Best tragedy books according to redditors
We found 15 Reddit comments discussing the best tragedy books. We ranked the 9 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
We found 15 Reddit comments discussing the best tragedy books. We ranked the 9 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
The book that name is from, even — an old V.C. Andrews series Heaven
I like to tailor my recommendations to what I know about people, so a request like this leaves me a little at a disadvantage. Basically, I believe that there may be no such thing as a universally applicable book, and to that end, whether or not a book is really a "must-read" for any given person depends on the circumstances of that person's life. So what I'm going to give you instead is this: a list of the ten books that I've read that I think (at the moment) have the best chance of having an impact on any random English-speakers life. Make of it what you will.
Ahem. In no particular order:
For quick reads about preteen and teenage girls in Middle Ages England, try Karen Cushman's books including Catherine, Called Birdy (minor nobility), The Midwife's Apprentice (like the title says), and Matilda Bone (bonesetter's apprentice).
Philippa Gregory has a number of well-researched adult books, mainly about nobility in Tudor England.
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (1800s) and Peony in Love (1600s) by Lisa See are about ordinary girls in China.
https://www.amazon.com/Silhouette-Girl-V-C-Andrews/dp/1501162632
It's a woman who's upper half of her face is hidden by a hat. She's wearing bright red lipstick. Her shoulders are bare and before her chest she's holding a red rose.
The Secrets of Jin-shei is about a group of sworn sisters (alchemist, poet, etc) in a fantasy China.
Peony in Love is about a girl in 17th century China who spends half the book as a hungry ghost.
If you don't mind historical fiction, Empress Orchid is one of my favorite books and about the last empress of China. I found it very similar to The Goblin Emperor in that someone young and out of place is thrust into a position of power and spends the entire book learning to navigate a new culture and its politics.
Some kids' books on fantasy China if you want ridiculously fast reads: Clever-Lazy and The Firework Maker's Daughter, both about inventions.
Joyce Carol Oates borrowed the final two lines for a book title:
http://www.amazon.com/Because-Bitter-My-Heart-Plume/dp/0452265819
Could it be Damage Control: A Novel, by Denise Hamilton?
>Struggling in her competitive public relations firm, Maggie Silver is assigned to the toughest client of her career in a California senator, the father of her former best friend, during an effort to prevent a scandal surrounding the murder of a young female aide.
https://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Baby-Novel-Alison-McGhee/dp/0307462285 ?
Robin Mckinley - anything by her though specifically Sunshine. If you haven't read Mercades Lackey than you would probably like her since you like Tamora Pierce. Start with Arrows for the Queen or Magic's Pawn. Raymond E Feist writes another good fantasy series that has tons of books in it. You might even like the Robert Jordan Wheel of Time books since you like the Game of Thrones. If you haven't read the Ender's Game books by Orson Scott Card they are very good. Some classical sci-fi - Foundation series by Issac Asimov.
edit: also because it looks like you like some historical romance The Secret History of the Pink Carnation and Peony in Love.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1402795912/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_lR8jDbENNDXE8
This is my favorite edition of Hamlet with beautiful artwork. Highly recommend
SHE HAD THE POWER… OF A DEMON! Kelly and Katai return once again to Christopher Pike’s The Last Vampire with #5, “Evil Thirst,” and discuss proof and its relationship to pudding, where prophecies can stick it, and more.
Plus, long, detailed fanfictions about certain figures in American government!
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Next week's book: VC Andrew's Heaven: Casteel #1