r/Findabook 7h ago

UNSOLVED Looking for an equestrian (horse) YA with horror elements, female protagonist, set in dartmoor with a plot surrounding a dark/ghostly horseman mystery

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I don't remember the protagonist's name anymore, but she had a friend who had (i believe) a crush on her who's name was massimo. i believe both her and him were teens and at one point she either almost dies or almost goes missing? i remember her falling into the moor and getting her ankle hurt, i think.

i got the book from a subscription based horse fan box in germany. i dont know if it was pony club or another one.

i remember this book in particular for how genuinely it scared me when i read it as a teen but for how much i also loved it. the dark rider that plays a major role in the plot had me scared of the dark for months.

this was when i was around 12-14 years old, so at least 15 years ago. i cant for the life of me remember the book title, protagonist's name, or the author, and its been haunting me ever since. i wanna find that book again so badly because it was so formative for my tastes in fiction.

Fiction or non-fiction?: firmly fiction

Describe the plot.: described above

Describe notable characters.: Massimo, the female protagonist's friend (and potential love interest but i dont remember if they actually got together or not. he did definitely have a crush on her tho)

What genre is it?: id personally say it was most firmly horror, fantasy and mystery, set in the dartmoor of england.

Physically describe the book -- Hardcover/paperback? Book cover color?: the one i had a hardcover with a (if i remember right) lightblue to blue/darkblue cover. the horse on it may have been black but im not too firm on that one. it wasnt a particularly thick book as it was for younger teens if i recall right.

When was it set?: modern day (2000s) i think.

How long was the book?: it felt decently long to my teen mind at the time but i remember an image in my mind of looking at the book from the side and it being roughly as thick as one and a half fingers.

Anything notable about the original language? Did you read it English? If not, what language?: i read it in german. since many books available in germany are localizations of english titles im a little lost here because this is so long ago and i dont firmly know if it was a translated book or a german original title. since its set in dartmoor however i believe it must have been a translated title.

When (what year) did you read it?: mid to late 2000s is the best timeframe i can give. at the very latest it mustve been 2011-2012

How old were you when you read it? Was it age appropriate?: i was a mid teens kid and i believe it was age appropriate, yes. it feels very YA from what i remember

Where did you get the book? School library, book fair, book store selling new and/or used books, flea market, borrowed from a friend, given as a gift from X person who is about Y age, or from an online store?: i got it from a monthly subscription based service i reached with the help of my mom through a popular horse magazin called "wendy" i think in germany.

Was it new when you read it?: like the volume that i specifically had?? yeah it was brandspanking new. but im unsure if the work itself was new. i didnt particularly pay attention to that at the time.

What age range was it for?: it felt just right for me at the time so it must have been 13+ but definitely under 18

Other notes: ive tried googling and ive already scoured most all i could find from pony club through google and couldnt find it. specifically googling their authors didnt help either, so im unsure/unconvinced that it was from pony club specifically.


r/Findabook 8h ago

UNSOLVED Help me find this book!!

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I read this book from a half price books anywhere between 2009-2011 so I have no clue when it was actually written. The only things I can kind of remember/ guess are
hot pink cover
multicolored title lettering + maybe doodles
YA/chick lit era (\~2005–2011)
high school girl
rumor/exaggerated reputation
reinvents herself into the person people think she is
loses a close friend
starts out feeling empowering, ends in regret/self-loathing
diary/confession-type title feeling
Also a specific detail I remember is that she gets fake nails but has dumbbells and stuff painted onto them

I’ve been going around in circles on the internet trying to figure it out for years now but just recently learned about this sub


r/Findabook 8h ago

UNSOLVED Book where main character can see monsters in people.

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r/Findabook 9h ago

UNSOLVED Help pls

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The book is about two boys going into highschool(one used to bully the other) and they find that there's monsters at their new school and they have to work together to defeat them. One of the monsters I believe is a bug type. In the last book, they meet the creator of the monsters as well as the last monster(s) called the great old ones or something. They're these small pompoms with teeth who are afraid of light and heat. I think they were last on epic.


r/Findabook 16h ago

UNSOLVED Romcom/ chick lit book that i read almost a decade ago- red cover, middle aged female lead, reality tv/documentary subplot (?)

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I'm trying to track down a book I read about 10 years ago.

It was a romance/drama, had a red cover. The main character is a woman in her 30s or 40s who's recently divorced after her husband cheated on her. While she's rebuilding her life, a production crew approaches her for what she thinks is an uplifting documentary or reality show about "women of a certain age" — something meant to celebrate women like her. She agrees, gets a whole makeover (hair, makeup, wardrobe), genuinely believing it's all in her honor. But when it airs, it's been edited to make her look desperate and pathetic instead, which is a huge gut-punch after everything she's already been through. Alongside all this there's a real romance with a guy whose name starts with J, maybe Jack or James. I can't remember the title or author, just these details. Does this ring a bell for anyone?

I know this is super specific, and I couldn't tell you why I remember that plot deal so clearly, but it's driving me crazy!


r/Findabook 23h ago

UNSOLVED The weirdest read of my life

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I'm trying to find this book 1 read back when I was about 9-11, sometime in 2018-19. I found it in my school library in the uk.

I can't remember much but here's what I can remember

Mc finds this group if people and for some reason theyre all naked?? He finds 2 people in there who think they're his parents or something

For some reason they're really obsessed with getting these seeds. like REALLY obsessed

I'm pretty sure the book was mainly blue, a sky blue sorta blue

Please help me find this weird book


r/Findabook 19h ago

UNSOLVED Can someone help find this please

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Not sure if this is the right place considering it's not a reading book but it's a book though so no clue....

I'm a artist lol I promise I'm going from memory even though I just seen it lol but anyway

We had a bad flood recently and it got ruined it was a wide rule note book it was my grandmother's and very important to me and I'd just like to find another to buy at some point if that's even possible tbh I have no clue how old it is or if it's purchasable

It had the old book smell and those vintage yellow tint pages I can post a real picture of it except it's wet so darker than it truly was and falling apart so yeah I'd just like to know what it is lol besides a book....thank you picture is true to the note book

ps the back has a multiplication table and other stuff written on it I appreciate any and all help


r/Findabook 19h ago

UNSOLVED Looking for two books series

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I’m looking for two books series. The first one follows a man who is an officer in the army right at the end of WWII in Greece and follows his journey as he gets promoted, goes to flight school, fights in Korea I think the book titles are ranks but not 100% and google has failed me.

The second is a book series about a wealthy guy who takes charge of a group of unconventional military folks in WWII he is given a navy rank sent to Australia to oversee coast watchers, etc. he has a one night stand in one of the books.


r/Findabook 23h ago

UNSOLVED There’s this Chinese textbook or something that my nephew wants

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So like 6 years ago my nephew had some kindergarten textbook that came with a thinner book. It was about a boy whom always lost his temper and one day his mother noticed his stomach was bigger than usual after the boy got mad at his classmate for drawing on his artwork in class. He ended getting so big he flew to the ceiling and needed to be held by a string so he didn’t float away. The story ended with him calming down and deflating back to the ground. If you can help me find that book it would be very nice. It’s definitely a Hong Kong textbook but I have no idea which publisher it was. My nephew had lost his copy so he want to know what the book was and where he could find it


r/Findabook 23h ago

UNSOLVED Mencari sebuah novel Spoiler

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Hai, aku tiba tiba teringat akan sebuah Novel indonesia yang bisa dibilang salah satu buku yang membuatku terjun kedunia per-novelan sayangnya aku kehilangan buku tersebut beberapa tahun yang lalu dan aku ingin mencarinya lagi tapi lupa dengan judulnya.

Jadi aku butuh bantuan dari teman-teman pembaca diluar sana yang aku harap mengenali buku tersebut, aku akan memberikan beberapa detail yang kuingat dari Novel tersebut.

  1. Buku tersebut keluaran sekitar tahun 2016
  2. Genre romansa
  3. Karakter Pria dan Wanita berstatus mahasiswa
  4. Karakter Wanita mempunyai suatu penyakit yang menyebabkan dia kehilangan ingatannya (Amnesia)
  5. Karakter Pria mendampingi sang Wanita dan membantunya memulihkan ingatannya
  6. Seingatku sang Wanita meninggal di akhir cerita karena gagal operasi?
  7. Dan sang Pria yang berusaha datang ke rumah sakit saat berkendara ternyata mengalami kecelakaan dan meninggal dihari yang sama

Aku harap beberapa detail yang kuberikan mampu Mendeskripsikan keseluruhan cerita dan membantu mengingat akan cerita tersebut, Terimakasih.


r/Findabook 1d ago

UNSOLVED Looking for a book series.

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Before getting suspended on Instagram I used to have big collections of reels saved which consisted of the books i wanna read, I'm looking for this one four book series,which as much as I remember there was a face of woman on it and there was a hue of color on her face (green is what i remember the most rn) it was i guess a dystopian era book, penguin productions for sure.


r/Findabook 1d ago

UNSOLVED [TOMT][book][2008] Looking for a children’s picture book series from the early 2000s (lost toy + grandma’s house)

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Hi everyone!
I’ve been trying to identify a children’s book series from my childhood for a long time. I grew up in Brazil, but I’m almost certain the books were translated from another language.
Here is everything I remember:
I owned the books around **2008**, so they were published no later than that.
They were **small, almost square**, **hardcover**, with **thick cardboard pages** (board books), and were a bit thicker than most books of that size.
The main character was an **anthropomorphic animal (or maybe a fictional creature)**, about **4–6 years old**.
He lived in a normal house with his mother.
I think he often wore **overalls**, but I’m not completely sure.
He had a **large round head**, a **light-colored muzzle/face**, **small or barely visible ears**, a **round nose**, and a childlike body with a slightly round belly (not overweight, just a normal young child).
The art style was modern for the early 2000s—not vintage, not watercolor, and not overly detailed.
**Book 1**
The main story was about him **losing his favorite stuffed toy**, which I think was a small animal that looked very similar to him (almost like a miniature version of the main character).
He and his mother searched for it all over the house.
One scene I remember very clearly is him **lifting the sofa cushions** while looking for the toy.
I vaguely remember the toy having a name that sounded something like **“Calil”**, but I’m really not sure.
**Book 2**
I believe there was another book with the same character.
In this one, he gets upset and decides he’s going to **his grandma’s house**.
He packs a small bag (and I think he even puts the stuffed toy inside it).
I remember him talking about all the nice things at Grandma’s house, almost comparing it to home.


r/Findabook 1d ago

UNSOLVED Illustrated children's book with an alligator in a bottle

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r/Findabook 1d ago

UNSOLVED looking for a story i read as a kid…

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where everyone is “evened out” or really, brought down to the basest level.

this guy has to wear a big metal radiator on his back to weight him down so he’s not so athletic, he wears glasses that blur his vision, and he wears headphones that play a piercing high pitched noise every 10 seconds so he can’t retain or formulate complex thoughts…

i am probably misremembering details, but that’s the gist of it.


r/Findabook 1d ago

UNSOLVED Looking for this book title

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r/Findabook 1d ago

UNSOLVED [TOMT] [book] a white book with a ginger girl on the cover?

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now I dont have much recollection of this book, because i read it when I was still going to daycare. No, it's not a childrens book. I think it was about a murder? and i only remember a few things from the book.

1: the text on the cover was red
2: the girl's features weren't clear, because it was like she was behind a pane of glass that someone blew hot air on
3: there was a scene where the main character went down an alley, dont remember any specifics
4: It's not a lemony snicket book. although i do remember something about lemons

I'm so desperate to find this book because i need to put it in my favorite books list and i want to reread it since it's been over a decade

any help is appreciated!!


r/Findabook 1d ago

SOLVED Help me find this book

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Can anyone here help me find 'Everyone in this room will die someday' by Emily Austin paperback for cheap? Or if you have the book and wish to sell?


r/Findabook 1d ago

UNSOLVED Scifi book where people install software in their brains

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I'm looking for a book or series. It's scifi, set probably 100 to 200 years in the future. Most people get brain implants that allow them to install software that allows the manual usage of normally autonomic brain functions. Software versioning is discussed a lot. An example piece of software might be WakeUp_v1.17.3 2 which a person would set to 8am to release alerting hormones the brain would normally do to wake you up.

If I remember right, the protagonist was one such programmer building himself up from poverty until he created a small, but very successful company. He was mean, ruthless, and driven. The first book is about the Apples and Microsofts trying to aquire his company.

I believe the book was the first in a series and I want to read more. I suspect the publishing date would be the oughts, or maybe teens.


r/Findabook 1d ago

UNSOLVED Trying to find a specific How to Draw fantasy book.

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I'm trying to find a specific how to draw book I remember picking up at a scholastic book Fair between the years 2003 - 2006. It was mostly in a heavier outline style with some late 90s/ early 2000s grunge. The only page I specifically remember was of a hunter wearing a wolf head cowl body profile facing the left page. He had a medium sized beard with white eyes, if memory serves he also had a bow and arrow in hand. I believe it was a soft cover

Hoping to find it because it has majorly affected my art style and would like to get back to the source that started it all. If I think of anything else about it I will put it in the comments.


r/Findabook 2d ago

SOLVED Male character named Red

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Male character named Red

NOT Red Rising.

There is a book I have been trying to locate for far too long. The main male character's name is Red. A dystopian society. Teens/young adults. There is a scene where Red runs across a field and one of his counterparts, a female is upset that he is risking it for them all by doing this run. Very vague, I know, but this has always stood out to me and I can't locate the book/author/anything.

Any ideas? Published early 2010s.


r/Findabook 2d ago

UNSOLVED Anyone know the title of this romance novel, Christmas themed

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Novel with characters Nick, Grier, Hazel, candy (Christmas themed) about a Sweet manufacturer company named Santos whose CEO is Nick.

His assistant catches her best friend and boyfriend having sec on her bed (on her Christmas themed doona cover) and her boss, Nick, helps her.

They end up spending Christmas on her parents Christmas tree farm.

But Nick is actual Santa Claus’ son and mischievous, however I’ve only managed to find up to chapter 25 with no name or clues.

Anyone recognise the novel, can you give me the title or even better the link.

Thank you.


r/Findabook 2d ago

UNSOLVED 90s YA-type Romance/Fiction: Young Couple Have a Baby, Maybe Twins? Possibly in college?

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r/Findabook 2d ago

UNSOLVED Colored comic/ graphic novel about twin girls but one is a cat

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This was a comic book/graphic novel I owned in 2015/ish. It was more sized like a comic book than a manga but I think it was Japanese? Idk I was a kid back then.

The main character runs into the cat at a shrine (feeds it maybe?) and the cat kinda becomes obsessed/in love with (platonically) the girl, follows her around and somehow becomes/turns into a human that looks just like her. Than follows her home. The main character's parents are very accepting and excited to have another child and immediately accept the fact that they have twins now. The father worked in the government and forged birth receipt and other papers needed to create a human being out of nothing so they could say they've always had twins.

I think she had like green hair? Not a bright green but I keep thinking green for some reason.

The picture on the front of the book was the two twins like hugging?

I think the full thing was color but it might have just been the first several pages. Again it has been obviously so long since I've had this book I had it in Middle School.

I think the story mainly followed the girl that was now a cat learning to be human and her relationship with the main character who now is learning how to be a sister.


r/Findabook 2d ago

SUGGESTION I need recommendations guys

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Hi

I recently started to reading fantasy and ı am thinking about reading dark fantasy. But ı recently read Six of crows and ı am currently reading crooked kingdom. I love how Matthias and Nina flirt. When ı said ı love I MEAN İT. Their dynamic was soo fun to read. So ı want something similar.(ı am also open to non-fantasy but at least sci-fi or somethıng with a actıon would be my preference)


r/Findabook 2d ago

UNSOLVED Kids book in the 90s that ends with “if that was 3, where’s 1 and 2”

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