The Cosmere series by Brandon Sanderson. Particularly The Way of Kings series in it. I haven’t been able to put it down.
Moby Dick!!! Ishmael is one of the most amazing fictitious characters I’ve ever had the pleasure of encountering.
Honorary mention to The Brothers Karamazov.
The characters are so fleshed out that you really don’t get into the book’s plot until you’re 200 pages in.
The Expanse Series! All of the characters are extremely well written. The plot and setting are also amazing. (personally: I would watch the show and THEN read the books.)
Second this opinion.
I watched the show and then decided to read the books. I’ve read the first three and all its made me realise is how good the show is.
(The books are great too!)
Have fun reading the rest of the series! Took me about a week to proccess my feelings, when I finished the final book.
Hyperion (Series) and Project Hail Mary. A Fire Upon the Deep also stands out, but do note that the author died before finishing the series, which leaves parts of the story painfully unanswered. The series and characters were incredibly different than most books.
The wandering inn. I started reading it 2ish years ago. I am still reading. The author literally writes faster than I can read. In a good way.
No killing Goblins!
I’m assuming the fish hook being in the book means that it’s kind of death to be into the book, so I’ll go with anything by Ayn Rand; toxic as fuck
Touching The Void was incredible. I literally didn’t put it down until I finished; I started it when I went to bed, I read through the night, and I finished it right before I had to leave for work.
It’s such an incredible gripping story that it’s hard to believe it’s non-fiction.
Wheel of time All the colors of the dark.
Believe it or not, the 2 original Winnie the pooh novels. I just finished reading my son the second one again, and the ending is melancholy and bittersweet I nearly cried.
Fly Fishing by JR Hartley :)
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- Broken Earth trilogy and Great Cities duology by N. K. Jemisin
- Pretty much anything I’ve ever read by Adrian Tchaikovsky but special attention to Shattered Earth series, Children of Time series, and lately Service Model
Missed opportunity of using the word “deeply”
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The Saga of Pliocene Exile series, and associated Galactic MIlieu books by Julian May.
Are those the ones with the portal from the future that people keep going through, only to be captured by evil elves? Or am I thinking of another female fantasy writer from that era?
Nope, that’s basically the plot!
Oh, good stuff. It’s been decades since I was doing pulp fantasy/scifi binges and I’m genuinely surprised I remembered that. The title of the first one just came back to me too- Golden Torc, if anyone’s sees this and is interested.
