hello! i think my algorithm thinks i enjoy crappy YA novels where the FMC is just ridiculously unlikeable with a plot that makes no sense and ridiculous tropes.
i would like to shine a batman beacon in the sky and ask for your help to recommend me some (in your opinion) good books. here are some of the stuff i enjoy:
- high stakes
- thematics that comment about class, corrupt governments, elitism, etc
- horror
- adventure!
- fantasy sounds fun too
- zombies! detectives! dystopia! zombie detectives in a dystopia!
i also personally prefer third-person writing compared to first-person because a lot of times it feels like im a ghost in a person’s body rather than the character itself. (often they’re white-centric and i am so asian)
i’m also someone who studies international politics and enjoys learning about economic downfalls, historic events that aren’t talked about, etc etc. i am also into hellenism! so if anyone has anything about that, it would be nice too 🙂
thank you so much in advance in helping me not spend $30 on a book where i won’t make it past the first chapter.
by saintdoomx
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11/22/63 by Stephen king might be up your alley
Highly recommend a library card to start with but you might enjoy Hammajang Luck. It’s a heist novel several of the themes you mention are addressed. (This book was not a favorite of mine but..) or Sargassa by Sophie Burnham – a cool book imagining if the Roman Empire never fell and colonized most of the globe. Also Rebecca Roanhorse Black Sun -pre Colombian fantasy world with horror, political scheming, murder, mayhem. A crow king…
I recommend going to the library and then you can try several books without having to spend money. I hate buying books because if I don’t like the book then it hurts even worse. Booksellers and librarians can be really good in recommending books because they take a more nuanced approach moreso than randos on reddit.