While I've read nowhere near as many books as I would like, I'm trying to increase the amount of time I dedicate to reading.
I don't know if I necessarily have a favorite genre of books. Books seem like such a dense form of media, that reading a lot of works similar in nature and with the same tropes does not seem appealing to me. But then again, I just might not have found one I really like yet.
I haven't read enough fantasy to have a strong opinion.
I think I've read two books of The Lord of the Rings series (The Fellowship of the Ring and probably half of The Two Towers), but that was a while ago and I don't remember much. I think I was enjoying it quite a bit. I like long, dense books. The feel that you get from really digging into them. I wish I were better at completing them though...
Something else I've started reading more recently is The Last Wish, the first short story in the collection that inspired the Witcher games. It's not bad. Kind of fun, actually. Some fights between Geralt and the monsters he encounters are very intense thanks to the descriptions of Geralt's precise movements and actions. It isn't one of those books that go deep into the lore of the world, which might people some prefer. I'm unsure how I feel about it. Definitely makes it feel more action-y than other fantasy books.
Maybe this is my favorite genre? Probably? I hope I find out one day. It surely is something I've been reading a lot more of recently.
Douglas Adams' books count as sci-fi, right? I've only read the very first Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and I thought it was very fun. I should look into the rest of the series someday.
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet was also another fun one. I appreciated everything about it, but especially the way the loving community inside the ship is represented. Such an ideal place of kindness and respect, it gives a very warm feeling while you're reading the book. I wish everyone was as cool as these aliens and humans from various colonies are about people different from them. Also, there is alien sex.
Now here comes a big one. It's Dune! Yup, the first one, written by Frank Herbert. I still haven't finished this one, but it's been a nice read so far. I love the attention that's given to the character's internal dialogues, especially when the Bene Gesserit characters are involved. I'm really curious to see where this one goes by the end of the book, and even more interested in the other books considering all the weird things I've heard about them here and there.
This is something I've been introduced to only relatively recently, mainly thanks to the excellent game Kentucky Route Zero. After playing some of it I wanted more of... whatever is going on in that game, so I chose to look into books similar to it.
I saw on Reddit that someone emailed the devs asking for some of their inspirations for the game. I looked into those authors a bit more and I'm probably gonna read Gabriel García Márquez's 100 Years of Solitude and The Body Artist by Don DeLillo.
The only book I've finished of this genre is Kafka on The Shore, by Haruki Murakami. While I did enjoy a lot his writing, it's probably the only redeeming quality in the whole book. And even then, I don't think it's enough to redeem it.
It's insane how misogynistic this author is. The only role that women have in his book is that of sexual objects, made to be used and abused by a main protagonist asshole.
What makes it even weirder is that Kafka, the main character, is a 15-year-old boy (even though the author points out constantly how he looks older, which makes it even suspicious). He is constantly talking about his penis and how he sees the other women in the book and it's so fucking disgusting. I think there are only 2 women which aren't sexualized in the book and they happen to be two stereotypes of feminists, which come into the library Kafka is staying at to complain about something kept vague enough but are quickly outwitted by a pretentious and snarky male character.
A male character who, by the way, is trans. I was so worried Murakami was gonna mishandle this, you have no idea. And of course, he did. And it was bad. But, having read the rest of this book, I just think it could have been so, so much worse.
Well, that was a pretty bleak note to end with. I'll probably write more about some other books as I read more. I wrote all of this in a day, so I think it's quite enough for now.
Oh, I completely forgot! I have a storygraph you can check out if you want to. There's a complete-ish list of everything I've read there. You can also see what I'm currently reading if you want. It's really neat, I'd recommend getting an account if you don't have one already.