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I recently finished reading Dark Matter, and afterward, a fellow Redditor suggested I watch the TV adaptation.

The book was such an intense ride that the series actually felt like the perfect follow-up. It helped me revisit the story, connect the dots again, and appreciate the little differences between the book and its visual adaptation.

Comparing certain scenes and characters across both versions was honestly really fun. Now I’m in the mood for more books that also have a movie or TV series adaptation.

I’d love recommendations for stories where both the book and the adaptation are worth experiencing. Any favorites?

I remember rereading A Series of Unfortunate events, and while I still enjoy it I was disappointed with the ending. Harry potter, I think is very well written and I still enjoy reading

I’m tired of the cultural desert I live in. I am trying to set up a classics book club meet up in Dallas, Texas, USA and just need enough interest. It is for anyone 18+ that is interested in classic literature. All adults are welcome without regard to race, class, lgbt status, etc etc etc

I am thinking once a month to meet up, and we can choose something well known for the first book, like I suggest the Odyssey since it comes out July 17th, so the first meeting end of June on Saturday or Sunday probably depending what works best for most people.

Message me or comment if you are interested. I am thinking email would be best for communication for now, perhaps a discord later but more likely email still seems the best communication tool.

I am thinking we meet up at the Community Room at the flagship Half Price Books on Northwest Highway June 27th or 28th.

Next book will be decided on at the end of the first meeting by the suggestions and consensus of who shows up to the first meeting. Book club will be democratically run.

Hello. It is my first time on this subreddit. I've been wanting to get into reading for a little while now. However, whenever I try and tell myself to pick a book and read it, I keep sidetracking severely. I have a really large Goodreads list of what I want to read but because there are some many books that I want to read, I am unable to choose which one to start with. I am also slightly picky about the way the book is written as I struggle to immerse myself in books that have difficult prowse or sentence structures. Could anyone please provide some advice for me? Thank you.

I started reading this book this afternoon. I'm hoping that it's a retelling from a different perspective. Not just another version of gods and men behave reprehensibly and suffer no consequences, but women get punished. Any thoughts? Or recommendations for other books/authors.

Recently i’ve been seeing lots of comments on tiktok’s talking about a book called Her Presence Speaks by Chloe Prescott, and how it’s changed everyone’s life and how it’s just the best book ever blah blah blah. However I can’t seem to find an author whose name is Chloe Prescott, It’s also weird because the only release date I can find for it is on Amazon stating that it was released May 7, 2026 however, it has all these amazing reviews and it’s number one in self-help books which just doesn’t seem to make sense if it was just released today. I can’t tell if it’s an AI thing or people trying to scam to get money off of the book. But whatever it is, my mom has fallen for it and I just need to know if this is an actual book or what’s going on lol. there’s even a whole website up for the book which doesn’t seem to mention much about the author or even an actual release date.

I'm excited about both Lonesome Dove and East of Eden, but which should I read first?