Babbel by Ifan Morgan Jones is a steam punk style novel. Itās written in antiquated-style Welsh though, to match the era. Iāve started but not finished it.
As mentioned by Margaret, I thought Igam Ogam fell into the comical fantasy genre. That was a lot quicker to get into than Babbel.
Dadeni by the same author is also fantasy but rather more political. However I did love protagonist Jonny Teifi, and quite liked most of the gods.
Many thanks. Iāll certainly add Babbel to my list. Iām intrigued to see how Steam Punk translates.
I thought that I had mentioned Deltanet a few years ago, but I canāt find it now. I read it when I was quite new to reading Welsh. I found the vocabulary challenging, with a lot of words that I would not normally use. The story itself was interesting and quite sinister. When you finish, I hope that you will let us know what you think, @reesgilbert.
Sue
Embarrassingly, Iāve parked DeltaNet at page 24 - the setting is great and I can tell Iām going to enjoy it later on, but itās simply too difficult for my level right now (early Sylfaen). Having to stop and start with a dictionary glued to my other hand is not the best way to read a techy mystery, I feel.
Itās written in past tense with a lot of idioms, so I think Iāll give it another shot at the halfway mark of Sylfaen and see if I can digest it a little better.
On the opposite end of the scale, I recently read these two on a train trip - Camu Ymlaen and Ling-di-Long.
Theyāre great little books for anyone brand spankinā new to reading Welsh, because theyāre not a huge departure from the DysguCymraeg material. Short stories, jokes, interview-format factsheets, a little bit of history - some of them marry up quite well to current Mynediad units too. Iāll ask for the Sylfaen ones for Christmas, I feel if theyāre anything like these ones itāll be great supplemental material.
Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru / Books Council of Wales
Maeār gyfres o lyfrau i ddysgwyr, Amdani, yn 5 mlwydd oed!
40 o lyfrau, wedi eu graddoli ar bedair lefel, gan amrywiol weisg.
Yn 2023 bydd pob teitl ar gael fel llyfr llafar am y tro cyntaf o wefan http://ffolio.cym
Mwy yma: https://llyfrau.cymru/amdani-dathlu-pum-mlynedd-orā¦/
Amdani, the series of Welsh books for learners, is 5 years old!
40 books, graded at four levels, from a variety of Welsh publishers.
In 2023 every title will be made available as an audiobook for the first time from https://ffolio.wales.
More here: https://llyfrau.cymru/ā¦/celebrating-five-years-ofā¦/
āChat with an authorā online event for advanced learners
Online events planned for March 2nd and 9th - more information at the above link
Happy World Book Day/Diwrnod y Llyfr everyone! To celebrate why not grab yourself a bargain?! Just Ā£2 each for any of these (plus postage) to make way for more books on my bookshelf! 
And donāt forget the lovely Cyw book for children thatās available for Ā£1 in Wales! (Details here: World Book Day Wales)
Y Byw syān cysgu, Llechi and Pryfeta have gone now, but the others are still available 
Hereās a recommendation for the more advanced readers among you: this novel won Book of the Year 2022, and I really enjoyed it. Itās a bit dark, but I kinda like that sort of thing
Ffion Dafis is from the north-west of Wales so youāll find a lot of the dialogue in that dialect (but not too much, I donāt think).
Any indication of theme/style/scenario? āA bit darkā sounds fine, NW-ish sounds fine, but is it a murder mystery, a supernatural thriller, slice-of-lifeā¦? (I hope that doesnāt sound peremptory - I skimmed the reviews, but could only see how well people thought of it, and not what it was about!)
Just a reminder that the second of these online āMeet the Authorā events is happening tonight. They only had about 5 people at the first one, which was disappointing for the organisers and author, but it does give you lots of opportunity to chat in Welsh!
āChat with an authorā online event for advanced learners
Iāve read a review of this on Nation.Cymru (spoiler warning if you go looking for it, btw, it didnāt give away the ending but went into some depth about plot details etc) as I was also intrigued, but when it comes to dark themes I generally want a bit of forewarning myself.
It looks as if it focuses on ill mental health, death, and coping with trauma (in a modern setting, Facebook is mentioned). Reading the review, it reminded me a bit of The Girl On The Train especially in regards to the main character.
Sorry for the late response to the question - Iāve been in bed with the flu for a week! I can see that you have another answer below, which is pretty much on the nose. Those are the themes but itās far more engaging and not as depressing as those make it sound There are intriguing threads for the reader to follow / mysteries to be solved, and there are elements of humour also. Itās more āslice of lifeā than āsupernatural fantasyā. Hope that helps!
Iām pretty happy to hear this; Nation.Cymru did make it sound quite gritty. Iām a few years off ābig booksā, but Iāll pick this up when Iām more fluent!
I bought the book āRobā by Mared Lewis a while ago as it is marked as lefel Uwch but, now I am about to start on lefel uwch I canāt seem to find it listed in any of the course books. Does anyone happen to know where, in the recommended order, it appears, please? I know I could just read it anyyway but the books are usually listed after we have learned the relevant vocab.
Thanks
It does, thanks Cetra. They seem to have added āYn y tÅ· hwnā, although not in the same place.
Hereās one that Blodwen Jones lovers will like - Un Noson by Llio Elain Maddocks:
Iām early Sylfaen with a lot of time clocked in SSIW/Duo/attempting to read the news, and found this a bit above my level - thereās no glossary, either. But, I had a dictionary and a notepad to hand and managed to finish this without stressing (which makes me wonder if I should try DeltaNet again).
It checks off a full rom-com bingo card, but itās light-hearted enough for a learner whoās still used to footnotes and Iād recommend it fully. I loved the challenge of something a bit above my level, but not impossible either.
Shwmae Alan. Gad i ni gwybod shwd maen mynd plis.
Sāmae John
Dan niān yn Tenerif ar hyn o bryd.
