Codex Alera (Also, like the Dresden files, by Jim Butcher) First book is Furies of Calderon. Very excellent military fantasy with lots of awesome characters. A Fistful of Sky by Nana Kiriki Hoffman, which is urban fantasy and kiiiind of YA. The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch which is AWESOME FANTASY ABOUT THIEVES.
The Doctrine of labyrinths series by Sarah Monette beginning with Melusine. I love her world building and her characters A++++
Seconding Percy Jackson and the Temeraire series! As for others...thinky thoughts.
I deeply enjoy Chuck Palahniuk's writing (Haunted in particular is one of my favorite books ever) but he gets into a lot of gross gory stuff and his books are not--creepy, but very unsettling to read and require a strong stomach.
Also Stephen King--I don't go for everything he writes, but Cell is pretty touching for a pseudozombie apocalypse book, the Dark Tower series is one of my all-time favorites, and his short story anthologies (Night Watch, Skeleton Crew, Everything's Eventual, etc.) are great.
Neil Gaiman's short stories are entertaining too. And Christopher Moore's novels--if nothing else check out Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal.
And lastly Mary Roach for nonfiction! She has three books out: Spook is about ghosts and the paranormal, Stiff is about cadavers and their uses, and Bonk is about sexual scientific study. Spook gets pretty technical and dry and is my least favorite, but Stiff and Bonk are good
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The Doctrine of labyrinths series by Sarah Monette beginning with Melusine. I love her world building and her characters A++++
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I deeply enjoy Chuck Palahniuk's writing (Haunted in particular is one of my favorite books ever) but he gets into a lot of gross gory stuff and his books are not--creepy, but very unsettling to read and require a strong stomach.
Also Stephen King--I don't go for everything he writes, but Cell is pretty touching for a pseudozombie apocalypse book, the Dark Tower series is one of my all-time favorites, and his short story anthologies (Night Watch, Skeleton Crew, Everything's Eventual, etc.) are great.
Neil Gaiman's short stories are entertaining too. And Christopher Moore's novels--if nothing else check out Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal.
And lastly Mary Roach for nonfiction! She has three books out: Spook is about ghosts and the paranormal, Stiff is about cadavers and their uses, and Bonk is about sexual scientific study. Spook gets pretty technical and dry and is my least favorite, but Stiff and Bonk are good ( ... )
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OKAY I'LL STOP BOOKSPAMMING NOW
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