r/BooksThatFeelLikeThis

White walls, endless sun, a slow mystery

Sparkling blue water, brown skin, cicada hum

The hypnosis of "The Stranger" with the psychedelia of "Dune" and the long gaze of an Albert Serra film

As a bonus, let's throw in (homo)eroticism ("Sebastiane", "A Sport and a Pastime")

Story? Just vibes man

Historical fiction, historical nonfiction, fantasy, sci fi ...

Any pastoral, left-field, anthropological fantasies out there?

I’m looking for a book with these vibes, the kind of gothic, dark, stormy sea aesthetic. The kind with an old gothic mansion set in the middle of nowhere near the sea, with only a little village nearby with enigmatic neighbors, during a stormy episode that gives this creepy dark vibe?
I read the Guest List by Lucy Foley last year and I loved it. But this time I’m thinking more of a horror/ supernatural kind of book, like maybe ghosts or something similar. Like a ton of mystery that makes you read the book at 3 am, and I also love a good plot twist

Hi all!! I’m looking for a fantasy book series or standalone where dwarves are more focused on as characters, serving as either a protagonist or larger side characters. I know of The Dwarves series by Markus Heitz, and obviously Lord of the Rings, but do you all have any other recs? Thanks a lot in advance!

Any books that feel like borderlands 1 and capture the desolate space western vibe, a self-serving Lone Ranger or motley crew on a planet where everything feels isolated and hostile?

Looking for horror/thriller about a woman/women going actually animalistic and feral.

Ominous, spooky, and dark.

Maybe some folklore vibes? But not full fantasy.

Something like surfacing by Margaret atwood, but more!

Ok not sure if the pictures get the point across but I’m looking for something that reads like The Silver Book, or you know, like Giovanni’s Room, like Bonjour Tristesse, like Homo Faber or Death in Venice or like Alan Hollinghurst’s books. Literary fiction with vivid European settings and messy and toxic relationships and self-discovery and drama and whatever… but with any sort of lesbian subculture / lesbian protagonists / sapphic relationships, whatever. It’s alright if it’s subtextual.

There are so many queer classics and contemporary queer fiction being sold at my local bookstore and part of me loves it, the other part is a bit miffed it’s all about men.

It doesn’t strictly have to be literary fiction, I’ll take anything at this point, but good/interesting prose is important to me, and I’d love a setting that feels sort of like the pictures. Think orange trees (or apple trees if less southern), art galleries, pleasure boats, warm evening wind as the moon kisses the sea, awful posh people sipping overpriced martinis, self-proclaimed starving artists sipping cheap watery coffee. More focus on character and atmosphere than plot.

Before anyone recommends The Safekeep and/or any Sarah Waters, I’ve already read those :( (ok not all Sarah Waters but she’s on my radar)

I have been wanting to read a detective drama for a while, think rainy 80s office at 6 am in october in some big city, raincoats, cigaretts, coffee stains, everything

Solo detective or a duo, preferably not a very complex, i have not read many books but i would like to and this vibe is something i ve been chasing for a while

Books based in Appalachia. Southern gothic historical fiction?

• Immersive, moody, atmospheric prose and descriptions
• Solitary (or small party) journeys through dangerous wilderness / forests / mountains
• Wizards studying the dark arts in solitary towers
• Eldritch creatures and forces of nature
• Meditations on nature, decay, and the night
• Ancient haunted ruins and castles
• Focus on mystery, lore, and atmosphere rather than epic action sequences or events
• Preferably pre-2010 publications (I just prefer the prose from pre-social media times, but I'm open-minded), and it doesn't necessarily have to be dark fantasy if it has a lot of the above traits

(In case you couldn't tell, yes I'm a big fan of Fromsoftware games and black metal / dungeon synth music lol)

Ladies and gentlemen,

Autumn is almost here and I need book with vibe like this. Thriller or detective with sprinkle of romance are appreciated

I want a romantic story so powerful it define all logic of why they can’t be together
Something that remind you off ‘’Secret love song by Little Mix’’

I’m open to pretty much anything
Fantasy contemporary adult ya magical realism dark romance historical and of course anything queer

Anyone know of any books that give you the feel of being in the cockpit? Or something that gives you a good 360 viewpoint of battles?