I’m trying to get back into reading, and for a few weeks have been reading a chapter (or half) of the Hobbit before bed.
Does anyone have recommendations for similar books? I’m not up to reading LOTR yet.
What I’m looking for are relatively chill books that don’t stress you out before bed, something that I can just let my imagination run with abd has a cozy feel, if that makes any sense at all.
Don’t care too much about genre, but I do like fantasy.
Edit: I should add I don’t like books like Candide or Hitchhikers Guide, HG was fun, but I can’t do “and stuff just keeps happening to the main character” types. And I know Candide is purposefully frustrating, bit it was too effective.
I was thinking of suggesting Yumi and the Nightmare Painter. It’s a very chill book mostly about two people from very different worlds forced to explore the others’ world and try to understand them. It’s so chill that
Spoiler
the monster hunters (Midnight Painters) are more similar to postal workers than Warriors. They’re important, but work a safe job that pays poorly.
It was inspired by Final Fantasy X and the movie Your Name.
Yumi and the Nightmare Painter is one of my favorites. It’s a beautiful story. And yes, pretty chill.
I wouldn’t recommend Mistborn or Stormlight for a chill read (I’ll recommend them all day otherwise).
I just finished Isles of the Emberdark and absolutely loved it. I’m now reading Project Hail Mary based on recommendations and didn’t know what I was getting into. The basic premise being exactly the same:
spoiler
man goes on suicide mission to try and save his home planet
It’s kinda hilarious to me. But Project Hail Mary doesn’t let questions linger which is very different from Brandon Sanderson’s writing. Every scientific question that comes up is pretty much solved on the next page.