Hi y’all!
Earlier this year, my husband expressed how much he wished he could enjoy my books with me, but he struggles with reading. We’ve started a tradition where I read my favorites aloud to him, and it’s become the way we spend our evenings!
We’re about to finish up our current series (Throne of Glass), and would love recommendations!
Previously, we’ve enjoyed Dune, Throne of Glass, and Foundation. We both love anything dystopian, fantasy, or science fiction, but are also open to new suggestions outside these realms! A bit of romance is fine, but over-the-top smut will probably be off-putting to him. I was going to consider reading some of the Brandon Sanderson books to him, but I for the life of me cannot figure out the order so those might be on hold.
Ideally, I’d love series recs so we can get attached to the characters longer, but I’m also not opposed to great one-off novels either!
Thank you so much – can’t wait to see what we will find to read next!
by Olmaliverz
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My husband read Love Story to me while I was pregnant with our first child. It’s not the best book in the world and we’re also divorced but it’s a sweet memory.
My husband & I went through the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett – reading aloud to each other in bed. We laughed uproariously many, many times through each book. Wacky and wise at once. We wouldn’t have missed them for anything!
– The Infernal Devices trilogy (part of the Shadowhunter Chronicles, set in late 1880s)
– The Last Hours trilogy (this is about the next generation of Shadowhunters, set in early 1900s)
Reading about how you have this tradition with your husband reminded me of these two trilogies because the main couples love art and reading books! it’s a YA fantasy romance with vampires, werewolves, ghosts, Shadowhunters who are warriors.
Then if you really love the world there’s also more Shadowhunter books you can read after, but those are great to start.
I haven’t read Brandon Sanderson yet, but I always hear that a great way to start is with the Mistborn trilogy.