Books

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16892902

The best horror books of 2024 according to the Esquire (April 10)

• The House of Last Resort by Peter Straub
• This Wretched Valley by Lyndsey Kiefer
• Among the Living by Adam Nevill
• In the Valley of the Headless Men by Hernán Díaz
• The Haunting of Velkwood by Michael David Kiste
• Mouth by Paul Tremblay
• King Nyx by Christopher Golden
• The Angel of Indian Lake by Graham Joyce
• The Black Girl Survives in This One edited by Rion Amilcar Scott and Rebecca Roanhorse
• Bless Your Heart by Alyssa Maxwell
• Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by John LaRocca
• Diavola by Livia Llewellyn
• The Underhistory by Tessa Warren
• Incidents Around the House by Riley Sager (forthcoming

Hiya,

My local library summer reading challenge has a few items with which I could use y'all's help.

Read a book with a musical theme.

Read a book outside your comfort zone (I read mostly novels, and mostly sci-fi).

Read a book by an author from a different cultural background. (I'm a white American and I've already read Three Body Problem)

Read a book suggested to you.

I would appreciate any suggestions!

-Pidgin

We see you, hard-core NPR readers — just because it's summer doesn't mean it's all fiction, all the time. So we asked around the newsroom to find our staffers' favorite nonfiction from the first half of 2024. We've got biography and memoir, health and science, history, sports and more.

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/34435904

I've been seeing her name a lot lately in terms of good science fiction and fantasy. I feel like I've lost so much attention span in terms of my ability to read and stuff and I'd like to start getting back into it, perhaps starting with her (or Terry Pratchett lol).

If I start with her, what's a good place to start with her work?

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16219937

https://bookriot.com/2023-stoker-award-winners-for-best-horror-and-dark-fantasy/

The Bram Stoker Award is a prestigious literary award presented annually by the Horror Writers Association (HWA) to recognize "superior achievement" in dark fantasy and horror writing.

Here are the 2023 Stoker Award Winners

• Superior Achievement in a Novel: The Reformatory by Tananarive Due
• Superior Achievement in a First Novel: The Daughters of Block Island by Christa Carmen
• Superior Achievement in a Middle Grade Novel: The Nighthouse Keeper by Lora Senf
• Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel: She Is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran
• Superior Achievement in Long Fiction: Linghun by Ai Jiang
• Superior Achievement in Short Fiction: “Quondam” by Cindy O’Quinn
• Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection: Blood from the Air by Gemma Files
• Superior Achievement in an Anthology: Out There Screaming edited by Jordan Peele & John Joseph Adams
• Superior Achievement in Long Nonfiction: 101 Horror Books to Read Before You’re Murdered by Sadie Hartmann
• Superior Achievement in Short Nonfiction: “Becoming Ungovernable: Latah, Amok, and Disorder in Indonesia” by Nadia Bulkin (Unquiet Spirits: Essays by Asian Women in Horror)
• Superior Achievement in Poetry: On the Subject of Blackberries by Stephanie M. Wytovich
• Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel: Carmilla: The First Vampire by Amy Chu, art by Soo Lee
• Superior Achievement in a Screenplay: Godzilla Minus One

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/2730183

Hey, all.

Start through this link here.

Read along with a copy from the library on the book you're on or through PDF or ePub.

Better if you read along to the narrator's words.

Discuss A Song of Ice and Fire below.

Cheers!

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/2722326

Hey, everyone.

You can start through this hyperlink here.

That's if you're just starting the A Song of Ice and Fire book series (which the TV show Game of Thrones is based off of).

Discussion question for today:

What are your favorite parts of Dorne?

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/2663734

Hello all.

Start through this hyperlink right here if you haven't started already.

The hyperlink starts with A Game of Thrones.

This book that I'm reading right now is the fifth book of the A Song of Ice and Fire series, A Dance with Dragons.

Get the first book or second book or whichever book you're starting with from your local library or from Z Library or Anna's archive (the last two provide free PDFs or ePub versions).

What are your favorite Jon Snow chapters throughout the series?

I do not read books as often as I watch movies, but I am willing to create a habit of reading by taking a suggestion for a book from this community, and I want to start from this genre.

However I am quite picky in this matter. I cannot stand romance involving breakups, betrayal, love triangle or anything of such sorts. All I am looking for a simple story where only the couple is the protagonist, if you understand what I mean. I do not wish for any other character act as a rival in their relationship. Minor inconveniences or tensions could still be tolerated but I wish for the couple to have a satisfying ending as they were destined to by spending time with each other or being involved in circumstances that reveal similarities between them.

I would be more inclined towards stories with settings during the present times or having the characters hate each other at first, but these are optional.

Jessica Huang from Fresh off the Boat TV series, said this in response to Honey quoting the movie. I totally feel the same way.

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/2630276

Heya, all of you

You can start through this hyperlink right here and begin reading along with a book while you're listening to it.

Best way to enjoy it.

First book is A Game of Thrones.

Current (and fifth book) that I'm on is A Dance with Dragons.

How are you all enjoying your current read-through, if you are reading along with me?

This is for those currently reading.

Get the first, second, third, fourth, or fifth book from your local library near you. Or get the book PDF from Z Library or Anna's Archive, whichever book you're on or currently starting with.

Discussion question:

What's your favorite part in A Dance with Dragons?

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/2621758

Hey all.

You can start right here through this link.

This is the fifth book of A Song of Ice and Fire.

That is, A Dance with Dragons.

A Game of Thrones is the first book.

What are your thoughts on the chapter?

Your thoughts on the fifth book in general?

It's my favorite book.

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/2608650

Hey, y'all.

You can listen to the beginning from here onward.

Get a copy of the book from your local library (first book is A Game of Thrones and the one I'm currently reading is A Dance with Dragons). Or you can read through your PDF reader and get a PDF version from Z Library.

@GinAndJuche@hexbear.net

Here you go, Master Qui-Gon Juche.

I've been feeling really lonely lately so I've been trying to find any romance books to distract me.

However, the only books with male heterosexual protagonists I can find are either sports romances or have "alpha male" protagonists.

Are there any books where the main character is nerdier and more relatable?

For me, the first time this happened was with The Royal Assassin Saga from Robin Hobb, and then Metro 2033.

This year, it’s The Witcher saga… (I can’t move on) I love all those introspective books with thoughtful heroes trying to make sense of the world they are forced to evolve into.

Do you have any other book like that?

At the start of the book, there's an acknowledgement by the author, that goes something like:

This one is for Stephen

The idea for this book was suggested by a boy in a school I was visiting, who asked me to write a book called The Moving Castle.

I wrote down his name, and put it in such a safe place, that I have been unable to find it ever since.

I would like to thank him very much.

Any recommendations for left wing reads. Preferably something not depressing. Thanks!

Hopefully I'm in the right place.

This is what I remember. The book is set in outer space some time after an intergalactic war with an alien species. Large ships were built during the war. One such ship was placed on the very edge of the known universe, which was where the aliens came from, as an outpost/watchtower of sorts. They keep watch over the edge for any sign of the aliens returning. Anyways, the characters in the book realize that the universe is contracting back in on itself and destroying everything in its path. Over the course of the book they must figure out what is going on while staying ahead of the contraction.

Please help.

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/2434023

Hiya.

Start right here.

Who is your favorite character in A Dance with Dragons? Which arc do you like best?

Get a copy of A Game of Thrones (from your local library or Z Library) and start reading along to the audiobook.

Después de ver la serie #ReinaRoja en #Amazon decidí comprar la trilogía de libros 📚 para mi #Kindle

His notable works include The New York Trilogy (1987), Moon Palace (1989), The Music of Chance (1990), The Book of Illusions (2002), The Brooklyn Follies (2005), Invisible (2009), Sunset Park (2010), Winter Journal (2012), and 4 3 2 1 (2017). His books have been translated into more than forty languages.[1]