Fourth Wing is the only book I have closed and literally thrown in the trash after 1 chapter. The most depressing, elementary, wanna-be writing

If you like a magic-system fantasy/dystopia, Will Of The Many was a 4/5 on first read that I'd probably give a 5/5 in hindsight (I think it will depend on if you've read Red Rising), and the sequel was solidly 5/5 for me.

I think you’d also really like The Great Believers, which was one of my top books from 2023

I've been raving about 'You Dreamed of Empires' since reading it

The Shards was excellent and certain bits left me truly breathless/gagged

Actually, I think I also finished The Shards by Bret Easton Ellis and loved it.

Orbital

I feel like you might enjoy Strange Houses by Uketsu, which was a very light read but still creepy enough to be interesting. Bonus: I seem to recall you speak some Japanese, and supposedly the original Japanese is written in accessible language for readers of all ages/skill levels. Cant confirm tho

The King Must Die - Mary Renault

This is such a hard question. If you liked Babel, I'd recommend the entire Poppy War trilogy. That's my probably my favorite read(s) of the year. I almost took a small Kuang break after book 2 but it hurt too good. I had to finish the trilogy.

I loved Wild Dark Shore and North Woods

I've been reading the Red Rising series. It's a dystopian future space-age story that gets pretty dark, but a very fun read.

‘Separate Rooms’ by Tondelli (slow, insightful queer romance during the AIDS crisis translated from Italian), and ‘In Memoriam’ by Alice Winn, gay love story set during WWI in a British boarding school and the French trenches.

Bother very emotional and deep reads if you go for that!

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I just googled this man and now I am in favor of rice instead of rolls and stuffing on Thanksgiving

The way he was an AUDITOR for ICE like what even

Almost every single one of them died too

This guy gets it

RICE?! Death Row