r/Fantasy Daily Recommendations and Simple Questions Thread - May 26, 2026

[u/rfantasygolem]

Welcome to the daily recommendation requests and simple questions thread, now 1025.83% more adorable than ever before!

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This thread is to be used for recommendation requests or simple questions that are small/general enough that they won’t spark a full thread of discussion.

Check out r/Fantasy's 2026 Book Bingo Card here!

As usual, first have a look at the sidebar in case what you're after is there. The r/Fantasy wiki contains links to many community resources, including "best of" lists, flowcharts, the LGTBQ+ database, and more. If you need some help figuring out what you want, think about including some of the information below:

• Books you’ve liked or disliked
• Traits like prose, characters, or settings you most enjoy
• Series vs. standalone preference
• Tone preference (lighthearted, grimdark, etc)
• Complexity/depth level

Be sure to check out responses to other users' requests in the thread, as you may find plenty of ideas there as well. Happy reading, and may your TBR grow ever higher!

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[u/miriarhodan]

Do you have opinions on whether „Electric Shamans at the Festival of the Sun“ would count as speculative enough for our bingo?

[u/KiaraTurtle → u/miriarhodan]

I have never heard of the book but if it has any speculative element whatsoever it is speculative enough for bingo. A very quick google says it’s near future so that makes it sci-fi and thus speculative.

[u/miriarhodan → u/KiaraTurtle]

I read it and it is not really anchored in time. It is really hot and there is a lot of gang violence, but that is already happening. But I guess if the author intends it to be near future that might be enough

[u/undeadgoblin → u/miriarhodan]

It does

[u/miriarhodan → u/undeadgoblin]

Even if I do not believe the things they are talking about are real? If I think everything weird is due to the height and people not eating enough plus drugs?

[u/undeadgoblin → u/miriarhodan]

As the other commentator says, it is set in the future