Books With Universes You Need to Experience
- Megan Noel Opava
- Jun 13, 2024
- 3 min read
1. The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins (fantasy horror)
5 stars
Such a creative and fun read! This is the book I recommend to people who want to get into reading or have been struggling to finish a book. A rich man adopts all these kids and teaches each one an important skill from war to speaking with animals to language to healing. Creative. Discipline. Madness. Female rage blows out when everything comes crashing down. In the universe of ancient magic.
2. American Gods by Neil Gaiman (fantasy)
5+++++ stars
All the gods of the world. For a god to exist all they need is to be created by thought, but some become forgotten. There’s the Gods of old, your traditional ones in paintings. There’s the new gods such as television and cell phones. A traveling, desperate, journey of cosmic intensity. In the universe of the gods.
3. Dark Matter by Blake Crouch (sci-fi)
5++ stars
An abandoned building where top scientists once worked. Multi dimensional. Traveling between realms. An imposter. Science. The imagination of the different worlds combined with the heart racing plot had me floored. In many universes parallel to ours.
4. The Dark Tower series by Stephen King (fantasy sci-fi)
5+++++ stars
Only the greatest series ever written in my humble opinion. In a post-apocalyptic wasteland in another realm. There are billy bumblers and lobstrosities and thinnies. It was a wild ride. A mash up of sci-fi, fantasy, and thriller. The way everything weaves together. Commentary on humanity throughout history and in different worlds. Friendship. Desperation. Adventure. Time travelling and realm hopping between universes.
5. The New Wilderness by Diane Cook (thriller)
5 stars
An experiment brings a small group of people to live in the last stretch of wilderness. Everyone else in the world is in a crowded city where doctors are illegal because the population is too high. A book for those that love the desert and camping. One of the best adventure novels I’ve experienced. In the universe of the wild when there’s none left in the world.
6. This Thing Between Us by Gus Moreno (horror literature)
5 stars
A powerful story of grief. I didn’t read it at the best time personally because of my own grief so it was a little slow going. A fever dream, haunting, escape from one’s own mind. A painful stream of consciousness nightmare. More than grief. Also about personal identity, culture, and migration. In the universe of grief and supernatural.
7. The Forgotten Island by David Sodergren (extreme horror)
5 stars
A group of kids vacation to Thailand where they attend a Full Moon Party. They find a boat while in a stupor. In the morning they’re adrift and find themselves on an abandoned island. A creature feature. Extreme. Cult. Giant spiders. Before humanity ancient. Will have your heart thumping. In the universe of what’s been pushed below ground.
8. The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher (sci-fi horror)
5 stars
In a dusty, curiosity shop she’s living in with her uncle she finds a mysterious hole in the wall. Cryptic words. Other realms. The more you fear them the more they can hear you. This book was a perfect, fun read for me. In the universe of the infinity.
9. Lanny by Max Porter (dark literature)
5+ stars
Reads like a poetic fever dream. A young boy who seems to belong with the fairies in the woods is mentored by an old famous artist. Ancient folklore. Beautiful writing. Unique. I cried. Love and acceptance. Where to find solace. In the universe of what has been forgotten.
10. Winterset Hollow by Jonathon Durham (fairy-tale horror)
5+++ stars
This book was every single thing I loved in a book. It was perfect for me. A guy receives ferry tickets to visit the island of his favorite departed fairy tale writer taking his two friends along. On the island the enormous abandoned mansion sits behind a towering wrought iron fence. They find a way in. Imagine meeting the characters and experiencing your favorite fairy-tale. It would be a dream come true right? Run! Terror. Heart pumping. Creative. Imaginative. Unique. Deeper issues of humanity and what else could have existed alongside us. In the universe of a book.
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