Like the title! I've been getting back into reading for pleasure, and want to know what you like! I recently read Piranesi and loved it. I've heard good things about The Poppy War and Babel by R.F. Kuang, has anyone read them?

Generally just want a bunch of recommendations from your favorites, on our commie corner of the internet. No genre needed! toriel-snooze

  • SpiderFarmer [he/him]
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    2 months ago

    Mercedes Lackey. Her pacing kinda sucks, but after a while you get used to books that are 80% Slice-of-Life, followed by her rushing the plot into the last 50 or so pages. She likes torturing her OC's though, so CWs for some reads. Idk, Venus in Furs is one of my favorite reads. It's the origin of the term Masochism, and I held onto my rudimentary German for a while to maybe read more Sacher-Masoch. A rare guy for the time period, given his earnest fascination with the local Jewish diaspora. And the taste for rich, violent women of course.

    • JoeByeThen [he/him, they/them]
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      2 months ago

      I need to get back to Lackey. I read some of the Five Hundred Kingdoms when they came out, enjoyed them, but just didn't keep up with her work. A lot of that romance slop I only read if the people in my life asked me to download copies for them and I guess they stopped liking her.😅

      • SpiderFarmer [he/him]
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        2 months ago

        I really wish I discovered that book when I was still discovering myself.