Kelly Sheehan
asked:
This is one of my favorite books ever...definitely the best I've read in ages! Anyone have any suggestion for what to read next??
To answer questions about
Mort(e),
please sign up.
Adam Chance
Tail Chasers song by Tad Williams
Matthew von der Ahe
Kelly, yeah, More(e) was a good one. Talking cats with guns! Ultimate redemption through love!
No cats, but some guns and plenty of tea and redemption in the excellent "Ancillary" series by Ann Leckie. Consider the audiobook, read by Adjoa Andoh. Really good.
No cats, but some guns and plenty of tea and redemption in the excellent "Ancillary" series by Ann Leckie. Consider the audiobook, read by Adjoa Andoh. Really good.
Veach Glines
If this edgy fantasy/sci-fi adventure novel was "best in ages" then you have not yet read Ann Leckie's Ancillary Justice.
M Scott
I might suggest Watership Down, or one of the Narnia books if you wanted an animal protagonist. Or Not Wanted on the Voyage which I think excellent. Or the Wind in the Willows, or Call of the Wild, or The Last Unicorn, or maybe a Redwall or Pern book. The Mouseguard graphic novels are good too. I gave Tender Morsels 5 stars, but that's mostly people. I only gave Dog On It (one of the Chet & Bernie mysteries) 3 stars, but I suspect more people would enjoy it than Mort(e). Oh and Maus, and the Golden Compass' with it's "Daemons".
Jenny OH
I'm only a few chapters in but I"m already reminded of The Bees by Laline Paull, one of my favorite recent reads. The "hive" storyline of Mort(e) definitely echoes the complex politics of reproduction and hierarchy in The Bees.
Tomislav
I noticed one of the cats in the Red Sphinx is named "Le Guin", which is probably a tossed-in tribute to Ursula Le Guin. I pondered for a little bit what Ursula Le Guin work could possibly relate to this, and I think it might be The Word for World is Forest. It has some similar themes, such as the hubris of humanity. Hope you like it...
Kurt
Gun With Occasional Music by Jonathan Lethem.
Bill Blume
I haven't started it yet, but I plan to read the first trade paperback for the comic book series
Animosity
. Has a similar concept with the animals becoming aware of things on a human level, and I'm curious to compare it with Mort(e).
Boy Blue
It's a bit different in tone but if you liked the animal element of Mort[e], read You're An Animal Viskovitz. It's more humorous than Mort[e] and it is also all short stories but it's equally quirky and really good reading. If you're more into the sci-fi side of it then Ancillary Justice as recommended by the others would be a good bet.
About Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Q&A
Ask and answer questions about books!
You can pose questions to the Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ community with Reader Q&A, or ask your favorite author a question with Ask the Author.
