I just bought my first book. I am a construction worker and I just bought about to help me get better as a leader and things like that but I want to read it the right way. Would any of the experience readers who read to learn tell me some tips or ways to read and learn efficiently and get the most out of the book.

Thank you for any suggestion.

I've realized that I spend way too much time on my phone, and I want to trade it in for reading. I love reading when I'm out of my apartment, but when I'm here I just feel like I need to be on my phone for my brain to get enough entertainment. It's bad. I was looking for suggestions that start at kind of attention grabbing and slowly making my way down to the more nuanced and slow reads. Anyone have a good list for that?

I(38f) am looking for any book suggestions you have

Dislikes: Romance (bodice rippers), mystery, fantasy, sci-fi, supernatural.

Likes: Stand alone books that aren't a part of a series. Sequels are fine, but if a series has 20 books, finding 11 of them could prove difficult. Not being able to find one of them is infuriating. Also books that have the same main character in ever book so you're kind of lost if you don't start at the beginning of the author's career.

I guess I'm looking for life experience novels/biographies.

My favorite biography is Angela's Ashes because Frank Mccourt really painted a whole picture with his writing.

As for novels I really enjoy Wally Lamb except for we are water, just can't get into that.

I really dislike graphic depictions of violence (that amounts to torture corn). I really don't need an author to describe a character getting tortured to death, in excruciating detail. As in, I only like two Stephen King novels— Hearts in Atlantis and 11.22.63. But mentions of violence is fine.

Other books I like off the top of my head:

Fear and Loathing... Hunter S. Thompson

Another Day in Paradise and Steel Toes, both by Eddie Little

Summer Sisters by Judy Blume

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

So ive loved quite a few books so far, but all along the themes of fiction,, romantasy, mystery, thriller et.c

1. A Good Girls Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson (i found her other stuff good too tbh)
2. Six of Crows (liked the SaB show too - currently reading king of scars and its SO fun to start a new book after so long of exams)
3. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas*(read up till ACOMAF upto now and loved it)
4. Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
5. The Housemaid by Friedda Mc Fadden (i loved the sequel too... honestly found the first book very similar to SILENT PATIENT)
6. Fourth Wing (needs no explanation - read IF too)
7. Rick Riordan's books
8. Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger (seems childishh but honeslty i find it as good as Rick Riordan cause its really interesting)

(i will request to comment with the book how much smut it has because i usually skip those scenes due to religious prefrences)

feel free to ask me about any other book i mightve disliked/liked! would love to hear your suggestions<3 ill update youall abt any book i do read that you recommend!!<3

Looking for inspirational, life-changing, soul filling books for a new mom who is struggling to find herself again after dealing with a post partum reading lull. She is dealing with a bit of an existential crisis, and loss of identity. Used to love to read and journal but has lost touch with that part of herself. Self-help, memoirs, inspirational fiction, woo-woo, cheesey stuff welcome 😊 Trying to compile a list of books for her, so if you have a list feel free to comment with a few if you have em ❤️

My favorite part of that book was the world building, but any posts I can find surrounding it is regarding the romance (which I honestly didn’t care that much about), I don’t really care about the origins of the novel or the drama. I just want a book as disastrous and with great worldvuilding like that one did.

Hi. I just finished Shiney Sheldon's - Tell Me Your Dream. The boom is really thrilling and fun at same time for me. What do you think about the book? Can you suggest the same genre book for me? I just found out that thriller books as fun as romantics one. Thank you

I have been struggling to enjoy books because everything feels either repetitive or predictable. Give me your awesome suggestions, any genre.

I can never stick to a book. I just get bored, or then I don't give space for it on my calendar. I want to reas though, as it's good for the brain and the mind

I need to be held accountable. I need to have a goal. That's why I want to find a person who'll tell me what book to read, one after the other.

Any time I ask for recommendations or see them elsewhere, It's very overwhelming. There are so many different books, how should I pick? What if the recommender's taste sucks? I won't have that problem if only one person gives me one book at a time to read. If I don't like their taste, I can just change my recommender.

If anyone here is up to help me, please send me a message. I'd like to think I enjoy dystopian books, but I don't read that much to know for sure lol. I don't like those murder mystery books or detective books. If you read books that aren't detective books, your tastes might just match mine, so even if you don't read dystopian books I'd be happy to hear you out:)

Thanks!

I’m trying to find a good E-reading platform where I can easily access the books on my phone without buying an entirely new device.

I will be specifically reading Light Novels and potentially Manga if the platform has the series that I like. I’ve heard of Nook and Kindle but I can’t purchase the books through the App with Nook, for whatever reason. I haven’t tried Kindle yet, but I wanna see if there are any other, potentially better platforms to do my E-reading.

Thanks in advance for your help

I'm fairly new to reading fiction so not sure what is out there exactly

Does anyone have any recommendations of novels that are just quite light-hearted and nice to read?

Preferably those that aren't too hard to understand either.

I recently started reading 'The Reading List' by Sara Nisha Adams which I am loving! Despite only being like 20 pages in lol

I also bought 'The Keeper of Stories' by Sally Page which I get the impression has a similar vibe, but haven't really started it yet.

If anyone knows of anything along those lines that would be great :)

I have been diagnosed with Motoric Dissociative Disorder, and have been looking into way to learn about the illness.

Does anyone know good books about this topic? The kind which provides education and explanations.

Thank you very much.

*English is not my first language so I apologize in advance for any grammatical errors.

Hi! Im looking for novels written in the last 5 years or so, by British female authors in their 30s. I know is oddly specific but i need them to complete a reading challenge i have with a friend. If you can think of any book that has this characteristics, please let me know.

Thanks!

I’m in the middle of the Darkest Minds Trilogy, as well as Stormlight Archive, and Mistborn. Any other good books to add to the list in that arena? I’m a newer reader so I’ll take small or large books. Thanks!

Does anyone else feel like they should have a favorite book, but when someone asks you just can’t come up with one? For someone who reads 50+ books a year I always feel like I should have a very well-rounded, quick answer to “what’s your favorite book?”, but the truth is I don’t think I have one. Or if I do, it’s constantly changing.

Anyone else feel this way?

Nothing with too much horror but just edge of your seat space novels.

Monsters like Lake Placid, Megalodon, Tremors, that kind of stuff.

So I’m trying to put together a series of short stories exploring the decline of our reality in its last couple years before it crumbles and breaks, as the world becomes a strange, lovecraftian hellscape where nothing makes sense. My problem though, is how damn hard it is to explain things on a page that are meant to literally snap the minds of those who view them in the stories. Honestly I’m just looking for some inspiration, if anything I just said reminds you of a sci fi book you recently read please let me know, if it has a solid twist or attempts to discuss some philosophical ideas surrounding our place in the universe and the meaning of life it gets bonus points. I’m sortve aiming for a similar vibe to the forest in Annhilation if anyone’s seen that movie or read the book, mixed with lovecraft’s “you can’t comprehend the truth” horror.

Edit- idk why I didn’t just say cosmic horror. That kindve explains what I’m looking for, but I really would love something with some more to say about our existence itself

Absolutely LOVED this book!! Looking forward to anything similar to the same sci fi easy reading spooky vibes. TIA!

Can you recommend me a book with a character who starts out suicidal or wants to die but has to keep living instead and learns to appreciate life, maybe with the help of other characters? I like Fantasy/Sci-fi but I'm open to other genres.

I would like to reas some good readings about what happend there. Any suggestions?

I don't really mean just involving aliens, I'm really looking for something 'mindbending' if you get what I mean, existential books. Sci fi, but with some interesting and unique ideas that make you think. Any ideas?

Book Recs similar to Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross. Just finished reading it and loved it! I have the sequel book Ruthless Vows requested from my library just have to wait for it to come in. But I’m curious, what should I read after that?? I don’t like too much spice, the amount in Divine Rivals was perfect!

I want to read a book that intimidates me, mainly to feel accomplished and gratified that I completed it! I am choosing between Count of Monte Cristo, War and Peace, Crime and Punishment, or Les Mis. Some of my favorite books are large (Lonesome Dove, Pillars of the Earth, East of Eden) and I want to find some more! As long as it has engaging characters with lots of depth to them, I am sold!

Thanks!

I'm currently in a Dostoevskij strike, I have read demons, after crime and punishments and after memories from the underground. Should I keep reading him with humiliated and insulted, or should i take a pause and try a completely different book? (I have blood meridian by waiting in my bookshelf since a lot of time) from one instance, i'm afraid to lose my "ability" to understand/decipher Dostoevskij books, get out of the habits of it. From another, I'm worried about getting stucked and """bored""" with his type of writing, and stopping to give it enough attention. Should i keep going? Are you used to keep reading the same author book consequently or taking a pause from it?

I am a person who likes to read comics or watching a movie but i never interested to read a novel or something that dont have a picture in it. Somehow, recently i got the feeling tht i waste my time doing useless stuff with my gadgets, immerse in social media that sometimes i got no benefits from it and now i want to know more and read a good stuff to fill my time, any of u have a recommendation of book or how to start the habit of reading book mybe ?

(I tried posting this in r/books but it didn't work so here I am)

I've had this problem for a long time and it's making me go crazy. I've always wanted to love reading and I still do it a lot but a bad problem for me is that when I read anything I yawn like crazy. When I'm trying to read a book and enjoy it, I yawn so much that I can't even go 5 minutes without wanting to stop. I used to think everyone yawned while reading but I guess not. I just want to know how I can stop it so I can actually read a book without stopping after two pages. So if there is anything anyone knows I can do to stop this from happening when I read, it would be very much appreciated.

Hi guyyzzzz I am 21F and wanna get to reading again but nothing to read give me the best book you’ve ever read in your whole life 😊😊😊

Hi, everyone. I have always loved books and reading. When I was a child, I could not stand nonfiction books. I wanted only fiction (generally realistic fiction). I stopped reading as much in high school, but quickly picked it back up in my senior year. However, I noticed that I could not find many fiction books that I wanted to read. I could always guess the plots of most books, and I began to get very bored when reading. I tried mysteries, but I have vivid and frequent nightmares, so that genre was not going to work. Also, I'm not too fond of fantasy (too unrealistic for me) or romance (it feels awkward and way too predictable). In college, I've found that memoirs work really well for me, and some non-fiction books based on teaching/parenting/education/psychology topics were helpful to me as I am an education major. I'm getting ready to graduate, and I am again having trouble finding books that I want to read and that I don't get bored of. Would anyone be able to help me?

Hey guys!

Let's come up with a list of literary characters who self-reflect, have deep integrity, follow their own path, and challenge the status quo. OR - struggle with their own shadow to a degree that they cast light on the human condition for us, even if their existential nature ends up defeating them. So...give me both the erfect rimantic heroes, and the philosophical loners 😝

Examples I came up with: Howard Roark, Mersault, Gregor Samsa, Jane Eyre, Mr. Darcy, etc.

*(For the sake of a creative project idea and reading recommendations)