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ipapaveri t1_j5ecc59 wrote

Reply to Going back to prison, need awesome recommendations!!!! by Season666

I just put this list together for a friend the other day, so I'll post it here to see if anything sparks.

  • The Poisonwood Bible, Prodigal Summer, The Bean Trees, Animal Dreams, and Pigs in Heaven --> all by Barbara Kingsolver

  • Bel Canto by Ann Patchett

  • The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon

  • Fall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald

  • Empire Falls by Richard Russo

  • Beloved by Toni Morrison

  • Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel (this is the first of a trilogy — read all three, they're incredible)

  • The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell

  • The City We Became by N. K. Jemison

  • Jitterbug Perfume, Skinny Legs and All --> both by Tom Robbins

  • The Historian, The Shadow Land --> both by Elizabeth Kostova

  • Rules of Civility, A Gentleman in Moscow --> both by Amor Towles

  • Case Histories, Behind the Scenes at the Museum --> both by Kate Atkinson

  • Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino

  • Evidence of Things Unseen by Marianne Wiggins

  • Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

  • American Gods by Neil Gaiman

  • Good Omens by Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett

  • The Hours by Michael Cunningham

  • The Razor’s Edge by W. Somerset Maugham

  • The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway

  • The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami

  • Corelli’s Mandolin by Louis de Bernières

  • Dreaming in Cuban by Christina Garcia

  • The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

  • Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke

  • The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera

  • Tinkers by Paul Harding

  • Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan

  • All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

  • The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbary

  • Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguru

  • The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

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archerysleuth t1_j5eb68e wrote

Reply to comment by Season666 in Going back to prison, need awesome recommendations!!!! by Season666

For the watch series start with guards guards, the death ones start with Mort, the witches start with equal rites, Moist van Lipwig ( industrial books) start with going postal, the Rincewind books with the colour of magic and then there are completely separate books like rolling pictures, small gods that are standalone. The Tiffany series is more young audience and starts with the wee free men. I highly recommend starting with the watch as it not only helps with world building it is a complete cast your going to love soon. The witches gave more fun with takes on shakespeare, vampire or fairy tale stories. The Rincewind books might be hardest to get into as the first two or so are a bit more complex. Same with the first of the witches being less fun and more world building. Here is a more comprehensive explanation https://bookriot.com/discworld-reading-order/ Im

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Povertyofse1f t1_j5eb1gw wrote

Reply to Going back to prison, need awesome recommendations!!!! by Season666

Brandon Sanderson - Stormlight archives

Brandon Sanderson - Mistborn & Mistborn era 2

Evan Winters - Rage of dragons + fires of vengeance

Markus Zusak - the messenger

Joe abacrombie - the first law trillogy

Joe abacrombie - the age of Madness trillogy

Craig's Alanson - Expeditionary force (13 books)

You're welcome.

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dunkin_ma_knuts t1_j5eatb7 wrote

Reply to Going back to prison, need awesome recommendations!!!! by Season666

Some science fiction recommendations:

  • Red Rising series - Pierce Brown
  • Hyperion Cantos - Dan Simmons
  • The Expanse - James S. A. Corey
  • Dune Series - Frank Herbert
  • Children Of Time series - Adrian Tchaikovsky
  • Sun eater series - Christopher Ruocchio

Special mention;

  • Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy series - Douglas adams

Great series for some comedic relief too

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Citizenwoof t1_j5easeu wrote

Reply to Going back to prison, need awesome recommendations!!!! by Season666

The Stars my Destination is probably one of my favourite sci-fis. It's basically the count of Monte Cristo but set in a feudal capitalist future. It has a strong claim of being a progenitor for Cyberpunk, and it's packed with all sorts of high concept ideas that get tossed aside as soon as they wear out their welcome.

And if you want something really meaty, go for the bas-lag trilogy by China Mieville starting with Perdido Street Station- probably my favourite fantasy series.

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