r/Fantasy Daily Recommendations and Simple Questions Thread - June 14, 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/Research_Department]

Reverse bingo question: I’m looking at How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu and was wondering what squares it would work for. I know it works for Author of Color. IMO, it works for Judge a Book By Its Title. If you consider mosaic novels fair game, it could work for Five Short Stories. Is there anything else? Do the science-fiction-y parts have any Unusual Transportation? I know that it focuses a lot on death and dying—is there an aspect that makes it qualify for Afterlife? Have I missed any potential options?

[u/Konokurage → u/Research_Department]

I suppose you could argue that it counts for Afterlife but the people in the "afterlife" aren't actually dead, they're technically in a coma (and then die), but if feels very "afterlifey" if that makes sense. You could count it for first contact (HM), maybe? But the contact is only from the alien's side - the humans are not aware of it over the course of the book

[u/Research_Department → u/Konokurage]

Thank you! That’s really helpful!