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Boris Feigin's avatar

Not from this year but I've read it for the first time this year - can definitely recommend The Fisherman by John Langan. Awesome Lovecraftian vibes and well fleshed-out characters:)

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Hannah's avatar

I’ve heard of it! it wasn’t too slow? I know it’s a decently long one but I’ll have to add it to my list!

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Boris Feigin's avatar

Definitely not slow...I felt like it flew by :) There's a story-within-a story that really left me with a lot of images in my mind that stuck:)

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Chioma's avatar

Can’t help but chuckle over the fact that you’ve literally recommended Jawbone to me already and somehow I also fit perfectly into the hyper-specifc blurb you’ve given it 😭

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Hannah's avatar

ahhh no way that’s so funny, it’s simply meant for you to read i do not make the rules!!

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EJ Trask's avatar

i have coup de grace on the shelf but haven't picked it up yet, thanks for the nudge!

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Hannah's avatar

it was one of my favorite reads of this year! it’s hard to read because of the subject matter but I felt it dealt with it with tact

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julia's avatar

sorrowland mentioned! based on this incredible list I feel like you would enjoy tear by erica mckeen if you haven’t already read it. my top fiction read of the year was definitely carmilla

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Hannah's avatar

tear is on my list but I’ll have to read it soon after your rec! I also read carmilla this year but it wasn’t a favorite, I think it was the vampires for some reason I can’t read books about them but I can see why it’s a classic! have you read any of Solomon’s other books?

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julia's avatar

I hope you like it! the only other rivers solomon book I’ve read is the deep which I also loved. But I’m especially looking forward to reading their newest release model home sometime this year

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Hannah's avatar

model home is very different from sorrowland I’d say but I still did love it I hope you do as well! one thing I adore about their books is the sheer range in themes & content. I’ve been meaning to get to the deep as well!

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The novel on Barnes & Nobel, Alouette's Galaxy, is a near-future hopefunk story of first alien contact by a Jewish family, with two rom-com story lines.

Alouette's Galaxy is also a modern re-enactment of The Skylark Of Space, with a college aged crew.

Second novel, Alouette's Universe, is a time travel thriller involving the daughter of that Jewish family, with romantic triangles both in past and present.

Third novel, Alouette's Spark, involves the granddaughter, Spark, a hyperintelligent two year old bumbling her way through toddlerhood, while helping her big uncle David solve a murder mystery and foil a genocide plot.

I hope you will all enjoy them as they come. These are all heartwarming stories with plenty of action.

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