@@mireilleoppenheimer6662 I can see why. I haven't read a lot of his books yet, but I remember liking his trippy writing style when I read 'Full Tilt' On a completely unrelated note, how do you feel about authors like Gordon Korman or Darren Shan, if you're familiar with their books?
@@36moshpit7 Unfortunately I haven't read any of Gordon Korman's works, but I plan on reading Darren Shan's Cirque du Freak. My favorite authors are Jane Austen and Brandon Sanderson, though Neil Shusterman is pretty close behind
@@mireilleoppenheimer6662 I don't think I've read any of Austen's books, but the 'Pride and Prejudice' copy my sister got me has been sitting on my shelf for the past three weeks, so I'll probably find myself reading it sooner or later. I saw Sanderson wrote the Mistborn books, which I've seen around a lot, but never read. For Cirque du Freak, you might want to read the manga alongside it, it's pretty good. There's also the Demonata series and 'The Thin Executioner' by Shan, which I liked a lot. Gordon Korman mostly writes situational comedy. Growing up with his books might've made me a little biased, but his writing style always made me laugh at least once per book, even if I had no interest in the subject matter. He mostly writes YA (middle to high school) which is kind of a shame, but he's still one of my favorite authors. I'd need a refresher reading binge, but books I recommend are 'Schooled, Son of the Mob, Born To Rock, and 'The Juvie Three'. Cool name, by the way.
For the one looking for a sassy robot... maybe a sassy demon will also scratch that itch? The Bartimaeus trilogy offers a sarcastic / hilarious look on humankind from a demon's perspective.
Time travelling (my favourite type of books): Love and Gravity, History interrupted (West, East and North), The impossible lives of Greta Wells, the girl from everywhere, House of Oak series. Asian mythology: I bring the fire series ( mix greek, nordic and indian mythology), Empress of all seasons ( japanese mythology), poison's kiss and Poison's cage ( Indian inspired).
Love seeing Sufficiently Advanced Magic recommended! I’d recommend it for anyone who enjoys worldbuilding that comes in exposition and through character actions. It’s fun to discuss with friends! War of Broken Mirrors and Six Sacred Swords take place on the same world featuring some of the same characters.
For fun and lighthearted sans romance, I unironically recommend Ursula Vernon's Hamster Princess series. For graphic novels, Squirrel Girl is so cute and fun. And maybe some Wodehouse? Short and action-packed, try the Kris Longknife series! Not novella-short but they're zippy light reads. Playing a little fast and loose with the 'pirate book' definition, but give the Bloody Jack series a try for SURE. Magical dream fantasy, try Robin McKinley! Rose Daughter and Spindles End especially. Also Elizabeth Goudge with Little White Horse.
I don't think I've ever seen anyone recommend the Bloody Jack series before. I love that series and haven't read it in ages. It is nice to be reminded of it.
Sherlock Holmes like: The Tea Master and the Detective, Vietnamese inspired Sci Fi where Holmes is a women and Watson a spaceship(for the latter part I have to credit Mary Robinette Kowal, that was her blurb)
I thought I haven't read enough sci-fi novels to not figure out what Time Taveling is. Then I realized it's just a typo. Pardon me for that. 😅 I love how you've included Winnie the Pooh books. 🤓 Great shirt, Merphy. 🥰
with the Dear Authors this is one of my favorite types of videos! Has a similar vibe to the If you liked this you will like this videos, they always make me discover new and interesting books!
Just ordered Foundryside, thank you for responding to my question! I just started the Bobiverse books, a great addition to the AI-esque (AI-ish?) library :)
So many books to read, I wish I would have gotten back into reading much earlier. But I feel even then my list would still be just as long, only with different books.
I really want to pick up 11/22/63 Something about it just speaks to me. I do agree that an Unkindness of Magicians is a great hidden gem. I thought it was really fun and I am curious to see what will happen with the sequel because it ended without really needing one.
Thanks for the recommendations! The burning looks really interesting, I'll have to add that to my to read list. I'm new to your channel, and am a huge fan of your content, and am wondering if you take series recommendations. If you do, I think you might like Codex Alera and The Ranger's Apprentice and i'm be interested in seeing your reviews of them. Maybe you've already read these and I just missed it. Keep up the great work!
As a bookseller I love these! Super helpful! If anyone has recommendations for books with a music based magic system, I’m desperate. Preferably something slightly more recent but I’ll take anything at this point. 😂 For the person who wants magical realism towards the end: Ten Thousand Doors of January & The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue.
Soprano Sorceress by L.E. Modesitt Jr. Middle Aged Opera singer is transported to a world where magic is controlled by song and only men are taught to sing. Spellsinger series by Alan Dean Foster. Comes up as the inspiration for the previous series.
I haven't read it so I don't know if its any good but Ruinsong by Julie Ember is supposed to have a music based magic system and it came out today so it's very recent
Glen Cook is generally considered grimdark. I read part of his Dread Empire series and did not like it. However, I loved his Instrumentalities of the Night series.
Might not be up anyone's alley, but does anyone know of a book that has the same feel as Raiders of the Lost Ark? I can't seem to find the actual old school books anywhere so maybe someone has recommendations for something similar?
The Burning by Evan Winter( first book being The Rage of Dragons) The Shadow of what was lost by James Islington although your gonna have to give the beginning some time.
I want something with good prose and a mysterious book with a few horror vibes to it (no king, please 😅) And not necessarily all elements in one book, maybe separately
Depends on the kind of prose you prefer but Jonathan Strange & mr Norrell is written similarly to an Austen book (but came out 2005). It's an alternate history gothic novel about two magicians (and fairies) during the napolionic war. I wouldn't call it scary, but it has it's creepy moments. It's one of my favourit books but If you don't like long, slow paced, character driven books (with page long worldbuilding footnotes) it won't be for you
@@TiliaHaggstrom hey thanks, i bought jonathan strange earlier this year just before the pandemic, but due to the Lockdown situation had to relocate quickly and leave behind that chunky 900page drift, so although I have the physical copy of the book and I have read initial pages (yes, those were some good prose), i think I would have to wait till next year to actually complete it coz I really don't wanna buy a new copy for it, maybe you have something else along the similar line?
@@shubhamtiwari9472 I definitely get why you wouldn't want to log it around, it's a big book! I read JS&MN pretty recently, and since it became a new favourite I’ve been trying to find similar books myself but I haven’t started any yet so I don’t know how similar/good they are. The first obvious one is Piranesi, by the same author, but you might not want to commit to buying a second book by an author you haven’t read yet. The most frequently recommended have been Little, Big by John Crowley (strange and magical book about a family and fairies with nice prose) and Mervyn Peak’s Gormenghast books, which are supposed to be extremely well written fantasy with gothic elements. Some people have also mentioned Lud-in-the-Mist by Hope Mirrlees, which is pre-Tolkien fantasy. Another book that I'm looking forward to, but also haven't read, is Senlin Ascends by Josiah Bancroft. I don't think it's super similar to JS&MN but it's supposed to be similarly written to literary fiction but with steampunk/fantasy elements. Lastly (I promise this is the last one, this is a VERY long comment. Sorry, I got excited) I also just picked up Under the Pendulum sun by Jeannette Ng. It’s quite divisive from what I’ve seen and I don’t know how the prose is but it seems really creepy. From what I’ve gathered it’s a gothic novel about a women trying to find her brother who went as a missionary to faerie - trying to convert the fae. It’s supposedly really creepy. I’m looking forward to all of these, hopefully you find something interesting to read!
Sir Apropos of Nothing. Is pretty close. He finds out he is the anti chosen one. Refuses to join with his father after beating the chosen one. Will Wight's Travelers Gate series. The prophesied chosen one falls to madness and becomes an evil dictator. Also Demons of Astlan. Dude becomes a demon is persecuted for it. Everyone he meets thinks he is the big bad Demon. Waldo Rabbit, really bad Dark Mage tries to fulfill his right of passage quest. Hijinks ensue.
Hi, does anyone have a suggestion about books with some LGBTQ + representation (and maybe romance), but possibly in a fantasy book? Like as a subplot or something...
The Six of Crows duology has great gay and bi characters/relationships. The Stormlight Archive has some asexual representation, but you'll have to get further into the series for that. I've heard The Fifth Season has really good representation, but I haven't read that (yet).
@@silviasturaro43 No problem! :) There's also This Is How You Lose the Time War, which I also haven't read yet. It's not a fantasy, but a sci-fi with a quirky, pretty writing style. I think it's a lesbian time-travelling romance between two beings from enemy planets? It's been described as "Killing Eve in space".
@@silviasturaro43 I've read some more in the meantime: The Bone Shard Daughter has a lesbian relationship in it (and also a world where LGBTQ+ relationships are seen as normal). I LOVED this book, though the romance wasn't really my favorite, but I'm pretty picky about romance. Cemetery Boys has really good trans representation and a cute romance, both on the forefront of the story rather than a subplot. In this book, the romance and representation comes first, while the plot remains more on the background. It's a YA urban/low fantasy (there are ghosts and healing powers).
I love A Man Called Ove. Did not know what to expect when I started the book. Was surprised by the dark comedy in it and that it was somehow still really wholesome and sweet. I feel like Fredrick Backman writes bittersweet stuff.
Man Called Ove is the only Backman I've read so far... and it's been over a year... another vid reminded me I should look at the rest of his bibliography... cause I loved it, too...
for books similar to The Night Circus, I'd recommend Piranesi (😍) Once Upon A River, The Ten Thousand Doors of January, and The Scent Keeper. all are such magical enchanting books and are some of my absolute favorites!!
I remember hearing about Once Upon a River when it first came out and then I forgott about it, but I love Susanna Clarke so I'm adding it to my tbr. And I just bought an Alix E. Harrow book, so thank you for getting me even more hyped to read that one! I love magical, enchanting books
3:19 id also recommend Stormfront from The Dresden files, cant say about the rest since I haven't read them(yet) 3:55 Fullmetal alchemist (its a manga) surprisingly its VERY emotional
2:52 Thanks for taking my request! I'll be sure to use your link for it. Edit: Ordered. Looks like something both myself and my girlfriend will enjoy. Thanks again! Edit 2: We very much enjoyed the book.
Ah, Doctor Who. Always Doctor Who. I've watched every episode of the old show and the new. It's one of my all time favourites. Also, Discworld and The Dark Tower are about as different in tone as you can get.
Always enjoy your videos. So many great recommendations. Discworld similar to The Dark Tower? That one left me confuzzled but then again I can't think of something which blends science fiction and fantasy and westerns together as well as the way that Stephen King does it either.
Speaking of book hangover I have one pretty bad just read lovelock it was supposed to be a trilogy that came out in the early 90s but only one book came out and I find myself wanting to know what actually happened
Re Asian Mythology/Fantasy, The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox come to mind. I also have The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water on my to read list, but no guarantee it's any good. As for the channel, discovered that only recently, but I like it a lot. Nice recommendations both in the videos and the comments. I picked up This Is How You Lose The Time War and am having a blast. As for recommendations I'd like to get: anything else with at least 8 words in the title? ;-). And more seriously, something in the style of Patricia McKillip.
I have been looking for something like The Bear and the Nightingale. I LOVED the slow quiet winter-y pace. The whole thing felt like snowfall in a book. And I love the folklore too!
Very curious about book recommendations for a middle school reading list that aren't the classic go-to's (eg The Giver, Hunger Games, etc.) Nothing wrong with those books, but I'm looking for more modern books that are really engaging, less than 300 pages (preferably closer to 200), and have good, strong themes. Plus nothing too crazy/school appropriate. As an example, we usually read Secret Life of Bees and Night.
I’m thinking of buying Beartown for my dad for Christmas. He doesn’t love to read, but I think he’ll like it. He likes sports and is from a snowy region. Is this a good idea?
I do not understand at all why no one ever recommends the actual original dystopias when talking about adult dystopian science fiction - 1984, Brave New World, We, Animal Farm (sort of dystopian), Fahrenheit 451, even Lord of the Flies is somewhat like an adult dystopian novel. Why???
Here's some series I think need more attention: - Mother of Learning Ok, technically not a series... but at almost 800k words, it's larger than two stormlight books put together. The first two or three chapters can be a bit of a slog, but then... oh but then Oh, did I mention it is also entirely free? It's a web novel (you can download it as an ebook and put it on your ereader, though, which I would recommend) - Cradle Cultivation novels aren't for everyone, but if you looking for one that is less... chinesey, this is for you. I can even remember everyone's names! Honestly, though, Cradle is among my favourite ongoing series and there are a lot of books out already, so you don't run out too quickly. - Arcane Ascension Mentioned in the video! Made me happy. - Mage Errant It's a series of books... about books! Well, not quite. It definitely has one of the coolest magical libraries I've read about, though.
Books that will make you cry: Goodnight Mr. Tom. Seriously one of the best books I've ever read, and it's positively tragic. I cry buckets every time I read it, and I'm not that much of a crier, so you know it's good.
Time Travel story: The Cat Who Walks Through Walls by Heinlein. A 'short' feel good read try A Little Princess. Can't remember the author, it's a woman.
For something like Sherlock Holmes the Martin Davies Mrs Hudson and Sherlock Mysteries series is brilliant, as is Mick Finlay's Arrowood series. Both set in the same universe as ACD's books and casebooks.
Though more history fiction than Asian fantasy, I would recommend The Legend of the Condor Heroes. It' might be difficult to get into if you are not familiar with the Wuxia elements and the historical setting. But it's a classic and definitely worth reading
I still don't quite think Discworld is absurdist. It is not like the interlude of Monty Python or anything like that. All the "silly" is more a fun take on something else. So it is more satirical than really absurd.
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