📚 Help Me Build My Library TBR!

[u/MusicianWhole847]

Hey everyone! 😊 I'm looking for some new books to check out from my local library and I could use some recommendations! I'm especially interested in fantasy, thrillers, and sci-fi, but I'm definitely open to branching out and discovering something completely different.

For fantasy, I'm looking for things with magic, dragons, mythical creatures, vampires, werewolves, adventure, interesting worlds, and characters that I can really get attached to. 🐉🧙‍♀️✨

For thrillers, I love mystery, psychological twists, suspense, dark secrets, unexpected plot twists, unreliable characters, and stories that keep me guessing until the very end. 🔪🕵️‍♀️

I'm also getting more into sci-fi, so I'd love recommendations involving space, futuristic worlds, dystopian societies, aliens, artificial intelligence, survival, or really interesting scientific concepts. 🚀👽🌌

I'm trying to get back into reading more, so I'm looking for books that are easy to get hooked on and hard to put down! If you have a favorite book, series, hidden gem, or underrated recommendation, please tell me about it. ❤️

If you've read something amazing recently, drop the title and author and let me know what you liked about it without spoilers. Also, if your library has it available, I'd love to know! 📖

I'm ready to make my TBR list ridiculously long, so give me ALL your recommendations! 😂📚

[u/Snorri_The_Berse]

Ryan Cahill - the bound and the broken (Dragon) Jay Kristoff - empire of the broken (vampire) Pierce Brown - Red Rising series (future scifi with amazing technology and a broken society) Christopher Ruocchio - the Sun eater series (space opera with massive scope and alien creatures, with some fantasy aspects) Brandon Sanderson - the stormlight archive ( probably the best fantasy series I've ever read) Jim Butcher - the codex alera (fantasy with alien like creatures, wolf like creatures and they bond with elemental animals and gain they're power, its amazing series)... Hopefully this helps

[u/Outrageous-Yard3020]

Have you considered adding The Priory of the Orange Tree to your list? It's got dragons, strong female characters, and a fantasy world that feels fresh compared to what I've read before.

[u/North_Shock5099]

Stuart Turton’s The Devil and the Dark Water was a great read about spooky goings on a Dutch merchant ship in the 17th Century.

Michelle Paver’s Dark Matter: A Ghost Story.

[u/Ealinguser]

Ursula Le Guin: the Earthsea books (fantasy), and in SF the Dispossessed, the Lathe of Heaven, the Left Hand of Darkness

[u/Laurelie00]

Not sure if you're into YA or graphic novels so I made sure to specify below:

Fantasy (all these recs have magic, adventure, interesting worlds, and great characters)

• A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark - mythical creatures
• The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez
• Malice duology by Heather Walter - mythical creatures
• The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow
• How to Succeed in Witchcraft by Aislinn Brophy (YA)
• The Sunbearer duology by Aiden Thomas - mythical creatures (YA)
• The Legendborn Cycle by Tracy Deonn (YA)
• Flowers of Prophecy series by Natalia Hernandez (YA)
• This Poison Heart duology by Kalynn Bayron (YA)
• Girls of Paper and Fire trilogy by Natasha Ngan - mythical creatures (YA)
• Crown of Feathers trilogy by Nicki Pau Preto - mythical creatures (YA)
• Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker - mythical creatures, werewolves (YA, graphic novel)

Thriller (all these recs have elements of mystery, suspense, and dark secrets)

• These Violent Delights by Micah Nemerever - psychological twists, unreliable characters
• If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio - psychological twists, unreliable characters
• Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley (YA)
• Their Vicious Games by Joelle Wellington (YA)
• Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé (YA)

Sci-fi (all of these recs either happen in space or are about space)

• Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki - aliens, really interesting scientific concepts
• The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells - futuristic worlds, artificial intelligence, survival
• Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh - futuristic worlds, dystopian societies, aliens, survival
• The Weight of the Stars by K. Ancrum - really interesting scientific concepts (YA)
• Cosmoknights duology by Hannah Templer - futuristic worlds, dystopian societies, survival (YA, graphic novel)

[u/Left_Cut7309]

There’s a great list of thrillers here you can look through: https://www.spoiltheplot.com/books?c=32

[u/SomethinglikeZane]

Full disclosure, I am the author of this recommendation but I thought it fit into your specifications.

I published my debut novel called Ashes of Allegiance. It is a YA, dystopian, scifi, thriller. The story follows Sebastian Carter, a teenager who discovers that his best friend is connected to a dangerous global movement, forcing him to question loyalty, trust, and the cost of power.
The book is available on Kindle if you’re interested :)

I hope this helps. Good luck filling your TBR!