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All The Books
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items All the books. Give me all of them. It doesn't count as hoarding when it's books - you just have a library. It will take me some time to add the many many MANY books I love to this list. I may also include books I don't exactly enjoy but feel to be a...
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Audiobook Sources
Books In General
Audible Links
Audiobook Sources
I've come to prefer audiobooks because listening to them serves as a motivator to do things like dishes, laundry, scrub the toilet, you get the idea.
I have a relationship with audible that is, tbh, more like an addiction.
Audible membership
Support your local library by getting a card and downloading the Libby app - stream ebooks and audiobooks free (minus the very small amount of your tax dollars that fund Libraries). Considering my reading addiction, the amount of money Libby saves me...
Libby
Libro.fm lets you buy and stream audiobooks and support your preferred local bookstore! Credits are a comparable price point to Audible too 😁
Libro.fm - Buy audiobooks & support local bookstores
Books In General
I haphazardly started adding books to this list - so much of what I like crosses into multiple genres, it can be difficult to organize. My go-to genres are sci-fi & fantasy, especially if they're satirical or funny.
I love Naomi Novik's writing so much but The Scholomance trilogy is seriously underrated for how brilliant it is
A Deadly Education (Scholomance Series #1) by Naomi Novik, Paperback
The Expanse series is an all time favorite. I prefer audiobook, but any media will do. A must for any sci-fi lover!
Leviathan Wakes by James S. A. Corey
Hogfather by Terry Pratchett is required reading almost every Christmas / Solstice season. Discworld books are all amazing, but this one is special for the Holidays.
Hogfather by Terry Pratchett
This was a very fun alternative horror-romance. I highly recommend this *especially* if you tend to avoid the romance genre. LGBTQIA+ friendly.
Someone You Can Build a Nest In
This was a very fun read that plays on a lot of evil wizard fantasy tropes.
Dreadful Audiobook on Libro.fm
This book is edge of your seat, jumping at the merest interruption, CREEPY. I loved it.
The Hollow Places Audiobook on Libro.fm
Sci-fi horror-thriller mystery. Is the Big Bad aliens? Is it ghosts? Listen to find out 😂
Dead Silence Audiobook on Libro.fm
This one is creepy in a similar-but-different way to The Twisted Ones (same author). Worth a read, but I'm offering a mild CW that there's some uncomfortable (but not graphic) moments & suggestions involving sex.
The Twisted Ones Audiobook on Libro.fm
A graphically gorey monster story that deserves a CW for a violent sex scene. That's something I tend to shy away from but I still really liked this book because the Big Bad is familiar in a very pointed kind of way if you follow current affairs.
The Haar: A Horror Novel by David Sodergren, Paperback
I LOVED this book! The witty meta-story of it, the characters, the twists, the painfully poignant insights about humanity. I cannot wait for the sequel. As soon as I finished I began looking up other Sarah Rees Brennan books.
Long Live Evil
If you love fairytale retellings that lean into the darkness then this one is for you! Snow White meets Alice In Wonderland with a lovable grown-up protagonist set to solve a mystery.
Hemlock & Silver
Another wonderful fairytale from T. Kingfisher. An interesting take on fairy godmothers and wishes.
Nettle & Bone Audiobook on Libro.fm
You know how you can read a book and by the time you've finished it you know that it's now just *part of who you are*? This was one of those for me, and it's hard to explain why without spoilers.
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August Audiobook on Libro.fm
Uprooted is one of my all-time favorites!
Uprooted Audiobook on Libro.fm
Hench was an interesting twist on superhero stories that is so much more than "what if the villain was sympathetic?" Because what good can a hero really do when the society itself is so flawed? Worth a read.
Hench Audiobook on Libro.fm
I can't wait for the next book! This already has all the promise of another Expanse series by the writing duo known as James S.A. Corey!
The Mercy of Gods Audiobook
A quietly profound novella with excellent worldbuilding. A hopeful idea of the sort of society that could grow after a collapse.
A Psalm for the Wild-Built Audiobook on Libro.fm
Hitchhiker's is a classic for a good reason. Honestly, feels like this recommendation should go without saying but the list would be incomplete without it.
The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
I read this one ages ago and remember being moved to tears over it. It felt allegorical in a classic sense. While it was profound for me at the time, I don't know if it would stand up to a re-read. Worth the experience, especially for a young adult.
Life of Pi
The way this story unfolds is masterful storytelling. Like, the plot *could* be summarized in a sentence with a major spoiler, but that would entirely miss the point because the story is in the telling. There is a reference to a sensitive subject tha...
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry: A Novel
Audible Links
The Scholomance books were so amazing, I can't praise them enough. I also really like the audio version - Anisha Dadia really brings a special quality to the voice of Galadriel Higgins.
A Deadly Education: The Scholomance Book 1
Dark humor, horror (gore), satire, and romance with a bit of a queer, anti-capitalist bend to it. I love it and highly recommend to anyone who enjoys this kind of fantasy.
Someone You Can Build a Nest In
The Glamourist Histories series by Mary Robinette Kowal is a lot of fun. Very Jane Austen Regency but with a magic system!
Shades of Milk and Honey