Poll

Sci-fi, dystopian, historical fiction, fantasy, and yeahh (I actually don't read romance)

Basically what you said above and you could also read non-fiction

Historical fiction!

Sharon Cameron has really moving and poignant historical fiction while being fairly fast-paced. The Light in Hidden Places is my favorite of her book; however, I also enjoyed Artifice and Bluebird!

If you're interested in thrillers, Nancy Mehl has some great books!

"The Saga of the Sierras" is a 7 book series of Christian Westerns (with hardly any romance) which I've enjoyed many times.

Fantasy, mystery, and dystopia! Marie Lu has written some great dystopian books. Definitely check her out! I also recommend Marissa Meyer

Omg my mom said that too!! She said it was raising my romantic standards 😭 I would go for romantasy 😉

I love a good dystopian book. You can’t go wrong with Hunger Games, Divergent, or the Maze Runner. If you’re not fully ready to let romance go, I would recommend the Shatter Me series!

Some good YA fantasy series are Caraval, Cruel Prince, Shadow and Bone, Six of Crows, Red Queen. All of them have some romance as a subplot.

My favorite sci-fi series is Red Rising!! There’s no romance, but you don’t miss it when you’re reading the books.

Some of my favorite stand-alone books are The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (historical fiction, fantasy) and The Silent Patient (thriller)!

tysm guys!! adding to my tbr XD

how do you feel about spice before I dump some recs?

༻⋆~K {Kingsley's hater ver~Semi i.a}~⋆༺ wrote: "how do you feel about spice before I dump some recs?"

I'm a no spice reader. Depending on the situation, fade to black is fine, but usually I like none

Historical
The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali (I skipped the end of Chapter 7, heads up)
The Light in Hidden Places by Sharon Cameron
The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom
Resistance by Jennifer A. Nielsen (really all of her books)
The Day the World Came to Town by Jim Defede
The Librarian Spy by Madeline Martin (bit of romance but more historical fiction)
The Last Bookshop in London by Madeline Martin
The War that Saved my Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (middle grade but I loved it)
The Little Liar by Mitch Albom
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Schafer (bit of romance)
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys
The Booklover's Library by Madeline Martin
The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon (on my tbr)

Coming of Age
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby van Pelt
A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
The Dirt Diary series by Anna Staniszewski
A Place to Hang the Moon by Kate Albus
Twenty Something Else by Stephanie Mack (bit of romance so far but mostly about finding yourself, "what ifs," and second chances.)
Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter (on my tbr)
Heidi by Johanna Spyri
A New Beginning by Jacquelyn Oskey (tbr)
The Cake List by Dianne J. Wilson (tbr)
Faith, Hope, and Ivy June by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (tbr)

Science Fiction
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
The Loneliest Girl in the Universe by Lauren James

Gothic Romance (mostly classics)
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier (on my tbr)
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Dearest Josephine by Caroline George
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte (on my tbr)

Mystery/thriller
Enola Holmes series by Nancy Springer (on my tbr)
Secrets of the Blue Hill Library series by Emily Thomas
Not if I Save You First by Ally Carter
One Wrong Move by Dani Pettrey (on my tbr)
Photo ID by B.A. Hawley (tbr)
Point of Danger by Irene Hannon (tbr)

Memoirs/biographies (beware of heavy content)
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
Alicia: My Story by Alicia Appleman Jurman
The House of my Mother by Shari Franke
The In-Between by Hadley Vlahos
Soul Surfer by Bethany Hamilton (tbr)

Christian (some may be nonfiction)
Counted with the Stars by Connilyn Cossette (had a bit of romance, but mostly centered on events in the Bible)
Wings of the Wind by Connilyn Cossette (on my tbr)
Shadow of the Storm by Connilyn Cossette (on my tbr and may contain romance)
Peace Like a River by Leif Enger (tbr)
Letters to Heaven by Riley Beeson (tbr)
October Baby by Eric Wilson (tbr)
Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis (as well as his other works) (tbr)
Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus by Nabeel Qureshi (on my tbr)
The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel (tbr)
Knowing God by J.I Packer (tbr)

okay then:
- Heartless by Marrissa Meyer
- Not quite dead yet by Holly Jackson
- The reappearance of Rachel Price by Holly Jackson
- Caraval series by Stephanie Garber
- Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber
- Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
- Where the dark stands still by A.B Poranek
- The silent Patient by Alex Michaellides
- A study in Drowning by Ava Reid
- The naturals series by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

(Note: I tried to recommend books where the main focus isn't romance!!)

THANK YOU GUYSSS! My library is going to think I'm crazy with all the books I'm putting on hold lol

If you like romance, you should read romantasy! I loved caraval and once upon a broken heart. Oh and Prison Healer was soooo good! For dystopian/sci fi (with romance) I would say Hunger games, Divergent, The Lunar Chronicles, or the Renegades trilogy. The maze runner is also good. For mystery/kinda thriller I would say the naturals.

oooh I'll check these out!