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What books do people enjoy?

Expecto_Patronum

I'm sure this will have been a thread before but I like books and I'm particularly into reading at the moment but I also like to talk about my favourite books. I like a pretty wide range.

Harry Potter is my all time favourite and I like other fantasy but it can be a very hit and miss genre. I also like the Percy Jackson and His Dark Materials series. I'm currently really into the Empyrean series and I recently read a book called Ink Blood Sister Scribe which I really enjoyed.

I really like Jodie Picoult as an author and enjoy the twists and moral dilemmas of her books.

I also quite like ww2 based fiction, both based on real stories and not. The Book Thief, Tattooist of Auschwitz and Sisters under the rising sun being my stand outs.

I like a good thriller and enjoy Linwood Barclay, Steve Cavanagh and M.W.Craven books. I do also read the Robert Galbraith books but I do find them too long.

I like books with autistic characters. I enjoyed the Rosie Project series even if the main character was a bit of a stereotype. I loved the Colour of Bee Larkham's murder and the Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime. I also enjoy the books by Elle McNicoll and Libby Scott and Rebecca Westcott. Similarly, I really enjoyed Eleanor Oliphant and a Man called Ove. Their characters weren't said to be autistic but gave out a similar vibe. Where the Crawdads sing was also brilliant for this reason but her character was more because she'd been separated from society rather than being an autistic character.

From being a teenager I also really like Malorie Blackman and the Noughts and Crosses series is one of my favourite series I've read. I find it so clever.

Going against the autistic stereotype, I'm not really one for non fiction books. I do like to read about non fiction things that I'm interested in such as animals and neurodivergency but I like to look up the particular thing I'm interested in rather than reading huge amounts of information.

Do any of you like the same books? What books do you all enjoy?

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  • Expecto_Patronum said:
    Do any of you like the same books?

    From your favourites list I think you may enjoy the series of Miss Peregrines Home For Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs.

    There are 7 books in the fantasy series which are aimed at the young adult group I think and the books make extensive use of weird victorian photohraphs to illustrate some of the characters and situations, bringing an extra dimension to the storytelling

    It starts off in modern day Miami and soon jumps to an island off the cost of Wales then starts jumping about in time as the main character finds a group of Peculiar children who are living in a daily recurring loop in wartime Britain.

    There was a film of the same name but it truncates the story with a makeshift ending that isn't in the books and the books lead down much darker paths of war, segregation, slavery, genocide and such delightful topics.

    It isn't graphic but doesn't shy away from some of the bad stuff that happens along the way.

    I found it qute entertaining in a fairly light way and worked through all 7 books fairly quickly.

    Characters in the books have some autistic characteristics but since most are from way in back in the past they have no knowledge of autism, but there are many traits present when you know what to look for.

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  • Expecto_Patronum said:
    Do any of you like the same books?

    From your favourites list I think you may enjoy the series of Miss Peregrines Home For Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs.

    There are 7 books in the fantasy series which are aimed at the young adult group I think and the books make extensive use of weird victorian photohraphs to illustrate some of the characters and situations, bringing an extra dimension to the storytelling

    It starts off in modern day Miami and soon jumps to an island off the cost of Wales then starts jumping about in time as the main character finds a group of Peculiar children who are living in a daily recurring loop in wartime Britain.

    There was a film of the same name but it truncates the story with a makeshift ending that isn't in the books and the books lead down much darker paths of war, segregation, slavery, genocide and such delightful topics.

    It isn't graphic but doesn't shy away from some of the bad stuff that happens along the way.

    I found it qute entertaining in a fairly light way and worked through all 7 books fairly quickly.

    Characters in the books have some autistic characteristics but since most are from way in back in the past they have no knowledge of autism, but there are many traits present when you know what to look for.

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