What is ur fav book, any genre, fiction and non-fiction
My fav is LOTR, I've read it like 4 or 5 times in total now
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i mean the books i genuinely loved were the legend trilogy by marie lu
but i read that when i was in school, no other book ever pulled me in like that one did back then
Ngl I'm not really in dystopia as a genre for books,you can probably guess that my favorite is fantasy, but I'm happy that you found your book-soulmate
What other books do you like and recommend?
tbh i havent read much since then
im not much of a book reader, its just that 1 that really stuck out to me
ONG the goat day changed my life back in school 🔥
i was told the book would be adapted into a movie trilogy but it never happened 💔
true but i think ive seen more norwegian flags than danish flags here
ill change to norway anyways W flag
Dostoyevsky?
Wow
I didn't know you knew ball like that for books
I only read like 10 last year :(
But tbf, I read these long books, they are like 300-400 pages long each
What genre do you like? So I can help you with some recs to get you started
Maybe art of war might be good ngl
Or An Inspector Calls maybe
Or Of Mice and Men
Zombie/horror themed series by Charlie Higson, first book is called "The Dead"
Tbh
Horror/zombie is my least favorite, but I respect your choice, it seems interesting from what I've read about it
It is really good, there's also the classic Percy Jackson/Heroes of Olympus, Michael Vey, Wings of fire one of my favs, Bravelands, Warhammer 40k individual books and more
Ye
I think I'm probably going to read Percy Jackson soon because I was always interested in mythology.
I also heard about those Warhammer books, but I haven't read them
You have good taste I'd say
If you ever decide to read a warhammer book, my favorite one of all is called the Devastation of Baal which I highly recommend. You'll enjoy reading whatever you pick, have fun
oh boi
- To kill a mockingbird
- STEEL BALLL RUNNNN ( tho actually "100 years of solitude")
- split between 1984 and henry 6th
- metamorphoses (ovid not fkin kafka)
- Mrityunjay; english translation (SHOUTOUT to homie Shivaji sawant old book but the writing and translation is elegant)
- classics(shakespeare a bit and mccarthy tho idk if you cant call him classic)
I have thought about reading to kill a mockingbird ngl
For classics, I read Macbeth and Merchant of Venice
Cool list :)
To Kill A Mockingbird is one of the few books I actually bothered fully reading for my ELA class. Great pick, imo.
the secrets of the immortal nicholas flammel
I've never met anybody who knows this series but it's so peak
Nicholas Flammel, from Harry Potter????
Jokes aside, your 2nd sentence is true, I've never heard of this ngl
I've seen what the book is briefly about rn
And it seems interesting, in terms of plot, I'll check it out.
Ty
its the book that propelled me into reading book and not just playing game and all
i've a whole collection, the main story and time to time I'd find some that are basically spinoffs.
I remember my friends loving that book, I never read it personally myself tho unfortunately
i need to find books outside of harry potter but idek where to begin when looking for a book
I can give you some recs, since I did read Harry Potter, when I was young.
I'm not sure if you have the same tastes as me, but these are my favorite books rn that are similar with HP:
Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien
His Dark Materials - Pullman
But be warned, with LOTR, it's quite slow paced compared to HP
Sry in advance
The books I mentioned are not similar to HP in terms of plot and world, but I did mean fantasy and magic, that's where the books are similar in a way
the summoner series by taran mathrau is sorta similar to harry potter
It's romance SF kind of, basically a girl with a dream to become a valorant pro (yes, she even get on to win champs later on) get attacked by one of the biggest monsters in the world. She managed to survive the first wave of attack, but got stuck under debris. A boy save her and tell her he can kill the monster, since she knows a shit ton about magic she propulse him and he kill the monster in one blow. And then they get to know each other, discovering the other past who is really not what each expected, but they also help each other no matter what's happening, wether it's distance, being scared, trauma, curses and all.
They also meet a character with the power to control the entier informatic world later but she is cool and all but writing about that section would take up a lot of words and it just make the story way deeper :v
Interesting
Why not make the story deeper and more rich
Would it not be nicer to read?
It does have some depth (for exemple, they go all around the globe : An island close to the UK, Korea, Sao Paulo, North Africa and America), her winning champs is pretty much a side quest and her dreams, but like from where she comes from it makes up like half of the story, and that 3rd character make the other half.
For exemple : For that 3rd Character, they need to know what happened to her and how she became like that, since she can't recall anything, and they know someone is looking for her, but they don't know who, why, when etc...
Ah
I see
Gl with the comic, you'll make it big soon (as in success)
Yeah hopefully I just want people to read it with a smile :>
I still haven't started drawing so it's gonna take me a couple of years 💔
the locked tomb series by tamsyn muir
she has an incredible way with dialogue and it's one of those sci-fi mysteries where every exact word choice is deliberate and fans spend hours dissecting it all
What
I've never heard of this
I'll check it out, I've never read an author where their words are analysed that much
The lore is crazy and we've been waiting five years for the last book so the fan theories go DEEP
The second one (Harrow the Ninth) has two of my favorite twists ever, it's confusing to read but worth the payoff
I didn't understand even a quarter of what was going on until I reread them.
First read of locked Tomb - "these lesbian space necromancers are pretty cool and the books are well written"
Second read - "holy shit Muir is a genius"
the tv show is a mess, book quality started slipping around blood of olympus and jumped off a hill after
Ah
I remember now
I was thinking about reading Percy Jackson or not and I remember hearing about this, like a few years ago
agree to disagree. im judging it mainly based on book accuracy, but idk maybe ignoring that people might like it
Ofc you would like reading about cats
But from what I've briefly seen, it looks a bit like LOTR in a way but cats
Whats the reason for u assuming i like reading abt cats...?
Also no its a lot different
Holy shit this was so good. I think I read like 20 something books of this series. Why was it so good omg
Omg I just went to the website to look because my books are at my parents, and the wave of emotions I just felt remembering so many of the characters is wild. I dont think I started the 4th series. I mean these books had everything
I remember my friends reading it and they said it was really good
W book
diary of a wimpy kid
cuz its the only book that i can read without having difficulties
W
Its a shame that it's gone to trash with the new diary of a wimpy kid books
used to read a lot of indie books from local weeb creator and i got it from there; nusa literata. it's a short stories compiled into a book, with a theme of indo-malays folklore.
nowadays tho, i just read whatever isekai manga/manhwa available.
Damm kinda rare to see someone still read manhwa after getting into webnovels. Like manhwa or manhua feel mid compared to Chinese webnovels or webnovels in general. From my experience most people stop reading comics after getting into webnovels.
usually i go into a phase where i read only 1 for like 2 months, cuz I read way too fast
Same, I read webnovels way too fast as well. Got bored of actual well written slow paced webnovels nowadays so I just randomly search for a particular genre and read multiple different webnovels in short span of time.
Currently I am just spam reading martial arts, comedy with wuxia elements. Probably gonna read some horror genre webnovels soon. I just waste my free time on those fast paced time pass type webnovels. And after like a couple of years I started watching anime again somehow but through reaction videos. Looks like I am suffering from adhd. I need to control myself.
are wuxia/xianxia/murim good as novels?
i dont try much I just read rofan or some academy shit
Yeah the top tiers one are really good. Average one are decent too. They can have some really unique and interesting plots. Especially xianxia(immortality and high fantasy stiff) is generally considered the best genre. For example the webnovels considered the best generally are of this genre like reverend insanity or er gen works. Wuxia is more grounded basically murim. Well murim is literally based on wuxia. There is another called xuanhuan mixture of Chinese and western elements(lord of the mystery for example).
Best thing about Chinese webnovels is the diversity especially. Don't read urban life webnovels tho unless they have very very high rating since almost all of them will have some racism in them against Japan and USA especially. They can be so fun to read but the authors will ruin the story at like 500 chapters just to include racism.
For the best one try shadow slave(english original webnovel), reverend insanity, lotm and er gen's novels. Otherwise try a site called wtr lab. You can filter out genres you don't like. The site is insanely good but keep in mind that many of the novels there are ai translated or web translated. Use that site to filter out webnovels maybe.
Or you can check out the site novelupdates too.
SS and LOTM ARE NOT WUXIA/XIANXIA
ER GENS NOVELS ARE FULL HAREM FANG YUAN'S NAME IS LEGIT Great Love Immortal Venerable
good novels nonetheless but its so far off from what i asked its not even in the ballpark.
ill see the site
I thought you were asking for no harem webnovels in general so I mentioned SS and lotm. And I was lazy so just mentioned the mainstream one. Just filter out harem in advance search and you will find wuxia and xianxia novel you want. I don't really read mainstream stuff anymore so can't recommend you popular good stuff rn.
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
Norwegian Wood or any Murakami book really
1984
The Berlin Stories
Darkness at Noon
1984 is W pick
Murakami is good ig
But the Stoic and history books, ehhhhh idk
Besides the stoicism, I find Meditations kinda funny because it's literally a roman emperor talking to you about issues which you can relate to which is a wild experience.
Murakami is like a less crazy Fujimoto in some sense, which is probably why I enjoy his books to this day (although I do hate how he writes women like they're objects which is a massive red flag.)
You should 100% give The Berlin Stories and Darkness at Noon a shot, I think you will be pleasantly surprised
I mean, Roman Emperors are still humans after all, so there should be some relatability, but I understand your point
Also, I've heard a lot about Murakami, but I unfortunately haven't gotten around to reading his books, but I have heard positive things about them
I'll check Berlin Stories and Darkness at Noon out, ty for the recs.
Not my type of book but it seems interesting from what I've seen online, it seems really good and unique from all of the other books I've seen
I might read it ngl
The Illuminae Files is my favorite book series ever, the writing style is completely different to pretty much every book and its really fun
Reading "A Little Life" and "All The Bright Places" presently.
Love:
- HP
- Jeffrey Archer's Clifton Chronicles and William Warwick series
- All books by Dan Brown, with Angels & Demons being my favourite
- And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
At the Mountains of Madness
lovecraft is peak twin
genocidal organ
very niche japanese sf author but i like it
os lusiadas is a banger
but i lowkenuinely prefer any sherlock holmes book by acd
Sherlock Holmes is goated
I remember watching the BBC TV show of it
Man search for meaning
David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell
Animal farm
Everything is fucked
Subtle art of not giving a fuck
The 100 most influential people by Michael H. Hart
The Alchemist
Atomic Habits
Jerusalem by Karen Armstrong
And then there were none by Agatha Christie
I was planning to read the alchemist, but I haven't gotten around to reading it, but tbf, I have read the little prince
Animal Farm is a W choice btw
Yes i was confused read animal farm back then in beginning, At first I thought it's just about the failure of communism depicted through the figures of livestock, but then i just reread this book for many times, it turned out that this was much deeper, a critique of the fragility of democracy. I see it as a criticism of the democratic governments established by newly independent countries that quickly descended into totalitarianism
Ye
My school did Animal farm
And we looked at how Orwell was critiquing the Russian Revolution at the time
to sleep in a sea of stars by christopher paolini is PEAK fiction like omg i love that book
Science fiction is interesting ngl
Sad that I haven't read any science fiction books in my life, sounds crazy, ik
ive never read hard science fiction like isaac asimov stuff im much more of a fantasy person, that being said the science fiction stuff i have read has been good; to sleep in a sea of stars, aurora cycle (this ones RLY young adult), illuminae files (also quite young adult), enders game, wakers
I'm also a fantasy person, I can breeze through HP and LOTR within like 2 weeks, but as soon as it's non fiction, it takes me like 3 months to read
one guy i know is just like infuriating with anything thats not non-fiction cuz hes js like "oh if its not real why would i care" saying stuff like he doesnt have 10k+ hours in smash bros and isnt top 30 in my city. oh i also havent read lotr which ik i should do but i havent gotten round to it
10k+ hours in smash bros
Is bro poppt1 or one of the underdogs
But for Lotr, i do warn you, it is extremely slow paced compared to other books, like each chapter takes 30 min to read i think, or less, depending on how fast you read.
And finally, it is indeed infuriating that he doesnt care about fiction, because its a wonderful way to relax and gain immense satisfaction (A lot more than playing val and other games), from reading.
now that i think about it the "if its not real why would i care" is VERY poppt1 coded, from the couple times ive talked to poppt (perth smash scene isnt very big) they arent much alike tho
ill keep it in mind with lotr, i dont think it will make much of a difference tho because when i read its always in downtime at school which there is a lot of so i have tonnes of time
Ye, all good
I thought I'd mention the underdogs since you had the Aussie flag and you were talking about smash, they were like my go to channel for quite some time
i love underdogs i think ive legitimately watched every underdogs video ever including podcasts and ive made a podcast intro for a bit about
have u seen little z's stuff on his main channel recently its so good
I unfortunately haven't watched underdogs nor little z recently, but I loved watching family feud, then the beer pong, the smash bros meme tournament, and a lot more, I should really start watching them again.
But on the other hand, I have been watching Misfit Minds, so ig it kinda makes up for it
i did rly like eragon, i was 16 when i read it, but i can say the writing is much better
Nothing wrong with that
I also used to read Harry Potter, and I still do, but I've found other gems of books that are similar in a way
I mostly read LN. The one that I am reading now (which I really liike is) is Chitose san in ramune bottle. It is currently getting a anime adaptation.
Ah, so kinda like manga, I never really got into manga and light novels, which is unfortunate, but I'm happy to hear that you are enjoying your book that you are reading :)
I read books called the spook's apprentice when i was younger, really good and scary. don't know if it's still scary for older ppl
Ooh, I've never liked scary books ngl, I'm one of those people that watch scary movies with a hand in front to peek through
Recursion by Blake Crouch. I would highly recommend that if you are into sci fi. "Dark Matter" by the same author is good too but not better than Recursion
hitchhikers guide through the galaxy, probably the greatest book of all time. the comedy is so peak.
I have constantly seen this book online and people recommend it, but I have never read it, maybe I should now...
i used to spam dan brown's robert langdon series back wen i was a chud and too poor for a pc, for lack of a better option of entertainment i suppose
lotr was good too (tom bombadil was the goat lol, no clue why he got cut in the movies)
Tom was cut probably because the segment would've thrown off the pacing of the movie and that it wasn't integral to the plot.
But It is indeed a shame, for:
Tom Bombadill-o, is a merry fellow,
Blue is his hat (or whatever )
Ring a doll dillo
But I understand you with being poor, I had to re-read HP and lotr multiple times because I couldn't afford other books
From what I've heard, Don Quixote is the goat of all books, goated pick
Fav author: David Baldacci
His books honestly make it seem like you're watching a movie, and his descriptions of the world around us, human actions and his writing in general is soooo engaging.
Some of his books I liked:
- The Winner
- Deception Point
- The Target (this one was alright)
Ah, I see, the descriptive style of authors is also the reason why I read books from specific authors, who can paint a very good and realistic picture
Alexandre Dumas is a goated author
Btw, why do you have an Israeli flag now btw, I thought you loved Bhutan and dragon type flags
Yes, it's one of few classics I've read, I absolutely loved it. Flag is random I change it everyday lol
But I head the count of Monte cristo is quite a big book
How long did it take you to read it?
Yeah its quite bit long, about 1760 pages on my kindle and a thousand on print. I started reading it in september as I remember, and completed it around mid december. I started off really slow lol
So basically 1.5 Harry Potter, order of the Phoenix books, or the LOTR trilogy
I mean
I don't mind long books, as long as they are interesting enough for you to forget how much is left to read
I agree, better to read for enjoyment and fulfilment instead of making it a chore
The Hobbit is my personal fav.
The monogatari book series is also really good.
but if we branch out to manga, my favorite fiction ever is one piece.
W ball knowledge with The Hobbit, I liked it more than LOTR at one point, because it was more positive and less dark in a way imo
I read the hobbit when I was about 11 or 12, and while i tried to get into lotr a year or so later, it was too long and felt like a slog when I was younger, so I told myself that I would wait till I'm older. I definitely want to read lotr sometime this year.
The murder of Roger Ackroyd
It's not the easiest read if you're a beginner but as you keep reading you'll just be more and more pulled in and the ending was one of the best I've ever read!
Angels & Demons also has a special place in my heart
1984 is a w pick
Who is the author for 'the stranger', there are a lot of books named 'the stranger'
~The greatest roman emperor
Marcus Aurelius?
What part of the book do you like the most
Oh yeah, btw, I've been studying quite a bit of history
It's a shame how his son kinda led to the downfall of the empire,
im like at page 1200 out of 1600 ish
So far, its been pretty good. Like the first part is unfathomably good, then it slows down for like 2 or 3 parts and now it's heating up again.
What's your favorite part about wheel of time, overall aspect
I've heard lots of good things about it
Shame that it's nowhere to be seen in the bookstores I visit
honestly its just a really intricate and interesting story, love the characters n storylines n shi too
Although I've heard a lot of good things about the book series, I've heard that the pacing is really slow, and the book is heavily inspired by J. R. R Tolkien, I don't mind that nor the book being long, but I do mind if it's really long AND similar to books I've already read, because y'know, it won't be interesting. What are your thoughts?
the pacing only gets slow at around book 8 or 9. of the 14, the first 7 are pretty well paced along with the final 2-4, but the stretch from around book 8-11 is aptly named by everyone whos read it as "the slog". nothing really happens in those books other than sum bs storylines that are because the characters were stupid, or theyre just boring. the rest of it is really good, and the slog isnt as bad as it was when they first came out (instead of waiting 4 years for nun you can just read them after another).
generally, yes it does have some inspiration from the lord of the rings, but its not completely lotr and the trope of "random mfs from a small village git gud along with a knowledgeable mentor" is not exactly a tolkien-trademarked thing. you really have to consciously look through the series after reading it to notice the lotr inspiration, and most of it is not similar
anyways mb for allat but ye its really good, probably the best series ive ever read. however, since i got my dad to start reading it, hes observed that im not a particularly picky reader, so i may just be missing things. also it was edited by his wife (who is an actual editor but still) so there are a bit of grammar/consistency problems but not super noticable
Ah I see, I'll try get the book in the near future, thank you for spending your time explaining this for me :)
I start each year with a Vonnegut book, this year is God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater.
Player Piano should be required reading in today's era.
My favorite fantasy author is Joe Abercrombie. His stuff is excellent.
Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir is so good, if you're into lesbian space necromancers that somehow exist in one of the best sci Fi worlds ever created.
I mean, I've never heard of Player Piano tbh
What makes it a must read for you?
It provides interesting insight into the human condition in a post-work society, which AI is going to bring us closer to than ever before.
But on this topic, I have read a bit of the book, 'The Anxious Generation', which I feel also sheds some important light on social media algorithms and the dopamine loop
American psycho
I haven't read it but the fact that Patrick Bateman is everywhere for sigma edits and other memes means I've kinda been spoiled on the plot :(
A Thousand Splendid Suns, I had to read it for my English A level and I thought it was gonna be boring asf but nah it was absolutely heartbreaking peak
OUTLAW CHRONICLES BY ANGUS DONALD ABSOLUTE CINEMA
wells of sorcery by django wexler is also pretty peak
The Kingkiller Chronicles by Patrick Rothfuss are my favorites after the LOTR books (including The Hobbit). It's also fantasy and the world is well crafted.
Congrats on getting unbanned
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I never knew delighted was a classics and history type boom enjoyer
W pick
I'd always read the book first, then maybe watch the movie, the movie always ruins my imagination for the book, when I read it, I mean
Been reading the Red Rising series by Pierce Brown. To oversimplify it, it's kind of like a mix of Divergent and Dune. Very good book and series
Edit: The light novel Shadow Slave is also peak
Ah I see
I'm thinking about reading dune so I'll check red riding out
I'm not really a fan of dystopia tho
The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan!!! incredible epic fantasy series, very long but very good
This is the second time I've heard this book in this thread, ig I'll put it higher in my reading list
Ty for contributing ❤️
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