Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Paranormal

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Recommendations for all Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Paranormal books go in this thread.

Previous recommendations:

Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz
Ethereal (Celestra Series Book 1)
Kiersten White: Paranormalcy
Courtney Cole - Bloodstone Saga - Book 1 - Every Last Kiss , Book 2 - Fated, Book 3 - With My Last Breath, and Book 4 - My Tattered Bonds.
A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin (for you HBO viewers, Game of Thrones is the first book in this series)
Anything by Neil Gaiman, my favorites are American Gods and Good Omens (which is a collab with another FAVORITE author).
That other favorite author: Terry Pratchett. I am currently reading all THIRTY-NINE Discworld novels. Positively BRILLIANT. A lot of amazing satire. He's a true genius.
Another good book/series is Night Watch (by Sergei Lukyanenko ) (followed by Day Watch, The Twilight Watch, The Last Watch)
Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins
Blindness by Jose Saramago
 
Here are a few recommendations from me :) Many of these are on Audible (audio book) as well.

Delirium (book 1) and Pandemonium (book 2) - by Lauren Oliver I TOTALLY LOVE these books! I can not wait for the 3rd book to come out!!

Lena Haloway is content in her safe, government-managed society. She feels (mostly) relaxed about the future in which her husband and career will be decided, and looks forward to turning 18, when she’ll be cured of deliria, a.k.a. love. She tries not to think about her mother’s suicide (her last words to Lena were a forbidden “I love you”) or the supposed “Invalid” community made up of the uncured just beyond her Portland, Maine, border. There’s no real point—she believes her government knows how to best protect its people, and should do so at any cost. But 95 days before her cure, Lena meets Alex, a confident and mysterious young man who makes her heart flutter and her skin turn red-hot. As their romance blossoms, Lena begins to doubt the intentions of those in power, and fears that her world will turn gray should she submit to the procedure. In this powerful and beautifully written novel, Lauren Oliver, the bestselling author of Before I Fall, throws readers into a tightly controlled society where options don’t exist, and shows not only the lengths one will go for a chance at freedom, but also the true meaning of sacrifice.

Divergent (book 1) and Insurgent (book 2)- By Veronica Roth- If you liked Hunger Games... you will most likely like these books :)

In Beatrice Prior's dystopian Chicago, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue—Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice, the decision is between staying with her family and being who she really is—she can't have both. So she makes a choice that surprises everyone, including herself.
During the highly competitive initiation that follows, Beatrice renames herself Tris and struggles to determine who her friends really are—and where, exactly, a romance with a sometimes fascinating, sometimes infuriating boy fits into the life she's chosen. But Tris also has a secret, one she's kept hidden from everyone because she's been warned it can mean death. And as she discovers a growing conflict that threatens to unravel her seemingly perfect society, she also learns that her secret might help her save those she loves . . . or it might destroy her.

Unwind (book 1) and UnStrung (book 1.5) UnWholly (book 2)- by Neal Shusterman - Unwind was one the those books that once I started I COULD NOT put down! I loved it so so much! I actually have not read the second book yet, I have it on my Kindle ready to be read though :)

In America after the Second Civil War, the Pro-Choice and Pro-Life armies came to an agreement: The Bill of Life states that human life may not be touched from the moment of conception until a child reaches the age of thirteen. Between the ages of thirteen and eighteen, however, a parent may choose to retroactively get rid of a child through a process called "unwinding." Unwinding ensures that the child's life doesn’t “technically” end by transplanting all the organs in the child's body to various recipients. Now a common and accepted practice in society, troublesome or unwanted teens are able to easily be unwound. With breath-taking suspense, this book follows three teens who all become runaway Unwinds: Connor, a rebel whose parents have ordered his unwinding; Risa, a ward of the state who is to be unwound due to cost-cutting; and Lev, his parents' tenth child whose unwinding has been planned since birth as a religious tithing. As their paths intersect and lives hang in the balance, Shusterman examines serious moral issues in a way that will keep readers turning the pages to see if Connor, Risa, and Lev avoid meeting their untimely ends.

Also by Neal Shusterman...
Everlost (Skinjacker Trilogy) (book 1), Everwild (book 2), and Everfound (book 3) I got this series for my 12 year old son, he LOVED all of them! I enjoyed them, while they were not my favorite books ever.... I did enjoy them, and its always fun to read books alongside of your kids.

Nick and Allie don’t survive the car accident, but their souls don’t exactly get where they’re supposed to go either. Instead, they’re caught halfway between life and death, in a sort of limbo known as Everlost: a shadow of the living world, filled with all the things and places that no longer exist. It’s a magical, yet dangerous place where bands of lost kids run wild and anyone who stands in the same place too long sinks to the center of the Earth. When they find Mary, the self-proclaimed queen of lost souls, Nick feels like he’s found a home, but Allie isn’t satisfied spending eternity between worlds. Against all warnings, Allie begins learning the “Criminal Art” of haunting, and ventures into dangerous territory, where a monster called the McGill threatens all the souls of Everlost.
In this imaginative novel, Neal Shusterman explores questions of life, death, and what just might lie in between.
 
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Have to agree with most of those, Ginger (and those I don't agree with are simply ones I haven't read yet, lol)

Speaking of the Delirium books, have you read either of the half books that go with that series - Annabel or Hana? They're both 2.99 at Barnes and Noble (so not too expensive), and I figured they might serve as a nice distraction until the third book comes out, lol. Just curious if anyone had read them and thought they were worth picking up.

That Skinjacker trilogy sounds interesting, though!
 
Hmm. Maybe I should move it up on the list, then! But, I did just start a new series. Ugh! Why can we not have several more hours in the day?! :D
 
I'm going to disagree with Ginger about Delirium and Pandemonium. I read them but they were just OK. They were so far my least favorite dystopian fiction series. There was too much romance and not enough action. So go into them expecting a love story. I wasn't going to read the 3rd one (and have my sister tell me about it) until the very last sentence in the second book. GRRR.
 
I know I'm not part of this but the title caught my eye as I was scanning the forums.

I recommend :
1)Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind

2) Dresden Files by Jim Butcher

3) Enders Game by Orson Scott Card

Those are ones I've read somewhat recently. Last book I read was Game of Thrones.
Currently reading Percy Jackson & the Lighting Theif.
 
Black Dagger Brotherhood series by J.R. Ward - for those that like hot vampires and hot love scenes :)
 
Read a fantastic sci-fi space opera a few weeks ago. It's a series of books called the Expanse by James S.A. Corey and the first book is called Leviathan Wakes. Four books are out now with a total of 9 (I think) planned. The whole time I was reading it, I was thinking "this would make a great tv series." It's being made into a tv series!
 
I Love the Black Dagger Brotherhood series! Another good series that is similar to this is the Dark Hunter series by Sherrilyn Kenyon. I also love any of Christine Feehan's book. She has several series out there to choose from.

Right now I am reading the Dark King series by Donna Grant.
 
BlueHeartScraps said:
Recommendations for all Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Paranormal books go in this thread.

Previous recommendations:

Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz
A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Terry Pratchett.
Night Watch (by Sergei Lukyanenko ) (followed by Day Watch, The Twilight Watch, The Last Watch)
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Awyldknght said:
I recommend :
2) Dresden Files by Jim Butcher
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Tishia said:
Black Dagger Brotherhood series by J.R. Ward - for those that like hot vampires and hot love scenes :)
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gethane said:
Read a fantastic sci-fi space opera a few weeks ago. It's a series of books called the Expanse by James S.A. Corey and the first book is called Leviathan Wakes. Four books are out now with a total of 9 (I think) planned. The whole time I was reading it, I was thinking "this would make a great tv series." It's being made into a tv series!
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A song of Ice and fire. I'm anxiously waiting for Winds of Winter, I check Martin blog once a month :D.
I read American Gods in Spanish, not a good translation, but it's a good book. I'm waiting for the tv show.

I read the first two of Odd Thomas, first three of Dresden Files, Black Dagger Brotherhood, and Dark Hunter, those series get so long that I feel I'm missing a lot of good books. So now I only start an already finished short series of novels and I remain ever faithful to Song of Ice & Fire and Outlander, and those two can go on forever. :kisses

After a fail start a couple of weeks ago, now I'm reading the Expanse, because the TV show got more interesting on its second season.

My reccomendations:

A great dystopian novel is Fatherland by Robert Harris. Though my favorite es 1984.
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke is a great fantasy novel as Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern, The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley (and Darkover series)
And of course we always have Tolkien.

I have a never ending list of books to read. I was chasing a murderer in medieval England a week ago and now I'm aboard the Rocinante crossing the Belt. I love reading!
 
Most of my favourite authors are fantasy and sci-fi authors!

My all-time favourite author is L.E. Modesitt, Jr. I can highly recommend all of his books, but especially the Recluse series. They are the books I've re-read the most.

Of course, there is always Isaac Asimov. Can't go wrong with such a legend. Same with J.R.R. Tolkien - a legend.

I was reading A Song of Fire and Ice long before the TV series for Game of Thrones came out. Basically, I started with the first book as soon as it was in paperback!

Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series is another series I've enjoyed, and re-read many of the novels (especially the early ones) many times. Also enjoyed Brandon Sanderson's books to finish the series.

Brandon Sanderson himself has written some very unique and enjoyable fantasy series. Thoroughly enjoy them.

Others I've enjoyed: Katherine Kurtz, Anne McCaffrey, Mercedes Lackey (her stuff is more mind-candy stuff though), Marion Zimmer Bradley.

Jack Whyte's books are wonderful, especially his Arthurian series (not your typical Arthurian legend at all). Also Simon Scarrow's books.

Neil Gaiman's works, including his comic books and graphic novels.
 
I have a fetish for apocalyptic, dystopian and light sci-fi reading(sci-fi as it relates to humans, not the intergalactic style). I've found many dystopian books that I have liked in the young adult lists (not sure what that subliminally says about our youth of today)....Hunger Games, Divergent, Pure series, Obernewtyn series etc.

After a discussion with my daughter in law recently who noticed I was always reading disaster novels, I analysed what I like about them and came up with the answer that it is not so much the type of disaster or end of world as we know it but in actual fact what I like about them is how humans deal with the aftermath of a disaster of whatever type. I loved John Wyndham's Day of the Triffids and have read it numerous times, John Wyndhams the Crysalids is also a favourite, and I have recently finished one called The Things that Keep us Here by Carla Buckley..not an author I know, but I enjoyed the story about how a family copes with a deadly pandemic sweeping the world which kills 50% of those who contract it, how they keep themselves safe, deal with the issues of food, water, heating etc and with the inevitable looting and crime as panic takes over their world. There was some situations in it that I didn't think were overly realistic (in that a few stores remained open and selling...I would have expected them to be looted) but it was a good read and very indicative of what I like in this genre. I don't even care if books are of low literary merit if the subject is interesting to me. As regards my fetish for human survival stories, I also enjoy pioneering stories, ie American wagon train stories, Australian convict and pioneering stories, stories of survival in arctic conditions etc etc. Maybe I should become a Doomsday Prepper:D
 
Forgot a couple of other favourite fantasy authors:


Michelle West (amazing books!)
Kate Elliott (I've thoroughly enjoyed all of her books)
Anne Bishop (romantic and strange at the same time)
Brent Weeks (interesting fantasy)
Robin Hobb (more "standard fare" fantasy, but enjoyable)
Sara Douglass (wonderful books!)
Diana Gabaldon (fantasy/historical fiction)
Bernard Cornwell (again, mixture of fantasy and historical fiction)
 
Jim Butcher’s “The Dresden Files”
Anything by Neil Gaiman (Graveyard Book, Anansi Boys)
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Nnedi Okorafor’s Akata series
The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
The Ten Thousand Doors of January and The Once and Future Witches, both by Alix E Harrow
The House in the Cerulean Sea and Under the Whispering Door, both by TJ Klune
Book of Night by Holly Black
Gallant by VE Schwab
For something light and fun: The Southern Ghost Hunter Mysteries by Angie Fox and the Inkeeper Chronicles by Ilona Andrews
 
I can't imagine it isn't already on people's radars but Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir was phenomenal, and the audiobook is also fabulous. There is nothing about it that I would normally like - it's a hardcore space scifi heavy on the sci. But it's so well done that the science was easy to navigate and the story and character development was amazing.
 
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