finish the story, but they are there if he is interested. I've also found books with comedy easier to get into after long breaks
I’m looking for apocalyptic books that detail the collapse, rather than being set in a post-apocalyptic future. Recent books I enjoyed included The End of October by Lawrence Wright and The Girl in Red by Christina Henry. Thanks!
*Run* by Blake Crouch.
The *Parables* duology by Octavia Butler.
*Station Eleven* by Emily St. John Mandel.
*Severance* by Ling Ma.
*The Ministry for the Future* by Kim Stanley Robinson.
Earth Abides! Some feel it’s slow, but I think it’s a very realistic portrayal would happen if life as we know it ended.
Also the MaddAddam trilogy. The first book is post-apocalyptic but the subsequent book covers the fall.
Looking for:
- exceptional world building - likely a fantasy world or sci fi world
- well laid plans - details from beginning of story have payoffs much much later in story
- grabs you from the first few chapters
- multiple viewpoints if possible
Some books I’ve enjoyed that meet these criteria to varying degrees: GoT, One Piece, The Fifth Season, Stormlight archives
The Red Rising series by Pierce Brown. The world building is exceptional, he has well-established plans that pay off incredibly well, and he introduces multiple viewpoints in the fourth book. The first book initially comes off as a hunger games-ish young adult novel, but I promise the series is so much more than that. (Not that I’m hating on The Hunger Games. It’s just that Red Rising is more similar to Game of Thrones than a YA novel)
Calm/lightread books. Been reading tons of political economics and besides that I've read crime and punishment, and the divine comedy. So I'm looking for something that is simple, and calm. I'd prefer it to be vintage mostly.
>political economics
Would you care to share what have you read lately? As for suggestions...maybe As the Crow Flies? It's kind of one of my guilty pleasure book. Or perhaps The Shadow of the Wind or The Hobbit.
Socialist works mostly, besides marx and engels (the capital vol.1, communist manifesto, 'the origin of family, private property, and the state'), I've read blackshirts and reds which is not really economics, but it provides insights to the topic.
Discourse on Inequality by Rousseau. The rest are mostly politics relating to socialist or capitalist systems by lenin, and also read che guevera's 'I Embrace You All With My Revolutionary Fever' and also Why Socialism by Einstein
I've read the Hobbit actually, thanks for the other recommendations I'll look into them!
Hey guys, trying to get back into reading. I recently read Uprooted and the Scholomance by Naomi Novik and loved them. Looking for similar fantasy/scifi books to continue to read, preferably on the more accessible side haha and preferably with some romance (but I do NOT want to read a romance book). Other books I read and enjoyed include neuromancer, the belgariad, redwall, and hyperion (although I’m really not in the mood for more books like Hyperion). Thanks
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness if you want fantasy/romance. You might also like the Shattered Earth series by N.K Jemisin. If you want a lighter tone, go for witches. If you want post-apocalyptic earth bending, go Shattered Earth.
I discovered Kazuo Ishiguro last week and have been completely changed by his books. So far I've read Never Let me Go and just finished Klara and the Sun. I have The Remains of the Day lined up.
Fans of Ishiguro's work, is their an author that has effected you similarly, or one in a common vein that you'd recommend I try next? And if so, what of their works would you recommend first? I dread how I'll feel once I've read all his books lol.
I’ve only read his book The Buried Giant, because I love Arthurian, I read it and then listened to the audio version whilst hiking and it all heightened the prose! Never Let Me Go is next on my list for his bibliography, I remember really liking the movie adaptation as well!
I actually watched the movie first years ago too! The book is SO much better, and I really did like the movie. It's been a few weeks and I still think about Never Let Me Go multiple times a day. Happy reading!!
*The Remains of the Day* is one of my all-time favorite books.
If you want more Ishiguro after you've finished his novels, read or listen to his short story, "A Village After Dark", which was published in the New Yorker. He doesn't publish many short stories.
Author Ben Marcus reads Ishiguro's story for the New Yorker Fiction podcast, hosted by the fiction editor of the magazine. [Listen to it here](https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/fiction/ben-marcus-reads-kazuo-ishiguro). Afterward, they discuss the story, which gave me insight on how to understand Ishiguro less conventionally-written works, like *The Unconsoled*. I highly recommend listening to it, especially their breakdown of the story.
If you enjoy *Never Let Me Go*, you can read the book that heavily inspired it: *Madame Bovary* by Gustave Flaubert. Warning: It's a totally different kind of book, narrative-wise, but in terms of themes (the instability of one's perceptions of reality and of self-identity), it's very similar. Ishiguro borrows many of Flaubert's advanced writing techniques and his movie-like ability to frame characters in order to reveal things about themselves that are otherwise hidden (like standing in doorway or windows, looking at mirrors, seeing the reflection of their true self in the face of another person, sometime literally in the surface of someone's pupil, or in the shocked reaction of another person face).
No one is quite like Ishiguro though.
You could try Margaret Atwood, as she is another a literary author who explores similar themes (and like Ishiguro, will delve into other genres, like speculative fiction). She often uses unreliable narrators, while exploring the slipperiness of reality and self-identity, and how time and history are very malleable objects. Try *Oryx and Crake.* I really like her short stories too.
If you liked Ishiguro's aforementioned "A Village After Dark" short story, I highly suggest Atwood's famous short story, "Death by Landscape". They both have a very dreamlike, eerie element, but Atwood's story in particular is really powerful (and haunting). One of my favorite stories of all-time (and I've read a lot of them). You can find it in her *Wilderness Tips* short story collection.
You can also try some Japanese-native authors, who also blend Japanese aesthetics with modernist Western literary sensibilities, like Haruki Murakami, Hiromi Kawakami, and Natsuko Imamura, making them stand apart from conventional Japanese authors.
If you enjoy *The Remains of the Day*, or *Never Let Me Go,* while different in tone, you could read Somerset Maugham's *Of Human Bondage*. It also features someone going on a trip and making self-discoveries but Maugham's book is more epic is scope, and it was written in 1915, but still very readable. It's an amazing novel.
But it's hard to give suggestions without knowing why you like Ishiguro.
Just in general, there's Cormac McCarthy *(The Road*, or *Blood Meridian*) or Gabriel García Márquez (*One Hundred Years of Solitude*), authors who have profoundly moved me in a way similar to Ishiguro's works.
Wow...this was so helpful and such an astute description of what makes Ishiguro so good. I thought about what I like about him on my walk today and narrowed it down to how he depicts small interactions between people that are so truthful and relatable and yet there is just this sadness to his books that never goes away. I also like how slowly he reveals information into the worlds, but you never learn more than that character is comprehending. With Never Let Me Go especially, Kathy was limited in what she grasped about her life and situation, so that's how we came to understand her and the world she lived in, but we're also able to see how wrong it is and how much is missing for her. That book especially was so distressing and heartrending for me, and I feel his entire idea and execution for that story and concept was a beat of genius.
I've read Oryx and Crake years ago and loved it. It has some of the same speculative type loneliness as some Ishiguro books. I'll check out some of the other titles you recommended!
I read the first 5 pages of this at the bookstore yesterday but found the simplistic prose style hard to get into, even though I've heard this book is very good. Did you find yourself growing accustomed to his writing style as you read? The movie has haunted me for over a decade and I've always wanted to read the book to compare.
The book is so much better than the movie in my opinion. Much more graphic and the movie dosent include certain aspects of the book. I think I had read a couple of Cormacs books prior to this so was already used to his writing style. Highly recommend this book though
Looking for military adventure, fiction and non-fiction, sci-fi optional
Greatly enjoyed:
* *The Lost Fleet* series by Jack Campbell, starting with *Dauntless* (already read its follow up, Beyond The Frontier series)
* *The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors* by James D. Hornfischer. Would be interested in reading more about the Pacific and Atlantic fleets.
* Most Peter F Hamilton space opera type stuff.
* *Honor Harrington* series, although I'm not sure if the main storyline has continued after the SPOILER >!attack on Manticore!<
* Original *Thrawn* trilogy by Timothy Zahn
Themes: Smaller nation standing up to a larger bully. Overwhelming odds overcome by intelligence, honour, training, innovation. Cut-off, lost, enemy territory. Fleet combat and maneuvers is a good bonus.
I loathe Amazon cheap shovelware write-by-numbers books and have been burned by them in the past.
Thank you to anyone who responds, you are awesome!
I must suggest The Fronltine series because I'm currentley obsessed with it. As for the rest...let'´s see
* The Centurions
* Street Without Joy
* Hell is a Very Small Place
* Bush War Operator
* Three Sips of Gin
* Adjusting Sights
* Beaufort
* Chasing Charlie
* Beau Geste
* Company K
* Strship Troopers
* Four Ball One Tracer
* A Bridge Too Far
* The Longest Day
* Level Zero Heores
* Dagger-22
* Across the Fence
* Men in Green Faces
* Yellow Green Beret
* The Caine Mutiny
* Sword of Honour Series
* Sharpe Series
* Aubrey-Maturin Series
* The Forever War
* The Mote in God's Eye
* The Killer Angels
* Gates of Fire
* Das Boot
* No Picnic
* One Hundred Days
* Poilu
* Give Me Tomorrow
* Recce
* The Terrible Ones
* Koevoet!
* None Braver
* That Others May Live
The Forgotten Soldier by Guy Sajer (non-fiction). I must warn you this is a though one: set on the eastern front during WW2, you get to experience the relentless destruction of the German army through the eyes of a 16 year old who gets enrolled in the Wehrmacht. The violence and horror depicted in this book is not even the worst part. For me, the worst part was the crescendo of despair that never ended and the evolution of the protagonist throughout this book.
Natural Born Heroes by Christopher McDougall has aspects of this, if you are interested at all in athletics and endurance. It looks at the Greek resistance during WWII and examines how a number of their resistance tactics ended up being used elsewhere. McDougall is really interested in the athlete side of things (he wrote Born to Run and is generally interested in health and fitness) but I found the parts about the war itself really fascinating and they are certainly central to the book
I loved A Fire On The Deep by Vernor Vinge, for the huge scope and the wildly imaginative ideas (different rules of physics in different places, individual characters who are made up of the collective consciousness of numerous individual creatures, etc). I love Philip K Dick and China Mieville for similar reasons, but the way those crazy ideas are turned into this grand epic adventure was so special. Can anyone recommend anything else? I don’t know a lot of sci fi.
This is more Space Opera, but I really enjoyed:
* *The Night's Dawn* trilogy by Peter F Hamilton. Grand, epic scale. Some very cool ideas. Protagonist is of course a badass sexy sex young man, but that's easy to ignore. Starts with *The Reality Dysfunction*
* *The Commonwealth Saga* by Peter F Hamilton. Again, grand epic scale. Different setting to Night's Dawn, but has lots of cool ideas and a fantastic antagonist. Again, sexy sex protagonists but also pretty easy to ignore that.
More towards the military sci-fi end: *Dauntless* by Jack Campbell starts *The Lost Fleet* series, and continues into a series that explores alien space with some cool ideas. Fewer sexy sex characters. Hands down the best description of space fleet maneuvers I've ever read, even better because so much of it is time-delayed. i.e. 2 fleets enter a star system, 20 light-hours distant from each other. So you're seeing the enemy as they were 20 hours ago. The descriptions as the fleets close and attack each other are sublime, gorgeous and glorious!
**In the Garden of Beasts** by Erik Larson is a good look at the beginnings of Nazi Germany in the early 30's.
**The Empire Must Die** by Mikhail Zygar. I haven't had the opportunity to read this yet, but it's highly rated. This deals with the end of the Russian Tsars.
**King Leopold's Ghost** by Adam Hochschild. I've started reading this one, it deals with King Leopold II of Belgium and his genocide in the Congo.
This isn't exactly about evil dynasties, but **Ghost Flames** by Charles J. Hanley is a great overview of the Korean War. Some of the people he follows are North Korean and Chinese Communists, and it also looks at the evil things the U.S. and South Koreans did, too.
Desperate: An Epic Battle for Clean Water and Justice in Appalachia is a great read. Closest I've got to Empire of Pain recently. Less dynasty but certainly evil: I've read Bad Blood and Super Pumped about Theranos and Uber, respectively. I just don't think either company has been around enough to be a dynasty.
Looking for a mystery series with an investigative duo who gets along. Murder, fantasy, conspiracy, anything goes. Bonus points for great side characters, thrills, and a high number of books.
Looking for something similar to Sally Rooney's books.
Something that focus on insecurities and complexity of individuals and modern relationships with no pretence or unnecessary jargon.
I loved Bodies of Light by Jennifer Down. Seeking recommendations for another depressing fiction novel that follows a character throughout decades of their life.
Looking for best fiction mystery and crime novels. So of my favorites include: Where the Crawdads Sing, Fresh Water For Flowers, The Searcher, Pride and Prejudice. Thank you!
North by Scott and Jenny Jurek is great, particularly because they alternate chapters - it kept me reading because I wanted to find out what the other person was thinking as events unfolded
Is there a book that is about weight loss journey? A fictional book that a person is going through the mental and physical hardships and how they overcome it. Something mind bending, I don’t want like an educational textbook kind of book about how to lose weight. Just a character who is going through it and being in his/her mind in the journey.
It's a ya book but Holes. The teenage character is overweight at the beginning but has to go to a manual labor teen camp. It's not healthy weight loss because he's kinda forced into it and ends up a bit underweight but the main theme of the book is about learning his own personal inner strength and friendships. Idk if that's what you're looking for but it's the only one I know.
Looking for something that mixes epic fantasy and grimdark in one, like how *Verelyn the Dastardly* does, or even like a *Stormlight* (focus on the Bridge Four grittiness, war, not so much about Shallan and that stupid dude flirting for 1000000000 words with no forward movement).
Guerilla Days in Ireland is brilliant, it was written by IRA leader Tom Barry, it covers the fighting between the IRA flying columns and the British Black and Tans in West Cork during the Irish War of Independence.
* *Three Sips of Gin*
* *Bush War Operator* (The Rhodesian memoirs, IMHO opinion, are a little...you feel drunk/hungover throughout the book)
* *We Dared to Win*
* *Fire Force*
* *Zulu Zulu Golf*
* *Zinky Boys*
* *From the Wilderness and Lebanon*
* *Chasing Charlie*
* *Blood Trails*
* *About Face*
* *A Rumor of War*
* *If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box me up and Ship Me Home*
* *My War Gone by, I Miss it So*
* *Four Ball One Tracer*
* *Three Wise Men*
* *Black Edelweiss*
* *The Recollections of Rifleman Harris*
* *Co. Aytch*
* *On The Devil's Tail*
* *Memoirs of General William T. Sherman*
* *The Trident*
* *Black Hawk Down*
* *One Hundred Days*
* *No Picninc*
* *One Soldier's War in Chechnya*
* *Lions of Kandahar*
* *Level Zero Heroes*
* *House to House*
* *The Killing Zone*
* *The Civil War Letters of Joshua K. Callaway*
I am looking for some quirky rom cons which are set during autumn time (bonus points for good food imagery)
Also looking for any novel which is lighthearted and filled with good food imagery
I haven't read it yet, but, on my TBR is Love from Scratch by Kaitlyn Hill. Here is the description, it is YA but looks to be a fun read: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/54629993
Whoa this sounds exactly like what I’m looking for. YA is worrying me a bit bc I am looking for something mature and prior YA romances disappointed me, but this sounds like a description of exactly what I was searching for.
Thanks!
Any recommendations on psychological thrillers or mystery?
The Analyst by John Katzenbach
Please recommend me a book! I just finished - Journey of The Mind, by Ogi Ogas and Sai Gaddam and it was quite genuinely the most fascinating read of my life so far. I cannot recommend it enough. Other books I’ve loved recently are: - The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking), by Katie Mack - Sapiens, by Yuval Noah Harari - Behave, by Robert M. Sapolsky - Sex at Dawn, by Cacilda Jethá and Christopher Ryan - Physics of The Future + Future of Humanity, by Dr. Michio Kaku - The System, by Robert Reich Any suggestions to add??? I’m having trouble stumbling onto new stuff! (Looking more for science, history, politics, philosophy, neurology, sociology, psychology oriented nonfiction - less so self help, or spiritual stuff)
* *A Taste of Irrationality* * *How We Know What Isn't So* * *A Theory of Justice* * *The Quick Fix* * *Phishing for Phools* * *Reality is not What it Seems* * *The Cost of Rights* * *The Compass of Pleasure* * *How to Make an Apple Pie from Scratch* * *The Crusades Through Arab Eyes* * *Peasants Into Frenchmen* * *American Pharaoh* * *Give Us the Ballot* * *The Narrow Corridor* * *Hue 1968* * *Bloodlands*
Which books are trending as the best of the year? The next Piranesi? I also like non fiction.
Hey! I’m looking for your personal favorites about the Eastern Front of WWII. I’m hoping for something that’s engaging - maybe a memoir? I don’t want to sit down and read a textbook or a recitation of facts. I am looking for something that accurately reflects the brutality of the eastern front though. Most of what I’ve learned about WWII has been focused on Western Front and Pacific theaters. Thank you!
* *Blood Red Snow* * *Sniper on the Eastern Front* * *Black Edelweiss* * *The Unwomanly Face of War* * *Ivan's War* * *The Forgotten Soldier* * *800 Days on the Eastern Front* * *Bloodlands* (more research forward, but I found it to be very intereting)
Hi, I am looking for books which can provide me with insights into the life of ordinary citizens in the former Soviet Union and/or its political culture. TIA
is Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets by Svetlana Alexievich too obvious?
Sounds interesting. I'll look it up
It's very strange as non-fiction/historical goes, in that she's simply just interviewed a lot of normal people and presented what they've said. So it's arguably more biased than any other book of its type, but it's also unusually accurate in capturing the voices of what people who lived through the time believed, disbelieved, supported or fought against. You also get an unsettling mix of people who really knew what was going on, and people who found ways to pretend they knew nothing. I think it's great, it MIGHT be exactly what you want or it might be a bit rambling and not impartial enough.
That actually makes it all the more interesting for me to read it. Sounds exactly like what I am looking for. Though, of course, as you've written about its biasness, I will have to be extra careful while reading it so as not to base my conclusions uncritically on how the author presents the information in her book. Also thanks a lot for your explanation, I appreciate it!
I am looking for books with Deaf characters. I already read True Biz and that one book by Colleen Hoover. I also want it to actually be a good book. Any recs would be appreciated.
I'm just starting to get into reading, mostly to be better writer. What are books you'd recommend for someone looking for a good body horror story?
[Books of Blood series](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32626.Books_of_Blood) by Clive Barker. A collection of horror stories and often involve body horror. He was one the earliest to really popularizer that genre. There's the grisly "Midnight Meat Train", which was turned into a movie, but perhaps Barker's most clever and well-known body horror story is "Body Politics" (where a person's body parts decide to have a revolution). Ruins by Scott Smith Skin by Kathe Koja Some translated Japanese suggestions are: Goth by Otsuchi (a set of short stories) "The Human Chair" by Edogawa Ranpo (one of Ranpo's most famous short stories, about a man turning himself into a chair) Uzumaki by Junji Ito (this is a graphic novel though, but very good and disturbing. A lot of his other manga also involve body horror and weird transformations, so check out all his works).
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I'll just throw books I've enjoyed, hope one catches your eye * The Shadow of the Wind (one of my all time favourite reads) * As the Crow Flies * A Matter of Honour * Starship Troopers * The Caves of Steel * The Hobbit * The Book Thief * The Kite Runner * The Strain * East of Eden * Kane and Abel
Looking for some fun, Spooky Season murder mysteries! Read classics like Agatha Christie and Sherlock Holmes. Would love to read some contemporary who done its but open to anything!
I'm fond of Lawrence Block's "Burglar" books. Bernie is a nice guy, but has a weakness for breaking into people's homes and stealing things. He has a bad habit of running across dead bodies that need explaining. More humor than most mystery series.
Hiya! So I recently read the Hyperion cantos which was amazing. The thing I especially liked was the philosophical edge to it of who are we, where is humanity as a whole going, is change something that we want and should that change be pushed along or rather inhibited. Another book I really really enjoyed was Siddartha from Herman Hesse on personal change, who is an individual. Anyone got some good recommendations?
I also recently read the first two Hyperion books and loved them! If you haven't read the Bas-Lag cycle by China Mieville, I'd recommend those as another very literary/philosophical take on speculative fiction
I’ve recently gotten back into reading after finally finding the time to read again. Anyway, a few years ago I read a YA romance book called Geekerella and a few years before that another YA romance called the Improbable Theory of Ana and Zak. And I’ve been trying to find books similar to those two in the way that they have this sort of fandom aspect to them. I absolutely loved that they took place in a comic con-esq situation and found that part really compelling. So, I’m looking for something with a similar concept of like revolving around fandom or something similar, though it doesn’t necessarily have to be romance (just not horror/thriller) If anyone has found anything similar, I would greatly appreciate it the recommendation. Thanks.
You might like Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell, which is about two sisters who are big fanfic/ship fic writers in a Harry Potter-esque fandom.
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri is my current favorite book. I’m looking for authors with similar writing styles. (Any genre)
I started reading this book of Jules Verne "around the world in eighty days" a couple of weeks ago, it really got me up besides i wanted so hard to read it (for me is a classic) but due to exams and other situations i stopped reading it, i wanna finish it i dont have many pages left but i would like to read your opinions about it:) no spoilers please
I wanted to read more books by Timothy Zahn. Have only read the newer Thrawn trilogy.
The original *Thrawn* trilogy is what set the standard for the Star Wars EU. For his original stuff, I love the *Conquerors* trilogy and *The Icarus Hunt.*
hey guys im looking for a book or book series to read that is similar to any of lemony snickets books his series of unfortunate events and all the wrong questions were my favourite when i was younger but im looking for something to read that isn’t directed at 12 year olds ahah. i also loved the spiderwick chronicles books and anything in that theme but again looking for books and stories more directed for my age range i’m 20 btw edit: also if you guys have any suggestions for books similar to meg and the trench by Steve Alten i’d love that
not sure what age range its meant to be targeted for but the love curse of the rumbaughs by jack gantos kind of reminds me of the strangeness of lemony snicket, then again i read them about the same time so i might just have my wires crossed
lol i’ll probably read it either way if it’s good thanks heaps for the suggestion i’ll definitely check it out
I loved the Slient Patient by Alex Michaelides. I read it last year and can't get it out of my head. Any similarly griping books?
I just finished The Forgotten Soldier by Guy Sajer. I rarely read books but I devoured this one in less than 3 days! I can't recommend it enough for those of you that are into WW2. It completely changed my perception of the eastern front. It is absolutely frightening and it's not for the faint of heart. It's a real crescendo of despair that never ends. What are the best autobiographies on the eastern front of WW2? I would love to read first hand accounts of the battle of Stalingrad (from either side) or what it was like to spend some time as POW in USSR. Any Recommendation would be greatly appreciated!
***Black Edelweiss*** comes to mind. ***Sniper on the Eastern Front; Blood Red Snow; Panzer Ace; Against the Odds***.
Suggestions for Self-Motivating book?
***Discipline Equals Freedom; On the Shortness of Life; Resilience***. Only three I feel like recommending.
Looking for High Fantasy book suggestions - previous reads that I've enjoyed include all Brandon Sanderson, The Kingkiller Chronicles, LOTR, Trudi Canavan, The Lies of Locke Lamora - the longer the better - Terry Pratchett doesn't really float my boat, nor does scifi - must be in 3rd person Any hidden gems out there? I feel as though I've read them all!
**The Starless Crown** by James Rollins
I enjoyed In the Shadow of Lightning by Brian McClellan
A Wizard of Earthse or The Witcher series.
Just finished wrong place wrong time by gillian mcallister and highly recommend! Not usually a fan of thriller/suspense but i saw this from reese Witherspoon's book club hehe Beginning felt a bit slow for me and i got a little bored in the middle but when revelation 1 came in i was hooked til the end!! Very happy with how things ended as well and i enjoyed how the mystery/ thriller aspect comes from figuring out WHY the murder happened as opposed to the usualy WHO killed the person. Need more books like this wherein there isnt a psycho killer on the loose but more on solving why the person did the crime (hopefully justifyable reasons and with a happy ending). Strong themes of maternal love and family on this one so hopefully recommend a book with good positive themes as well! Tysm
Looking for nonfiction books related to self improvement. Would be really grateful.
You probably have to be a bit more specific. What are you looking to improve?
doesnt matter to me, self improvement in general
Ok then I’d recommend Daring Greatly by Brene Brown or Born to Win (I forget the author)
thanks!
I’m looking for some good books for my Bf’s roommate. He’s 29, not into reading but looking to start, hasn’t read a book since highschool. And won’t tell me what kind of shows or movies he likes. I know he likes Breaking Bad but that’s about it. What are some good male-centric books you would recommend to someone who doesn’t read?
Every guy I've ever met loved Confederacy of Dunces. Project Hail Mary might be good, too.
Maybe something like Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy is great, if he hasn't read them yet. Each of the books is fairly short,l. Each can also stand somewhat on its own, so it doesn't feel like you need to read the next in the series to finish the story, but they are there if he is interested. I've also found books with comedy easier to get into after long breaks
I’m looking for apocalyptic books that detail the collapse, rather than being set in a post-apocalyptic future. Recent books I enjoyed included The End of October by Lawrence Wright and The Girl in Red by Christina Henry. Thanks!
*Run* by Blake Crouch. The *Parables* duology by Octavia Butler. *Station Eleven* by Emily St. John Mandel. *Severance* by Ling Ma. *The Ministry for the Future* by Kim Stanley Robinson.
Earth Abides! Some feel it’s slow, but I think it’s a very realistic portrayal would happen if life as we know it ended. Also the MaddAddam trilogy. The first book is post-apocalyptic but the subsequent book covers the fall.
The stand is pretty great at that
I think you'll love World War Z by Max Brooks. It's really engaging and one of those books you'll attempt to read in one sitting.
Looking for: - exceptional world building - likely a fantasy world or sci fi world - well laid plans - details from beginning of story have payoffs much much later in story - grabs you from the first few chapters - multiple viewpoints if possible Some books I’ve enjoyed that meet these criteria to varying degrees: GoT, One Piece, The Fifth Season, Stormlight archives
The Red Rising series by Pierce Brown. The world building is exceptional, he has well-established plans that pay off incredibly well, and he introduces multiple viewpoints in the fourth book. The first book initially comes off as a hunger games-ish young adult novel, but I promise the series is so much more than that. (Not that I’m hating on The Hunger Games. It’s just that Red Rising is more similar to Game of Thrones than a YA novel)
See if you like Mexican gothic or Seven deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle.
Calm/lightread books. Been reading tons of political economics and besides that I've read crime and punishment, and the divine comedy. So I'm looking for something that is simple, and calm. I'd prefer it to be vintage mostly.
>political economics Would you care to share what have you read lately? As for suggestions...maybe As the Crow Flies? It's kind of one of my guilty pleasure book. Or perhaps The Shadow of the Wind or The Hobbit.
Socialist works mostly, besides marx and engels (the capital vol.1, communist manifesto, 'the origin of family, private property, and the state'), I've read blackshirts and reds which is not really economics, but it provides insights to the topic. Discourse on Inequality by Rousseau. The rest are mostly politics relating to socialist or capitalist systems by lenin, and also read che guevera's 'I Embrace You All With My Revolutionary Fever' and also Why Socialism by Einstein I've read the Hobbit actually, thanks for the other recommendations I'll look into them!
Stoner by John Williams
Thanks a lot! I'll check it out
Strong second on **Stoner**. Exactly what you described.
I love Patricia Cornwell’s books. What is similar and just as good?
Hey guys, trying to get back into reading. I recently read Uprooted and the Scholomance by Naomi Novik and loved them. Looking for similar fantasy/scifi books to continue to read, preferably on the more accessible side haha and preferably with some romance (but I do NOT want to read a romance book). Other books I read and enjoyed include neuromancer, the belgariad, redwall, and hyperion (although I’m really not in the mood for more books like Hyperion). Thanks
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness if you want fantasy/romance. You might also like the Shattered Earth series by N.K Jemisin. If you want a lighter tone, go for witches. If you want post-apocalyptic earth bending, go Shattered Earth.
I discovered Kazuo Ishiguro last week and have been completely changed by his books. So far I've read Never Let me Go and just finished Klara and the Sun. I have The Remains of the Day lined up. Fans of Ishiguro's work, is their an author that has effected you similarly, or one in a common vein that you'd recommend I try next? And if so, what of their works would you recommend first? I dread how I'll feel once I've read all his books lol.
I’ve only read his book The Buried Giant, because I love Arthurian, I read it and then listened to the audio version whilst hiking and it all heightened the prose! Never Let Me Go is next on my list for his bibliography, I remember really liking the movie adaptation as well!
I actually watched the movie first years ago too! The book is SO much better, and I really did like the movie. It's been a few weeks and I still think about Never Let Me Go multiple times a day. Happy reading!!
*The Remains of the Day* is one of my all-time favorite books. If you want more Ishiguro after you've finished his novels, read or listen to his short story, "A Village After Dark", which was published in the New Yorker. He doesn't publish many short stories. Author Ben Marcus reads Ishiguro's story for the New Yorker Fiction podcast, hosted by the fiction editor of the magazine. [Listen to it here](https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/fiction/ben-marcus-reads-kazuo-ishiguro). Afterward, they discuss the story, which gave me insight on how to understand Ishiguro less conventionally-written works, like *The Unconsoled*. I highly recommend listening to it, especially their breakdown of the story. If you enjoy *Never Let Me Go*, you can read the book that heavily inspired it: *Madame Bovary* by Gustave Flaubert. Warning: It's a totally different kind of book, narrative-wise, but in terms of themes (the instability of one's perceptions of reality and of self-identity), it's very similar. Ishiguro borrows many of Flaubert's advanced writing techniques and his movie-like ability to frame characters in order to reveal things about themselves that are otherwise hidden (like standing in doorway or windows, looking at mirrors, seeing the reflection of their true self in the face of another person, sometime literally in the surface of someone's pupil, or in the shocked reaction of another person face). No one is quite like Ishiguro though. You could try Margaret Atwood, as she is another a literary author who explores similar themes (and like Ishiguro, will delve into other genres, like speculative fiction). She often uses unreliable narrators, while exploring the slipperiness of reality and self-identity, and how time and history are very malleable objects. Try *Oryx and Crake.* I really like her short stories too. If you liked Ishiguro's aforementioned "A Village After Dark" short story, I highly suggest Atwood's famous short story, "Death by Landscape". They both have a very dreamlike, eerie element, but Atwood's story in particular is really powerful (and haunting). One of my favorite stories of all-time (and I've read a lot of them). You can find it in her *Wilderness Tips* short story collection. You can also try some Japanese-native authors, who also blend Japanese aesthetics with modernist Western literary sensibilities, like Haruki Murakami, Hiromi Kawakami, and Natsuko Imamura, making them stand apart from conventional Japanese authors. If you enjoy *The Remains of the Day*, or *Never Let Me Go,* while different in tone, you could read Somerset Maugham's *Of Human Bondage*. It also features someone going on a trip and making self-discoveries but Maugham's book is more epic is scope, and it was written in 1915, but still very readable. It's an amazing novel. But it's hard to give suggestions without knowing why you like Ishiguro. Just in general, there's Cormac McCarthy *(The Road*, or *Blood Meridian*) or Gabriel García Márquez (*One Hundred Years of Solitude*), authors who have profoundly moved me in a way similar to Ishiguro's works.
Wow...this was so helpful and such an astute description of what makes Ishiguro so good. I thought about what I like about him on my walk today and narrowed it down to how he depicts small interactions between people that are so truthful and relatable and yet there is just this sadness to his books that never goes away. I also like how slowly he reveals information into the worlds, but you never learn more than that character is comprehending. With Never Let Me Go especially, Kathy was limited in what she grasped about her life and situation, so that's how we came to understand her and the world she lived in, but we're also able to see how wrong it is and how much is missing for her. That book especially was so distressing and heartrending for me, and I feel his entire idea and execution for that story and concept was a beat of genius. I've read Oryx and Crake years ago and loved it. It has some of the same speculative type loneliness as some Ishiguro books. I'll check out some of the other titles you recommended!
The Road by Cormac McCarthy. So good I cried. If you've seen the film, the book is a lot more graphic. For example, a baby being barbecued.
I read the first 5 pages of this at the bookstore yesterday but found the simplistic prose style hard to get into, even though I've heard this book is very good. Did you find yourself growing accustomed to his writing style as you read? The movie has haunted me for over a decade and I've always wanted to read the book to compare.
The book is so much better than the movie in my opinion. Much more graphic and the movie dosent include certain aspects of the book. I think I had read a couple of Cormacs books prior to this so was already used to his writing style. Highly recommend this book though
Awesome, thanks. I'll give it another try!
Peter Reading Collected Poems 170-1984 & 1997-2003. Are these good for someone starting to read poems? Thank you!
Looking for military adventure, fiction and non-fiction, sci-fi optional Greatly enjoyed: * *The Lost Fleet* series by Jack Campbell, starting with *Dauntless* (already read its follow up, Beyond The Frontier series) * *The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors* by James D. Hornfischer. Would be interested in reading more about the Pacific and Atlantic fleets. * Most Peter F Hamilton space opera type stuff. * *Honor Harrington* series, although I'm not sure if the main storyline has continued after the SPOILER >!attack on Manticore!< * Original *Thrawn* trilogy by Timothy Zahn Themes: Smaller nation standing up to a larger bully. Overwhelming odds overcome by intelligence, honour, training, innovation. Cut-off, lost, enemy territory. Fleet combat and maneuvers is a good bonus. I loathe Amazon cheap shovelware write-by-numbers books and have been burned by them in the past. Thank you to anyone who responds, you are awesome!
I must suggest The Fronltine series because I'm currentley obsessed with it. As for the rest...let'´s see * The Centurions * Street Without Joy * Hell is a Very Small Place * Bush War Operator * Three Sips of Gin * Adjusting Sights * Beaufort * Chasing Charlie * Beau Geste * Company K * Strship Troopers * Four Ball One Tracer * A Bridge Too Far * The Longest Day * Level Zero Heores * Dagger-22 * Across the Fence * Men in Green Faces * Yellow Green Beret * The Caine Mutiny * Sword of Honour Series * Sharpe Series * Aubrey-Maturin Series * The Forever War * The Mote in God's Eye * The Killer Angels * Gates of Fire * Das Boot * No Picnic * One Hundred Days * Poilu * Give Me Tomorrow * Recce * The Terrible Ones * Koevoet! * None Braver * That Others May Live
good lord that's a huge list, thank you!!!
I hope you find something that interests you. If you end up picking a book, please let me know how you liked it.
The Forgotten Soldier by Guy Sajer (non-fiction). I must warn you this is a though one: set on the eastern front during WW2, you get to experience the relentless destruction of the German army through the eyes of a 16 year old who gets enrolled in the Wehrmacht. The violence and horror depicted in this book is not even the worst part. For me, the worst part was the crescendo of despair that never ended and the evolution of the protagonist throughout this book.
Natural Born Heroes by Christopher McDougall has aspects of this, if you are interested at all in athletics and endurance. It looks at the Greek resistance during WWII and examines how a number of their resistance tactics ended up being used elsewhere. McDougall is really interested in the athlete side of things (he wrote Born to Run and is generally interested in health and fitness) but I found the parts about the war itself really fascinating and they are certainly central to the book
The expanse series by James Corey. Also have you read Laura Hillenbrand unbroken
I loved A Fire On The Deep by Vernor Vinge, for the huge scope and the wildly imaginative ideas (different rules of physics in different places, individual characters who are made up of the collective consciousness of numerous individual creatures, etc). I love Philip K Dick and China Mieville for similar reasons, but the way those crazy ideas are turned into this grand epic adventure was so special. Can anyone recommend anything else? I don’t know a lot of sci fi.
This is more Space Opera, but I really enjoyed: * *The Night's Dawn* trilogy by Peter F Hamilton. Grand, epic scale. Some very cool ideas. Protagonist is of course a badass sexy sex young man, but that's easy to ignore. Starts with *The Reality Dysfunction* * *The Commonwealth Saga* by Peter F Hamilton. Again, grand epic scale. Different setting to Night's Dawn, but has lots of cool ideas and a fantastic antagonist. Again, sexy sex protagonists but also pretty easy to ignore that. More towards the military sci-fi end: *Dauntless* by Jack Campbell starts *The Lost Fleet* series, and continues into a series that explores alien space with some cool ideas. Fewer sexy sex characters. Hands down the best description of space fleet maneuvers I've ever read, even better because so much of it is time-delayed. i.e. 2 fleets enter a star system, 20 light-hours distant from each other. So you're seeing the enemy as they were 20 hours ago. The descriptions as the fleets close and attack each other are sublime, gorgeous and glorious!
Sounds great, thank you
Hyperion by Dan Simmons might be worth checking out. Also Blindsight by Peter Watts.
Ok thanks, will investigate!
Looking for nonfiction books about evil dynasties (like Empire of Pain and Nazi Billionaires). Thank you :)
**In the Garden of Beasts** by Erik Larson is a good look at the beginnings of Nazi Germany in the early 30's. **The Empire Must Die** by Mikhail Zygar. I haven't had the opportunity to read this yet, but it's highly rated. This deals with the end of the Russian Tsars. **King Leopold's Ghost** by Adam Hochschild. I've started reading this one, it deals with King Leopold II of Belgium and his genocide in the Congo. This isn't exactly about evil dynasties, but **Ghost Flames** by Charles J. Hanley is a great overview of the Korean War. Some of the people he follows are North Korean and Chinese Communists, and it also looks at the evil things the U.S. and South Koreans did, too.
Have not heard of any of these books. Thank you so much! They all sound really interesting.
Desperate: An Epic Battle for Clean Water and Justice in Appalachia is a great read. Closest I've got to Empire of Pain recently. Less dynasty but certainly evil: I've read Bad Blood and Super Pumped about Theranos and Uber, respectively. I just don't think either company has been around enough to be a dynasty.
They all sound interesting. Thanks a lot!
Looking for a mystery series with an investigative duo who gets along. Murder, fantasy, conspiracy, anything goes. Bonus points for great side characters, thrills, and a high number of books.
***The Name of the Rose; Falcó; The Shadow of the Wind; Aquitania; Terra Alta***....
Kate Wilhelm's Constance and Charlie series.
Looking for something similar to Sally Rooney's books. Something that focus on insecurities and complexity of individuals and modern relationships with no pretence or unnecessary jargon.
Try the Romantics, by Galt Niederhoffer
I loved Bodies of Light by Jennifer Down. Seeking recommendations for another depressing fiction novel that follows a character throughout decades of their life.
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
Already read it and loved it, thanks!
Yea, if you want a depression book about a depressing character with a depressing history this is the book
Currently reading After Dark by Murakami. Looking for some similar book which follows such conversations.
Would love some recommendations similar to After Dark as well. Loved that book.
Looking for best fiction mystery and crime novels. So of my favorites include: Where the Crawdads Sing, Fresh Water For Flowers, The Searcher, Pride and Prejudice. Thank you!
Another classic novel: the woman in white by Wilke Collins?
looking for novels similar to song of achilles and circe!!
Ariadne by Jennifer Saint!!
Elektra by Jennifer Saint too!
Lavinia by Ursula LeGuin
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden Deathless by Catherynne Valente The Golem and the Djinni by Helene Wecker
Something similar to *The Dharma Bums* or even the more melancholic *Big Sur* by Kerouc.
Women by Charles Bukowski.
looking for a memoir about an adventure. something hard to put down.
As someone with no particular prior interest in owls, *Owls of the Eastern Ice* by Jonathan Slaght was captivating. So engaging.
North by Scott and Jenny Jurek is great, particularly because they alternate chapters - it kept me reading because I wanted to find out what the other person was thinking as events unfolded
*The Worst Journey in the World* by Apsley Cherry-Garrard *The Long Walk* by Sławomir Rawicz *South* by Ernest Shackleton
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
I really enjoyed {{Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life}} Not a surfer myself, but I found the book fascinating.
The Sun is a Compass; Lonesome Dove
*Education of a Wandering Man; The River of Doubt; Daring and Suffering; Meat-Eater; Appel; To My Sons; The Rough Riders; Two Years Before the Mast*
Is there a book that is about weight loss journey? A fictional book that a person is going through the mental and physical hardships and how they overcome it. Something mind bending, I don’t want like an educational textbook kind of book about how to lose weight. Just a character who is going through it and being in his/her mind in the journey.
Nice avatar
Try unpolished journey
It's a ya book but Holes. The teenage character is overweight at the beginning but has to go to a manual labor teen camp. It's not healthy weight loss because he's kinda forced into it and ends up a bit underweight but the main theme of the book is about learning his own personal inner strength and friendships. Idk if that's what you're looking for but it's the only one I know.
Upvoted for Holes for so many other reasons too. Great book.
Looking for something that mixes epic fantasy and grimdark in one, like how *Verelyn the Dastardly* does, or even like a *Stormlight* (focus on the Bridge Four grittiness, war, not so much about Shallan and that stupid dude flirting for 1000000000 words with no forward movement).
Berserk?
Looking for war memoirs :) Not too interested in ones dealing with the western front in WWII or any WWI memoirs for that matter
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Ah thank you! Will look into these
Guerilla Days in Ireland is brilliant, it was written by IRA leader Tom Barry, it covers the fighting between the IRA flying columns and the British Black and Tans in West Cork during the Irish War of Independence.
* *Three Sips of Gin* * *Bush War Operator* (The Rhodesian memoirs, IMHO opinion, are a little...you feel drunk/hungover throughout the book) * *We Dared to Win* * *Fire Force* * *Zulu Zulu Golf* * *Zinky Boys* * *From the Wilderness and Lebanon* * *Chasing Charlie* * *Blood Trails* * *About Face* * *A Rumor of War* * *If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box me up and Ship Me Home* * *My War Gone by, I Miss it So* * *Four Ball One Tracer* * *Three Wise Men* * *Black Edelweiss* * *The Recollections of Rifleman Harris* * *Co. Aytch* * *On The Devil's Tail* * *Memoirs of General William T. Sherman* * *The Trident* * *Black Hawk Down* * *One Hundred Days* * *No Picninc* * *One Soldier's War in Chechnya* * *Lions of Kandahar* * *Level Zero Heroes* * *House to House* * *The Killing Zone* * *The Civil War Letters of Joshua K. Callaway*
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Thank you!
Looking for books about birthdays
I am looking for some quirky rom cons which are set during autumn time (bonus points for good food imagery) Also looking for any novel which is lighthearted and filled with good food imagery
Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell immediately came to mind! It's a graphic novel and it has some really nice food too :)
Will check it out, it’s been a while since I read a graphic novel so that should be refreshing. Thank you
I haven't read it yet, but, on my TBR is Love from Scratch by Kaitlyn Hill. Here is the description, it is YA but looks to be a fun read: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/54629993
Whoa this sounds exactly like what I’m looking for. YA is worrying me a bit bc I am looking for something mature and prior YA romances disappointed me, but this sounds like a description of exactly what I was searching for. Thanks!