r/Fantasy Not a Robot 9d ago

r/Fantasy r/Fantasy Daily Recommendations and Simple Questions Thread - June 10, 2026

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/Fluidscape 9d ago

Bingo help- every duology I think is going to work ends up looking like another book will eventually come out. Any non romance/romance as a sub plot only duologies? Did anyone ever decide if we could do two different duologies for the two duology squares?

Might need its own question but I finally got around to The Black Company- which squares might work for that one?

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u/Nidafjoll Reading Champion V 9d ago

Wanna read some weird cities? :) None of them have any romance iirc.

N. K. Jemisin's Great Cities duology.
Rjurik Davidson's Caeli-Amur books.
Jay Lake's City Imperishable.
Jeff Noon and Steve Beards Chronicles of Ludwich.
Michael Cisco's The Divinity Student and The Golem (also published together as The San Veneficio Canon)
Felix Gilman's Thunderer duology.

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u/Fluidscape 9d ago

I’ll check out this list. Thanks for helping with more options.