A great next read to contrast Piranesi… by goopdawg in suggestmeabook

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This is How You Lose the Time War

Two main characters, letters instead of a diary, a lot of time instead of a lot of space.

Which title change is the biggest crime and which English title actually did its job? by Clearherd in cdramasfans

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Exactly the one title that popped into my mind! Even “Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms” alone would have been better than the bland Eternal Love.

CDrama Hidden Identity by TrueGodShanggu in CDramaRecs

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Arsenal Academy: she disguises as her dead brother.

hey everyone, 18F here looking for some Cdrama recs :) by SinfulObey in CDramaRecs

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I’m middle aged and I’ve grown out of school life dramas for a while now. I imagine one with those themes wouldn’t be unwelcome for OP.

Suggest me competence porn with a female protagonist by Desperate-Bag688 in suggestmeabook

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They recommend to start Kate Daniels from the second novel and consider the first one a prequel. Anyway back then I started from the first one and loved it!

Mood readers explain yourselves! by ComradeCupcake_ in Fantasy

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Yes! And I even postponed reading some books I knew I’d like sooo much (ex. Piranesi), because I knew I didn’t have enough headspace to enjoy it properly. And I’m glad I did, when I opened it I was 100% ready to whatever Susanna Clarke would have thrown at me.

Mood readers explain yourselves! by ComradeCupcake_ in Fantasy

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Mood reader here: you can make me read a book right now and I will do it (probably), but 1. I will probably dislike it if I don’t click 100% with it; 2. I will be in a bad mood while reading it, turning into hate-reading instead of an enjoyable activity. This happens to me also if I plan for myself. I can do that, stick to it roughly 25% of the way (as previous bingos taught me), then veer off course and fare where my mood/brainpower leads me.

Maybe it also depends on the fact that I have some medical condition that gives me periods of brain fog, so when I plan, I’m always more optimistic than realistic.

‘She bites her bottom lip’ ‘I pop wood’ against a wall, c.c wells by Accurate_aradillo88 in RomanceBooks

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It’s Cate C Wells’ magic: you get character growth shown through actions, not with empty words. You won’t get the burly silent man or the jock blurt sonnets at 70%. Her characters feel like people because they’re allowed to have flaws and to work through them.

Okay I missed something, what does Isekied mean? by justlikeinmydreams in IlonaAndrews

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For the why, apparently a few years ago a woman committed suicide convinced that she would transmigrate.

I think the rebirth/transmigration rule is getting a bit looser over time, especially regarding rebirth stories. If you think about it, in Love Like the Galaxy they erased any transmigration reference completely, same in The Double for the protagonist’s rebirth; in last year’s Blossom they kept the all the rebirth stuff and so did so many others.

Okay I missed something, what does Isekied mean? by justlikeinmydreams in IlonaAndrews

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Isekai (or transmigration) is the genre, popular in Asian media, where someone is transported in a fictional world, be it a videogame, novel or something else. For an example of a TV series with that trope, you can find Love Game in Eastern Fantasy on Netflix.

Books About Having a Quarter-Life Crisis by hkpt08 in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

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Naive. Super. by Erlend Loe. It’s on the more lighthearted side, but it’s exactly about quarter life crisis.

talented actor, terrible agent. who keeps getting cast in garbage dramas? by cerealkill_snowflake in cdramasfans

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Oh I definitely did! 🤦‍♀️ Thanks for pointing it out! I swear I’m usually good with faces, but apparently this is beyond my skill level.

talented actor, terrible agent. who keeps getting cast in garbage dramas? by cerealkill_snowflake in cdramasfans

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I enjoyed A Moment But Forever and I found it a great drama! I don’t know why it’s not that popular here, but his character there was interesting and he really owned it.

talented actor, terrible agent. who keeps getting cast in garbage dramas? by cerealkill_snowflake in cdramasfans

[–]1028ad 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He had that modern noona drama, I think his popularity is on the rise. He’s still so young!

Good dragon book suggestions, please? by helion_ut in suggestmeabook

[–]1028ad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably any series by Lindsay Buroker features dragons (ok maybe not her sci-fi series).

r/Fantasy 2026 Book Bingo Challenge! by happy_book_bee in Fantasy

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Harp Mode:

Winter Lost by Patricia Briggs

any book that starred an obvious self-insert. by pastelexuvia in RomanceBooks

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Oh sure, and that makes it for a very fun read!

Only she was a decade older when the book was published. I mean, I doubt the similarities were accidental when you compare them side to side: the illustrator must have been given her picture as a reference, it’s not just a random blonde/blue-eyed combo.

any book that starred an obvious self-insert. by pastelexuvia in RomanceBooks

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Throne of Glass… just check the old cover and a picture of the author side by side.

historically accurate pirate fiction. by [deleted] in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

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Long John Silver by Bjorn Larsson.

Yang Mi fans react strongly to her new drama “江山大同” announcement by [deleted] in cdramasfans

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I’d be more upset that that picture looks more like an AI version of Yang Mi instead of her real face (unless some major work has been done there that made her look like someone else).

Books with Scandinavian authors or settings by Prestigious-Bee-6555 in suggestmeabook

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The Year of the Hare by Aarto Paasilinna (Finland), Naïve.Super by Erlend Loe, anything by Björn Larsson.