i like to read a variety of books and never thought of myself as a picky reader before but i dnfed a bunch of books recently and i need some good recs. i think what bothers me are:
- filler/empty sentences/paragraphs that have no substance
- repeating the point over and over
- lack of research (historical or location info) or writer writing about something they only have surface knowledge of
- unnecessary cruelty
- YA (?) although i enjoyed the witchstone by henry nefd
- author reads their own audiobook
books i dnfed
- the prison healer
- the library at mount char
- all the colors of the dark (read most of it though)
- riley sager books
- the sundown motel
- wild dark shore
- wrong place wrong time
- death valley: a novel
books i enjoyed recently
- mystic river by dennis lehane
- road to tender hearts
- the fisherman
- books by lucy foley
- the lost man by jane harper
- pretty girls by karin slaughter and her other books
- the serviceberry
- buffalo hunter hunter
- a bunch of stephen king books, especially the stand
- the god of the woods
- these silent woods
- jeeves books
- stardust, ocean at the end of the lane by neil gaiman
- casual vacancy
- rivers of london series
- the midnight library
- the narrow road to the deep north
- out of the silent planet
- quiet by susan cain
- rebecca
- your house will pay
- human kind: a hopeful history
- the final girl support group
my favorites of all time
- catch 22
- hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy
- agatha christie books
- gifts of imperfection
- when breath becomes air
- east of eden
- the alienist
- tao of pooh
i would love recommendations of any genre. fiction and non-fiction. thanks!!
eta: i also don’t like stories about shitty people doing shitty things to each other.
by Relevant_Struggle295