Favorite non-SW books

Given that this community has its own quirks and culture, I would be interested in hearing its book recommendations, fiction or non-fiction, outside of Star Wars.

Series

Fantasy

Tolkien-verse.
The Dark Tower.
The Wheel of Time.
The Belgariad/The Malloreon.
The Kingkiller Chronicles.

Sci-Fi

Ender-verse.
The Imperial Radch.

Other

Percy Jackson and the Olympians.
The Illiad and the Odyssey.

Standalone Novels

Fantasy

The Children of Hurin.
The Silmarillion.
The Hobbit.

Sci-Fi

Ender's Game.
The Forever War.

Other

11/22/63.
Hearts In Atlantis.
The Green Mile.
The Giver.

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The Silmarillion

By Asimov the Foundation Series
By Dostoevsky “Crime and Punishment•
By Boccaccio “Decameron”

These are the top 3 (not in order) I can think of right now

Out of curiosity, what's the genre of those books you listed TW?

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1. Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
2. The Lost Symbol - Dan Brown
3. The Host - Stephenie Meyer
4. Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
5. Harry Potter series
6. LOTR series
7. Hunger Games series
8. 50 Shades of Grey - EL James
9. Twilight series
10. Fifth Sorceress - Robert Newcomb

Originally posted by DarthSkywalker0
Out of curiosity, what's the genre of those books you listed TW?

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Crime and Punishment could be said to be a psychological thriller. It’s considered one of the best works of Russian literature, so I also suggest you read it.

Decameron is a collection of 100 “novelle” (that is, short stories) ranging from tragic to erotic content, which depict the life in 1300 Century Italy with irony and sarcasm. It’s a very funny and entertaining reading. I also suggest you read it

I'll give em a look.

Originally posted by DarthSkywalker0
I'll give em a look.

Mein Kampf, The Art of the Deal, The Bible.

Originally posted by gold slorg

8. 50 Shades of Grey - EL James

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Anna Dressed In Blood
A Song of Ice & Fire
The 5th Wave
The Vampire Lestat
Stargate
A Thousand Sons(Horus Heresy)

Originally posted by RealistRacism
The Bible.

Legitimately the greatest fiction book ever written tbh.

There's been a lot of good suggestions here already, I'll just throw in the Malazan Book of the Fallen series. There is no other fantasy series like it.

Originally posted by The Ellimist
Given that this community has its own quirks and culture, I would be interested in hearing its book recommendations, fiction or non-fiction, outside of Star Wars.

The Culture series, by Iain M. Banks. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, of course. And I've recently really enjoyed Carrion Throne and Watchers of the Throne: The Emperor's Legion, by Chris Wraight.

American Gods is pretty dope.

Ah, I knew I was forgetting one. ^

American Gods was pretty boring in all honesty.

I don’t think my taste in books is going to be particularly popular here, tbfh.

I don’t particularly have favourite books, where I can easily think of my favourite film I struggle with books. I’d concur with Syndicate on Tolkien’s works, and with the mention of ASOIAF. When I was younger I remember reading the His Dark Materials trilogy, but that’s probably only on my mind because of the BBC/HBO adaptation that’s incoming.

I still don’t rank these escape-inducing fantasy books among my favourites though, I enjoy a thought provoking novel more than a getaway style. I’ve been reading Ayn Rand staggered with Upton Sinclair at the moment, not because I agree with either, but reflecting on their respective writing styles and how they mirror their political leanings interests me more than most other works.

To each their own, though. I’m still waiting on WOW with baited breath.

i would recommend aristotle stuff after reading ayn rand books tbh, it's thought-inspiring to see some resemblences and build a connection between those