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Bureaucratic fiction
A bit of a weird ask but Im specifically looking for a book is primarily about exploring, explaining, and/or exploiting, the bureaucracy of a fictional system. SciFi/Fantasy/etc. Doesnt matter I want to read 100-1000 pages of navigating the world of fictional permits, zoning, and other esoterica! Ive heard some of the discworld books are like this so they are already on my list (but really what Pratchet books arent?) but I hope their are other and weirder examples!
(bonus points if it doesnt really have action scenes)
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Fast paced nonfiction
Hello! I’m looking for some nonfiction books that read sorta like fiction. Just something super informational but not dry
I’ve really enjoyed recently
- radium girls by Katherine Moore
- hot zone by Richard Preston
- killers of the flower moon by David gran
- raw dog by Jamie loftus
Topics I enjoy / am interested in
- weird medicine (especially regarding ethics, and epidemics)
- natural disasters
- history (especially politics / economics from about 1920s onward)
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Best you’ve read so far this year?
Come June we will be halfway through the year (crazy to think about!)! I’m wondering what people consider to be the best books they’ve read in 2025 that they would recommend? A bit of a plot teaser would be helpful too.
In case anyone is interested in trying one of these, my favourites of the year (so far) have been:
At the top of my list: The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart - a group of children is recruited for an important mission. Loved every chapter of this one
Around the World in 80 Days by Michael Palin - author working for the BBC decides to tackle Phileas Fogg’s (of Jules Verne’s work) challenge in real life - the audiobook is pretty good
The Aquanaut by Dan Santat - interesting graphic novel with lovely pictures; grief and marine life are combined in this adventurous tale
The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams - another book that touches on grief and how books can tie people together; loved the main character, Mukesh
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Suggest me a non fiction political book that you loved
Biographical, american, historical, whichever. Just something that you loved and maybe even learned something from
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A book to read to my 12yo and 7yo together.
Hi all!
Like the title says, I'm looking for a (list of) books to read out loud to my 12yo and my 7yo at the same time.
4 nights a week everyone reads their own books and 3 nights a week I read to them before bed.
I am so tired of Dav Pilkey, ready to move on to something more interesting but that appeals to both ages. Ideas?
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Suggest me a book that's short but extremely engaging
I have depression and am struggling to get back into reading after a long period of doom scrolling... suggest me a book that will make it hard for me to put down?
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Your favourite book you would recommend me?
What is your favourite book that you would recommend me or a book that changed your life that you would recommend others? I'm curious.
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Suggest me a novel that has an utterly ridiculous premise, but is executed to perfection
That title is a bit vague, but what I'm getting at is that I'm looking for something that upon reading the summary/blurb has you confused as to:
1. How the author even came up with such a ridiculous plot line in the first place
2. How the author could make an unbelievably mundane topic interesting
3. How a story could even be crafted around the subject at all
But upon reading it you find yourself engaged on a level you couldn't have possibly predicted. I hope I'm making sense, because I'm feeling the urge to read something that's wildly creative in a way that I couldn't have prepared myself for.
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Book for non-reader husband
Today something happened that’s never happened before: my husband asked me for a book to take to work! Things have been slow there and he’s tired of looking at his phone. I gave him Nick Cutter’s “The Deep” but I’m not sure if that will strike his interest or not. If it doesn’t grab his attention, I’m looking for other books to recommend. The only book he’s ever read and loved was “Holes” as a kid. He is a big sports fan but didn’t like reading nonfiction or biographies about sports when he’s tried in the past (I get that, I’m a fiction girl myself). I’m looking for books that aren’t too long, grab your attention quickly, and aren’t too flowery with the prose. Nothing too intimidating. Thanks!!
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Suggest me a high fantasy which isn't inspired from Tolkien
I want to read something original. A high fantasy which isn't inspired from Tolkien and is not set in the english mythology world in general. Great if its a standalone or atmost a trilogy.
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Easy-to-digest reads that are still excellent
I love reading, but I'm in a bit of a phase right now where I'm struggling to concentrate a lot of the time. I've found that the only books I'm really able to get through and enjoy are those written fairly simply, with a gripping plot. This has mostly been thriller/horror/YA. My current read is Z for Zachariah and I'm really enjoying it. I normally love fantasy, but these are feeling a bit too intense for me lately.
I'd love some suggestions that would be easy to read, but still have a great story behind it.
Examples of books I've read this year:
You Killed Me First, John Marrs
And Then There Were None, Agatha Christie
Kill For Me, Kill For You, Steve Cavanagh
The Hunger Games books, Suzanne Collins
Caraval books, Stephanie Garber
Voyage of the Damned, Francis White
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Looking for something low fantasy, survival and personal growth
Hi all, chaotic title I know, but basically im looking for a book about someone forced to survive alone, preferably in nature, but in a uplifting way.
As in, it's not all about the fear of dying but more about facing challenges and overcoming them. Like the person embraces and learns to love the cards they're dealt. Preferably with elements of fantasy and/or has animal companionship.
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Fantasy or fiction suggestions for an imaginative 7 year old?
My kiddo is discovering his love of reading, but we find ourselves in the same tricky spot I am sure many advanced young readers still fall into.
"Middle grade" is so varied that a lot of them are not really appropriate or still too advanced, and they aren't always easily identified as lower or upper. And he has already breezed through a lot of the beginner type chapter books.
Looking for some books he can physically read...I am not sure what his reading "level" is but a little "advanced" I suppose...I would say he would enjoy something more than a Mercy Watson type book, but he's still 7 and doesn't want it to feel like too much work. He just read Upside Down Magic, loved those, and they felt like a good fit on length/difficulty.
He doesn't seem care for the Dog Man/Captain Underpants style, preferring fantasy. So far he hasn't shown interest in mystery without fantasy, though I think he might for the right book. He's read Magic tree house, box car children (a little boring to him), and Spiderwick (a little scary but he was glad he pushed through).
Also haply to take audiobook suggestions a little more advanced. He has listened to some he probably couldn't or wouldn't read physically solo: Charlie Bone, Eragon, Storm Dragons. He also listened to Dragon Masters and... (unfortunately before I realized how violent they were, but he loved them) Wings of Fire.
Would love some new suggestions! I used to work in a children's library but it's been a hot minute so I don't know what's new and great for early chapter book readers.
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What to read in the morning?
Hi!
Ive started a morning routine (stretching, journaling, meditation, sudoku).
I've included reading a few pages in this morning routine. However, the book I'm reading is very theoretical.
I would like a book, where i can read small passages every morning and have a nice start of my day.
I'm thinking of a book inviting me to be present, or to stand still and be grateful.
Thank you.
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Reading slumps suck, and I need help.
So, this may be the wrong place to post this. Forgive me if it is. But I have been picking up and putting down the literal hundreds of unread books I have. I even posted last night asking you all to suggest my next read. I cannot for the life of me get out of this slump. I’ve tried different genres, varying lengths of books, etc. Any tips to help get back up and at it? I hate that it is already May and I have effectively read nothing this year so far.
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Books written by women
Recently, when discussing with my friend whom I read a lot with, she brought to my attention that I haven’t read very many books written by female authors. I would really like to diversify a bit. Her and I tend to read narrative non-fiction, fantasy and science fiction; our recent reads include The Wager, A Song of Ice and Fire (we are on book 4), and Ghosts of Panama. I enjoy stories with solid development and action, I don’t mind some romance by that can’t be the plot (ie: ACOTAR, which I did read).
Can you please suggest me some books written by women?
Thank you
Edit: I think I’ve got a healthy list of suggestions for now unless you’ve got a really strong opinion. Thanks again y’all!
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What soon-to-be available books are you looking forward to?
I finally got to read The Staircase in the Woods by Church Wendig two weeks ago. And the next Nick Harkaway book is technically available, but only in hardback in the UK, so I'm very eagerly awaiting for it to be more accessible.
What are you waiting for?
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Debating which of these 5 books to read next:
Here are 5 books I’m debating about reading next. I do love reading classics! Some of my favorite books are Fyodor D’s works, The Count of Monte Cristo, Don Quixote, All Quiet on the Western Front, and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
Also, The Prestige and Legends of the Fall are two of my favorite movies!
-The Prestige by Christopher Priest
-Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
-Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
-Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
-Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis
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Give me your top 3 thriller/sci fi books!
Haven't read in 3 months. So pretty long time. Trying to find a good book suggestion so that I order or buy them this weekend!
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Suggest your favorite post apocalyptic/dystopian novels
Books in this category I have previously read and loved- The Stand (of course), Swan Song, Lucifer's Hammer, Station Eleven, On The Beach, The Water Knife, The Passage...Looking for a book with the same vibe as those listed. Much appreciated!
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Without naming the book, what’s one line that any reader should recognize?
Like a quote/sentence from a book that's so iconic, you know the book title when you hear the line
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I just finished The Bell Jar and loved it. Now I’m excited to read another book. What should it be?
It doesn’t need to be dark or similar, just something I wont hate, which is a lot of books these days.
I loved the prose, the relatability, the feminist elements in The Bell Jar. It made me think.
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Books like Gillian Flynn’s ‘Dark Places’?
I appreciate that class issues in rural America, poverty, murder and the Satanic panic is probably an overly specific set of criteria that won’t lead to many recommendations…!
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AIDS crisis fiction?
I'm on the hunt for fiction that is set during the AIDS crisis or has heavy focus on it. Bonus points if it focuses on the lesbians who acted as caretakers.
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Suggest me banned books around the world that's also interesting to read?
My revolution read needs freshening up
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My niece wants to start reading "big girl books" and I'm not sure what to recommend
So, my niece is 8 years old, soon to be 9 and she has taken after me, being a huge nerd and bookworm. But so far all her books have been in the "diary of wimpy kid" style. Illustrated, stylized and '"easy"(i love the series btw). Now she wants to graduate to "big girl books". Her parents are readers but much prefer non fiction and asked me for help getting her books.
She is quite smart for her age. She liked the harry potter movies and wants to read the series. I read them when I was 10 and i could grasp everything quite well. I think she can handle them, and she wants to try, so that's one.
However, i'm completely lost on what else to recommend. I never really read children's and tween's books when i was younger, i totally skipped to teen/adult books as early as 11 (and probably read a lot of things I shouldn't have so I'm not about to recommend those and have her parents mad at me lol). My mom trusted me and left me quite free to pick what I wanted, but my brother (probably because he knows the amount of shit I have read) wants to vet the books before he buys them.
So please, give me your best recommendations of children's books(that do not treat children like they are dumb) for a quite smart almost-nine year old.
For more info: she loves dinosaurs and all sorts magical stuff. She is also in a magical girl phase.
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Sad, coming of age books
I just reread the outsiders (H.E Hilton)and I did just read the body (Stephan king) and dead poets society. And I’m wondering if there are any other books like them. A group of friends, but something happens that changes the main characters life forever. Some parts are heartwarming and some are sad.
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What’s a book you read after watching the movie or show it was based on.
What book did you find because you watched a movie or tv series and found it was adapted from a book or book series.
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What’s a book that you always recommend to friends just getting back into reading?
Hey, I’m 21 and I’ve just gotten back into reading after being a complete bookworm when I was younger. I got back into it through rereading the hunger games then rereading books I adored as a child. Now I’m itching for something new but nothing is calling to me.
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A book that will emotional wreck me…but without a sad ending?
I’m in the mood for a long ass, emotional rollercoaster that will break my heart and put it back together again. I guess the ending could be bittersweet or hopeful, and I’m fully expecting to cry, but I really need it to be a somewhat positive note. I would prefer contemporary fiction but can be persuaded if the book is amazing enough! Thank you in advance!
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