I’m looking for a book with interesting characters and vivid settings, where the main character (or group of characters) goes on a journey or explores a new place.
Realism, fantasy, or even non-fiction are all okay. I’m mostly looking for immersive descriptions that will make me temporarily forget I’m sitting on my own front porch, and maybe even haunt my dreams. Slow burns, poetic language, and mysterious situations are all welcome.
Some books I have loved:
**The Historian** by Elizabeth Kostova
**Into Thin Air** by Jon Krakauer
**The Lord of the Rings** by JRR Tolkien
**American Gods** and **Stardust** by Neil Gaiman
**The Grapes of Wrath** by John Steinbeck
**Annihilation** by Jeff VanderMeer
**11/22/63** and **The Stand** by Stephen King
Currently on deck (well, on my nightstand): Foucault’s Pendulum, House of Leaves, and Dune. Maybe something a bit lighter than those would be good to add to the pile.
Thank you!
by saule13
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A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson (non-fiction). He hikes the Appalachian Trail and it’s a great read and might be worth checking out.
Hippie – Pauolo Coelho
The Foundation series by Isaac Asimov
The first thing that came to mind is an older series about a female computer programmer in the ‘modern’ day (maybe the 1980s?) who ends up transported to a fantasy realm with magic and wizards – the Windrose Chronicles by Barbra Hambly is a fun series and starts with The Silent Tower. I’ve put the link to this below:
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/40962797
This series also introduced me to the term ‘chiaroscuro’, which I think is an artistic term meaning ‘the interplay of light and dark’. I enjoyed them when I read them a few years ago, hope you do too if you fancy giving them a go!