I've been stubbornly reading mostly non-fiction for the past year and could use a fiction book to get lost in.

Thanks and solidarity.

  • Straight_Depth [they/them]
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    4 years ago

    Couple books which caught my interest in the last few years:

    "The Fifth Season" - A sort of subversion of the typical medieval fantasy tropes in that it's set in the global south of their fantasy earth, with all that it entails.

    "The Goblin Emperor" - All the court intrigue of A Song of Ice and Fire, but with extra racial tension connotations and less rape

    "Piranesi" - Set in a strange World where there is nothing but an infinite sea, and an infinite series of Halls lined with Statues, and where only fifteen people have ever lived, and it's now down to only two.

    • thethirdgracchi [he/him, they/them]
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      4 years ago

      The Goblin Emperor is such a breath of fresh air where you get to root for someone who's just genuinely good and also not stupid as he navigates his way through all the politics and scheming. Really loved that one.