The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
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Same. Its the book series that most shaped my younger years and love of world building and fantasy fiction.
- the colour purple by Alice walker
- the seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
I'm a sucker for books that have the main character fight so hard for who they are and who they want to be. To see their transformation and growth into the people they stand proud as at the end of the day? 🥺
And yes the MCs are both queer!
(Feel free to drop a reply/pm to rec books like this!)
motorcycle diaries by che guevara
i don't necessarily think it is a masterpiece, and i'm aware che is quite the controversial character, but the book struck all the right cords for me. adventure and history are some of my favorite themes, which was an immediate plus, but what had me hooked were the encounters with common folk. can't quite put into words why, frankly.
The Archive of Alternate Endings by Lindsey Drager is my absolute favorite.
honorable mentions:
- Slumberland by Paul Beatty
- A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
- Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
- Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
- The Thought Gang by Tibor Fischer
- The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
- The Cider House Rules by John Irving
Right now only these come to my mind:
- The Three Body Problem trilogy by Liu Cixin - I am on part two and can't stop reading, it is already joining my favourite books, whole-heartedly recommended. They are sci-fi books. :)
- "Rumo" and "The 13 1⁄2 Lives of Captain Bluebear" by Walter Moers (read in German but available in English), wonderful fantasy books, extremely creative and well written.
The Percy Jackson series is probably my favorite, still even as an adult. It's my comfort book series.
I’m a huge fan of a natural history of dragons by Marie Brennan and the rest of books in the series. Also been obsessed with Kim Harrison’s The Hollows series since my partner introduced it to me lol
Well, not sure if Light Novels are accepted, but Mushoku Tensei by Rifujin na Magonote is unquestionably my favourite. Whilst it's understandably critiqued for it's choice of unsavoury topics, it's the only book I've ever read that tells the story of a person genuinely learning from, and reflecting upon the mistakes they've made in the past.
Also Holes by Louis Sacher is pretty neato.
World War Z
Gone With the Wind