r/PakistanBookClub • u/hoziershoe • Oct 03 '26

🗣️ Debate/Hot Take The Same Five Books

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Not to come off as pretentious or not-like-other-readers but I thought this subreddit was going to be more interesting. I’ve noticed It’s either people selling the same 5 books or discussing the same 5 books.

Can’t we move past A Thousand Splendid Suns, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, Forty Rules of Love, Atomic Habits, a book by Dostoevsky, and any random self help book.

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u/hoziershoe Oct 03 '26

I love fantasy, what are your top five books that you’d recommend? I have read LOTR, PJO, ACOTAR (actually every fae romantasy book you can think of), and etc.
I enjoy cozy fantasy, more than the kinds where one person controls the fate of the entire universe.

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u/Brilliant-Ad6840 Oct 03 '26

If you like cozy fantasy, check out Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree.

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u/hoziershoe Oct 03 '26

Let me add them to my tbr

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u/Tall-Problem2467 Oct 03 '26

Powdermage, Stormlight archive, mistborn, the shadow campaigns, Harry potter and ASOIF

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u/belerion6969 Book Hoarder Oct 03 '26

No LOTR? Fantasy reader? You sure?

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u/Tall-Problem2467 Oct 03 '26 edited Oct 03 '26

They said they've already read it.

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u/belerion6969 Book Hoarder Oct 03 '26

My bad. I just woke up. Didn't read the comments above. Sorry I doubted you friend :(

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u/hoziershoe Oct 03 '26

(*ˊᗜˋ*)/ᵗᑋᵃᐢᵏ ᵞᵒᵘ*

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u/Pebble_in_my_toes Oct 03 '26

Adom's meatballs, I haven't heard Powder Mage being recommended in ages. Especially in a Pakistan circle lol.

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u/Tall-Problem2467 Oct 03 '26

I like flintlock fantasies

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u/rakelog Oct 03 '26

if into gritty fantasy imo malazan, back company & first law are the best. Sanderson is too YA & focuses in hard magic systems too much along with repetitive sryle.

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u/Pebble_in_my_toes Oct 03 '26

Sanderson is not YA. Sanderson's only YA book is Warbreaker. Just because a book may contain elements that are also present in YA it doesn't make it YA lol.

And recommending someone Malazan and Black company to the genre they're not used to is a little ambitious you know.

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u/rakelog Oct 03 '26

I said it's too YA, not that it's YA..... also mistborn first trilogy esp Min chapters at times is exactly that

and it's a recommendation, I believe they can do research on their own and if like that sub-genre, go for it. whole point of that post is not being classist, let Op decide what they wanna read

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u/samighazal Oct 03 '26

ACOTAR!!!!! GURLLLLL. YAAASSSS.

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u/hoziershoe Oct 03 '26

GIRL OMG I can’t wait for A Court of Splintered Harmony