Im currently in a bit of a reading slump, and looking for something new to read. I like reading books from various different genres, classics, murder mystery, sci-fi, fantasy, modern classics etc.
Any suggestions would be much appreciated! Thanks!
Water Moon by Samantha Sotto Yambao, I read it in one sitting.
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Blood Over Bright Haven by ML Wang is one of my top reads this year.
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East of Eden.
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Under their roof by Kathleen Richards
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The Antidote by Karen Russell
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11.22.63 Stephen King……fantastic!
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Magus – stick with it
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Anything by Yukio Mishima
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I’ve been slacking for a couple weeks because I replaced my audiobook time with football obsession until we lose, but before that (and before starting wheel of time again) I absolutely loved Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc by Mark Twain. She’s inherently a fascinating character, and his portrayal is a masterpiece. I knew enough of the history to know how it would play out, >!and he still somehow manages to tug at “but maybe she won’t really get killed” emotion. It was absolutely devastating.!<
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James, The Nickel Boys, Pachinko
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The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
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The Borrowed by Chan Ho-Kei – mysteries
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The Correspondent
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The Shining by Stephen King.
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Over the years, I’ve read and reread Martha Grimes, “Richard Jury” series of detective novels.
Start with “a man with a load of mischief “ and go from there.
Also, Alan Furst wrote a wonderful series of spy novels set in the years leading up to and including WW2 – all set in Europe. They can be read in no particular order and include a lot of bisecting stories. Good stuff!
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11/22/63 and Remarkably Bright Creatures were a couple great reads I read recently.
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The Last Hour Between Worlds by Melissa Caruso and its sequel The Soul Among Wolves! I am proselytizing these books to every single person I know and quite a few I don’t! They are BRILLIANT!
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I read two books by Lisa Jewell because I loved a few of her books earlier in the year. While the two I read earlier were thrillers, these were like family dramas. I loved them. One was “The Third Wife” and the other was “The House We Grew Up In”
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The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks
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Legends and Lattes because it required absolutely nothing from me and I needed something low stakes with no stress because the world feels like it’s going to hell in a handbasket. 🫠
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We Have Always Lived in the Castle – Shirley Jackson
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead – Tokarczuk
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Devotion of suspect X by Higashino Keigo. I like all his murder mystery works anyway.
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haunting of hill house, Shirley Jackson
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Just finished Sally Rooney’s Normal People which was brilliant and 2/3 of the way through Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon and it’s a very fun read!
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The Shipping News
Fingersmith
The Magus
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I just finished We, the Drowned by Carsten Jensen earlier today and would highly recommend. It’s vast, haunting, complex, deeply resonating, and beautifully written.
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The Devils, by Joe Abercrombie, and Hemlock And Silver, by T. Kingfisher. Fabulous stories.
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Greenwood by Michael Christie!
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The River is Waiting by Wally lamb.
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A Prayer For Owen Meany
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Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao.
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Just finished In Cold Blood. Was excellent. Haunting
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The Correspondent by Virginia Evans
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We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler. Was advised to go into it without looking at the blurb or learning anything about it before I read it and I am glad I did. Basic premise is a family with two girls and a boy where one daughter goes missing and then the son runs away a few years later leaving the other daughter to deal with the impact. It was an engaging and emotional read (and also quite funny).
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My favourite read of the year (unless something dethrones it over the next month and a half) has been **The Tainted Cup by Robert Bennett Jackson**.
Other books that were among my top books of the year (in no particular order):
– Tombland by C. J. Sansom (final book in the Matthew Shardlake historical mystery series)
– Come With Me by Ronald Malfi
– Boys in the Valley by Philip Fracassi
– Pine by Francine Toon
– The Gathering by C.J. Tudor
– Have His Carcase by Dorothy Sayers
– King of the Bosporus, Destroyer of Cities, and Force of Kings by Christian Cameron (last 3 books in ancient historical fiction series that I started last year)
– Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein
– The Haar by David Sodergren
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Space Opera by Catherynne Valente
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I Lock My Door Upon Myself by Joyce Carol Oates
Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang
Close Range by Annie Proulx
The Best Minds by Jonathan Rosen
These were all 5 star reads for me ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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“Hitchhikers,” by Chevy Stevens. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 NOT A SPOILER. As a teenager in the 1970s we were always told not to hitchhike because you never know the intentions of the person (people) who pick you up. when I was old enough to drive I was taught never to hitchhikers because I could never know what their intentions were. This book solidified both of these lessons. This book is so scary. I’m not finished with it yet. I can’t wait to see how it ends but I’m afraid to find out.
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*The Wall* by Marlen Haushofer and *The Names* by Florence Knapp.
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Lincoln in the Bardo
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THe Bridge Kingdom by Danielle Jensen
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Finishing up 11/22/63, and I am obsessed!
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Reclaiming Kalākaua by Tiffany Lani Ing.
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The Jasad Crown – Sara Hashem
“I can’t promise to always stay, I said to his skin. But I can promise to never stop trying to come back”.
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*Red star over the third world* by Vijay Prashad
Water Moon by Samantha Sotto Yambao, I read it in one sitting.
Blood Over Bright Haven by ML Wang is one of my top reads this year.
East of Eden.
Under their roof by Kathleen Richards
The Antidote by Karen Russell
11.22.63 Stephen King……fantastic!
Magus – stick with it
Anything by Yukio Mishima
I’ve been slacking for a couple weeks because I replaced my audiobook time with football obsession until we lose, but before that (and before starting wheel of time again) I absolutely loved Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc by Mark Twain. She’s inherently a fascinating character, and his portrayal is a masterpiece. I knew enough of the history to know how it would play out, >!and he still somehow manages to tug at “but maybe she won’t really get killed” emotion. It was absolutely devastating.!<
James, The Nickel Boys, Pachinko
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
The Borrowed by Chan Ho-Kei – mysteries
The Correspondent
The Shining by Stephen King.
Over the years, I’ve read and reread Martha Grimes, “Richard Jury” series of detective novels.
Start with “a man with a load of mischief “ and go from there.
Also, Alan Furst wrote a wonderful series of spy novels set in the years leading up to and including WW2 – all set in Europe. They can be read in no particular order and include a lot of bisecting stories. Good stuff!
11/22/63 and Remarkably Bright Creatures were a couple great reads I read recently.
The Last Hour Between Worlds by Melissa Caruso and its sequel The Soul Among Wolves! I am proselytizing these books to every single person I know and quite a few I don’t! They are BRILLIANT!
I read two books by Lisa Jewell because I loved a few of her books earlier in the year. While the two I read earlier were thrillers, these were like family dramas. I loved them. One was “The Third Wife” and the other was “The House We Grew Up In”
The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks
Legends and Lattes because it required absolutely nothing from me and I needed something low stakes with no stress because the world feels like it’s going to hell in a handbasket. 🫠
We Have Always Lived in the Castle – Shirley Jackson
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead – Tokarczuk
Devotion of suspect X by Higashino Keigo. I like all his murder mystery works anyway.
haunting of hill house, Shirley Jackson
Just finished Sally Rooney’s Normal People which was brilliant and 2/3 of the way through Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon and it’s a very fun read!
The Shipping News
Fingersmith
The Magus
I just finished We, the Drowned by Carsten Jensen earlier today and would highly recommend. It’s vast, haunting, complex, deeply resonating, and beautifully written.
The Devils, by Joe Abercrombie, and Hemlock And Silver, by T. Kingfisher. Fabulous stories.
Greenwood by Michael Christie!
The River is Waiting by Wally lamb.
A Prayer For Owen Meany
Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao.
Just finished In Cold Blood. Was excellent. Haunting
The Correspondent by Virginia Evans
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler. Was advised to go into it without looking at the blurb or learning anything about it before I read it and I am glad I did. Basic premise is a family with two girls and a boy where one daughter goes missing and then the son runs away a few years later leaving the other daughter to deal with the impact. It was an engaging and emotional read (and also quite funny).
My favourite read of the year (unless something dethrones it over the next month and a half) has been **The Tainted Cup by Robert Bennett Jackson**.
Other books that were among my top books of the year (in no particular order):
– Tombland by C. J. Sansom (final book in the Matthew Shardlake historical mystery series)
– Come With Me by Ronald Malfi
– Boys in the Valley by Philip Fracassi
– Pine by Francine Toon
– The Gathering by C.J. Tudor
– Have His Carcase by Dorothy Sayers
– King of the Bosporus, Destroyer of Cities, and Force of Kings by Christian Cameron (last 3 books in ancient historical fiction series that I started last year)
– Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein
– The Haar by David Sodergren
Space Opera by Catherynne Valente
I Lock My Door Upon Myself by Joyce Carol Oates
Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang
Close Range by Annie Proulx
The Best Minds by Jonathan Rosen
These were all 5 star reads for me ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
“Hitchhikers,” by Chevy Stevens. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 NOT A SPOILER. As a teenager in the 1970s we were always told not to hitchhike because you never know the intentions of the person (people) who pick you up. when I was old enough to drive I was taught never to hitchhikers because I could never know what their intentions were. This book solidified both of these lessons. This book is so scary. I’m not finished with it yet. I can’t wait to see how it ends but I’m afraid to find out.
*The Wall* by Marlen Haushofer and *The Names* by Florence Knapp.
Lincoln in the Bardo
THe Bridge Kingdom by Danielle Jensen
Finishing up 11/22/63, and I am obsessed!
Reclaiming Kalākaua by Tiffany Lani Ing.
The Jasad Crown – Sara Hashem
“I can’t promise to always stay, I said to his skin. But I can promise to never stop trying to come back”.
Yearning level up.