Book Recommendations?

[piske]

Looking for some book recommendations! :>

I am currently reading The Man in the High Castle by Philip K ****. I typically prefer non-fiction (WWII or autobiographies like Blood, Bones & Butter by Gabrielle Hamilton...) but I would like fiction recommendations as well. Some of my favorite fiction pieces are Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto and The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa.

My favorite subjects are food/chef-related and WWII European history, but of course I am interested in reading novels/books with new subjects :>

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Ok, it edited out the last name of the author... ;_; so you can probably guess what it is...

 

[Soigne]

Have you read In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick? I actually quite liked it.

 

[Llust]

this isnt exactly what youre looking for, but i highly recommend reading the skinjacker and unwind trilogies; both written by neal shusterman. theyre both a mix of everything - romance, mystery, drama, etc and theyre an easy read as well
*edit: and if youre into world war two, this is actually a movie but i recommend watching 'life is beautiful.' im not sure if theres a subbed version out there bc it was originally in italian and just got dubbed over in english when it was released in the usa..and despite the poor quality considering it was released like twenty years ago, this movie is a must watch. i admit, at first i was thrown off by the movie bc it was so cheesy, but its very entertaining for the first hour of the movie before it moves on to the concentration camps. its one of those movies that emotionally scar you for a few months bc of the ending

 

[tae]

if you're into horror / suspense novels i live by Dean Koontz. my favorite is "Watchers".
his writing style doesn't give you time to get bored of one story because he has multiple intertwined into each novel.

if you like things more about history theres a stephen king novel about the JFK assassination as well and that one has been pretty good so far.

 

[piske]

this isnt exactly what youre looking for, but i highly recommend reading the skinjacker and unwind trilogies; both written by neal shusterman. theyre both a mix of everything - romance, mystery, drama, etc and theyre an easy read as well
*edit: and if youre into world war two, this is actually a movie but i recommend watching 'life is beautiful.' im not sure if theres a subbed version out there bc it was originally in italian and just got dubbed over in english when it was released in the usa..and despite the poor quality considering it was released like twenty years ago, this movie is a must watch. i admit, at first i was thrown off by the movie bc it was so cheesy, but its very entertaining for the first hour of the movie before it moves on to the concentration camps. its one of those movies that emotionally scar you for a few months bc of the ending

OMG that movie destroyed me...it was so so devastating at the end...I remember watching it so long ago but still feel how sad it was!!!

if you're into horror / suspense novels i live by Dean Koontz. my favorite is "Watchers".
his writing style doesn't give you time to get bored of one story because he has multiple intertwined into each novel.

if you like things more about history theres a stephen king novel about the JFK assassination as well and that one has been pretty good so far.

OOOH do you know what the name of the Stephen King one is??? That sounds really interesting!

 

[Llust]

OMG that movie destroyed me...it was so so devastating at the end...I remember watching it so long ago but still feel how sad it was!!!

Spoiler: spoiler

ikr? honestly i didnt even know what i was watching at first. i thought it was just a typical comedy with no plot but when they started getting put into the camps, my mind was just like wtf..no..stahp..oH SHIAT PLS NO. ughh..im not sure if you still remember this but when the ss officer and the father (forgot his name) disappeared into the alley followed by the gunshots and everything, i was really hoping that the dad went ninja on the officer and shot him instead, if that makes sense, meaning he lived..but after i found out that the father actually got killed, i was just hysterically crying at that point. just- oh my god..this is the reason why i dont watch these types of movies anymore ;v;

 

[Chicken Tender]

Not sure if you'd enjoy something like this but Every Day by David Levithan is a beautiful story. I read it as part of an English class and it's a great twist on generic overused love stories. I won't say too much but it's a story of this thing that travels from body to body and falls in love with a girl. I just think it's a great take on pushing the element of love without the need of a gender.

 

[weesakins]

jenny han to all the boys ive ever loved !!!

 

[radical6]

You will LOVE "All The Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr.

It takes place during WW2, and stars two separate protagonists. One is a blind French girl. The other is a young German boy at an academy for training nazis.

I can't really describe it without giving it away, but the writing is beautiful. If you like WW2 era books I recommend this.

I'll just paste the summary.

"Marie-Laure lives with her father in Paris near the Museum of Natural History, where he works as the master of its thousands of locks. When she is six, Marie-Laure goes blind and her father builds a perfect miniature of their neighborhood so she can memorize it by touch and navigate her way home. When she is twelve, the Nazis occupy Paris and father and daughter flee to the walled citadel of Saint-Malo, where Marie-Laure?s reclusive great-uncle lives in a tall house by the sea. With them they carry what might be the museum?s most valuable and dangerous jewel.

In a mining town in Germany, the orphan Werner grows up with his younger sister, enchanted by a crude radio they find. Werner becomes an expert at building and fixing these crucial new instruments, a talent that wins him a place at a brutal academy for Hitler Youth, then a special assignment to track the resistance. More and more aware of the human cost of his intelligence, Werner travels through the heart of the war and, finally, into Saint-Malo, where his story and Marie-Laure?s converge."

 

[piske]

You will LOVE "All The Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr.

It takes place during WW2, and stars two separate protagonists. One is a blind French girl. The other is a young German boy at an academy for training nazis.

I can't really describe it without giving it away, but the writing is beautiful. If you like WW2 era books I recommend this.

I'll just paste the summary.

"Marie-Laure lives with her father in Paris near the Museum of Natural History, where he works as the master of its thousands of locks. When she is six, Marie-Laure goes blind and her father builds a perfect miniature of their neighborhood so she can memorize it by touch and navigate her way home. When she is twelve, the Nazis occupy Paris and father and daughter flee to the walled citadel of Saint-Malo, where Marie-Laure’s reclusive great-uncle lives in a tall house by the sea. With them they carry what might be the museum’s most valuable and dangerous jewel.

In a mining town in Germany, the orphan Werner grows up with his younger sister, enchanted by a crude radio they find. Werner becomes an expert at building and fixing these crucial new instruments, a talent that wins him a place at a brutal academy for Hitler Youth, then a special assignment to track the resistance. More and more aware of the human cost of his intelligence, Werner travels through the heart of the war and, finally, into Saint-Malo, where his story and Marie-Laure’s converge."

UMMM...This sounds AMAZING! Thank you so much! I will definitely be picking this up! Did you enjoy it?

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ikr? honestly i didnt even know what i was watching at first. i thought it was just a typical comedy with no plot but when they started getting put into the camps, my mind was just like wtf..no..stahp..oH SHIAT PLS NO. ughh..im not sure if you still remember this but when the ss officer and the father (forgot his name) disappeared into the alley followed by the gunshots and everything, i was really hoping that the dad went ninja on the officer and shot him instead, if that makes sense, meaning he lived..but after i found out that the father actually got killed, i was just hysterically crying at that point. just- oh my god..this is the reason why i dont watch these types of movies anymore ;v;

Ugh, me too! I really hate watching any kind of drama these days. I mostly stick with comedies and action movies because the ones with real stories are just too much sometimes!

 

[radical6]

UMMM...This sounds AMAZING! Thank you so much! I will definitely be picking this up! Did you enjoy it?

Yes, I loved the book! It was great.

 

[tae]

OMG that movie destroyed me...it was so so devastating at the end...I remember watching it so long ago but still feel how sad it was!!!



OOOH do you know what the name of the Stephen King one is??? That sounds really interesting!

Stephen King's is called
11/22/63

 

[lazuli]

These are all fiction, but The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender, Dreamland by Sarah Dessen, and Welcome to Night Vale: A Novel by Joseph Fink and Jeffery Cranor are my current favourites (you won't really understand WTNV: A Novel unless you listen to the podcast it's based on...).

 

[piske]

Yes, I loved the book! It was great.

Oh, good! Thank you again! :>

Stephen King's is called
11/22/63

Thank you so much! :>

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These are all fiction, but The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender, Dreamland by Sarah Dessen, and Welcome to Night Vale: A Novel by Joseph Fink and Jeffery Cranor are my current favourites (you won't really understand WTNV: A Novel unless you listen to the podcast it's based on...).

Welcome to Night Vale sounds super interesting...! I will definitely check that out! :>