I want to start reading books from the Library, but don’t know where to start. Also, since I’m starting out, I’m not looking for series recommendations right now.
Here’s some ideas about what I like:
I hate romance books, (there can be a romance in the story, but I don’t want it to be the main focus).
I like sci-fi stories (think X-files, ET, Stranger Things, Star Wars. Mostly space related with weird creatures). I also really liked “Ready Player One”. The idea of a completely virtual world was very interesting to me. “Circuit of Heaven” by Dennis Danvers had a similar feel that I really loved. I also really enjoyed “The Mark of the Dragonfly” by Jaleigh Johnson.
I love mythology, especially Egyptian mythology, and myths about dragons.
I love the “Wings of Fire” series by Tui T. Sutherland, and “The Last Dragon Chronicles” by Chris D’Lacey.
I like ghost stories, and so far my favorite author (in that genre) has been Darcy Coates. I am not a Steven King fan.
I don’t tend to like mysteries, I prefer to know more than the characters.
I would also like some books with a gay trans man as a main character, but I’d prefer if romance was not the main theme.
Also I’m 20 years old, so adult books are fine.
by DamienAngel79
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*Project Hail Mary* might be a fun start.
Christopher Brookmyre: Bedlam
Ann Leckie: Ancillary trilogy
Robin Hobb: the Rainwild Chronicles starting the Dragon Keeper
Brit Bennett: the Vanishing Half
I’m just gonna drop my list here.
Important books
Non fiction:
All we can save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the climate crisis. (2020) Collection of essays edited by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Katharine K. Wilkinson
A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy (2024) a memoir by Tia Levings
The Man They Wanted Me to Be: Toxic Masculinity and a Crisis of Our Own Making
(2019) by Jared Yates Sexton
Of Boys and Men : Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do About It (2022) by Richard Reeves
The Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe: How to Know What’s Really Real in a World Increasingly Full of Fake (2018) by Steven Novella
The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity(2018) by Nadine Burke Harris
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, Or Self-Involved Parents (2015) by Lindsay Gibson
The Resilience Myth: New Thinking on Grit, Strength, and Growth After Trauma (2024) by Soraya Chemaly
Fiction:
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine (2017) by Gail Honeyman
Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead: A Novel (2021) by Emily Austin
Parable of the Sower (1993) and Parable of the Talents (1998) by Octavia E. Butler
Strongly recommend the red rising series! I don’t like sci fi, but I LOVED these books.
Congratulations on your library card!
Don’t cheat yourself out of nonfiction. Anything by Caitlin Doughty, Mary Roach, Judy Melinek or Rose George will be more fun than you’d think
The Witch King by H.E. Edgmon is a very well-written fantasy/mythology book with a queer trans man as the protagonist. There is some romance, but it’s mostly a book about friendships, political intrigue, magic and more.
Gabe Cole Novoa and F.T. Lukens also write a lot of good standalone sci-fi and fantasy books featuring genderqueer protagonists.
For sci-fi focused on a virtual world, I would recommend Warcross by Marie Lu.
To Shape a Dragon’s Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose is also an excellent book if you are interested in mythology surrounding dragons.