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What are your favourite books, any genre! (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 years ago by DuskLoaf@lemmy.world to c/books@lemmy.ml

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I’ll start, for the moment mine are

The Secret History by Donna Tartt
All Systems Red by Martha Wells, and the series itself
Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

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[–] simply_surprise@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Mine is "Blood Meridian" by Cormac McCarthy. A poetic and brutal read, the language is really fascinating and it always gives me a lot to think about.

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[–] DuskLoaf@lemmy.world [S] 2 points 3 years ago

Oh, I’ve had that on my to read for a very long time, perhaps this year I may actually start it.

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[–] kd637_mi@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 3 years ago

Blood Meridian for sure, so dark but such beautiful imagery juxtaposed against the brutality. Love that book.

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