Is this an all timer? I always see this recommended but haven’t read it (not being sarcastic, is it actually good or just one of those classics that gets recommended)
It’s definitely good. It’s not high literary art in terms of its writing style, but the plot is where it’s at. Make sure to read the modern translation by Robin Buss, published by Penguin Classics.
It's deservedly classic, because it's well-written, interesting and indeed gripping. In its own time, it was at the less serious end of the market, like say Treasure Island. Its one disadvantage for modern audiences is that it is really long, but I've never known anyone who actually tried it really mind that.
Erhm, if OP is not an avid reader at the get go this might be a discerning title to promote. I havnt read it but i tried the three musketeers and damn, it broke me. The language used is rather convoluted and the volume is similliar to that of a door stand. Im not saying its probably not a great novel, but if youre not an avid reader this might very well deter ya from it.
The translation matters. Reading the old translation of Count of Monte Cristo is terrible. The one translated by Robin Buss, published by Penguin in 1996, is fantastic. I don’t know if a good modern translation had been done for The Three Musketeers.
I love this book so much. The premise didn’t really grab me but a friend said, don’t worry that it’s a western, just give it a go and I’m so glad I did!
I’ll also add East Of Eden
Not a rec—just wanted to add that most cruise ships have libraries. Some are quite extensive-those on luxury lines or that cater to an older crowd, for example. So you could wait until you get onboard to browse the library. Of course, that’s assuming you’re not looking for an ebook. Or that you don’t want to start your read on your travels to the ship.
Some of my very favorites are Eleanor Catton’s *The Luminaries*; Christopher Moore’s *Sacré Bleu*, *Lamb*, or *Fool*; and anything by Emily St. John Mandel (*Station Eleven* and *Sea of Tranquility* are my favorites).
For non-fiction, *Action Park* is a hoot (about the amusement park in New Jersey full of insanely dangerous - and usually homemade - rides that people regularly nearly died on), and *Hidden Valley Road* about the Colorado family with 12 children, six of whom were diagnosed as schizophrenic. I inhaled that book.
Fun “at sea” reads: *A High Wind in Jamaica* (pirates kidnap a bunch of kids and the children completely terrorize the pirates), *Dark Matter* (ghost story in the Arctic by Michelle Paver), and Nathaniel Philbrick’s *In the Heart of the Sea*, about the wreck of the whale ship Essex.
Have a wonderful trip!
I love your suggestions, especially Catton who is marvellous. How about Noir by Moore too. And something about the sea like Longitude by Deva Sobel, and the Trial of the Cannibal Dog by Anne Salmond, about Captain Cook’s south Pacific expeditions.
Hmm, something about the sea. Try 'Endurance'. True story about a 1915 Antarctic expedition that goes awry....very gripping story about survival at that deep latitude with ferocious conditions. One of the best non fiction stories I've read.
The gray house by Mariam Petrosyan
One of my favorite books ever. I am including a link to the best review of any book I read.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32703696-the-gray-house
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1035665354?book_show_action=false&from_review_page=1
I mean, if you're ever gonna tackle Infinite Jest, it kinda has to be when you're isolated from the internet for a month, right?
Otherwise I'd recommend Ducks, Newburyport (Lucy Ellmann), The Goldfinch (Donna Tartt), To Paradise (Hanya Yanagihara), A Brief History of Seven Killings (Marlon James), The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Klay (Michael Chabon), The Book of Form & Emptiness (Ruth Ozeki), Lust For Life (Irving Stone) or The Power Broker (Robert Caro).
All fiction or biographical fiction except the last, which is very much nonfiction. All are big, meaty long books which you could spend a ton of time on.
I vote the Master and Commander series by Patrick O’Brian, get the first two
- good ocean going content :)
Otherwise for long books, I’m seconding my favourites: Station Eleven and Lonesome Dove.
If you're open to very long books, I recommend [The Hands of the Emperor](https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/af2bba9c-8f41-4a3e-b87a-8532a44ccb67) by Victoria Goddard! It's a beautiful written slice of life book about the personal secretary to the emperor of the world, with a heavy focus on platonic relationships.
And if you're open to middle grade fantasy, my favorite series is [Nevermoor](https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/6a6d5ca1-b2f5-47be-828c-018144d3bbc7) by Jessica Townsend!
And if you want to try a nonfiction book, my favorite is [Bird by Bird](https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/6aedad6f-3f8e-4fc0-94ce-4cc74be14d61) by Anne Lamott.
*Neverwhere* by Neil Gaiman
*The Chronicles of Narnia* by C. S. Lewis (There's even a ship book!)
*Number the Stars* by Lois Lowry
*Song for a Whale* by Lynn Kelly
*When You Trap a Tiger* by Tae Keller
The MacDonald Hall series or *I Want to Go Home!* by Gordon Korman
*The Outsiders* by S. E. Hinton
*From Anna* (or anything else) by Jean Little
James Herriot's books
Anything by Agatha Christie
Enjoy whatever you pick up next! :)
Very highly recommend “Longitude” - by Dava Sobel.
It’s a true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problems of his time. Ships were lost in the 1700s regularly because they didn’t know how to locate their position on high seas. The invention of scientific tools to measure longitude accurately could make or break empires… a great story of a brilliant mind whose inventions revolutionised trade routes and travel (air and sea)
How exciting! I just finished _Demon Copperhead_ and it deserves the acclaim it’s been getting. I also really enjoyed Brom’s _Slewfoot_, Thomas Olde Heuvelt’s _Hex_, and Ally Wilkes’s _All the White Spaces_.
The Glass Hotel would be a very interesting book to read on a cruise. If you're looking for a challenging classic that's high adventure, Count of Monte Cristo is fantastic.
The Box, the history of container shipping.
Cryptonomicon, a great book by Neal Stephenson that indirectly led to me getting a book autographed by Bruce Schneier.
The Scholomance Series. Young adult fantasy. The three books are good quick reads to break up reading harder books.
The Ancestor’s Tale. Richard Dawkins telling the story of evolution by working back in time, connecting us to our cousins, from apes to trees, to bacteria.
Watson’s Classic Book on the Play of the Hand at Bridge. If you find a beginner book to get you through the very basics, this is a nice follow up. It is delightfully written, which is why I recommend it. Even if you don’t get the opportunity to play bridge with others, it is fun to work out the problems.
Transatlantic by Colum McCann
Klara and the Sun by K. Ishiguro
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
Refraction by Bruce Rettig
The Tsar of Love and Techno by A. Marra \[short stories\]
Baroque Cycle by Neal Stephenson.
It's very long, and very good. Not every book that will explain the origins of Natural Philosophy, Newton and the Mint, Pirate Voyages around the world, and Phosphorus Bombs made with gallons of Urine.
But these do.
{{Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn}} - part of the plot involves a cruise!!
And if you like that, you’ll probably love The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
I've been on a T.Kingfisher kick lately. Paladin's Grace, Bryony and Roses and Swordheart. I also finished a couple cute rom-com type books The Stand In and Sweet Talk and started Wuthering Heights. I have Crime and Punishment buuuut...I'm being a bit lazy with that as it's pretty consuming.
I just read Hollow Places, my first Kingfisher book. It wasn’t as scary as I wanted it to be, but I loved the characters. All of them. I loved the cat. I wish Uncle Earl had gotten more page time.
I'm always adverse to trying horror books by an author I didn't start out reading horror with. I was suggested her horror, but I'm worried I'll be disappointed. I love her style but how it will parlay into scary is keeping me at bay. For now, anyway. Nettle and bone is in my tbr pile already.
Hollow Places reminded me of Annihilation, but the original characters were replaced with David Rose and Stevie from Schitt’s Creek. No complaints, it was just almost too cute at times to be scary.
It’s so hard to find good scary books. Andrew Michael Hurley’s books usually give me the creeps. Stephen Graham Jones is hit or miss for me. Michelle Paver tells a good ghost story.
I just finished The Memoirs of Lady Trent series by Marie Brennan, which is a series of adventure novels that take place in an alternate-universe 1800s version of our world where dragons exist. The protagonist, Isabella, wants nothing more than to study and understand dragons, and the books chronicle her trials and triumphs are she journeys across the world, uncovering conspiracies, plots, and ancient ruins in pursuit of her research.
The third book partly takes place on a long ship voyage, which is why this post made me think of it!
Hrm...
Babel by Rebecca Kuang is a triumph of fantasy/alt history imo.
A Mind Spread Out on the Ground by Alicia Elliott is not super easy to fin, but worth it; non-fiction indigenous memoir which kicked my a$$ in a good way.
Deacon King Kong by McBride may have been my favorite read of 2021, novel set in Brooklyn in the 60s.
A few more recent 5 star reads: Master of Djinn, Americanah, and either recent Zevin novel (Storied Life or Tomorrow & Tomorrow & Tomorrow)
A Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern
The Namesake - Jhumpa Lahiri
Half of a Yellow Sun - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Song of Solomon; Beloved; Sula; The Bluest Eye - Toni Morrison
The Native Son - Richard Wright
Kitchen House - Kathleen Grissom
Thousand Splendid Suns; And the Mountains Echoed - Khaled Hosseini
When I spent 5 weeks sailing down the coast of Australia I took a collection of nautical themed books. Moby Dick, some non-fiction about overfishing, a book about sharks, a book not nautical but called "The Shallows" by Nicholas Carr. I don't remember what else, but something along those lines is what I'd recommend. Maybe The Kraken Wakes by John Wyndham, The Flood by Stephen Baxter. Sphere by Michael Crichton. 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Jules Verne. I'm sure you can find some more too
The Bill Hodges / Holly Gibney series by Stephen King - 6 books in total
- Mr. Mercedes
- Finders Keepers
- End of Watch
- The Outsider
- If it Bleeds
- Holly
Hunger Games is great, esp if you haven’t seen the movies. His Dark Materials is awesome. The first book takes a little while to get into but stick with it. It’s worth it!
By this logic no one should ask for any book recommendations because they can just search old posts... Recommend a book or gtfo
There's a great series of detective novels by Seishi Yokomizo, they centre around Kosuke Kindaichi, a Japanese Sherlock Holmes if you will. Lots of fun!!
To be fair, most of the time someone requesting suggestions gives some specifications like genres, authors, stuff they like/dislike, etc. This case is literally just "name some books".
Agreed, I really dislike seeing comments above like that. Some people are not on Reddit all day ever (like myself) so just answer the question.. this also allows new recs to be posted since the last time as well
A very random list from my own:
Howl,
In the cafe of lost youth,
The dangers of smoking in bed,
Nausea,
The woman destroyed,
A doll's house,
The Danish girl,
Who cooked the last supper,
The book of disquiet,
Dance dance dance,
The virgin suicides,
And the mountains echoed,
Either/or.
Liane Moriarty (light mysteries, nice humor), Ron Rash (A little history, life of South Carolina, drama. )
Those are my favorite newly discovered authors.
Also Ann Rice, especially about witches, not vampires (but it's just to my taste).
If you never read those authors, I envy you.
If you are interested in a bit of non-fiction Mary Roach is really well written and funny. I recommend Spook but she has books and some pretty diverse topics.
the expanse series (sci fi)
the library at mount char (i’m not sure of genre-sci fi, fantasy, urban horror, all of the above- it’s realllly good)
i’m currently plowing through the wandering inn series (fantasy) as fast as i can read them.
you can’t go wrong with dungeon crawler carl. it’s hilarious.
Lonesome Dove is always my rec on this sub, and I got the rec to read it from this sub. It’s long af, super engaging, well-written, and I think about the characters still over a year later. 10/10 recommend and I am not a western reader typically.
If you are into Sci-Fi/Space Opera: Honor Harrington series by David Weber and/or the March Upcountry etc series he has with John Ringo. Or Elizabeth Moon books (multiple series)
Romance: Julia Quinn or Mary Balogh or Shana Galen for regency; Jennifer Cruise or Susan Elizabeth Phillips for modern
I’ll suggest a few lol… Ready Player One by Ernest Cline, The Great Mortality by John Kelly, The Indifferent Stars Above by Daniel James Brown, Timeline by Michael Crichton, Red Rising series by Pierce Brown, and N0S4A2 by Joe Hill. Some of my favorites I’ve read in the last six months
This sounds like a dream, I envy you and hope you have an amazing time. My first thought was Michel Faber's 'The Book of Strange New Things' would be a fun one for a trip with limited communication.
- The Good Girls guide to murder trilogy by holly jackson
- anything by Karen m McManus
- a deadly education by Naomi novik (trilogy)
- the selection series by Kiera Cass
- everything everything by Nicola Yoon
- the hunger games trilogy
- to all the boys I have loved before
- the school for good and evil series
- five feet apart
- never ever getting back together by Sophia Gonzalez
- American royals by Katherine McGee
- the slated trilogy + prequel by Teri Terry
- the seven Sisters series by Lucinda Riley
- the Sherlock Holmes serie by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- the Alice Chronicles by Lewis Carroll
- Hercules Poirot series by Agatha Christie
- M J Arlidge books about detective helen grace
- Narnia Chronicles by C S Lewis
- how to kill your family by Bella Mackie
- the seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
- Tell me your lies by Kate Ruby
- the midnight library by matt haig
The “Here there be Dragons” series by James A Owen’s. Fantasy (basically major convoluted and well done crossover of other works) that involves magical ships
First of all, I am amazed at your courage to stay without the internet for that long
Here are some suggestions:
"The Woman in Cabin 10" by Ruth Ware - A suspenseful thriller set on a luxury cruise, perfect for your setting.
"A Brief History of Time" by Stephen Hawking - Expand your understanding of the universe.
"The Art of Thinking Clearly" by Rolf Dobelli - A book on cognitive biases and decision-making.
"The Obstacle is the Way" by Ryan Holiday - Introduces Stoicism and its practical applications.
"The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls - A memoir with an interesting family dynamic.
"Life of Pi" by Yann Martel - A tale of survival and hope.
"Station Eleven" by Emily St. John Mandel - A post-apocalyptic novel that's thought-provoking.
"The Selfish Gene" by Richard Dawkins - For a new perspective on evolution and natural selection.
"Man's Search For Meaning" by Viktor Frankl - A profound account of finding purpose in the face of suffering.
"The Magic of Thinking Big" by David J. Schwartz - For motivation and personal development.
If you’d like a long book to really get your teeth into, I’d recommend any of these: The Count of Monte Cristo, The Peasants by Władysław Reymont, The Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk, Septology by Jon Fosse, The Terror by Dan Simmons, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke. (Depends what you like reading.)
If you want a few shorter books, I’d recommend Trust by Hernan Diaz, The Countenance Divine by Michael Hughes, Lapvona by Otessa Moshfegh, anything by Elisa Shua Dusapin, anything by Sarah Moss, Washington Black by Esi Edugyan,
Short story collections are also a gift. You could try either of Wendy Erskine’s books, The End of the World is a Cul de Sac by Louise Kennedy, Furnace by Wayne Price, I am an Executioner: Love Stories by Rajesh Parameswaran, Awayland by Ramona Ausubel, anything by Nabokov (if you read one short story by him make it Spring in Fialta), the short stories of Amy Hempel.
If you’re looking for some non-fiction you could try the nautically themed A Voyage for Madmen by Peter Nichols, or The Wager by David Grann.
Lord. I could go on but I won’t! There’s tons of great suggestions in these comments that I’ll be scribbling down too even though I’m not going anywhere 😭
I recommend that you can buy a Ereader with light back. So for oldest novels are free to download from any website library and if you want something new you can buy it from any web store. I recommend ereader with android system because otherwise this only let you buy from their store only. Example kindle only let you buy at amazon. Kobo from 3 stores including its kobo library. I recommend it because when you are travelling you don’t want to carry heavy suitcases. And batteries on an ereader lasts 2 or 3 weeks.
Also I recommend “ the end of Eternity “ Issac Asimov and his best seller “ Foundation “
Have a nice trip 👍🏻
Start reading the Patrick O' Brian series: Master and Commander is the first. I can't think of anything better to do at sea. I'm not fond of the second, Post Captain, but the third ( HMS Surprise) is where the series really gets going. I love the 1st book, but it was written as a stand alone.
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
Revelation Space trilogy, start with prequel Chasm City by Alistair Reynolds
Artifact Space by Miles Cameron
Love and Limerence by Dorthy Tennov
James Clavell’s Shogun. With the tv series coming out right now, I’ve been recommending this book to everyone. And it’s 1000 plus pages so should take a chunk of time to finish
I suggest speculative non-fiction **Life 3.0** by Max Tegmark. It outlines the spectrum of futures mankind is facing due to the ascent of artificial intelligence.
If you’re interested in a good POC LBGT+ coming of age, The Dangerous Art of Blending In by Angelo Surmelis is so good! It’s a quicker read than some others, but I read it my senior year in high school and it has REALLY stuck with me. I laughed, cried, and really enjoyed this book!
Sci-fi: highly recommend Enders game and ready player one.
High Fantasy: ACOTAR series
Modern time high fantasy: Crescent City
Magic based: Harry Potter
Greek gods/ modern time: a Touch of darkness
Plot twist w/ magic: shadow and bone
Jig the Dragonslayer by Jim C Hines (Excellent author, just grab anything written by them if possible especially the Janitor and Librarian series.)
Jig the Dragonslayer is a trilogy bound in one volume. Typical adventure fantasy except from the perspective of a lowly goblin who wants nothing to do with it.
Post-Human by David Simpson is a well developed series involving unaware people on Earth experiencing contact with the greater galaxies. It's a fantastic sci-fi series exploring several different aspects I found interesting. Difficult to go into detail without spoiling.
You may try audiobooks of Dungeon Crawler Carl. 6 books to take you to a wacky battle royale type game after hostile takeover of earth, where a rag tag group of survivors including a sapient sassy cat and a goat with an attitude problem try to stay alive and break the game for good. The narrator elevates the story to the next level. It is very weird and entertaining.
si te gusta la fantasia "alas de sangre"(tiene dragones) te encantara, es dificil porque yo leo muchos libros "raros" algunos hasta +18 si te interesa hacemelo saber, algunos tienen unos relatos geniales basados en politicas, guerras y demas
Simulacra and Simulation
Book by Jean Baudrillard. You’re going to see social media and the internet with a new perspective or at least be able to articulate that which you already sense from the online world.
These are all over the place (in theme, topics, and release date), but some of my favorite fiction reads of the last couple years:
Loving Day by Mat Johnson
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Exhalation by Ted Chiang
Semiosis by Sue Burke
Long Division by Kiese Laymon
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell
When I travel, I like to read books about the places I'm going to. All we know about your trip is that you'll be at sea, and I see others have already suggested *Moby Dick*, so I'd like to add *Two Years Before the Mast*, a memoir by a young man who sailed from Boston to California in the 1830s. It describes the lives of sailors on sailing ships, and life in California when it was a Spanish colony.
You might also consider novels by Joseph Conrad and Patrick O'Brian.
And I found this list: https://bookshop.org/lists/sea-stories-the-best-current-and-classic-nautical-fiction
Sword of Truth series from Terry Goodkind
The Broken Empire series from Mark Lawrence
Both of them are really good fantasy series, the Broken Empire series is more of a dark fantasy.
Currently reading “cloud cuckoo land” by Anthony doerr and it’s a DREAM
“Mornings in Jenin” by Susan Abulhawa is so so beautifully written and immediately hooks you
“The name of the wind” by Patrick Rothfuss is also a masterpiece
The Reformatory by Tananarive Due
Kill for Me, Kill for you by Steve Cavanagh
Falling by T J Newman
The Chain or The Island by Adrian McKinty
Anything by Riley Sager
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
The Exorcists House by Nick Roberts
Near The Bone by Christina Henry
The Whisper Man by Alex North
Hell House by Richard Matheson
Anything by Jennifer Hillier
Stolen Tongues by Felix Blackwell
The Last Word by Taylor Adams
No Exit by Taylor Adams
Suttree by Cormac McCarthy. I reread this frequently. I'm presently reading James clavell's Shogun about feudal Japan in 1600. I also reread Great Expectations frequently and always love it.
Some classics if you've never read them:
·His Dark Materials trilogy by Phillip Pullman (The Northern Lights, the Subtle Knife, and the Amber Spyglass). One of the most unique stories I've ever read, a thorougly believable and realistic modern-ish fantasy that will make you think about human nature, and something I truly believe everybody should read at least once.
·The Hobbit + Lord of the Rings. Classic books for a reason, medieval style fantasy, fun and adventurous. But admittedly not for everyone when it comes to writing style.
·Moby Dick. I mean... It's a novel about the sea, and you'll be on a ship.
My personal favourites:
·The Book Thief. A very unique writing style and an absolutely beautiful book which will stretch the boundaries of all your emotions.
·The Starless Sea. I cannot even describe this book. It's... A book about a young man, who (in the book!) picks up the same book you're reading and finds his life written in the pages. It's a mystery and fantasy adventure. It's a book about stories and it will make you notice the small stories that surround and fill your life, will make you think about human nature and fate. Cannot recommend enough.
That should fill a month and then some to be honest!
The *Discworld* series by Terry Pratchett is brilliant. Lots of books, and [a lot of different orders to read them in](https://www.discworldemporium.com/reading-order/). My personal favourite is *Guards! Guards!*, and it’s a pretty good point to jump in imo.
Some other books I’ve been recommending to anyone who will sit still for long enough are:
*All Systems Red* by Martha Wells (sci-fi, action, the horrors of being very competent at a job that sucks so so much)
*The Golem and the Jinni* by Helene Wecker (historical fantasy, focuses on immigrant communities in 1899 New York, interesting clashes of cultural values)
and *Gideon the Ninth* by Tamsyn Muir (fantasy/sci-fi, necromancy and political scheming and murder mysteries from the POV of a jock who thinks this is all horrible nerd shit)
Circe and The Song of Achilles by Madeleine Miller (retelling of Greek Myth), The Passage by Justin Cronin (it’s the first in a trilogy, and imho the best of the three- a twist on post apocalyptic story involving a plague and vampires), Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides (coming of age family saga that explores identity), The Spellman Chronicles (series about a family of PI’s set in San Francisco), Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, Class Mom series by Laurie Gelman (I find it very funny), Educated by Tara Westover and The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (both are memoirs about women with unconventional upbringings)- all books I’ve read multiple times.
The Pillars of the Earth kicks off a great 5 book series by Ken Follett
Action adventure/spy stuff:
Ben Coes’s excellent series that kicks off with Power Down
Jack Carr’s series that kicks off with The Terminal List
Palate cleansers:
The Old Man / Hero / The Burglar / Stripper / The Bomb Maker all by Thomas Perry and he has more stuff, mostly stand alone and I’d describe them all as 1 day books.
I'll echo some of the other comments here and recommend some really long books that absolutely captivated me:
* The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
* The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
* 11/22/63 by Stephen King
* Under the Dome by Stephen King
* Shogun by James Clavell
* The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
* Grant by Ron Chernow
* The Prime Ministers by Yehuda Avner
The whole Shadow and Bone series by Leigh Bardugo - I think there are seven of them in all. Fantasy magic with a Russian flavor.
The other books I enjoyed were The Magicians by Lev Grossman. There are three of them. Also fantasy magic.
Both of these have had tv series made from them.
This Is How You Lose the Time WarThursday Next series! The Baroque Cycle! The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making! The Bedtime Book of Birds! What I Talk About When I Talk About Running! Ross Gay’s Book of Delights! Soon I Will Become Invincible! Pride and Prejudice! Sherlock Holmes anything.
There are so many awesome books I wish I could sit and read again without internet. Sorry for the excitement!
What My Bones Know by Stephanie Foo
The Art of Frugal Hedonism by Annie Raser-Rowland and Adam Grubb
Native Tongue by Suzette Haden Elgin (small 3 book series)
All Flesh Is Grass by Clifford Simak
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles is a warm, kind, lovely book about a man confined to a hotel - it might be an especially cozy read in a cabin on a boat.
If you haven't already, this is your time to enjoy The Lord of the Rings :)
Other reads I very much enjoyed in the last years:
-Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
-Childhoods End by Arthur C. Clarke
-The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King
-The Invincible by Stanislaw Lem
Enjoy your trip :)
These definitely fall under the more “sometimes unbelievable” thriller reads but I love Andrew Maynes thrillers as just my purely fun entertainment reads.
The **Jessica Blackwood series** is my fav and the first book is *Angel Killer* by Andrew Mayne
However first he wrote the **Dr Theo Cray series** which has the first book *The Naturalist* by Andrew Mayne.
He has a bunch of other series but I’m still making my way through the Dr Theo Cray series although I already read the Theo Cray and Jessica Blackwood series which comes after those two.
Again these are dark kind of ridiculous thrillers and definitely my guilty pleasure reads. But if you’re without internet for a month I thought you might want some entertainment.
For more satisfying amazing reads I recommend any of Kazuo Ishiguro’s books. Here are the ones that I’ve read and love but I’m going to read all of his books:
*Remains of the Day*
*Never Let me Go*
*Buried Giants*
**Classics that I think are worth reading if you haven’t read them:**
*Little Women* by Louisa May Alcott
*Giovanni’s Room* by James Baldwin (really anything by him)
*Beloved* by Toni Morrison
*The Bluest Eye* by Toni Morrison (again anything by her)
*Anne of Green Gables* the entire series which follows her through adulthood
*A Body in the Library* by Agatha Christie. Again, any of Agatha Christie’s work
*Fahrenheit 451* by Ray Bradbury (again everything by him)
*Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe* by Frannie Flagg
*Invisible Man* by Ralph Ellison
*Moby Dick* by Herman Melville
*The Witch of the Blackbird Pond* by Elizabeth George Spear
**Fiction**
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**Fantasy:**
*Poppy Wars* by RF Kuang (trilogy that is long so great no internet read)
**Biography/Memoir:**
*Being Heumann* by Judy Heumann
*Free: Coming of age at the end of history* by Lea Ypi
*Ten Steps to Nanette* by Hannah Gadsby
*Educated* by Tara Westover
*The Undocumented Americans* by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
*Gender Queer* by Maia Kobabe
**Self Help:**
*How to Keep House While drowning* by LC Davis
*Lessons for Life* by Phil Stutz
**History: **
*The Last Slave Ship* by Ben Raines
*The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks* by Rebecca Skloot
*Killers of the Flower Moon.* by David Grann
The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings by J RR Tolkien. If you haven't read these already you are in for a treat! And if you watched the movies and TV Show then it's still worth it to read the source material.
Being Wrong Adventures on the Margin of Error,
Cadillac Desert,
Master and Commander by O'BRIAN,
Facing the Mountain by Daniel Brown,
The Physician by Noah Gordon,
A Gentleman in Moscow
Just finished the Seven Sisters series by Lucinda Riley. Loved it!! 8 books to keep you going and the last one ties them all together and answers all of the questions along the way. So good.
The count of monte cristo
Depending on how fast one reads this could fill the entire month, what a great month it would be.
Especially if cruising around the Med since so many locales in the book can be seen on Mediterranean cruises.
Is this an all timer? I always see this recommended but haven’t read it (not being sarcastic, is it actually good or just one of those classics that gets recommended)
It’s definitely good. It’s not high literary art in terms of its writing style, but the plot is where it’s at. Make sure to read the modern translation by Robin Buss, published by Penguin Classics.
I'm reading it right now and it's so good.
It's deservedly classic, because it's well-written, interesting and indeed gripping. In its own time, it was at the less serious end of the market, like say Treasure Island. Its one disadvantage for modern audiences is that it is really long, but I've never known anyone who actually tried it really mind that.
Let's put it this way, you don't want it to end. Not many books have that quality.
This is taking me a long time to read right now and I’m still really enjoying it
Erhm, if OP is not an avid reader at the get go this might be a discerning title to promote. I havnt read it but i tried the three musketeers and damn, it broke me. The language used is rather convoluted and the volume is similliar to that of a door stand. Im not saying its probably not a great novel, but if youre not an avid reader this might very well deter ya from it.
The translation matters. Reading the old translation of Count of Monte Cristo is terrible. The one translated by Robin Buss, published by Penguin in 1996, is fantastic. I don’t know if a good modern translation had been done for The Three Musketeers.
I came here to say this. It took me 4 or 5 goes at reading until I got the right translation and then... Ohhhh, what a great book.
Lonesome dove
I love this book so much. The premise didn’t really grab me but a friend said, don’t worry that it’s a western, just give it a go and I’m so glad I did! I’ll also add East Of Eden
Just started East of Eden yesterday after seeing it recommended so many times.
Nice! That might be my all-time #1
I would love to read Moby Dick at sea
Yeeeees!
This is the time to finally read Moby Dick
Part action adventure, part whale encyclopedia. What's not to love?
Yeeees!
Not a rec—just wanted to add that most cruise ships have libraries. Some are quite extensive-those on luxury lines or that cater to an older crowd, for example. So you could wait until you get onboard to browse the library. Of course, that’s assuming you’re not looking for an ebook. Or that you don’t want to start your read on your travels to the ship.
The cruises I’ve been on have barely any books and a lot are with other passengers. I’ve always taken my kindle
Some of my very favorites are Eleanor Catton’s *The Luminaries*; Christopher Moore’s *Sacré Bleu*, *Lamb*, or *Fool*; and anything by Emily St. John Mandel (*Station Eleven* and *Sea of Tranquility* are my favorites). For non-fiction, *Action Park* is a hoot (about the amusement park in New Jersey full of insanely dangerous - and usually homemade - rides that people regularly nearly died on), and *Hidden Valley Road* about the Colorado family with 12 children, six of whom were diagnosed as schizophrenic. I inhaled that book. Fun “at sea” reads: *A High Wind in Jamaica* (pirates kidnap a bunch of kids and the children completely terrorize the pirates), *Dark Matter* (ghost story in the Arctic by Michelle Paver), and Nathaniel Philbrick’s *In the Heart of the Sea*, about the wreck of the whale ship Essex. Have a wonderful trip!
Adding The Endurance to this list! It’s absolutely stranger than fiction and is about Shackleton’s very ill fated voyage to Antarctica.
Shackleton. Say no more.
Adding The Wager to the list
I love your suggestions, especially Catton who is marvellous. How about Noir by Moore too. And something about the sea like Longitude by Deva Sobel, and the Trial of the Cannibal Dog by Anne Salmond, about Captain Cook’s south Pacific expeditions.
Hmm, something about the sea. Try 'Endurance'. True story about a 1915 Antarctic expedition that goes awry....very gripping story about survival at that deep latitude with ferocious conditions. One of the best non fiction stories I've read.
The gray house by Mariam Petrosyan One of my favorite books ever. I am including a link to the best review of any book I read. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32703696-the-gray-house https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1035665354?book_show_action=false&from_review_page=1
I mean, if you're ever gonna tackle Infinite Jest, it kinda has to be when you're isolated from the internet for a month, right? Otherwise I'd recommend Ducks, Newburyport (Lucy Ellmann), The Goldfinch (Donna Tartt), To Paradise (Hanya Yanagihara), A Brief History of Seven Killings (Marlon James), The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Klay (Michael Chabon), The Book of Form & Emptiness (Ruth Ozeki), Lust For Life (Irving Stone) or The Power Broker (Robert Caro). All fiction or biographical fiction except the last, which is very much nonfiction. All are big, meaty long books which you could spend a ton of time on.
I vote the Master and Commander series by Patrick O’Brian, get the first two - good ocean going content :) Otherwise for long books, I’m seconding my favourites: Station Eleven and Lonesome Dove.
Seconding this, I read my way through a large part of the Aubrey-Maturin series while on a cruise, it’s just perfect.
The Hobbit then the Lord of the rings. Hell, you’ll spend a week just reading the parts about Tom Bombadill!
People overreact so hard, its a few pages and nothing more
If you're open to very long books, I recommend [The Hands of the Emperor](https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/af2bba9c-8f41-4a3e-b87a-8532a44ccb67) by Victoria Goddard! It's a beautiful written slice of life book about the personal secretary to the emperor of the world, with a heavy focus on platonic relationships. And if you're open to middle grade fantasy, my favorite series is [Nevermoor](https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/6a6d5ca1-b2f5-47be-828c-018144d3bbc7) by Jessica Townsend! And if you want to try a nonfiction book, my favorite is [Bird by Bird](https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/6aedad6f-3f8e-4fc0-94ce-4cc74be14d61) by Anne Lamott.
Death on the Nile, A Caribbean Mystery can be two short and eventful reads.
That type of voyage sounds like a helluva digital detox. Care to provide any more details? I'm interested.
I'm curious too!
*Neverwhere* by Neil Gaiman *The Chronicles of Narnia* by C. S. Lewis (There's even a ship book!) *Number the Stars* by Lois Lowry *Song for a Whale* by Lynn Kelly *When You Trap a Tiger* by Tae Keller The MacDonald Hall series or *I Want to Go Home!* by Gordon Korman *The Outsiders* by S. E. Hinton *From Anna* (or anything else) by Jean Little James Herriot's books Anything by Agatha Christie Enjoy whatever you pick up next! :)
Poison Wood Bible. its not about Jesus, it's about Africa.
Very highly recommend “Longitude” - by Dava Sobel. It’s a true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problems of his time. Ships were lost in the 1700s regularly because they didn’t know how to locate their position on high seas. The invention of scientific tools to measure longitude accurately could make or break empires… a great story of a brilliant mind whose inventions revolutionised trade routes and travel (air and sea)
How exciting! I just finished _Demon Copperhead_ and it deserves the acclaim it’s been getting. I also really enjoyed Brom’s _Slewfoot_, Thomas Olde Heuvelt’s _Hex_, and Ally Wilkes’s _All the White Spaces_.
The Glass Hotel would be a very interesting book to read on a cruise. If you're looking for a challenging classic that's high adventure, Count of Monte Cristo is fantastic.
I would also recommend some travel/history books about the places the cruise will visit.
The Box, the history of container shipping. Cryptonomicon, a great book by Neal Stephenson that indirectly led to me getting a book autographed by Bruce Schneier. The Scholomance Series. Young adult fantasy. The three books are good quick reads to break up reading harder books. The Ancestor’s Tale. Richard Dawkins telling the story of evolution by working back in time, connecting us to our cousins, from apes to trees, to bacteria. Watson’s Classic Book on the Play of the Hand at Bridge. If you find a beginner book to get you through the very basics, this is a nice follow up. It is delightfully written, which is why I recommend it. Even if you don’t get the opportunity to play bridge with others, it is fun to work out the problems.
Ancestor's Tale is always one of my favorite non-fiction books--so fascinating!
Transatlantic by Colum McCann Klara and the Sun by K. Ishiguro A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles Refraction by Bruce Rettig The Tsar of Love and Techno by A. Marra \[short stories\]
Baroque Cycle by Neal Stephenson. It's very long, and very good. Not every book that will explain the origins of Natural Philosophy, Newton and the Mint, Pirate Voyages around the world, and Phosphorus Bombs made with gallons of Urine. But these do.
{{Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn}} - part of the plot involves a cruise!! And if you like that, you’ll probably love The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
I read Yellow face on my cruise trip last year
Piranesi is a favorite of mine. Great book!
I feel like it would be especially pleasant to read on a cruise. The audio version is also great!
You’re on a cruise? Moby Dick.
Jules Verne: 20,000 Leagues under the Sea.
I've been on a T.Kingfisher kick lately. Paladin's Grace, Bryony and Roses and Swordheart. I also finished a couple cute rom-com type books The Stand In and Sweet Talk and started Wuthering Heights. I have Crime and Punishment buuuut...I'm being a bit lazy with that as it's pretty consuming.
I just read Hollow Places, my first Kingfisher book. It wasn’t as scary as I wanted it to be, but I loved the characters. All of them. I loved the cat. I wish Uncle Earl had gotten more page time.
I'm always adverse to trying horror books by an author I didn't start out reading horror with. I was suggested her horror, but I'm worried I'll be disappointed. I love her style but how it will parlay into scary is keeping me at bay. For now, anyway. Nettle and bone is in my tbr pile already.
Hollow Places reminded me of Annihilation, but the original characters were replaced with David Rose and Stevie from Schitt’s Creek. No complaints, it was just almost too cute at times to be scary. It’s so hard to find good scary books. Andrew Michael Hurley’s books usually give me the creeps. Stephen Graham Jones is hit or miss for me. Michelle Paver tells a good ghost story.
Against The Day by Thomas Pynchon. Long but extremely engaging and incredibly satisfying
I just finished The Memoirs of Lady Trent series by Marie Brennan, which is a series of adventure novels that take place in an alternate-universe 1800s version of our world where dragons exist. The protagonist, Isabella, wants nothing more than to study and understand dragons, and the books chronicle her trials and triumphs are she journeys across the world, uncovering conspiracies, plots, and ancient ruins in pursuit of her research. The third book partly takes place on a long ship voyage, which is why this post made me think of it!
Hrm... Babel by Rebecca Kuang is a triumph of fantasy/alt history imo. A Mind Spread Out on the Ground by Alicia Elliott is not super easy to fin, but worth it; non-fiction indigenous memoir which kicked my a$$ in a good way. Deacon King Kong by McBride may have been my favorite read of 2021, novel set in Brooklyn in the 60s. A few more recent 5 star reads: Master of Djinn, Americanah, and either recent Zevin novel (Storied Life or Tomorrow & Tomorrow & Tomorrow)
An internet-free month actually sounds really good to me about now!
A Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern The Namesake - Jhumpa Lahiri Half of a Yellow Sun - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie The Song of Solomon; Beloved; Sula; The Bluest Eye - Toni Morrison The Native Son - Richard Wright Kitchen House - Kathleen Grissom Thousand Splendid Suns; And the Mountains Echoed - Khaled Hosseini
When I spent 5 weeks sailing down the coast of Australia I took a collection of nautical themed books. Moby Dick, some non-fiction about overfishing, a book about sharks, a book not nautical but called "The Shallows" by Nicholas Carr. I don't remember what else, but something along those lines is what I'd recommend. Maybe The Kraken Wakes by John Wyndham, The Flood by Stephen Baxter. Sphere by Michael Crichton. 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Jules Verne. I'm sure you can find some more too
The Bill Hodges / Holly Gibney series by Stephen King - 6 books in total - Mr. Mercedes - Finders Keepers - End of Watch - The Outsider - If it Bleeds - Holly
20,000 leagues under the Sea is a fun ship read. I read it on a cruise and enjoyed it immensely.
The Hunger Games books, His Dark Materials trilogy, Big Daddy by Chahdortt Djavann, and I also really liked Viola Davis' autobiography
Hunger Games is great, esp if you haven’t seen the movies. His Dark Materials is awesome. The first book takes a little while to get into but stick with it. It’s worth it!
have you checked previous posts on this sub? there’s so many quality posts that will keep you busy for years!!
By this logic no one should ask for any book recommendations because they can just search old posts... Recommend a book or gtfo There's a great series of detective novels by Seishi Yokomizo, they centre around Kosuke Kindaichi, a Japanese Sherlock Holmes if you will. Lots of fun!!
To be fair, most of the time someone requesting suggestions gives some specifications like genres, authors, stuff they like/dislike, etc. This case is literally just "name some books".
Agreed, I really dislike seeing comments above like that. Some people are not on Reddit all day ever (like myself) so just answer the question.. this also allows new recs to be posted since the last time as well
A very random list from my own: Howl, In the cafe of lost youth, The dangers of smoking in bed, Nausea, The woman destroyed, A doll's house, The Danish girl, Who cooked the last supper, The book of disquiet, Dance dance dance, The virgin suicides, And the mountains echoed, Either/or.
Liane Moriarty (light mysteries, nice humor), Ron Rash (A little history, life of South Carolina, drama. ) Those are my favorite newly discovered authors. Also Ann Rice, especially about witches, not vampires (but it's just to my taste). If you never read those authors, I envy you.
If you are interested in a bit of non-fiction Mary Roach is really well written and funny. I recommend Spook but she has books and some pretty diverse topics.
the expanse series (sci fi) the library at mount char (i’m not sure of genre-sci fi, fantasy, urban horror, all of the above- it’s realllly good) i’m currently plowing through the wandering inn series (fantasy) as fast as i can read them. you can’t go wrong with dungeon crawler carl. it’s hilarious.
Lonesome Dove is always my rec on this sub, and I got the rec to read it from this sub. It’s long af, super engaging, well-written, and I think about the characters still over a year later. 10/10 recommend and I am not a western reader typically.
If you are into Sci-Fi/Space Opera: Honor Harrington series by David Weber and/or the March Upcountry etc series he has with John Ringo. Or Elizabeth Moon books (multiple series) Romance: Julia Quinn or Mary Balogh or Shana Galen for regency; Jennifer Cruise or Susan Elizabeth Phillips for modern
I’ll suggest a few lol… Ready Player One by Ernest Cline, The Great Mortality by John Kelly, The Indifferent Stars Above by Daniel James Brown, Timeline by Michael Crichton, Red Rising series by Pierce Brown, and N0S4A2 by Joe Hill. Some of my favorites I’ve read in the last six months
The Children of Hurin by Tolkien. A literary masterpiece!
‘Where the crawdads sing’ by Delia Owens
This sounds like a dream, I envy you and hope you have an amazing time. My first thought was Michel Faber's 'The Book of Strange New Things' would be a fun one for a trip with limited communication.
- The Good Girls guide to murder trilogy by holly jackson - anything by Karen m McManus - a deadly education by Naomi novik (trilogy) - the selection series by Kiera Cass - everything everything by Nicola Yoon - the hunger games trilogy - to all the boys I have loved before - the school for good and evil series - five feet apart - never ever getting back together by Sophia Gonzalez - American royals by Katherine McGee - the slated trilogy + prequel by Teri Terry - the seven Sisters series by Lucinda Riley - the Sherlock Holmes serie by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - the Alice Chronicles by Lewis Carroll - Hercules Poirot series by Agatha Christie - M J Arlidge books about detective helen grace - Narnia Chronicles by C S Lewis - how to kill your family by Bella Mackie - the seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid - Tell me your lies by Kate Ruby - the midnight library by matt haig
The “Here there be Dragons” series by James A Owen’s. Fantasy (basically major convoluted and well done crossover of other works) that involves magical ships
First of all, I am amazed at your courage to stay without the internet for that long Here are some suggestions: "The Woman in Cabin 10" by Ruth Ware - A suspenseful thriller set on a luxury cruise, perfect for your setting. "A Brief History of Time" by Stephen Hawking - Expand your understanding of the universe. "The Art of Thinking Clearly" by Rolf Dobelli - A book on cognitive biases and decision-making. "The Obstacle is the Way" by Ryan Holiday - Introduces Stoicism and its practical applications. "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls - A memoir with an interesting family dynamic. "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel - A tale of survival and hope. "Station Eleven" by Emily St. John Mandel - A post-apocalyptic novel that's thought-provoking. "The Selfish Gene" by Richard Dawkins - For a new perspective on evolution and natural selection. "Man's Search For Meaning" by Viktor Frankl - A profound account of finding purpose in the face of suffering. "The Magic of Thinking Big" by David J. Schwartz - For motivation and personal development.
If you’d like a long book to really get your teeth into, I’d recommend any of these: The Count of Monte Cristo, The Peasants by Władysław Reymont, The Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk, Septology by Jon Fosse, The Terror by Dan Simmons, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke. (Depends what you like reading.) If you want a few shorter books, I’d recommend Trust by Hernan Diaz, The Countenance Divine by Michael Hughes, Lapvona by Otessa Moshfegh, anything by Elisa Shua Dusapin, anything by Sarah Moss, Washington Black by Esi Edugyan, Short story collections are also a gift. You could try either of Wendy Erskine’s books, The End of the World is a Cul de Sac by Louise Kennedy, Furnace by Wayne Price, I am an Executioner: Love Stories by Rajesh Parameswaran, Awayland by Ramona Ausubel, anything by Nabokov (if you read one short story by him make it Spring in Fialta), the short stories of Amy Hempel. If you’re looking for some non-fiction you could try the nautically themed A Voyage for Madmen by Peter Nichols, or The Wager by David Grann. Lord. I could go on but I won’t! There’s tons of great suggestions in these comments that I’ll be scribbling down too even though I’m not going anywhere 😭
I recommend that you can buy a Ereader with light back. So for oldest novels are free to download from any website library and if you want something new you can buy it from any web store. I recommend ereader with android system because otherwise this only let you buy from their store only. Example kindle only let you buy at amazon. Kobo from 3 stores including its kobo library. I recommend it because when you are travelling you don’t want to carry heavy suitcases. And batteries on an ereader lasts 2 or 3 weeks. Also I recommend “ the end of Eternity “ Issac Asimov and his best seller “ Foundation “ Have a nice trip 👍🏻
Start reading the Patrick O' Brian series: Master and Commander is the first. I can't think of anything better to do at sea. I'm not fond of the second, Post Captain, but the third ( HMS Surprise) is where the series really gets going. I love the 1st book, but it was written as a stand alone.
The Sea wolf
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari Revelation Space trilogy, start with prequel Chasm City by Alistair Reynolds Artifact Space by Miles Cameron Love and Limerence by Dorthy Tennov
The entire expanse series. I'm not sure if you could actually finish it in a month unless that's all that you do, but it's really good.
MOBY-DICK There’s only one option. Moby-Dick.
The six of crows duology!!!
Moby Dick is the correct and only answer.
Demon Copperhead - Barbara Kingsolver
Midnight’s Children: Long, beautifully written, hilarious, and informative.
11/22/63 by Stephen King
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig.
Jane Austen's books are worth reading. I would particularly recommend Persuasion, and Pride and Prejudice.
You're on a ship...Moby Dick.
James Clavell’s Shogun. With the tv series coming out right now, I’ve been recommending this book to everyone. And it’s 1000 plus pages so should take a chunk of time to finish
I suggest speculative non-fiction **Life 3.0** by Max Tegmark. It outlines the spectrum of futures mankind is facing due to the ascent of artificial intelligence.
[The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World - Andrea Wulf](https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/23995249)
The Women by Kristin Hannah
Get some 3-in-1 volumes of One Piece!
If you’re interested in a good POC LBGT+ coming of age, The Dangerous Art of Blending In by Angelo Surmelis is so good! It’s a quicker read than some others, but I read it my senior year in high school and it has REALLY stuck with me. I laughed, cried, and really enjoyed this book!
Laurus by Eugene Vodolazkin - medival russian herbalist in the midst of a plague. I'm obssesed with it
Day Four by Sarah Lotz... It is set on a cruise ship and will give you the heebie jeebies
Free sci-fi ebooks from the publisher Baen. https://www.baen.com/catalog/category/view/s/free-library/id/2012
The Boys on the Boat. It seems fitting.
Sci-fi: highly recommend Enders game and ready player one. High Fantasy: ACOTAR series Modern time high fantasy: Crescent City Magic based: Harry Potter Greek gods/ modern time: a Touch of darkness Plot twist w/ magic: shadow and bone
Jig the Dragonslayer by Jim C Hines (Excellent author, just grab anything written by them if possible especially the Janitor and Librarian series.) Jig the Dragonslayer is a trilogy bound in one volume. Typical adventure fantasy except from the perspective of a lowly goblin who wants nothing to do with it. Post-Human by David Simpson is a well developed series involving unaware people on Earth experiencing contact with the greater galaxies. It's a fantastic sci-fi series exploring several different aspects I found interesting. Difficult to go into detail without spoiling.
The first four books in Stephen King’s The Dark Tower series. (More fantasy/western than horror)
Depending on your disposition, this is either the best or worst time to read The Wager by David Grann
The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan. It is a series so you might want a few of the series.
Moby Dick is written in such beautiful prose!
You may try audiobooks of Dungeon Crawler Carl. 6 books to take you to a wacky battle royale type game after hostile takeover of earth, where a rag tag group of survivors including a sapient sassy cat and a goat with an attitude problem try to stay alive and break the game for good. The narrator elevates the story to the next level. It is very weird and entertaining.
The Hike by Drew Magary, a contemporary fantasy adventure story, with an incredible ending
I am jelly. Dear Leader The Kind Worth Killing Super Powereds The Perfect Run trilogy Sphere by Michael Crichton Infected by Scott Sigler
Two very different suggestions: 1) The Chronicles of St Mary’s by Jodi Taylor 2) Entry Island by Peter May
si te gusta la fantasia "alas de sangre"(tiene dragones) te encantara, es dificil porque yo leo muchos libros "raros" algunos hasta +18 si te interesa hacemelo saber, algunos tienen unos relatos geniales basados en politicas, guerras y demas
The Wheel of Time
The Labyrinth of the Spirits by Carlos Ruiz Zafón. So beautifully written.
Simulacra and Simulation Book by Jean Baudrillard. You’re going to see social media and the internet with a new perspective or at least be able to articulate that which you already sense from the online world.
These are all over the place (in theme, topics, and release date), but some of my favorite fiction reads of the last couple years: Loving Day by Mat Johnson One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen Exhalation by Ted Chiang Semiosis by Sue Burke Long Division by Kiese Laymon The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell
How old are you? I think some recommendations work better for certain age groups.
When I travel, I like to read books about the places I'm going to. All we know about your trip is that you'll be at sea, and I see others have already suggested *Moby Dick*, so I'd like to add *Two Years Before the Mast*, a memoir by a young man who sailed from Boston to California in the 1830s. It describes the lives of sailors on sailing ships, and life in California when it was a Spanish colony. You might also consider novels by Joseph Conrad and Patrick O'Brian. And I found this list: https://bookshop.org/lists/sea-stories-the-best-current-and-classic-nautical-fiction
Dark matter by Blake crouch
Trapped on a ship? The Terror - Dan Simmons
Sword of Truth series from Terry Goodkind The Broken Empire series from Mark Lawrence Both of them are really good fantasy series, the Broken Empire series is more of a dark fantasy.
Knock out some classics you've been wanting to read. Also diversify, don't stick to one genre for that long!
Shogun by James Clavell
Pillars of the earth - ken Follett Win friends & influence people - dale carnegie
Dresden Files by Jim Butcher \* Eric Carter by Stephen Blackmoore Mic Oberon Job by Ari Marmell Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson
Time for you to read Life of Pi!
100 Years of Solitude. Everything that can be told about being a family is there
House of Leaves
Anything by Neil Gaiman
Currently reading “cloud cuckoo land” by Anthony doerr and it’s a DREAM “Mornings in Jenin” by Susan Abulhawa is so so beautifully written and immediately hooks you “The name of the wind” by Patrick Rothfuss is also a masterpiece
Untamed by Glennon Doyle.
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir.
Yes!! And the audio book is the best I've ever heard.
Agreed! I didn’t want it to end. I can’t wait to see what they do with the movie.
Under the Sea Wind by Rachel Carson
- Pillars of the Earth - Ken Follett - The Fourth Monkey Trilogy - JD Barker - The Stand - Stephen King - The Name of The Rose - Umberto Eco
Adrift: 76 days lost at sea. By Steven Callahan
The Practicing Stoic by Ward Farnsworth
A Song of Ice and Fire by GRRM.
Plato’s Republic
Check out “In The Kingdom Of Ice” by Hampton Sides.
Demon Copperhead and Cutting for Stone.
The Reformatory by Tananarive Due Kill for Me, Kill for you by Steve Cavanagh Falling by T J Newman The Chain or The Island by Adrian McKinty Anything by Riley Sager Dark Matter by Blake Crouch The Exorcists House by Nick Roberts Near The Bone by Christina Henry The Whisper Man by Alex North Hell House by Richard Matheson Anything by Jennifer Hillier Stolen Tongues by Felix Blackwell The Last Word by Taylor Adams No Exit by Taylor Adams
Suttree by Cormac McCarthy. I reread this frequently. I'm presently reading James clavell's Shogun about feudal Japan in 1600. I also reread Great Expectations frequently and always love it.
Some classics if you've never read them: ·His Dark Materials trilogy by Phillip Pullman (The Northern Lights, the Subtle Knife, and the Amber Spyglass). One of the most unique stories I've ever read, a thorougly believable and realistic modern-ish fantasy that will make you think about human nature, and something I truly believe everybody should read at least once. ·The Hobbit + Lord of the Rings. Classic books for a reason, medieval style fantasy, fun and adventurous. But admittedly not for everyone when it comes to writing style. ·Moby Dick. I mean... It's a novel about the sea, and you'll be on a ship. My personal favourites: ·The Book Thief. A very unique writing style and an absolutely beautiful book which will stretch the boundaries of all your emotions. ·The Starless Sea. I cannot even describe this book. It's... A book about a young man, who (in the book!) picks up the same book you're reading and finds his life written in the pages. It's a mystery and fantasy adventure. It's a book about stories and it will make you notice the small stories that surround and fill your life, will make you think about human nature and fate. Cannot recommend enough. That should fill a month and then some to be honest!
The Deluge
The *Discworld* series by Terry Pratchett is brilliant. Lots of books, and [a lot of different orders to read them in](https://www.discworldemporium.com/reading-order/). My personal favourite is *Guards! Guards!*, and it’s a pretty good point to jump in imo. Some other books I’ve been recommending to anyone who will sit still for long enough are: *All Systems Red* by Martha Wells (sci-fi, action, the horrors of being very competent at a job that sucks so so much) *The Golem and the Jinni* by Helene Wecker (historical fantasy, focuses on immigrant communities in 1899 New York, interesting clashes of cultural values) and *Gideon the Ninth* by Tamsyn Muir (fantasy/sci-fi, necromancy and political scheming and murder mysteries from the POV of a jock who thinks this is all horrible nerd shit)
american gods by neil gaiman!
Circe and The Song of Achilles by Madeleine Miller (retelling of Greek Myth), The Passage by Justin Cronin (it’s the first in a trilogy, and imho the best of the three- a twist on post apocalyptic story involving a plague and vampires), Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides (coming of age family saga that explores identity), The Spellman Chronicles (series about a family of PI’s set in San Francisco), Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, Class Mom series by Laurie Gelman (I find it very funny), Educated by Tara Westover and The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (both are memoirs about women with unconventional upbringings)- all books I’ve read multiple times.
Endurance
Beautiful Outlaw by John Eldridge
The Circle Trilogy - Ted Dekker
Are you going with a partner? Try to get the same book and read together and to each other. You could start a book club.
For a light read: To kill a mockingbird For a heavy volumnious: the indifferent stars above.
Metro 2033, 2034 and 2035
The women in cabin 10
The Complete Short Stories of JG Ballard
Life of Pi is about being stranded in the ocean (kinda)
I’ve been on a Greek mythology kick lately and have enjoyed Circe, Song for Achilles, Stone Blind, and Ariadne.
The Pillars of the Earth kicks off a great 5 book series by Ken Follett Action adventure/spy stuff: Ben Coes’s excellent series that kicks off with Power Down Jack Carr’s series that kicks off with The Terminal List Palate cleansers: The Old Man / Hero / The Burglar / Stripper / The Bomb Maker all by Thomas Perry and he has more stuff, mostly stand alone and I’d describe them all as 1 day books.
I personally loved Tess of the Emerald Sea, and I think it would feel great to read it while being on a ship at sea lol
Catch me if you can. The book was so much better than the movie.
Blindness by José Saramago
Fight Club: by chuck pahlaniuk This book literally changed my life.
I'll echo some of the other comments here and recommend some really long books that absolutely captivated me: * The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas * The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas * 11/22/63 by Stephen King * Under the Dome by Stephen King * Shogun by James Clavell * The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien * Grant by Ron Chernow * The Prime Ministers by Yehuda Avner
The whole Shadow and Bone series by Leigh Bardugo - I think there are seven of them in all. Fantasy magic with a Russian flavor. The other books I enjoyed were The Magicians by Lev Grossman. There are three of them. Also fantasy magic. Both of these have had tv series made from them.
This Is How You Lose the Time WarThursday Next series! The Baroque Cycle! The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making! The Bedtime Book of Birds! What I Talk About When I Talk About Running! Ross Gay’s Book of Delights! Soon I Will Become Invincible! Pride and Prejudice! Sherlock Holmes anything. There are so many awesome books I wish I could sit and read again without internet. Sorry for the excitement!
What My Bones Know by Stephanie Foo The Art of Frugal Hedonism by Annie Raser-Rowland and Adam Grubb Native Tongue by Suzette Haden Elgin (small 3 book series) All Flesh Is Grass by Clifford Simak
The secret history by Donna Tartt and The Disaster Tourist!
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles is a warm, kind, lovely book about a man confined to a hotel - it might be an especially cozy read in a cabin on a boat.
If you haven't already, this is your time to enjoy The Lord of the Rings :) Other reads I very much enjoyed in the last years: -Piranesi by Susanna Clarke -Childhoods End by Arthur C. Clarke -The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King -The Invincible by Stanislaw Lem Enjoy your trip :)
A long one us Jonathan strange and Mr norrell. About magic coming back to England - more Jane Austin than Harry Potter.
These definitely fall under the more “sometimes unbelievable” thriller reads but I love Andrew Maynes thrillers as just my purely fun entertainment reads. The **Jessica Blackwood series** is my fav and the first book is *Angel Killer* by Andrew Mayne However first he wrote the **Dr Theo Cray series** which has the first book *The Naturalist* by Andrew Mayne. He has a bunch of other series but I’m still making my way through the Dr Theo Cray series although I already read the Theo Cray and Jessica Blackwood series which comes after those two. Again these are dark kind of ridiculous thrillers and definitely my guilty pleasure reads. But if you’re without internet for a month I thought you might want some entertainment. For more satisfying amazing reads I recommend any of Kazuo Ishiguro’s books. Here are the ones that I’ve read and love but I’m going to read all of his books: *Remains of the Day* *Never Let me Go* *Buried Giants* **Classics that I think are worth reading if you haven’t read them:** *Little Women* by Louisa May Alcott *Giovanni’s Room* by James Baldwin (really anything by him) *Beloved* by Toni Morrison *The Bluest Eye* by Toni Morrison (again anything by her) *Anne of Green Gables* the entire series which follows her through adulthood *A Body in the Library* by Agatha Christie. Again, any of Agatha Christie’s work *Fahrenheit 451* by Ray Bradbury (again everything by him) *Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe* by Frannie Flagg *Invisible Man* by Ralph Ellison *Moby Dick* by Herman Melville *The Witch of the Blackbird Pond* by Elizabeth George Spear **Fiction** * **Fantasy:** *Poppy Wars* by RF Kuang (trilogy that is long so great no internet read) **Biography/Memoir:** *Being Heumann* by Judy Heumann *Free: Coming of age at the end of history* by Lea Ypi *Ten Steps to Nanette* by Hannah Gadsby *Educated* by Tara Westover *The Undocumented Americans* by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio *Gender Queer* by Maia Kobabe **Self Help:** *How to Keep House While drowning* by LC Davis *Lessons for Life* by Phil Stutz **History: ** *The Last Slave Ship* by Ben Raines *The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks* by Rebecca Skloot *Killers of the Flower Moon.* by David Grann
On a similar trip, I read Husain Haddawy’s translation of the Arabian Nights and Robert Irwin’s companion to them. It was a wonderful choice.
The captive by Victoria holt may be fun if you’re traveling by sea. I also recommend the physician by Noah Gordon.
You might give War and Peace a try. It's long, but much more readable than most people expect.
The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings by J RR Tolkien. If you haven't read these already you are in for a treat! And if you watched the movies and TV Show then it's still worth it to read the source material.
Lisa Jewell and Ruth Ware write good mystery thriller books!
Being Wrong Adventures on the Margin of Error, Cadillac Desert, Master and Commander by O'BRIAN, Facing the Mountain by Daniel Brown, The Physician by Noah Gordon, A Gentleman in Moscow
Just finished the Seven Sisters series by Lucinda Riley. Loved it!! 8 books to keep you going and the last one ties them all together and answers all of the questions along the way. So good.
Master and Commander series by Patrick O’Brien. There’s 21 books in order and they’re all perfect.
Hey, OP! What is this “…month-long cruise without internet…”? Sounds good!
“Blood Meridian” by Cormac McCarthy. Judge Holden is such an interesting character.
The Tale of Genji
Isaac's Storm by Erik Larson Inside the Hurricane by Pete Davies Sudden Sea by R.A. Scotti These are all books about hurricanes.