Just starting reading so tell me what books blew your mind??
So i wanna read something that is actually something. I want to experience some crazy good stories and yes for when I am relaxing some entertaining ones.
Try Khaled Hosseini’s books, if you can handle the war-background, his writing has never failed to immerse me! <3
Next_Joke2671 on
* **The Flatshare** by Beth O’Leary
* **The Intimacy Experiment** by Rosie Danan
* **Georgie, All Along** by Kate Clayborn
* **Well Met** by Jen DeLuca
* **Part of Your World** by Abby Jimenez
td23877 on
I loved 11/22/63 by Stephen King
SixofClubs6 on
Into Thin Air is a true story about an expedition to mt Everest gone horribly wrong.
Top 5 book for me all time
mexican_nilla on
The Red Rising trilogy by Pierce Brown is generally well loved (it had me hooked) – dystopian/sci fi space opera
Okay For Now by Gary D Schmidt uses deceptively simple language to convey really deep themes. If you’re into literary analysis or want to start thinking critically about literature, this is a good starting point – realistic fiction
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doer is beautifully written – fiction across a long timeline
The Hunger Games trilogy and its two sequels. Good for literary analysis but also good as a surface level read – dystopian
The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England by Brandon Sanderson is a fun one. (There’s no actual magic in it) – time travel?
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir is entertaining – sci fi
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt is a sweet story – realistic fiction with the caveat of a sentient animal
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue is well written with a compelling plot – fantasy maybe?
(Sorry for so many recs. I tried hitting several different genres/styles of writing.)
Friendly_Phone176 on
One hundred years of solitude, Blood meridian, Moby Dick,.
dombrh28 on
to preface: these are all mind-blowing for vastly different reasons:
1. the da vinci code — dan brown
2. the seven husbands of evelyn hugo — taylor jenkins reid
3. misery — stephen king
slimpickensok on
I just finished The Tsar of Love and Techno by Anthony Marra and I’m not sure I have ever read a better fiction book in my life
iiiamash01i0 on
h{{Lamb by Christopher Moore}}
magicpjj on
The Rougon-Macquart series by Emile Zola – my favourites are The Beast Within, Germinal, The Earth
Funnier_InEnochian on
The Reformatory was fantastic. Just finished it.
choirandcooking on
Piranesi!!
MyYummyLatte on
My Dark Vanessa
DCdeer on
Can’t go wrong with The Count of Monte Cristo. Penguin has a really good translation.
lichen_Linda on
Watership down by Richard Adams. A bit of political philosophy but mostly a story about rabbits fighting to survive in a harsh world
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Try Khaled Hosseini’s books, if you can handle the war-background, his writing has never failed to immerse me! <3
* **The Flatshare** by Beth O’Leary
* **The Intimacy Experiment** by Rosie Danan
* **Georgie, All Along** by Kate Clayborn
* **Well Met** by Jen DeLuca
* **Part of Your World** by Abby Jimenez
I loved 11/22/63 by Stephen King
Into Thin Air is a true story about an expedition to mt Everest gone horribly wrong.
Top 5 book for me all time
The Red Rising trilogy by Pierce Brown is generally well loved (it had me hooked) – dystopian/sci fi space opera
Okay For Now by Gary D Schmidt uses deceptively simple language to convey really deep themes. If you’re into literary analysis or want to start thinking critically about literature, this is a good starting point – realistic fiction
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doer is beautifully written – fiction across a long timeline
The Hunger Games trilogy and its two sequels. Good for literary analysis but also good as a surface level read – dystopian
The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England by Brandon Sanderson is a fun one. (There’s no actual magic in it) – time travel?
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir is entertaining – sci fi
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt is a sweet story – realistic fiction with the caveat of a sentient animal
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue is well written with a compelling plot – fantasy maybe?
(Sorry for so many recs. I tried hitting several different genres/styles of writing.)
One hundred years of solitude, Blood meridian, Moby Dick,.
to preface: these are all mind-blowing for vastly different reasons:
1. the da vinci code — dan brown
2. the seven husbands of evelyn hugo — taylor jenkins reid
3. misery — stephen king
I just finished The Tsar of Love and Techno by Anthony Marra and I’m not sure I have ever read a better fiction book in my life
h{{Lamb by Christopher Moore}}
The Rougon-Macquart series by Emile Zola – my favourites are The Beast Within, Germinal, The Earth
The Reformatory was fantastic. Just finished it.
Piranesi!!
My Dark Vanessa
Can’t go wrong with The Count of Monte Cristo. Penguin has a really good translation.
Watership down by Richard Adams. A bit of political philosophy but mostly a story about rabbits fighting to survive in a harsh world