I have a bunch of books in my library that I sometimes think might be interesting to read again but I don’t know if some things are just better left in the past. For example I have The Celestine Prophecy and i remember when i read it i thought it was awesome….not sure what rereading it would be like years later.
Does anyone know any books with a strong, complicated older woman often monologuing that doesn't deal with direct trauma? I read The Right Attitude to Rain by Alexander McCall Smith last summer and have been craving something like it. I know the Dalhousie series exists but i want to see if anyone knows any books like this one.
Nothing can stop me. Or there is?
It's really a hard moment...
I remember pulling all-nighters (with no regrets), reading at the dinner table because I just couldn't put the book down, rushing through showers just to get back to the story, blowing off plans with friends to stay home and read because I HAD to finish those books... I can't even remember the last time I felt like that.
Now I'm almost always feeling unimpressed and underwhelmed. Is this just an adult thing? Did my standards go up without me realizing it? Or has literature genuinely just gotten boring and repetitive over the last decade?
Even the huge, critically acclaimed books from the last decade haven't given me that spark (most of them just feel like watered-down, recycled versions of 90s and 00s hits).
It feels like that magic has evaporated.
Which recs could possibly save me from this reading slump?
P.S. Unfortunately, I already know all those famous books from the bestseller lists on Amazon and similar sites :') I need something forgotten/ignored by the algorithm.
I want to read about major religious teachings.
Hi guys ,i think i need to start reading habit ,can you suggest some books for me ,as a beginner?
I’ve read many novels before, and reading fiction has always been one of my favorite hobbies.
However, I want to learn more about the world and broaden my knowledge. If you have any recommendations, please let me know. Thank you!
Basically, I've been thinking a lot about the state of the world and how it seems like civilization as we know it is coming to an end, and I'd like to read about what it's like for people who lived during the end of their world. Like the late Roman Empire, or the Aztecs, Mayans, Egyptians, etc.
I read Frankenstein in high school and loved it. I’m looking for a book like that to read in October. Ideas?
hi. reading slump. plz send help. i am so bored and unable to read anything. plz. something short but ENGAGING. ENGAGING!!
i like weird, dark, disturbing stuff. i like romance too. i like sci fi. i like a lot of contemporary lit. i'm a big asoiaf fan. i like feminist lit, i enjoy stuff written by authors of color too. basically i will read anything.
books i've loved:
tender is the flesh agustina bazterrica
the bluest eye
paradais fernanda melchor
cursed bunny bora chung
my sister the serial killer
bear marian engel
homecoming orson scott card
the secret history donna tartt
and then there were none
death on the nile
pride & prejudice
ender's game
the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy
the tale of desperaux
scythe
the outsiders
the perks of being a wallflower
grendel
frankenstein
carmilla
wuthering heights
troubled waters
a memory called empire arkady martine
jurassic park
the setting sun osamu dazai
the membranes chi ta-wei
the hour of the star clarice lispector
the unlovely bride alice coldbreath
spring snow yukio mishima
big swiss jan beagin
dawn & bloodchild octavia butler
the odyssey (emily wilson)
I’m a 30 year old guy and not a reader. I would really like to start reading and don’t no where to start. I’ve listened to red rising, and a bunch of auto biographies I feel like my taste is all over the place. I don’t know what I’m looking for or where to even start. If anyone has any easy reads that they feel are a must please share!
What are some real self-improvement books that you felt had a real change to your habits and day to day life?