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    Hi, I'm pretty easily distracted at the moment with a lot going on in my life, but I'd like to reinstall a basic reading habit again because I think it will be important for my wellbeing. I'd love some recommendations for my first novel in a few months?

    I'd especially like recommendations for a book which is relatively short, engaging and easy to read, but which is a bit more meaningful and thought-provoking than a Jack Reacher or Tom Clancy novel, or even a Slow Horses novel.

    I'd put the following, which I've already read, in the same general category:

    Thousand Cranes (Kawabata)
    1984
    Culture series (Iain M Banks)
    Portrait of Dorian Gray
    The Death of Grass
    Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

    For extra triangulation, here are some novels which I've enjoyed a lot and found rewarding and in some way meaningful which are not in that category, either due to length or being not particularly engaging or easy to read:

    Golden Notebook
    The Master of Go
    Enigma of Arrival
    Dune series
    anything by Jane Austen

    Thank you in advance for any suggestions!

    by john_bytheseashore

    3 Comments

    1. The Discworld Series by Terry Pratchett. Maybe start with Guards Guards or Mort. I thought it would be fun fantasy, which it is, but his amazing writing, humor, and understanding of the human condition really changes you

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