Book Recommendations

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HenBabyH

I know most VLR users can’t read, but for those who can, do you have any book recommendations? I just finished “The Silent Patient” (which I highly recommend) and don’t know what to read next. I am thriller/mystery type of person, but I am opened to really anything.

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trump x shrek wattpad fanfiction

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Wait its actually real https://www.wattpad.com/stories/shrekxtrump

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why would i l lie to you

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Ninja Fortnite Book - Get Good

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one hundred years of solitude

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The Name of the Wind

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How's it compared to "the way of king" ? need to choose between one.

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I think it depends solely on whether you like Sanderson or not. For me, I can't honestly stand his style. Also name of the wind is very highly rated but the trilogy is not finished and likely won't be finished soon (if ever) , so beware before starting. Personally its one of my favourite high fantasy series.

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HOLY FREAKING COW I WAS GOING TO COMMENT THAT!!!!🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

Literally my favorite book of all time.📖

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I ain't gonna lie I've studied and read Frankenstein and it is one of the best books I have ever read but it is quite an old book and Idk if you'd like that.

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HenBabyH

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I read an abridge version really long ago, I heard it’s the be of the most influential “sci-fi” books. I think I need to read the real thing, especially with how big its cultural impact is.

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dead silence- S.A Barnes (sci fi horror mystery)

the naturalist - andrew mayne (crime thriller mystery)

both amazing reads

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Stuart Gibbs books clears

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“Four Bullets, Four Witnesses, Four Liars: The True Story of a Murder and the Trial That Followed” by Brian Barrie

It’s based on a real murder trial in Canada. It’s a very interesting read.

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The bible is good a bit long tho

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bonkarfanboy1

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Introduction to Stochastic Processes with R by Robert P. Dobrow.
Truly eye opening book, reveal the secrets of the universe

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I'm interested in reading more Crime/Thriller/Mystery books instead of just nonfiction. Can you recommend any?

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HenBabyH

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if you want straight mystery, any Agatha Christie book, especially the Murder of Roger Ackroyd. Shutter Island is a great mystery/thriller. “The Secret History” is a must read. “The Eight” is another good one. I know you said not nonfiction but “Leviathan Wake” is so good. It’s a sci-fi noir.

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"And then there were none" "Murder of Roger Ackroyd" "the big sleep" "the long goodbye" and sherlock holmes

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napoleon hill - outwitting the devil

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saebr

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crime and punishment

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Behind Closed Doors by B A Paris!

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The Stand

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chesimac

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If you like thriller/mystery you'd probably like the girl with the dragon tattoo. and the original sherlock holmes novels by arthur conan doyle

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HenBabyH

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I’ve read the original Sherlock Holmes, I’ve been meaning to read Girl with Dragon Tattoo. I started reading it a while ago, i think I was too young to totally get into the book. I need to try reading it again.

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chesimac

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Mm gotcha. I see you recommended the secret history, I love that book. Does anything come to your mind that's similar?

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HenBabyH

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Homestly, I have been trying to find a book like The Secret History. I haven’t found anything yet. Maybe try The Goldfinch, it is written by the same author.

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wizardbot

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the original trilogy by stieg larsson is really good, the next two books arent worth the read imo

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bonkarfanboy1

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You should read Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace

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Three Body Problem

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if you want to get ahead on potentially the next fantasy movie franchise, mistborn could be a good place to start

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If you like long fantasy series my favorites are The Wheel of Time (gets slow in books 7 & 8 but worth it), Malazan Book of the Fallen, and Stormlight Archives if you're okay with the series not being finished yet. If you want to go with a horror book I absolutely loved House of Leaves, but go for a physical copy if you do try it. It's a weird experience so try to go in blind

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Mistborn saga 1 too

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Real shit, honestly pretty much anything from sanderson is a banger

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I don't know how you completed wheel of time I dropped it at book 4

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Hasselhosch

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Out of curiosity what in particular made you drop it?

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This is exactly what I came here to comment lol

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the bible

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Fahrenheit 451, when I was in 8th grade I passed over this book re reading it its really good a lot of deep meanings.

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^ amazing book

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The author uses too much figurative language imo. Bro’s a tryhard

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envyz

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true but thats why I like it

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The Ministry for the Future . You will love it and you will relate it .

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DeyahAlAjarma

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this is the greatest work ive ever read, please check it out.
Story summary:
Forty years after Biden conquers America, he must traverse the lands to conquer that which he had not – VCT Americas.

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I mostly read some philosophic type stuff and i can suggest some for you

Faust - Goethe
Metamorphosis - Kafka
The Plague - Camus
The Outsider - Camus

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And you can try to read Heidegger’s books but they are really hard

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Zikos

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Non fiction > Fiction

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Murakami

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lolita by vladimir nobokov

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Kafka on the shore

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Classroom of elite (nvm if you don't like anime)

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If you like mystery you could try the magic treehouse 1 through 73

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wizardbot

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I mostly only read fantasy or classics so if you're interested in reading classics Id suggest all of jane austen first, and if fantasy then go for the usual suspects first like asoaif, kkc then progress to malazan etc

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If you are even a little into fantasy, go for The Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson

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SmithAndWinston

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thank you for asking for recommendations for a highly intelligible form of media. Tired of the daily "what anime with big boobies should I jerk off to today" posts.

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BathW0ter

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What about just horror. Anyone got some great recommendations? (Bonus points if the book has a great cover)

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Warlordwibz

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goosebumps rl stine

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BathW0ter

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bruh... I'm older than 12

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Stephen king's ' Misery'

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In The Miso Soup by Ryū Murakami
Negative Space by B.R. Yeager
Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor

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orchestra

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any books recommendation for self discipline and focus?

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y0yster

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Meditations - by Marcus Aurelius
The book of five rings- Musashi
Mindfulness- Thich nhat Hanh
Atomic Habits - James Clear

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No Longer Human (The original book) - Osamu Dazai

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Some recommendations from books I recently read (all novels):

In the Distance by Hernan Diaz
Trust by Hernan Diaz
The Candy House by Jennifer Egan
The Idiot by Elif Batuman
The Book of Goose by Yiyun Li

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Meditations - by Marcus Aurelius
The book of five rings- Musashi
Mindfulness- Thich nhat Hanh
None of these are mystery/ thriller but give it a try u won't be disappointed.

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Vividogre

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Classics like
1984
The DUNE
malazan book of the fallen
I tried reading wheel of time but my god it's so dragging I read like 4 books of the series before dropping it.

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If youre fine with webnovels, then try reading

Lord of The mysteries / Lord of mysteries
Shadow slave

Both are masterpieces, probably the best piece of fantasy literature that i have ever read

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Saving this thread

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I re-read the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy every two years or so, and I've read Jurassic Park 11 times.
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HenBabyH

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I want to read LoTR, but i feel like it’s a commitment

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geospliced

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It is, but it's good enough that you get through it quick (imo)

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really liked All The Light We Cannot See but not really mistery/thriller

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the overstory by richard powers is a really uniquely written book about humanity's relation with nature which you should definitely give a read

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dante's divine comedy might be hard but it is super intriguing

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Lucrix

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Any Tana French books are really good

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Marty

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Huge recommendation for Stoner, ima be honest I kinda hated this book for the first 10 pages, but I pushed through, and I really really love the writing style, used. Its super intriguing.

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My recent list (<6m.o.)
The Illiad
House of the Scorpion
IQ84
Of Mice and Men
The Phantom Tollbooth
1984
The Art of War
War and Piece
Don Quixote

Highly recommended for all VLR users (get off this site):
Atomic Habits

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Marty

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Hated atomic habits, otherwise good list for me

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Dreoxx

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oh fr? it changed my habits genuinely, and brought me up from the lowest point of my life. ofc this is just my personal affinity

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Marty

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I think that it could seriously help someone, but there's no chance in hell it helps me. I thought that the tips James Clear gives are very surface level and I felt mad reading the book. It felt like if I was trying to get some real advice, then I was getting slapped in the face by the shear amount of useless info and tips I was reading. But I just know that it wasn't going to work for me so maybe I hated it more due to my bias. But I think that it does have the potential to help someone.

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Dreoxx

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like you said, its very surface level which helped a ton since i was at my lowest and maybe i felt that it helped more than it should have since anything really helped haha

if one wasn't too complacent with their life or having too much trouble, this book doesn't seem like your best bet, you'd be better off grinding through career-specific books or philosophy

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Marty

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its great that it helped you, tbh I read it as part of a competition for my school so that probably added to my indifference.

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Dreoxx

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in any case we are both biased, but subjectivity is the value of books since they cater to different audiences

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Recently finished A Thousand Splendid Suns. Was the most soul crushing thing I've ever read

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Dreoxx

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same author as The Kite Runner right? Hosseini hits deep

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Arc of the scythe series