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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Ailed [#7]dead silence- S.A Barnes (sci fi horror mystery)
the naturalist - andrew mayne (crime thriller mystery)
both amazing reads
Stuart Gibbs books clears
iluckilyVA [#6]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.
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.
Bonkbonk201 [#12]I'm interested in reading more Crime/Thriller/Mystery books instead of just nonfiction. Can you recommend any?
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.
chesimac [#19]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
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.
Bonkbonk201 [#12]I'm interested in reading more Crime/Thriller/Mystery books instead of just nonfiction. Can you recommend any?
"And then there were none" "Murder of Roger Ackroyd" "the big sleep" "the long goodbye" and sherlock holmes
HenBabyH [#24]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.
Mm gotcha. I see you recommended the secret history, I love that book. Does anything come to your mind that's similar?
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
chesimac [#27]Mm gotcha. I see you recommended the secret history, I love that book. Does anything come to your mind that's similar?
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.
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.
boilin_cockroach [#34]I mostly read some philosophic type stuff and i can suggest some for you
Faust - Goethe
Metamorphosis - Kafka
The Plague - Camus
The Outsider - Camus
And you can try to read Heidegger’s books but they are really hard
envyz [#30]Fahrenheit 451, when I was in 8th grade I passed over this book re reading it its really good a lot of deep meanings.
^ amazing book
555 [#22]How's it compared to "the way of king" ? need to choose between one.
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.
HenBabyH [#24]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.
the original trilogy by stieg larsson is really good, the next two books arent worth the read imo
Hasselhosch [#28]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
Mistborn saga 1 too
BathW0ter [#49]What about just horror. Anyone got some great recommendations? (Bonus points if the book has a great cover)
goosebumps rl stine
orchestra [#51]any books recommendation for self discipline and focus?
Meditations - by Marcus Aurelius
The book of five rings- Musashi
Mindfulness- Thich nhat Hanh
Atomic Habits - James Clear
BathW0ter [#49]What about just horror. Anyone got some great recommendations? (Bonus points if the book has a great cover)
Stephen king's ' Misery'
Hasselhosch [#28]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
I don't know how you completed wheel of time I dropped it at book 4
g4 [#5]The Name of the Wind
HOLY FREAKING COW I WAS GOING TO COMMENT THAT!!!!🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
Literally my favorite book of all time.📖
BathW0ter [#49]What about just horror. Anyone got some great recommendations? (Bonus points if the book has a great cover)
In The Miso Soup by Ryū Murakami
Negative Space by B.R. Yeager
Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor
BathW0ter [#47]Mistborn saga 1 too
Real shit, honestly pretty much anything from sanderson is a banger
Vividogre [#60]I don't know how you completed wheel of time I dropped it at book 4
Out of curiosity what in particular made you drop it?
XtraChrxs [#2]trump x shrek wattpad fanfiction
Wait its actually real https://www.wattpad.com/stories/shrekxtrump
envyz [#30]Fahrenheit 451, when I was in 8th grade I passed over this book re reading it its really good a lot of deep meanings.
The author uses too much figurative language imo. Bro’s a tryhard
TheHardStuckImmortal [#68]Wait its actually real https://www.wattpad.com/stories/shrekxtrump
why would i l lie to you
geospliced [#63]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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I want to read LoTR, but i feel like it’s a commitment
HenBabyH [#72]I want to read LoTR, but i feel like it’s a commitment
It is, but it's good enough that you get through it quick (imo)
Hasselhosch [#28]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
This is exactly what I came here to comment lol
LightPhD [#70]The author uses too much figurative language imo. Bro’s a tryhard
true but thats why I like it
my-dad-ate-my-toes [#80]Recently finished A Thousand Splendid Suns. Was the most soul crushing thing I've ever read
same author as The Kite Runner right? Hosseini hits deep
Dreoxx [#79]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 QuixoteHighly recommended for all VLR users (get off this site):
Atomic Habits
Hated atomic habits, otherwise good list for me
Marty [#82]Hated atomic habits, otherwise good list for me
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
Dreoxx [#83]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
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.
Marty [#84]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.
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
Dreoxx [#86]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
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.
Marty [#87]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.
in any case we are both biased, but subjectivity is the value of books since they cater to different audiences
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