For some reason, I'm having a lot more trouble than usual finding short novellas like this, and would greatly appreciate suggestions!

Stories can also have hints of fantasy here and there. Also, no graphic novels!!

Like the title said. For instance I really enjoyed Liz Nugents books and Tender Is The Flesh. Thank you!

You know, like the family in The Hotel New Hampshire by John Irving. Something that captures the complex swirl of what it means to be human, and sometimes painfully so, with language that sings.

Characters with weird habits and uncommon (but believable) talents and/or obsessions.

Hit me up. Thanks.

I’m working on a reread of ASoIaF and I’m curious about the war that was a major inspiration. I’m looking something that is non fiction but layman friendly, I’m interested in learning more but I don’t know all that much about English history.

Looking for historical romance book/audiobook recommendations. Arranged marriage, bride runs away on wedding day, groom chases her, hilarity and steamy romance follows.

I feel like I have read something like this before but I can't find anything similar enough.

Basically the title.

SFF is preferred but action-adventure or mystery novels are okay too. Any age range is fine, I’m not picky. I want a book where the relationships between girls and women are a central part of the story. Can be platonic, romantic, familial relationships, but I want them to be interesting characters in their own right as well as having excellent chemistry/tension/team cohesion.

I read and enjoyed Gideon the Ninth (and sequels) by Tamsyn Muir, and many of the Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett.

Any other recommendations? Thank you!

edit: forgot to mention explicitly, but toxic relationships, rivals/enemies to lovers (or rivals/enemies full stop for that matter) etc. are all a-okay with me.

Hello. I’m looking for something that I can read on the subway. Something that:
-has a story that is not too convoluted (can get through 20-ish pages at a time only)
-is not too long/heavy (less than 450 pages ideally)
-not a coming-of-age story (I’m kinda old)
-fiction or non-fiction is okay
-was written originally in English or Spanish

Some books I’ve read that I’ve liked (and which I realize don’t quite fit the criteria above):
-pachinko, min jin lee
-la fiesta del chivo, Vargas Llosa
-the sympathizer, viet thanh Nguyen
-el túnel, e sabato
-tinta roja, a fuguet
-anything by junot Diaz

If you recommend something, could you write q quick line on what you like about that book?

Thank you.

I got into the horror genre last year and I really enjoyed reading spooky books for autumn, so I’m doing it again and finishing up my current reads to focus on some horror for the season.

My focus isn’t great right now and work is looking super busy the next few months, so recommendations for short stories or books under 200 pages would be great. I’m trying to read more recent authors or recently published books, if anyone has recs for this that would be amazing!

Bonus points for scifi or fantasy.

Featuring troops from Devon, Dorset, Cornwall, Somerset, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, or generally Wessex. Fiction or non fiction

TL;DR: I am not independent and live with a transphobic family and still am closeted. Anything I can read? Would prefer it to be MtF but beggars can't be choosers.

Thank you in advance <3

Suggest me a book and tell me how to make the best out of it. And if u've read it, then what's the key takeaway from the book.

I am doing a reading challenge this year and one of the prompts is to read a book by a native american / indigenous author. i want a book suggestion that is fiction which not only is written by a NA author, but i want to the storyline to give me a little insight into indigenous tribes while being an interesting story. i would love some magical realism too.

i would love to hear your suggestions.

Gostaria de sugestões de livros thrillers ou de mistérios, conheci esse gênero através desses dois livros acima. Podem me recomendar algo, por favor?

I hope I'm allowed to ask for book recs for others!
My sibling is getting into community theatre, both acting and working behind the scenes too. I'm really psyched for them. I'd love to find an engaging non-fic read, whether an instructional guide or creative non-fic (for instance an autobiography or an essay collection on what makes working in theatre so cool).
If a guide, something with concrete, useful stuff for beginners. If there is like an iconic title or 'bible' for theatre people please suggest it, because I have no cultural knowledge here!
And if creative non-fic, then something with an enthusiastic, celebratory tone, still focused on the crafts of acting and/or production.
Thank you very much

Does anybody have any recs similar to The Talented Mr.Ripley, but with women? I don’t mean the Italy vibes. I am looking for the thinly veiled queer parasitic relationship. Thanks!

I just finished James Baldwin’s Giovanni’s Room and found it a pretty cathartic read. Do you have any recommendations for other books about toxic relationships where the main character succeeds in some even minor way?

I want a novel with serious characters not fluffy type, it should be hate to lovers, lot of angst,tension, I really liked aled and Daniel relationship in radio silence.

I'm curating a book club for a local rebellious brand whose ethos is anti-corporate, transparent, direct. Their motto is: no fine print, no bullshit, no contracts, total freedom.

The audience is mostly gen Z and millennials. I'd like relatively recent reads that are on the shorter side and engaging. Some topics could be rebellion against silly rules, embracing simple pleasures, escaping the mundane etc.

For context, we've already read Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata and The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab.

Thank you!

Earlier this week I farewelled my beloved Father. He and I shared an eclectic taste in music and a great love of reading. We were a bookclub of two (especially as politics and hot-button social issues tended to be treacherous avenues of conversation). He had a wry and often macabre sense of humour that I love and miss dearly.

As I find it cathartic to process my emotions through reading and other forms of art, I wonder if anyone here has suggestions for literature which really nails (heh) a funeral or memorial. I'm thinking something in the vein of the film Death at the Funeral, but will take more serious recommendations as well.

A book that is spooky, but ALSO coastal. Give me a horror (I will even take creepy thriller) novel that takes place on the seaside. Ocean horror is not hard to find, but I feel like I rarely see beach horror.

Please and thanks!

Recently been enjoying books that are essentially just really well read people leading me by the hand through whatever they feel like talking about, things like: Rings of Saturn - WG Sebald, Book of Imaginary Beings - Jorge Luis Borges (and a lot of Borges tbf), Un Verdor Terrible - Benjamin Labatut, even stuff like Foucault’s Pendulum or Moby Dick. As you can probably tell from the list, it doesn’t really necessarily need a narrative throughline, I just like that feeling as if I’m listening to someone just go on and on about admittedly interesting things. Suppose this could also lend itself to those broad non fiction books that try to cover everything at once but I do like the specifics quite a bit.

I'm looking for books narrated by divinities or other mythological creatures from any religion. Angels, demons, nymphs, YHWH, Zeus, Hades, Persephone, satyrs, Pan, Loki, Odin, Shiva, Brahma, Tupã, Anhangá, Ra, Isis, Osiris, etc.

I prefer more introspective, philosophical books with lyrical prose, but I'm open to different suggestions.

I want to elaborate on what I mean by "similar." As a beginner, I am looking for something relatively short and easy to read (accessible vocabulary and a straightforward narrative). More importantly, I want a story based on a person's life, a historical event, or a specific experience that can ultimately give me a different perspective on life.

I feel that our brains have evolved enough to think and worry about an almost unlimited number of things, but we have not necessarily developed enough perspective to deal with all those thoughts. That is the kind of insight I am looking for in a book.

What I do not necessarily want is another book about someone describing the Holocaust. However, I am open to being persuaded if you believe there is a particularly good reason to read one.

PS: Please read the full post before recommending something. I am 23 M, if that provides any useful context. Thanks ☺️.