Between March and April, I have acquired quite a vast amount of Kindle books. Before quarantine, I already had a pretty decently sized digital catalogue of reads, but due to local libraries shutting down for an indefinite period and many local bookshops closing their doors or having shipping times extended quite heavily, I’ve suddenly discovered the true allure and efficiency of eBooks. To top it off, Amazon also provided me with two months of Kindle Unlimited reading for free, which is essentially just a gateway for them to suggest titles in genres I love. I’m a sucker, I know. Even so, the one thing I do appreciate about Kindle books is how fucking affordable so many of the titles can be. There were tons of books on my TBR (to-be-read) list that I managed to obtain during daily deals for pennies on the dollar. The bargains were really phenomenal.
I was chatting with a chum about my eBook shenanigans and they asked me how many titles I managed to snag. So, I sat down this morning and counted it all out. Between these last two months, I ended up hauling approximately 26 to 27 digital books total! Honestly, I was stunned and still am to an extent, more so when I think about how popular a lot of these pickings are. It makes those deals seem even more superb. Let’s just hope that the stories they tell further make them worth the indulgence.
Since there are so many fucking books on this list, I’ve only included the covers up top and then a master list of them down below with the genre. Clicking on the links shall take you to their respective GoodReads pages. So if something catches your eye, check out the GR links for a synopsis, ratings, reviews, and all that jazz. I’ve already read quite a few titles from this haul and reviews for them shall be up on their respective blogs, if they haven’t already been reviewed. Ordered by genre (Adult fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult, Middle Grade).
Storm Front by Jim Butcher – Urban Fantasy
Fool Moon by Jim Butcher – Urban Fantasy
The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty – #OwnVoices Islamic, Epic Folklore Fantasy
The Kingdom of Copper by S.A. Chakraborty – #OwnVoices Islamic, Epic Folklore Fantasy
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clark – British Fantasy
Gods of Jade & Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia – #OwnVoices Latinx, Folklore Fantasy, Magical Realism
Prelude to Insurrection by JC Kang – #OwnVoices Chinese, Fantasy
Thorn of the Night Blossoms by JC Kang – #OwnVoices Chinese, Fantasy
The Empress of Salt & Fortune by Nghi Vo – #OwnVoices Asian, LGBTQIA+ Fantasy
The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie – Sword & Sorcery Fantasy
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon – LGBTQIA+ Fantasy, Sword & Sorcery
Atlantis by David Gibbins – Action-Adventure Fiction
The City Beneath the Sea by Rick Jones – British Action-Adventure Fiction
Shadow Child by Rahna Reiko Rizzuto – #OwnVoices Japanese-American Historical Fiction
The Subtweet by Vivek Shraya – #OwnVoices Indian LGBTQIA+ Fiction
Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan – Historical Fiction, World War II Fiction
The Far Field by Madhuri Vijay – #OwnVoices Indian Fiction
The Beautiful by Renée Ahdieh – Young Adult Historical Paranormal Fantasy
Steamborn by Eric R. Asher – Young Adult Steampunk Fantasy
I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver – #OwnVoices LGBTQIA+ Young Adult Contemporary
Lifelike by Jay Kristoff – Young Adult Science-Fiction
The Fever King by Victoria Lee – #OwnVoices LGBTQIA+ Young Adult Dystopian Science-Fiction
The Electric Heir by Victoria Lee – #OwnVoices LGBTQIA+ Young Adult Dystopian Science-Fiction
Ignite the Stars by Maura Milan – Young Adult Science-Fiction, Space Opera
Not Even Bones by Rebecca Schaeffer – Young Adult Dark Fantasy
Lalani of the Distant Sea by Erin Entrada Kelly – #OwnVoices Filipino, Middle-Grade Folklore Fantasy Adventure
Heir of Ra by M. Sasinowski – Middle-Grade Fantasy Adventure
That is a lot of great stuff in that haul! Jonathan Strange is great but be prepared for a sprawling, dense sprawl. Like don’t plan on doing anything for like a month while you read it!
Dense sprawl won’t bother me. I mean, Dune is my favourite sci-fi book lol. Talk about dense sprawling.
“City of Brass” seems like something that’s right up my alley. I’ve been reading and obsessing over “Lions of Al Rassan” recently and it seems to have a couple of similarities.
It’s such a phenomenal series. Probably my favourite adult fantasy series.