I’ve got a complicated history with reading. I’m either all in on a book or it feels like the worst chore ever to read. I love to think and feel I’m missing out on a wide range of ideas due to me having issues reading. I’m ready to dive back in again and start reading.
Books I’ve enjoyed with estimated age of reading them
8 guardian of gahoolo (loved these books read for pleasure)
9-10 – Maze runner and hunger games, Percy Jackson (loved these books some of the only books I read for pleasure )
11- Mrs Frisby and the rats of Nimh (loved this book, forced to read it in school)
12-13 – the giver (loved this book was forced to read it for school) also forced to read animal farm by Orwel didn’t like it as much don’t think I was old enough to really grasp it
16-17 feriengheight 451 (forced to read enjoyed this book), the book of satoshi (had an unhealthy obsession with crypto read on my own)
18-21 read animal farm again and loved it, read 1984 and couldn’t finish it (to slow), I have no mouth and I must breathe (loved it)
Books that felt like being stabbed by nails every time I had to open (the adventures of huckleberry Finn, of mice and men, to kill a mockingbird) these were all school required and couldn’t stand them.
I think themes for me is I really love when fanasty, sci fi, and philosophy all kinda mash together to create a masterpiece. Even rereading what books I loved they all had varying levels of these three elements.
Couple thoughts I feel almost guilty on my inability to be captivated by non fiction books. I just struggle so bad with history, self improvement, knowledge type books. Every time I try to read it, it feels like a chore, I don’t care about it. Oddly enough I really like these topics in podcast format and enjoy listing to scientists, professors, historians, economist ect talk about their area of expertise. I just feel I’m lacking the depth I could get from reading, maybe I’m not idk.
Would something by Fyodor Dostoevsky be a good fit, I tried reading the beginning of crime and punishment and found it to be very dense (didn’t really give it a good effort to try and read the book and willing to try again)
Open to any and all recommendations
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The Mistborn trilogy (The Final Empire, Well of Ascension, and Hero of Ages) by Brandon Sanderson. I would classify it as fantasy/dystopian with a little romance side plot. The general premise is that a group of thieves with powers want to overthrow the king who’s been ruling for literal centuries. I’ve read it… 4 or 5 times. One of my favorite series!
Word of advice. At first, of nothing is immediate just put your phone in another room.