Book recs (2019 AND 2020)

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Hi friends, a few of you have asked for the book recs from my presentations in 2019 and 2020. Here they are!

2019 (So Your Watch Is Ended: Epic Fantasy Beyond Game of Thrones, By (Mostly) Ladies)

• The Poppy War and sequels (R F Kuang)


• The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (N K Jemisin)


• Crown of Stars series (Kate Elliott)


• Cold Magic trilogy (Kate Elliott)


• Range of Ghosts + sequels (Elizabeth Bear)


• Daevabad Trilogy (S A Chakhraborty) *STICKS THE ENDING*


• The Tiger's Daughter + sequels (K Arsenault Rivera)


• The Empire trilogy (Janny Wurts and Raymond Feist)


• The Curse of Chalion (Lois McMaster Bujold)


• The Kushiel saga (Jacqueline Carey)


• Bonus I didn't rec then but which fits in: Realm of Ash (Tasha Suri)

2020 (Books That Embrace Fanfic Feels And/Or Are Straight-up Fanfic):

Trope-tastic fanfic feels:

• Anything and everything by K J Charles (queer historical romance)


• The Locked Tomb trilogy (Tamsyn Muir)


• Bonds of Brass (Emily Skrutskie)


• The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected In Water (Zen Cho) (& anything else by her)


• Unconquerable Sun (Kate Elliott) (I haven't read it yet)


• The Old Guard (the movie, NOT the comics)


• Bonus I didn't rec but v good if you're into BDSM/dubcon tropes + interrogation thereof: Docile (K M Szpara)

Actual Fanfic For Real:

• Angel Mage (Garth Nix)


• Empress of Forever (Max Gladstone)


• The Angel of the Crows (Katharine Addison) (I haven't read it yet)


• Black Sails (the TV show)

Comments

[china_shop]

I really enjoyed your presentation this year. :-)

[mific (from livejournal.com)]

I'm reading and enjoying The Angel of the Crows (Watson analogue & Sherlock Holmes analogue). Interesting worldbuilding packed with cryptids. DO NOT get the audiobook though, the reader is terrible.