If you like BL, I highly recommend "For The Fans" by Nyla K. It's kinda a forbidden trope, aka, a relationship between step brothers. They (accidentally) start an Only Fans together to pay for college.
If you prefer straight romance...I can't help you there. I hear "A Court of Thorns and Roses" is good? I couldn't get into it myself.
webnovels with physical copies are considered "actual books" right? :3 *drops this* https://readhive.org/series/50056/
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Hamlet (it's a play but it's so good)
Also, "God of Fury" by Rina Kent. It's part of a series, but you don't really need to read them (I didn't) each book is about different couple within the same universe. It's advertised as Russian mafia, though that doesn't play a huge role in "God of Fury".
I really should have made a list in one comment, my apologies. Anyway! There's also "Breeze Spells and Bridegrooms" by S. O. Callahan and Sarah Wallace. It's Fae x Human who are complete opposites, where one even bullied the other in school. It's kinda set in olden day Britain? With Fae and magic. They unintentionally get engaged and aren't able to back out. It's a bit slower paced, not much in the spice department, but I enjoyed the world and characters.
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There's also "Heated Rivalries" by Rachel Reid. If you like sports romance, specifically hockey in this case. It's a rivals-to-lovers (if the title didn't give it away) and gets to the smut pretty quickly.
I’m a fan of most han kang books as well as rf kuang, for han kang my go to would be human acts it’s a really well written and gut wrenching description of war and human evil, of course I love all of HK works but this one stood out to me. As for RF kuang which is kind of on the same theme which is the poppy war trilogy however It is a young adult fantasy - it reflects a lot on the Sino-Japanese war - I’d say it’s not on par with human acts but the plot is quiet interesting and it basically demands the readers attention. (It does have a Femc but it’s still a really good read)
What are some of y'all's MUST reads for actual books?
I'm looking for books that are peferably fiction, none of that cliche and cringy romance.
Idc if it's thriller or detective or etc.
No harems or love triangles.
Not really a fan of female MCs unless it's a group of multiple MCs, both male and female.
You can still go ahead and comment ur must read even if it's not what I want, I'll still look it up and decide for myself