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Any books that read like The Hobbit? (lemmy.ca)
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I'm trying to get back into reading, and for a few weeks have been reading a chapter (or half) of the Hobbit before bed.

Does anyone have recommendations for similar books? I'm not up to reading LOTR yet.

What I'm looking for are relatively chill books that don't stress you out before bed, something that I can just let my imagination run with abd has a cozy feel, if that makes any sense at all.

Don't care too much about genre, but I do like fantasy.

Edit: I should add I don't like books like Candide or Hitchhikers Guide, HG was fun, but I can't do "and stuff just keeps happening to the main character" types. And I know Candide is purposefully frustrating, bit it was too effective.

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[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

So cozy fantasy sounds like what I want and didn’t know existed.

I read the first Earthsea book, it was good, dragged a bit, but had good world building and I did find myself enjoying how the magic works a lot. It is absolutely nothing like the Ghibli movie, I would be upset if I’d read the books then watched that movie. Of you’ve seen the movie and try reading them just know it’s different.

Also enjoyed the His Dark Materials show, but I never finished the last season as it came out and I never got to rewrching the earlier seasons.

I’ll look through your other recommendations, something I can read aloud while my partner falls asleep is good.

I’ve been listening to LOTR on audio book, and mostly it isn’t too bad. We just finished Helms Deep and things got pretty busy so I’d need to pick it back up.

[–] Hoimo@ani.social 1 points 3 weeks ago

The HDM series is pretty good, but it still doesn't compare to the books. When they found Billy at the end of Northern Lights, that genuinely broke me. In the series it's more scary research center, action scene, we're making a rift now. It doesn't make you feel the horror that Lyra feels when she finds out what they're actually doing, what even trusted adults are okay with.