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[Best] books to read when you're in a certain mood - Adventure, Sci-fi, Fantasy and more!
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items I've always felt that feeling of wanderlust and nostalgia - A longing for the in-between places, A curiosity for places I am not supposed to be in. Either this or I feel like exploring the world and discovering lands that are stranger than dreams.
For people who know what I am talking about, this is the perfect list top get started with, Books I've read and curated over time, you HAVE to read these at least once.
For people who know what I am talking about, this is the perfect list top get started with, Books I've read and curated over time, you HAVE to read these at least once.
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Strange Places and Wondrous Architecture
Sci-fi and Adventure
Fantasy and Magic
Strange Places and Wondrous Architecture
I live in this feeling, A long part of my life has been in change and in the in-between, observing others, and so on - That feeling is perfectly encapsulated in these book [Recommended]
This book is the STAPLE for mysterious places and nostalgia - Highly Recommend!!
Piranesi (Women's Prize for Fiction Winner)|eBook
This book is itself a Liminal space and an adventure. It's mysterious, and makes you go back and forth with it's strange design - Absolutely Recommended!
House of Leaves (Remastered Full-Color Edition)|Hardcover
This one is a strange one - A mongol emperor and a Venetian explorer - talking about cities that feels like fantasy - Really Recommend!
Invisible Cities [50th Anniversary Edition]|Hardcover
The fate of the universe, The machine of reality, and a man as it's new steward. Highly fantastical - Recommend!!
The High House: The Evenmere Chronicles (Paperback or Softback)
A fantastical fever dream with mystery, wonder and that seeking of purpose, all while going on an adventure - Highly Recommended!!
The Elsewhere Express: A Novel | Hardcover
A cozy fantasy, romance and adventure, Something to curl up to and warm your heart - Recommend!!
Water Moon: A Novel | Paperback
I feel this one - solitude, love, grief and an eerie feeling, feels like my own life. [Must buy]
Eradication: A Fable | Hardcover
Sci-fi and Adventure
As a child, I always wondered about space and adventure, Those stories captured my young mind, and now as an adult with more capacity to understand, I appreciate them even more - The wanderlust, The feeling of adventure - You need to read these.
This one is a classic - Fascinating and curious, If you haven't read it, then you MUST - Highly Recommend!
The Time Machine by H. G. Wells, Paperback
A classic of science fiction and fantasy, Travel through space and time to fight a cosmic evil - Highly Recommend!
A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet Series #1) (Newbery Medal Winner) | Hardcover
A fascinating concept, very strange and interesting, a good adventure - Recommend!
The Library of the Unwritten | Paperback
I LOVE this concept, A crow being the hero in a zombie apocalypse with his dog companion, whose only knowledge of humans comes from television - Must Read!
Hollow Kingdom | Paperback
A great adventure into the essence of change and the adventure of trusting others, this is a good historical fantasy - Recommended!
The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands: A Novel|Paperback
The perfect adventure to get lost in, with many doors to open and a book as the key, you need to read this. You do.
The Book of Doors: A Novel | Paperback
Utterly memorable, and compelling, I like this much more than high sci-fi mumbo jumbo. [Highly recommend]
The Martian | Paperback
Fantasy and Magic
From sand dunes to high castles to journeying across the sea, I am deeply fascinated by fantasy, perhaps you are too - Yes, you are. Read these.
A whimsical tale of a heroine crossing a deadly sea made of spores to rescue her true love from the wicked sorceress, Fantastical and whimsical - Highly Recommend!
Tress of the Emerald Sea: A Cosmere Novel | Paperback
This is a STAPLE, a classic capturing the hearts of many - now with a new translation for readers in the twenty-first century - Absolutely Recommend!
The Annotated Arabian Nights: Tales from 1001 Nights
A new age high fantasy with slashing swords, holy magic, a power struggle and a great aesthetic - Read this thing.
Throne of the Crescent Moon | Paperback
Set during the height of the Spanish Inquisition and the emirate of Granada, Thrilling, Fantastical, and magically beautiful - Must Read
The Bird King | Paperback
Magic, myth and legend, this story was beautiful, aching and surprisingly romantic - Highly Recommend!!
Daughter of the Forest (Sevenwaters Series #1) | Paperback
This one is amazing, magic and technology and a fantastical tale all woven together on the backdrop of Arab springs and high-tech - Must Read.
Alif the Unseen | Paperback
Hardship, resistance and fighting for the life you want, These things most of us are familiar with. Read this to understand. [Good buy]
Somewhere Beyond the Sea (B&N Exclusive Edition) | BN Exclusive