There are some subreddits where I see a lot of the same book being recommended regardless of the prompt. Not that they’re bad, just that I’ve seen a lot of them already. I’m looking for something that’s not something I would’ve stumbled upon if not recommended to me. Open to the genre but I love thrillers, historical fiction, sci-fi, fantasy even non-fiction etc. Not really into romance, at least as its own genre.
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‘English Passengers’ by Matthew Kneale
The Sellout
If you want something you probably haven’t come across, try *The Awareness Paradox* series by Voss Lumen.
Alassian Born from Lynn Oakwood.
The Billion Dollar Spy by David Hoffman (non-fiction – highly detailed retelling of the CIA’s most important spy operating in Moscow during the peak years of the cold war)
*House Number 12 Block Number 3* by Sana Balagamwala! I won it in a Goodreads giveaway a few years ago and loved it but it never seemed to take off with a wider audience.
Historical fiction based on a true story. The Sisters of Auschwitz by Roxane van Iperen.
Replay by Ken Grimwood. Has a pretty substantial following on Reddit, but I think it’s still kind of under the radar overall.
Six Thousand Years of Bread by Heinrich Jacob.
Vineland by Thomas Pynchon
Mortal Protection Services
Arachnoextinction
Two completed, pretty well edited (especially for Royal Road) insure stories you’ve never heard of, absolutely free.
narabedla inc by frederik pohl for scifi. simon kernick for thriller, I’m the only one mentioning the poor guy here and there.
Qualityland
*The Animators* By Kayla Rae Whitaker
334 by Thomas Disch
The Man Who Spoke Snakish. By Andrus Kivirähk.
Demon Copperhead /s
Do-Loon-Ai Express: The Mind Experiment
TRAVELLER – historical fiction
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12441.Traveller
Game Without Rules by Michael Gilbert
I’ve got two!
I recommend *Lakewood* by Megan Giddings all of the time because it’s just so absurd and weird and unsettling. It won’t be for everyone but I thought it was just such a fun time. I never hear anyone else talking about this one.
And the other is *Marcovaldo* by Italo Calvino. I don’t see it talked about as much as his more popular works. It’s just really surreal and comical and delightful, but also relatable?
Not Really by Stefan Eberhard. Hidden gem all the way.
The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater
Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz is a delightful little palate cleanser about a group of discarded military robots who decide to open a noodle shop.
Johannes Cabal The Necromancer by Jonathan L. Howard
Spider Heist.
Night Film by Marisha Pessl.