what are some books you like/recommend besides the ones listed on your fandoms page?

god thank you i love this question

General recs

  • Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins
  • The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe by Jane Wagner
  • No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre
  • Save Me the Waltz by Zelda Fitzgerald (I recommend doing some research on her life before reading this one, for context)

Fantasy/Sci-fi

  • The Earthsea Cycle series by Ursula K. LeGuin
  • The Discworld series by Terry Pratchett
  • Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang
  • Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
  • Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

Non-fiction

  • Zami: A New Spelling of My Name by Audre Lorde
  • My Name is Rachel Corrie by Rachel Corrie (edited by Alan Rickman)
  • This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color edited by Cherríe Moraga and Gloria E. Anzaldúa

Classics that are actually good and not lame and boring

  • The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
  • Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
  • The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

I’m definitely forgetting a lot, this is just off the top of my head… some day I’ll make a comprehensive recommendation list of all my favorites