
In a really bad reading rut rn. Recommend some of your favorites? I'm open to everything. I'll even take book/web/light novel or fanfic recs!
If youâre into AO3 fics Iâd recommend the following straight from my bookmarks list:
1) counterpart by cerasium
Fandoms:Shingeki no Kyojin | Attack on Titan
Enemy, apprentice, friend. Associate is too clinical, lover sounds too personal, partner too enduring. Confidante? Comrade? Companion?
There is no word for what Levi is, to him. What do you call an equal other than an equal?
A counterpart, Erwin thinks.
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from ACWNR to fall of Wall Maria
2) Homesick at Space Camp by K0bot
Fandoms:Voltron: Legendary Defender
Lance realizes he's been an asshole to Keith, and on a diplomatic mission to a key planet for the Voltron alliance he... overcompensates.
3) Let Me Assist You Personally by Seeress
Fandoms:ĺăŽăăźăăźă˘ăŤăă㢠| Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
Izuku is long-suffering Personal Assistant to #1 Pro Hero Dynamight.
Dynamight can't keep a PA to save his career. They all quit crying after a few days weeks. Enter: Izukuâwith enough money problems to brave the jaws of the cranky beast. Childhood friend turned glorified paid slave. Somehow it all works out.
âKill them with kindnessâ, his mom had told him once. If that were true, Bakugou Katsuki would be stone-cold dead by now.
4) In Good Company by weialala
Fandoms:Naruto
This will sound a little ridiculous, no matter how Sasuke phrases it. I see dead people is embarrassingly tacky, and I'm half-spirit seems like something Sakura might say when she's stoned sky high. So he settles for a shrug.
5) Metamorphosis by Metalomagnetic
Fandoms:Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
Voldemort has traveled a long way to kill Dumbledore.
6) Bookbinding by Asenora
Fandoms:Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
Which will win: sixteen years of planning for brutal world domination, or one (1) teenage girl?
7) The Last Pureblood Malfoy by TheLoud
Fandoms:Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
Hereâs my contribution to the ridiculously contrived, trashy, marriage law trope. This one involves Lucius Malfoy and a muggle stripper, with snarky commentary by Percy Weasley. Rated M for some sex scenes.
8) Alley Cat by papermonkey
Fandoms:Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
In which Draco attends Hogwarts with Tom Riddle and inadvertently saves the world.
And if youâre into mangas and webtoons more, Iâll make a separate reply with those soon (â'âĄ'â)ďž
Webtoonsâany genre but mostly thriller, M/M or Slice of Life:
1) Mysterious Village (thriller can be found by that name right here but Iâd recommend reading it on Webtoon since the translation is better and since it isnât even complete)
2) The boy next door - Bae Chol Wan (slice of life bromance and it even has a miniseries on Yt. Itâs here and the translation is fine and even though itâs not tagged BL you didnât even have to squint to see the implications the creator put in)
3) Reiri (SOL and historical. Based on real events and has an unresolved romance IMO. Ends on good terms however the ending is so fucking sadâno deaths or anything actually bad I guessâthat I still kinda cry about it on occasion)
4)Emperor and the female knight (romance and historical. Sheâs like a tomboy but not?? I mean, she wouldnât dub herself that but in laymanâs and modern terms thatâs what she is and sheâs amazing. The emperor falls first and hard and sheâs a breath of fresh fucking air in terms of female leads)
5)angel densetsu (SOL and school life heâs misunderstood because he has a scary ass face but heâs the sweetest thing out. Itâs an old manage but translate well and scanned well too.)
6) Hinamatsuri (SOL supernatural I guess? Daddy daughter but the daddy is a gangster and the daughter is fucking powerful and has a blunt demeanor and is obsessed with caviar. It has an anime and I love it. I read it when Iâm bored or mellow)
7) Life Completely ruined (Iâd recommend reading this on Webtoon. Itâs here though. Itâs made by the same creator of Lookism and itâs complete and funny asf.)
8) 7 seeds. (Itâs unique and probably not to most peopleâs taste but itâs really good. Slim not good at explaining it but thereâs an incomplete series on Netflix and the translation are great here too.
9) I will die soon. (Has a kdrama. Dude KHS but meets the grim reaper that makes him live the lives of a bunch of people bound to die soon. Itâs good.
10) The Affairs of the Other World Depend on the Corporate Slave (REALLY FUCKING GOOD M/M. Historical buffet world type thing. Younger top and realistic thirty something year old bottom. Has a light novel too.
I need more of this