Literary SFF Recommendations | 12 DAYS OF VLOGMAS DAY 8

[@lilabreina]

For YA, I’d count the Raven cycle as literary fantasy

[@rachelmakrucki3172]

I totally agree with all of these and I would also say Station Eleven by Emily St John. Its post apocalyptic but the story really focuses on the characters and their individual journeys. Also while they are not my favorite books the Song of Ice and Fire series is far more focused on politics and people in a fantasy world than any real magic and really stand in that gray area.

[@lauradoodoesbooks5302]

Great list! I would definitely recommend Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel, The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker and The Book of M by Peng Shepherd. 😁

[@DragoniaX2000]

I would say that The Priory of the Orange Tree is another great literary fantasy, for me. It is a very character driven.

[@gunnerchel]

Literally 95% of my bookshelf is all recommendations from your channel! I’m never disappointed!

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

thank you :)

[@xPikaRawr]

same!

[@MrLaiioSpain]

I’m currently reading The Night Circus and it definitely feels like literary fiction

[@JulieTheReader]

Good suggestions-I’ll check some of these out! I’d definitely put Circe (Madeline Miller) and This Is How You Lose the Time War (Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone) on a Literary SFF recommendation list.

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

yes definitely Circe!

[@user-ny1wo1vp9r]

I read a book called The Devourers by Indra Das recently and loved it. I think it fits in with this genre.

[@grayde3903]

I loved The Name of the Wind and I adored the main character, loved all these book choices

[@bluebrightstar1117]

Robin Hobb's realm of the elderlings books

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

DEFINITELY! I just started reading the second Farseer book today and was reminded of this.

[@ammalyrical5646]

The binding by Bridgit Collins Vita Nostra by Sergey and Marina Dyachenko (I want a sequel that's an actual sequel, not just the one that's next in the series [and only available in Russian]) And, depending on how you classify stuff as literary fiction, The Lost Queen by Signe Pike Lit-fic isn't always flowery btw. I've seen a lot that's not. But that could be because I'm Dutch and there are other ways used in our language to make the writing more complex. Those literary devices or sentence structures don't always translate well, which logically causes the people reading the book translated to rate it lower.

[@RebeccaKaurAuthor]

I really tried hard to get into Too like the Lightning but I couldn't get used to the writing style. Really want to read the night circus so much!

[@katri3415]

I would say Neil Gaiman`s books could count as literary sff. There are big themes, beautiful writing, very strong characters and a bit of magical realism/urban fantasy.

[@Jenbebookish]

I love your little Christmas themed ending!

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

thank you!

[@DanicaChristin]

The Name of the Wind is one of my favourite books ever 💙

[@rum-yul]

The name of the wind by Patrick Rothfuss is a great dense book about a retelling of the MC up until his teenage years. The sequel is about the girl she met, haven't read it yet. I haven't read the night circus also.

[@pamelatarajcak5634]

I would add The Sparrow and Children of God by Mary Doria Russell on the list

[@lauriee.1253]

Black leopard red wolf!!

[@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm]

YAS LOVE NIGHT CIRCUS

[@LaBelleFilleModeling]

I recently read The Water Dancer. While sad, it was a great read with a reasonably happy ending. It has...magical realism but I'm not 100% sure if I'd call it literary? I'm not sure how to catalog it.

[@redforrori]

I just dnfd The Night Circus. I just don't get it. Nothing happens. :/ But OH, The Name of the Wind--*sigh*. SO good.

[@l0n3wolf89]

Had to DNF Night Circus after 60 pages 🙈 don't get the hype of the book at all. Might give starless sea a chance in the future. Life is too short to read boring or bad books, is how I feel :-P

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

If you didn't like The Night Circus, I can almost guarantee you won't like The Starless Sea. It's a much more expansive version.

[@l0n3wolf89]

@@ThoughtsOnTomes we'll see. My older sister is going to borrow my copy of Night Circus, and then I'll see how she feels about it, if I'll give it another shot or not :-)

[@debralavoie9095]

Thank you! I'm not a big fan of slow, character driven. I will be checking some of these. Have a great holiday!

[@kara8429]

I would also add The Books of Babel by Josiah Bancroft, Circe by Madeline Miller, and Area X by Jeff Vandermeer.

[@adikanashi315]

Yay first comment!