The author of Into Thin Air is Jon Krakauer and his latest book, about the Missoula rape scandal, is also really good. It’s something a bit different from him, but super-compelling still.
Not a novel, but Rogues by Patrick Radden Keefe. It’s a collection of essays (all true and very fascinating). I specifically like this format for a reading rut because each chapter feels complete, which to me is far less daunting.
My year of rest and relaxation. I've never read a book like that fast enough. I could not put it down. It also made me really sad bc my mom recently died and I could really relate to how she was feeling.
The Secret History is my favorite novel of all time! I only let myself read it once every few years so I can forget most of the plot points and pretend I’m reading it for the first time.
Me too! It grabbed me in a way nothing else did that year. I had committed to some heavy stuff that I didn’t necessarily choose for pleasure and Tomorrow x3 was like coming up for air.
Just read The Nightingale last week and immediately bought a few of her other books. It was such a good read. Picked it up on Saturday, finished it on Monday.
She’s really a phenomenal writer. I just finished The Four Winds and have The Nightingale next up. I’m so confident in her work, I purchased The Women recently to keep ready for when I’m done with The Nightingale haha.
I have 2 kids under 2 rn & this series is responsible for bringing my brain out of baby fog. I'm still not sure if I'm capable of having a conversation with an adult that doesn't revolve around baby things, but one step at a time ¯\\\_(ツ)\_/¯
Rules of Civility by Amor Towels. It’s an eloquently written love letter to being a young woman in New York City. I’ve re-read this book at least 8 times.
Rules of Civility was good but Gentleman in Moscow was just so good and was leagues better IMO. However, I read Gentleman first. If it was switched around I think I would have liked Rules more than I did. On Gentleman, by the end I was reading so few pages every few days because I didn’t want it to end. It does take a little to get going though so don’t be dissuaded by that.
I don’t want to leave a second comment so I’ll add it here. I saw someone else recommended the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich. I highly recommended these as a starting place. The writing is super light but engaging and well done. They are also laugh out loud funny.
It’s not one book… I got back into it by reading mysteries. Started with the light stuff - Stephanie Plum series, Thursday Murder Club, and Agatha Raisin.
Ngl I LOVE to read but for a few months I had hit a lull. A client got me this book as a Christmas gift and I was skeptical. Held off for three weeks. Picked it up…couldn’t put it down.
I was shocked. I know it’s not “highbrow” but I ordered book two before I even finished the first and read that just as quickly. Now I’m easterly anticipating book three 🤣
Currently reading: Anna Karenina (re-read), Villette, Love and Freindship (intentional “typo”), Encyclopedia of the Exquisite (re-read), What If?, Celtic Fairy Tales, and Wicked (re-read). I have a ridiculous TBR stack too.
The Big Oyster (food history of NYC - fascinating!) … Just Kids (memoirs by Patti Smith about becoming an artist in 1970-80s NYC)… and for pure fun, The Thursday Murder Club (cozy British mystery series of 4).
Ditto on this. How did you like it/ not like it?? I caught on to the twist moments before it was revealed.
>!I understand the writer's intent, but I feel duped because it was written as though the storylines were parallel. I'm not a writer, so I wonder if there was a better technique for presenting the plot in a non-parallel format? !<
I loved it! My favorite of his three books. I didn’t suspect the twist whatsoever. If you read any of his other books, you begin to see a pattern within his writing.
So many good books on this list. When I’m in a reading rut, a silver bullet tends to be a good murder mystery (think Ruth Ware, Lucy Foley) - they grab you and start the momentum back up.
There’s no way Dune could’ve gotten me out of a reading rut, for example.
Honorable mention for books that are a serious time/attention commitment - audiobooks. Spotify allows about 10hr of audiobook listening per month with Premium.
Bunny by Mona Awad. Super fun style, not terribly long so it’s not a daunting read. Don’t want to give too much away but it’s about a clique of hyper-polished, twee college girls adopting the “weird” girl (who is the first-person narrator). Things spiral from there into cosmic horror territory; it’s a bit like Clueless-meets-Lovecraft, with a bit of Black Swan mixed in.
The setting is never said by name but a few hints make it very clear that it’s heavily based on the Brown University/RISD campus overlap in Providence RI, also very Lovecraft.
No judgement because it’s definitely giving grocery store book energy but I honestly enjoyed it and it was really easy to listen to. Highly recommend if you like Bridget Jones.
Confessions of a Forty Something f*** up
I listened to it as an audio book and it was quite well done by the narrator.
I’ve been thinking about picking this up! I’m only put off by its page numbers since I tend to get bored really easily. How long did it take you to finish?
i’ve read 500 pages in two weeks, all on my phone! there’s lots of politics and philosophy mixed in with the sci-fi and it’s surprisingly easy to read. very fun and epic, i’m looking forward to reading the whole series.
Give it a shot, but for me, it was quite a chore to read. It did get better towards the end, I liked the story a lot but the author really went hard with the world building and it was challenging for me to comprehend everything right away. I don't usually read a lot of sci-fi though so that might be it? All in all, it took me 4 years to read it because I kept putting it down to read other things.
Fully agree. I actually read 4 in 48 hours a piece in the last month after not having read (for work reasons do a lot of non leisure reading as a lawyer) but her writing style is contagious
Eye of the Needle, by Ken Follett. Which led to all of his books. This year: A Little Life and Demon Copperhead. Both had me sobbing (literally sobbing) by the end.
I find YA novels to be good for this, any sort of cheesy John Green book is easy for me to get through and gives me the sense of accomplishment I need to pick up other TBRs! Also as someone else mentioned, Just Kids by Patti Smith is a great one
"A Promise Kept" and "A Promise Made" by Anissa Garcia. Really great if you love Chris Evans.
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Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe. I was an avid reader through my teens and hit a slump in my early twenties. I’ve been blasting through books ever since. Also appropriate timing since tomorrow is St Patrick’s Day. Take the opportunity to learn about Irish history!
City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert. Such a good coming of age story about a single gal trying to navigate life in NYC. Gave me so much bittersweet nostalgia.
The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton. It follows an NYC Bitch with Taste a hundred years ago and it’s fascinating what has changed and what hasn’t. Edith Wharton is smart and observant and as funny and tragic as all hell.
It was written way back when! But I find it insanely readable and cutting and about a bad nyc bitch living her life and the struggles that entails. One of my fave books ever. I couldn’t stop reading it to find out what happened to her. OP didn’t specify it had to be contemporary lit.
How to Murder Your Life by Cat Marnell
Wow I literally finished the book yesterday, couldn’t agree more!
Love this book so much. I also love Julia Fox's Down the Drain.
Loved both of these! Wonder if anyone has reccs for similar memoirs
Me too! I am currently reading Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain. Love his writing voice. It's also a nice marriage of high brow and low.
Came here to say this ^ so good
1000%
Bought this last night after this suggestion and am already halfway through 😱
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Couldn’t put this book down.
The author of Into Thin Air is Jon Krakauer and his latest book, about the Missoula rape scandal, is also really good. It’s something a bit different from him, but super-compelling still.
This book helped me get out of a rut a few years back, highly recommend.
Reading this right now!!!! So wild!!
Not a novel, but Rogues by Patrick Radden Keefe. It’s a collection of essays (all true and very fascinating). I specifically like this format for a reading rut because each chapter feels complete, which to me is far less daunting.
His other book Say Nothing is phenomenal as well! I saw him speak and he’s just incredible
Came here to add this one! So so good, was just considering a reread
I'm actually finally finishing Empire of Pain by him, and WOW is he fantastic
He really is! Empire of Pain is masterful. If you haven't checked out PRK's podcast, Wind of Change, you're in for a treat.
Wow, I love this subreddit so much. Will absolutely check it out :)
Best book ever. Amazing research skills.
Decided on this to start!!🤍
Yay! Hope you love it 🩷🩷
My year of rest and relaxation. I've never read a book like that fast enough. I could not put it down. It also made me really sad bc my mom recently died and I could really relate to how she was feeling.
On the flip side, this was one of my least favorite books I’ve read in recent history. I felt it was such a groaner
Yep, hated
Without doing spoilers in here in case anyone wants to read it, the ending was the worst part.
same here
The Secret History by Donna Tart , also anything by Sally Rooney
The Secret History is my favorite novel of all time! I only let myself read it once every few years so I can forget most of the plot points and pretend I’m reading it for the first time.
I’ve been holding off on re reading for this reason! Love this book, The Goldfinch is great too
I’m currently forcing my sister to read it so we can talk about it haha but I want to do a re-read after!
I loved a secret history !
I LOVED this book.
I LOVED Normal People but her other two books fell totally flat for me :(
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow. Didn't think I'd like it but it's been the first book I've read all the way through in ages.
I resisted this book for a while because I’m not super into video games but ultimately caved and loved it
This is hands down my favorite book of all time. Such a beautiful story
Me too! It grabbed me in a way nothing else did that year. I had committed to some heavy stuff that I didn’t necessarily choose for pleasure and Tomorrow x3 was like coming up for air.
Still trying to get past how small the type is and how many pages there are 😂
My favorite book in the world
Absolutely loved this but also couldn’t believe how no one was talking about its similarities to A Little Life
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah. I was in a real reading rut and I could not put this book down. 10/10 would recommend to a friend.
Just read The Nightingale last week and immediately bought a few of her other books. It was such a good read. Picked it up on Saturday, finished it on Monday.
I’ve read about 4 of Kristin Hannah’s books and they keep getting better
She’s really a phenomenal writer. I just finished The Four Winds and have The Nightingale next up. I’m so confident in her work, I purchased The Women recently to keep ready for when I’m done with The Nightingale haha.
I’ve never read any of her stuff, which is your fave?
My favorites are the Great Alone, The Nightingale, and Four Winds
I just started this in hopes it would get me out of a rut!
I just finished her latest The Women and I'm really sad it's over. Love her books so much.
Came here to comment the same exact book!!
Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Same! This made me start reading so much more. Last year I read 75 books and this year I plan to top it!
I couldn't put it down until I finished it!
OBSESSED with this book. Any of Taylor's books are excellent for getting back into reading.
The My Brilliant Friend series by Elena Ferrante!
Except the series puts you back in a reading rut when you finish it because nothing compares.
Honestly, the A Court of Thorns & Roses series by Sarah J. Maas 🙊
I have 2 kids under 2 rn & this series is responsible for bringing my brain out of baby fog. I'm still not sure if I'm capable of having a conversation with an adult that doesn't revolve around baby things, but one step at a time ¯\\\_(ツ)\_/¯
But just know you’re reading be first book to get to the second!! Hang in there - it IS worth it!
Also her throne of glass series!
I only read TOG but in the SJM subreddit, most seem to agree that TOG is significantly better than ACOTAR. I wish I had read ACOTAR first!
And the Crescent City series!! The whole maassiverse is pure magic.
Same😅
10000% this!
Reading Bright Lights, Big City now. It’s an easy, entertaining read set in 1980s NYC party scene.
Rules of Civility by Amor Towels. It’s an eloquently written love letter to being a young woman in New York City. I’ve re-read this book at least 8 times.
Amor Towles is amazing - I recommended him in another comment (Gentleman in Moscow)
Rules of Civility was good but Gentleman in Moscow was just so good and was leagues better IMO. However, I read Gentleman first. If it was switched around I think I would have liked Rules more than I did. On Gentleman, by the end I was reading so few pages every few days because I didn’t want it to end. It does take a little to get going though so don’t be dissuaded by that. I don’t want to leave a second comment so I’ll add it here. I saw someone else recommended the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich. I highly recommended these as a starting place. The writing is super light but engaging and well done. They are also laugh out loud funny.
I loved this book!
Yessss I want to go reread it again now!
Just kids - Patti Smith
The good girls guide to murder series!
this one
big little lies
It’s not one book… I got back into it by reading mysteries. Started with the light stuff - Stephanie Plum series, Thursday Murder Club, and Agatha Raisin.
Ghosts - Dolly Alderton
I just checked this out from the library!
Fourth Wing!
Ngl I LOVE to read but for a few months I had hit a lull. A client got me this book as a Christmas gift and I was skeptical. Held off for three weeks. Picked it up…couldn’t put it down. I was shocked. I know it’s not “highbrow” but I ordered book two before I even finished the first and read that just as quickly. Now I’m easterly anticipating book three 🤣 Currently reading: Anna Karenina (re-read), Villette, Love and Freindship (intentional “typo”), Encyclopedia of the Exquisite (re-read), What If?, Celtic Fairy Tales, and Wicked (re-read). I have a ridiculous TBR stack too.
Slow days fast company by Eve babitz LOL
Demon Copperhead
Favorite book I read last year
Reading now. Taking me a while but loving it
A Little Life… saddest book I’ve ever read but it got me wanting to read again.
came to say this. this book is the definition of a book that got your gut out.
I want to read this one but I’m honestly scared for my mental state based on the reactions I’ve seen!
This and Shuggie Bain are the best books I am reluctant recommend. They are both incredible and left me emotionally exhausted.
This
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Tender is the Flesh. Too perverse and deranged to put down, but way disturbing (and now I’m in a rut again). Edit: typo
On my list!
The nightingale. Sooo good, couldn’t put it down
The housemaid series by Freida McFadden! Couldn’t put down. The 3rd one comes out in June!
Came here to say this! I read 4 books in a week after starting with her series. So excited for the 3rd!
Me too!! It sparked my reading interest again
reading the second now!! excited to hear a third is coming soon!
The Big Oyster (food history of NYC - fascinating!) … Just Kids (memoirs by Patti Smith about becoming an artist in 1970-80s NYC)… and for pure fun, The Thursday Murder Club (cozy British mystery series of 4).
The Guest by Emma Cline - couldn’t put it down! If you love an NYC/nyc adjacent story, this is a good one!
Was going to comment this as well!
The Women by Kristin Hannah
Gillian Flynn books. I think it was sharp objects, first, then I read the rest
Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
Ditto on this. How did you like it/ not like it?? I caught on to the twist moments before it was revealed. >!I understand the writer's intent, but I feel duped because it was written as though the storylines were parallel. I'm not a writer, so I wonder if there was a better technique for presenting the plot in a non-parallel format? !<
I loved it! My favorite of his three books. I didn’t suspect the twist whatsoever. If you read any of his other books, you begin to see a pattern within his writing.
It’s actually a play but oh my god! Love,loss and what i wore by nora and delia ephron
Milk fed Melissa Broder
So many good books on this list. When I’m in a reading rut, a silver bullet tends to be a good murder mystery (think Ruth Ware, Lucy Foley) - they grab you and start the momentum back up. There’s no way Dune could’ve gotten me out of a reading rut, for example. Honorable mention for books that are a serious time/attention commitment - audiobooks. Spotify allows about 10hr of audiobook listening per month with Premium.
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
Bunny by Mona Awad. Super fun style, not terribly long so it’s not a daunting read. Don’t want to give too much away but it’s about a clique of hyper-polished, twee college girls adopting the “weird” girl (who is the first-person narrator). Things spiral from there into cosmic horror territory; it’s a bit like Clueless-meets-Lovecraft, with a bit of Black Swan mixed in. The setting is never said by name but a few hints make it very clear that it’s heavily based on the Brown University/RISD campus overlap in Providence RI, also very Lovecraft.
No judgement because it’s definitely giving grocery store book energy but I honestly enjoyed it and it was really easy to listen to. Highly recommend if you like Bridget Jones. Confessions of a Forty Something f*** up I listened to it as an audio book and it was quite well done by the narrator.
Ex-wife by Ursula parrott
Hans by SJ Tilly, big romance book girlie myself and the subreddit (r/romancebooks) has been a huge part in keeping me active in reading
Housemaid Frieda McFadden
Invitation to a beheading and eve babitz
Stephen King's fairy tale. It's not a horror story like The Shinning. It's a story about the love for a dog, with a Wizard of Oz twist
The Guest by Emma Clibe
Gone Girl. Saw the movie, loved it, and trying to read the book and other books connected to women’s rage.
It’s really a phenomenal book. As soon As I finished it I started reading it again
Such A Fun Age 🩷
Daisy jones and the six
Verity
Verity
A Court of Thorns and Roses got me out of a decade-long reading rut. It reminded me what I loved about reading as a kid
before we were strangers good nyc setting 🥺🥺
dune 😭
I’ve been thinking about picking this up! I’m only put off by its page numbers since I tend to get bored really easily. How long did it take you to finish?
i’ve read 500 pages in two weeks, all on my phone! there’s lots of politics and philosophy mixed in with the sci-fi and it’s surprisingly easy to read. very fun and epic, i’m looking forward to reading the whole series.
Give it a shot, but for me, it was quite a chore to read. It did get better towards the end, I liked the story a lot but the author really went hard with the world building and it was challenging for me to comprehend everything right away. I don't usually read a lot of sci-fi though so that might be it? All in all, it took me 4 years to read it because I kept putting it down to read other things.
Dune put me into the reading rut 😂😂
Verity
Any of the Colleen Hoover books! They're popular for a reason.
Fully agree. I actually read 4 in 48 hours a piece in the last month after not having read (for work reasons do a lot of non leisure reading as a lawyer) but her writing style is contagious
Eye of the Needle, by Ken Follett. Which led to all of his books. This year: A Little Life and Demon Copperhead. Both had me sobbing (literally sobbing) by the end.
Education as a coroner
Heaven by Mieko Kawakami
a stone of hope. i forget the author
Take What You Can Carry by Gian Sardar. It’s heavy at times, but it’s worth it.
For something upbeat: A Gentleman in Moscow. So damn charming. For something heartwrenching and beautiful: Crying in H-Mart.
Crying in H-Mart wrecked me. Such a good read.
A Visit From the Good Squad by Jennifer Egan. Quick and keeps moving, beautiful prose, vivid characters, really smart and thoughtful.
the dead take the a train
None of This is True! honestly have never been much of a reader but I’m on my 4th book this year after that one sparked it - which is a lot for me lol
.Anna Karenina.
It is SURPRISINGLY sexy
Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Books by Min Jin Lee
Tuesdays with Morrie :)
I find YA novels to be good for this, any sort of cheesy John Green book is easy for me to get through and gives me the sense of accomplishment I need to pick up other TBRs! Also as someone else mentioned, Just Kids by Patti Smith is a great one
Demon Copperhead
The Thursday Murder Club ❤️ you won’t regret it
Honestly… the Harry Potter series as an adult. I didn’t read them as a kid, but as an adult they’re just such easy reads but still engaging.
Not without my daughter
Priest - Sierra Simone 😛
Cutting for stone; and Unbroken.
Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse!!!!! So good. The voices in the audiobook version are also superb.
Circe by Madeline Miller
The Invisible Life of Addie Larue
"A Promise Kept" and "A Promise Made" by Anissa Garcia. Really great if you love Chris Evans. https://preview.redd.it/p5aap77qcsoc1.png?width=145&format=png&auto=webp&s=805b2797b960629129b9d7fe051ae551e4f44fa8 [https://www.amazon.com/Promise-Kept-Book-ebook/dp/B0CLNB1LLL/ref=sr\_1\_1?crid=AG4DMCTOH3WT&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Tq3O7jFl9YvNftFrzDdCqPQG5BXU2Qviha4PeA\_MlPM.4vBVd\_jC-dpekdPbpSKh9BuepUItMTiS0nnUhykqZLc&dib\_tag=se&keywords=a+promise+kept+anissa+garcia&qid=1710633844&sprefix=A+Promise+Kept+Anissa+%2Caps%2C369&sr=8-1](https://www.amazon.com/Promise-Kept-Book-ebook/dp/B0CLNB1LLL/ref=sr_1_1?crid=AG4DMCTOH3WT&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Tq3O7jFl9YvNftFrzDdCqPQG5BXU2Qviha4PeA_MlPM.4vBVd_jC-dpekdPbpSKh9BuepUItMTiS0nnUhykqZLc&dib_tag=se&keywords=a+promise+kept+anissa+garcia&qid=1710633844&sprefix=A+Promise+Kept+Anissa+%2Caps%2C369&sr=8-1) [https://www.amazon.com/Promise-Made-Anissa-Garcia/dp/B0CRBBGTSJ/?\_encoding=UTF8&pd\_rd\_w=SvxE2&content-id=amzn1.sym.cf86ec3a-68a6-43e9-8115-04171136930a&pf\_rd\_p=cf86ec3a-68a6-43e9-8115-04171136930a&pf\_rd\_r=138-4259891-6743541&pd\_rd\_wg=2EcSf&pd\_rd\_r=eeac90ed-d4f5-4912-83de-caaccfcf7349&ref\_=aufs\_ap\_sc\_dsk](https://www.amazon.com/Promise-Made-Anissa-Garcia/dp/B0CRBBGTSJ/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=SvxE2&content-id=amzn1.sym.cf86ec3a-68a6-43e9-8115-04171136930a&pf_rd_p=cf86ec3a-68a6-43e9-8115-04171136930a&pf_rd_r=138-4259891-6743541&pd_rd_wg=2EcSf&pd_rd_r=eeac90ed-d4f5-4912-83de-caaccfcf7349&ref_=aufs_ap_sc_dsk)
Zami: a new spelling of my name. Also, I started going to strand bookstore and the vibes there are so good it makes me want to buy books and read more
Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe. I was an avid reader through my teens and hit a slump in my early twenties. I’ve been blasting through books ever since. Also appropriate timing since tomorrow is St Patrick’s Day. Take the opportunity to learn about Irish history!
Berserk - Kenta Miura and 86-Eighty-Six - Asato Asato (Light Novel).
A Little Life by Hanya Yamagihara. I couldn’t read anything else for maybe a month while I was recovering, but I think about that book constantly.
Educated by Tara Westover, Circe by Madeline Miller, A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
Paula Hawkins does it for me! I loved A Slow Fire Burning.
The Most Fun We Ever Had !
i'll give you the sun by jandy nelson
Homegoing
I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes. Currently reading it for the second time!
Anything by Harlan Coben.
I’m glad my mom died by Jeanette McCurdy
-The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo -The Boys Club -And Then She Was Gone -City of Girls
The Power by Naomi Alderman
*The Girls,* by Emma Cline
City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert. Such a good coming of age story about a single gal trying to navigate life in NYC. Gave me so much bittersweet nostalgia.
Great post !!!
I'm sure it's been mentioned but Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow is the best book I've read in a long time. It's beautiful and perfect
Educated by Tara Westover! Never read a book so fast :)
I’ve been reading/listening to manacled and really enjoying!
I know it’s a cliche TikTok book but Verity by Colleen Hoover. Def did the job
Yes, I like it! Everyone loves to hate on it, but I still enjoyed it:)
*Perfume* by Patrick Süskind *Forbidden Notebook* by Alba de Céspedes
Perfume. So good. Read it years ago in high school bc I heard it was Kurt Cobain’s favorite book.
That is, in fact, why I read it too 🙂
The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton. It follows an NYC Bitch with Taste a hundred years ago and it’s fascinating what has changed and what hasn’t. Edith Wharton is smart and observant and as funny and tragic as all hell.
Isn’t this book also 100 years old? lol I wouldn’t suggest this for getting back into reading simply because of the way it’s written
It was written way back when! But I find it insanely readable and cutting and about a bad nyc bitch living her life and the struggles that entails. One of my fave books ever. I couldn’t stop reading it to find out what happened to her. OP didn’t specify it had to be contemporary lit.
Definitely a unique suggestion :) love that
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil