Hihi! So i recently noticed that i just cant finish any paper or book about anything and I’m really interested in stuff like the king in yellow and Percy Jackson and stuff like that but i feel like i get to a certain point in the books where it just feels like a slog and a chore and i cant do it anymore.
And its not like i don’t enjoy the story, like i play and dm dungeons and dragons so basically what i wanter to ask for is a short book with a good story i can finish quickly to give my brain that feeling of “oh this is actually pretty nice” before it starts feeling like a chore.
Idk, again, im super new so maybe this isnt a problem i can solve with a book but id love for help on the subject because I really wanna actually start reading books 🙏🙏🙏
by genshin-nerd
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Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman. It’s LitRPG so it’s like DND. You’re welcome.
If you like D&D and you don’t mind lowbrow humor, try the Caverns and Creatures novels by Robert Bevan
The Forgotten Realms and Dragonlance settings are books I read as a teen and should be a good recommendation for anyone who likes D&D, they had stories of all lengths… maybe try Azure Bonds?
I (58 F) hear you. There’s a point at about 3/4 of the way where I get antsy too. Keeping me engaged at that point of the story can be the difference between a 4 and 5 star read.
Here are a few my son enjoyed at your age.
Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander. It’s the start of the Prydain chronicles. The books are all shorter.
Alcatraz vs the Evil Librarians by Brandon Sanderson. Shorter and funny. A series of 5 books.
Longer but easy to enjoy for when you’re ready to level up:
Fablehaven and The Five Kingdoms by Branden Mull
Adventurers Wanted by ML Foreman
The Emperors Soul by Brandon Sanderson
Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson
Tress of the Emerald Sea is like The Princess Bride if Buttercup had agency and proactively sought Westley instead of assuming he’s dead.
The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook to Surviving Medieval England is about a man who wakes up in a different time with no memory of who he is or how he got there.
Both one-offs by Brandon Sanderson and easy to read.
Discworld.
Red Rising series – very similar to Hunger Games and great if you like fast-paced action plots.
How about the book that Stephen King wrote for his daughter when she was 13?
Eyes of the Dragon
My parents had all of King’s books, and I was desperate to read them, but not allowed at that age. This is the first they let me have a go at…
Dungeon Crawler Carl & Discworld *are* the right answer
But also… if you like Percy Jackson (and those books are fun), I bet you like Six of Crows