Hi! I love reading but for in last year I haven't been able to read much. I find myself reading sporadically and also had a habit of reading just 15-20% of a book and DNFing it.
I'm open to any genre and if it helps, some of my favourite reads are Norwegian Wood (Murakami), Six of Crows (Leigh Bardugo), Shadow of the Wind (Ruiz Carlos Zafon), and Circe (Madeline Miller), Hamnet (Maggie O'Farrell), and Boyfriend Material (Alexis Hall).
Thank you 🙂
by Milomi10
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Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Miur
Very simple prose, unique premise, and funny snarky dialog. Most fun I’ve had with fantasy in a long time.
{{ She’s Come Undone by Wally Lamb }}
any book by mieko kawakami. all of her books are so amazing… she’s the reason i started reading again.
I absolutely loved Circe. I recommend Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller. 🙂
You might like anything by Rose George, Judy Melinek, Caitlin Doughty, or Mary Roach.
“The Gift of Fear” (a very important read) by Gavin De Becker.
“Five days at Memorial: life and death in a storm-ravaged hospital” by Sherri Fink.
Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon
Leigh Bardugo’s Ninth House is amaaaaazing.
It’s an easy read and very satisfying. If you liked six of crows it’s a guaranteed good read.
If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino (best opening chapter ever!)
The Magus by John Fowles
Piranesi may scratch the itch for ya
I have similar tastes and A Gentleman from Moscow was a good nudge out of a slump for me. Also The Swimmers which is very short!
Beneath a scarlet sky
Daughters of Shandong
I’ve read a few of these, so I’ll take a stab! Very broad spectrum of vibes, but hopefully you’ll see something that appeals to you. The order is just whatever showed up first in my relevant-feeling GR shelves.
* [*The Rabbit Hutch*](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59576076-the-rabbit-hutch) by Tess Gunty
* [*The Overstory*](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40180098-the-overstory) by Richard Powers
* [*The Memory Police*](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37004370-the-memory-police) by Yōko Ogawa
* [*Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow*](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58784475-tomorrow-and-tomorrow-and-tomorrow) by Gabrielle Zevin
* [*The Sentence*](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56816904-the-sentence) by Louise Erdrich
* [*The Great Offshore Grounds*](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49348747-the-great-offshore-grounds) by Vanessa Veselka
* [*Just Above My Head*](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38457.Just_Above_My_Head) by James Baldwin
* [*Song of Solomon*](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11334.Song_of_Solomon) by Toni Morrison
* [*Lighthousekeeping*](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15052.Lighthousekeeping) by Jeanette Winterson
* [*Breath, Eyes, Memory*](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5186.Breath_Eyes_Memory) by Edwige Danticat
* [*What Should Be Wild*](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35959194-what-should-be-wild) by Julia Fine
* [*The God of Small Things*](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9777.The_God_of_Small_Things) by Arundhati Roy
* [*A Tale for the Time Being*](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15811545-a-tale-for-the-time-being) by Ruth Ozeki
The Name of the Wind
Honestly, Ground zero by Alan Gratz. On the like second page I was HOOKED. And it’s such an interesting story, it also tells two characters stories where one is set in new York on September 11 2001 and the other character set in 2019 in Afghanistan. Take a look at it!
Honestly, Ground zero by Alan Gratz. On the like second page I was HOOKED. And it’s such an interesting story, it also tells two characters stories where one is set in new York on September 11 2001 and the other character set in 2019 in Afghanistan. Take a look at it!
Any of Claire Keegan’s novellas, they are small, you’ll read them in one sitting, but they pack a punch. They’ll make you fall in love with reading all over again. If you’re only going to read one I recommend Foster.
I just asked for recommendations for books similar to this, lol, but the first book of the Queen’s Thief series pulled me out of my own reading slump. First book skews slightly younger (teeters on middle grade) but the rest of the series aims young adult. I am not generally a YA reader, I usually find it a little too juvenile for me, but I have loved this series so much, and the series is a classic inspiration for a lot of modern YA authors (Leigh Bardugo included).