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(anon bc I'm a nerd) but would you recommend any books? 😆 I'm trying to get back into reading and it would be greatly appreciated 💞 love your blog!

AAAAAAA MY FAVORITE KINDS OF ASKS ARE BOOK REC ASKS YES I CAN REC U SOME BOOKS

fantasy/sci fi/magical realsim etc

mistborn trilogy by brandon sanderson

a darker shade of magic by v.e. schwab ★

the archived by victoria schwab

this savage song by victoria schwab

vicious by v.e. schwab

more than this by patrick ness ★

the rest of us just live here by patrick ness ★

an ember in the ashes by sabaa tahir

peter darling by austin chant ★

illuminae by jay kristoff and amie kaufman 

the strange and beautiful sorrows of ava lavender by elizabeth wein ☆

of fire and stars by audrey coulthurst ★

the winner’s trilogy by marie rutkoski ☆

ink and bone by rachel caine ★

we are the ants by shaun david hutchinson ★

timekeeper by tara sim ★

the diviners by libba bray ★

the night circus by erin morgenstern 

contemporary 

i’ll give you the sun by jandy nelson ★

to all the boys i’ve loved before by jenny han ☆

we are okay by nina lacour ★

if i was your girl by meredith russo ★

you know me well by nina lacour and david levithan ★

the sky is everywhere by jandy nelson

this song is (not) for you by laura nowlin★

if he had been with me by laura nowlin

(★=lgbtq+ representation☆= very minor lgbtq+ representation)

i hope this helped!!!

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Corinthian capital of the Severan Basilica, with a winged griffin above (Leptis Magna, Libya).

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From the shadowy walls of Weep to the twisting alleys of Ketterdam to the sleek penthouses of NYC 2118, there are dozens of intriguing settings in YA lit—and we can’t get enough. Strange the Dreamer, Laini Taylor’s newest epic fantasy, features her best world-building yet—so, in honor of its release, we’ve rounded up some of our favorite mysterious cities of YA. 

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Hey. I was wondering if you had any books you've read that you'd recommend to others? Thanks in advance.

Oh yes, I always have many book recommendations! It depends on what your preferred genre or tastes are, so I’ll just list a bunch of my favorites for you. Also apologies for taking so long to respond to this - college is wrecking my time availability. ( & taking away from my reading time )

Classics : 

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 

Paradise Lost by John Milton 

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

1984 by George Orwell 

Contemporary : 

Aristotle and Dante discover the secrets of the universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

Heist society by Ally Carter

It ends with Us by Colleen Hoover 

November 9 by Colleen Hoover

The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic

This is where it ends by Marieke Nijkamp

Historical Fiction :

And I Darken by Kiersten White

Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein 

Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente 

Legacy of Kings by Eleanor Herman 

Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller 

Horror : 

Mara Dyer series by Michelle Hodkin

The Call by Peadar Ó Guilín

The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon

Fantasy/Young Adult : 

A book of spirits and thieves by Morgan Rhodes

A court of thorns and roses by Sarah J. Maas

A daughter of smoke and bone by Laini Taylor

A series of unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket

An Ember in the Ashes series by Sabaa Tahir 

Falling Kingdoms series by Morgan Rhodes

Hush Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick 

Incarcenon duology by Catherine Fisher 

Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare

Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard series by Rick Riordan

Night Angel Trilogy by Brent Weeks

Obsidian Blade by Morgan Rhodes

Red Queen series by Victoria Aveyard

Six Of Crows Duology by Leigh Bardugo 

The Diviners by Libba Bray

The False Prince series by Jennifer A. Nielsen 

The Infernal Devices by Cassandra Clare 

The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern 

The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater

The Winner’s Trilogy by Marie Rutkoski

The wrath and the dawn by Renee Ahdieh

Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

Mystery/Crime : 

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn 

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

Plays : 

Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare

Medea by Euripides 

Anything by Euripides for that matter!

Sir gawain and the green knight

Romance : 

Bloodlines by Richelle Mead 

Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater

The Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons 

Science Fiction/Dystopia : 

Insider duology by Maria V. Snyder 

Legend by Marie Lu 

Passenger by Alexandra Bracken 

Red Rising Trilogy by Pierce Brown 

Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi

The Darkest Minds series by Alexandra Bracken 

The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey

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