I love books but – I’m embarrassed to admit this – I find reading difficult sometimes because of my ADD. If it’s just lots of description, I can never get through a novel. ASoIaF is a grind, but LotR is simply undoable for me, sadly. I really need a vivid writing style and lots of dialogue to keep me going. However, I don’t wanna just go back to Harry Potter every time. Can anyone recommend me some fantasy, sci-fi or mystery novels that are ADD-friendly?
by CynicalDarkSadist
4 Comments
Martha Wells’ *Murderbot Diaries* series of sci-fi novellas may work for you. Mostly action, quick-paced with minimal world-building. It’s in first person POV so most of the dialogue is internal.
It follows an ex-military cyborg that hires out as security to humans at the edge of the galaxy. It recently hacked its way out of human control and struggles with dealing with humans as equals.
The first one is **All Systems Red**.
John Scalzi’s **Redshirts** is dialogue heavy. It is satirical space opera from the point of view of ‘expendable’ crew members.
Read Eragon! It’s faced pasted, interesting, short chapters, and they just published a new book! Short chapters were a game changer for my attention span
Check This link from a year ago
https://www.reddit.com/r/booksuggestions/comments/ue8sr6/books_with_as_little_description_as_possible/
The Hike by Drew Magary is a great book that has a little of every genre (fantasy, sci-fi, dark comedy, romance). It’s very fast paced and has a great ending. And it’s short- under 300 pages! I recommend going in blind but if you need a synopsis: A man goes for a hike and things get…weird.