Please tell me about your favorite books, in list form

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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin - like Ready Player One but not shit. (TW basically everything)
Circe by Madeleine Miller - an adaptation of the Odyssey but from the perspective of Circe the witch.
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers - good ole space ship fun
The Good Immigrant by Nikesh Shulka - a collection of essays from immigrants to the UK about their experiences
The Trigger: Hunting the Assassin who brought the World to War - a story of a historian following the life of Gavrilo Princip, the assassin of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey - the first Expanse book. Space opera
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and his Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami - a bachelor who is unlucky in love. However, does contain a terrible sex scene
American Gods by Neil Gaiman - the Gods live on Earth.
Lirael by Garth Nix - a good fantasy book
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman - the end of the world is coming
Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb - the first in the Farseer Trilogy - an excellent fantasy book
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer - a teenage criminal upsets the natural order

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I finished Poppy War by R F Kuang and it is phenomenal.

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I wasn't a huge fan.

Spoiler: discussion with minor spoilers

I felt like a lot of it just felt very similar to me to name of the wind in terms of the entire first half of the plot and the characters. The second half felt really rushed and under explained to me. I felt like there really wasn't super good justification for why the characters were making almost all of the extremely drastic choices they were making which made it so my immersion was broken somewhat. I just fundamentally didn't understand all of everyones motivation.

I compare this with babel where I felt like the plot was super unique and I felt all of the characters had very consistent and well developed reasons for wanting and doing the things they did.

I described it that way to my wife (the first half), and I kinda agree with you, but I like the way Rin is written.

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I'd say tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow but it's very heavy