In another chat I'm recommending books to people, and a bot there is spam blocking me, so here we go:
Some FICTION book recommendations:
——— Beginner ———
Warriors series (so many books, just get PDFs) — Erin Hunter
Fire Within — Chris D'Lacey (+series)
The Alchemyst — Michael Scott (+series)
Atherton: The House of Power — Patrick Carman
Guardians of Ga'Hoole — Kathryn Lasky
——— Intermediate ———
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy — Douglas Adams
Harry Potter series — JK Rowling
Percy Jackson series — Rick Riordan (and other series by him)
Eragon series — Christopher Paolini
The Hunger Games series — Suzanne Collins
Divergent series — Veronica Roth
——— Advanced ———
The Giver — Lois Lowry (favourite book of all time)
Atlantis Gene — A.G. Riddle (my favourite science fiction book, a bit technical but amazing)
Magician — Raymond Feist (my favourite sci-fi/fantasy book, tied)
Ready Player One — Ernest Cline (my favourite sci-fi/fantasy book, tied)
The Messenger — Markus Zusak (amazing story, left a very lasting impression)
Name of the Wind — Patrick Rothfuss (amazingly well written)
Seven Ancient Wonders (Jack West series) — Matthew Reilly (I literally read all 4 of the books in the series in 4 days, there are more coming and I'm so excited)
Blood Red Snow White — Marcus Sedgewick
(AWESOME story, structured as a fairy tale; my primary school librarian gave it to me and I'm so happy she did)
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas — John Boyne (very sentimental)
The Signal — John Sneeden
All The Light We Cannot See — Anthony Doyle (It won a Pulitzer. It's great.)
The Thought Readers (+series) — Dima Zales
The Boy from Reactor 4 — Orest Stelmach (SO GOOD)
The Fault in our Stars — John Green (so endearing and heart warming, it's LOVELY to read)
——— Classics (Advanced) ———
Frankenstein — Mary Shelley (favourite classic of all time)
Dracula — Bram Stoker (such a good story, and really well told)
The Hobbit / Lord of the Rings trilogy — JRR Tolkien (enthralling)
The Man in the High Castle — Philip K. Dick (really good; awesome TV series too by Amazon)
——— Short Stories (Advanced) ———
Story of Your Life — Ted Chiang (Arrival is based on this, it is FUCKING amazing)
Wool — Hugh Howey (the short story that spurred Howry to write the Silo series; the others aren't as good though)
Some FICTION book recommendations:
——— Beginner ———
Warriors series (so many books, just get PDFs) — Erin Hunter
Fire Within — Chris D'Lacey (+series)
The Alchemyst — Michael Scott (+series)
Atherton: The House of Power — Patrick Carman
Guardians of Ga'Hoole — Kathryn Lasky
——— Intermediate ———
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy — Douglas Adams
Harry Potter series — JK Rowling
Percy Jackson series — Rick Riordan (and other series by him)
Eragon series — Christopher Paolini
The Hunger Games series — Suzanne Collins
Divergent series — Veronica Roth
——— Advanced ———
The Giver — Lois Lowry (favourite book of all time)
Atlantis Gene — A.G. Riddle (my favourite science fiction book, a bit technical but amazing)
Magician — Raymond Feist (my favourite sci-fi/fantasy book, tied)
Ready Player One — Ernest Cline (my favourite sci-fi/fantasy book, tied)
The Messenger — Markus Zusak (amazing story, left a very lasting impression)
Name of the Wind — Patrick Rothfuss (amazingly well written)
Seven Ancient Wonders (Jack West series) — Matthew Reilly (I literally read all 4 of the books in the series in 4 days, there are more coming and I'm so excited)
Blood Red Snow White — Marcus Sedgewick
(AWESOME story, structured as a fairy tale; my primary school librarian gave it to me and I'm so happy she did)
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas — John Boyne (very sentimental)
The Signal — John Sneeden
All The Light We Cannot See — Anthony Doyle (It won a Pulitzer. It's great.)
The Thought Readers (+series) — Dima Zales
The Boy from Reactor 4 — Orest Stelmach (SO GOOD)
The Fault in our Stars — John Green (so endearing and heart warming, it's LOVELY to read)
——— Classics (Advanced) ———
Frankenstein — Mary Shelley (favourite classic of all time)
Dracula — Bram Stoker (such a good story, and really well told)
The Hobbit / Lord of the Rings trilogy — JRR Tolkien (enthralling)
The Man in the High Castle — Philip K. Dick (really good; awesome TV series too by Amazon)
——— Short Stories (Advanced) ———
Story of Your Life — Ted Chiang (Arrival is based on this, it is FUCKING amazing)
Wool — Hugh Howey (the short story that spurred Howry to write the Silo series; the others aren't as good though)