Novels reviews from Reddit

"I can’t recommend Stephen kings “Fairy Tale” enough."

"The Shining."

"The Shining, and Salems Lot are all really good."

"Misery!"

"Misery and The Shining."

"Start with Carrie or Joyland. They're far shorter."

"Carrie - not very long, least one film adaptation."

"Misery. The movie version was intense but the book is INTENSE."

"The stand."

"The Green Mile, Shawshank Redemption, and 11/22/63 are good places to start."

"Raymond Chandler - The Big Sleep, and the subsequent Marlowe novels"

"Read the works of Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammet for a top notch, classic intro into the hardboiled detective genre."

"The Big Sleep. The plot is just as insane as in the movie."

"Many others have said it, but "Bone" is the best possible answer to this question."

"Check out the Graphix imprint from scholastic, theyve got Bone (probably the best recommendation i can give, its a fantasy)"

"Bone is amazing."

"Bone - Jeff Smith."

"The Tea Dragon Society will probably be liked pretty well."

"Tea Dragon Society is very cute."

"Tea Dragon Society and its sequels."

"Tea Dragon Society! Graphic adaptations of Wings of Fire."

"World War Z (book or audio only, the movie is completely different) and Zone One by C. Whitehead."

"World War Z has great worldbuilding and is told in a “found documents” kind of style."

"World War Z, by Max Brooks."

"World War Z Dread Nation."

"Wings of Fire is ALSO fantasy but with dragons"

"*Wings of Fire* has adapted their books into GN."

"Wings of fire is a kids graphic novel about dragons."

"The Wings of Fire novels have graphic novel adaptations."

"Anything written by Raina Telgemeier would probably fit the bill as well."

"All of Raina Telgemerier’s books."

"The Raina Telgemeier books are very very good."

"Thinking outside the classic marvel or dc: WYND, Skyward, Tintin, Nimona."

"Wynd."

"Wynd."

"Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe (a lot of other Fannie Flag books too!)"

"Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe."

"Fried Green tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg"

"Dashiell Hammett - The Maltese Falcon, The Continental OP"

"The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett"

"You said not interested in litrpg but I still gotta pitch dungeon crawler Carl. It’s incredible."

"Before I read it, I was annoyed at how many times this was suggested, but it’s literally a litRPG book and actually GOOD."

"Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinnamon is one of the most popular."

"The Terror, Dan Simmons!"

"THE TERROR, by Dan Simmons, had an excellent TV adaptation, but the book is worth reading, for sure."

"The Terror by Dan Simmons"

"Similar to Bone and Amulet"

"Beautiful book in story and design."

"Black Tide Rising series by John Ringo"

"Black Tide Rising series by John Ringo..."

"Catch 22……Joseph heller."

"It's a black comedy about war. It's beautifully written, funny as hell, absurd, and incisively critical."

"In Cold Blood by Truman Capote. Nonfiction but a great book club read."

"In Cold Blood by Truman Capote"

"At the Mountains of Madness by H. P. Lovecraft"

"*At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft*"

"Brimstone Angels by Erin Evans was oustanding."

"Seconding brimstone angels. As someone who has read all the drizzt books (minus newest trilogy), and many of the other series, brimstone will have that mix of adventure, drama, and character focus that you will be looking for."

"Squirrel Girl rocks."

"Wings of fire by Tui T Sutherland."

"This book is a collection of short stories and pieces, centered around some of the elements of the Periodic Table."

"Great read."

"Beloved by Toni Morrison."

"If you want to know his start and what he's about: Green Arrow: Year One, then Longbow Hunters"

"*Green Arrow: Year One* by Andy Diggle"

"To Kill A Mockingbird."

"To Kill a Mockingbird."

"The Tea Dragon Society by Katie O’Neal"

"*The Tea Dragon Society.*"

"A good example of a novel that touches on the topic of chattel slavery in the US"

"Also check out Discworld (specifically the Tiffany Aching books as an entry point)."

"Discworld- Terry Pratchett, fantasy humor with dwarves, trolls, werewolves, vampires, etc"

"Kings of the Wyld is fantastic and truly feels like a D&D experience."

"Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames hits a very sweet spot."

"Deed of Paksennarion has gnomes, dwarves, elves (light and dark), orcs and trolls."

"The Deed of Paksenarrion by Elizabeth Moon, particularly the second book."

"Hilda all day every day."

"Hilda is another that is just as great."

"The Diviners by Libba Bray"

"In terms of YA authors who do excellent character work, I would recommend Libba Bray."

"The first novel in the omnibus, Dante, shows the process from going from being a child to a full Battle Brother in the Blood Angels chapter."

"For your Space Marines I’d recommend the following: Lords of Blood which is a Blood Angels omnibus."

"Bone!"

"Bone by Jeff Smith and Fables by Bill Willingham are both really good."

"All three Kelly Thompson trades (Rogue & Gambit: Playing With Fire, and Mr & Mrs X 1 & 2) are fantastic."

"Rogue & Gambit (2018), Kelly Thompson and Pere Perez. Simple the best , it's a big recap of all history of they have together, and have a wonderfull final"

"Feed (and sequels) by Mira Grant - amazing zombie books."

"'Feed' by Mira Grant is phenomenal."

"Neil Gaiman has loads....I'd start with his stuff."

"Neil Gaiman has loads....I'd start with his stuff."

"Demon Copperhead by Kingsolver."

"Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver."

"Richard Stark (Donald Westlake) - The Hunter, and all the subsequent Parker novels."

"The Hunter by Richard Stark... I have a real fondness for it."

"Mark Tufo & Joseph Talluto both have written a series of zombie books."

"Zombie Fallout by Mark Tufo"

"Devil In A Blue Dress by Walter Mosley, is good."

"Devil in a blue Dress is great."

"I quite enjoyed reading it (although a few of the plot points are a bit weird)."

"I enjoyed 'Lessons in Chemistry'. It does a good job of capturing a lot of the issues that women have faced."

"The original Dragonlamce Trilogy by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman is pretty fun."

"The original Dragonlamce Trilogy by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman is pretty fun."

"Ex-Heroes was really fun."

"Peter Clines "Ex-Heros" is pretty cool."

"You would also enjoy Kidnapped and Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson."

"You would also enjoy Kidnapped and Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson."

"Steven brusts' books about a fantasy assassin are perfect examples of this. Starts with Jhereg."

"Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree! It’s a cozy fantasy about an orc trying to open a cafe."

"Master and Commander by Patrick O’Brian. First in a series."

"Jack Vance's Dying Earth series predates D&D, but was such an inspiration for D&D that a lot of it should feel familiar."

"Dark Lord of Derkholm by Diana Wynne Jones."

"Cradle by Will Wight is a great series for this."

"I think Basti by Intizar Husain is great"

"Mistborn"

"Riyria Revelations series by Michael J. Sullivan!"

"Songs and Swords by Elaine Cunningham was a great series."

"The author of GNT is also releasing another series TTORA, seriously great stuff."

"The English patient"

"Norman Mailer, The Naked and the Dead. Mailer's debut novel. I think that this is a must-read."

"The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan (Australia). Shattering, beautiful novel about an officer who survives the building of the Burma Death Railway."

"The Songs of Chaos series by Michael R. Miller is a great example of this. It's a dragon rider series."

"The Sword Defiant by Gareth Hanrahan has a lot of elements of a typical high fantasy D&D game, and has quietly been one of the most fun fantasy series I've read in years."

"*War God* series, by David Weber."

"Empire of the Summer Moon by SC Gwynne was excellent."

"Hell at the Breech by Tom Franklin is a good range-war-adjacent book."

"The orchard keeper by cormac McCarthy"

"Justice at Spanish Flat by Brian Garfield"

"One for the Money by Janet Evanovich. It's a lighthearted one and a fun easy read."

"The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz"

"The Green House, same author."

"Open Range by Lauran Paine along with all of the other suggestions"

"Outpost, by Adam Baker. Offshore oil rig in the Arctic Circle as the world crumbles to a zombie virus"

"'The Survivor' by Thomas Keneally"

"Red is the Valley by Wayne D. Overholser"

"Check out The Black Library, specifically their fantasy line."

"Riders of Judgment by Frederick Manfred."

"The Virginian by Owen Wister."

"I liked "The Mountain Valley War" by Louis L'amour, definitely one of my favorites from him"

"If Vietnam is of interest you may well want to check out Philip Caputo's A Rumor of War. Not an easy read, but then nor should it be."

"A novel, translated into malayalam "sakhimarum njanum" by Khushwant singh was an interesting read."

"A. L. Kennedy, Day"

""Dream Park," by Larry Niven and Steve Barnes. It's a good, quick read."

"Everyone loves the Dragonlance novels, and I like the Homeland series of Drizzt."

"There is also Warhammer fantasy novels and Pathfinder novels."

"Orconomics is a bit of a genre deconstruction, but I love this series."

"Particular to your description(lots of magic, different peoples, crazy landscapes) I'd point at Glen Cook, Robert Jordan, and Roger Zelazny."

"Gotrek and Felix."

"Some of your blood by Theodore sturgeon"

"TSR and WoC published hundreds of books from the 1990s onwards. R.A. Salvatore, Douglas Niles, Christie Golden would be my favourites. Though Weis and Hickman wrote a lot in Dragonlance world."

"The classic examples of actual D&D novels are the Drizzt books and the Dragonlance series."

"Try the classics like those from Ishfaq Ahmed and if you want comedy you can go for Col. Muhammad Khan."

"Go to the golden oldies. Bano Qudsia, Ashfaq Ahmad, Mumtaz Mufti, Qudrutullah Shahab, Abdullah Hussain, Quratulain Haider etc for the classics. For spicy digest writer stuff there's Tahir Javed Mughal, M.A. Rahat, Muhiuddin Nawab, A. Hameed and so many others. I also love basically anything by Ali Sufiyan Afaqi."

"To the Last Msn by Zane Grey."