The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making
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Where the Dark Stands Still
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The Berkut by Joseph Heywood. Historical fiction set around Hitler’s escape at the end of the war. Absolute page turner. Fantastic read!
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Unless it shows up as “suggest me fucked up books,” I’ll never recommend Tampa by Alyssa Nutting to another soul on this planet.
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The Gone World by Tom Sweterlitsch
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2666 by Bolano. It’s amazing but I wouldn’t recommend it to like 99% of people. It’s long. It’s dark. It doesn’t provide narrative arc many readers seek. But it’s also one of the best books I’ve read.
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If you like westerns then I recommend anything by Elmer Kelton.
And another book that I’ve recommended before but it seems like I’m the only person that has ever read it:
“Hadrian’s Walls” by Stephen Draper
It starts off with the protagonist, Hadrian Coleman, driving through the backroads of east Texas on his way home to Sheperdsville (the headquarters of the Texas prison system) for a pardon for a murder that he committed while a teenager. He escaped from prison and has been a fugitive for over a decade.
The rest of the book is flashbacks to the crime, his life on the run and readjusting to life back in society. The title comes from his name and the prison unit in downtown Sheperdsville, known as “The Walls.” The town is based on real life Huntsville, TX which is where the main prison of the Texas prison system is located.
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You never get to recommend Project Hail Mary? I feel like I recommend it at least once a day and twice on weekends.
Anyhoo, my answer is My Name Is Iris: A Novel
Book by Brando Skyhorse. I read it a couple of years ago and still think about it. It’s a sort of generational immigrant story (fiction) with touches of magical realism.
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The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making
Where the Dark Stands Still
The Berkut by Joseph Heywood. Historical fiction set around Hitler’s escape at the end of the war. Absolute page turner. Fantastic read!
Unless it shows up as “suggest me fucked up books,” I’ll never recommend Tampa by Alyssa Nutting to another soul on this planet.
The Gone World by Tom Sweterlitsch
2666 by Bolano. It’s amazing but I wouldn’t recommend it to like 99% of people. It’s long. It’s dark. It doesn’t provide narrative arc many readers seek. But it’s also one of the best books I’ve read.
If you like westerns then I recommend anything by Elmer Kelton.
And another book that I’ve recommended before but it seems like I’m the only person that has ever read it:
“Hadrian’s Walls” by Stephen Draper
It starts off with the protagonist, Hadrian Coleman, driving through the backroads of east Texas on his way home to Sheperdsville (the headquarters of the Texas prison system) for a pardon for a murder that he committed while a teenager. He escaped from prison and has been a fugitive for over a decade.
The rest of the book is flashbacks to the crime, his life on the run and readjusting to life back in society. The title comes from his name and the prison unit in downtown Sheperdsville, known as “The Walls.” The town is based on real life Huntsville, TX which is where the main prison of the Texas prison system is located.
You never get to recommend Project Hail Mary? I feel like I recommend it at least once a day and twice on weekends.
Anyhoo, my answer is My Name Is Iris: A Novel
Book by Brando Skyhorse. I read it a couple of years ago and still think about it. It’s a sort of generational immigrant story (fiction) with touches of magical realism.