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Alice in Sunderland. Wonderful "adult" comic novel. Seriously the thing is between 200-400 pages. Neil Gaiman illustrated it, and Bryan Talbot wrote it.
I learned more about British history, as an American, from that book, than I did in my university level history classes.
I had no idea this existed, and I'm from the area it's about! Will have to give this one a look ๐
The bit about you all capturing a monkey, and deciding it was a Frenchman sailor/ spy is particularly humorous, though I do feel bad for the monkey.
My favorite romances definitely have happy people having affairs.
What about historical nonfiction?
I have no shame for enjoying the entire Rick Riordan Olympian / Norse / Roman series. But I did have "reading to kid before bed" as an excuse.
I started the series as a teenager and I'm not going to stop just because I'm older now.
That said I was also reading my parent's books when I was younger too. I grew up on Dan Brown and Clive Cussler just as much as I grew up on Rick Riordan and Anthony Horowitz. I feel like my taste in books has only devolved as I've gotten older if anything.
For me the books became nourishment of the brain of sorts but once they were just fantasy entertainment and escapism. Maybe I am getting older or I am just getting my entertainment from different sources nowadays
I always consumed those cheap fantasy novels in droves but now I am looking for different experiences of being human and generally something that provokes thought.
Eulaliaaaaaaa!!! I'll defend my Redwall books to the hilt.
Gatekeeping books is a great sign that someone didnโt read anything but the Wikipedia synopsis just to sound smart on the internet.
Children's books are great for getting an overview of a new subject.