The Wingfeather Saga, 4 books long, the 4th book has 4.75 on Goodreads, the 2nd highest individually rated book (with over 10k ratings), and it deserves every 5 star review. The first book is a little slow, but 2, 3, and 4 really put this into a top 5 series for me, easily. It’s got deep themes, somewhat akin to Earthsea
Edit: Genre is very cozy Fantasy/YA Fantasy
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A short stay in hell. Super quick read, but pretty niche in terms of what people are currently into reading.
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I love *Half Past Human* and *The Godwhale* by T.J. Bass, and I’ve never met someone deranged enough to recommend it to.
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The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak. If you’ve ever found yourself going “Gee, I sure wish I could read something set in Cyprus that is partially told from the perspective of a fig tree” I have just the book for you. If not, you should read this anyways because its a beautiful story.
As an honorable mention I’m also going to say Katzenjammer by Francesca Zappia. I used to recommend this one for people looking for books that are weird, creepy and disturbing. The problem with that is that the people looking for those books aren’t usually looking for YA. And people looking for darker YA reads aren’t usually looking for something this fucked up.
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The Wingfeather Saga, 4 books long, the 4th book has 4.75 on Goodreads, the 2nd highest individually rated book (with over 10k ratings), and it deserves every 5 star review. The first book is a little slow, but 2, 3, and 4 really put this into a top 5 series for me, easily. It’s got deep themes, somewhat akin to Earthsea
Edit: Genre is very cozy Fantasy/YA Fantasy
A short stay in hell. Super quick read, but pretty niche in terms of what people are currently into reading.
I love *Half Past Human* and *The Godwhale* by T.J. Bass, and I’ve never met someone deranged enough to recommend it to.
The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak. If you’ve ever found yourself going “Gee, I sure wish I could read something set in Cyprus that is partially told from the perspective of a fig tree” I have just the book for you. If not, you should read this anyways because its a beautiful story.
As an honorable mention I’m also going to say Katzenjammer by Francesca Zappia. I used to recommend this one for people looking for books that are weird, creepy and disturbing. The problem with that is that the people looking for those books aren’t usually looking for YA. And people looking for darker YA reads aren’t usually looking for something this fucked up.
*A Month in the Country* by J.L. Carr