As the holiday season approaches, I want to hear about everyone’s top book wishes–whether it’s a collector’s edition of an old favorite, a book that has somehow evaded your grasp, a book that has been recommended by a friend, or anything and everything in between. Why are you asking for these books?

For me, I’m hoping to get two books that Mike Palindrome recommended, The Collector by John Fowles and Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee. They both aren’t at my library, and I’ve wanted to read them for a while now.

  • mi_estas_birdo@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    1. Memoirs of Hadrian, Marguerite Yourcenar

    2. A Little Life, Hanya Yanagihara

    3. The Persian Boy, Mary Renault

    4. Till We Have Faces, C. S. Lewis

    5. Kiss of the Spider Woman, Manuel Puig

    • OTO-Nate@alien.topOPBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I finished Till We Have Faces yesterday morning. It’s amazing; I only put it down two times!

  • mdonovan32@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I’ve been on the wait list for The Last Life Boat by Hazel Gaynor at my library for over 10 weeks. I love that I’m able to borrow books for free on my Kindle, but the wait times can be really long.

  • ChronicTeatime@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    -Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin

    • Maeve Fly by C.J Leede
    • Angels before man by Rafael Nicholas
    • Whalefall by Daniel Kraus

    I’m not expecting to get any but those are my top books at the moment :)

    • OTO-Nate@alien.topOPBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Whalefall sounds nuts! I’m going to throw that on my TBR list. I hope you get at least one of these!

      • ChronicTeatime@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        Right?? It sounds crazy! I’m looking forward to diving into this book when I manage to find a copy. (And thank you! I hope you get some of your wants too!)

      • ChronicTeatime@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        Ooh this makes me even more excited about it! I wish it were more popular as well, it sounds amazing.

        • Plastic-Passenger795@alien.topBEnglish
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          10 months ago

          You’re in luck too because there’s a new extended edition that was released recently! I haven’t gotten that version yet but I’m definitely going to at some point. There’s also a sequel coming out next year!

  • D3athRider@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    None because I don’t want to add to my TBR pile right now lol

    But if someone really did want to get me books for the holidays, if they managed to find me the Horus Heresy mass markets for Shadows of Treachery, Angel Exterminatus, and everything between Mark of Calth and Vengeful Spirit that would make an absolutely epic present 🔥

    • PassTheSquirrels@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I know I’m about to sound like a shill, but audible currently has a lot of warhammer books on sale. Both shadows of treachery and mark of calth at least are only 4 dollars. I really prefer physical but let’s be honest, it’s black library and so hard to find those books in physical form and even their ebooks never go on sale :(

      • D3athRider@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        Yeah, I’m just very stubborn lol I’m not a big fan of audio and also would just really love to have a complete mmpb collection of the Heresy. I’m hoping against hope some of these will be part of the next reprints on the WH webshop 😅