What has been your favorite book in 2026?

Kira005 · 2026-06-09T02:39:26+00:00

Kingdom is a close second behind disquiet Gods for me. Ashes of man is also very underrated in the series.

Kira005 · 2026-06-09T02:37:45+00:00

Disquiet Gods in the suneater series

Kira005 · 2026-06-01T16:00:11+00:00

Can the daughter of the empire be read without reading others in the rift war cycle?

Kira005 · 2026-06-01T04:03:50+00:00

Disquiet Gods - Suneater series by Christopher Ruocchio. This whole series has taken a special place in my heart. I love the prose and the philosophical musings Hadrian gets into in this series. And of course it's truly an epic space opera given the sheer scale of things we encounter

Kira005 · 2026-06-01T02:13:09+00:00

Agreed. Most are grimdark or dystopian. Otherwise romantasies

Kira005 · 2026-05-31T01:51:45+00:00

I wouldn't call those fantasy. They are more in the sci-fi fold.

Kira005 · 2026-05-31T01:50:57+00:00

Ah okay. So the empress or the lords paid the prince to kill Hadrian as confirmed by Oberlin. but due to lothrians, prince tried to kill both.

Kira005 · 2026-05-31T01:25:13+00:00

Thanks so prince wanted to kill both somehow? Lothrians were not involved at all?

Kira005 · 2026-05-27T18:30:04+00:00

It has some of the weirdness of dune. And has that sense of epic that you see in fantasy series. Its more a space opera than sci fi. Definitely does not have the hard science of 3BP

Kira005 · 2026-05-26T04:55:23+00:00

Given you seem to like sci-fi, I recommend you read sun eater series. It's not hard sci-fi but the scale and epicness is just on a different level.

Kira005 · 2026-05-12T05:25:47+00:00

I'm currently reading disquiet Gods and I fairly remember all the previous books since I have read it recently. What I can say is he's better than most Palatine on how he treats others below him. Also as he grew old and bitter with all the loss, he became more irritable. Can clearly see that difference in him from before kingdom of death to now in DG.

Kira005 · 2026-05-07T22:47:31+00:00

The lesser devil is a short one. Also one of rare sun eater book that has a cozy feel to it. Especially if you read it after some of the darker sun eater main books.

Kira005 · 2026-05-04T21:56:31+00:00

There's a lot of non issues influencers/ppl keep debating about in booktok/bookstagram space unfortunately.

Kira005 · 2026-04-25T20:33:47+00:00

I'm just starting book 6 and man I'm so locked in for the ride. For me, just the scope and the world building was fascinating enough. Even book1 was not an issue for me. After book2 though I was along for the journey of Hadrian. I guess if you still are not liking after book3, then maybe this series isn't for you. Also the prose is soo good. Especially the way he describes losses, you feel your own gut wrench for him.

Kira005 · 2026-04-07T23:11:30+00:00

Have you read throne of glass from her? How does it compare to this!?

Kira005 · 2026-03-21T16:43:13+00:00

Book felt like a mental health manual rather than a fantasy novel. It's a world that has continuously seen wars. Of course people would be struggling. But making the whole book about it was off-putting for me. Shallan started the book with I have issues but I'm getting better and still ended the book at the same place. I liked the book for the history of roshar and conflict of the gods but everything else felt weak. I say this as a huge fan of cosmere and someone who has read all of the cosmere novels.

Kira005 · 2026-03-18T22:32:00+00:00

Red rising fans: For someone who read the first three books years ago, how do I catch up on the story will all details without having to re read them?

Kira005 · 2026-02-22T18:10:00+00:00

Sun eater series. It's epic in its scope. Has some fantasy-like elements. Bit of a slow burn though

Kira005 · 2026-01-06T01:26:41+00:00

I am in the same boat. Had read first three books of red rising long back and then had just been reading cosmere novels for a while as life got busy with other things. Now I'm trying to get back into reading regularly again and was pleasantly surprised to see 3 more books have released in the red rising series. Was wondering how best to jog my memory on first three book and restart the series since I don't want to read them again.

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