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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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[–] stray@pawb.social 2 points 3 weeks ago

If you liked the Avatar cartoon series you might like the Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas. It's about a fantasy universe wherein young demigods compete in a sporting event to win honor and carry out a ritual to renew the sun's protection against the forces of darkness.

I don't love the Bobiverse books by Dennis Taylor, but the first one was mostly a series of funny little happenings to a nice man who takes everything in stride and makes lots of nerd jokes, and I'm led to believe the rest of the series is much the same. He travels around space just kind of getting up to this and that. I think the fact that it bored me makes it a good recommendation for you because I mostly like intense stuff rather than pleasantness.

Books I remember loving as a kid but can only recommend tentatively because I can't remember them well:

  • Alanna and Wild Magic series by Tamora Pierce
  • Witch Week and other Chrestomanci books by Diana Wynne Jones
  • Dragon's Milk by Susan Fletcher
  • Tailchaser's Song by Tad Williams
  • The Wild Road by Gabriel King
  • Kingdoms of Light by Alan Dean Foster