Hello, I’ve been feeling a bit down and lonely the past few days and I thought maybe I could escape into a book to keep my mind occupied.
I’ve never really been too much of a reader and have always been more into movies or tv series, but I’ve always wanted to get more into it. I’m open to any genre
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lion by sonya walger
Small Miracles by Olivia Atwater
Quietly Hostile by Samantha Irby
Bite by Bite by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Cultivating Delight by Diane Ackerman
The Book of Delights by Ross Gay
Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett
Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor
Interstellar Megachef by Lavanya Lakshminarayan
Sipping Dom Perignon Through a Straw by Eddie Ndopu
The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman
An Immense World by Ed Yong
The Art Thief by Michael Finkel
Wash Day Diaries by Jamila Rawser
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
Underland by Robert MacFarlane
The Ravenmaster by Christopher Skaife
In a similar place myself. I’ll recommend a few.
First is ‘White Teeth’ by Zadie Smith. It’s a troubling story with things like adultery and difficulties with one’s religion and life crises, but it’s an easy book to get stuck into and feel invested in its goings. If you’re sensitive, I might not suggest it, but for a book that follows a group of interesting characters I recommend it.
In a similar vein, Joseph Heller’s ‘Catch-22’. It’s my favourite so I recommend it a lot, but it’s also a book about characters in the US airforce in North Africa so it has plenty of deaths. However, it is so attention-grabbing with its wit and so hilarious at times I still recommend it, especially if you want something engaging but easy. Another easy one is the ‘Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’ series, very funny in an absurdist way and so easy to get into.
I searched for a happier one in what I’ve read and I found ‘Still Life’ by Sarah Winman. It’s a neat little story about a few English people making a new home and family in Florence after WWII. There’s still some sadness in it, but overall the characters build such comforting relationships and beautiful motivations that I still call it happy. Hope you find something that helps you!