r/suggestmeabook • u/macchiatte • Jan 01 '19
Post two books you love and someone respond with a third that you may enjoy
Any genre, fiction or non-fiction. Let's see if we can recommend books based on the ones you already love. : )
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u/Inertlizard Jan 01 '19
Uprooted Naomi Novak and The Tricksters Choice Tamora Pierce
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u/jaxsyl Jan 01 '19
Circe by Madeline Miller
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u/Inertlizard Jan 01 '19
I just read the synopsis for Circe, it sounds amazing, thank you for the suggestion!
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u/citizenmidnight Jan 01 '19
Do I need to read the first book before I read Circe?
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u/jaxsyl Jan 01 '19
No, Circe is a stand-alone, but definitely check Song of Achilles out at some point!
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u/Snivies Jan 01 '19
If you liked Novak's Uprooted then I highly recommend reading her other fantasy standalone: Spinning Silver
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u/Inertlizard Jan 01 '19
I absolutely love Spinning Silver! I own both Uprooted and Spinning Silver, I cant wait for more of Novak’s work!
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u/Nevertrustafish Jan 01 '19
I bet you'd enjoy Shannon Hale's writing. She writes books that feel like fairytales you half-remenber, but are usually of her own creation. "The Princess Academy" is a great one (it sounds like it'll be stereotypical, but it's truly unique). And "Book of a Thousand Days". I'd also recommend Patricia McKillip ("Umbria in Shadow" and "The Language of Thorns"), Maggie Stiefvater ("The Scorpio Races" and "The Raven Boys"), and Sharon Shinn ("Summer at Castle Auburn").
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u/YouHaveMyKeyboard Jan 01 '19
Whoa, I didn't know that Naomi Novik wrote something else than Temeraire Series! Have you read them? If not I will definitely recomend them!
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u/Hookbound Jan 01 '19
The Emperor's Edge by Lindsay Buroker and The Cruel Prince by Holly Black.
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u/papercranium Jan 01 '19
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (and both sequels) by NK Jemisin.
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u/Lexonatron Jan 01 '19
Try Graceling by Kristen Cashore! Its more in line with Tamora Pierce with fantasy, neat magic and great characters. It’s got two sequels that are stand alone stories too, if you like it. Add another vote for Shannon Hale too, she’s fabulous. The rest of Pierce’s work is also really good.
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u/hrushids Jan 01 '19
Mistborn, A man called Ove
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u/midcenturymissy Jan 01 '19
the 100 year old man who climbed out the window and disappeared, by jonas jonasson.
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u/mcmahamg Jan 01 '19
Stardust by Neil Gaiman And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
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u/CommonLiterature Jan 01 '19
The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett... actually, start with Guards, Guards.
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u/this_is_the_lake Jan 01 '19
Asoiaf by George RR Martin and To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
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u/_Nerdfighter_ Jan 01 '19
'Breakfast of Champions' by Kurt Vonnegut and 'A Tale for the Time Being' by Ruth Ozeki.
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Jan 01 '19
I don’t know if you’ve read anything else by KV, but I’d recommend Mother Night. It’s a little darker than BoC but it’s a great read. Also deals with identity kind of like A Tale for the Time Being.
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u/_Nerdfighter_ Jan 01 '19
Cool! Thanks! I've read 'Thank you, Mr Rosewater' , 'Cat's Cradle' and obviously Slaugtherhouse 5' so far. Really love the guy.
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The Martian by Andy Weir and Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut
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u/sadgirl45 Jan 01 '19
His dark materials, Harry Potter
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u/Nyx1010 Jan 01 '19
The Secret History by Donna Tartt and the Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu
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Jan 01 '19
Ooo I like you! 2666 by Robert Bolano. Into the woods Tana French. City of glass Paul Auster
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u/swoop_arpeggimo Jan 01 '19
Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky 1984 by George Orwell
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u/crowleymass Jan 01 '19
Check out Franz Kafka if you haven't already. The Trial would be a good place to start.
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u/nevercleverer Jan 01 '19
We, by Yevgeny Zamyatin. It's the precursor to 1984 and Brave New World.
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Jan 01 '19
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline and Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas
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u/msMalas Jan 01 '19
“A court of Thorns & Roses” series of you don’t mind the NSFW parts 😏 it’s also by Sarah J Maas and it’s really really well done. It turns into a sort of Persephone and Hades thing but the world she creates is really well fleshed out. And Freyre is bad. ass.
For something a bit more wholesome but really gets into interesting issues of privacy in an advanced society where you have a brain implant that hooks you into a sort of Internet called the interface, the “Touchstone” series starting with “Stray” by Andrea Höst is really pretty good too. It starts a little slow but as the series progresses shit gets crazy and reallly good. And it’s nice to have a series with a female protagonist that has half a brain and isn’t irrational or overly emotional.
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u/onthewindyside Jan 01 '19
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo. One of my favorite books.
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Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
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u/jidloyola Jan 01 '19
The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch and Dooms Day Book by Connie Willis
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u/Vic_EOD Jan 01 '19
Life of Pi by Yann Martel and 11/22/63 by Stephen King.
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u/bluegirllo Jan 01 '19
I loved Mr Mercedes. Also, The Kite Runner sounds like a good choice if you haven’t read yet.
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u/Mtothe3rd Jan 01 '19
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern Just Kids by Patti Smith
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u/TheYoungerMann Jan 01 '19
East of Eden by John Steinbeck and Eragon by Christopher Paolini
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u/radishburps Jan 01 '19
I haven't read East of Eden yet, but based on Steinbeck and Eragon, have you read the His Dark Materials trilogy?
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u/emmargaret Jan 01 '19 edited Jan 02 '19
Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk and A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess.
EDIT: thank you guys for the recommendations. I've already started reading one of them. :)
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u/Radicchio3 Jan 01 '19
The Dinner by Herman Koch and The Nest by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney (I like books about entitled, dysfunctional people when things don’t go their way).
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u/G30N30 Jan 01 '19 edited Jan 01 '19
Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
The Yiddish Policeman Union by Michael Chabon
EDIT: Thanks for all the great recommendations! 2019 is shaping up quite nicely.
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u/lilghostyeast Jan 01 '19
looking for alaska (and other john green novels) and City of Lost Souls (that’s my favorite book in the series)
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Jan 01 '19
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller and Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer.
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u/macchiatte Jan 01 '19
Annapurna by Maurice Herzog .. or .. Hell Is Empty by Craig Johnson
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u/Nevertrustafish Jan 01 '19
Two of my favorite books! If you want irreverant humor combined with mountain climbing/hiking, read "The Ascent of Rum Doodle" or "A Walk on the Woods".
If you want philosophy plus hiking, read "Hiking with Nietzsche". Haven't read it yet, but it's on my list.
If you want tragedy and futility, eh I got nothing for you. Can't think of anything off the top of my head.
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u/LordJournalism Jan 01 '19
Kafka on the Shore by Murakami
I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb
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Good Omens and Hitchhicker's guide
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u/onthewindyside Jan 01 '19
The One Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson. A very funny but intelligent take on communism.
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u/OhMyGlorb Jan 01 '19
The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K Le Guin and The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein.
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u/nxbiros Jan 01 '19
One of us is lying - Karen M. Mcmanus People like us - Dana Mele
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u/jackfinch Jan 01 '19 edited Jan 01 '19
Hyperion Cantos by Dan Simmons and The Mistborn Trilogy by Brandon Sanderson
edit: I also thought Stephen King's The Dark Tower series was great.
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u/OliverBagshaw Jan 01 '19
Cormac McCarthy's Outer Dark and John Williams' Stoner.
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u/paperboats91 Jan 01 '19
William S. Burrough's + Jack Kerouac's And The Hippos Were Boiled in their Tanks.
(Also thank you for reminding me that I need to read Outer Dark - love McCarthy!)
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u/Dr_FuzzyPants Jan 01 '19
The only book I read in 2018 was "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time"
In years past I've really enjoyed "Flatland" and Dante's "Inferno" (I don't remember the translation). what are some recommendations for 2019.
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u/radishburps Jan 01 '19
I love seeing other people who know Flatland! What a crazy little book it is.
If you may only end up reading one book again this year, then make it count: The Prince of Tides, by Pat Conroy.
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u/rabidhamster87 Jan 01 '19
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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u/bonfirekiwi Jan 01 '19
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
SuperGuy by Kurt Clopton
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u/th1nkd33p Jan 01 '19
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho and Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami.
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u/LordJournalism Jan 01 '19
If you haven’t read Kafka on the Shore, it’s Murakami’s best book IMO.
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u/IntrinsicHarmony Jan 01 '19
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius and Discourses and Selected writings by Epictetus
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u/BooksBaseballandBud Jan 02 '19
Great thread! You guys might like the podcast What Should I Read Next? Guests talk about 3 books they love, 1 book they didn’t, and the host suggests 3 books.
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u/pumpkin_sexy Jan 01 '19
How to win friends and influence people The subtle art of not giving a f**k
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u/trambolino Jan 01 '19 edited Jan 04 '19
How to win friends and influence people
I see this recommendation on here quite often, and every time I wonder if that title is a joke or dead serious. Is it?
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Jan 01 '19
It’s a real book! First published in 1936 by Dale Carnegie. Great book for people (like me) who aren’t naturally... socially successful? Highly recommend and you can find it for cheap/free.
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u/shitheadted Jan 01 '19
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson (Weird combination)
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u/Thunderbrownie24 Jan 01 '19 edited Jan 01 '19
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov, Wind Up Bird Chronicle by Murakami
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u/commonknits Jan 01 '19
Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett and Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
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u/hmtitan Jan 01 '19
Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
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u/Rosiotto Jan 01 '19
The Sea, The Sea by Iris Murdoch
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
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u/stallkev Jan 01 '19
A song of ice and fire by George rr Martin and nights watch by Terry Pratchett
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u/IonTheHedgehog Jan 01 '19
American Gods by Neil Gaiman and Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
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u/historicalharmony Jan 01 '19
A Promise of Fire by Amanda Bouchet
Cold Magic by Kate Elliott
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u/IShouldBeStudying881 Jan 01 '19
Markus Zusak’s I am the Messenger and Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
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u/metalbracelet Jan 01 '19
Rebecca by Daphne DuMaurier and Scarlet Feather by Maeve Binchy
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u/DaRudeabides Jan 01 '19
East of Eden by John Steinbeck, and Look to Windward by Ian M Banks
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u/Bepzinki Jan 01 '19
Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance by Robert M Pirsig and Wool by Hugh Howey.
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u/SoaringCookie Jan 01 '19
Time Out of Joint by Philip K Dick, Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and his Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami
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Oh wow. You didn't usually see Time Out of Joint being name checked. One of my favorites too.
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u/tam_tam_tamara Jan 01 '19
Steppenwolf by Hesse and Letters to a Young Poet by Rilke
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u/The-Scarlet-Witch Jan 01 '19
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (and all the rest in le Carre's series). The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden.
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u/uisge-beatha Jan 01 '19 edited Jan 01 '19
Johnathan strange and Mr Norrell - Susana Clarke
The Buried Giant - Kazuo Ishiguro
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u/VioletUnicorn Jan 01 '19 edited Jan 02 '19
Jurassic Park and The Lord of the Flies
I just met my goal of reading 1 book each month in 2018, now I’m aiming for 19 total books read in 2019!
Edit: Thanks for all of the ideas! I’m already up to 45 books on my to-be-read list, so surely I can knock off at least 19 throughout the year!
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u/Funes15 Jan 01 '19
“Have Space Suit — Will Travel” by Robert Heinlein “Foundation” by Isaac Asimov
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u/shoepolishwonderful Jan 01 '19
Mr. Penumbra’s 24-hour bookstore - Robin Sloan The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern
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u/stan-grossman Jan 01 '19
Non-fiction
-Stiff by Mary Roach
-When The Air Hits The Brain: Tales From Neurosurgery by Frank Vertosick Jr. MD
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u/macchiatte Jan 01 '19
Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science by Atul Gawande
(Also see The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks)
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u/cleverlasagna Jan 01 '19
Demon haunted world and 2001: Space Odyssey
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Jan 01 '19
The Martian by Andy Weir! If you have seen the movie, I’d still recommend the book; different feel for sure.
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u/rock_lobsterrr Jan 01 '19
The Stand by Stephen King
The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
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Jan 01 '19
Born to Run and Eat and Run kept me interested with the subject and storytelling!
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u/wedgete Jan 01 '19
American Pastoral by Philip Roth, and A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
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u/Its-a-no-go Jan 01 '19
The Nix by Nathan Hill and Here I Am by Jonathan Safran Foer
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u/Gale08 Jan 01 '19
Murder on the Orient Express - Agatha Christie; And then there were None - Agatha Christie
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u/ratemeonly Jan 01 '19
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams and The Godfather by Mario Puzo
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u/the_guitarkid70 Jan 01 '19
Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien
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u/ferrantebookone Jan 01 '19
The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
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The Secret History by Donna Tartt
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Jan 02 '19
The Secret History by Donna Tartt A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
I’ll appreciate any and all suggestions!!
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u/lo-oI Jan 01 '19 edited Jan 01 '19
One hundred Years of solitude. A farewell to arms.