Recommendations for someone who hasn't picked up a book in a while
- Tiffanyli
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Recommendations for someone who hasn't picked up a book in a while
In the past I enjoyed books like A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness and The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern.
Open to any recommendations. Doesn't have to be necessarily similar to those books! (:
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- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
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The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
In the Forests of the Night by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
The Nameless City by H.P. Lovecraft
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
Longer reads:
Relic by Preston/Child
Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero [mild descriptions and language within]
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin [an interesting YA mystery]
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Operation Barracuda by David Michaels [mild language and descriptions, brief intimate scene]
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I recommend anything by Shari Lapena, here are a few I currently own/read:
A Stranger in the House
The Couple Next Door
An Unwanted Guest
All of the above titles are around 300 pages so not too daunting.
I also have found that going back and reading a book I loved can get me back in the groove. For me, this was Harry Potter and John Green. Re-reading some of these books helped me fall back in love with reading.
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The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Behind her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough
The Trespasser by Tana French (I really want to read more of her books! This one was amazing!!)
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For, non-similar books.
To switch it up- non-fiction, but storytelling,
Seabiscuit is amazing. I read it in high school and I loved, loved, loved it.
With a nonfiction, for fun, you want to get someone who can tell a story.
How We Survived Communism and Even Laughed is another great NF.
Other fiction recs:
For someone who hasn't read in a while: I'd say read The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. I'm reading it right now, and I'm zooming through it. It is flat-out amazing.
What You Did is a thriller and another fast read.
Big Little Lies is amazing! It's a great book. I read that in two days. That's a great book to get you started.
What else...if you're interested in commentary on the recent college scandal, the modern lit book, The Gifted School is good. It basically predicted the whole thing---except in the form of an elite magnet school.
One of Us is Lying is another great book. It's suspense, but not cheesy or predictable.
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn is good. Much better than Gone Girl, which I totally quit. However, it's super eerie and crude.
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I feel the best way to start off reading after a pause is to begin again with short stories. I personally am forever in love with short story anthologies, the way a single book can encompass a diversity of voices, viewpoints, worlds.
Two of my favorites are Other Worlds - 10 Amazing Scifi Stories and Grimm. They seem like they'd suit your tastes too, from what you said in your post.
If you're feeling brave enough for longer books then Laura Powell's Game of Triumphs trilogy is a great pick for lovers of magical worlds.
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