Since the time for gift-giving is fast approaching, I wanted to pop back in and share some ideas. (For books, of course–is there any other kind of gift for a reader?) If you liked City of Hope and Ruin, or know someone who would, here are some others to check out.
If you liked the post-apocalyptic/fantasy blend with strong female protagonists of colour then try…
- Brown Girl in the Ring by Jamaican-Canadian writer Nalo Hopkinson
- Parable of the Sower (near-future) by famed American author Octavia Butler
- Who Fears Death by Nigerian-American writer Nnedi Okorafor
If you liked the dual-author, dual-protagonist structure then try…
- Sorcery & Cecelia; or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot (YA) by Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer (an epistolary fantasy, with the two characters writing back and forth to each other)
- Agnes and the Hitman by Jennifer Crusie and Bob Mayer (okay, this isn’t even fantasy, but you’ll still love it, trust me)
If you liked the mixture of urban fantasy with a tinge of SF and the “chosen family” angle then try…
- Above (YA) by Canadian author Leah Bobet
- Fey Touched by Turtleduck Press author Erin Zarro (first in a series, and book 3 is due out May 2017!)
If you liked the demons from another dimension breaking into a fantasy world and the village/rural/wilderness setting then try…
- Burning Bright by Turtleduck Press author KD Sarge
- …okay, I have to put Leah Bobet on here again, because her An Inheritance of Ashes (YA) is exactly this (and was one of my favourite reads this year)
If you liked the Eastern European feel of the world then try…
- Daughter of Smoke and Bone (YA) by Laini Taylor (set in Prague)
- The Secret History of Moscow by Ekaterina Sedia
- The Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko (set in Moscow)
If you liked the combination of romance, SF/fantasy adventure, and save-the-world stakes then try…
- the Erin Zarro and KD Sarge novels recommended above
- Shards by my co-author, Kit Campbell
- any of our other novels at Turtleduck Press!
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