some quality short stories for those golden evenings where you want to sit out in a hammock and read something that makes you love being outside even more, but doesn't require thinking too hard (it IS summer after all)
also The River Why by DJD if you haven't already read it.
the Wrinkle in Time series (again, probably, but it bears repeat readings).
The Eyre Affair, by Jasper Fford, if you haven't read it, is an extremely fun romp through British fiction (mostly Jane Eyre, unsurprisingly). its sequels are good, too, until you get about three books later and the quality starts dropping.
generally, Zadie Smith (I especially liked On Beauty) plays by Joe Orton non-fiction: What's The Matter With Kansas, which I have not yet read but reallyreally want to.
The Omnivore's Dilemma- Michael Pollan (I mean, duh, it's me) The Time Traveler's Wife- Audrey Niffenegger older things by David Sedaris Wuthering Heights
Uhhhh, I could keep going but you probably don't need ten billion recommendations from me.
My recommendations (most of which are books which are swift, absorptive reads but are still very much worth reading):
Sharp Teeth, Toby Barlow. Verse novel about werewolvessmart and raw and unbelievably well done.
Maledicte, Lane Robins. Gender-bending dark fantasy of manners. It's an indulgent deep dark read with incredible characters.
Anything by Catherynne M. Valente, but I'd start with The Orphan's Tales, dark fairy tale magic with rich, artistic language. Palimpsest is about a sexually transmitted city, more grown up, less sprawling, incredibly beautiful.
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell: Jesuit priests discover the first alien life. It's incredibly hard-hitting but also compulsively readable, a very smart book.
In The Woods and The Likeness by Tana French. Incredibly atmospheric mystery novels, and I think they're both exceptional.
Anything by Margret Atwood, but my favorite is Oryx and Crake genetic apocalypse and dystopia, clever and creative and simply exceptional.
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some quality short stories for those golden evenings where you want to sit out in a hammock and read something that makes you love being outside even more, but doesn't require thinking too hard (it IS summer after all)
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the Wrinkle in Time series (again, probably, but it bears repeat readings).
The Eyre Affair, by Jasper Fford, if you haven't read it, is an extremely fun romp through British fiction (mostly Jane Eyre, unsurprisingly). its sequels are good, too, until you get about three books later and the quality starts dropping.
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plays by Joe Orton
non-fiction: What's The Matter With Kansas, which I have not yet read but reallyreally want to.
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The Omnivore's Dilemma- Michael Pollan (I mean, duh, it's me)
The Time Traveler's Wife- Audrey Niffenegger
older things by David Sedaris
Wuthering Heights
Uhhhh, I could keep going but you probably don't need ten billion recommendations from me.
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Sharp Teeth, Toby Barlow. Verse novel about werewolvessmart and raw and unbelievably well done.
Maledicte, Lane Robins. Gender-bending dark fantasy of manners. It's an indulgent deep dark read with incredible characters.
Anything by Catherynne M. Valente, but I'd start with The Orphan's Tales, dark fairy tale magic with rich, artistic language. Palimpsest is about a sexually transmitted city, more grown up, less sprawling, incredibly beautiful.
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell: Jesuit priests discover the first alien life. It's incredibly hard-hitting but also compulsively readable, a very smart book.
In The Woods and The Likeness by Tana French. Incredibly atmospheric mystery novels, and I think they're both exceptional.
Anything by Margret Atwood, but my favorite is Oryx and Crake genetic apocalypse and dystopia, clever and creative and simply exceptional.
I second swedishgoddess 100% on House of LeavesAnd as always, ( ... )
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