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anyone have good standalone recommendations??
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Feb 13, 2024 08:27PM
preferably with a hint of romance..
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Dancing at the Harvest Moon by K. C. McKinnon.
ohhhh I'm here for the recs. I'm tired of everything always being a series. I can't be investing in a series all the time
Savage her reply, that’s all i can say : )
Legends and Lattes, The House on the Cerulean Sea, and Five Feet Apart are some of my favorite stand alone books ever. (Cerulean Sea is my favorite)
More Than This by Patrick Ness
Sequel to House in the Cerulean Sea is slated to come out in September, although it works fine as a standalone: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
anyone want to read elric saga with me? add on me discord breakbot_
Winter Solstice by Rosamunde Pilcher...absolutely lovely.
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by VE Schwab
@Kara Madsen I second house in the cerulean sea!! although it does have a sequel coming out later this year, it can definitely be read as a standalone <3
I didn't know about the sequel To Cerulean Sea so thanks so much for letting me know :) I'm also looking forward to reading Addie LaRue
Hey Jay I'm with you, I'm tired if series. I hate getting a nook that looks super good to read and take it up to the counter to buy and realize its book so and so of a SERIES augh I now have to find the first one and start there.
The Fault In Our Stars by John Green, You Deserve Eachother by Sarah Hogle, and A Far Wilder Magic by Allison Saft
A Traveler at the Gates of Wisdom by John Boyne
The American Roommate Experiment <3
Cathy wrote: "The Fault In Our Stars by John Green, You Deserve Eachother by Sarah Hogle, and A Far Wilder Magic by Allison Saft"The movie "The Fault in our Stars" was great!
Nettle & Bone was a great standalone. I also enjoyed The Hanging City and Starling House.
Miracle Creek by Angie Kim. Pachinko by Min Jin Lee.
The Shining by Stephen King.
Time and Again by Jack Finney.
Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz.
Dancing Aztecs by Donald Westlake.
Genre… title by author:Strange… Engine Summer by John Crowley
African Futurism… Binti by Nnedi Okorafor
Sci-fi… Madness Season by CS Friedman
Fantasy… The Hallowed Hunt by Lois McMaster Bujold
Mystery… S. by Doug Dorst and JJ Abrams
Horror… Nod by Adrian Barnes or The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw
Cozy… A Psalm For The Wild Built by Becky Chambers. Not necessary to read the second book, but even if you do, these are short novellas and it won’t be much of an investment of time.
Memoir… Making It So by Patrick Stewart
Adventure… Into The River Lands by Nghi Vo … also a novella and a gateway to a world featured in multiple stories, but any one of them stands alone and they can be read in any order.
This is off the top of my head. I’m sure there are more I’ve enjoyed recently that are worth recommending.
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke Mystery about a world with infinite rooms.
Uninformed narrator and loads of reveals. I will admit that the first 100 pages are background and set-up. But around page 130, the action picks up.
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune, Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir, Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
"Landscape of Lies" by Peter Watson, but make sure to get the hardcover copy as the map to the treasure is larger than in the paperback.
I just finished The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston and it was great!! It has "The Lake House" vibes.
MaryZP wrote: "I just finished The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston and it was great!! It has "The Lake House" vibes."Is that the novel on which the lovely Sandra Bullock & Keanu Reeves movie is based?
Chrissie
The Paper Caper by Kate Carlisle 5*The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy by Robert P. Jones 5* MUST
Symphony of Secrets by Brendan Slocumb 5*
Silver Lady by Mary Jo Putney 5*
The Book Spy by Alan Hlad 5*
No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister 5*
The Refugee Ocean by Pauls Toutonghi
Some of Us Are Looking by Carlene O'Connor 5*
Bring Me Your Midnight by Rachel Griffin is soooo beautiful. Dreams Lie Beneath by Rebecca Ross
First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston
Hotel Magnifique by Emily J Taylor
Our Black Hearts Beat As One by Brian Asman7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle Stuart Turton
A castle in the clouds by kerstin geir is a great stand alone
Winter Solstice by Rosamunde Pilcher.
It honestly doesn't have a ton of focus on romance, but Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro is very good. Maybe a bit of a hot take, but I actually didn't like The House in the Cerulean Sea at all. I thought the characters felt really one-dimensional, especially the kids.
(No offense to anyone who likes it, of course :D)
Heartless by Marissa Meyer!!!! SOOOO GOOD! If you have read or watched Alice in Wonderland, then you will love this! It's essentially how the author pictured the queen of hearts origin story!
Klara and the Sun by Ishiguro is another good one-off. As for the The House in the Cerulean Sea, Klune's written a sequel, called Somewhere Beyond the Sea. I liked Sea a lot more than I liked Under the Whispering Door.
If you want a beautifully written fantasy/dark academia: A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid If you want to laugh uncontrollably: In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan
If you want to cry: Some Mistakes Were Made by Kristin Dwyer
all standalones with romance:)
The November Girl By. Lydia Kang Love this concept and story. Tells a story about a boy who goes to one of the islands in the Great Lakes of Michigan. Finds a mysterious girl there who can't leave the island.
Slow burn, Mystery and secrets the unravel.
india (johnnys version) wrote: "preferably with a hint of romance.."need more contexts.. which genre, sub genre, tropes, topics ...
Funny Feelings by Dewitt, TarahBlast from the Past Owen, Mary Jane
The Witness Roberts, Nora
Born to Sin (Sinful, Montana #4) James, Rosalind this is part of series but can totally be read as standalone.
The Never After series. All of the books can be read as standalones.
Angels Falls by Nora Roberts. The TV movie is also very good!
fantasy: queen of days by Greta Kelly very good standalone
Love in the Occult Traumatic by Alexis Luna.
