I've really been struggling with getting back into reading again. My biggest obstacle is that I suffer from deeply rooted depression and anxiety which means I'm less likely to get into anything really, so I guess I'm in need of something that draws you in from the very start. I've started so many books I "should" technically like but my head just never gets into them. I love a good mystery, romance or relationship novel and also some stuff with subtle supernatural elements. I'm a person in my 20s and right now my mind is in a place where societal expectations and norms don't really match my situation in life so any fiction which has maybe helped you overcome similar thoughts might also be helpful suggestions.
Some of my favourite books /books I've really enjoyed in the past:
– The Secret History by Donna Tartt
– The Little Prince
– novels by Jane Austen
– Normal People by Sally Rooney
– On Chesil Beach and Atonement by Ian McEwan
– Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
– Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
– Sufferings of Young Werther by von Goethe
– Call Me By Your Name by Andre Aciman
– Maurice by E.M. Forster
– Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
– Bram Stoker's Dracula
Some books that were ok:
– Joyland by Stephen King
– Perfume by Patrick Süskind
– The Picture of Dorian Gray
– The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
– some murder mysteries by Agatha Christie
– Treasure Island
– Veronika Decides To Die by Paulo Coelho (mind you, I absolutely despise The Alchemist)
Some books I've recently started but just never got into:
– Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier (although I really want to give this one another chance)
– The Master and Margarita by Bulgakov
by dicrostonyx