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a Short List of stories I would recommend to anyone:

Ursula K. Le Guin:

Earthsea (Tombs of Atuan is my favorite)

The Hainish Cycle (esp. The Dispossessed, Left Hand of Darkness)

The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas

The Lathe of Heaven

Brandon Sanderson:

Mistborn (I'm reading Alloy of Law right now!)

Stormlight Archive

The last three books of The Wheel of Time

Elantris

Warbreaker

Everything else in the Cosmere

(Skyward is on my list to read, I'm sure it will be fantastic)

Robert Jordan:

The Wheel of Time

Phillip Pullman:

His Dark Materials

Brian Jacques:

Castaways of the Flying Dutchman

John Christopher:

The Tripods

Olaf Stapledon:

Starmaker

Christopher Moore:

A Dirty Job

Lamb

Douglas Adams:

Last Chance to See

Hitchhikers Guide

Robin McKinley:

The Blue Sword

The Hero and the Crown

Frank Herbert:

Dune

Neil Gaiman:

Neverwhere

American Gods

Good Omens (with Pratchett)

Ray Bradbury:

The Veldt

The Martian Chronicles

Kenneth Oppel:

Matt Cruse

Nancy Farmer:

The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm

House of the Scorpion

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There are Words. That’s what we call them, at least. They’re more … ideas. Living ideas, with power. You have to let them into your soul.

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Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson (fan art by Giselle Almeida)

Brandy Sandy’s books have been inspiring me to write lately