I was always an avid reader, but I cannot start any book since the beginning of April – I just don’t know what to select and I wanna something which will remind me how enriching reading may be. It may be any genre, just something that you cherish and find good for overcoming reading slump.
Thanks for your suggestions!
by Optimal-Anteater8816
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When you think back to your avid reading days, which books stand out in your mind as your favorites?
My current obsession (and my wife’s, after just one chapter!) is Dungeon Crawler Carl. quick hook:
A guy and his ex-gf’s cat battle monsters in a world dungeon created by space fish.
somehow its more insane, entertaining and funny that it sounds!
Unsticky by Sarra Manning is a great book, very well written and engaging. I discovered it thanks to Sentimental Garbage podcasts.
A few books that I couldn’t put down recently:
– A House With Good Bones by T. kingfisher- a woman visits her mother at her childhood home after hearing from her brother that her mom is not behaving normally. Super funny, great well-written protagonist, and genuinely creepy haunted house story
– Bunny by Mona Awad – a graduate student is invited to the exclusive sorority-like group of girls who call each other Bunny. Darkly funny and a great unreliable narrator.
– High School by Teagan Quinn – a biography of Sara and Teagan’s (musical group) high school years and how they got into making music.
Re-reading an old favorite usually helps me when I’ve got a reading slump on.
Dan Brown is pretty good for short chapters with a cliff hanger at the end of each. Fast-paced action.
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. Such a fun book that makes you care about the characters.
If you like fantasy, Jade City by Fonda Lee
i recommend this book so much but I was basically in a leisure reading slump from when I started my MA in 2014 until I read this book in 2021 and I’ve been averaging 60 books per year since then – [A River in Darkness: One Man’s Escape from North Korea](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35404398-a-river-in-darkness). it was literally just a random pick from the kindle unlimited homepage because someone gifted me a kindle and it came with 3 free months of KU, but it totally got me back into reading