My boyfriend recently expressed to me that he’s interested in reading more! He doesn’t do so often—mainly reading whatever is required for schooling—and has only ever truly been interested in stuff like Harry Potter (when we were kids).
We’re both in college now, to give a bit of intellectual context. I only recently started reading more, and he’s seen me go through quite a few books in the past year. Since he’s interested, I wanted to scout some stuff that he might take a liking to so I can gift him a couple starters; he’s super nerdy, complex-thinker, more of a math than English person if that makes sense, and likes learning about new cultures (ex: Asia/Europe).
Likes: Harry Potter, Solo Leveling (manhwa)
I know he’d take a chance reading anything if I told him to, but since strengthening his english/comprehension is important to him I want to make sure it’s something that would give him a good shot at enjoying reading as a hobby. I also want to read these books with him so we have something more productive to do and talk about together rather than just gaming all the time (guilty, very guilty of it).
Note: not looking for graphic novels, but I appreciate suggestions anyway!
Thanks in advance for all your help! <3
by bathingbunnygirl
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*Sapiens* by Harari
May I suggest Dr. Seuss?
Honestly, I think he might really really like the fanfic [Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality](https://hpmor.com/). (It’s very very different from the typical fanfic.)
what genre would he be interested in reading?
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
**Jitterbug Perfume**. It’s an adventurous, philosophical, sexy, psychedelic novel about perfume and immortality that spans two thousand years of time. I taught a high school class that was just reading this book together and the kids loved it.
**1984**. Another book I’ve assigned to high school students and had a lot of boys love it. I remember one kid saying something on the order of “I didn’t know a book could be that good”.
The Sigma Force novels by James Rollins might be intellectually interesting to him.
Count to a Trillion series by John C Wright
Grave of Empires series by Sam Sykes
*Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy*, by Douglas Adams! It’s a comedy science fiction franchise, and “The broad narrative of follows the misadventures of the last surviving man, Arthur Dent, following the demolition of the Earth by a Vogon constructor fleet to make way for a hyperspace bypass. Dent is rescued from Earth’s destruction by Ford Prefect—a human-like alien writer for the eccentric, electronic travel guide The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.”
Dungeon Crawler Carl.