recommend me a novel or short story collection (or several!) that you love/that changed your life/etc. etc. I’m loading up a shopping cart online with used books and I want more more more and I trust your taste.
The Twice-Lived Summer of Bluebell Jones, by Susie Day
Fangirl, by Rainbow Rowell
Rivers of London (American title: Midnight Riot), by Ben Aaronovitch
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal, by Christopher Moore
To Say Nothing of the Dog, by Connie WIllis
White Cat, by Holly Black
The Knife of Never Letting Go, by Patrick Ness
Feeling Sorry for Celia, by Jaclyn MoriartyOff the top of my head!
Second on Lamb, it’s brilliant.
Cloud Atlas, by David Mitchell
The Shadow of the Wind, by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Ella Minnow Pea, by Mark Dunn
The Secret History, by Donna Tartt
Pattern Recognition, by Wlliam Gibson
From Hell, by Alan Moore (it’s a graphic novel)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
White Teeth by Zadie Smith (not related! ;))
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
A Rose in Winter by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss (yeah, it’s old school romance)
I loved Ella Minnow Pea!
I’m a scifi person so:
The Nine Billion Names of God – Arthur C Clarke
The Martian Chronicles – Ray Bradbury
Time Enough for Love – Robert Heinlein
Ender’s Game – Orson Scott Card