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If you loved Lonesome Dove, try The Last Picture Show or Texasville (both also by Larry McMurtry)
For some time now i have been looking for fantasy/steampunk books that have a similair world to the Skylanders video games, where the world is made up of floating islands that can be travelled by airships. Most Steampunk stories i have been recomended so far have always been extremely dark or depressing, which is not what i am looking for and i havent found any (high) fantasy books with airships or similair travel. I really wish there was a book that feels like [this](http://www.theoverclocker.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/unigine-heaven-4-benchmark-5.jpg) (from the Heaven benchmark software) or [like this](https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/skylanders/images/6/64/Castle-SkylandersAcademy.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20161003191518) (skylanders)…
Thanks for any recomandation.
Does anyone know of good non-fiction books on the cultural history of animals? I know there’s a six-volume history, but it looks too academic and it doesn’t seem to be easy to get hold of. It can be about a specific species or animals in general. I would like to find something about the cultural significance of animals, the relationship between humans and animals, animals in art / religion / people’s everyday life or related topics.
i loved the psychological thriller The Silent Patient. Any other books like that??
1. First I’d like to ask if anyone could help me find a book I saw on a social media feed. It just had the first page of the book and was in first person, basically informing the reader not to trust the rest of the book. I specifically remember one of the lines being “Is this a memoir?” and challenging if the book is fact or fiction. I believe it had a male author. The feed refreshed before I could see what the book was and I was intrigued but Googling has gotten me nowhere!!
EDIT: The book was “This is Twisted” by Steve Cavanagh
1. While I’m here – could anyone recommend a book where the MCs are together already at the beginning of the book? It could really be any genre but I’m tired of reading books with a romance plot and most of the tension comes from “will they?” but of course they will. It could be mystery, horror, fantasy whatever but I’d love a power couple story.
Thanks! <3
Does anyone know where to start for dark fantasy? I’ve been wanting to get into some darker stuff but wasn’t sure what to get into. I love anything magic, dragons, political intrigue. Bonus points if there’s any sort of queer rep, but not mandatory
Hi All! My younger brother (11y/o) has been burning through the Harry Potter books. He is on the final book now and only started reading them half a year ago so he’s reading really fast. He was reading before this but didn’t enjoy it as much or wanted to read all the time. I’m not sure how to keep it going when he’s done and I’m scared that he will loose his drive to read… what books would you recommend for me to get him that he would enjoy?
Thank you so much<3
I’m looking for a nonfiction book about the slave trade in the Amazon Rubber industry in the 19th and 20th centuries.
I was reading *The Lost City of Z* and this section sounded really interesting, yet rage-inducing:
‘In one instance along the Putamayo River in Peru, the horros inflicted on the Indians became so notorious that the British government launched an investigation after it was revealed that the perpetratorshad sold shares in their company on the London Stock Exchange. Evidence showed that the Peruvian Amazon Company had committed virtual genocide in attempting to pacify and enslave the native population: it castrated and beheaded Indians, poured gasoline on them and lit them afire, crucified them upside down, beat them,mutilated them, starved them, drowned them, and fed them to dogs. The company’s henchmen also raped women and girls and smashed children’s heads open.’
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‘It is no exaggeration to say that this information as to the methods employed in the collection of rubber by the agents of the company surpass in horror anything hitherto reported to the civilized world during the last century’
I’ve been wanting to read The Priory of the Orange Tree for a long time but just found out that A Day of Fallen Night, which was released second, is the prequel. Which one should I read first to give the best experience? Thank you! 🙂
I want a book on how to be super focused on your goals/purpose in life and how to live a life aligned with them
Decent modern horror that isn’t written by King (no hate, just read all of his stuff!)
I am the aunt who buys all the nieces and nephews books for Christmas.
My oldest nephew, 12 years old, very bright and loves reading, was reading the Iliad during Thanksgiving. I think he’s probably at a 10th grade reading level? He loves archaeology, biology, history, and magic, and mythology. He has already read most of the Percy Jackson, Harry Potter, and the Odyssey. I was thinking of buying him Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman, but any other recommendations?
I’m looking for a book somebody that really likes Lee Child, Clive Cussler, and Tom Clancy.
What other authors gives the same kinda vibes as the authors listed above?
Thanks in advance!
Does anyone have a book rec that matches some of Orville Peck’s music’s vibes? In case you’re not familiar with it, I’d say his music’s very western, queer, with themes of loneliness, yearning
I’m looking for something for my daughter. She’s 19 and had a shitty last year–bad grades, bad events, ~~boyfriend who is in a worse emotional state than her yet still manages to be something of an arrogant shit~~ challenging relationship issues. I’m looking for a novel that will motivate and inspire her.
Just wondering if anyone has any recommendations for audiobooks that are gone back in time, or isekai (transported to another world/alternate world)?
It can be in a world with/without magic (although preferably with magic), litrpg or no litepg, I don’t mind.
However, I’m looking for one where the mc goes back to or is reincarnated/whatever to a child (whether that be 12 or even younger). I’m looking for one where the MC is actually affected by being in a child’s body and having a child’s brain.
I’ve been listening to Bog Standard Iseakai (would recommend) and it’s refreshing to see this explored, rather than basically having an adults experiences/memories and being completely unaffected by being in a child’s body like so many others.
While in bog standard isekai it isn’t explored a tonne, I’d like to see what other authors have done when exploring this. Examples from that book are feelings of loneliness ( kinda spoiler, >!but he doesn’t have a family, he ends up adopted and living with a single man that knows he has memories of a past life!<), emotional outbursts and enjoying things a kid would etc.
So I guess I’m looking for something that shows emotion, isn’t afraid to pull at heartstrings and exploring how it’d really be and feel to be reincarnated as an adult into a child’s body, while also being affected by being an actual child now.
Thanks for any recommendations! 😁