Hello! I have been working on reading books set in each of the US states. Can you recommend books set in Connecticut? I enjoy the following genres: classics, contemporary, crime, fiction, horror, mystery, suspense, and thriller. Thank you so much!

bought a copy of the web and the root, which features "selections from the web and the rock".

apparently the selections are the first full three parts of the four part posthumously (unfinished?) published book.

is this even a fair way to be introduced to wolfe? anyone read either? i aint mad about it, its published by harper perennial classics who i trust, but i am a little confused.

I have a very brief period where I can read a book during my Christmas break,any recommendations? I would prefer one of “literary merit” but I also like to be able to read a sentence once and understand it if you get what I’m putting down. I’ve just finished a dolls house and am reading hamlet rn and I loved both of those. Thank you for any recommendations!!!!

I’d like to get my sibling a book to go along with rise and fall, ideally something that will provide visual context.

The only atlas of the third reich I’ve found won’t come out until the summer. Does anyone have any suggestions?

TIA!

Can someone recommend me a Christmas book please. Preferably either mystery or horror.

My daughter has always loved the horror genre. Her favorite bedtime book as a toddler was the Bernstein Bears “The Spooky Scary Tree.” Her favorite YouTuber is a kid themed horror show. Don’t ask me why but she just loves it.

She knows how to read now but couldn’t care less about books because everything her teachers want her to read is “age appropriate” stuff like “kitty goes to park” or whatever. She just has zero interest in reading because it’s hard to find truly scary for her age group.

Any recommendations? The scarier the better. This is a kid that forced me to let her watch stranger things and has teddy bears of eldritch beasts. Literally. Scare the pants off her she’ll love it.

Thanks!

Hello! I was at a local bookstore a few months ago and saw this blind date with a book but didn't have the money to buy it. Does anyone know which book this could be referring to?

The description given was that it was a romance book set in the 60s and 80s, it had themes of love, loss, and resilience, complex family dynamics, mental illness, grief, and addiction, and "unbreakable bonds that exist even in the face of tragedy".

Let me know if it reminds you of something. Thanks in advance!

Hello!

See as it is the season for it, I'm looking for some holiday/Christmas themed books that feature/discuss disability and/or have disabled characters. I'm not fussy about genres!

Thank you in advance! And happy holidays!

I'm looking for some unique books to gift my husband who's been on a mostly nonfiction kick lately. His current read is a book about the history of books bound in human skin... so he likes strange, out-there stuff. He's also interested in reading about occult stuff and cryptid type theories. Really any book you thought was really interesting but that also made you go "hmm, that was weird."

Hi there, Anyone have any good recommendations for fictional books where the protagonist is a conscientious objector? Preferably for one of the world wars but I’m good with something more modern.

I’ve read plenty of nonfiction on the topic, but feel free to suggest nonfiction if it’s specific to World War 1 and/or 2

everything is just so repetitive and predictable lately, i need a movie/show/book that introduces something to me that my brain would never in a million years be able to convocate by itself

been having the urge to read a book about time loops recently. any recommendations?

Nothing is a book by Danish author Jane Teller, that is often read in schools, but holds up for an adult audience.

I believe it's not a very well known book outside of Denmark, which I think is a shame! So I figured I'd throw this recommendation out here.

It's a curious and kind of weird story, but very entertaining.

In my opinion it's more fun going into it without knowing too much, but I'll post a vague description:

Pierre-Anton decides that everything has lost its meaning, and goes to just hang out in a tree. He gladly tells his classmates passing by that nothing means anything. Of course the other kids disagree, and it starts a discussion about what has meaning and how to prove Pierre-Anton wrong. In an attempt to decide what has meaning and to which degree, the stakes are raised.

I hope some of you will check it out, and I hope you enjoy it if you do!

Would be lovely to hear what you think about the book.

Edit: spelling

I want to read some of Anaïs Nin's work but I'm not sure where to start. I was looking at The Diary of Others: The Unexpurgated Diary of Anaïs Nin, 1955-1966. It seems like it contains multiple diaries but I'm not sure? I was hoping to find a complete set of her diaries but if it's not then where should I start?

Hey I’m looking for a romance book set in the Roman Empire

My wife has been reading a book a month this year, and really wants to finish the year with something she'll love. The problem is, she doesn't know what. Her favourite book so far this year has been Wayward by Dana Spiotta, she says it's the first book she's read that she couldn't put down. If anyone has recommendations based on that, I'd love to hear them so I can surprise her with a book!

Hi everyone! I'm on the hunt for a book (or series) with the following elements:

• A big cast of characters with lots of depth and relationships to explore.
• Adventure—think epic quests, high-stakes drama, or intense conflict.
• A main character who is gay (or otherwise LGBTQ+).
• A slow-burn romance subplot that has lots of tension and doesn’t get resolved until the very end. Bonus points for the kind of chemistry that makes you scream, “Just kiss already!”
• Some smut is welcome, as long as it fits the characters and story.

Books I’ve loved include: Haikyuu, Percy Jackson, Heaven Official's Blessing, Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation, Banana Fish, Paladin's Grace, The Guy She Liked Wasn't a Guy, Six of Crows, The Foxhole Court, A Dark and Drowning Tide, Legends & Lattes, The Adrien English Series, She Drives Me Crazy, Heart of Stone, The Love Hypothesis, Raise Wa Tanin Ga II, etc...

If you know of anything that fits these vibes, please let me know—I’d love to hear your recommendations!

Thanks in advance for your help!

I’m a 30yo man. I’m not really in touch with my emotions at all, and I don’t have much of an imagination, so I have a hard time finding books to read. My all-time favorites are Dark Matter and Recursion, both by Blake Crouch. I also like 1984, animal farm, brave new world, the wayward pines trilogy, and the institute by Stephen king.

Please recommend something to get my mind off the current events. Thanks!

I’d love sapphic romance book recommendations! I’m okay with spice.

Bonus points if it also has any of these:

• One of the MCs has a gothic style • One of the MCs is more assertive • Friends-to-lovers trope • Slow burn • Roommates

Hello! Hoping someone can help me out here - I’m 25% of the way through Behind Closed Doors by BA Paris and I’m really enjoying it however I didn’t check content warnings first (my mistake). Once the dog Molly was introduced I was immediately concerned something will happen to her so I checked the website Does the Dog Die and my fear was confirmed, however it doesn’t have detail as to where in the book this is.

Could someone let me know if there’s a chapter/area I can skip to avoid any detail about this or should I stop reading altogether? Animal abuse/cruelty is like my one thing I can’t stomach. That said I’m really enjoying the book so I’m hoping it’s confined to one part or something like that.

Any help is appreciated! Thank you!

Hello, I'm looking for fiction stories about the struggles of depression. Something that's under 400 pages and easy to get into. Thanks.

I am not into children fantasy.

Searching something unique like 'Wayward Pines' and 'Under the Dome' just so much better than them!

Genres: Horror, Psychology, Supernatural, Drama, Mystery, Suspense, Science Fiction.

Either fictional or non-fiction? Thanks in advance!

My dad has always been really interested in topics like this and I want to get him a book for Christmas. I'm talking about that smoked filled rooms type vibe. Ideally a book that doesn't whitewash history and glaze the US government. TIA!!!

As the title says: I’ve been watching videos on YT and trying the books but it seems that bad writing is a requirement for a Christmas themed book.

Started reading The Plight Before Christmas (after a YT recommended it) then the author spent about 5 pages describing the main character’s nephew and how, even though she has three nieces, he’s her favorite because it’s a boy! She goes on to describe an interaction between them in excruciating detail, whines about how her sister had her dream child and so many other weird things… That’s the fourth holiday themed book I tried with an open mind and ended up DNF-ing. So please, please save me from this torment and provide holiday book recs that don’t suck!

Thanks in advance!

Hi y’all. I know this might seem broad cuz I don’t even totally know what I’m looking for 😂 but I’ve realized that after a long string of toxic relationships, I (22F) have become the villain. It’s really hard for me to trust, open up, not be defensive because I’m so scared of being hurt.. I honestly don’t know what’s “normal” in relationships anymore, how much is too much.. I just feel lost and I don’t want to be a toxic person.

I’m wondering if anyone has any book recs on healing from trust issues, or from toxic relationships, or just how to be a good partner as a woman. Thank you in advance 😊

I had an amazing time with this book. It is about a girl who is left an object by her father who has passed away but it is an object she didn’t want. She received a tie-rack and wanted his baseball. However, the baseball was left for someone else and that is the daughter's mission to find out who and why. She is so upset about all of this because she was supposedly his favorite daughter (yes she has other siblings). Anyways, it is a heartwarming book at most and a good read with good suspense.