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WHAT SHOULD I READ NEXT? (Patreon)

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2024-06-17 19:33:34
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2026-06

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Hey all,

Kayla here, on behalf of Daniel! We're going to be trying something new this time around. Daniel still wants you to pick out what he should read next, but instead of us creating the poll, we want YOU to submit your recommendations below so that everything can be considered. (Please only one suggestion per comment.) Then, people are encouraged to like and interact with whichever suggestions they want to see most! GIMME US YOUR BEST PITCHES

So leave all your thoughts below~ We'll be checking back soon to decide!

~Lady Chaos

Comments

Unknown421

The starless crown by James Rollins. The author is writes thrillers/mystery novels. This was a surprisingly good book and concept. It is part of the moonfall series and has some science fiction elements as well

Sam Doehart

20th Century Boys - Manga by Naoki Urasawa I really can't recommend this highly enough! It is an exquisitely done slow-burn mystery where you are ALWAYS kept guessing. The villain is one of my all-time favorites! He is terrifyingly effective! Seriously, this is one of those stories EVERYONE needs to read!

Rosario Veronica

Welcome to Demon School Iruma-Kun! - manga. I think they have up to volume 8 to buy but you can read it for free on mangadex. It’s not very well known here in the states I think but it’s got such well written characters that have great growth throughout the series, can’t recommend it enough.

Ryan Hendricks

Ilium & Olympos by Dan Simmons. A Sci-Fi Fantasy with a little bit of Shakespeare thrown in.

Greath

Witch Hat Atelier. The manga follows a young girl who, through tragic circumstances, discovers that magic actually can be performed by anyone. She journeys through learning an interesting magic system, confronting witch culture, discovering a new world, and exploring the moral and ethical implications all this new knowledge brings. The manga art is up there with the best for me. It's drawn/written by a female mangaka too! Anime announced but no release date yet.

YaelBela

Starshine by G.S Jennsen

Montie Adkins

You can buddy read with Tori as she is about to read the incredible Carol berg book, The Song of the Beast which contains one of the most magical moments I have ever read.

Aspasia-Dina Gordon

Sabriel by Garth Nix. Cool death magic, there's a talking sarcastic cat, and Tim Curry narrates the first 3 audiobooks.

Potei12

Twelve by Jasper Kent

Samuel Preston

Something a little bit different, I'd love to see Daniel look at "The Saga of Darren Shan", a series of 12 books that are predominantly for young adults but were the first books that I read for pleasure, and still reread years later for the clever foreshadowing, the shades of grey in the characters, the mythology. The 12 books can be split between four trilogies, each book usually less than 200 pages, and there is even a manga adaptation that was very popular. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Saga_of_Darren_Shan

kendra pearce

The book that wouldn’t burn by mark Laurence

Than Ament

Book of the New Sun, Gene Wolfe

Paul McSeol

The Prism Pentad by Troy Denning. Five short books set in the land of Dark Sun, a DnD world. As the sorcerer kings rule over the slaves of the desolate desert world of Athas through the might of powerful magic and their Templar servants, one nobleman will try to start a rebellion with the aid of the half elf slave Sadira, a half dwarf gladiator, and a tribe of canibalistic halflings. But Athas holds dark secrets of the past, carefully hidden and most dangerous. And not all that is buried is dead.

kendra pearce

amulet of samarkand By jonathan stroud

Deriving_drunk

Roadside Picnic by Arkady Strugatsky and friends

Beth D

The Seep by Chana Porter! It's a trippy speculative fiction novella 💜

Samuel Leask

The Justice of Kings by Richard Swan

Tilman Jahn

The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett, a fantasy mystery with eccentric characters, superb prose and lovecraftian/eldritch worldbuilding (with a sequel coming early next year)

JonnyReads

You should read Engines of Empire - The Age of Uprising 1 by R.S. Ford

phluffie

Pawn of Prophecy - David Eddings (5 book series) Written in the '80s, this was one of my first fantasy novels I really enjoyed. While I'm sure the series of five books hasn't aged well in some ways, I was pretty young at the time and loved the series while being ignorant. I still remember how the first book starts and just thinking about it makes me feel comfy and happy. It was my first 'epic fantasy series' at the time besides having read Lord of the Rings.

Phil Parkman

If you haven't read The Master and Margarita by Bulgakov - if you have then Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco

Megan Markert

He who fights with monsters!! (Specifically the narration by heath miller, the goat). It has a similar appeal as dungeon crawler carl. The cast of characters you get introduced to are so loveable, it's got a great power scaling to insanely satisfying power levels as you get further in, and I think Daniel would enjoy the humor!

Angel

I can't remember if you've read this yet, but The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman is greattttt!!! Short read, you can probably knock it out in a day, and it's a fantastic time!

Adam Chism

I can’t remember if you’ve read these or reviewed them but the Legends of the First Empire series by Michael Sullivan is criminally underrated to me. Especially for being self published. Book one is Age of Myth. It’s a really fun high fantasy series.

Aaron

I know you're familiar with Jim Butcher's work I would recommend taking a look at The Aeronaut's Windlass

Taren Larry

Dragonriders of Pern, by Anne McCaffrey is essential for any fan of Fantasy/SciFi. The trilogy, Dragonflight, Dragonquest, and The White Dragon, are quick reads by modern fantasy thiccum standards. Telekinesis, teleportation, and telepathy make these dragons so compelling and the challenge to save mankind from a threatening neighbor planet made for an exciting story. And there’s also time travel…

lethen tucker

Illusions the Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach. Now the channel is covering speculative fiction I think this is right up your alley. I would consider this spiritual fiction I suppose, but it is out of print so check your local used bookstores or the goodwill library. I read this book when I was thirteen or so and it completely changed my life.

Udy Kumra

Four Arthurian Romances by Chretien de Troyes, translation by W.W. Comfort.

Nathan Braquet

Ishmael by Daniel Quinn - socratic convo between a talking ape and a man trying to save humanity from itself - mostly dialogue. You can read it in a couple of days easy. If you like anthropology, agriculture, environmentalism, religion, history of religion - give it a shot.

Bill the Alderman

Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett if you haven't gotten around to it yet. Awesome stand-alone with some delightful cameos.

Raphael Wenger

How about the beginning of the Rivers of London Series by Ben Aaronovitch. It works great on its own, but is also the beginning of a pretty unique Urban Fantasy series.

Michael Norden

Qualityland by Marc Uwe Kling. Originally german and is the closest I have found to Douglas Adams in terms of SciFi and parody. Instant classic that drew me out of a reading drought.

Potei12

Kill 6 Billion Demons is a great webcomic that is part way into it's final arc and has some amazing art work.

Junnor

The Mage Errant series by John Bierce. It's 7 books long, but they're quick reads. First book is Into the Labyrinth.

Tavon Gatling

Non-fiction rec: "Storyworthy" by Matthew Dicks. I need to go back and reread it myself, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. Just about making stories of your life.

R. Charlie

The Atrocity Archives by Charles Stross

Canis_Divinus

The Second Apocalypse series by R. Scott Bakker. I found this series by wanting to read something dark fantasy. Probably one of the most brutal and astounding things I've ever read. I think about it constantly. I have a feeling Daniel would react to this series similar like he did to Berserk. I could write pages about why it's so great but my short pitch is this: a unique world with a dark fantasy twist on the Bible and philosophy.

Robert

The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North This book has an interesting take on time travel. Beings known as the ouroboros live their lives repeatedly in a cycle of birth and death. Born to the same parents over and over again and dying due to however they decide to lead their new life. News is being passed down from future generations of ouroboros, from child to elder to child to elder, back through time; the world is ending, which it always would. But the end is accelerating.

Thomas Mains

House of Suns by Alastair Reminds

Mae

The Hollow City ~ Dan Wells I know you’ve read I Am Not A Serial Killer, which you enjoyed. Wells has a knack for getting deep into the mind of mentally ill people, which shines through with this book in particular. The protagonist of this book, Michael Shipman, is a paranoid schizophrenic, who sees monsters around every corner. After he is put into an asylum, he has reason to believe some of the monsters he sees are real, and tries to figure out the mystery of what is real and what isn’t. It is a very different story than Serial Killer, but I argue this may be even more impactful in terms of the way he writes mental health. Overall, the fantasy is worked in much better than in Serial Killer, and the protagonist is on par with John Cleaver. My Rating: 8.26/10 (that’s very good for me)

Potei12

Kil'n People by David brin

ContraCowboy

spellmonger by terry mancour

Gusty737

This might be a bit too YA for Daniel, but I've always loved Zita the Spacegirl. It's got a bit of studio ghibli meets wizard of oz vibe, and it got me into YA the same way Dragonriders got me into Sci-fi and Fantasy. Thank you Larry for the recommendation!

AntiqueCynic

The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins. An eldritch god 'Father' adopts a bunch of kids and raises them to be librarians. Now Father is missing and someone needs to claim his library.

Michael Mynott

The picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde

ktnmyers

Lock In by John Scalzi. I know you've hated his other work, and I read Old Man's War and thought it was terrible. The premise for this hooked me though - a pandemic causes millions of people to be "locked in" - totally mentally aware but unable to move. They create an online community and design robots for consciousness to occupy. The main character is locked in, and also a detective. It was really good.