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I never thought I’d say this but I’m sick of TV and Netflix. I feel like I really need to read a good book!  any recommendations for me? I typically I like urban fantasy type stuff, I’ve read the Dresden files books, iron Druid series and the Mercy Thompson werewolf books.  I’ve read and enjoyed the winter night trilogy as well as spinning silver and uprooted by Naomi Novak.  I’m open to trying other genres too, just looking for that kind of book that you open and cannot put down!  

Answer 1

Ready Player One fits the genre you're talking about. Good book!  

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@pol40 that was a movie too, wasn’t it?  

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@pol40 Ready Player One is amazing!  

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@pol40 great read!  

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@ending yes! I haven't seen the movie, but listened to the audio book. It was great!  

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@pol40 RPOne is Amazing. You will love it. I have a copy if you want me to drop it off on your porch.  

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@riedel768 a copy of the book?  

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@ending yeah, if you pm me your address I’ll come drop it off. it’s an awesome book!  

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@riedel768 you are the best! Thank you. I will read it and then pass it over to Amira and when the quarantine is over we will return it to you  

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@ending awesome!  

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Also there's a 3 book series by Holly Black that starts with The Cruel Prince that is fantasy based. really good reads.  

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Not super long, but I loved Severed (black dahlia story), also love actually reading The DaVinci Code and Angels and Demons

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The Hollows Series by Kim Harrison

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I’ve read every book in this series and couldn’t put them down.  

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Another vote for these! They are fantastic.  

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Nalini Singh has some great urban fantasy books.  

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Check out Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

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@aftonag and Recursion by him too! So good!  

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Bitten by Kelley Armstrong My Soul To Keep by Tananarive Due They are each the beginning of amazing series!  

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I really love the Hidden Legacy series by Ilona Andrews. It's paranormal romance, but much heavier on the paranormal than the romance. The first book is called Burn for Me. I read all 4 books currently out in the series in less than a week.  

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If you like mysteries. Check out Harlen Coben books

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Mmmm a lady after my own heart. have you read discovery of witches it is a series. House of vampires and house of dragons are not too bad quick easy reads. kimberly Frost would be witch: a southern witch novel good series with a modern twist, wow i could keep going.  

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@badlands Discovery of Witches was fantastic!  

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Zelasny The great book of Amber : one of my favorite fantasy series. 10 books. The first is nines princes in Amber

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James Patterson’s Michael Bennet series!  

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I really enjoy A. Lee Martinez’s books for humorous sci-fi/fantasy. Monster, Emperor Mollusk vs the Sinister Brain, and Gil’s All Fright Diner are top picks. @transcaucasia676 Aguirre has a great series, the Sarantha Jax series, and the first one is called Grimspace. Octavia E Butler wrote my fave vampire story called Fledgling. But the book I absolutely have loved more than anything has been The Binding. I didn’t read any reviews or even the book synopsis (doing so suggested by the person who recommended it) and could not put it down. Read it so, so fast.  

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The Bear and Nightingale was a really good fantasy trilogy, Different genre but good book The Devil in White City

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@riedel768 Horan Moderi I loved the bear and the nightingale!  

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The Greywalker series is good urban fantasy. The Anita Blake vampire novels are pretty good. Don’t know if you’ve read Charliane Harris’s Sookie Stackhouse books? Either way, her Midnight, Texas trilogy is fantastic and a bit grittier/more depth than the Stackhouse books (which I also loved)

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@chapter290 i second midnight texas

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@corrigible Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum books. There are even some side books with supernatural overtones (the holiday named books). Start with One for the Money.  

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@spiritualist i’ve actually listen to all of these on audio, Lorelie King narrates them fantastically and I’ve loved them!  

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@ending also good if you like cozy with a little supernatural to it are the Aunt Dimity books by Nancy Atherton.  

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We like the same books! These are for teens, but still a great story and funny. Jonathan Stroud’s Lockwood and Co. series, the first one is The Screaming Staircase. Also Patrick Rothfuss’ The Name of the Wind. Beware that the third and last book is not out yet.  

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If you don’t mind true stories covering dark subject matter check out “if you tell. ” Omg I could NOT put that book down and I have zero attention span. I think it was even free on Kindle Unlimited. If You Tell is an astonishing story of survival of three sisters who were raised by a sadistic mother, Michelle “Shelly” Knotek. . The riveting true story told by the three sisters who survived their brutal childhood in the tiny coastal logging town of Raymond, Washington, reads like a fast-paced thriller.  

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The Black Dagger Brotherhood series is addicting in a guilty pleasure kind of way

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The Mara Dyer series

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Check this out at Amazon. com The Mara Dyer Trilogy: The. .  
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1481446711

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Children of Blook and Bone

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Anything Ellen Hopkins or @mukluk Picoult

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The Hate You Give. it isnt what you described, but I read it almost straight through. Divergent series The Martian Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson Anything John Grisham.  

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Okay, I could not put these down. J. D. Horn - The Witching @pooch/activity" class="qa-user-link">pooch series and then Rysa Walker the Chronos Files series. I think they read slightly geared towards “younger” readers but the @pooch/activity" class="qa-user-link">pooch series I was into the characters and the storyline was awesome and the Chronos Files had a lot of neat history (but not heavy) . very easy fast paced reading. I think I’ll be revisiting these soon myself!  

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I’m glad you made this post, because I’m totally saving all these recommendations for myself! I love these types of books because their so fascinating but they don’t stick with you at night when you want to sleep haha . also Victoria Aveyard - red queen books are awesome!  

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Discovery of Witches series

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A thousand splendid suns!  

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This is my read list since Jan 1. I borrow audiobooks from the Libby app. Listening helps when busy around the house!  

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The Last Mrs. Parrish. So good!  

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The Shanara Series by Terry Brooks is a great fantasy read

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@chevy92 oh, man! I used to love those when I was younger! Thanks for the reminder!  

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It’s young adult but I like the Lockwood series by Jonathon Stroud. It’s ghost hunting and good.  

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Currently reading the Dresden Files and I also read the In Death series by JD Robb. Futuristic urban crime.  

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Shannon Mayer's Rylee Adamson series, Shayne Silvers Nate Temple series, Annette Marie's The Guild Codex series. All are on Kindle Unlimited. That's like over 40 books.  

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All three authors write urban fantasy.  

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I’ve discovered Shari Lapena in the last year. She writes really good thrillers. I’ve read. Stranger in the House, Unwanted Guest, and Someone we Know. All very good with good twists

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A discovery of witches. It's a trilogy. Couldn't stop!  

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@transcaucasia676 I agree! Was going to suggest these as well!  

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Did anybody recommend the Ilona Andrews Magic series yet?  

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We named our son Dresden after those books and. it was a mistake. He’s Dresden. I’ve never met a more fierce child in my life.  

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The cruel prince by holly black. first in a three book series. I really am enjoying them.  

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Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman; Anansi Boys - Neil Gaiman; Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss (although I struggle recommending this one, because it's book 1 of what is supposed to be a trilogy, but dude still hasn't finished the 3rd book, and it has been a LONG time); almost anything by Jon Krakauer (non fiction); any of Leigh Bardugo's Grisha series - I started with Six of Crows

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@marelya love Neil Griman

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This trilogy by Laini Taylor is so good! Daughter of Smoke and Bone, Days of Blood and Starlight, and Dreams of Gods and Monsters. They start out in modern day Prague and lead. someplace else.