Whether it's a genre you hadn't ever read before, or a genre you had tried previously and didn't resonate with, what is a book that made you realize you can actually enjoy a genre you had previously written off!
Literally all genres are on the table here. I'll refrain from listing favorites because I don't want to lay any framework for specific direction. But please do include the genre of the book(s) you're recommending!
by PsyferRL
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memoir — *Educated*
Shane by Jack Schaefer
For me it was The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazlewood. Before that I decided contemporary romance wasn’t for me but since reading that I’ve found a few authors I now enjoy!
Fermat’s Enigma. Nonfiction, math focused
The Witchcraft Mystery series (Blackwell) got me into Cosy Paranormal Mystery- fun little series that are short, self-contained reads within a longer story arc.
Ender’s Game. I wasn’t a fan of sci fi until this book
Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez – romance.
I hated romance books, I found them so cringey, boring and repetitive… this one changed everything. Cute, fluffy, made me giggle and blush all the time. And fortunately—it was a romance story, not straight up 🌽 on paper.
I was never into sci fi but do androids dream of electric sheep made me realize the genre is so vast and made me seek out others like it afterwards
Children of Blood and Bone – YA/Fantasy
Crying in H Mart – Memoir
Initially, I wasn’t a huge Sci-Fi fan. However, based on some recommendations, I read Dark Matter, Lost in Time, and Project Hail Mary. All very entertaining reads where it is encouraging me to read more Sci-Fi related books.
Maurice Druon’s series, The Accursed Kings, did what my poor Mum never could and got me interested in History in my 60s while Russell Jones, The Decade in Tory, gave me a taste for political satire
*Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez* did that for me and horror. I was never a fan of horror but this book changed that for me. It is a literary horror with some good historical fiction components. It is set in Argentina around the end of the military dictatorship. One of the best books I read last year and I’ve read numerous literary horrors since this one.
*Lonesome Dove.* Never imagined I would absolutely love a western.
Before I Go To Sleep by SJ Watson – I read this book a few years before it became a movie and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I used to be scared to read stories that were psychological fiction, but I really really enjoyed this book!
I had never read any Fantasy aside from Narnia and LotR until I read **A Game of Thrones** in 2010.
It absolutely blew my mind, and I’ve been reading Fantasy ever since. Despite being notoriously unfinished, I still highly suggest the series, whether you have seen (or enjoyed) the HBO show or not.