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Kristian’s Favorite Books
I love any type of good book, regardless of genre, but I do really like horror, animal stories (especially horse books), and coming of age stories.
Check out my Goodreads for more recommendations.
Favorites:
- The Scorpio Races—Maggie Stiefvater
- Lord of the Flies—William Golding
- Pet Semetary—Stephen King
- The Fault In Our Stars—John Green
- Saint Anything—Sarah Dessen
- The Outsiders—S.E Hinton
- The Road—Cormac McCarthy
- The Perks of Being A Wallflower—Stephen Chbosky
- Watership Down—Richard Adams
- Alt Ed—Catherine Atkins
- Seabiscuit & Unbroken—Laura Hillenbrand
- The Hate U Give—Angie Thomas
- Dread Nation—Justina Ireland
Katie's Favorites
I enjoy a variety of genres and read a lot of books recommended to me by other people. But when I do pick up a book on my own, I love when it encompasses a little bit of everything: action, romance, mystery, and some fantasy too.
Check out my Goodreads for more recommendations.
Favorites:
- Red Rising Saga - Pierce Brown
- Sons of Ares graphic novel series - Pierce Brown, Rik Hoskin, and Eli Powell
- Percy Jackson and the Olympians series - Rick Riordan
- A Series of Unfortunate Events series - Lemony Snicket
- Uprooted - Naomi Novik
- Hush, Hush series - Becca Fitzpatrick
- Hope and Red - Jon Skovron
- The Princess Saves Herself in This One - Amanda Lovelace
- Savvy series - Ingrid Law
- Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH - Robert C. O'Brien
- The Selection series - Kiera Cass
- A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini
- Then, Now, Always - Mona Shroff
- Black Cat manga series - Kentaro Yabuki
Sam's Favorites
I mostly read science fiction/fantasy, but every once in awhile I'll try a mystery or supernatural fiction book (or any book that sounds good).
Favorites:
Anything by Ursula K. Le Guin, especially...
- The Dispossessed
- The Left Hand of Darkness
Anything by Diana Wynne Jones, especially...
- Howl's Moving Castle
- The Power of Three
Also~
- Redwall series by Brian Jacques
- Discworld series by Terry Pratchett
- The Darkangel Trilogy by Meredith Ann Pierce
- The Inheritance Trilogy by N.K. Jemisin
- Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
- Written in Red by Anne Bishop
- Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
- Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede
- Uprooted by Naomi Novik
- The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
- The Binti trilogy by Nnedi Okorafor
- The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling
- The Southern Reach trilogy by Jeff VanderMeer
- The Turner trilogy by Cat Sebastian
Manga
- Fullmetal Alchemist by Hiromu Arakawa
- Bleach by Tite Kubo
- Yowamushi Pedal by Wataru Watanabe
- Ancient Magus Bride by Kore Yamazaki
- Mushishi by Yuki Urushibara
- Fruits Basket by Natsuki Takaya
- Natsume's Book of Friends by Yuki Midorikawa
Graphic Novels
- Romantically Apocalyptic by Vitaly S. Alexius
- Monstress by Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda
- The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang
- Beetle and the Hollowbones by Aliza Layne
- Valor: Swords & Valor: Wands by Fairylogue Press (with various authors)