I’ve got a long flight coming up and I’m looking for a book that’ll pull me in fast and keep me reading. I want something immersive, emotionally satisfying, and not too heavy — just a well-told story that I won’t want to put down.
Books I’ve loved:
The Secret History,
If We Were Villains
The Goldfinch (slow start but worth it)
Dungeon Crawler Carl
Legends & Lattes
Anything by Casey McQuiston
Innkeeper Chronicles by Ilona Andrews
Gideon the Ninth
The House in the Cerulean Sea
The Priory of the Orange Tree
The Midnight Library
Good Omens (though I’m not usually into Neil Gaiman)
Becky Chambers — everything
Men Have Called Her Crazy
The Indifferent Stars Above
Books I didn’t really click with:
A Deadly Education (wanted to like it more than I did)
Fourth Wing (great concept, but the writing didn’t work for me)
The Atlas Six (put down early, might try again)
What I’m into:
Found family, queerness, dry humor, emotional arcs, a bit of magic or strangeness, and
Cozy fantasy and dark academia both work for me.
Horror is cool as long as there’s no animal death or excessive gore.
I don’t dislike nonfiction — I just prefer memoirs or anything with a strong narrative voice.
Format doesn’t matter. Genre doesn’t matter. I just want a good story that’ll hold my attention.
by ChaoticCuration