Currently I mainly read horror (usually slower literary horror and weird or Gothic stuff more than gore/extreme/slashers), New Weird, a fair few literary classics, and some SSF and mystery now and then. Some of my favourite books are Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Laird Barron's The Imago Sequence, and Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five.

So stuff with a dark edge and some speculative elements is welcome, but I'm staying open minded and I'll try basically anything as long as it's interesting.

Also, if anyone can recommend some magazines or other sorts of regular publications, I'd like to hear about those too. Both for short fiction and recommendations/reviews.

Cheers, A.

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[–] junderwood@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I loved Piranesi by Susanna Clarke! Also if you want to stretch your genre comfort, Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars trilogy is just wonderful. I return to it every few years.

[–] afb@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Cheers! I'll take a look.

[–] MicrowavedTea@infosec.pub 4 points 3 weeks ago

Anything by Jeff Vandermeer. Maybe Margaret Atwood too but I've only read Oryx and Crake (which was great but not sure how much it fits here). Tender is the Flesh is really good and pretty dark. Blindness by José Saramago. If you're looking for something really weird then House of Leaves (but warning, it's not exactly a normal story and you should get the physical book).

[–] mantra@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 weeks ago

If you are into horror, you may enjoy The Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir. Just be warned that we are still awaiting the final, overdue volume.

[–] fallowseed@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

'snow crash' by neal stephenson

[–] afb@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Thanks

[–] Okokimup@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm not sure whether these entirely fit the brief, but I have similar tastes to you, and I enjoyed all of these.

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

The Astonishing Color of After by Emily XR Pan

Creatures of Passage by Morowa Yejide

The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson

The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey

How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu

The Seven 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

Birds in Fall by Brad Kessler

[–] afb@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

These are all new to me. I'll check them out, thanks!