The books that I enjoy, I feel, have hardly any similarities to each other, and as a consequence every time I pick up a book I have no way of even predicting whether or not I will enjoy it. Back in my teenage years I used to fly through books, twenty books a month type of thing. But now I feel stuck. I've started many books this year, but have only been able to finish a few of them. I am begging for a good book at this point. Below I will list my top fifteen books of all time, and if there is someone out there who also enjoyed the majority of the books on this list, perfect! If you are that person that shares my taste, please send lots of suggestions!! (maybe a list of your top ten) in hopes that I will enjoy them too. And if anyone can figure out what I like, please explain it to me because I am so stuck. 😅
Here are my top 15 of all time:
- The Catcher In The Rye – J.D. Salinger
- 11/22/63 – Stephen King
- Betty – Tiffany McDaniel
- Girl, Interrupted – Susanna Kaysen
- The Diary of a Young Girl – Anne Frank
- House of Leaves – Mark Z. Danielewski
- Beartown – Fredrik Backman
- Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow – Gabrielle Zevin
- The Secret History – Donna Tartt
- Educated – Tara Westover
- If We Were Villains – M.L. Rio
- Jurassic Park – Michael Crichton
- The Picture of Dorian Gray – Oscar Wilde
- Horrorstor – Grady Hendrix
- The Loop – Jeremy Robert Johnson
If anyone has any suggestions, thank you so much😭😭it's been so long since I was able to escape into a book
Edit: I forgot to add, please don't suggest anything that is overly erotic or smutty – some intimate scenes are okay, as long as it's not trying to be smutty (eg. the way Stephen King writes that stuff is fine, but the way Rebecca Yarros does really puts me off)
by hazelnut0000
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Kindred by Octavia Butler knocked me out of a reading slump – it’s unputdownable.
Also, have you considered rereading one of your favorites? Revisiting a book you know you love could rekindle your love of reading.
The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles got me out of my reading slump