Questions tagged [books]
Use this tag on [story-identification] questions when the work is a book series or when the written media is unclear but use a more specific tag where appropriate e.g. [novel], [novella], [short-stories], [anthology-book], etc. Use this tag to indicate the question is about the book version or adaptation of a work. For differences between the book and other versions, such as a movie, use [adaptation-comparison].
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Looking for dystopian novel with a terraplane race [duplicate]
I have a memory of reading a book (in English) in school in the UK during the mid-90s (probably '94 and definitely no later than '96), that was set in a dystopian future, but can't remember the name ...
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1970s teen underground city book
I read this book as a young teenager. It was about a scientist who developed a machine that could tunnel underground they made it so far and they discovered an ancient civilization. The civilization ...
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Fantasy story in which a woman weaves patterns that cause magic
Medieval society; sword-and-sorcery. The woman in question is one of the primary adventurers, but not one of the most important. She could tie ropes in patterns or even hold knotted string stretched ...
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Looking for a SF book about an initially invisible and radioactive spacecraft landing in America, but also Russia [duplicate]
Apologies for my scatterbrained vagueness, but this is my first time doing something like this.
Back in high-school in the mid 2010's, I picked up a sci-fi book from the library that had a 70's sort ...
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Sci-Fi book series where a man awakens to find his brain inside a space probe launched into space
This is a trilogy about a man waking up with his brain implanted into a space probe. His eyes and ears are the sensors. He travels through space learning about the universe.
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Story about two long haul spacecraft traveling parallel
I can't find the name of this story, any help is appreciated. It has two long haul spacecraft traveling parallel. Each is mostly self-sufficient with a small crew. The story is about the events during ...
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Looking for novel about a living museum
I am looking for a book that I have a vague recollection of reading in English at school (mid-1990s, so definitely no more recent than 1996) in the UK, though I am not too sure of many details. Here ...
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Fantasy book series with each book being about a different colored dragon?
Hello I'm looking for a book series that had a different colored dragon on the cover of each book. The background was tan and the dragon was in the center. The ones I remember were red, green, silver, ...
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Children's book series about siblings going on adventures and running from enemies [closed]
I don't remember much other than the cover. I mostly just remember the cover being a beige border, and in the center, a green archer possibly riding a horse chasing after a boy and girl (siblings). I ...
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Book about a boy traveling to another world through a bag
Looking for a book where the main character, a boy, has a satchel/book bag made of leather maybe, and travels to another world through it. Also another entrance to the world is through this old man's ...
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YA book about girl who goes to an alien exchange school
I read this book on my Kindle so I have no memory of the cover, but I read it in 2015 or 2016 (I was in the 6th grade). It's about a girl who is suddenly uprooted to go to an alien school as their ...
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Looking for a book about the end of the world
I'm looking for a book, it's about the end of the world. They find a crystal pyramid underneath a pyramid in Egypt, the ocean goes solid they find Atlantis.
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Scifi fantasy book - miniature people riding insect shaped vehicles
I read this book when I was a teen, in the early 2000s. It is a book about a boy waking up and suddenly he is in a society of miniature people. This society of small people ride advanced vehicles ...
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Kids book about children who discover they can manipulate elements with their minds
Here's everything that I remember about it since it was a long time ago:
It was a kids book, probably middle school level
It was about kids of a younger age who find out that they can create certain ...
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Sci-fi book about a boy who finds a portal to another dimension in his neighbor's playground set
I'm looking for a book that came out when I was in middle school from 2010 - 2014.
I remember it being a humorous sci-fi book about a boy who finds a portal to another dimension in his neighbor's ...
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