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The Daughters' War

By Christopher Buehlman ,

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From Jim's 3 favorite reads in 2024.

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Unknown Author Why Jim loves this book

I fell in love with Christopher bhuelman's writing when I chanced the Blacktongue Thief which forced me to go and read his entire catalogue.

I had to read The Daughter's War as soon as I could and was not disappointed. The prequel story follows a character from Thief and even though it's set in the same world the voice is so different and original.

You learn a lot about the back story of this character and the world the story is set in and I just couldn't put it down.

The Daughters' War

By Christopher Buehlman ,

Why should I read it?

4 authors picked The Daughters' War as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

The goblins have killed all of our horses and most of our men.
They have enslaved our cities, burned our fields, and still they wage war.
Now, our daughters take up arms.

Galva - Galvicha to her three brothers, two of whom the goblins will kill - has defied her family's wishes and joined the army's untested new unit, the Raven Knights. They march toward a once-beautiful city overrun by the goblin horde, accompanied by scores of giant war corvids. Made with the darkest magics, these fearsome black birds may hold the key to stopping the goblins in their war…

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The Red Knight

By Miles Cameron , #1 of The Traitor Son Cycle series

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From Mark's 3 favorite reads in 2024.

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Mark Lawrence Why Mark loves this book

This was a LONG book - 774 pages, with a fairly small font.

I thought it was excellent. Really enjoyed it.

I've known about the book for a long time but was put off by knowing that there are a great many (20?) point of view characters. I tend to prefer a small number of (often singular) points of view, and to get to know that/those character/s very well.

Contrary to expectations, the large field of points of view worked very well for me. The eponymous Red Knight's point of view gets a significantly larger number of pages than any of the rest, and helps glue it all together, as does the fact that all of the points of view are involved in the same drama, many of them in the same place, the rest converging on it.

I guess part of the reason I had such a good time…

The Red Knight

By Miles Cameron ,

Why should I read it?

2 authors picked The Red Knight as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Forget George and the Dragon. Forget Sir Lancelot and tales of Knightly exploits. This is dirty, bloody work. This is violent, visceral action. This is a mercenary knight as you've never seen one before. Twenty eight florins a month is a huge price to pay, for a man to stand between you and the Wild. Twenty eight florins a month is nowhere near enough when a wyvern's jaws snap shut on your helmet in the hot stink of battle, and the beast starts to rip the head from your shoulders. But if standing and fighting is hard, leading a company…

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Ithaca

By Claire North ,

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From jg5egr70's 3 favorite reads in 2024.

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The story of Penelope, wife of Odysseus, having to use all her cunning and wiles to keep the suitors at arm's length while she awaits the return of her husband.

Ithaca

By Claire North ,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked Ithaca as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

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'Claire North brings a powerful, fresh and unflinching voice to ancient myth - darkly fascinating, raw and breathtaking' Jennifer Saint, author of Sunday Times bestseller Ariadne

***A Sunday Times Historical Fiction Book of the Year***

This is the story of Penelope of Ithaca, famed wife of Odysseus, as it has never been told before. Beyond Ithaca's shores, the whims of gods dictate the wars of men. But on the isle, it is the choices of the abandoned women - and their goddesses - that will change the course of the world.

'The greatest power we women can own is that…

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The Handmaid's Tale

By Margaret Atwood , #1 of The Handmaid's Tale series

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Misty Danielles

From Misty's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

By Misty Danielles

Unknown Author Why Misty loves this book

It is a profound and unsettling dive into societal decay that feels terrifyingly prescient. Atwood’s brilliance lies in the details—how she exposes the weaponization of language and the stripping of individual identity until even a birth name becomes a forbidden memory. Offred’s internal act of storytelling is a breathtaking form of rebellion; it’s a reminder that even when we are silenced, our internal narratives and small acts of defiance are what keep us human. It isn’t a "feel-good" read, but it is an essential one.

The Handmaid's Tale

By Margaret Atwood ,

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47 authors picked The Handmaid's Tale as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

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** THE SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER **
**A BBC BETWEEN COVERS BIG JUBILEE READ**

Go back to where it all began with the dystopian novel behind the award-winning TV series.

'As relevant today as it was when Atwood wrote it' Guardian

I believe in the resistance as I believe there can be no light without shadow; or rather, no shadow unless there is also light.

Offred is a Handmaid in The Republic of Gilead, a religious totalitarian state in what was formerly known as the United States. She is placed in the household of The Commander, Fred Waterford -…

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