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[supernonamegirl]

This is a public entry, for the sole purpose of accepting book recommendations.

Please include a brief summary, and/or a "if you like X, you might like this book" if at all possible.

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[keristars]

If you like books that were scandalous back in the day when they were first published and ALSO are about women who take charge of their own lives and don't let men control them and are surprisingly sex-positive for the early 18th century, you might like Fantomina by Eliza Haywood.

It is about an aristocratic woman who dresses up like a whore in order to escape the chains of being a wealthy upperclass woman. And she gets mistaken for a whore and goes along with it for kicks, then really does have sex (wasn't planning to go THAT far) and decides she likes it. And then she gets pissed when her lover decides to sleep with other women, and tricks him into sleeping with her again by dressing up as someone else WHILE STILL SLEEPING WITH HIM AS HER USUAL FAKE SELF. She does this twice! It is kind of awesome.

[greyfable]

What are your favorite books (besides asoiaf)? Are there themes, characters, or tropes you're especially attracted to or turned off by?

[silent_ted]

I usually get my recommended reading by keeping half an eye on what you recommend and then checking out new material by the same author later on if I like it. This is why I have White Cat and the Hunger Games sitting around in my room partially read and waiting for me to be able to find some joy in my life again. The things which are outside this category are Lolita, which you may like, and doctory nonfiction books, I particularly like Atul Gawande, so I have another of his in the queue as well. I read Better and I think it's a good read from a non-future doctor stand point. Every patient tells a Story has some interesting cases if you enjoy House M.D.

[silent_ted]

And Intern is good if you want to be glad you didn't decide to become a doctor.

[bean_bunny]

Have you read the Clockwork Three? It makes me think of you. I suck at summaries, so read this:

http://www.scholastic.com/clockworkthree/

It's a steampunk YA novel.

[tigerbright]

If you like any of these authors, you may well like the others. :)

Chaim Potok (particularly Davita's Harp IMO) for teen angst with religious overtones
Charles de Lint - urban fantasy
Madeleine L'Engle - science fantasy, and every book is related to every other book, even when not in a series
C.S. Lewis (check out Out of the Silent Planet and sequels, which are very different from Narnia)
Diana Wynne Jones - YA fantasy, multiverse
Susan Cooper - Arthurian fantasy, general whimsy
L.M. Montgomery - Canadian author writing fiction about her small town home with humor and whimsy, from the 1890s? through the First World War
Hal Clement - hard SF with really good characters
Tamora Pierce - fantasy
Bruce Coville - wickedly edged YA fantasy
Joan Aiken - her juveniles (beginning with The Wolves of Willoughby Chase) are set in a fantastic world in which the British empire is ruled over by King James Stuart the Third, where the villains are trying to put George of Hanover on the throne, and the Industrial Revolution began early. She's also

[supernonamegirl]

Wonderful! Thanks!
I've read about half, but will definitely check out others!

And that community looks awesome!

[emma_elicit]

I'm here from holiday_wishes, mainly to say that if you're looking for another romance author, I'm insane about Judith McNaught. Her books are my guilty, guilty pleasure. :)