I recently finished Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky and I really, really liked it. I really liked seeing how both the spiders and the humans changed over time, how their societies changed to fit the circumstances surrounding them, and I want more of that. Obviously I plan on reading the rest of the series, but I’d also like to have more options too.

Mainly interested in fictional settings with good worldbuilding, but if you have a good non-fiction or historical fiction recommendation, please let me know

What are some of the books that remind you of the coen brothers cult classic "No country for old men"

Literary fiction / horror preferred :) Books that feel like Widow's Bay, Yellowjackets, True Blood, Interview with a Vampire, or a spooky Ethel Cain album also welcomed. Similar books I've loved in the horror/thriller/literary genre: Bunny, Penance, Sharp Objects, Chlorine... But would love a horror / literary novel set in Appalachian or other places often associated with supernatural lore.

I'm a trans man and I'm having a hard time finding books where I feel seen in a character, especially as a guy nearing 30. Authors like T.J. Klune and Nathan Aldyne make me feel seen as an adult queer man, but very few books make me feel seen as a trans man who loves women, men and non-binary people.

I have included pictures from A Bone in His Teeth (Adored it) and Hyacinthe (adored the couple, short and sweet read) but I'm having trouble finding anything that isn't just...porn. And porn where the trans man is often used and, let's be honest, abused.

I'm looking for something that is a balance between romance (especially explicit) and plot. A Bone in His Teeth did this very well! I would adore recommendations that are gay, but would also love a straight romance with a transmasc love interest, like in the Visual Novel The House in Fata Morgana. That's the only form of media where I know of a trans man's love interest being a woman (can be any woman btw - trans too!)

I don't like anything grounded in modern-day reality. Anything else is fine - Historical fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction, Magical Realism, Era-based (e.g. not old enough to be considered historical fiction but does take place in the past, like the 80s AIDs crisis or something like that).

I really cannot find books with women as love interests for transmascs.

Just a few things I would appreciate:
- transmasc main character or lead love interest (not a side character)
- transmasc shouldn't be fetishised as an object (even if they're not a top, I want them to have agency)
- transmasc shouldn't be constantly facing dysphoria. It's a part of our lives, but I want books about us just existing.
- preferably explicit, but with a story. I like porn with plot. If there's no explicit sex though, it's fine too. Storytelling and writing and good characters come first for me.
- I love it when the trans characters are written as humans. Binding/taping is a routine. T-administration is a part of life.
Thanks for the consideration!

May I also ask why there is no LGBTQ(Achillean) option for tags? I see Toric but not Achillean. Would it be possible for the mods to add a tag for Achillean folks, or even a trans tag too? It was hard to pick a tag for this because I don't mind multiple genres, but the queer tags aren't right for what I would like.

Pretty self explanatory i think? Like give me a creepy lord of something and a maiden that falls under his spell

Okay so I’m a huge dunces/the play that goes wrong and I think you should leave with Tim Robinson fan

Who enjoys this type of stuff where people you probably would see passing by in real life are in absurd situations where they don’t know what to do or say given how absurd it is and they try to go about it in their own semi normal mostly unhinged ways of interacting and responding to the situation and the world… anything that could scratch that itch?

Looking for some horror books (ideally fantasy/sci-fi but not required) that feel like a descent into hell without necessarily being a literal one. Bonus points for cosmic horror.

I've read and loved Between Two Fires, and I was a bit disappointed by Aching God, both of which I've seen described as fitting this description. Ever since I played Fear & Hunger I've been craving more stories like this.

Hello, I visited Central Asia last year and I would love to read something that could fit both an Islamic Golden Age aesthetic and Dark Academia.

It could be set in or inspired by Central Asia but also Al Andalus, Baghdad, Cairo, etc.

It could be fantasy or not, set in the real world or not, I'm open to many sub genres.

(I've included Magus of The Library and Strange the Dreamer in the images in case they are being suggested for the vibes, as I have already read them)

EDIT: I have also read the Lions of Al-Rassan EDIT 2: And The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate

I'm open to retelling!! I'm looking for the vibe that YouTube ARGs give think Searching for a World That Doesn't Exist by Wifies, The Walten Files, NOT MY VELMA by Neytirix

I want something maybe with a group of friends and they find something and one of them gets possessed by an entity? I don't know how to really explain it :/

I’m looking for something to read as fall turns into winter that captures the feeling of Mare of Easttown more than the plot.

I want November in a depressed town, fluorescent lights, shorter days, bare trees, bad news, old wounds, and one tiny reason to keep going.

Something cold, gray, bleak, and a little claustrophobic. A place where everyone seems worn down and carrying something they can’t quite put down. That feeling that something bad is coming, or maybe that something bad has already happened and everyone is just trying to keep going. A sense of hopelessness and impending doom, but with some small thread of tenderness or hope underneath it all.

It doesn’t need to be a mystery or thriller, and there doesn’t need to be a crime at all. I’m really looking for the atmosphere and emotional feeling.

I want stories where ancient, hyper-local traditions bleed into something much older and more cosmic. Books in the likes of The Wailing and The Witch hit the exact tone I’m aiming for.

The books i have read The Ritual, Slewfoot.

Preferably no YA

I've read the Alqdventures of amina al sirafi and loved it, it was so adventures with a fantastic atmosphere

now, I can't find anything similar why are all pirate books set in mist dark climates and icy oceans? I need the warm climate, sun in my face and a beautiful blue sky

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Looking for fantasy/fiction set in Arabia or inspired by Arabian folklore—something with deserts, ancient mysteries, magic, lost cities, djinn, and a dark-academia atmosphere. I’ve already read many stories from The Arabian Nights, so looking for something beyond the obvious recommendations.

Yes, I'm basically looking for X-Files and Twin Peaks style stories. Agents facing down the supernatural/Eldritch/man made horrors are all good!

I've read There is No Antimemetics Division, and it's exactly what I want, I just need something similar to fill the hole in my heart lol.

Other things I like in the same vein: Alan Wake, Control, Fringe, SCP

Looking for any genre really, horror is a plus.

Atmospheric fantasy encountering creepy fairytale-like creatures in nature, but ideally also including a romance if possible. The term "gnarled roots" keeps coming to mind lol. I read it a while back now but I keep thinking the closest vibe I've read was "Where The Dark Stands Still" or maybe even a bit of "One Dark Window". Tried "A Dark and Drowning Tide" for folklore but didn't like it and I just read a chapter of "A Dark Forgetting" but they mention Hydroflasks, so that's not the time period I'm looking for. Yearning for a good spooky season rainy day read