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If you're okay with more of an "alternate earth" fantasy, I recommend the Jackaby series! It's about a guy working as a private eye of sorts, with one special thing that sets him apart--he could see magic, spirits, auras, and the ilk. And the fey are doing some very nasty things in this city right now...
Featuring a peppy and capable female protagonist, supernatural creatures, and a duck+ghost duo who mans the house.
This series isn't finished yet, last I checked.

Along the same vein, Lockwood and Co. is good too. ^^
In the backstory of this alternate England, a outbreak of ghosts had spread through the country, and the only people who could see them are children and teenagers. But through all the agencies, which are the organizations to take care of ghosts and such, there is only one that is completely controlled by kids: the titular Lockwood and Co.

And yet another alternate earth is the Reckoners series, sometimes better known as the Steelheart series, IIRC. It's about supervillains... Or rather, how one day, people started getting superpowers, and since that day, there had only ever been supervillains. No heroes--that is, except a band of people who had been taking these supers down. And the protagonist is determined to join them.

I will never not recommend Jeff Smith's "Bone". It's technically a comic, but it's well over 1,300 pages and it's amazing all the way through. [img]https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1522442066l/92143.jpg[/img] As to what it's like... [img]https://i.postimg.cc/Fzph3P73/accurate.jpg[/img] Also in the comedy region; Ian Doescher's "William Shakespeare's Star Wars" plays are amazing; Star Wars: Verily, a New Hope The Empire Striketh Back The Jedi Doth Return The Phantom of Menace The Clone Army Attacketh Tragedy of the Sith's Revenge The Force Doth Awaken Jedi the Last

I beg your pardon! Non-fiction books are marvelous! I advise you to read...
Cosmos by Carl Sagan
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil DeGrasse Tyson
A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking

If, however, you choose to remain blind to the splendour of non-fiction, I know of a few good fictional reads as well:
A Dog’s Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron
A Dog’s Journey by W. Bruce Cameron
A Dog’s Way Home by W. Bruce Cameron
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein

And if dogs aren’t really your thing, I know of one good non-dog fictional book from which you might learn something:
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

I hope I helped!

@Jushiro
Oh boy do I have some --

like @/FlamingSwallow said, The Reckoners is a fantastic series, as well as anything else by Brandon Sanderson (mostly scifi and fantasy tho)

If you are okay with profanity, violence, and heavy subjects, I highly recommend The Millennium series(only books 1-3 though, as the rest of the series is written by a different author and imo tends to go downhill).

J.R.R. Tolkien does not disappoint but beware of how much focus is needed to fully understand everything he writes.

Stephaine Meyers is well known for Twilight, but she also has a book series called the Lunar Chronicles that I quite enjoyed.

The Maze Runner series by James Dashner is good, and this eternal truth can be applied "the book was better"

This is where the suggestions get "boring", but please give them a look, they are all very good and have good life lessons:::

I have recently read Life of Pi and it changed my outlook on religion, it is very profound.

Memoirs and Autobiographies are my favorite genres and I have to include some. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, How Dare the Sun Rise by Sandra Uwiringiyimana, I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai, and Into thin Air by Jon Krakauer are amazing and I love them all.

and how could I not recommend my favorite book of all time? 1984 by George Orwell is a gift to humanity and I firmly believe that everyone should read it.

anyways, hope you find something good!!

I've got a couple of fantasy suggestions.

The first is aimed at a younger audience but it's so good: Deltora Quest. Lovely quest premise kinda like Lord of the Rings; full of spooky fantasy monster goodness. It really won't take you long to blitz through, though.

The second is the Icewind Dale trilogy by R. A. Salvatore. It's set in Forgotten Realms (Dungeons & Dragon setting) so you have an idea of what to expect. It's more mature writing but Salvatore's descriptions are so good.

[quote name="Embroid" date="2018-10-03 20:07:16" ] Stephaine Meyers is well known for Twilight, but she also has a book series called the Lunar Chronicles that I quite enjoyed.[/quote] Pretty sure the [i]Lunar Chronicles[/i] is written by Marissa Meyer, and not Stephenie Meyer ;) I've only read the first ("[i]Cinder[/i]"), but I enjoyed it a lot. Would definitely recommend that you give it a try!

@Jushiro
Oh boy do I have some recommendations.

Firstly, I highly recommend Shannon Messenger's series Keeper of the Lost Cities. There's six books out currently, the seventh is coming out in a month, AND we're getting two more books.

I noticed someone else mentioned Brandon Sanderson; I do too. If you like fantasy, you should get into his cosmere. It's a bunch of books that take place on different planets of the same universe, and in a crazy way, they all sort of connect? I'd suggest reading Mistborn first since that's usually good starting point to get a feel for his writing.

I've only read the first book, but Game of Thrones, which is actually called a Song of Ice and Fire (the first book is only called A Game of Thrones) is very good as well.

And of course, I can't leave without seconding Tolkien. If you haven't read his Lord of the Rings, go do it if you like fantasy!

@jushiro
Fablehaven by Brandon hull is a very good book series, but if you aren’t up for a long read, I recommend The Menagerie by tui and Kate Sutherland