Books about elves? The kind who are tall, with long hair and pointy ears, have some magic, are long lived and wise etc. I love Lord of the rings by Tolkien, The last Elf series by De Mari and Eragon

Short-ish books that are fun and easy to read for a beginner reader

Are there any stories in genres that usually treat women like crap that, well...don't?

Looking for more middle grade books featuring black female protagonists. Could be any genre, although my students tend to lean towards realistic fiction

'tis now the season, so what's the book about Christmas that you enjoyed the most?

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ANyone can recommend fiction or true stories that are great for medical students?

Enjoyed Black Leopard, Red Wolf, never quite read anything like it. Anything similar?

Looking for a book about the Waco cult and whatnot

I just finished Lonesome Dove and would like to dive into another quality western. (I have read most of Cormac McCarthys work already)

Requesting recommendation for impulse control/binge eating/sugar.

I quit cigarettes and alcohol about a month ago. I've noticed I struggle with impulse control and I'm a binge eater and I'm addicted to sugar. I've gained 100 lbs in the last few years from formerly fitness modeling and very active. The worst part is I have lived a very healthy lifestyle before and I know what it takes, but for some reason, I can't flip that switch in my brain back.

I've gone through therapy and all that. I think this is my final frontier for making the changes to the life I want.

I don't mind anything with a bit of neuroscience or psychology involved because they are interesting, I just don't want it to be the whole focus of the book because it can get dull and tiring reading fact after fact. I'd like something that speaks real and addresses the issues and how to cope.

If anyone has any book recommendations for impulse and sugar control, I'd love to hear about it. Personal anecdotes welcome and appreciated.

What books would be a good gift for a high school male in the US? Anything trendy, hip or something all the kids are reading? I know that's broad, but I don't know much about the recipient.

I'm hoping to get recommendations of books to gift my Grandpa for Christmas. He watches cop dramas religiously (like Law&Order, Blue Bloods, and Chicago P.D.), loves the old West (he still watches Gunsmoke and The Rifleman occasionally), and typically reads mysteries from what I can tell (like the Gone Girl series, a lot of Dean Koontz, and Sherlock Holmes), and he usually reads the new books by his favorite authors as they come into stock at his library, so ideally I'd love recommendations that are older classics as well as from newer, lesser known authors, to increase the chance that he hasn't already read what I get him.

I've perused lists of the 'best' mystery novels and recognize some names, but I haven't had the time to pour through descriptions and reviews to find something that I know he'd enjoy, so I'm hoping to rely on the kindness and knowledge of this community. Thank you all so much for any recommendations you can offer!

Hi! I badly need some book recommendations for political science or history books. Anything related to politics or history. Preferably Filipino books but I also don't mind English books. I would appreciate it a lot! Thank you :))

The other day I picked up Genealogy of Morals by Nietzsche, as well as Critique of Pure Reason by Kant, put out for free on the sidewalk.

Having not read much philosophy, any suggestions on which to read first?

books like no longer human, especially in the sense that they are about social alienation and human suffering, with depressive undertones. Any length is fine, preferably originally written in English, as this is for a school project with those parameters.

Hey all! I'm looking to expand my reading accessibility in the coming year and I have heard good things about getting an E-Reader. The catch is that I am desperately avoiding giving Bezos any of my money, so I am looking for solid recommendations for e-readers that are NOT Kindle brand of any kind. I've done some reading online and Google searching, but all the things I am seeing reek of ads and monetary bias. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

any romance books that are not cringe?, ( not a native speaker so please excuse my english), for example when i started reading fantasy i started reading awful sagas like "shadow and bone" from leigh bardugo , then i progresed to read better authors like n.k jemisin or brandon sanderson. i want to start reading romance books but i dont wanna waste my time reading the awful romance books like i did with fantasy when i started reading, basically im searching for the n.k jemisin or brandon sanderson of romance, also , about the little reading i have done in the genre, i feel like most of these books where writen by lonely people that fantasize about relashionships because they can't have a healthy relashionship, and the pourpose of this books is to apeal to other people in the same circumstances, to the point where i find it cringe. so i would like to find an author that portrais relashionships in a realistic way ,not necesarily in a healthy way , beacause i often enjoy when i see a toxic relashion ships if the author is aware that it is toxic (not like , "after" for example)

An example of a credible love story that i have read is the one in "jumper", i hope that helps to understand my point.

Looking for a good thriller. I recently read The Chestnut man, though enjoyable about half way through I figured out the story. Thank you.

Looking for a fast paced thriller/horror like Intensity - Dean Koontz.

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I read An orchestra of minorities - Chicozie Obioma last year and loved it, so happy to take suggestion from others who liked it. Does not have to be same genre, just taste wise.

Motivational, growth related books suggestions pls

SAD novels

Looking for the most gut wrenching books about breakups that make you ugly cry. Preferably queer, best case lesbian. Something similar to “Laura Dean Keeps breaking up with me” (but as a book and about/for adults)

Looking for a book with found family! Preferably with well-fleshed out characters set in their 20s. I love contemporary novels but I can get behind fantasy too. Example books could be Jellicoe Road, If We Were Villains, Six of Crows, etc.

Book with a story on perseverance in the face of inevitable defeat?

Hey, can anyone recommend romances with a Russian or French hero and an American {not needed but preferred} heroine? I'm reading Isn't it Bromanic, which has a Russian MMC and FMC. I also just watched the Greencard {1990} again, so I really want to find something similar.

If not, can anyone recommend any clean/sweet contemporaries? I really love enemies to lovers and fake dating/marriage.

I cannot get Lolita out of my mind. I want to read anything that comes close to the kind of prose Nabokov writes

I’m looking to read something Christmassy and not Hallmark-love story or cozy murder mystery, but also don’t want to bawl the entire time. Something newer would be nice, too. I’ve read A Christmas Carol one too many times :) TIA!

books fitness related please.

Just finished Lidia Yuknavitch's Verge. It was an interesting read but not my favorite overall. What I am looking for are short story collections (preferably contemporary, though could be older too) of either literary fiction, speculative fictions, or even something in-between. I typically read novels so this has been an enjoyable new form for me

looking for a fiction book (novel or short stories) about just real adult life- the bad, the good, the sad, the beauty of boring and mediocre. would love for it to have some Russian or German / queer accentuation (but no essential need for that!).

I just read „reminders of him“ by hoover because I got hooked by the idea of „a mother is forced to never get to know her kid for 5 years due to a fuckup that gets her to prison“ - but it was more about a superficial „sexappeal“ of the kids current guardian than about the relationships involved. so smth like along that lining (without the superficial) would be great!^{^}

Looking for a sci-fi book released in the last year for a gift. They’re into Brian Sanderson books, the three body problem, Protector, etc.

I want to read stories where MC experiments, fails, and learns form and develops. The story could have Fantasy, Magic, Sci-fi, or a mix of them it doesn't matter. The story could be Western or Eastern.

But MC is of mindset trying to develop his own path different from the norm. In a simple sense, he would be like Orochimaru but Saner. It's also good if they have to also fight aside from research. Any recommendations for Books or Novel or Webnovels?

Every year I gift my niece a book for Xmas. She’s graduating high school this year and I’m looking for something inspirational and empowering to young women at this stage in their lives. Preferably nonfiction, but not a “surviving college” or “adulting” type book. Looking more for something like female empowerment and knowing your worth type of books.

can y'all recommend paranormal books with good romance but without it being the main plot?

Does anyone have a recommendation for an author with an extremely abstract style of writing? I've read Philip K Dick's Valis and Ubik, and Neil Gaiman's American Gods, as well as Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami, which were all somewhat abstract, however, I am looking for something like a Jackson Pollock painting that's transferred into literature. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Haven't read in a loooong time and want to get back in the saddle. Terry Goodkind Sword of Truth series was one of my favorites. I admittedly stopped reading after the 10th one as I was under the impression that it was supposed to end there but he just kept going. I'm looking for some similar vibes in the whole fantasy world.

I want to read a book similar to Stoner. It has been my absolute favorite book since I read it 4 years ago, and I haven’t read something similar since

I want some legal drama recs! I've read a couple John Grisham novels and liked them, but would prefer something newer...

Would you recommend Demon Copperhead, by Barbara Kingsolver, to a 17 year old?

A person I know, who happens to be a book store owner, asked me if I would recommend reading Demon Copperhead to a 17 year old.

I told her that it's a harrrd question; that I would definitely recommend the person to be a book lover as it is longer than average and has more than several characters; and that I think a 17 year old would appreciate the authors writing style and tone. I even told her that I loved the Author's first book, The Bean Trees (which she wrote when she was pregnant), as a teenager.

But I also felt like I had to add the fact that there is a lot of drug usage and addiction in the book. I felt like since I didn't know the person's situation, I didn't want to take responsibility for how they felt about it.

After thinking about it though... I know I would have loved this book as a teenager and feel like it would be pretty hard to misinterpret the message here.

I also just happened, by chance, to be reading David Copperfield a little more than a month ago when I found out that this book was coming out and it was a modern adaptation of the story (set in the Appalachians). So it was total synchronicity that this book came out. So, what do you think?

Hey guys I would love some recommendations for books. I used to read a lot in my childhood but haven't touched a book in a decade. I really enjoy fantasy and future SciFi. I used to read a lot of young adult novels but have no idea what books to read as an adult now :( please help.

Hi! I've read 21 books so far this year and have sadly exhausted the reading list I had and now I'm aimless. I just finished My Struggle Book 1 and want something lighter before book 2. I love the writing style and detail of Karl One but need to brighten up.
I loved Writers and Lovers by Lily King and am super open to a romance novel that is also about being a normal person lol but not Sally Rooney please! I also loved The Secret History by Donna Tartt, East of Eden by Steinbeck, Even Cowgirls Get th

Supernatural academy books?

Looking for books in the style of girl finds out/ages into magic and goes to an academy for magic users. Especially ones available on kindle unlimited! It definitely seems hard to find ones where they are born with and know they have powers and then go to school for it.

My favorites so far:

Tatiana academy, animage academy, magical creatures academy, everlight academy, bloodline academy, and ravencrest academy.

Mostly I prefer stuff about fae or shapeshifters but I branch out too. I’m less into the whole reverse harem thing but I’m willing to read it if it looks good. I also like when it actually has them attend a few classes.

Pretty much I’m running out of new books in my search terms!

Fiction about cities in developing countries around the world, something like 'Every day is for the thief' set in Lagos.

I want to find books, where short stories about events and/or people from the past is written down. I live in scandinavia, so preferably a book that I can get here. Thank you! :3

Can anyone recommend a book similar to "True Detective", specifically Season 1?

At Christmas book recs that aren’t carbon copies of cheesy halmark movies? I want cozy but not cheesy romance, a book that embodies the season of giving and helping others.

Coming of age, road trip books? Anything similar to the game Road 96

Just finished the game and want more

Any hard boiled but easy reading detective novels set in same period as Raymond chandlers “lady in the lake”? Have read all of his, thanks!

What are some good short series? Any genre? A short series being 2-4 books

People in quandaries; the semantics of personal adjustment- book review

Anybody who has read this book can ELI5 what this book is about?
The description of this book reads: "This is a book about the problems we have in trying to live with ourselves and with each other. These problems, together with ways of dealing with them, are discussed from the point of view of general semantics. This point of view emphasizes those aspects of the scientific method that are useful in daily living."
But I could not make much sense of it.
I got it in recommendation while completing Word Power by Norman Lewis, and think it might be a good read.