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Apostle Paul's Letter in 1 Thessalonians. An important book of the Holy Bible, especially for modern times
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Apostle Paul's Letter in 1 Thessalonians. An important book of the Holy Bible, especially for modern times

The Apostle Paul stated at the end of 1 Thessalonians 5:27;

>"I charge you in the name of the Lord to read this letter to all the brothers and sisters.” 

Summary: "1 Thessalonians is a letter from the Apostle Paul to the church in Thessalonica, encouraging believers to stand firm in their faith amid persecution. Paul commends their love and faith, instructs them on holy living, and reassures them about the return of Christ, urging them to remain vigilant and hopeful for His coming."

Genre and Style: 1 Thessalonians is an epistle, characterized by its personal tone, pastoral care, and doctrinal teaching. It combines thanksgiving, exhortation, and instruction on the end times." - biblehub

Especially important for modern times

"Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.” Acts 4:12

"The Romans Road to salvation is a method based on the biblical principles found in the New Testament book of Romans to explain how a person can come to faith in Jesus Christ. Shared with millions of people around the world, the Romans Road explains why we need salvation, how God provided salvation, how we can receive salvation, and the results of salvation.” What is the Romans Road to salvation? | GotQuestions.org

More bible prophecy being fulfilled and resources for growing in faith and encouragement is in previous posts, if interested.

u/understand-the-times — 13 hours ago

Looking for a book to wrap up my summer. What is one YA novel you would recommend?

I haven't explored YA novels. What's one you would recommend? One that you see as a must read.

Thank you in advance!!

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u/ardentlywriting — 20 hours ago
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I want to read these books…from what do I start?

West Heart Kill — Dann McDorman
Never Let Me Go — Kazuo Ishiguro
Notes from a Dead House — Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Grapes of Wrath — John Steinbeck
Black Chalk — Christopher J. Yates
Girl, Interrupted — Susanna Kaysen
The Ski Trip — Emmanuel Carrère
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone — Benjamin Stevenson

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u/Wide_Television_4118 — 18 hours ago

Books for burned out adults who struggle to read?

I used to be so passionate about reading, and now I can't remember the last time I finished a book cover to cover.

I've had some success with reading anthologies of short stories, but even so I haven't completed the one I'm currently reading and it's been months since I started.

Any book recommendations, or even possible strategies to improve my reading habits?

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u/heylookasparkly — 1 day ago
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Books like Dark Matter and Recursion

Hook a brother up with some books similar or as good as Dark Matter and Recursion. I have read the Red Rising series, currently almost done with the Mistborn trilogy and am looking for some new material. I realized I really love reading sci fi. Preferably some stand alone books please, I’ll take some series too. I wanna read face paced fun books. I enjoy fantasy but with the Mistborn trilogy and reading dark matter and recursion in between that I really enjoy the crap out of sci fi. Thanks in advance. I know one of the books I’ll be reading next is Blake Crouch “Upgrade”

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u/Stowe22 — 1 day ago
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Suggest a summer read for me

Looking for something epic, page turner, generally when you finish leaves a mark but also says ah life

Just finished Trust by Hernan Diaz- this was 2.5 stars and before that Wedding People which I loved.

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u/Bright-Credit6466 — 18 hours ago
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Books for someone who wants to start to read

My boyfriend(19) told me that he wants to start reading. He never read any except the classics for school but even that he never finished to the end. Now he wants to start. I love to read and Ive read many books but the books that i read aren’t his type really. Im into romance and non fiction but hes the guy who loves history and hes just interested in everything literally, he likes to know something about everything and is really smart and intelligent guy. I wouldn’t buy him some basic hustory books because he already knows a lot and i dont think it would keep him interested. He also likes politics and philosophy he had interest in 1984 and Sun Tzu so maybe i should get him something like that but im not so sure. I really want to put him onto reading so thats why its important for me to buy him a right one.
*hes not into scifi, fantasy and so on
If someone has any recommendations it would be really helpful!!

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u/Limp_Talk_9421 — 2 days ago

Which big chonky book to tackle for rest of year?

Challenging myself to read a literary brick and finish by end of year, picking between War & Peace, Count of Monte Cristo, Les Miserables, The Brothers Karamazov, and Middlemarch, or feel free to suggest others.

I like themes of exploring the human condition, philosophy, psychology, and God.

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u/ArtTime2349 — 2 days ago

Finally have time to read again! Suggest me a book please 😊

I just finished and moved into my nice quiet country home after a seven month rennovation and I'm finding time to read again. I have a few books on my TBR but I havent had much time to read the last few years due to work schedules/motherhood/general life chaos.

I would love suggestions! Looking for suggestions for

*Pretty much all subgenres of horror with body/splatterpunk, occult/creature/folk, paranormal/supernatural and eco horror being favorites)

*Fantasy(high fantasy being my favorite)

*Action/Adventure

*Mystery(this one is hit or miss, Dresden files is a favorite series or murder mystery)

*Slow Burn/ Dark Romance(gotta have some spice)

*Dystopia/Apocalyptic has always been a favorite

Not really crazy about Sci-fi in general but I'm willing to give it a shot.

I work a front desk job and usually have one ear bud in i am also open to audiobooks if there are any free on Spotify or able to be found free on another media source.

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u/Ashleep_at_the_wheel — 2 days ago

📚 Help Me Build My Library TBR!

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! 😂📚

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u/MusicianWhole847 — 2 days ago
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Books that will absolutely destroy my reading slump?

I’m in a HORRIBLE reading slump and need a book that will completely consume me.

The last books that really, really hooked me were The Song of Kali by Dan Simmons, and Jaffa Road by Daniel Speck. I’m currently reading A Thousand Splendid Suns and I like it, but it’s not quite giving me that “I need to keep reading at 3am” feeling.

I don’t necessarily need something similar plot-wise — I’m looking for that same feeling of being completely absorbed: strong atmosphere, compelling characters, emotional intensity, maybe a bit dark or unsettling.

Please give me your best “I couldn’t put this down” books. I desperately need one 😭

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u/Critical_Peach_3597 — 2 days ago

In a dilemma between classics and new wave fiction

Hi, I'm a teen reader, an avid one according to many.A writer too.I absolutely adore classics(historical fiction, realistic fiction, mythology, children's fiction, period dramas, whatever classics) and I'm on a quest to complete a 100 of the world's greatest classics.

But I've recently felt like I'm losing touch with the new fiction. I don't read young adult books and the only 'new' book that kids my age love nowadays that I've read is AGGTM series by Holly Jackson, and i liked it fairly. I admire classics for their writing style and i genuinely enjoy reading them and getting lost in a period of time before mine, but i also don't want to lose touch with today's fiction.I know this sounds like a rant but i don't know how else to word my words.Authors i like are Agatha Christie, C. P. Snow, George Orwell, Harper Lee, Emily Bronte, Virginia Woolf, Oscar Wilde, Somerset, Enid Blyton(don't like her views,however, just the stories), Frances Hodgson Burnett and i really liked Bridge To Terabithia

Should i stick to my classics or should i explore? I don't have much time as the next grade for us is an exam heavy one, and are our boards and i want to finish reading as much as i can this year itself. If the answer is the latter, can you drop some reccomendations?I've heard of stuff like The Cruel Prince but after reading blurb i don't feel like reading that.

I like:

Historical fiction

Murder mysteries

Realistic fiction, fantasy, magical realism

Non fiction that's told in a story form

Don't like:

Romance alone(Romance as a by product of something else like a crime novel is fine, side plots, but i don't like romance as the main focus. Liked Wuthering Heights, but nothing else in that genre)

Sci Fi(i don't like sci fi)

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u/Just-happyfor10000 — 2 days ago

Need suggestions for Audio vs. Physical Pages

Hi fellow readers. I always have an audio book and a traditional book going at the same time. Right now I am about to finish both and need some recommendations. These are the books I have on deck to read or listen to. Please let me know your suggestions for books best enjoyed by the eyes and those pleasant to the ears.
TIA!

  • Mad Mabel
  • The Mad Wife
  • The Dutch House
  • Wellness
  • The Divorce
  • Good People
  • Malibu Rising
  • Alan Opts Out
  • Dolly All The Time
  • The Calamity Club
  • The Book Club for Troublesome Women

Any other swords you would die on for listening versus reading, let me know.

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u/WarningMinimum9773 — 2 days ago

Just want to disappear into a fictional world 😅

Can anyone suggest me a good novel or anything to read? I just want to distract myself for a while.

Feeling really heavy lately and I just want to get lost in a fictional world where I don't have to think about real life for a few hours.

Preferably something immersive fantasy, mystery, thriller, anything that can completely take my mind somewhere else.

Please give me your best recommendations. 🥲📖

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u/GodlittleMasterpiece — 3 days ago

Suggest a book to a 27M newbie who has never read apart from academic books, open to anything

I've never read and entire book in my life, not even the school books lol.

I once started rich dad poor dad, couldn't complete that self-bragging nonsense.

Now I want to start again.

Can you give me some suggestions on what should I read as a complete beginner, it could be any genre...

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u/OkCaterpillarrr — 4 days ago

One book you read that you'll never forget

Looking for book recs. Doesn't matter the genre — fiction, nonfiction, whatever. Just tell me the one book that stuck with you long after you finished it.

Edit: Thanks for the great response. I've bookmarked quite a few of these books.

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u/StreetMaster5796 — 5 days ago

Our book tastes couldn't be more different — help

Need a book that can bridge two VERY different reading tastes for a shared read

I want to start reading a book together with someone I'm close to, but our tastes are almost complete opposites, so I'm looking for something that could genuinely work for both of us.

Her taste is mostly BookTok romance/romantasy. She likes romance to be a major part of the story and doesn't mind spicy/smutty elements. She's into things like the Shatter Me series and that general character-driven, addictive BookTok style.

My taste is... considerably different.

I'm not an extremely prolific reader, but when I read, I tend to gravitate toward philosophy, existentialism, psychology, classics and darker literary fiction. I loved Camus' The Stranger, and I'm interested in Kafka and Dostoevsky. Philosophically, I'm drawn to Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, existentialist thought, absurdism, and Stoic literature. I like themes around meaning, morality, freedom, alienation, suffering, human nature, identity and the question of how you're supposed to live.

Basically, I like books that make me stare at the wall afterward and question my existence 💀

But weirdly, we actually have some overlap.

We both seem to appreciate twisted romance and morally questionable relationships. We've talked about that kind of thing before, and neither of us is particularly interested in stories where everything is clean, healthy and morally straightforward.

We also have a tendency to side with the villain if the villain is more interesting. For example, we both wanted Homelander to win at the end of The Boys, and were genuinely disappointed when he didn't. So we're not necessarily looking for wholesome “good person defeats evil” stories. A compelling villain, morally gray protagonist, disturbing relationship or unconventional ending could actually be a huge plus.

The funny part is that I DON'T want the book to be completely devoid of romance. I actually think romance could be the perfect bridge between our tastes. I just don't want something where the entire substance is romance + spice with nothing interesting underneath it.

She's probably not going to have much patience for a 500-page philosophical monologue about the meaninglessness of existence, and I probably won't survive 500 pages of nothing but romantic drama.

So I'm looking for the middle ground:

\* Strong romance/relationships

\* Twisted, unconventional or morally complicated romance is welcome

\* Interesting, psychologically complex characters

\* A compelling protagonist or villain, even if they're morally questionable

\* Some philosophical or existential depth

\* Themes we can actually discuss together

\* Enough plot to keep a BookTok romance reader hooked

\* Good writing without being unbearably dense

\* Ideally not ridiculously long, because I'd like this to become an actual shared reading habit

Basically, what book could make a BookTok romance reader and a Kierkegaard/Nietzsche/Camus/Dostoevsky/Stoicism enjoyer both want to read the next chapter?

I'm open to classics, contemporary fiction, literary romance, psychological fiction, dark romance, romantic tragedy, morally gray stories, etc.

What would you recommend?

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u/Ok-Nebula-3829 — 4 days ago
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Please suggest me a book (starting to read after a long time)

As the title says, I’m reading after long, I usually like adventure/mystery fiction. I’m open to any other books that may be a different genre but still keep the story flowing!

Thank you!

PS: I lose motivation to read if it gets too slow.

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u/Omen1501 — 3 days ago

In Search of Lost Time or House of Leaves ?

I wanted to immerse myself in an amazjng book, I'm a huge modernist fan and the two book that appeals the most to me right now are ISoLT by Proust and House Of leaves, I started reading them a years ago but stopped due to school but now I have the time and motivation to read them but idk woch one should I read first. I'm French so the beauty of Proust's writing touch me but I also love the modernist take on literature used in HoL, can you please help me decide?

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u/jemushii — 3 days ago