Here’s my last 12 months to date. I’m reading the top 3 titles this month, everything else is completed. I love sci-fi, horror & dark fantasy. I appreciate select historical nonfiction. I tried Murakami and did not appreciate most of the taboo and greyed consent themes, and I’ll pass on the rest of court of thorns and roses.
For titles listed that are sequels, I’ve read the first installments already. I’m open to manga, just not quite in love with it. I’d appreciate suggestions based on anything below. Help me plan my next haul.
And feel free to ask about anything you see here that you might be considering for yourself!
F= fiction, NF= nonfiction, M= manga
– [ ] F The Silence Of The Lambs
– [ ] F The Darkness That Comes Before
– [ ] F The Necromancers House
– [x] F Kafka on The Shore
– [x] F Frankenstein
– [x] F Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
– [x] F 1Q84
– [x] NF Unfuck Yourself
– [x] F Artificial Condition
– [x] F Leviathan Wakes
– [x] NF The War With Hannibal
– [x] F In The House In The Dark of The Woods
– [x] F Norse Mythology
– [x] F Between two fires
– [x] F A Court of Thorns and Roses
– [x] F Emma
– [x] F Blood Music
– [x] NF Under The Black Flag
– [x] NF Enemy of All Mankind
– [x] F The Dark Forest
– [x] F H A Head Full of Ghosts
– [x] M Chainsaw Man 1
– [x] M Uzumaki
– [x] F Solaris
– [x] F The Ritual
– [x] F Annihilation
– [x] M Ghost in The Shell
– [x] F The Andromeda Strain
– [x] NF Carthage Must Be Destroyed
– [x] F After The Earthquake
– [x] F A Christmas Carol
– [x] F Dark Water
– [x] NF Agent Sonya
– [x] F The Stone Man
edit: some formatting
by ASpacePotatoe
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Dr Jekyll & MR Hyde
The Dark Forest assuming it’s the Liu Cixin volume 2
Octavia Butler has lots of great books and short stories that you might enjoy.
I really liked Silence of the Lambs, but Red Dragon I thought was even better!
I Am Legend by Richard Matheson is a fun twist on a Dracula story.
Anything by T Kingfisher for stuff that walks the line between fantasy & horror.
NK Jemisin’ Broken Earth trilogy is fantasy, definitely on the heavier side as moods go, won 3 Hugo’s on a row (deservedly!). Starts with The Fifth Season.
The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson
Middlegame by Seanan McGuire
CL Polk’s Kingston Cycle, starts with Witchmark
I recommend these to everyone:
The Rifter Series(four books, Starfish, Malestrom, Behemoth B-Max, Behemoth Seppuku/ The Firefall series (two books, Blindsight and Echopraxia) by Peter Watts.
The Fifth Science by Exurbia
Light by John Harrison
Nod by Adrian Barnes
Mordew by Alex Pheby (sequal is Malarkoi)
Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse, Clean Room, Saga, Dark Ark, Harrow County, Fable – all graphic novels/ comics by different authors
Uprooted by Naomi Novik
Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey
If you enjoy dark fantasy, horror, and/or historical settings, you might enjoy:
* [‘The Chatelaine’](https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-chatelaine/kate-heartfield/9780008567859) by Kate Heartfield – demon slayers in 14th century Belgium
* [‘Interview with the Vampire’](https://www.waterstones.com/book/interview-with-the-vampire/anne-rice/9780751541977) by Anne Rice – classic gothic horror (the film adaptation is also excellent)
* [‘The Whispering Muse’](https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-whispering-muse/laura-purcell/9781526661814) by Laura Purcell – set in a seemingly cursed Victorian theatre