I read mostly horror, mysteries and romances.
I do read some fantasy, but I will say it's stuff like Pratchett or MZB's The Mists of Avalon (I purchased it before I knew of her crimes, and read some of it).
Conditions:
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I'm an uncultured monoglot, so English only, please!
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Smut is fine, but not Daddy Kink or BDSM. Sorry, no offence to anyone who is into it but I know I will hate that, I have tried to read it before and just can't. Ditto Harem Lit. As a heterosexual female I'm not the target audience.
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Must be available in my country (Australia) and cost a reasonable amount. Shipping costs a BOMB here and an out of print Canadian YA book from 1995 will likely end up being $65 AUD for shipping a 20 dollar book. I have limited mobility so cannot go to op shops (aka secondhand shops) and mostly order online.
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Library book availability varies by country and council (municipal) area.
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Absolutely NO fictional horror heavily based on true crime cases/events. By this I mean things like Alma Katsu's The Hunger, Jack Ketchum's The Girl Next Door, or Poppy Z. Brite's Exquisite Corpse. Books set during real-life events are fine (example: books about a fictional spy during WWI). Books that thinly fictionalise a normal true crime victim by changing the names and serial numbers are a hard no, sorry.
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Books discussing or dealing with or critical of (any) religion/s are fine, fond humour is fine. Example: Pratchett's Discworld books. But books whose authors simply mock or vilify entire cultures and/or religious figures are not. Example: Song of Kali by Dan Simmons. I don't care to read something that treats my religion (or any other) with the same old "hurr durr monster-worshipping pagans" crap.
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Carter Beats the Devil
The Illuminatus Triolgy – Robert Anton Wilson
Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz
Mister B. Gone by Clive Barker. I’ve almost finished it, and it’s certainly not what I expected. It’s quippy, it’s sad, it’s hilarious at times (had his heart broken by his first love, whom he’s interacted with for all of 30 minutes or so. It will be a loooong time before he trusts and loves again…maybe even a whole week!), horrifying if you’re easily scared/offended (he’s a literal demon and he’s bathing in the blood of newborns at one point). The character speaks directly to the reader, the character IS the book. Solid 4/5 from me, it read like a gruesome but funny fairytale.
A Touch of Darkness by Scarlett St Clair
*My Friend Flicka* by Mary O’Hara.
I’ll suggest Stephen Baxter’s Vacuum Diagrams
It’s part of the Xeelee Sequence of sci-fi novels and it’s real out there. Baxter’s background is in mathematics not literature and it really shows. I really like it, and there’s probably a 30% chance you’ll really like it to
Jorge Amado: Dona Flor and her Two Husbands