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Looking for Indie Recs (Horror, Fan/Sci)

I've recently realized that I have read almost no indie books and would like to change that. I've seen the list dedicated to indie fan/sci recs but I was wondering what users personal recommendations would be based on my tastes. I also would be open to other genres!

Some of my favorites are: Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse In Deeper Waters by F.T. Lukens Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel Godkiller by Hannah Kaner What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher Sawkill Girls by Clare Legrand Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer

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sappho101

looking for books like Maurice

Maurice is one of my favourite books, I’m looking for other queer classic novels or anything with a similar setting or time period. It can be tragic or light, I don’t mind.

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snakespiregirl

Looking for your favorite book recs!

I want to start a challenge where I read at least one persons favorite book a month for this whole year! So I’m looking for book recommendations based off your guys favorites. I’m open to really anything but if you want to look at my profile there are more specific genres I’m into. Thanks guys!

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Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds

Thomas Halliday

The past is past, but it does leave clues, and Thomas Halliday has used cutting-edge science to decipher them more completely than ever before. In Otherlands, Halliday makes sixteen fossil sites burst to life on the page. This book is an exploration of the Earth as it used to exist, the changes that have occurred during its history, and the ways that life has found to adapt―or not. It takes us from the savannahs of Pliocene Kenya to watch a python chase a group of australopithecines into an acacia tree; to a cliff overlooking the salt pans of the empty basin of what will be the Mediterranean Sea just as water from the Miocene Atlantic Ocean spills in; into the tropical forests of Eocene Antarctica; and under the shallow pools of Ediacaran Australia, where we glimpse the first microbial life. Otherlands also offers us a vast perspective on the current state of the planet. The thought that something as vast as the Great Barrier Reef, for example, with all its vibrant diversity, might one day soon be gone sounds improbable. But the fossil record shows us that this sort of wholesale change is not only possible but has repeatedly happened throughout Earth history. Even as he operates on this broad canvas, Halliday brings us up close to the intricate relationships that defined these lost worlds. In novelistic prose that belies the breadth of his research, he illustrates how ecosystems are formed; how species die out and are replaced; and how species migrate, adapt, and collaborate. It is a breathtaking a surprisingly emotional narrative about the persistence of life, the fragility of seemingly permanent ecosystems, and the scope of deep time, all of which have something to tell us about our current crisis.

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Polyglottery

Thoughts from 2%

Somebody else said this, but I have to reiterate: this book, so far, has been a lot of telling and almost no showing. I am bored by the reporting writing style, and I… cannot fight through this. No, thank you. I am DNF’ing.

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chelssicle

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What does underrated mean to you?

Inspired by a social post about "underrated books" that was just a list of popular or award winning books. What does underrated mean to you?

Is it just books that you haven't seen around much? Or do you take the time to actively search for people discussing that book? Do you only consider what's outside Tiktok underrated?

I find I see a lot of older books called underrated, even if they were very popular (and sometimes still are) at the time. But those books aren't talked about on Tiktok so does that make it underrated then? (To me, it doesn't.) It also annoys me how much algorithms shape our idea of what’s "rated" at all (though I'm VERY glad it's been encouraging more people to read). If a book isn’t fed to us through the algorithms, does it disappear from sight even if it’s well loved off those platforms?

I’m guess I'm curious if underrated needs or has qualifiers? Underrated by who and where? Underrated by mainstream readers, by awards, by sales, by algorithms? I know there's not really a correct answer here but that's why I'm asking for your takes!

Bonus question! What's an underrated book you love? When someone asks me for underrated books I go straight to indie authors (anyone else or is this just me?). A recent one I loved was the Clecanian series by Victoria Aveline!

Redlikeroses is interested in reading...

Arborescence

Rhett Davis

A dazzling and deeply moving story about humans turning into trees - for fans of Love and Other Thought Experiments and Never Let Me GoWhat makes a person want to be a tree?Bren and his partner Caelyn are feeling at a standstill in their lives. One day they come across a video of people in the forest who believe that if they stand still for long enough they will transform into trees. The idea is absurd. But it's spreading. Soon, people start to go missing and trees appear in unlikely places.As cities decay and the world becomes greener, Caelyn becomes more and more convinced that arborescence is exactly what will save the planet from human destruction. Bren isn't so sure. Drifting apart, Bren and Caelyn are forced to question what it really means to be human - and if they are ready to stand still.'A dazzling blend of cosmic eco-horror and arthouse sci-fi... one of the most profound and beautiful books you'll ever read' Chris Flynn, author of Orpheus Nine'Original, mind-bending and uplifting' Inga Simpson, author of The Thinning'Reads like a thriller but has the tenderness and insight of poetry' Ben Rawlence, author of The Treeline

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The Everlasting

Alix E. Harrow

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Starling House, Alix E. Harrow, comes a moving and genre-defying adventure through time – as a reluctant lady knight and a not-so-heroic-historian will fight through time and space to rewrite their tragic fates . . . and finally reveal the truths hidden beneath the greatest legend ever told. It begins where it ends: beneath the yew tree – a girl not yet a knight, and a boy without a story. It is where she pulls a sword from the heartwood and becomes a legend. And it is where, more than a thousand years later, he will find her – and lose her – and find her – and lose her again. It is where a new story will be written – but whose will it be?

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Redlikeroses

Jan 08, 2026

3.0

Enjoyment: 3.0Quality: 3.0Characters: 2.5Plot: 1.5

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There's a blurb by Samantha Irby on the back of my copy that perfectly sums up my feelings of this book.

"Zee Carlstrom is the first writer to make me feel better about my own life choices."

I can't figure out if I actually enjoyed this book or not. The ending was pretty abrupt and it was a fun ride, but I'm left wondering what the point was. I'll probrably need to process this one a bit more.

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Make Sure You Die Screaming

Zee Carlstrom

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Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games, #0.5)

booksiesbooksies

Thoughts from 50%

It's wild to me that Plutarch revealed that AI tools were once a very useful thing that are now out of practice because it would have destroyed humanity? I can hardly imagine that the capitol wouldn't use such things to control their population no matter the consequences, but i guess Suzanne Collins created this world when AI was not born yet😅

Also completely different topic, but was district 5 always a career district? That flew over my head in the other books xD.

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sarahconte

how did you choose your top 5?

personally, i picked mostly childhood favourites because they felt like a safe choice!

how did you guys pick? are they the books that emotionally scarred you the most? the ones you find most relatable? or just your absolute favourite, nothing deeper ✨

i’d love to know!

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Make Sure You Die Screaming

Zee Carlstrom

An electrifying debut about a nonbinary corporate burnout embarking on a road trip from Chicago to Arkansas to find their conspiracy-theorist father, who has gone missing—for fans of Detransition Baby and Chain-Gang All-StarsThe newly nameless narrator of Make Sure You Die Screaming has rejected the gender binary, has flamed out with a vengeance at their corporate gig, is most likely brain damaged from a major tussle with their now ex-boyfriend, and is on a bender to end all benders.A call from their mother with the news that their MAGA-friendly, conspiracy-theorist father has gone missing launches the narrator from Chicago to deep red Arkansas in a stolen car. Along the way, the narrator and their new bestie—a self-proclaimed "garbage goth" with her own emotional baggage (and someone on her tail)—unpack the narrator’s childhood and a recent personal loss that they refuse to face head-on.An unflinching interrogation of class rage, economic (im)mobility, gender expression, and the rot at the heart of capitalism, Make Sure You Die Screaming is the loud, funny, tragic, suspenseful road trip novel of our times.

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