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Fantasy

The Last Wish, Andrzej Sapkowski

Geralt of Rivia is a witcher. A cunning sorcerer. A merciless assassin. His sole purpose is to destroy the monsters that plague the world, but not everything monstrous-looking is evil, and not everything fair is good... and in every fairy tale there is a grain of truth.

Originally Posted by flame.leaf

This has to be, by far, my favorite book series of all time. It revitalised my interest in fantasy with it's tone and atmosphere, which totally throws aside Tolkien-esque High Fantasy and gives you a dark, realistic, and dare I say modern world. No destined heroes or noble kings and evil warlord here. There is racism, there is terrorism, there is pollution, there is corruption, and there are real monsters.

The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (translated by Katherine Woods)

When a pilot crashes into the desert and meets a young prince from another world, he is forced to look at the world with different eyes through stories the young prince tells him.

Originally Posted by Juneberry

This book is unique in the fact that although it seems like a children's book, even adults can enjoy it if in the right mind-set. It is very symbolic in many aspects and can be mind-opening if you let it. It was a very fun book, and I'd even read it again if I could. I also like that it really relates to the author, who was a pilot and had been in a few plane crashes like the narrator of the story.

(cross-genre with romance)
A Great And Terrible Beauty, Libba Bray

It's 1895, and after the suicide of her mother, 16-year-old Gemma Doyle is shipped off from the life she knows in India to Spence, a proper boarding school in England. Lonely, guilt-ridden, and prone to visions of the future that have an uncomfortable habit of coming true, Gemma's reception there is a chilly one. To make things worse, she's been followed by a mysterious young Indian man, a man sent to watch her. But why? What is her destiny? And what will her entanglement with Spence's most powerful girls—and their foray into the spiritual world—lead to?

Originally Posted by Kit Katy

It's intriguing, compelling, has its moments of passion, and some moments of sheer terror! You don't know what to expect when you turn the page. Overall a fascinating and exciting read!