I just got into reading more regularly since last year thanks to my girlfriend who is reading a lot of books herself, and thanks to her I discovered a lot of new authors and stories that got me hooked across various different genres.
So I thought to myself: Just share the list of all the books I read within the last \~ 18 months, maybe it will inspire some of you to also give them a try, or find something you did not think about so far 🙂 I read them all in german and hope I got all the titles correct in english for you.
Currently I am finishing up Outlander book 7 by Diana Gabaldon, and I plan to read the next 2 ones sometime next year… need a bit of a break from that historical drama \^\^
If you also read some of the books below, please do let me know – curious to hear your likes and dislikes!
\- Illium
\- Olympos
(Sci-Fi by Dan Simmons)
Stephen King:
\- The Buick
\- The Outsider
\- Misery
\- Dead Zone
\- Sunset
\- The Arena
\- Duddits
\- Fairy Tale
Brandon Sanderson:
\- The Way of Kings
\- Words of Radiance
\- Oathbringer
\- Rhythm of War
(in german editions these are actually split over 8 books!)
Diana Gabaldon:
\- Outlander (from book 1 to currently 7)
Jay Kristoff:
\- Stormdancer
\- Kinslayer
\- Endsinger
(sort of Steampunk Japanese / Samurai setting in a fictional world)
Michael Crichton:
\- Jurassic Park
\- Lost World
(totally awesome if you know the movies, the books are a thrill and expand the background a lot)
Mixed authors:
\- Eines Menschen Flügel (Andreas Eschbach, no english version)
\- Limit (Frank Schätzing)
\- Die Tyrannei des Schmetterlings (Frank Schätzing, no english version)
\- Alien3 (after the original first script by Pat Cadigan)
\- Catch me if you can (Frank W. Abagnale)
\- Tankred (only the first book by Michael Römling)
The two books by Dan Simmons where… tough. The first one exciting with the setting and story, the second one got worse by every page until a very disappointing end with many story branches left open.
Brandon Sanderson and his Stormlight Archives… what shall I say. Amazing and enjoyed them a lot, looking foward to the next one!
Stephen King is always great entertainment, exciting and I was surprised by his take on fantasy with Fairy Tale.
I do enjoy the historic adventures in Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, although sometimes she seems to drift off into so many details and descriptions and expands the amount of characters that it is tough to keep up and remember all of them.
Absolutely do recommend reading Juarssic Park and Lost World, the differences to the movies are immense and I think make the stories so much better, with more scientific background and character development.
Jay Kristoff and his Steampunk Japanese / Samura world was enjoyable but a bit… how to say… bland? Not sure if they exist in english though.
Do let me know what you think 🙂
by Boonatix