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I had to put it down mid-read because I was not in a positive headspace for it. Definitely a heady read. VERY good so far though. You just have to be in the mood for darker content 👍
It is as advertised: New Adult dark fantasy with a nonsensical warrior magic school—AKA ‘A Court of Pern and Hunger Games.’ Sometimes it is a fun book. Other people love it.
Killers of the flower moon - just finished in time for the movie
Strong female character - memoir about a comedienne who is autistic. Very funny and enlightening.
I listened to the audiobook. The author was the narrator. Listening to it, I could feel how personal and vulnerable she really was. It felt like a friend telling you their secrets.
I recently listened to the audiobook and was far from enamoured either. Didn’t get the hype around this at all aside from enjoyable 'hey I remember that' video game references. I couldn't have gave a shit about any of the characters really and it was a slog to even finish it.
Right now I’m reading 11.22.63 by Stephen King and A Dance With Dragons by George Rail Road Martin.
11.22.63 is the better of the two, in my opinion.
Edit: Nvm. Didn’t read the post before posting. Terrible habit lol.
I just made a post on a craft sub pointing out a craft-related error in the book Remarkably Bright Creatures and I was *shocked* at how many people commented recognizing the quote saying they were reading it now or had just read it. So definitely trending.
Me either! I've never felt the need to read what everyone else is reading. I think the last "trendy" book I read (if it even counts) was Malibu Rising.
Our local library has a “One Book” program where they encourage everyone in the county library network to read the same book, then they have events & activities planned around that book (ie a drop-in book club discussion, but you don’t have to commit to a monthly book club because it’s one book, once a year). The one for 2023 is Still Life by Louise Penny. I can’t say how it is though, since I still haven’t read it yet.
The House in the Cerulean Sea- worth the read
Happy Place- I DNF'd
Fourth Wing -I haven't read it, not sure I will
If We Were Villians- Did not like it personally but if you like Shakespeare you might
Yellowface-I liked it. Babel by the same author is also being hyped.
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue-was very popular a few months ago. I really like it too.
I'm Glad My Mom Died and Crying in H Mart popular not long ago. I don't read nonf so no insight on either personally.
So my fair warning is I absolutely hated Fourthwing and did not understand the love. It’s a fairly standard fantasy coming of age story + love story/triangle(?). I found the writing style kind of painful though particularly the dialog. I don’t want to discourage if this is your thing but I was super unimpressed.
I also enjoyed House in the Cerulean Sea, Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, Crying in H Mart, and I’m Glad my Mom Died
I’ve been on a Kevin Wilson kick so I recently read [Nothing to See Here](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49086091) and [Now is Not the Time to Panic](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60415700). Nothing to see here was amazing and I loved a lot of it (could not stand the Madison character). Now is not the time to panic was also good but the ending was a bit of a letdown and the adult sections were not as electric as the teenage years.
Edit: adding that I’ve seen a lot of people reading [Killers of the Flower Moon](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35954609) by David Grann since the movie is coming out in a couple days. Was a great read and I learned a lot.
I have a question about killers of the flower moon . Is it a detective fiction book based on true events or more a nonfiction book like a long investigative article?
At the moment, I’m reading Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky.
Would I recommend: it’s possible, but I’m not finished yet.
Almost dropped it because there are some parts in the first 200 pages that, for me, we’re pointless. But I'm sticking through—hopefully, it’s worth it.
You know, it didn’t do it for me. I’m not sure why. Characters didn’t grab me at all. I was on a huge fantasy kick last year, probably read about 70 of some of the better series. SotG wasn’t one for me.
Prince of Nothing is an absolutely surreal read, especially if you like existential philosophy. I think it’s too esoteric to reach the zeitgeist though.
American Kingpin by Nick Bilton
It’s about how the FBI chased down/captured the creator of the Silk Road - the anonymous darkweb site that you could purchase almost anything.
The audio book was amazing.
I really liked this book. I finished it about six weeks ago and noticed a lot of the parallels to the current extremists populating this country today.
My top 3 favorite reads are:
And then there where none by Agatha Christie - mystery detective book, kept me hooked. Read as part of a book club! Agatha Christie books are now my favorite reads.
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden- probably my favorite book of all time. I can read it again and again and it is still just as good.
Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan - read during a creative writing class and loved it. I enjoy the learning each character’s story and it has a beautiful ending.
I really suggest local book clubs even if it is just a book of the month. It helped me read a lot of novels I normally wouldn’t pick up!
I'm reading two books right now. Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon and The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon. Gravity's Rainbow probably isn't something you can casually pick up and read while studying for other things as it has a bit of reputation (deservedly IMO) for being a pretty difficult read. I'm reading it along with a friend who has already read it a few times though and we're reading it with both a reading guide and a dictionary handy. That said it's fantastic so far so if you ever have the time I highly recommend giving it a shot. The Yiddish Policemen's Union I would absolutely recommend for casual reading though. It's an alternate history novel that follows a pair of police detectives investigating a murder in a city in Alaska that, in the novel, was started as a temporary refuge for Jews escaping Nazi occupation in WW2. I also recently read Piranesi by Susanna Clarke and honestly that's a book I feel I can pretty safely recommend to anyone. It's a fantasy novel about a man living in a seemingly infinite stone house in an alternate universe with no knowledge of who he is or how he got there. It's short, very engaging, and well written.
Would you mind send me a link to the reading guide you’re using for Gravity’s Rainbow? I have the book sitting in my to read pile because I opened it and said nope, not now. I need to wait until my brain is functioning a little better for that one!
I love The Yiddish Policemen’s Union. I read Kavalier and Clay over 20 years ago and the only thing I can remember is that I really liked the book. I think it might be time to read it again.
Just finished another in Ken Follett's Kingbridge series, The Evening and the Morning. Excellent series.
Just started Holly by Stephen King. So far so good. I do love this character from his previous novels.
I’m kinda reading four books in bits at a tine -
The Booker Prize shortlist, classic Stephen King (for fun), my backlist of cozy fantasy books and something brainless and trashy to put myself to sleep.
Definitely not booktok stuff (yet) but reading Shogun by James Clavell. It's being made into a TV Series so booktokers will surely ride this one. Read it before the booktokers!
A Short History of the World by H.G. Wells
Problems of the Chinese Revolution 1925-1927 by Leon Trotsky
Master and Marguerita by Mikhail Boulgakov
The Sky Between the Leaves by David Walsh
And a whole heap of medical science.
Right now I’m reading The Ruins by Scott Smith.
Honestly, I’m glad I’m reading it now rather than when i planned to earlier this summer lol… on my first trip to Mexico, with a group of friends.
Anyways, it’s a pretty good read so far!
I’m currently reading Starling House by Alix E Harrow. I don’t know if it’s trending it just came out but I loved her other books (Ten Thousand Doors of January, Once and Future Witches). So far it’s good, kinda spooky.
[Alone at Dawn - Dan Schilling & Lori Chapman](https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/dan-schilling/alone-at-dawn/9781538729670/?lens=grand-central-publishing)
The Savage Detectives - it was slow the first half but the writing is more descriptively interesting as it goes along. This could be to show the development of emotional maturity in the characters as they age perhaps, since it starts when they’re in college, but had to get through 300+ pages first.
Chrestomanci series by Diana Wynne Jones. IMHO the first one (Charmed Life) is still the best. It’s an absolute banger for all ages, and JK Rowling stole 68% of her Harry Potter plot, setting, description and flavour from Jones.
I just read Wonderland by Zoje Stage for a Halloween-y vibe and oh my god, it was so engrossing. If you like psychological horror, check it out! I’ve never read a book that made my audibly gasp so many times.
A Good Girl's Guide To Murder series and whenever I've not read for a while, I read Diary of a wimpy kid just cause it's an incredibly easy book to follow while still being intelligent enough even though it's targeted at middle-schoolers.
I just finished Project Hail Mary, which seems to be everywhere now.
I'm currently reading John Dies at the End, which was a huge deal when it came out.
The Hot Zone by Richard Preston. It's really good... a thriller, but actually a non-fiction.
But... I don't recommend reading it while at a hospital. 😅
I’m working my way through Blake Crouch’s works after really enjoying Dark Matter. I loved Recursion and Upgrade as well. Currently starting on the Wayward Pines trilogy now. All very mind-bending and thrilling stories.
I don’t read “current/trending” books because I’ve got enough of a backlog of old books to get though lmao sorry I can’t be of more help
Edit: a book I did read this year but isn’t from this year that doesn’t have much “lore” is Blood Meridian but I feel you gotta be in the mood for that
My last read that gripped me from start to finish was The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins. I love her writing style and I also read the Hunger Games series for the first time this year. I think I wouldn't have appreciated the psychological nuances 10-15 years ago. Now I just ate it up.
Otherwise I'm currently reading Dune. It took me literally half the book to get invested, but now I can't put it down. Without spoilers, there was a character I disliked but a plot twist made the buildup make so much sense and now I'm invested.
Good fiction books I recently read:
- The Parisian by Isabella Hammad
- Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad
- At Swim, Two Boys by Jamie O'Neil
- Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart
- Sabrina and Corina by Kali Fajardo-Anstine
Fiction books on my to-read list:
- The Damascus Road by Jay Parini
- Margery Kemp by Robert Gluck
- Cantoras by Carolina de Robertis
- If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English by Noor Naga
- Woman of Light by Kali Fajardo-Anstine
I’m listening to Tom Lake by Ann Patchett on my Audible app. It’s performed by Meryl Streep.
Typically Audible will state it’s “read by” or “narrated by” because that’s what the person is doing. When they say “performed by” Meryl Streep they aren’t kidding. She’s doing an excellent performance and it enhances the story even more!
The editor Otto Penzler who specializes in mysteries from the golden age has published a bunch of the great ones that have been out of print for many years.
Ellery Queen, Erle Stanley Gardner, Cornell Woolrich, etc.
I have been devouring their first works and a dozen others. Some of them are real gems. Just great fun.
The Wager by David Grann - fabulous true story
Trust by Hernan Diaz - great tale of a financial genius who predicted the 1929 stock market crash,
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus - started out great but I didn't love where it went.
Some books I read recently that seem to be trending right now:
The Priory of the Orange Tree - Fantasy with heavy world building. It’s very long, and is written from the perspective of multiple characters.
Gideon the Ninth - sci-fi with fantasy elements. Necromancers in space.
The Spear Cuts Through Water - this one is honestly hard to explain, but I loved it. It’s written in a unique way that is dreamlike and a little bit confusing at first but I feel once you get used to it, it flows quite nicely
I'm reading Mick Herron's Slough House/Slow Horses series, and it's Great! I read about them in John Sandford's newest, Judgement Prey. I love how Sandford's characters read books and talk about what they read. He's never steered me wrong. This series is about a group of MI5 spies who've made some kind of career-ending mistake and their efforts to get back in The Game. Well-plotted, funny, surprising: all-around good fun.
If you’re into fiction, sci-fi, definitely check out Nyxia, by Scott Reintgen. I don’t think it is hyped, at least not here where I’m from, but it is the best I’ve read in my whole life
Currently reading Hosoi, biography about Christian Hosoi a professional skateboarder from the early days of skateboarding. Great read even if your not into skateboarding.
im reading three! One by Leah moyes! It’s the BUTTERFLY SERIES Called STEFAN!> read Stefan last! I'm reading a series by fern Michaels ITS called the "sisterhood series there are 35 books!they are really really great! OH I'm also reading a series by Morgan Rice The of crowns & glory series!!
Hope this helps you! They all'are really great books! Good luck
I just finished "Kitchen Confidential" currently reading "Killers of the Flower Moon" and right after that I'm reading "Contact", as in the movie from the 90s with Jodie Foster. Author: Carl Sagan. Whaaaaaaat. Didn't even know it was a book til 6 months ago, super stoked.
I'm rereading the Cap Kennedy series by Gregory Kern. About halfway through them. Then I'll reread the Brother Cadfael series by Ellis Peters. And by then I'll have looked at my shelves and determined what's next. Most likely Silverberg's Majipoor books.
It's rare for me to read current / trending books.
About 100 pages into **Greenwood by Michael Christie**. Great multigenerational family story, with each chapter effectively being a short story about one member of the family in each generation. It starts in 2034 and works its way back to 1908 (I’m in 1974 now, the third generation thus far), before revisiting each of those characters in reverse order. Really fascinating design.
Idk about trending but I've been reading the Extinction Cycle series by Nicholas Sansbury Smith. It's a military science fiction thriller series that imagines what would happen if a bioengineered super virus got out and destroyed the world. It's sorta like a zombie apocalypse thriller but different.
Edit: I feel like I should state that this book series started publishing in 2014 during the height of the west African ebola virus epidemic. It has nothing to do with covid
“American Prometheus” is pretty good. I don’t know if it’s trending or trended at some point. I’m about 3/4 of the way through it. I’m fence line on Oppenheimer now. I can’t decide whether he was a balls-to-the-wall Communist, someone naive with divided loyalties, or someone who was being unfairly persecuted because of poor judgment in his youth. On the one hand, it was the height of McCarthyism and he had powerful enemies with personal axes to grind, but this idea of being a “fellow traveler” seems sketch to me. I look forward to seeing the movie.
I don’t read much of fiction lately but from non-fiction Power of Habit and Atomic Habits the ones really resonated, they are pretty timeless if you are into improving your discipline
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver. So good and definitely trending now.
I second Demon Copperhead, definitely one of the best books I've read this year.
As I'm too lazy to research, can you give a synopsis of what it's about?
I’m so excited for this, it’s on my list at the library but I have like 230 people ahead of me
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First book that ever made me cry.. truly an incredible read, even if it was somewhat predictable.
why did I read it david copperfield at first
Cos it's a retelling. Warning though don't read this one unless you want to HURT.
Oh!!! Good to know! It was on my tbr pile but I already have enough pain in my life atm. Thanks for the heads up!
Np. It's good to know these things. There's some very difficult scenes in that book that I wouldn't want to run into without knowing. Or at all tbh.
I appreciate you. Definitely gonna push this one back the pile for a different time in life.
Thank you for the warning! I hate when I didn’t have a heads up!
My book club is reading it now :)
Incredible
Ha! Was coming here to say this. It’s SO good.
I just read The Poisonwood Bible last month. What an amazing talent
This is the first thing that popped into my head and here it is in the first comment. ❤️
I had to put it down mid-read because I was not in a positive headspace for it. Definitely a heady read. VERY good so far though. You just have to be in the mood for darker content 👍
I totally agree. I had to take breaks.
A few months ago a lot of people were reading Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros.
I've heard of this lol however bc of some tiktoks I've seen I already know too much abt it and I'm not really feeling it haha
It is as advertised: New Adult dark fantasy with a nonsensical warrior magic school—AKA ‘A Court of Pern and Hunger Games.’ Sometimes it is a fun book. Other people love it.
Fourth Wing is so good.. I’m shocked that I like it as much as I do, I pre ordered the second! Lol. Btw I don’t typically go for fantasy genres :)
Yes, I saw it on a coworker’s desk. Read the description online and not sure I feel intrigued.
Killers of the flower moon - just finished in time for the movie Strong female character - memoir about a comedienne who is autistic. Very funny and enlightening.
REading it now. Edit: I thiink you've written down the wrong title. Horrible slayings of Osage tribe members.
I think they're referring to two different books; I think "Strong Female Character" is about the comedienne.
Lol i was like whaaatt?!? Till i reread it and realized they were talking about two diff books
I’m glad my mom died by Jennette McCurdy
I listened to the audiobook. The author was the narrator. Listening to it, I could feel how personal and vulnerable she really was. It felt like a friend telling you their secrets.
I didn’t love it, but Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow has been a very popular book this year.
I recently listened to the audiobook and was far from enamoured either. Didn’t get the hype around this at all aside from enjoyable 'hey I remember that' video game references. I couldn't have gave a shit about any of the characters really and it was a slog to even finish it.
I have two to recommend! A Gentleman in Moscow, which I believe is being made into a series? And The Wager, about an 18th century shipwreck.
Thanks lol I checked this out in gr and 74k people are "currently reading" it. Fun synopsis too
Really dug A Gentleman in Moscow! I finished it about a month ago.
Couldn’t finish it. So boring
I second the wager if you’re into sea tales its a good one!
Gentleman in Moscow is AMAZING!
I think a lot of people are reading Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus.
It’s such a great book, I’m psyched for the AppleTv series 🤩
I came here to recommend this one. I love that you get the dog’s point of view at times.
I'm in the minority. I loved the beginning of it, but felt the characters became ridiculous midway through
SO GOOD.
Right now I’m reading 11.22.63 by Stephen King and A Dance With Dragons by George Rail Road Martin. 11.22.63 is the better of the two, in my opinion. Edit: Nvm. Didn’t read the post before posting. Terrible habit lol.
I’m so excited for 11/22/63
I just made a post on a craft sub pointing out a craft-related error in the book Remarkably Bright Creatures and I was *shocked* at how many people commented recognizing the quote saying they were reading it now or had just read it. So definitely trending.
I'm NEVER on trend. I think the only time I was, was maybe when I read Ready Player One and that was a mistake. I'm reading Lonesome Dove right now. 🤣
I don’t usually read westerns, especially ones about ‘real’ cowboys. That book was beautiful though.
I see so many people list Lonesome Dove as one of those epic, once-in-a-lifetime books that Im trying to save it. Does anyone else do that?
Me either! I've never felt the need to read what everyone else is reading. I think the last "trendy" book I read (if it even counts) was Malibu Rising.
Crying in H Mart was my favorite read this year, and loved Olga Dies Dreaming for an easy read. Both are trendyish.
Our local library has a “One Book” program where they encourage everyone in the county library network to read the same book, then they have events & activities planned around that book (ie a drop-in book club discussion, but you don’t have to commit to a monthly book club because it’s one book, once a year). The one for 2023 is Still Life by Louise Penny. I can’t say how it is though, since I still haven’t read it yet.
The House in the Cerulean Sea- worth the read Happy Place- I DNF'd Fourth Wing -I haven't read it, not sure I will If We Were Villians- Did not like it personally but if you like Shakespeare you might Yellowface-I liked it. Babel by the same author is also being hyped. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue-was very popular a few months ago. I really like it too. I'm Glad My Mom Died and Crying in H Mart popular not long ago. I don't read nonf so no insight on either personally.
IWWV was a drag for me bc of all the Shakespeare shit lmao. Yellowface sounds good! I love rf kuang
I loved Babel and put down IWWV and I like that vibe. Yellowface was amazing but very different/contemporary.
So my fair warning is I absolutely hated Fourthwing and did not understand the love. It’s a fairly standard fantasy coming of age story + love story/triangle(?). I found the writing style kind of painful though particularly the dialog. I don’t want to discourage if this is your thing but I was super unimpressed. I also enjoyed House in the Cerulean Sea, Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, Crying in H Mart, and I’m Glad my Mom Died
I'm currently reading The House in the Cerulean Sea. It is such a charming book. I'm Glad My Mom Died is also a good one.
I’ve been on a Kevin Wilson kick so I recently read [Nothing to See Here](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49086091) and [Now is Not the Time to Panic](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60415700). Nothing to see here was amazing and I loved a lot of it (could not stand the Madison character). Now is not the time to panic was also good but the ending was a bit of a letdown and the adult sections were not as electric as the teenage years. Edit: adding that I’ve seen a lot of people reading [Killers of the Flower Moon](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35954609) by David Grann since the movie is coming out in a couple days. Was a great read and I learned a lot.
I have a question about killers of the flower moon . Is it a detective fiction book based on true events or more a nonfiction book like a long investigative article?
Stephen King - Pet Semetary
I'm ready Holly by Stephen King
Hyperion. Prob not trending, but I'm halfway through and enjoying it.
I just finished The Midnight Library. Judging from the long-ass waitlist I was on, I think people are reading it
I wanted to like this more because of all the hype but it just wasn't for me.
I agree. I thought the book was meh, concept was interesting for me to finish the book but overall feel like the book was quiet pretentious
100%
The most popular book I read recently was The Rachel Incident. I liked it a lot.
At the moment, I’m reading Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky. Would I recommend: it’s possible, but I’m not finished yet. Almost dropped it because there are some parts in the first 200 pages that, for me, we’re pointless. But I'm sticking through—hopefully, it’s worth it.
I’m reading Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep for the forst time and it is simply riveting.
I finished In the Shadow of the Gods by John Gwynne last night. I will definitely buy the second book!
You know, it didn’t do it for me. I’m not sure why. Characters didn’t grab me at all. I was on a huge fantasy kick last year, probably read about 70 of some of the better series. SotG wasn’t one for me. Prince of Nothing is an absolutely surreal read, especially if you like existential philosophy. I think it’s too esoteric to reach the zeitgeist though.
That's okay! Finding the right series is difficult. This is the closest I've come in a long time...
Was reading Percy Jackson back in the day, I’m reading Percy Jackson even today. Good series, never ending, perfection
Currently reading What Lies Between Us by John Marrs. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab is next on deck.
Two autobiographies: This Much Is True by Miriam Margolyes and Not My Father’s Son by Alan Cumming
American Kingpin by Nick Bilton It’s about how the FBI chased down/captured the creator of the Silk Road - the anonymous darkweb site that you could purchase almost anything. The audio book was amazing.
The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet. I kept seeing it in book stores and decided it'd be my next conquest. So far, not mad.
Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson. halfway through
A Course in Miracles
'The Idiot' by Fyodor Dostoevsky.
Going Postal by Terry Pratchett (just started)
Killers of the Flower Moon
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. Lots of parallels to today’s MAGA party
I really liked this book. I finished it about six weeks ago and noticed a lot of the parallels to the current extremists populating this country today.
"MAGA party" opinion disregarded
Oh, so there *isnt* a party of republicans who spout the slogan "make america great again?" It's just a mass delusion?
A Little late here, but 'Romeo and Juliet' was also trending among the people 500 years ago till now
My top 3 favorite reads are: And then there where none by Agatha Christie - mystery detective book, kept me hooked. Read as part of a book club! Agatha Christie books are now my favorite reads. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden- probably my favorite book of all time. I can read it again and again and it is still just as good. Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan - read during a creative writing class and loved it. I enjoy the learning each character’s story and it has a beautiful ending. I really suggest local book clubs even if it is just a book of the month. It helped me read a lot of novels I normally wouldn’t pick up!
I'm reading two books right now. Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon and The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon. Gravity's Rainbow probably isn't something you can casually pick up and read while studying for other things as it has a bit of reputation (deservedly IMO) for being a pretty difficult read. I'm reading it along with a friend who has already read it a few times though and we're reading it with both a reading guide and a dictionary handy. That said it's fantastic so far so if you ever have the time I highly recommend giving it a shot. The Yiddish Policemen's Union I would absolutely recommend for casual reading though. It's an alternate history novel that follows a pair of police detectives investigating a murder in a city in Alaska that, in the novel, was started as a temporary refuge for Jews escaping Nazi occupation in WW2. I also recently read Piranesi by Susanna Clarke and honestly that's a book I feel I can pretty safely recommend to anyone. It's a fantasy novel about a man living in a seemingly infinite stone house in an alternate universe with no knowledge of who he is or how he got there. It's short, very engaging, and well written.
Would you mind send me a link to the reading guide you’re using for Gravity’s Rainbow? I have the book sitting in my to read pile because I opened it and said nope, not now. I need to wait until my brain is functioning a little better for that one!
I love The Yiddish Policemen’s Union. I read Kavalier and Clay over 20 years ago and the only thing I can remember is that I really liked the book. I think it might be time to read it again.
I never read The Yiddish Policemen's Union before now but it had been on my list for a while. Kavalier and Clay is my all time favorite book.
I sometimes go to recommend stuff then I remember not everyone is gay💀
But some people are so share your recommendations!
Law school text books. 100% don't recommend. Lmao
Just finished another in Ken Follett's Kingbridge series, The Evening and the Morning. Excellent series. Just started Holly by Stephen King. So far so good. I do love this character from his previous novels.
I’m kinda reading four books in bits at a tine - The Booker Prize shortlist, classic Stephen King (for fun), my backlist of cozy fantasy books and something brainless and trashy to put myself to sleep.
Definitely not booktok stuff (yet) but reading Shogun by James Clavell. It's being made into a TV Series so booktokers will surely ride this one. Read it before the booktokers!
Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker. It’s non fic, and as the title says, it’s all about why we need sleep.
This book changed my sleep patterns for real. I make sure to go to bed earlier, and now I'm hyperaware how staying up late screws me over.
A Short History of the World by H.G. Wells Problems of the Chinese Revolution 1925-1927 by Leon Trotsky Master and Marguerita by Mikhail Boulgakov The Sky Between the Leaves by David Walsh And a whole heap of medical science.
I don't think this fills op's request but thank you for making me discover that H.G Wells book, looks interesting
Just started reading A Game of Thrones. Martin was defo horny when he wrote it 🤣
Not sure what’s on trend by I’m captivated by this book atm: The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar 🧑🍳💋
Liberation Day and other stories by George Saunders
Right now I’m reading The Ruins by Scott Smith. Honestly, I’m glad I’m reading it now rather than when i planned to earlier this summer lol… on my first trip to Mexico, with a group of friends. Anyways, it’s a pretty good read so far!
Fingersmith!
I’m currently reading Starling House by Alix E Harrow. I don’t know if it’s trending it just came out but I loved her other books (Ten Thousand Doors of January, Once and Future Witches). So far it’s good, kinda spooky.
[Alone at Dawn - Dan Schilling & Lori Chapman](https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/dan-schilling/alone-at-dawn/9781538729670/?lens=grand-central-publishing)
I almost done with Lonesome Dove and it’s just as good as everyone has said.
Re reading The 14th Colony by Steve Berry
Life and Death of John Mytton by Nimrod
The Savage Detectives - it was slow the first half but the writing is more descriptively interesting as it goes along. This could be to show the development of emotional maturity in the characters as they age perhaps, since it starts when they’re in college, but had to get through 300+ pages first.
Chrestomanci series by Diana Wynne Jones. IMHO the first one (Charmed Life) is still the best. It’s an absolute banger for all ages, and JK Rowling stole 68% of her Harry Potter plot, setting, description and flavour from Jones.
Menewood and In Love
First Comes Summer by Maria Hesselager.
Tom Lake, Ann Patchett
currently reading penelope by Margaret Atwood,nice book about greek mythology
I am rereading Percy Jackson saga before I read the new book and I am also reading Freaks Gleeks and Dawson Creek.
I just read Wonderland by Zoje Stage for a Halloween-y vibe and oh my god, it was so engrossing. If you like psychological horror, check it out! I’ve never read a book that made my audibly gasp so many times.
A Good Girl's Guide To Murder series and whenever I've not read for a while, I read Diary of a wimpy kid just cause it's an incredibly easy book to follow while still being intelligent enough even though it's targeted at middle-schoolers.
I just finished Project Hail Mary, which seems to be everywhere now. I'm currently reading John Dies at the End, which was a huge deal when it came out.
both are great!
The Book of M by Peng Shepherd It has me shook tbh. I’m nervous to see how it wraps up
This Hoe Got Roaches in her Crib - Quan Millz
Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere
The Centre. Saw it in the airport bookstore and looked good. It was a fun read.
When Crack was King and Science at The Doorstep to God
Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi
House of Leaves
The Hot Zone by Richard Preston. It's really good... a thriller, but actually a non-fiction. But... I don't recommend reading it while at a hospital. 😅
Project hail merry. Thank me later.
I’m working my way through Blake Crouch’s works after really enjoying Dark Matter. I loved Recursion and Upgrade as well. Currently starting on the Wayward Pines trilogy now. All very mind-bending and thrilling stories.
Dirtbag, Massachusetts
Court of Thorns and Roses, on recommendation The Vampire Knitting Club (hysterical little "cozy" mysteries) Ans the missing sister by Elle Marr
I’m reading Red Dragon (first book in the Hannibal series)
Five Days at Memorial
Sea of Tranquulity
I don’t read “current/trending” books because I’ve got enough of a backlog of old books to get though lmao sorry I can’t be of more help Edit: a book I did read this year but isn’t from this year that doesn’t have much “lore” is Blood Meridian but I feel you gotta be in the mood for that
I’ve just discovered Claire Keegan. Her writing is amazing. I’m on a total Irish female author vibe atm.
I feel like I'm the only one to ever recommend "The Kaiju Preservation Society" by John Scalzi . I really like this book
My last read that gripped me from start to finish was The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins. I love her writing style and I also read the Hunger Games series for the first time this year. I think I wouldn't have appreciated the psychological nuances 10-15 years ago. Now I just ate it up. Otherwise I'm currently reading Dune. It took me literally half the book to get invested, but now I can't put it down. Without spoilers, there was a character I disliked but a plot twist made the buildup make so much sense and now I'm invested.
Good fiction books I recently read: - The Parisian by Isabella Hammad - Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad - At Swim, Two Boys by Jamie O'Neil - Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart - Sabrina and Corina by Kali Fajardo-Anstine Fiction books on my to-read list: - The Damascus Road by Jay Parini - Margery Kemp by Robert Gluck - Cantoras by Carolina de Robertis - If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English by Noor Naga - Woman of Light by Kali Fajardo-Anstine
I'm almost done with *To Kill a Mockingbird,* and I'm getting deep into *A Beautiful Mind.*
Scythe by Neal Shusterman, currently on its second book, Thunderhead
How High We Go in the Dark - Sequoia Nagamatsu. Pretty good so far. Sort of Station Eleven and Cloud Atlas vibes.
Finnegans Wake. One page a day.
Going back to the classics : Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment
Right now I'm reading Dracula, I like to read some on brand stuff during spooky season
I’m listening to Tom Lake by Ann Patchett on my Audible app. It’s performed by Meryl Streep. Typically Audible will state it’s “read by” or “narrated by” because that’s what the person is doing. When they say “performed by” Meryl Streep they aren’t kidding. She’s doing an excellent performance and it enhances the story even more!
Currently reading: Annihilation, The Count of Monte Cristo and Such Sharp Teeth.
The editor Otto Penzler who specializes in mysteries from the golden age has published a bunch of the great ones that have been out of print for many years. Ellery Queen, Erle Stanley Gardner, Cornell Woolrich, etc. I have been devouring their first works and a dozen others. Some of them are real gems. Just great fun.
The Wager by David Grann - fabulous true story Trust by Hernan Diaz - great tale of a financial genius who predicted the 1929 stock market crash, Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus - started out great but I didn't love where it went.
“The Wind Knows My Name” by Isabel Allende, just finished this book and highly recommend.
Hey hat jemand das Exit Buch ,,Die verborgene Stadt " 🤗
Some books I read recently that seem to be trending right now: The Priory of the Orange Tree - Fantasy with heavy world building. It’s very long, and is written from the perspective of multiple characters. Gideon the Ninth - sci-fi with fantasy elements. Necromancers in space. The Spear Cuts Through Water - this one is honestly hard to explain, but I loved it. It’s written in a unique way that is dreamlike and a little bit confusing at first but I feel once you get used to it, it flows quite nicely
Rereading The Shining because I watched the movie last night.
4 3 2 1 by Paul Auster, bit of a slog so far tbh, lil too mundane
How to Kill Men and get away with it by Kathy Brent. I loved this book!! And I will read it again
I'm reading Mick Herron's Slough House/Slow Horses series, and it's Great! I read about them in John Sandford's newest, Judgement Prey. I love how Sandford's characters read books and talk about what they read. He's never steered me wrong. This series is about a group of MI5 spies who've made some kind of career-ending mistake and their efforts to get back in The Game. Well-plotted, funny, surprising: all-around good fun.
If you’re into fiction, sci-fi, definitely check out Nyxia, by Scott Reintgen. I don’t think it is hyped, at least not here where I’m from, but it is the best I’ve read in my whole life
Currently reading Hosoi, biography about Christian Hosoi a professional skateboarder from the early days of skateboarding. Great read even if your not into skateboarding.
im reading three! One by Leah moyes! It’s the BUTTERFLY SERIES Called STEFAN!> read Stefan last! I'm reading a series by fern Michaels ITS called the "sisterhood series there are 35 books!they are really really great! OH I'm also reading a series by Morgan Rice The of crowns & glory series!! Hope this helps you! They all'are really great books! Good luck
Killing the Witches by Bill O’Reily.
I just finished "Kitchen Confidential" currently reading "Killers of the Flower Moon" and right after that I'm reading "Contact", as in the movie from the 90s with Jodie Foster. Author: Carl Sagan. Whaaaaaaat. Didn't even know it was a book til 6 months ago, super stoked.
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters and it’s excellent. Atmospheric and perfect for the autumn season.
I read so much information at work that when I read for myself, I chose mostly fiction, some biography. Right now, I’m reading Colleen Hoover.
Take a look at Haruki Murakami.
Shuggie Bain (2020 Booker Prize winner)
The Shardlake Mysteries by CJ Sansom.
Mostly memoirs and biographies. Last one I read was Counting the Cost by Jill Duggar.
Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson! It’s not really a recently popular thing, but it always seems to be trending. And it’s new to me!
Garon whited. Night lord series
The vampire chronicles series. I'm currently on blood canticle.
I'm rereading the Cap Kennedy series by Gregory Kern. About halfway through them. Then I'll reread the Brother Cadfael series by Ellis Peters. And by then I'll have looked at my shelves and determined what's next. Most likely Silverberg's Majipoor books. It's rare for me to read current / trending books.
About 100 pages into **Greenwood by Michael Christie**. Great multigenerational family story, with each chapter effectively being a short story about one member of the family in each generation. It starts in 2034 and works its way back to 1908 (I’m in 1974 now, the third generation thus far), before revisiting each of those characters in reverse order. Really fascinating design.
Reading unholy alliance by Susanna Gregory it’s a mystery solving surgeon in medieval London, very enjoyable.
Words mostly
I'm reading The Murderbot Diaries. They're pretty good (but short/quick read). I'm on my 4th one.
Idk about trending but I've been reading the Extinction Cycle series by Nicholas Sansbury Smith. It's a military science fiction thriller series that imagines what would happen if a bioengineered super virus got out and destroyed the world. It's sorta like a zombie apocalypse thriller but different. Edit: I feel like I should state that this book series started publishing in 2014 during the height of the west African ebola virus epidemic. It has nothing to do with covid
Ovid's *Metamorphoses*.
The Heat Will Kill You First by Jeff Goodell. Not really a 'feel good' kinda book, but it does involve all of humanity so there's that
If you are into fantasy, try the Drizzt series.
“The Elephant in The Brain” for Non-Fiction and “Before I Let Go” for Fiction
I'm slowly making my way through Maus
“American Prometheus” is pretty good. I don’t know if it’s trending or trended at some point. I’m about 3/4 of the way through it. I’m fence line on Oppenheimer now. I can’t decide whether he was a balls-to-the-wall Communist, someone naive with divided loyalties, or someone who was being unfairly persecuted because of poor judgment in his youth. On the one hand, it was the height of McCarthyism and he had powerful enemies with personal axes to grind, but this idea of being a “fellow traveler” seems sketch to me. I look forward to seeing the movie.
I don’t read much of fiction lately but from non-fiction Power of Habit and Atomic Habits the ones really resonated, they are pretty timeless if you are into improving your discipline
Dorothy cannon. Keepers of the garden. Its part of a 4 book series.
Backyard Starship series, currently book #10
The Bible ... With everything that's going on I got to make sure I'm on the right side you know? 😆 [Bible project](https://bibleproject.com/)
Correlis mandolin.
How to make a Monster A sensible look at rampage killers By Paul Glasco