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! 
ok, I understand. I am very careful with the word 'pretentious' because I'm not sure I caught that while reading.
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After reading many books of all types I appreciated how the author tried to do something different and use colors, patterns, fonts, etc to weave a mystery inside the mystery book. I was thrilled everytime the story jumped back to the actual exploration of the weird space inside the house, but about half-way through the book the writing was starting to grate. I wasn't impressed by the prose itself, but the story is still very interesting. I definitely didn't put all the puzzle pieces together but I must say it's really cool. If what I considered a "better writer" put that in a novel I'd be hooked. I simply wasn't motivated enough to turn it sideways and take notes, etc.