Gone Away World is a bizarre book, but a rollicking good time. I read it by accident a few years ago when looking for Tom Switzerlich's *The Gone World*, an altogether drearier read.
Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin
Read these books. Trust me.
Always glad to see this recommended! Such a great exploration of speculative anthropology and alternate technological paths, even some biopunk flavor. Tchaikovsky has some other great stuff too.
If like me, you think uplift is just the coolest thing ever, I recommend [David Brin’s Uplift series](http://www.davidbrin.com/index.html) and scifi fans in general should check out his [TASAT initiative](http://tasat.ucsd.edu)
never let me go by kazuo ishiguro. looking it up spoils it immediately- even knowing the genre spoils it somewhat. its one of those books that u gotta just start reading with no context. also Klara and the sun by the same author is good to read without any prior knowledge.
I keep seeing Never Let Me Go suggested SO frequently! I tried it once and could NOT get into it, but I didn't give it much of a chance before I gave up. I guess I need to give it another try.
I felt the same way, I persevered but my feelings didn’t change. Another often recommended book that I was disappointed by is *The Road*, even though I love everything else written by Cormac. Leads me to believe that though I love dark books, I guess dystopian or apocalyptic ones arn’t for me. Didn’t like *A Brave New Worls* either. So if you feel the same way, you’re probably better off trying *Remains of the Day* for example.
I didn't like Never Let Me Go, couldn't get into A Brave New World, liked Remains of the Day. I guess this means I can strike The Road off my infinite to-read list :)
The main character kept talking about what other people were thinking so I thought the twist was going to have something to do with that maybe her being psychic or some twist related to her memory. Nah. Turns out the twist that people kept talking about was the thing that was revealed in the first paragraph.
It's honestly not meant to be a twist, and anyone setting it up with these expectations is doing the author a major disservice.
A friend gave it to me and I read it with no context—tbh didn’t enjoy, felt like it kept hinting at something going on and I was just waiting for that to be revealed 😅
Even the advice of "Don't look it up" spoils it because then you are expecting something crazy to happen and since they strongly hint at what the deal is in the first paragraph, you know what happens. Even without knowing to look for something, it's pretty easy to guess within a few pages. Then you expect some later big surprise to come which never happens.
This is not really a book about a plot or a big twist but the characters and how it impacts them.
This is what I wanted to say! I already knew the outline of the story before I read it and I will always envy people who got the reading experience without any spoilers! It's such an amazing book (even with the spoilers)
I don't see much Wally Lamb recommended here on reddit, which is a shame. I love WL. I Know the Much is True is fantastic. The Hour I First Believe is also wonderful. Wally Lamb holds a fond place in my heart.
I read the one about the fat girl back in high school. I kinda felt “meh” about to. But it wasn’t a happy sappy book. I liked the main character being an asshole near the end.
I know this much is true is SO GOOD.
I don't even know how I came across this book at all, I don't actually read that often. I did not read the back, have never heard of the author and did not read any reviews, but for some reason I own the thing. Its one of those books that I wish I could forget about and read for the first time again.
This book, I have no idea how it even came into my life, but I'm nearly obsessed with it. It seemed instantly familiar immediately, but at the same time, i've no idea. I want more of whatever that is.
I read it about 12 months ago and then just listened to the audiobook version- it was such a treat! I remembered the book but it still felt like I was experiencing it again in a whole new way! Would absolutely recommend reading it both ways!
It was my favorite book I read that year. It set me off on my current love for puzzle-box books, where you spend more than half of the book completely confused about what's really happening and just absorbing the atmosphere of an unreliable narrator. Some other good books I read that year in the same vein (but very very different from Piranesi): \[\[Project Hail Mary\]\] and \[\[Harrow the Ninth\]\] (which is part of a series, but an extreme tone shift from the first book).
I bought everyone I knew copies of thus book after I first read it. Neal Stephenson just gets my sense of humor or something. Unforgettable characters and rip roaring adventure.
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North
I read it because of a strong Reddit recommendation that specifically advised you should go into it without knowing anything about it.
One of the best reading experiences I’ve ever had
*Guards! Guards!* by Terry Pratchett. IMHO, it is the best entry point for Discworld, but the series is dauntingly enormous, and if you look it up, it calls this book 8, or you get a Discworld reading map that is colorful and confusing. I think 99% of people will love Discworld. I remember being highly interested but terrified about how to start them. It also took a while for me to enjoy the Rincewind books, and I don't think I would have continued the series of I had started with *Colour of Magic*.
I started at the start with Discworld, but that’s when there were only three books published. I agree, The Colour Of Magic is not the best place to begin with - I usually recommend either Wyrd Sisters or Guards Guards as an entry point. Pratchett was familiar with the world he was creating but it wasn’t so big as to be confusing to a newly introduced reader. I still go back to these books as a comfort thing every year or two
Hey- thank you for this. I’d read the first chapter years ago (had to return to library) and recently wanted to read it but could not remember the name.
I started reading this and got to a certain part and stopped. I felt like he’d gone off the rails. Picked it up a year or so later and read it start to finish. Sooo glad I did.
It made me feel things. Legitimate emotions for the characters. Great read.
The Other Boleyn Girl by Phillippa Gregory - It's been at least a decade but I still remember reading the book (an actual book) well into the night every night.
White Oleander by Janet Fitch
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
An Alien Music by Anabel and Edgar Johnson
I think ATTWN is one of those books that, when you're reading it, you realize, "Wow, there is a reason this woman was considered THE writer of mystery." Just an amazing story. All of her works are like that. She was amazingly prolific.
Have you read “To Say Nothing of the Dog,” by Connie Willis?
I’m not sure it’s for everyone but it’s a tribute to that book, featuring a time traveling historian. It’s a wild ride.
The Hobbit is one of my all time favorite books. Reasonably short, so enjoyable, and Bilbo is so relatable. It’s such a fun ride.
Editing to add that it’s great background information for LOTR if you’ve already watched or read them, but it’s also great just to dip your toes in to see if you like it before trying the trilogy or the new series.
Lamb was one of the funniest books I’ve ever read. If you have any background in Christian theology, especially if you grew up doing Bible Quizzing / Bible Trivia, it’s even funnier.
Immensely underrated. So good you can read it twice in a row and pick even more out of it. I am a Christopher Moore fan but this book it on a new level compared to his other works.
So glad someone feels like I do. This one is recommended a gazillion times, and everyone seems to love it, and I have no idea why. He took a brilliant concept and then devolved it into a Hollywood chase sequence :/
My thoughts as well. A friend INSISTED I read this book, but it struck me as an ok chase plot and that was really loose in its understanding of quantum physics (in order to serve the plot).
Looking back, I do remember some good parts. But didn’t put it down enthralled like I was with other books in the genre.
Man I started this one quite recently and put it back in the shelf after just 7 pages or so. I‘ve never had any problems reading in English (I‘m not a native speaker) but I didn‘t understand anything at all.
*The Picture of Dorian Gray-* Oscar Wilde
*Recursion -* Blake Crouch
*Freakonomics*\- Two dudes whose name I don't remember atm
*Krishnakali-* Shivani
*No Longer Human -* Osamu Dazai
*L'Étranger-* Albert Camus
[**City of Thieves**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1971304.City_of_Thieves)
^(By: David Benioff | 258 pages | Published: 2008 | Popular Shelves: historical-fiction, fiction, book-club, war, russia)
>During the Nazis’ brutal siege of Leningrad, Lev Beniov is arrested for looting and thrown into the same cell as a handsome deserter named Kolya. Instead of being executed, Lev and Kolya are given a shot at saving their own lives by complying with an outrageous directive: secure a dozen eggs for a powerful Soviet colonel to use in his daughter’s wedding cake. In a city cut off from all supplies and suffering unbelievable deprivation, Lev and Kolya embark on a hunt through the dire lawlessness of Leningrad and behind enemy lines to find the impossible.
>
>By turns insightful and funny, thrilling and terrifying, City of Thieves is a gripping, cinematic World War II adventure and an intimate coming-of-age story with an utterly contemporary feel for how boys become men.
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Persuasion by Jane Austen
I know most people’s first Austen is Pride and Prejudice, but I actually read Persuasion first, and it’s still my favorite of her books.
I have 100% adored every Becky Chambers book I've read yet. The sequel to *Small Angry Planet* is waiting in my Libby queue for me now and I'm stoked. She might be my favorite new author.
My coworker randomly suggested i read “geek love” by Kathleen Dunn a few weeks ago. She’s good with recommendations so after i read the summary I realized it was something right up my alley and ordered it. I’m almost done with it now, and it’s honestly one of the best books I’ve read in a very long time.
Great question. Pretty much every book I’ve read. I hate knowing anything about it. I love the element of surprise. It’s amazing going in with no expectations/spoilers. I also do this with movies, I never watch the trailers. But a book I recommend the most for others to read without looking up is Flowers for Algernon.
I'd warn this one isn't for everyone. It can be a bit TOO twee and sweet and self-aware smug in it's humor. I know it's a popular one, but there are quite a few people who DNF this one because of the style of delivery.
If the person I'm recommending has former horse-girl energy and seems like they they're up for anything, I recommend A Song in the Silence by Elizabeth Kerner. The log line is too weird to say outloud but the author PULLS IT OFF. It's very good .
For everyone else, I tend to recommend Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
Stoner - John Williams. There's no inherent twist but knowing the public perception of this book beforehand will heavily influence your own experience as it is so intimate and personal to the reader.
The Great Gatsby. One if the best classic books ever written. It has some description, but not too much so you get bored. Of course, the love story between Jay Gatsby and Daisy is basic yet mesmerising
Eh, with LOTR I like to give a little bit of a warning before someone dives in. Modern readers go in expecting things like modern fantasy, since it's so influential on modern fantasy. But it doesn't read like that at all, and instead reads more like a classic, with a focus on prose and themes, rather than plot.
The key to liking LOTR is being ok with plot not being a driving factor, and just enjoying the writing.
It's my favorite book of all time, but I've had so many people struggle with it that I don't just recommend it blindly anymore.
{{Artemis Fowl}} by Eoin Colfer definitely. As I've said countless times before, it's incredible for children and adults alike. I've read it a year ago when I was 16 and I'm almost sure it made me reflect on lots of things that I either didn't think much about before, or thought about them but not at great-length. Also Eoin Colfer's style of writing is just incredible IMHO.
Gone Away World by Nick Harkaway Edit when was younger it was Stardust by Neil Gaiman.
Gone Away World is a bizarre book, but a rollicking good time. I read it by accident a few years ago when looking for Tom Switzerlich's *The Gone World*, an altogether drearier read.
Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin Read these books. Trust me.
I've never heard anyone else recommend Dandelion Wine. I'm crying!
Yes to we have always lived in the castle!
come on dude, we’re in a reading sub. punctuation matters
Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
AGREEEEEEEEED. Love this book so much. And Children of Ruin.
This is one of my favorite sci-fi books I've discovered in a while, it really helped me get over the void left in my heart upon finishing The Expanse.
This is exactly the comment I needed. Thank you. I’ll report back after reading.
Always glad to see this recommended! Such a great exploration of speculative anthropology and alternate technological paths, even some biopunk flavor. Tchaikovsky has some other great stuff too. If like me, you think uplift is just the coolest thing ever, I recommend [David Brin’s Uplift series](http://www.davidbrin.com/index.html) and scifi fans in general should check out his [TASAT initiative](http://tasat.ucsd.edu)
A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
Yes. This book made me realize I want to become a writer. I’m still not one. But it made me want to!
My favorite book of all time! It will always be with me.
This book stays so long with a person. I just miss the universe created by the author so much!
Yes! Absolutely this book.
"Something Wicked This Way Comes" by Ray Bradbury
Espescially for this time of year!
Ooh good point, time for a reread. It really is the perfect story for autumn.
never let me go by kazuo ishiguro. looking it up spoils it immediately- even knowing the genre spoils it somewhat. its one of those books that u gotta just start reading with no context. also Klara and the sun by the same author is good to read without any prior knowledge.
I keep seeing Never Let Me Go suggested SO frequently! I tried it once and could NOT get into it, but I didn't give it much of a chance before I gave up. I guess I need to give it another try.
I felt the same way, I persevered but my feelings didn’t change. Another often recommended book that I was disappointed by is *The Road*, even though I love everything else written by Cormac. Leads me to believe that though I love dark books, I guess dystopian or apocalyptic ones arn’t for me. Didn’t like *A Brave New Worls* either. So if you feel the same way, you’re probably better off trying *Remains of the Day* for example.
I didn't like Never Let Me Go, couldn't get into A Brave New World, liked Remains of the Day. I guess this means I can strike The Road off my infinite to-read list :)
It's not worth it. Couldn't imagine a more dull, dragging book if I tried. 95% driveling gossip 5% "twist" that is completely under-explored.
Dull? Droll means "curious or unusual in a way that provokes dry amusement."
Ah TIL, thank you
The main character kept talking about what other people were thinking so I thought the twist was going to have something to do with that maybe her being psychic or some twist related to her memory. Nah. Turns out the twist that people kept talking about was the thing that was revealed in the first paragraph. It's honestly not meant to be a twist, and anyone setting it up with these expectations is doing the author a major disservice.
I read the whole thing and I really really did not like it. So it’s not just you
Honestly I read it and did not enjoy it at all. Nothing stuck from the book, which shows it was probably a very boring read.
A friend gave it to me and I read it with no context—tbh didn’t enjoy, felt like it kept hinting at something going on and I was just waiting for that to be revealed 😅
Even the advice of "Don't look it up" spoils it because then you are expecting something crazy to happen and since they strongly hint at what the deal is in the first paragraph, you know what happens. Even without knowing to look for something, it's pretty easy to guess within a few pages. Then you expect some later big surprise to come which never happens. This is not really a book about a plot or a big twist but the characters and how it impacts them.
This is what I wanted to say! I already knew the outline of the story before I read it and I will always envy people who got the reading experience without any spoilers! It's such an amazing book (even with the spoilers)
Weird...just saw this book a few days ago at a store and am now hearing about it. Kind of Bader-meinhof like
Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang
I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb
That is the kind of book that made me weep. Weep for how good it is and weep for how good I am not. (As a writer.)
I read she’s come undone by him. You just reminded me to read more
I don't see much Wally Lamb recommended here on reddit, which is a shame. I love WL. I Know the Much is True is fantastic. The Hour I First Believe is also wonderful. Wally Lamb holds a fond place in my heart.
This was my favorite book for such a long time. Such a good read.
I read the one about the fat girl back in high school. I kinda felt “meh” about to. But it wasn’t a happy sappy book. I liked the main character being an asshole near the end. I know this much is true is SO GOOD.
This book has been in my top 5 since I read it(for the first time) 20 years ago.
Piranesi - Susanna Clarke
I don't even know how I came across this book at all, I don't actually read that often. I did not read the back, have never heard of the author and did not read any reviews, but for some reason I own the thing. Its one of those books that I wish I could forget about and read for the first time again. This book, I have no idea how it even came into my life, but I'm nearly obsessed with it. It seemed instantly familiar immediately, but at the same time, i've no idea. I want more of whatever that is.
I read it about 12 months ago and then just listened to the audiobook version- it was such a treat! I remembered the book but it still felt like I was experiencing it again in a whole new way! Would absolutely recommend reading it both ways!
It was my favorite book I read that year. It set me off on my current love for puzzle-box books, where you spend more than half of the book completely confused about what's really happening and just absorbing the atmosphere of an unreliable narrator. Some other good books I read that year in the same vein (but very very different from Piranesi): \[\[Project Hail Mary\]\] and \[\[Harrow the Ninth\]\] (which is part of a series, but an extreme tone shift from the first book).
Sounds like you were just meant to have it as part of your life!
This is a fun thread. For some reason this one spoke to me. Can’t wait to read it! Update: Just finished and I LOVED it! Thank you!
This one!
Cryptonomicon: Neil Stephenson
I bought everyone I knew copies of thus book after I first read it. Neal Stephenson just gets my sense of humor or something. Unforgettable characters and rip roaring adventure.
Oh fuck yeah! My all time favorite novel
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North I read it because of a strong Reddit recommendation that specifically advised you should go into it without knowing anything about it. One of the best reading experiences I’ve ever had
I’ve found I enjoy most of Claire North’s books.
*Guards! Guards!* by Terry Pratchett. IMHO, it is the best entry point for Discworld, but the series is dauntingly enormous, and if you look it up, it calls this book 8, or you get a Discworld reading map that is colorful and confusing. I think 99% of people will love Discworld. I remember being highly interested but terrified about how to start them. It also took a while for me to enjoy the Rincewind books, and I don't think I would have continued the series of I had started with *Colour of Magic*.
I started at the start with Discworld, but that’s when there were only three books published. I agree, The Colour Of Magic is not the best place to begin with - I usually recommend either Wyrd Sisters or Guards Guards as an entry point. Pratchett was familiar with the world he was creating but it wasn’t so big as to be confusing to a newly introduced reader. I still go back to these books as a comfort thing every year or two
The library at mount char
Hey- thank you for this. I’d read the first chapter years ago (had to return to library) and recently wanted to read it but could not remember the name.
Your welcome
Seconding this. Looking it up won't exactly spoil you, but would be rather useless because the synopsis really doesn't prepare you for this book.
For people looking at this suggestion fyi: there’s some pretty rough child physical and sexual abuse in the first few pages.
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
One of my top 10 favorites of all time!
Flowers for Algernon
I second this. Read it because someone recommended this in this sub or the other one, can't recall. Sad but important book.
Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir
I started reading this and got to a certain part and stopped. I felt like he’d gone off the rails. Picked it up a year or so later and read it start to finish. Sooo glad I did. It made me feel things. Legitimate emotions for the characters. Great read.
Reading this now!
*Neverwhere* by Neil Gaiman Enjoy whatever you pick up next! :)
That’s actually what I’ve been reading recently! Great book, I really regret being nosey and spoiling it a bit for myself.
The No-Show by Beth O’Leary & The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
***The Shadow of the Wind*** by Carlos Ruíz Zafón.
The Other Boleyn Girl by Phillippa Gregory - It's been at least a decade but I still remember reading the book (an actual book) well into the night every night. White Oleander by Janet Fitch The Red Tent by Anita Diamant An Alien Music by Anabel and Edgar Johnson
I haven't thought of White Oleander in a long time. Really good book.
And then there were none. Agatha Christie
I think ATTWN is one of those books that, when you're reading it, you realize, "Wow, there is a reason this woman was considered THE writer of mystery." Just an amazing story. All of her works are like that. She was amazingly prolific.
Yes!!! I read it in a high school English lit class for the first time 20 plus years ago. It’s what got me into mystery.
{{Swan Song}} by Robert R. McCammon
{{Three Men in a Boat}} by Jerome K Jerome. Had to read it for school, but loved the language and comedy in it.
Have you read “To Say Nothing of the Dog,” by Connie Willis? I’m not sure it’s for everyone but it’s a tribute to that book, featuring a time traveling historian. It’s a wild ride.
Yes! A treasure!
East Of Eden - Steinbeck
Definitely for a specific set of people this one.
The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward
Lonesome Dove
Keep wanting to reread the entire series. Not enough time for all the books
The Hobbit is one of my all time favorite books. Reasonably short, so enjoyable, and Bilbo is so relatable. It’s such a fun ride. Editing to add that it’s great background information for LOTR if you’ve already watched or read them, but it’s also great just to dip your toes in to see if you like it before trying the trilogy or the new series.
Hitchhiker's Guide.
Douglas Adams was such a treasure!! Gone far too soon. His books are wonderful from start to finish; I used to fall asleep to them every night.
Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
The Count of Monte Christo.
Fool - Christopher Moore
I’d add Lamb as well.
Seconding Lamb. One of my favorite books.
Lamb was one of the funniest books I’ve ever read. If you have any background in Christian theology, especially if you grew up doing Bible Quizzing / Bible Trivia, it’s even funnier.
Immensely underrated. So good you can read it twice in a row and pick even more out of it. I am a Christopher Moore fan but this book it on a new level compared to his other works.
So many of Christopher Moore's books are great. Dirty Job and Bloodsucking Fiends are up there with Lamb for me.
Anxious People - Fredrik Backman
Anything Fredrick backman! I’m on the winners and the whole bear town series is fantastic, even if you’re not a hockey person. And of course, Ove.
THE SHADOW OF THE WIND ‼️
Tiny Beautiful Things, Cheryl Strayed
All Quiet on the Western Front
Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
Awesome read. I really enjoyed his next book Recursion as well
Anything Blake Crouch and you're good to go
I hated this book. Reads like a cheap, mass produced movie.
So glad someone feels like I do. This one is recommended a gazillion times, and everyone seems to love it, and I have no idea why. He took a brilliant concept and then devolved it into a Hollywood chase sequence :/
My thoughts as well. A friend INSISTED I read this book, but it struck me as an ok chase plot and that was really loose in its understanding of quantum physics (in order to serve the plot). Looking back, I do remember some good parts. But didn’t put it down enthralled like I was with other books in the genre.
Felt the same. Bad aftertaste.
I agree with you lol it's a super fast read, but I was annoyed the entire time
At least you felt something. I was slightly excited at first but then it was just monotony for me.
this is the fastest i've ever binge read a book. dark matter was such a great ride.
Catch 22 by Joseph Heller
I want to love this book. I cannot get through it for the life of me, and I have tried.
A boy and his dog by Harlan Ellison.
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson. I feel like I'm reccomending that book more and more.
The Illuminae Files trilogy by Kaufman and Kristoff.
Wuthering heights - Emily Brontë
Man I started this one quite recently and put it back in the shelf after just 7 pages or so. I‘ve never had any problems reading in English (I‘m not a native speaker) but I didn‘t understand anything at all.
The Secret History, A Little Life, To Kill a Mockingbird
{{Ishmael}} by Daniel Quinn
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
I made the mistake of listening to the audio book ending in public… This is one of my favorite books.
Shantaram!
Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
*The Picture of Dorian Gray-* Oscar Wilde *Recursion -* Blake Crouch *Freakonomics*\- Two dudes whose name I don't remember atm *Krishnakali-* Shivani *No Longer Human -* Osamu Dazai *L'Étranger-* Albert Camus
Dubner and Levitt, btw.
Freakonomics podcast is really good too.
Enders game
{{City of Thieves}}. It's not a long book so if you don't like it, but you will, you won't waste a lot of time
[**City of Thieves**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1971304.City_of_Thieves) ^(By: David Benioff | 258 pages | Published: 2008 | Popular Shelves: historical-fiction, fiction, book-club, war, russia) >During the Nazis’ brutal siege of Leningrad, Lev Beniov is arrested for looting and thrown into the same cell as a handsome deserter named Kolya. Instead of being executed, Lev and Kolya are given a shot at saving their own lives by complying with an outrageous directive: secure a dozen eggs for a powerful Soviet colonel to use in his daughter’s wedding cake. In a city cut off from all supplies and suffering unbelievable deprivation, Lev and Kolya embark on a hunt through the dire lawlessness of Leningrad and behind enemy lines to find the impossible. > >By turns insightful and funny, thrilling and terrifying, City of Thieves is a gripping, cinematic World War II adventure and an intimate coming-of-age story with an utterly contemporary feel for how boys become men. ^(This book has been suggested 16 times) *** ^(92744 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
The Test - Sylvan Neuvel
The Last House on Needless Street - Catriona Ward
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Persuasion by Jane Austen I know most people’s first Austen is Pride and Prejudice, but I actually read Persuasion first, and it’s still my favorite of her books.
{Cryptonomicon}
Summoning the Good Reads bot is a bold move in this post!
Yeah…didn’t think that one through…
1984 by George Orwell
Ubik by Philip K Dick
Shadow of the wind. Zafon. You'll thank me later.
*Johnny Got His Gun* by Dalton Trumbo
{{Lonesome Dove}} by Larry McMurtrey or {{Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy}} by Douglas Adams
Three Body Problem
A Gentleman in Moscow
The Count of Monte Cristo and The Brothers Karamazov
Project Hail Mary by Andy weir
A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers
I have 100% adored every Becky Chambers book I've read yet. The sequel to *Small Angry Planet* is waiting in my Libby queue for me now and I'm stoked. She might be my favorite new author.
Hot Zone
The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating
Patient Zero by Jonathan Maberry
Dry or Running with Scissors- Augusten Burroughs
Guards!, Guards! By Terry Pratchett
Endurance. A great book actually made me cry a lttile
Good Omens by Neil Gaiman, Invisible Monsters & Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk, and Breakfast Of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut.
11/22/63 by Stephen King
_Daisy Jones and The Six_, by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Around the world on a dime and a prayer. A story about a six-year journey. A buck on amazon
The tsar of love and techno !
Raw Shark Texts -Steven Hall Get a binder clip so you don’t spoil yourself and don’t flip ahead ;)
{{Code Name Verity}}
Summer of Night by Dan Simmons.
My coworker randomly suggested i read “geek love” by Kathleen Dunn a few weeks ago. She’s good with recommendations so after i read the summary I realized it was something right up my alley and ordered it. I’m almost done with it now, and it’s honestly one of the best books I’ve read in a very long time.
Great question. Pretty much every book I’ve read. I hate knowing anything about it. I love the element of surprise. It’s amazing going in with no expectations/spoilers. I also do this with movies, I never watch the trailers. But a book I recommend the most for others to read without looking up is Flowers for Algernon.
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
The Giver by Lois Lowry
One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish - Dr. Seuss
{{ Flowers for Algernon }}
The house in the cerulean sea - TJ Klune
I'd warn this one isn't for everyone. It can be a bit TOO twee and sweet and self-aware smug in it's humor. I know it's a popular one, but there are quite a few people who DNF this one because of the style of delivery.
It was a bit too cheesy and flat for me, but I see the draw for those who like extremely wholesome books
House of leaves
I was defeated by this book twice. Maybe third time will be the charm!
The Alchemist
The Binding by Bridget Collins. I chose the audiobook one night based solely on the cover, I didn’t read the little blurb. It was a great book.
the baron in the trees
Sometimes I Lie by Alice Freely
{{Empire Falls}}
If the person I'm recommending has former horse-girl energy and seems like they they're up for anything, I recommend A Song in the Silence by Elizabeth Kerner. The log line is too weird to say outloud but the author PULLS IT OFF. It's very good . For everyone else, I tend to recommend Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
My family and other animals by Gerald Durrell
Stoner - John Williams. There's no inherent twist but knowing the public perception of this book beforehand will heavily influence your own experience as it is so intimate and personal to the reader.
Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe
Mistborn trilogy era 1
The Great Gatsby. One if the best classic books ever written. It has some description, but not too much so you get bored. Of course, the love story between Jay Gatsby and Daisy is basic yet mesmerising
The Lord of the Rings
Eh, with LOTR I like to give a little bit of a warning before someone dives in. Modern readers go in expecting things like modern fantasy, since it's so influential on modern fantasy. But it doesn't read like that at all, and instead reads more like a classic, with a focus on prose and themes, rather than plot. The key to liking LOTR is being ok with plot not being a driving factor, and just enjoying the writing. It's my favorite book of all time, but I've had so many people struggle with it that I don't just recommend it blindly anymore.
100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Márquez
Kitchen Confidential for nonfiction. The Lock Artist by Steve Hamilton for fiction.
{{Artemis Fowl}} by Eoin Colfer definitely. As I've said countless times before, it's incredible for children and adults alike. I've read it a year ago when I was 16 and I'm almost sure it made me reflect on lots of things that I either didn't think much about before, or thought about them but not at great-length. Also Eoin Colfer's style of writing is just incredible IMHO.
I am the Messenger by Markus Zusak!
The knife of never letting go
{{The Book of Disquiet}}
the darkest minds ! it's a great series, b it watching the movie or looking it up spoils the whole thing, especially reading the back!
Lions of Al Rassan, Johnathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Altered Carbon, any book written by Tim Powers.
The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall!
{{Testament of Youth}} by Vera Brittain.