Book Recommendations

Title says it all! What are some good books and/or series to get into? Any genre, any length.

Some of my favorite books are Graceling, The Foxes of Firstdark, and Whitefang! Graceling is a fantasy novel, The Foxes of Firstdark is about the life of a fox, and I think most people know Whitefang but it's about the life of a wolfdog. 

A Dog's Purpose and A Dog's Journey are also excellent - they have movie adaptations but I haven't watched them.

@Jay

I read A Dog’s Purpose and loved it! Never saw the movie, but that’s okay. Movies never hold a candle to the books anyway. I definitely want to check out The Foxes of Firstdark. Speaking of foxes, have you heard of the Foxcraft series? I started reading it but I can’t continue until I bring the rest of my stuff up to my new home. Oof

@Jackie

Always love a book that makes me feel some type of way, especially if it involves animals. <3 I’m going to see if I can find that one in my local bookstore.

hey! everything i never told you by celeste ng is an amazing book! it's hard to explain but it's relatively short and made me feel tons of emotions lol

@Jay I know foxes of firstdark!! The book I have is called Hunter’s Moon but it’s the exact same thing, I thought I was the only one who knew about it haha

I really love anything by Rainbow Rowell and she writes for a few different genres, Markus Zusak is another favorite, especially I Am the Messanger! I just finished Circe by Madeline Miller and loved it. Fountains of Silence by Rutys Sepetys and Glittering Hour by Iona Grey are two great historical novels with some romance thrown in, and The Night Circus is a really interesting fantasy novel! :)

This is a varied-jumbled-mess of recommendations, tried to give you a variety:

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales - Oliver Sacks 

Under The Banner Of Heaven - Jon Krakauer 

Wages Of Guilt - Ian Buruma

Flags Of Our Fathers - James Bradley with Ron Power

Where The Red Fern Grows - Wilson Rawls

Lord Of The Flies - William Golding

Good Omens - Neil Gaiman, Sir Terry Pratchett 

American Gods - Neil Gaiman 

Disc World Series - Sir Terry Pratchett 

Sherlock Holmes (Any) - Sir Arthur Doyle

A Song Of Ice and Fire - George Martin 

Seconding Good Omens - I love that book to bits, though I think for once that the TV adaptation was even better. It might just be that I'm extremely partial to Aziraphale and Crowley's relationship, and the adaptation focused on that.

I own the first book of Foxcraft! I've been meaning to get the second but I always forget.

I recommend Wings of Fire if you like dragons. it's written for a younger audience, but it's honestly really good. I also recommend the Underland Chronicles, which is about a teenager falling into an underground world full of human-sized rats, cockroaches, and things like that. I just really like books with teenage heroes that explore realistic consequences for their adventures, and the main character Gregor actually suffers through PTSD.