The Inky Phoenix | “I Hate Your Taste In Books”

“I Hate Your Taste In Books”

This hits close to home.

Okay, I actually love this “I Hate Your Taste In Books” trend because it hits close to home. I am a child raised on magic. A Kansas girl who luxuriated in the pages of books and hours of playing make-believe (mostly Robin Hood) outside. As I grew into adulthood, I quickly realized that magic and myth was often interpreted as “childish”. That it was cooler to have read Infinite Jest than Interview with The Vampire. Yet I never gave up on my love of speculative, magical worlds, even when I could tell I was being judged.

They’re remain my favorite place to be transported to, and I now publish speculative authors, and maybe even one day will publish a magical, mythological novel myself.

And here are some of my all-time favorite authors and stories that expand my imagination and remind me to dream:

• COLIN GETS PROMOTED AND SAVES THE WORLD
• CHAIN-GANG ALL-STARS
• THIS IS NOT A TEST
• BURY OUR BONES IN THE MIDNIGHT SOIL
• BOOK OF LONGINGS
• THE KING OF INFINITE SPACE
• JAMES
• CIRCE
• LOCAL HEAVENS
• THE BOOK OF LOVE
• SKY FULL OF ELEPHANTS
• THE CHILDREN
• THE WITCH’S HEART
• STRANGE BEASTS
• GLORIOUS EXPLOITS
• WAYWARD SOULS