JaymesRS

@JaymesRS@literature.cafe

Nerd; Board, Card, Pencil & Paper Gamer; Avid Reader; to find me in other places: lnk.bio/JaymesRS

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There Is Another…:

Not the first in a series. HARD MODE: Series has 5 or more entries.

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LGBTQIA+ Lead:

A main character identifies as LGBTQIA+. HARD MODE: Includes a significant romance between characters that identify as LGBTQIA+.

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Now a Major Motion Picture:

The work has been adapted into a show or single episode, movie, play, audio drama, or other format. HARD MODE: The adaptation is regarded as better than the original work.

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It’s About Time:

The passage or manipulation of time is a major theme or plot driver. HARD MODE: Backward in time, not forward.

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Award Winner:

Has won a significant literature award. HARD MODE: More than one award.

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Mashup:

A combination of two or more genres or non-fiction topics. HARD MODE: Unusual combo, like fantasy thriller.

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Local to You:

The author lives in or writes about a location local to you (city, state, province, territory, etc.). HARD MODE: The author has spent a significant amount of time there, but wasn’t born there.

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Debut Work:

An author’s first work. HARD MODE: The author is widely regarded as having a profound impact on the genre/topic.

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It’s a Holiday:

Takes place during a specific holiday, which is significant to the plot. HARD MODE: Not Christmas, a fictional variation of Christmas, or other winter festival.

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Institutional:

Set at a non-commercial institution or facility, like a school, science lab, or prison. HARD MODE: Not a school.

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Minority Author:

Minority or LGBTQIA+ author. A minority can be any member of a generally underrepresented population where you live. HARD MODE: Minority and LGBTQIA+.

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Among the Stars:

Features space, astronomy, or stardom. HARD MODE: The title references the theme, too.

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ALT - Same Author, New Work

An author you’ve read before, but a series (or standalone) you haven’t. HARD MODE: Give an author you didn’t like a second chance.

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ALT - She Blinded Me With Science

The author has a background and degree in a hard science. HARD MODE: More than one post graduate degree.

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ALT - Pseudonymous Work

Published under a pen name. HARD MODE: The author generally never writes under their own name.

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ALT - Translated

Not originally in your native tongue. HARD MODE: Has been translated into at least ten other languages. This Wikipedia page is a good place to start for widely translated works.

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ALT - A Change in Perspective

Written in third-person perspective. HARD MODE: Second-person perspective.

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Questions, Complaints, Whines, General Commentary, Shitposting

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This category is a bit tougher to recommend because the qualification depends on your age, but these are all over 100 years old and I’ve enjoyed all of them.

  • Lud-in-the-Mist by Hope Mirrlees
  • Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift
  • King Solomon’s Mines by H. Rider Haggard
  • The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
  • Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
  • A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain
  • A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
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  • On Stranger Tides by Tim Powers
  • The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
  • Midnight Riot (The original UK title of this is River’s of London) by Ben Aaronovitch
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  • The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
  • The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
  • The Palace Job by Patrick Weekes
  • The Redemption of Althalus by Leigh Eddings & David Eddings
  • Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré
  • Catch Me If You Can: The True Story of a Real Fake by Frank W. Abagnale with Stan Redding
  • On Stranger Tides by Tim Powers
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  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
  • The Sandman Graphic Novels by Neil Gaiman
  • The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins
  • The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
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  • This Is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohta
  • Good Omens by Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman
  • Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey (Corey is a pseudonym for the team of Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck)
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  • Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
  • Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
  • Ella Minnow Pea: A Progressively Lipogrammatic Epistolary Fable by Mark Dunn
  • Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
  • Finnegans Wake by James Joyce
  • House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
  • A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
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Here is a simple list of the squares:

Older Than You Are

Water, Water Everywhere

What’s Yours is Mine

Family Drama

It Takes Two

New Release

Plays With Words

Independent Author

Bookception

Disability Representation

Eazy, Breazy, Read-zie

Stranger in a Strange Land

One Less

There is Another…

LGBTQIA+ Lead

Now a Major Motion Picture

It’s About Time

Award Winner

Mashup

Local to You

Debut Work

It’s a Holiday

Institutional

Minority Author

Among the Stars

Alt.

Same Author, New Work

She Blinded Me With Science

Pseudonymous Work

Translated

A Change in Perspective

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