discussion Good reads - share your favourite novels

[pika94]

I really tend to like fantasy and young adult books more then anything else, "Dragon Run" by Patrick Matthews "The Magic Thief" by Sarah Prineas being two notables.
For some non-fantasy i'd go with "Safe as Houses" by Eric Walters, "Seaglass Summer" by

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and "Dry" by Neal Shusterman which i really liked.
Series wise i really liked "The Last Apprentice" series by Joseph Delaney and "The Wheel of Time" series by Robert Jordan.

I've never really been into smut books at all by one of my coworkers was reading "The Ritual" by Shantel Tessier in plain view for all to see. They had me read one of the sex scenes to try and get a reaction out of me but i ended up liking it lol. I didn't even know smut books could be the explicit but the "L.O.R.D.S" series is more explicit the some of the pornographic visual novels i've played.

 

[goons]

Can't really say I have a favorite book, I've probably spent something like 30 percent of my life reading books.
Here's a Chinese romance and drama story I liked years ago called

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, Mr Ostrich has no arms and it was pretty tragic at some points. Though it has a happy ending. I think about this book every now and then so I'm recommending it.

 

[MrJay]

For anyone who likes Fantasy I *have* to recommend The Malazan Book of the Fallen. Fair warning, it's 10-book slog and the first time I read the first book it felt like I had done something like a mental marathon but holy shit I have never read anything as rewarding as this. The worldbuilding is vast, deep and utterly immersive. But what really strikes is that the series starts like 20 different storylines that seem totally disparate but manages to weave them all together in ways I never saw coming, and the cast of characters, besides being really big, is so totally unique. I don't even understand how one person can write so many different personalities into life.

Oh and for many of the books it's decently military-focused and one of the military "campaigns" is the single most captivating storyline I have ever experienced in my life. I can't recommend it enough. Anyone who likes Tolkien, I think would love this.

 

[Lazarus͏]

I really tend to like fantasy and young adult books more then anything else, "Dragon Run" by Patrick Matthews "The Magic Thief" by Sarah Prineas being two notables.
For some non-fantasy i'd go with "Safe as Houses" by Eric Walters, "Seaglass Summer" by

You must be registered to see links

and "Dry" by Neal Shusterman which i really liked.
Series wise i really liked "The Last Apprentice" series by Joseph Delaney and "The Wheel of Time" series by Robert Jordan.

I've never really been into smut books at all by one of my coworkers was reading "The Ritual" by Shantel Tessier in plain view for all to see. They had me read one of the sex scenes to try and get a reaction out of me but i ended up liking it lol. I didn't even know smut books could be the explicit but the "L.O.R.D.S" series is more explicit the some of the pornographic visual novels i've played.

The Last Apprentice is a favorite of mine, though tied to some particularly shitty memories.

Have you ever read the Wings of Fire series? Amazing novels if you like dragons.

 

[Ayonchicc]

I would like to suggest you to read "Beware Of Chicken" by Casualfarmer.
I read this book on Royal Road when it was still available, but now the first 4 books are unavailable there, you may have to look for another source.
The book is a kind of parody of Eastern novels about cultivators, but written (at least I believe so) by an author of Western culture.
A very high-quality work (at least in my opinion ), written with humor and kindness.

 

[pika94]

Have you ever read the Wings of Fire series? Amazing novels if you like dragons.

I have heard about it and read up on it a bit but never gotten around to it, not sure where i could find the time to get through a 15 book saga. But i guess no time like the present, if i keep putting it off I'll never get around to it, thanks for the recommendation.

 

[LewisCarroll]

Man... There are so many good writers & story's.

Brian Lumley for Lovecraft, a new take on vampires, & new Cthulhu.
Brian Sanderson for just about anything fantasy.
Michael Chriton for just about anything science and future thinking.
Liu Cixin for the Three-Body-Problem / semi-hard science in a doom kinds of way.
Stephen King for just about anything, but the Dark Tower is not the usual kind of book.
JRR Tolkien & GRR Martin are no-brainers.
Bobiverse Series is fun.
Project Hail Mary was awesome.
Undying Mercenaries Series is a fun series.
Expanse Series for hard science (watch on Amazon Prime).

 

[Lazarus͏]

I have heard about it and read up on it a bit but never gotten around to it, not sure where i could find the time to get through a 15 book saga. But i guess no time like the present, if i keep putting it off I'll never get around to it, thanks for the recommendation.

I found an amazing audio-book right on Youtube after a friend of my wife mentioned the series. I played it in the background whenever we were driving or just relaxing and it's an amazing series, easy to binge as an audio book.

 

[Shiva]

Let's see, hmm, for Sci-Fi:

1) I DEFINITELY recommend the works of Lois McMaster Bujold. The VorKosigan stories a fun. She also has some Fantasy as well for those who are interested.
2) For a Military focus try the 'Hammer's Slammers' books by David Drake.
3) I don't recall the Series name but John Ringo's books that start with 'A Hymn before Battle' and 'Gust Front' are very good. I've only read they first few so don't know about the later books.

Fantasy:
1) The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings as has been mentioned by others.
2) The Belgariad series by David and Leigh Eddings is very good as well.

Time Travel:
1) 1632 and the sequels by Eric Flint. I've only read the first two, but they are great fun. Just thought I should mention that they are about a TOWN that is sent back in time instead of a single person or small group of people.

Star Trek:
1) I.Q. by John DeLancie and Peter David is a VERY fun book about the Character Q.

Other good Authors:
1) Anne Mcaffrey (Dragon Riders of Pern)
2) Timothy Zahn (Has a Lot of stories)
3) Robert Heinlein. The Starship Troopers book is MUCH better than the Movie.
4) Larry Niven

Going to stop now or my post will cover 15 pages.

 

[LewisCarroll]

Jane Austen is pretty awesome, I enjoyed Pride & Prejudice.

The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson -- the entire Stormlight Archive has been amazing, I'm almost to the last book.
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte is a guilty pleasure of mine.
The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
20,000 Leagues Under the Seas by Jules Verne, which probably inspired my fear of the ocean lol

I tried so hard to read Pride & Prejudice and like War and Peace I just kept falling asleep. Same with A Tale of Two Cities, The Great Gatsby, Moby-Dick and To Kill a Mockingbird. Great literary works... I actually convinced my middle-school teacher to read Dune and Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas instead.

 

[dpocky]

I tried so hard to read Pride & Prejudice and like War and Peace I just kept falling asleep. Same with A Tale of Two Cities, The Great Gatsby, Moby-Dick and To Kill a Mockingbird. Great literary works... I actually convinced my middle-school teacher to read Dune and Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas instead.

Huh. When the notification dropped I struggled how to catch this fall. Dune and 20,000 leagues is such a redemption ark. In a breath, you broke my heart and told me about the flexibility of the education system.

 

[dpocky]

Let's see, hmm, for Sci-Fi:

1) I DEFINITELY recommend the works of Lois McMaster Bujold. The VorKosigan stories a fun. She also has some Fantasy as well for those who are interested.
2) For a Military focus try the 'Hammer's Slammers' books by David Drake.
3) I don't recall the Series name but John Ringo's books that start with 'A Hymn before Battle' and 'Gust Front' are very good. I've only read they first few so don't know about the later books.

Fantasy:
1) The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings as has been mentioned by others.
2) The Belgariad series by David and Leigh Eddings is very good as well.

Time Travel:
1) 1632 and the sequels by Eric Flint. I've only read the first two, but they are great fun. Just thought I should mention that they are about a TOWN that is sent back in time instead of a single person or small group of people.

Star Trek:
1) I.Q. by John DeLancie and Peter David is a VERY fun book about the Character Q.

Other good Authors:
1) Anne Mcaffrey (Dragon Riders of Pern)
2) Timothy Zahn (Has a Lot of stories)
3) Robert Heinlein. The Starship Troopers book is MUCH better than the Movie.
4) Larry Niven

Going to stop now or my post will cover 15 pages.

If you can break it down to top 3 per genre, I would tell you not to stop. XD maybe top 5. It says "favorites" so I encourage you to let that passion loose.

 

[YesPlease]

Daemon by Daniel Suarez. It's a techno thriller, I couldn't put it down.

 

[exerp]

Anais Nin is my fave erotic writer. Her colleague Henry Miller was okay, but Nin was tops.

Too many good books out there to list .. but given what others have said here I think some will like

For scifi, the Mars trilogy by Kim Stanly Robinson .. "Red Mars" "Blue Mars" "Green Mars"

 

[setzer]

Dune.

Saw the Lynch movie as a kid and picked the book up at the age of 16. Haven't been the same since.

 

[Slendertroll]

I'm a big fan of fantasy so it has to go to the Lord of the Rings series. But outside of that it's mostly warhammer novels like Gotrek and Felix series written by William King and Brunner the bounty hunter by C.L Werner

 

[ashea]

The Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind is one of my favs I would recommend

Also the Vampires Apprentice and Demonata series by Darren Shan

 

[trashaway345]

Lies of Locke Lamora for a good fantasy read. Pretty unique in that it focuses a lot on social deception rather than the stereotypical common thievery

 

[RemoMe]

My favorite is a Chinese webnovel Way of Choices/Ze Tian Ji by Mao Ni.

 

[impisi]

I've been getting into historical fiction lately, been reading the Aubrey/Maturin books by Patrick O'Brian and the Flashman books by George Macdonald Fraser and really enjoying them.