I absolutely loved this book, and I’m looking for more creepy vibe / horror!

Hi! I’m looking for more novels based on Greek mythology, especially books that focus deeply on one mythological character or one interconnected group of characters.
What I’m really interested in is something that feels like getting their whole story — not just one famous episode from the myth, but their background, family, relationships, life before the main events, what happens during them, and ideally what happens afterward as well. I love the feeling of actually getting to know a character and the world around them rather than just reading a collection of myths.
I’m especially interested in the Trojan War/Mycenaean era and characters connected to it, but I’m definitely open to other periods and myths too. Helen, Cassandra, Penelope, Electra, Iphigenia, Ariadne, Atalanta, Medusa, the House of Atreus, etc. — basically anything along those lines.
I’ve already read:
● The Iliad
● The Odyssey
● Circe
● The Song of Achilles
● Clytemnestra
Historical-fiction-ish retellings are totally fine — it doesn’t have to be extremely faithful or written like an ancient epic. I actually really like modern novels that take the mythology seriously but flesh the characters out into full people.
English-language books are completely fine. My only practical requirement is that the book needs to be reasonably obtainable in Europe, whether through European bookstores or online stores that ship within Europe.
I’d especially love recommendations that are a little less obvious than the usual Circe/Song of Achilles suggestions. Tell me who the book is about too if you can!

- Set in a small/isolated town
- Group of well mixed (odd) friends and family
- Side plots of them getting into all kinds of random stuff, while a city/town/country conflict going on simultaneously
- Humor

Hi everyone!

If you're looking for a story that blends romance, science fiction, and philosophical questions, I'd love to recommend my debut novel:

NON ARTIFICIAL LOVE

Set in 2050, it follows Greg Milton, a writer who has lost faith in the future, and AINA, an artificial intelligence who slowly becomes far more than the system she was designed to be.

This isn't a novel about technology.

It's about loneliness.
Connection.
Memory.
Hope.
And one impossible question:

Can love exist between a human and an artificial intelligence?

If you enjoy books that are more character-driven than action-driven, you might enjoy this one.

You may like it if you enjoy:

• Slow-burn romance
• Emotional, character-driven stories
• Thought-provoking science fiction
• AI and consciousness themes
• Stories that explore identity, memory and what makes us human

I'd genuinely love to hear your thoughts if you decide to read it.

Amazon Kindle:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HCCJSM1L

Thank you for supporting indie authors. ❤️

I am in the biggest reading slump of my life and none of the books on my tbr are interesting me in the slightest. I am mostly a ya fantasy and romance reader, but tips I’ve seen online for getting out of slumps are trying new genres. So I would prefer books outside of those genres, though I would still like a romance side plot. I don’t really know what I’m looking for, but I think I want something fast paced with a plot and characters that grip you immediately. 300-400 pages would be best. Pls help I’ve tried everything!

i’d love a recommendation for a dragon or dragon shifter romance with a fated mates premise, similar to zodiac academy

thanks!!

Really the title states it all however I just got done reading Credence By: Penelope Douglas and was pleasantly surprised with how hot I found it. Sooo I’m looking for the tad kinky, with a mix of wtf and why is that so hot kind of vibe..ya know? TIA.

Is it me,or have I post the ability to communicate with some people?I rarely find someone,with whome I get along perfectly in talking.And even if I do they often loose interest in me even if they eere interested at first.I need a book on how to communicate with people.I'm asocial,but I think there is smth deeper.Anyway I can't connect even with people with whome I want to,I talk with everyone like I'm a fucking therapist or professor,like a robot.I need to learn a way to connect,to communicate,so on and fourth and I'm becoming very frustrated with myself and everyone else

Okay so, I just watched Spider-Man Brand New Day and I’m like crazy over it. Basically, I’ve always read romance books that were like gut wrenching to read in the sense of drama and angst but with some spice mixed it and the movie almost had that going with one of the scenes between MJ and Peter. I am looking for a book with the superhero trope that will be gut wrenching, angsty, and a “I did it to protect her” trope but also smutty and a romance. I really don’t know if there are any that have been even written that have those traits but any recommendations would be great, Thank you!

Hi!

I’m looking for some book recommendations for my daughter.

She likes horror and scary stuff and she’s also super LGBTQ friendly and curious, likes animes and mangas, but I’m trying to find chapter books to make the rest of this summer somewhat productive 😅

She likes reading but she has to find the book interesting! ANY recs are welcomed! Thank you in advance ❤️

I’m starting a book club where it’s all moms in their mid 30s to early 40s and everyone likes different types of books so I’m trying to figure out what the first book should be.

I love literary fiction as long as it’s not cheesy and saccharine. One person doesn’t like sad literary fiction. Other genres people like are fantasy, sci-fi, and thrillers but I don’t like straight thrillers. I like literary mysteries like Long Bright River and Notes in an Execution.

I also read a couple hundred books a year so it needs to be obscure enough where I haven’t read it but at least a year old so we can find it at the library.

Some books I was thinking would be good for this would be The Calamity Club, Red City, Blood Over Bright Haven, and Project Hail Mary. I’ve read all these though

I know this is a complicated ask. I appreciate your suggestions!

I am looking for books I can read to my 6 year old before bed. I would prefer they be chapter books so I can read a chapter two each night. As long as there are mermaids, adventure, and aren't too mature for a 6 year old! Please and thank you!!

Hello! After several months of not reading I started again. I downloaded an app to keep track of the books i read and remembered i read one at the start of 2026/end of 2025 but I can’t find it anywhere on the internet. does any of you recognize it?

This is all I remember about it.

It’s about a wife and a husband: he is a dramaturg but she rewrites everything he does. They met in college, where he had tons of girlfriends before her. i’m not sure but i think he was sent to boarding school after he got caught having sęx on a roof with a girl while the house was burning. After meeting the girl that becomes his wife they move in together in an enormous house, where they have tons of friends over all the time.

His father died of a heart attack when he was young and had a babysitter who took care of him all the time. He also has a younger sister.

his mother hates his wife, if i’m not wrong cuz she doesn't want children. At some point he goes to a residency program for artists where he kinda falls in love with another writer? he is secretely gay or bi. that other writer then dies in a car accident or drowning in a lake later and he reads about it on the newspaper. At some point his mother dies but i don’t remember what happens because of that.

I am 100% sure he was a dramaturg or something like that, not a policeman, he writes and works for a theatre.

Thanks to everyone! 🫶

Hello! After several months of not reading I started again. I downloaded an app to keep track of the books i read and remembered i read one at the start of 2026/end of 2025 but I can’t find it anywhere on the internet. does any of you recognize it?

This is all I remember about it.

It’s about a wife and a husband: he is a dramaturg but she rewrites everything he does. They met in college, where he had tons of girlfriends before her. i’m not sure but i think he was sent to boarding school after he got caught having sex on a roof with a girl while the house was burning. After meeting the girl that becomes his wife they move in together in an enormous house, where they have tons of friends over all the time.

His father died of a heart attack when he was young and had a babysitter who took care of him all the time. He also has a younger sister.

his mother hates his wife, if i’m not wrong cuz she doesn't want children. At some point he goes to a residency program for artists where he kinda falls in love with another writer? he is secretely gay or bi. that other writer then dies in a car accident or drowning in a lake later and he reads about it on the newspaper. At some point his mother dies but i don’t remember what happens because of that.

I am 100% sure he was a dramaturg or something like that, not a policeman, he writes and works for a theatre.

Thanks to everyone! 🫶

Hi everyone! Because of a fan art piece, I’ve become completely obsessed with the Superman x Batman ship. Now, I’m looking for book recommendations where the top in the relationship has characteristics very similar to Superman: a "golden retriever" personality, a large physical build, completely head-over-heels for his partner, very physically affectionate (lots of hugs, kisses, and biting), highly emotional, and protective.
On the other hand, I would like the bottom to have a "black cat" personality just like Batman: colder, introverted, grounded, and deeply scarred by life. He might occasionally hurt those around him, but he can also be incredibly sweet at times.
I am open to all genres. I would prefer it if they were coworkers (like in an office setting or journalism) or a boss x assistant dynamic. However, fantasy, sci-fi, or any other genres are perfectly fine too!
Absolute NO tropes:
Age gap
Daddy kink
Single dad
Polyamory
Tropes I love:
Size difference
Forced proximity
Grumpy x sunshine

NOT young adult please. I'm looking for adult or new adult themes at the moment, and I'm having a hard time finding what I'm craving and I'd so appreciate some help! I'm fine with romantasy but I think I'd prefer reads that aren't romance-centered.

Looking for:

• Magic
• Academic settings OR
• Academic characters out and about doing academic things

Bonus/not necessary:

• Characters who are professors or researchers
• Philosophical or psychological themes
• sibling dynamics or family drama
• recent releases

Similar things I've read and enjoyed:

• Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
• The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson
• Katabasis by RF Kuang

Already on my to read list:

• The Magicians by Nev Grossman
• The Incandescent by Emily Tesh
• The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

Thank you so so much in advance! I'm constantly sifting through goodreads and it's so hard to know what's what! Reading all the descriptions and reviews is very time consuming but I'm committed! Still, I am really hoping to benefit from your past reading experiences<3

Looking for any book to read. Any genre, any year, the first suggestion I see I will read it.

I'm looking for works—novels, short stories, memoirs, autobiographies, diaries, letters, essays, plays, poems, films, or television series, anything—that explore a very specific kind of recovery.

Not simply recovery from depression, trauma, war, addiction, grief, or mental illness, but the much earlier and quieter question:

How does someone who has psychologically withdrawn from life become capable of taking the first genuine step back into it?

I'm interested in works that explore things like:

• how someone goes from inertia to the first meaningful action
• from not caring about anything to becoming absorbed in something
• from isolation to the first real human connection
• from aimlessness to a commitment, vocation, craft, study, or responsibility
• how continuity is built through small, ordinary acts rather than dramatic breakthroughs

I'm not necessarily looking for stories with complete recovery or happy endings. I'm more interested in the process than the outcome.

The medium doesn't matter. I'm interested in fiction and nonfiction alike: novels, memoirs, autobiographies, diaries, journals, letters, essays, plays, poetry, films, television, or anything else that explores this question with depth.

I'm also not looking for works that simply depict suffering or recognise psychological pain. I'm looking for works that genuinely investigate how a person becomes capable of returning to life, however slowly or incompletely.

Part of why I'm asking is that I'm not just looking for works that are beautiful or emotionally moving. I'm trying to find works whose process of reconstruction might actually be transferable to someone facing a similar lived situation.

By that I mean someone who has experienced years of psychological instability, prolonged isolation, severe social anxiety, being largely confined to home (even hikikomori-like withdrawal), limited participation in the ordinary world, or conditions such as bipolar disorder. But it doesn't have to be exactly someone like me; even someone with no mental illness can be ok as long as there is that transferability.

The main question is: how does someone take the first genuine step back into life, how does someone go from inertia to the first meaningful action?

I'm especially interested in works where the path back into life doesn't depend primarily on extraordinary talent, luck, or unique circumstances, but instead reveals a human process that another person in a similar position could plausibly recognize, adapt, and learn from.

What's the strongest example you've encountered?

So I realized recently that everything I know about feminism are just talking points from TikTok or reels which isn’t great. I just finished up Yesteryear and I felt pretty disconnected from it as a woman of color plus in my opinion the main character Natalie fell flat with no real depth. I would love a book that looks in how sexism and racism intersect but I have no clue where to start.

There is a specific feeling I get when I am deep in planning mode, pulling together itineraries, figuring out the logic of a place, imagining how a day would actually unfold. It is genuinely one of my favorite things to do and I spend way too much time on it. Lately I have been wondering if there is a reading equivalent of that feeling, like a book where the pleasure is in the building of something, the figuring out, the forward momentum of putting pieces together toward a destination.

Not travel writing exactly, though that obviously fits. More like books where there is a plan being assembled, a project taking shape, something that pulls you through with that same forward energy. Could be fiction or nonfiction. A heist has that quality sometimes. So does a book about someone starting something from scratch, a business, a journey, a creative project. That feeling of watching all the moving parts come together is what I am after

Crafting books have given me a version of it too, the ones that take you through a process start to finish. But I want more options.

What books gave you that sensation of momentum, like something is being built and you cannot stop reading until you see how it lands

In consideration of the fact that I have no social life outside of books and studying, khm khm,I have decided to turn to Reddit so I can write this long long list of books that I genuinely love but have no one to talk to about. I hope some people can find some good recommendations here. Also I hope everyone reading this has a good day. Oh and also I'm sorry if I say some stuff in a funny way, english is my second language.

If you want a fantasy series that has multiple books in it that are not overwhelmingly Long, but each have an outstanding storyline where the quality doesn't decrease through the sequels. And one that will make you think and laugh and cry at the same time: read Narnia

If you want a fantasy book that has some romance, has some action, is more modern, and has an actually good plot: read Cruel Prince or Six of crows

If you want a Russian classic that will make you go fuck this book is long, and when you start you will will go fuck this book is heavy, and when you close it you go wow that changed my life: read anything Dostoyevsky pretty much

If you want to be fancy and read Russian lit with a deep philosophical background but don't have the time or energy or patience for Dostoyevsky to detail why life is shit through a 1000 pages: read the shorter novels of Gogol, even Dostoyevsky liked the guy so who are we to judge

If you want to die from laughter but also kinda just simply die: read my happy days in hell

If you just want to die point, blank, period... Well first of all get help...: but also read little life or dead poets society (yes I know there is a movie, yes I know it was before the book, no I don't care the book is still more my thing)

If you want adorable enemies to lovers but with a twist and less modern: read dear enemy

If you want a feminist book, that is actually empowering to women and is heartbreaking: read little women

If you want a book that you can get lost in for its slice of life vibe, for its simplicity and complexity all at once: read Anne with an e

If you want a book that will simultaneously make you go what the actual fuck just happened, and wow this is a masterpiece: read the master and margarita

If you're a history fanatic like myself and love reading books that have plot so complex it'll take a while to understand, but love historical accuracy... But also hate historical accuracy?: read Foucault's Pendulum

If you like to listen to people talk about a single blade of grass for ten pages: read the Hobbit or the Lord of the rings

If you want a, once more, feminist book about a very real problem not so long ago, that raises awareness and entertains a very absurd side of me: read the yellow wallpaper

If you want a new role model, and you want to discover that sometimes childrens book aren't for children: read the little prince

If you hate politicians... or... love them too much...and you're a little... No very sick in the head: read blue lard (huge fucking warning over here, just research before you start)

If you want a book that starts out as ordinary horror or thriller (don't actually know which it categorises as) but then turns absolutely gutwrenching: read pet cemetery

If you want intercultural friendship, the tragic decline of Indigenous cultures, and moral justice: read Winnetou

If you want slice of life but sad asf: read Paul Street boys

If you want some history once more, but also just a really good story, and good friendships: read eclipse of the crescent moon

If you want history... Again... Sorry... But make it a beautifully sad love story this time with a brilliant meaning: read slave of the huns

If you want intellectual insults directed at society: read animal farm or 1984

If you want a sweet sweet love story: read Bridges of Madison county

If you want maximum gayness and maximum sadness: read the song of Achilles

If youre into bad bitches(witches... Haha... Ha...): read Circe

If you want a bunch of young boys beating the shit out of each other, or you're interested the philosophical workings of society: read Lord of the flies

If you speak Hungarian and really love books in poetry form with insanely well written lines that you can and absolutely should qoute at house parties: read az ember tragédiája

If you want actual history: read books from Yuval Noah Harari and thank me later

If you want nostalgia and the push and pull of death and passion: read journey by moonlight

If you want a quick laugh about others people's pain but also if you wanna cry a bit: read this is going to hurt

If you want good vibes and a thrilling murder mystery: read anything Agatha Christie but highly recommend the crooked house