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Guys my girlfriend enjoys reading fantasy books like City of Bones and shit like that, what's a book I could get her as a gift?

>> No.5772548

>>5772546
Le Guin.

>> No.5772550

Get her a copy of ricesnot's critically acclaimed novel, "Rattle Me Bones!"

>> No.5773435

A boyfriend with bad tastes like her. Try ramming your head against a wall.

>> No.5773796
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5773796

>>5772546
If she can read french, La Horde du Contrevent.

>> No.5773820

Mein Kampf is always a great read and makes a swell gift too.

>> No.5773824

>>5772546
Gene Wolfe because this is //lit

>> No.5773829

>>5772546
>City of Bones
Does she have all of the mortal instruments and infernal devices? Get her what's missing.

>> No.5773925

>>5773829
Good suggestion, actually.

City of Bones is urban fantasy, but you could buy her some "proper" fantasy if you think she'd be into it. Name of the Wind is a good shout.

>> No.5773982

Hunger Games, my pleb friends said it was good.

>> No.5773988

Anything neil gaiman.

>> No.5773996

>>5773988
This. Heads up OP this is the only serious reply ITT bitches lobe Gayman

>> No.5774047

>>5772546
Bible.

>> No.5774056

>>5773988
>>5773996

Also, if she likes Gaiman's style, The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern is another good option. It's more magical realism than fantasy but the descriptions and settings are very Gaimanesque.

>> No.5774062

>>5772546
Start with the greeks

>> No.5774065

>Abarat series by Clive Barker
>Deepgate series by Alan Campbell
>His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman (though avoid if she's religious)
>Elric series by Michael Moorcock
>War of the Flowers by Tad Williams
>Ambergris series by Jeff Vandermeer
>The Lotus War series by Jay Kristoff

There you go, OP!

>> No.5774089

What is this this Moral Instruments thing anyway? Is it any good? I haven't read urban fantasy in a long time and I used to enjoy the genre as a kid.

>> No.5774212

>>5774089
The first few books were nice(when I was 18-21 and didn't read much "adult" fantasy), and the implied incest was hot but they never fucked, even though they built up to it and it pissed me off.

Also Claire is a fucking milkmaid, she is milking that series to death. It was suppose to be a trilogy and she made it into a 6+ book series.

Also OP look at this pic >>5772688 and choice some names and look online for the blurb, I enjoyed City of Bones when I was younger and got other books that were similar. Some suppose to be in that list.

>> No.5774218

>>5772546
The Collector by John Fowles

>> No.5774235

>>5774062
The Birds is fantasy. Well, sort of

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>>5774212
Here OP, I took time out of my busy no NEET life so I could bring your gf some joy from books.

pic related. The ones with the red arrows.

>> No.5774414

>girlfriend
get a life m8

>> No.5775992

>>5773988
>>5774056

seconded on these

>> No.5778253

>>5772546
This faggot asked us for help and he doesn't have the decency to say thanks?