I've been in the mood for a Western lately, but I'm cautious. The last one I read was years ago (I don't remember the name), but it got very conservative with the main character being a former Confederate soldier who demanded his wife submit to him and was pretty openly racist to the black characters he met (alongside the book in general just treating native American people as not people and just a plague that needs to be gotten rid of).

But any time I've searched for Westerns that aren't so conservative, I get books that are trying really hard to subvert the genre and focus on other things.

I'm not looking for a subversive book, I want a Western. Cowboys and gunslingers and shootouts in dusty old towns are cool. I'm looking for a book that plays those tropes straight without a lot of weird sexist or racist stuff in it.

Okay, this might be an odd one, but I’m looking for witchy/fall books with mature themes that aren’t completely fantasy. Historical fiction, folklore, gothic, or books with just a hint of the supernatural are all welcome.

Basically: autumnal, witchy, atmospheric, maybe a little dark, but I don’t necessarily want a full-on fantasy world with magic everywhere.

And preferably not insanely long (under ~400 pages would be ideal).

What are your favorites?

Looking for what book I should read next! I like reading fantasy or romantasy. Big fan of smut but it doesn’t have to be there if the story is good.

Currently listening to Fourth Wing audio book, it’s been okay so far.

Recent books I’ve read to get a feel for my reading preferences:
The Poison Daughter 5/5 ⭐️
One Dark Window 4/5 ⭐️
Kiss of the Basilisk 3/5 ⭐️
The Female 2/5 ⭐️
Swordheart 1/5 ⭐️

Please don’t recommend ACOTAR. First book is a 2/5 for me and I thought it was pretty slow.

Hey everyone! 😊 I'm looking for some new books to check out from my local library and I could use some recommendations! I'm especially interested in fantasy, thrillers, and sci-fi, but I'm definitely open to branching out and discovering something completely different.

For fantasy, I'm looking for things with magic, dragons, mythical creatures, vampires, werewolves, adventure, interesting worlds, and characters that I can really get attached to. 🐉🧙‍♀️✨

For thrillers, I love mystery, psychological twists, suspense, dark secrets, unexpected plot twists, unreliable characters, and stories that keep me guessing until the very end. 🔪🕵️‍♀️

I'm also getting more into sci-fi, so I'd love recommendations involving space, futuristic worlds, dystopian societies, aliens, artificial intelligence, survival, or really interesting scientific concepts. 🚀👽🌌

I'm trying to get back into reading more, so I'm looking for books that are easy to get hooked on and hard to put down! If you have a favorite book, series, hidden gem, or underrated recommendation, please tell me about it. ❤️

If you've read something amazing recently, drop the title and author and let me know what you liked about it without spoilers. Also, if your library has it available, I'd love to know! 📖

I'm ready to make my TBR list ridiculously long, so give me ALL your recommendations! 😂📚

I have a VERY specific romance niche and I'm hoping someone here gets what I mean.

I don't mind yearning, but I don't want a book where 18 out of 20 chapters are basically “I love you but I can't tell you” and then they finally get together in the last chapter 😭. I want to actually see the relationship happen. ALSO a little bit of smut never hurt anybody... 😋

I LOVE when the characters like each other, get together, and then we get to see them be in a relationship - dating, being affectionate, falling deeper in love, supporting each other, having cute/domestic moments, figuring each other out, etc. Basically, I want the “omg they're actually together and in love” serotonin.

A bit of yearning/angst is totally fine! I just don't want unnecessary miscommunication or 300 pages of them avoiding each other for no reason. I don't need the relationship getting together to be the end of the story, I want the happily-ever-after to actually be part of the story.

Some books I really loved:

• The Love Hypothesis
• Love, Theoretically
• Love on the Brain
• It Starts with Us ( it was like a nice little dessert after a weird meal [the 1st book] )

I know the first three still have quite a bit of yearning, but I loved the relationships themselves and would honestly prefer less yearning + more actual couple time.

For a TV example, Nobody Wants This is pretty much the vibe I'm looking for.

So please recommend me books where the couple gets together relatively early/mid-book and we actually get to enjoy them being together. Bonus points for lots of romance, affection and happy/domestic moments 🥹

I don't care about the trope as much as I care about this particular dynamic. Open to pretty much anything!

Please tell me if the couple gets together early enough that I get a decent amount of “they're together!!!” content. 😂

Hiiiii, I'm a Compter Science student who loves reading - and I want to make a book related web app for a project.

What are some features you wish apps like goodreads/fable/storygraph had?

Feel free to suggest anyyyyyyy ideas in this regard, any existing features u wish were better, any new ones u wish existed

Hi all! My favorite genre used to be literary fiction. I liked complex and creative novels that explored people and broad themes. However, six years ago I had a depressive episode that honestly left me a little scared (I know it’s a little absurd) of reading anything too depressing. I have just never found my way back to reading the way I used to. I want to ease myself back into the word of intricate and unique novels that really make you think with non-depressing literary fiction. Some might even call them feel-good or cozy. I just need a starting place to get back into these books. Bonus points if they are gay though obviously not a deal breaker. I also love magical realism and urban fantasy so I am not scared of those elements, but that’s not the goal of this post.

I've been really into dystopian novels recently and I recently read 1984, Animal Farm, and Handmaid's Tale. I was wondering if y'all know of any more books like those!

Not necessarily plot-driven thrillers — more anything so immersive you lost track of where you were. Open to any genre, just want something that grabs hard from the first chapter and doesn't let go.

Recently loved a slow-burn literary mystery and a hard sci-fi novel back to back, so my taste is pretty broad right now. What's the book that did this to you?

I just finished The One by Kiera Cass and The Gilded Blade by Jennifer Lynn Barnes and now I’m in a reading slump. Those books were so perfect I cried and I need a pick up book to get me back into reading. My favorite books are usually dystopian, mystery, and sometimes fantasy. I also usually like some element of romance but in my opinion it’s not always needed to make a good book.

Looking for something with a cozy vibe, like in healing-fiction, but with more of a space/sci fi setting. Thank you for any recs!

Looking at my next read and have rounded it to a handful of picks:

• Butcher’s Crossing by John Williams
• ​Train Dreams by Denis Johnson
• ​The Crossing by Cormac McCarthy
• ​Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson
• ​Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard
• ​The Living by Annie Dillard
• ​The Long Home by William Gay

Anyone here familiar with any of these? Any highlights?

Go back an forth between reading purly baised on mood, and for pure enjoyment, and reading more philosophical books very frequently

Ill read something fun, and enjoy it, but then will crave something with more depth and turn to some complicated stuff that kinda demands you to think deeply about it as your reading

I like both sides but both get tired eventually

My favorites are usually a bit of a mix of both

Stuff that as you read you get wrapped up deeply in the story or the vibe that you dont really notice the themes and subtext until you think back on it afterwards.

I would love to hear any recommendations that you can think of

Open to all types of stories, regardless of style or genre

Thanks!

Hallo zusammen! 😊

Ich schreibe derzeit meine Bachelorarbeit und untersuche den Zusammenhang zwischen der Nutzung von BookTok und dem Kaufverhalten von Büchern.

Wenn ihr zwischen 18 und 34 Jahre alt seid und Bücher lest beziehungsweise BookTok nutzt, würde ich mich sehr freuen, wenn ihr euch etwa 5 Minuten Zeit für meine anonyme Umfrage nehmt.

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Vielen Dank für eure Unterstützung!

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I usually love horror, tragedy, unhinged tales, etc. But life is going a little too hard right now and I need the book equivalent of a weighted blanket.

Edit: I’ve read spell shop, remarkably bright creatures, house on the cerulean sea, Theo of Golden, All Sarah Penner’s books, heart stopper, and all of Casey McQuinston’s books

Preferably no self help/pop-psychology. Albeit there are some good ones out there, I feel like I really exhausted the genre for now.

I'd enjoy reading about something new - maybe physics, chemistry, the environment, politics. I would prefer if it was reasonably accessible to someone with minimal background knowledge in it!

I also enjoy history, but I'm currently struggling to power through the historical books I've been picking up (Concise history of Poland, and Spain.)

For those not familiar, its a mystery where the reader/audience watches the crime play out, and then the bulk of the plot is the game of cat and mouse between the perp and detective. Think Columbo or Dial M for Murder as examples.

It can be cozy or proceedural, I'm happy with either. But only mild spicy of any, please. Thank you in advance!

Hello everyone. I would like your recommendations on which of the following series should I start:

• The Broken Earth, by N. K. Jemisin;
• The Bound and the Broken, by Ryan Cahil;
• Powder Mage Trilogy, by Brian McClellan;
• The Riftwar Saga, by Raymond E. Feist;
• The Nevernight Chronicles, by Jay Kristoff;
• The Malazan Book of the Fallen, by Steven Erikson.

For context, I've just finished Empire of the Vampire and loved it, made it to my Top 3 alongside Red Rising and The Green Bone Saga. Some other series I've enjoyed: Sun Eater, Hierarchy, Gentleman Bastards (Lies of Locke Lamora is one of my favourite books ever).

First Law, Mistborn and The Farseer Trilogy were also fine readings, but I didn't like them as much (I'm also tempted on diving on different works within these universes, but not right now).

I like the Harry Potter series but don’t like supporting the author (for obvious reasons) and also the books just aren’t scratching a certain itch for me.
What I’m looking for is something similar to the Harry Potter books. Can be a series or a standalone, any age range is fine. My favorite parts of the series are
* the wonder that the world building inspires
* the characters
Obviously I’d prefer something in the fantasy genre, but not something too dark like Game of Thrones. Thanks for your help.