We quietly rebuilt a lot of the sub's plumbing behind the scenes.

Here is where things stand and what is coming.

What's changed this year

• The "What Are You Reading?" thread is now weekly instead of monthly, so there is always a fresh place to talk about your current read.
• Sidebar buttons now link to our Goodreads, Twitter, and Discord.
• Sidebar community links sections also cleaned up.
• User flairs are live and self-serve. Pick one that fits your reading personality. Have also kept one where you can pick you own.
• Post flairs have been cleaned up, so tagging your post (Review, Discussion, and the rest) is clearer and the feed is easier to sort.
• Permanent genre recommendation threads are rolling out, linked straight from the sidebar. No more digging through old posts. The thread itself is the list. Science Fiction is up first, with more genres following. Tell us in the comments which genre you want next.
• Interactive Home (more on this soon), see Link, for now we have tier lists, where you sort books into ranked tiers yourselves. Sci-fi leads the batch Link, and more genre based and other fun stuff coming soon
• New moderators joined the team this year to help keep the sub running smoothly as we grow.

Coming soon

• A fresh look. New banner and icon are in the works. We have a separate post open inviting your own contributions, so kindly head over Link and share ideas/contributions.
• More genre threads. Mystery/Crime/Thriller is next, then fiction, Indian writing, non-fiction, history, and threads geared to different stages of reading life.
• New Review of the Week. Every post tagged with the Review flair will automatically be in the running. Each week we will read through them and give one standout post the Review of the Week flair. Nothing extra needed from you.
• The book club is relaunching, and we are looking for someone to run it. We want one or more persons to take the lead as book club moderators: choosing the reads, setting the pace, and hosting the discussion threads. Prior mod experience is not required, just real enthusiasm for running a club and a bit of reliability. If that sounds like you, send us a modmail and tell us what you would want the club to look like.
• A recommendation-mining bot to surface book recommendations buried in years of old threads, so nothing good gets lost to the archive. More on this once it is ready.

As always, this is your community. If any of this sparks ideas or feedback, drop it in the comments.

Happy reading,

The r/IndiansRead mod team

This is our running list of science fiction recommendations, built by the community. Looking for your next sci-fi read? Scroll the comments.

Recommend as many as you like. To keep the thread easy to read, a simple format helps:

>Title — Author — one line on why.

>Example:
The Calcutta Chromosome — Amitav Ghosh — Indian SF blending science, the supernatural, and colonial history.

Posting several? One per line, same shape. Bolding the title helps everyone skim.

Everything counts: hard SF, space opera, dystopia, cli-fi, near-future, time travel, the lot. Indian science fiction and translated works are especially welcome. There is a deep tradition of it, from Bengali and Marathi SF to contemporary Indian writers working today, and we would love this list to reflect that as much as the usual classics.

No wrong answers. If a book made you think, recommend it.

Hi everyone,

The sub has been growing and we'd love a couple of extra hands to help keep it a good place to hang out and talk books. If you enjoy this community and want to help shape where it goes, we'd love to hear from you.

What modding here looks like:

• Keeping discussions civil and on-topic, handling the occasional spam or rule-break
• Helping run our regular threads (monthly "what are you reading," etc.)
• Bringing ideas for posts, events, and ways to grow the community
• A few minutes most days, nothing overwhelming, and shared across the team

What we're looking for:

• You've been around the sub for a bit and know its vibe
• Reliable and easy to work with, since modding is a team thing
• Fair and level-headed when things get heated
• Bonus if you have any experience with AutoMod, bots, or running community events, but it's genuinely not required

How to apply:
Send us a modmail with:

• How long you've been on the sub and roughly how active you are
• Why you'd like to mod here
• Any moderating or community experience (totally fine if none)
• Roughly how much time you can give each week

No pressure on length, just tell us a bit about you. We'll reach out to shortlisted folks for a quick chat.

Thanks for being part of r/indiansread 📖