Welcome to our weekly recommendation thread! A few years ago now the mod team decided to condense the many "suggest some books" threads into one big mega-thread, in order to consolidate the subreddit and diversify the front page a little. Since then, we have removed suggestion threads and directed their posters to this thread instead. This tradition continues, so let's jump right in!
The Rules
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Every comment in reply to this self-post must be a request for suggestions.
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All suggestions made in this thread must be direct replies to other people's requests. Do not post suggestions in reply to this self-post.
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All unrelated comments will be deleted in the interest of cleanliness.
How to get the best recommendations
The most successful recommendation requests include a description of the kind of book being sought. This might be a particular kind of protagonist, setting, plot, atmosphere, theme, or subject matter. You may be looking for something similar to another book (or film, TV show, game, etc), and examples are great! Just be sure to explain what you liked about them too. Other helpful things to think about are genre, length and reading level.
All Weekly Recommendation Threads are linked below the header throughout the week to guarantee that this thread remains active day-to-day. For those bursting with books that you are hungry to suggest, we've set the suggested sort to new; you may need to set this manually if your app or settings ignores suggested sort.
If this thread has not slaked your desire for tasty book suggestions, we propose that you head on over to the aptly named subreddit /r/suggestmeabook.
- The Management
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Looking for something that’ll keep me up way too late reading. I work HVAC so I’m usually pretty beat by evening but need something that’ll hook me hard enough to ignore being tired.
Really enjoyed The Martian – loved the problem-solving aspect and how the main character stayed optimistic even when everything was going wrong. Also got hooked on Project Hail Mary for similar reasons. Not necessarily looking for sci-fi specifically, just that kind of engaging, smart protagonist who keeps pushing through when things get rough.
Would prefer standalone novels over series since I don’t have tons of reading time. Nothing too heavy or depressing – I get enough stress at work dealing with broken AC units in 100 degree weather.