Reading as a kid versus reading as an adult seem to be two very different experiences. I can’t say I’ve had the same wonder or excitement in reading barring a few.
Has anyone found books that carry that same sense of wonder and anticipation while reading?
by VerdeAzul74
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I would say it really depends on what genre you enjoy reading!
I’m not much of a fantasy person, but the Farseer trilogy by robin hobb was really amazing. Incredibly well-written, and there were so many moments where I felt like I was 12 and reading Harry Potter for the first time.
*An Immense World*
An Immense World by Ed Yong
Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake
The Light Eaters by Zoe Schlanger
To Be Taught if Fortunate by Becky Chambers
The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa
The Thirteenth Child by Erin A. Craig
It’s based on an old fairy tale, it has some horror elements, which is a genre I enjoyed as a kid.
Almost anything by Barbara Kingsolver but particularly The Lacuna, The Poisonwood Bible and the most recent one, Demon Copperhead (a retelling of Dickens’ David Copperfield).
Piranesi
I just finished rereading Patricia Brigg’s Mercy Thompson series. But I read almost every day. I’ve been reading since I was 3 years old and for me, it is a necessary mental escape, even if I just read for 15 minutes. It seems to allow my brain to sort of shift gears.
I think your question is asking “which books give you a childlike wonder?” But at first I read it as “which books did you read as a child that still gives you the same sense of wonder as an adult?” So that’s how I’m going to answer it and the answer is simple.
The Hobbit. Something about opening that first page and reading, “In a hole in the ground, there lived a Hobbit.” Brings me right back to reading it for the first time. It never feels not magical.
The Hobbit
The chronicles of Prydain
Little lord Fauntleroy
The scarlet pimpernel
Ramona the pest
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki