Hey guys!
I’m a current college junior (male) and recently noticed that in the age of Tiktok my attention span has been completely obliterated. I am at the point where I am struggling to even read and retain textbooks for long periods of time.
It didn’t used to be like this. In middle and high school I loved to read young adult books and spent ample time in the evenings reading books in my free time.
For a little background here are the books I have read and enjoyed. However, I am open to ANY genres and just want to hear what you guys think I should read.
Enjoyed:
Brave New World
The Jungle
Fahrenheit 451
The Hunger Games series
The Maze Runner series
1984
Life as we knew it series
Percy Jackson series
Harry Potter series
As you can see I have previously been a big fan of sci-fi dystopian classics and the standard young adult genre. There’s a few more but they felt redundant to list.
Some dealbreakers: I’m not super interested in romance or any colleen hoover style books lol. Outside of that i’m pretty much fair game for anything. I’d prefer for singular good books over a large series like GoT or LOTR, but would be open to trilogies or sequels.
Anyway, that’s all! I look forward to seeing your recommendations and ideas. Thank you guys!
by Quaggey
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Ask the dust by John Fante, White Noise by Don Dellilo, Steppenwolf by Herman Hesse
You might enjoy the Red Rising series by Pierce Brown
you will LOVE “project hail mary”
*Children of Time* by Adrian Tchaikovsky
*Dawn* by Octavia Butler
Each is the first book in a trilogy, but they also both work as standalones.
This one has no sequels:
*Ka* by John Crowley
Scythe!
It’s easy to fall off reading in college and some people never get back to it. I would recommend going for some books that combine good writing, a gripping plot, and some degree of reputation as a way of getting your feet wet. Some that immediately come to mind: Parable of the Sower, Station 11, The Sparrow by Russell, into the woods by Tana French, Steinbeck’s East of Eden, John Le Carrie, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy; Philip Meyer, American Rust, McCarthy, The Road; Murakami, Kafka on the Shore; Eugenides, The Virgin Suicides; Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go; Charon, Kavalier & Clay; Coetzee, The Life of Michael K.; Larson, Gurl with the Dragon Tattoo; Lockwood, Priestdaddy; Trevor Noah, Born a Crime…