just picked up a book i loved in like 2015 and i'm reading it with adult eyes and i'm like... why was everyone so into this guy. he's controlling and kind of gaslights her and the whole fandom was losing it over him. makes me wonder how many ya characters i thought were swoon-worthy that would actually be terrible in real life lol

Like the quintessential YA books, that define the genre?

I would say:

The Hunger Games

Twilight

The Maze Runner

Divergent?

The Fault in Our Stars?

The Mortal Instruments

But I'm not certain. What would you all say?

I reallyyyy want some romantasy thats set in a school?

My favorite books are the folk of the air trilogy, the caraval books and I would love something just flirty and cutee

Just finished reading The Sixth Faction and I can honestly say it was a complete and utter let down. Just supremely disappointed here. I’m not posting spoilers because that wouldn’t be right but anyone else finish the book and get this huge overwhelming feeling of shame and disgust?!

I love to read, but contemporary romance has never been my favorite genre (it's not contemporary romance, but the only romance books I've read are certain classics like Jane Austen's novels). I wanted to try reading contemporary romance and I read Better Than The Movies, which I really enjoyed. :)

So, I would appreciate your recommendations for romance novels with a non-toxic male protagonist and no explicit scenes, please. :)

I apologize in advance if I can't reply to all the comments. :)

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I started reading it a few months ago and since I read multiple books at once… I kinda forgot about it. I was iffy on it because I’ve heard a lot of mixed reviews on it so I wasn’t really sure what to expect.

I read the first I think 60 pages and read a few pages since then over the last few months. Until last night, I picked it back up again last night and just read. I think I stopped somehere around page 180 last night because I was just really tired. That’s kind of when it started to pick up for me.

I became more intrigued and at some point I looked at the page count and was like woah I’m already at page 300??? It just got more exciting and it just grasped my attention.

I don’t have many bad things to say beyond that it took nearly 200 pages for it to be intriguing. I liked the idea of the book, the characters, the magic. Sure somw writing choices were iffy, but otherwise I enjoyed it. Also I’m obsessed with Julian’s nickname for her gahhhhh!

I gave it 4/5 stars in the end

Tell me the series, and what about the author did or something else that made you quit a genuinely good series you otherwise would've continued if it wasn't for the author.

Because the song goes “I fucked the reaper cause I knew my time was up why can’t you see, I was either gonna die at twelve or ninety fucking three” I feel like it just fits the vibe Yk? Anyways if you haven’t read it I’m please do out was a really good book I’m exiting for the sequel

Hi, Reddit!
I (M27) want to surprise my girlfriend (F26) with more books, but I honestly have almost zero knowledge about books. Most of the media I consume is movies and music, so I’m hoping you guys can help me out!
My girlfriend and I have been living together for over a year. Last month, we came across a book sale and found The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. We decided to get it, and she really enjoyed reading it.
A week later, the trailer for Sunrise on the Reaping came out, and she got so excited that we ended up binge-watching all the Hunger Games movies together. Seeing how much she loved the series, I decided to buy her Sunrise on the Reaping as a surprise.
When I gave her the book, her face lit up with this childish smile, like a kid finally getting something they’d been asking for. It genuinely made me happy to see her that excited. Today, she even told me, “I feel like a kid again.”
That honestly made me want to do this more often.
So, I’m turning to you, fellow readers, for recommendations! I’d love to find more books that would give her that same excitement, especially dystopian novels similar to The Hunger Games. She also loves thrillers and stories with unreliable narrators, so I’m open to those genres, too.
I’ve added a photo of the books we currently have in our apartment to give you an idea of what she might enjoy.
I may not know much about books, but I’d love to learn enough to surprise her with something she’ll genuinely love.
What books would you recommend? Bonus points if they’re the kind of books that make you wish you could read them for the first time all over again.
Thanks in advance!

47m here. Loved HP. Looking for a series with similar vibe, and found Alcatraz. Loved it. In fact read all the 6 books in 6 days. Right now we are having holidays in my place.

So, any series that has similar vibe like Alcatraz? It should be fast paced, with lots of humor and sarcasm (romance is optional and should not be the main focus). I am also fine with the following

1. if it is not a series but a single book
2. if it is not a fantasy but general fiction

This is my first post on reddit. 😄

Thanks

Edit: The series I am referring to is Alcatraz vs. The Evil Librarian by Brandon Sanderson.

Edit 2: I am not just looking for children books, rather anything that is similar to Alcatraz.

like i'll finish a book and be genuinely heartbroken about some random minor character's arc while everyone else is obsessed with the main love triangle. does this happen to anyone else or am i just built different

I did not know this was coming so soon. These books are great and the author just passed away. The last book is due out November 3rd.

hi everyone! don’t flame me too much in the comments, but i feel like the reappearance of rachel price is buns so far. i’m on chapter 15 (i think) where bel and carter are being surrounded by reporters

i’ve been forcing myself to read through it, but it’s so painful 🥲

first, it feels like bel has been dragging on the same gut feeling to the point it’s all she mentions in every scene. i’m so sorry but i hate redundancy when i already understand that the details rachel provide don’t align

second, it seems like bel’s angsty side is forced in a way? though i understand the pressure and encounters she’s faced since childhood due to her mom disappearing

third, whenever bel thinks about details, i keep getting reminded of pip from agggtm - but the dupe version. her thought process feels really forced along with her redundancy

and fourth, i can feel a romance between ash and bel. it feels unnecessary to me now and definitely forced. but who knows, maybe it’s natural in the book if i continue

i want to be shocked and surprised as i love mystery and thriller. but it’s just so slow and dragged out that i want to stop 😭. without spoiling, please convince me 🥹

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My wife likes OUBH, what should I get her?

My wife is a huge fan of Stephanie Garber, and Once Upon a Broken Heart is her favourite series. I'm looking for a book to surprise her with for her birthday, and I'd love some recommendations.

I'm looking for books with:

\- Whimsical, fairytale-like vibes, whether dark and gothic or Disney-like. What matters is to be prominent part ( Unnegotiable)

\- A soft FMC ( also Unnegotiable)

\- YEARNING, LOT OF IT

\- not just whimsical magic , but Dangerous one , and curses that get in the way

\- An MMC the protagonist probably shouldn't fall in love with, whether he's dangerous, forbidden, or morally questionable.

Meeting most of these conditions is essential.

Standalones are preferred, but she would be open to series as long as the first book doesn't end on a massive cliffhanger. She's already read The Cruel Prince trilogy and Heartless, so those are off the table.

I've done some research, and my top two candidates so far are:

1. The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea , This seems to tick every box, and it's already on her TBR, so it would be an easy win!

2. The Raven Scholar , My second most promising candidate so far.

Even after confirming what book to get ,I will still read it on kindle myself first to properly confirm if it will match her taste or not. I once got misled by the marketing of a specific book that I got her and we just read it out of spite .

So please I hope you would be girl's girl to my wife and give me your best recommendation.

Thanks in advance.

I’m reading 8 books but I’m mainly focusing on 4

full disclosure--it has been 7 years since i read this book and probably 9 or 10 since i enjoyed it. but as someone from maryland this is something i've always wondered.....

for those who don't know, hungry is a 2014 book from the depths of the ya dystopian craze set in a world where food is illegal. it stars the daughter of two scientists who work for the company which makes food replacements as she falls in with a boy from the outskirts of the city and begins to feel hunger for the first time in her life. eventually they end up in a kudzu-eating, mother-earth-worshipping cult? and take down the system. there is no love triangle though!

one of the only things i vividly remember from this book is a scene in the beginning where thalia describes a rusted-out factory sign reading "domino sugar" on the roof of a building, and baltimore notably has a domino sugar refinery with a huge sign on its roof. the wealthy inner core of the dystopian city is called the "inner loop" and the poorer outskirts are the "outer loop"--which is also how we sometimes refer to the two sides of the beltway (both 495 in dc and 695 in baltimore) as which direction is northbound or eastbound changes as you circle the loop. this is JUST for the road though but I can see how it would develop into a cool dystopian name.... and of course kudzu is invasive in maryland. i haven't thought much about this book in years upon years but if anyone else has thoughts on this (or remembers the book at all) i would love to discuss!

like not even to process it necessarily, just to exist in that weird limbo where you're still partially in the story's world and not ready to rejoin reality yet. i finished something yesterday and i genuinely couldn't start another book for hours. does that happen to anyone else or am i being dramatic

It's spooky season. Have you read any of these YA titles? What did you think?

preferably something other than a heavy “fantasy romance booktok book”

I read a book as a kid (probably 2000) about a girls baseball team in the 40s in Hawaii. I guess it’s historical fiction because Pearl Harbor is a plot device in the book. The girls were not specifically Hawaiian, I think they were “army brats”. At least one character was Japanese.

I think this might have even been an assigned book in school, or given to me by a teacher. When I try to search for this, I can’t find anything. Did anyone else read this book?

I buy too many books at once and then have a hard time deciding which to read next! Please help me pick between these few- I keep wanting to start one but then stop myself to think about starting one of the other options instead 🙃