Suggest me a book that completely pulled you out of a reading slump
I’m looking for something that actually made you want to keep reading, not just a “good book” but one that got you hooked again when nothing else was working.
Guards! Guards! By terry pratchett. I’ve read 4 books in a month after I read that book.
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For me it was Jurassic Park
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The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie. Got me out of a slump and also gave me hope that there is fantasy out there for me, aside from just ASOIAF
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I used to read a lot and then stopped for years. The book that got me back into reading regularly was Project Hail Mary. It is funny and thrilling. Most importantly it had me attached to character who I enjoyed spending time with.
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*Ashes in Waiting*. I needed something fast-paced with characters that compelled me, not just more of the same cookie-cutters.
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Have you heard of Dungeon Crawler Carl?!
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The September House
The Hike (Magary)
The Gone World
Kitchen Confidential
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For me it was songbirds and snakes and then another slump and project hail Mary pulled me out. Now I’m reading dungeon crawler carl and won’t be in a slump again because it’s so good and I have 4 more books!
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The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies by Alison Goodman.
Fun, witty, razor sharp, feminist. Regency cosy romance-ish. I sat and read it for three hours straight in the middle.
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The Immortal Irishman by Timothy Egan. Historical but absolutely riveting. It’s in my top 5 books of all time.
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Red is my Name – Orhan Pamuk
Der Gang vor die Hunde – Erich Kästner (English title is “Going to the Dogs”, but I’m not sure that any English version is as good, as the original text takes quite a bit of its wit from something which is central to German but doesn’t exist in English)
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Guards! Guards! By terry pratchett. I’ve read 4 books in a month after I read that book.
For me it was Jurassic Park
The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie. Got me out of a slump and also gave me hope that there is fantasy out there for me, aside from just ASOIAF
I used to read a lot and then stopped for years. The book that got me back into reading regularly was Project Hail Mary. It is funny and thrilling. Most importantly it had me attached to character who I enjoyed spending time with.
*Ashes in Waiting*. I needed something fast-paced with characters that compelled me, not just more of the same cookie-cutters.
Have you heard of Dungeon Crawler Carl?!
The September House
The Hike (Magary)
The Gone World
Kitchen Confidential
For me it was songbirds and snakes and then another slump and project hail Mary pulled me out. Now I’m reading dungeon crawler carl and won’t be in a slump again because it’s so good and I have 4 more books!
The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies by Alison Goodman.
Fun, witty, razor sharp, feminist. Regency cosy romance-ish. I sat and read it for three hours straight in the middle.
The Immortal Irishman by Timothy Egan. Historical but absolutely riveting. It’s in my top 5 books of all time.
Red is my Name – Orhan Pamuk
Der Gang vor die Hunde – Erich Kästner (English title is “Going to the Dogs”, but I’m not sure that any English version is as good, as the original text takes quite a bit of its wit from something which is central to German but doesn’t exist in English)
Here’s a couple:
M-0 by Tanasa (my most recent slump destroyer)
When breathe becomes air by Kalanithi
I’m thinking of ending things by Reid
1984 by Orwell
Flowers for Algernon by Keyes
A confederacy of dunces by Toole
Kafka on the shore by Murakami