Pretty much every book in my personal collection I've already read except for a handful, so I'm looking for some suggestions of what to read next.
What I like to read/I'm interested in:
- Nonfiction; especially true crime and history
- Sci-fi; ESPECIALLY if it has robots and/or aliens
- Horror
- Any books with nonhuman characters
- Getting more into comics, too; will also consider manga
- Art books!! About specific artists or genres
- The history of computer science
- Nonfiction books focusing on women
What I'm not interested in:
- Anything over PG-13 rating; cursing doesn't bother me, but no adult scenes
- Anything demonic is also a no-go
And for reference, some books I've read and loved:
- The Radium Girls
- And Then I Woke Up
- Pretty much all of Calvin & Hobbes
- All of the JoJo manga
- The Art of Spyro, The Art of My Little Pony, and The Art of the Spider-Verse (both)
- Many, many true crime books
- Many, many books about wars...
- Maus
- The MLP IDW comics
Books/comics on my reading list:
- Fist of the North Star
- Invincible
- World War Z
- The Troop
- FantasticLand
- Pines
- The Robots of Gotham
- Tailchaser's Song
- Bambi
- Hunters Unlucky
- Tooth and Claw
- Watership Down
- The Plague Dogs
Any suggestions are appreciated. ^^
Pretty much every book in my personal collection I've already read except for a handful, so I'm looking for some suggestions of what to read next.
What I like to read/I'm interested in:
- Nonfiction; especially true crime and history
- Sci-fi; ESPECIALLY if it has robots and/or aliens
- Horror
- Any books with nonhuman characters
- Getting more into comics, too; will also consider manga
- Art books!! About specific artists or genres
- The history of computer science
- Nonfiction books focusing on women
What I'm not interested in:
- Anything over PG-13 rating; cursing doesn't bother me, but no adult scenes
- Anything demonic is also a no-go
And for reference, some books I've read and loved:
- The Radium Girls
- And Then I Woke Up
- Pretty much all of Calvin & Hobbes
- All of the JoJo manga
- The Art of Spyro, The Art of My Little Pony, and The Art of the Spider-Verse (both)
- Many, many true crime books
- Many, many books about wars...
- Maus
- The MLP IDW comics
Books/comics on my reading list:
- Fist of the North Star
- Invincible
- World War Z
- The Troop
- FantasticLand
- Pines
- The Robots of Gotham
- Tailchaser's Song
- Bambi
- Hunters Unlucky
- Tooth and Claw
- Watership Down
- The Plague Dogs
Any suggestions are appreciated. ^^
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle is pretty great, though it does have some more mature moments (nothing explicit).
Tailchaser's Song by Tad Williams is also a really good read, and so is Bambi A Life In The Woods by Felix Salten. both are fun animal fiction books, Tailchaser is more supernatural while Bambi is more realistic.
The Encyclopedia of the Weird and Wonderful by Milo Rossi is one of my favorite history-focused books, it has lots of fun facts about all of human history.
in the scifi corner I can recommend the Professor Challenger books by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, they are a product of their time but have aged nicely.
for manga I highly recommend the How To Treat Magical Beasts: Mine And Master's Medical Journal series, it's pretty short and a really fun read. beware of descriptions and respectful depictions of real-life illnesses in animals.
Wings of Fire is apparently a really good series, but I've only read the graphic novels and the Legends:Darkstalker book so I can't speak for the rest of the books. the ones I've read are great though.
and I don't know if this last recc will be up your alley because there is quite a bit of mature humor, but I really enjoy the The Adventure Zone graphic novels. they're based on a podcast (The Adventure Zone: Balance by the MacElroy brothers), so you could listen to some of the podcast first and decide if you want to read the graphic novels from there.
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle is pretty great, though it does have some more mature moments (nothing explicit).
Tailchaser's Song by Tad Williams is also a really good read, and so is Bambi A Life In The Woods by Felix Salten. both are fun animal fiction books, Tailchaser is more supernatural while Bambi is more realistic.
The Encyclopedia of the Weird and Wonderful by Milo Rossi is one of my favorite history-focused books, it has lots of fun facts about all of human history.
in the scifi corner I can recommend the Professor Challenger books by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, they are a product of their time but have aged nicely.
for manga I highly recommend the How To Treat Magical Beasts: Mine And Master's Medical Journal series, it's pretty short and a really fun read. beware of descriptions and respectful depictions of real-life illnesses in animals.
Wings of Fire is apparently a really good series, but I've only read the graphic novels and the Legends:Darkstalker book so I can't speak for the rest of the books. the ones I've read are great though.
and I don't know if this last recc will be up your alley because there is quite a bit of mature humor, but I really enjoy the The Adventure Zone graphic novels. they're based on a podcast (The Adventure Zone: Balance by the MacElroy brothers), so you could listen to some of the podcast first and decide if you want to read the graphic novels from there.
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Thank you for all the suggestions - Bambi & Tailchaser's Song are books I read when I was younger, and I need to reread those... they were excellent. Wings of Fire I think I liked and then fell out of reading in the later books, though I think I will revisit them, too. I do wish there were more mature books focused on animal characters.
I will definitely check out all your other suggestions, too. Thank you so much! ^^
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LouckyKoneko
Thank you for all the suggestions - Bambi & Tailchaser's Song are books I read when I was younger, and I need to reread those... they were excellent. Wings of Fire I think I liked and then fell out of reading in the later books, though I think I will revisit them, too. I do wish there were more mature books focused on animal characters.
I will definitely check out all your other suggestions, too. Thank you so much! ^^
Have you read The Rats of NIMH? What about The Cricket in Times Square? They might be up your alley.
Have you read The Rats of NIMH? What about The Cricket in Times Square? They might be up your alley.
[right]As you've read the IDW MLP comics, I highly suggest the IDW More than Meets the Eye & Lost Light Transformers runs. There's even an MLP crossover with it. You might find it enjoyable.[/right]
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As you've read the IDW MLP comics, I highly suggest the IDW More than Meets the Eye & Lost Light Transformers runs. There's even an MLP crossover with it. You might find it enjoyable.
I recently read The Philosopher's Library, which I highly recommend. It's not afraid to give its own analysis and interpretation about why certain books were written within their time periods and cultures, and it makes an effort to include information about various historical societies. The photos and art collected inside are really cool too
I recently read The Philosopher's Library, which I highly recommend. It's not afraid to give its own analysis and interpretation about why certain books were written within their time periods and cultures, and it makes an effort to include information about various historical societies. The photos and art collected inside are really cool too
Seconding The Rats of NIMH; it's a short and sweet sci-fi/fantasy about a found family of rodents.
You may find interest in the Seekers series, which is also by Erin Hunter, but focuses on some bear cubs trying to find their way to a safe haven. Light magic involved, but a bit more realistic otherwise if memory serves.
Seconding The Rats of NIMH; it's a short and sweet sci-fi/fantasy about a found family of rodents.
You may find interest in the Seekers series, which is also by Erin Hunter, but focuses on some bear cubs trying to find their way to a safe haven. Light magic involved, but a bit more realistic otherwise if memory serves.
If you are willing to try what might be a new genre for you; how about litRPG or Gamefic.
Top on my list is "Dungeon Crawler Carl" which is awesome literature (hey if the same book can make me laugh so hard I have to stop reading AND cry real tears, it gets my gold star).
I would highly recommend the audiobook version - and to get taste (first chapter free) go to
https://soundbooththeater.com/
and click on that first chapter. It's almost more of a radio play than just an audio book, and it does start a little slow. But it gets ...amazing.
If you are willing to try what might be a new genre for you; how about litRPG or Gamefic.
Top on my list is "Dungeon Crawler Carl" which is awesome literature (hey if the same book can make me laugh so hard I have to stop reading AND cry real tears, it gets my gold star).
I would highly recommend the audiobook version - and to get taste (first chapter free) go to
https://soundbooththeater.com/
and click on that first chapter. It's almost more of a radio play than just an audio book, and it does start a little slow. But it gets ...amazing.
Since you like scifi and horror I think I'll recommend Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer. I haven't read the whole series yet but the first book is definitely good. It follows an all female group tasked with exploring a strange region that is reportedly dangerous. It seems pretty normal at first but slowly becomes stranger and more sinister with the appearance of strange creatures and other unexplained things. There is a movie based on this book which I haven't watch but I heard its very different from the book so if you've seen it the book is probably still worth reading. For content warnings though, this is an adult book with horror themes, it includes spooky themes and deaths, some in strange supernatural ways. There is also a part where the main character talks about doing the deed for like 2 short sentences. Personally I didn't find the content that bad but our tolerance levels could be completely different.
My crack recommendation is the Star Wars Heir to the Empire trilogy. I unironically love these books and they're a whole lot of fun. Aliens everywhere and a really cool female character in the main cast for a series that came out back in the 90s. These books also have a pretty big focus on big space battles, and a bit of fictional tech and art history as well which seems to align pretty well with your nonfiction interests. I wouldn't really recommend them though if you don't like Star Wars though, or haven't at least seen the original trilogy because it builds right off of it. There isn't anything super inappropriate in this book though bc most Star Wars media is written to be PG-13 at most, the worst stuff in this is fantasy violence which is tame compared to books like Warrior Cats.
Since you like scifi and horror I think I'll recommend Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer. I haven't read the whole series yet but the first book is definitely good. It follows an all female group tasked with exploring a strange region that is reportedly dangerous. It seems pretty normal at first but slowly becomes stranger and more sinister with the appearance of strange creatures and other unexplained things. There is a movie based on this book which I haven't watch but I heard its very different from the book so if you've seen it the book is probably still worth reading. For content warnings though, this is an adult book with horror themes, it includes spooky themes and deaths, some in strange supernatural ways. There is also a part where the main character talks about doing the deed for like 2 short sentences. Personally I didn't find the content that bad but our tolerance levels could be completely different.
My crack recommendation is the Star Wars Heir to the Empire trilogy. I unironically love these books and they're a whole lot of fun. Aliens everywhere and a really cool female character in the main cast for a series that came out back in the 90s. These books also have a pretty big focus on big space battles, and a bit of fictional tech and art history as well which seems to align pretty well with your nonfiction interests. I wouldn't really recommend them though if you don't like Star Wars though, or haven't at least seen the original trilogy because it builds right off of it. There isn't anything super inappropriate in this book though bc most Star Wars media is written to be PG-13 at most, the worst stuff in this is fantasy violence which is tame compared to books like Warrior Cats.
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The Children of Time series by Adrian Tchaikovsky is sci-fi with aliens and non-human characters with some mild horror occasionally :D It's about the remains of the human race looking for a new planet to live on, and spiders.
The world-building is so creative and fun to read.
The Children of Time series by Adrian Tchaikovsky is sci-fi with aliens and non-human characters with some mild horror occasionally :D It's about the remains of the human race looking for a new planet to live on, and spiders.
The world-building is so creative and fun to read.
