I'm not much of a reader. I don't think that I've ever finished a book, but now that I think about it, Its my goal to change that. I would appreciate any recommendations you have to help me get started. Thank you!
MOre info needed. So if you can’t give book examples of what you like, how about movies?
Action?
Drama?
Science Fiction?
Fantasy?
Spies?
Comedy?
I_paintball on
Sphere by Michael Crichton!
flapian on
if you like horror (according to your comment) then the silent patient
if you’re kinda a nosy person or just want a book that hooks you instantly, the seven husbands of evelyn hugo
Gotham-Larke on
Stephen Kings IT.
The cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allen Poe.
Automatic_Land_9533 on
Jeffrey Deaver is an easy author to read, and his books have excellent pace and plot / character development. Try “The Bodies Left Behind.”
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if you like horror maybe try the devil all the time by donald ray pollock (southern gothic), frankenstein by mary shelley (classic gothic) we have always lived in the castle by shirley jackson (classic gothic), tender is the flesh by agustina bazterrica (dystopian horror and slightly sci fi), our wives under the sea by julia armfield (literary horror), and a certain hunger by chelsea g summers (contemporary horror).
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A beginner reader who likes horror should definitely jump headfirst into Stephen King. I saw someone below recommended *It,* and while *It* is a fantastic book it’s maybe a little dense for someone who doesn’t read much.
I think an amazing place to start is *’Salem’s Lot.* It’s relatively short and the flow makes it read very, very quick. That’s true of a lot of King books, but particularly this one imo.
Another good place to start would be *The Shining.* Maybe a bit less of a page turner than *’Salem’s Lot,* but really really great aesthetic psychological horror.
If for whatever reason you’re not interested in Stephen King, *The Exorcist* by William Peter Blatty is another great one. I don’t think he writes quite as approachably as King does, but it’s still very approachable, and it is probably the scariest book I have ever read.
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If you want to try out Sci-Fi horror, I’d recommend Dead Silence by SA Barnes. It’s a ghost ship story in space. A deep space satellite repair crew find the Space Titanic and go on board looking for salvage and that was a phenomenally bad idea.
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I saw you liked horror but I felt like a lighthearted rec could also be good! I really enjoyed A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman, it was a really really fun read
Over-Divide777 on
Octavia Butler’s sci-fi/horror short story Bloodchild got me back into reading
nw826 on
The Final Girls Support Club
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i’m an audiobook guy personally. and the ones with a full cast are great starters. Fantasticland is about a group of theme park employees who get stranded at work by a hurricane.
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MOre info needed. So if you can’t give book examples of what you like, how about movies?
Action?
Drama?
Science Fiction?
Fantasy?
Spies?
Comedy?
Sphere by Michael Crichton!
if you like horror (according to your comment) then the silent patient
if you’re kinda a nosy person or just want a book that hooks you instantly, the seven husbands of evelyn hugo
Stephen Kings IT.
The cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allen Poe.
Jeffrey Deaver is an easy author to read, and his books have excellent pace and plot / character development. Try “The Bodies Left Behind.”
if you like horror maybe try the devil all the time by donald ray pollock (southern gothic), frankenstein by mary shelley (classic gothic) we have always lived in the castle by shirley jackson (classic gothic), tender is the flesh by agustina bazterrica (dystopian horror and slightly sci fi), our wives under the sea by julia armfield (literary horror), and a certain hunger by chelsea g summers (contemporary horror).
A beginner reader who likes horror should definitely jump headfirst into Stephen King. I saw someone below recommended *It,* and while *It* is a fantastic book it’s maybe a little dense for someone who doesn’t read much.
I think an amazing place to start is *’Salem’s Lot.* It’s relatively short and the flow makes it read very, very quick. That’s true of a lot of King books, but particularly this one imo.
Another good place to start would be *The Shining.* Maybe a bit less of a page turner than *’Salem’s Lot,* but really really great aesthetic psychological horror.
If for whatever reason you’re not interested in Stephen King, *The Exorcist* by William Peter Blatty is another great one. I don’t think he writes quite as approachably as King does, but it’s still very approachable, and it is probably the scariest book I have ever read.
If you want to try out Sci-Fi horror, I’d recommend Dead Silence by SA Barnes. It’s a ghost ship story in space. A deep space satellite repair crew find the Space Titanic and go on board looking for salvage and that was a phenomenally bad idea.
I saw you liked horror but I felt like a lighthearted rec could also be good! I really enjoyed A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman, it was a really really fun read
Octavia Butler’s sci-fi/horror short story Bloodchild got me back into reading
The Final Girls Support Club
i’m an audiobook guy personally. and the ones with a full cast are great starters. Fantasticland is about a group of theme park employees who get stranded at work by a hurricane.