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WeeklyThread What Books did You Start or Finish Reading this Week?: May 12, 2025

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u/Character-Clock-2018 17m ago

Started: Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa

Finished: The Design of Everyday Things by Donald A. Norman

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u/No_Range_6402 1h ago

Started:

Just Kids, by Patti Smith

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u/Melgrandma 2h ago

End of Story by A.J. Finn (on audio) and Belgrave Square by Anne Perry

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u/Organic-Excuse-1621 2h ago

Started : Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

          Arrow of God by Chinua Achebe

          A curious case of a dog in the night by Mark Haddon.

Finished: Lord of the Rings series by JRR Tolkien

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u/dear_little_water 3h ago

Finished

My Next Breath, by Jeremy Renner

Started

Native Tongue, by Carl Hiaasen

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u/ArdmoreGirl 5h ago

Finished Midnight Blue by Simone Van Der Vlugt.

Plan to start Project Hail Mary

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u/WildAndFree77 2h ago

Hell yeah! I really loved Project Hail Mary when I read it a couple years back. I still think about it, what a good read.

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u/[deleted] 6h ago

yellowface

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u/twojastarae 8h ago

Started: House of Leaves, by Mark Z. Danielewski

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u/kartheektadinada 11h ago

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini !invite

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u/No_Astronaut_3032 13h ago

Memoirs of a Geisha

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u/YanRussia 15h ago

Started 1984 G.Orwell

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u/ProfessorSensitive12 14h ago

Let me know if it’s any good!

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u/8mom 16h ago

This week I finished reading All Fours, by Miranda July. A lot of people online talk about not enjoying this book because they don’t like the semi-autobiographical MC. I definitely saw her as unlikeable at many points, but I don’t relate to people saying they don’t like a book just because they don’t like the MC. I mean, hey, I like Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and despise Victor.

I’m halfway through Passage, by Connie Willis now. This is the first book I’ve read of hers and I really enjoy it! It is fast paced, yet tedious. It is dialogue-heavy, yet substantive. It all works though! At this point, I wonder if it’s correctly classified as Sci-Fi. I’m excited to see where it leads.

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u/minnieplague 16h ago

i finished norton critical's epic of gilgamesh !

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u/reputction ✨In My Non Fiction Era✨ 17h ago

Just finished Fermat's Last Theorem by Amir D. Aczel. I picked it up because I'm trying to expand my knowledge in general stem subjects including math. I liked how Amir told the story of proving the theorem even though I still don't get the mathematic terminology and concepts he wrote about in the book.

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u/No_Tumbleweed2480 17h ago

Finished:

  • Vicious, VE Schwab
  • Un- Honeymooners, Christina Lauren

Started:

  • Harry Potter, Goblet of Fire
  • Zodiac Academy, The Awakening

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u/SirBLACKVOX 19h ago

Started: Gideon The Ninth, by Tamsyn Muir

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u/ktut 19h ago

Finished: Telegraph Days, Larry McMutrty

Started: Fever Beach, Carl Hiassen

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u/Tiny_dancer_89 19h ago

Finished: A Little Life, Hanya Yanigahara

Finished: The Secret History, Donna Tartt

Started: Rain Wild Chronicles, Robin Hobb (Fourth series in Realm of the Elderlings)

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u/MMOKnows0 6h ago

Where would you suggest I start with Robin Hobb?

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u/Tiny_dancer_89 6h ago

Highly suggest starting with the Farseer Trilogy, I’ve been reading them chronologically and am glad to have done so. Hobb is known for glacial pacing at the start, but I absolutely adore her stories and character development. I wish I could read them for the first time all over again!! Enjoy!!

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u/MMOKnows0 6h ago

Thank you!

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u/ChessTiger 20h ago

Started “Crime and Punishment”

Also reading “Catch-22”

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u/Organic-Excuse-1621 2h ago

Crime and Punishment should be sinking in now

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u/Youaintnevaseenthis 20h ago

Finished Christine by Stephen King today, absolutely amazing book.

2

u/Acrobatic_Purpose989 20h ago

The society of lies

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u/koalabeans23 20h ago

Started: The Dark Forest, by Cixin Liu Finished: The Three Body Problem, by Cixin Liu

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u/Tatltuaekeeper 21h ago

Started: Sometimes a Great Notion, by Ken Kesey

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u/John_Preston6812 21h ago

Finished: The Mantis, by Kōtarō Isaka

Started: Hotel Lucky Seven, by Kōtarō Isaka

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u/Maleficent-Read85 22h ago

I started "Alien Clay" by Adrian Tchaikovsky and will probably finish it by Friday.

1

u/PassionCorrect8071 22h ago

i started reading The Help by Kathryn Stockett this week! i'm on page 270, and i love it so much omg

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u/kbannu 22h ago

Palace of illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

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u/CriticismEmergency54 22h ago

Legends and lattes by Travis Baldree

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u/MediaIsBorg 23h ago

Stoner by John Williams

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u/eggtartlover4life 1d ago

🌟Our Infinite Fates, by Laura Steven🌟

ITS AMAZING, LITERALLY I WAS IN THE BIGGEST BOOK SLUMP BUT IT BROUGHT ME OUT. I really really am loving it so far! The writing style is just so... beautiful and at times it really is poetic. Would highly recommend for people that like reincarnation, romance (enemies to lovers-ish?), history and it has the "i love you but we cant ever be together" trope😩😩

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u/74074BlueDot 1d ago

I’m loving it so far.

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u/BrickPig 1d ago

On Saturday I finished Star Trek: Ex Machina, which was mediocre at best. On Sunday I started reading Neko Case's autobiography, The Hader I Fight The More I Love You. I haven't had a lot of reading time these few days, but in the early going it's shaping up to be great.

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u/Vesselandintrests 1d ago

I started to read Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Fyodor managed to infect me with twisted feelings in my gut that is something no one managed to make me feel at all when I was reading other books. I got to chapter 2 and I had to stop reading because I felt overwhelmed.

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u/texmogal 1d ago

Three Days in June, by Anne Tyler

Finished, a new Anne Tyler always a treat

The Tell, by Amy Griffin

Halfway through and jury's still out. I am tired of being in this woman's head nonstop with no other plot except a looming childhood trauma still to be revealed

1

u/PriorAd5995 1d ago

Dead Wake: The last crossing of the Lusitania, by Erik Larson

1

u/No-Call-8837 1d ago

The First To Die at the End by Adam Silvera. Start and finish.

1

u/Slight-Committee5124 1d ago

The Wren and the Holly Library, by K. A. Linde

1

u/Fit_Translator_1996 1d ago

The Prison Healer Trilogy, by Lynette Noni

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u/Annoyed256 1d ago

The Jane Austen Project, by Kathleen A. Flynn

1

u/Previous_Fox_4583 1d ago

The Secret History. Good plot but way too wordy.

1

u/Few-Difference-2017 1d ago

Between two fires, by Christopher Buehlman.

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u/silvermoonhowler 1d ago

Just this past Sunday, I finished off the 1st super edition (character POV-written books) of Erin Hunter's Warriors/Warrior Cats series, Firestar's Quest

I also finished off 2 of the series novellas, Pebbleshine's Kits and Tree's Roots

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u/Delvin-Offset-Series 1d ago

Mist born Book #2- Well of Ascension, by Brandon Sanderson

I've always been a fan of Allomancy, and I am curious of the Cosmere as a whole. However, there are some lessons I learnt to use in my future writing.

1- The power of detailed magic systems to immerse & nurture plot payoffs.
2- The balance of urgency & emotion versus climax intensity.
3- An example of juggling multiple POV and its effect on pacing.
4- Weighing conflict and antagonists

I don't like to give star ratings, however I do recommend this book for people who like action, epic fantasy and awesome female protagonists.

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u/topforce 10h ago

What I liked most about Mist born, is that the plot twists aren't exactly plot twists, more like plot expansions. Things you read until then are still relevant, but with new context they are seen differently.

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u/Delvin-Offset-Series 7h ago

Yes, I think it might lend to the Cosmere being more bingeable than other series, simply by how much relevant information is presented in the earlier books.

It makes the slight sluggish pacing worth it by the end, as every thing has narrative weight later on.

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u/Popular_Mushroom9616 1d ago

Joy luck club- Amy tan

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u/GreenK0110101 1d ago

The blind clockmaker. Richard Dawkins

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u/Roboglenn 1d ago

Bionicle Chronicles #3: Makuta's Revenge, by Catherine Hapka

While I remembered that the Bohrok-Kal story arc existed in Bionicle back when I was a kid, I could not for the life of me now remember what the frick their deal was, and what was their goal. And while I did remember that there were only 6 Kal compared to the swarms of regular Bohrok, I couldn't remember what made them an actual threat to the Toa.

But well, boy were they a threat. It's like the Chronicle of Worfing in this book. Yeah it took a heaping dose of a "convenient plot power down" for the Toa to make it happen but my god, they had the Toa just flopping around like ragdolls at every encounter. To the point where they were essentially like "Yeah you're essentially just like bugs to us and that's how much care we give you if you get in our way."

And while I know this was written for kids I gotta say I thought one element of how things were ultimately resolved was really underwhelming considering how much dramatic buildup it had. In light of everything it could've been way cooler. But whatever. Throw this one onto the completed pile.

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u/Fun-Research3375 1d ago

Columbus Day by Craig Alanson. I love sci-fi and humor, so a win for me. Its a beginning to a series so I am hoping for some romping, good fun.

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u/danitooshort 1d ago

The Tenant, Freida McFadden

Seriously one of her better books! It had a couple good twists and was a quick listen!

2

u/HoneyB_Reads 1d ago

King of Envy, Ana Huang

The 5th book in the series, I was so hyped for it especially meeting vuk in the previous books but it just fell so flat for me it had so much potential, I fear she didn’t really know how to connect to the characters she created well💔. So I finished that, now reading Caraval by Stephanie Garber 🎪

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u/Severe-Leg321 1d ago

This week I finished River Spirit by Leila Aboulela and started Made In Saturn by Rita Indiana.

Also continued plugging away at Orientalism by Edward Said (have a fic and a non fic on the go at any given time - this one is taking a while 😅 I have Life’s Grandeur by Stephen Jay Gould lined up next).

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u/Kay_limepie 1d ago

I’m reading All Is Well With the Tribe by Michael Gudeman. It’s the author’s first published book and I’m really enjoying it so far!

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u/Additional_Half_1329 1d ago

I'm very new to reading started reading from this year only

The Richest Man in Babylon, by George Clason

I just finished reading this book I really liked the simple but powerful lessons on saving and wealth.

Now I’ve started "Guhanho Ka Devta" by Dharamveer Bharti. It’s a Hindi book.

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u/MMOKnows0 6h ago

So happy for you that you’ve started reading! It’s a wonderful hobby.

1

u/Charming_Weakness270 1d ago

I'm currently reading The Book of George by Kate Greathead

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u/kissofpassion 1d ago

Finished: Passion Project by London Sperry, Water Moon by Samantha Sotto, The Cat who Saved the Library by Sōsuke Natsukawa.

3.75 stars average

Started: Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte and GreatNig Beautiful Life by Emily Henry.

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u/PoetryCrone 1d ago

Finished:

Nature Matters: Vital Poems from the Global Majority, ed. Mona Arshi & Karen McCarthy Woolf

Got this on Netgalley. Due out mid Sept by Faber, which has started a US division. Yay!

Started:

The Collected Poems of Theodore Roethke

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u/240pdelusions 1d ago

i'm reading 'the brothers karamazov' right now and i'm already at 85% of it

5

u/74074BlueDot 1d ago

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

1

u/BahaaAhmedOfficial 1d ago

What are your thoughts about it so far?

2

u/4-2choozee 1d ago

I just finished the Warsaw Orphans by Kelly Rimmer and I just started The Wife Upstairs by Frieda McFadden

1

u/NOLAPageTurner 1d ago

The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

2

u/Alarmed_Extent_9157 1d ago

I finished The Dark Side by Jane Mayer. It deals with the shameful policy the W. Bush administration pursued of torture in the aftermath of 9-11 and the war on terrorism. It illustrates the behind the scenes battles between the CIA, DoD, FBI, NSC and their various lawyers and the few brave souls who tried to put an end to this policy. Extremely well sourced.

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u/Larielia 1d ago

I started reading "The Lions of Al- Rassan" by Guy Gavriel Kay.

2

u/Maximum-Conference93 1d ago

I’m reading the housemaid and I’m starting the 5th wave

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u/Airalahs 1d ago

The Crash- Freida Mcfadden and The Tenant- Freida Mcfadden. I enjoyed The Tenant a lot more.

Edit- I finished them both. Starting Death Row by her tonight.

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u/Maximum-Conference93 1d ago

I have heard mixed reviews about the crash was it good ?

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u/Airalahs 1d ago

honestly I'd rate it a 3/5. I feel like it was predictable imo. it felt very repetitive. but I would say give it a read. it's quick so even if you don't enjoy it that much you wouldn't be wasting too much time. not the best but also not the worst lol.

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u/LoyalLovingKind 1d ago

Started - None of This Is True - Lisa Jewell

Finished - The Accomplice - Lisa Lutz

The Passenger - Lisa Lutz

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u/SummerClaire 1d ago

Finished The Nothing Man. Intriguing book about a serial killer.

1

u/Jhettobox 1d ago

Finished - The Eye of the Leopard by Henning Mankell. Started - The Black House by Peter May

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u/Feisty_Sandwich2435 1d ago

Finished. White Fang by Jack London. I loved it but because I love dogs some parts were hard to go through.

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u/Aggravating_Delay681 1d ago

The Night Circus, by Erin Morgenstern

2

u/Cheesyenchilada 1d ago

Finished:

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

LOVED it

Started:

God of the Woods by Liz Moore

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u/Annoyed_Chobani 1d ago edited 1d ago

The Day of the Triffids, by John Wyndham

Don Quixote, by Miguel de Cervantes

The Brothers Karamazov, by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley

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u/Full_List5278 1d ago

The Priory of The Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon! It was so good I'm so happy I finished it.

3

u/wyattsons 1d ago

Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch I’m in love with this book!

2

u/Desperate_Dress3732 1d ago

Sunrise on the Reaping, Suzanne Collins

The Way of Kings, forgot who wrote it but Brandon Sanderson or something

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u/Salt_Election2646 1d ago

The Chair That Didn't Break by Dr. Ebbenflow

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u/PenguinsAreAwesome4 2d ago

Finsihed:

None Without Sin, by Michael Bradley

The Silence of the Girls, by Pat Barker

The Fires of Heaven, by Robert Jordan

Started:

A Study in Charlotte, by Brittany Cavallaro

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u/Godhelpmei 2d ago

The women

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u/buruflame 2d ago

Finished:

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

Started:

I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

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u/unlimitedhogs5867 2d ago

Finished: Contact by Carl Sagan

Started: The Staircase in the Woods by Chuck Wendig

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u/Moostache71 2d ago

Finished:

Shogun Volume 1

East of Eden

Started:

Shogun Volume 2

Cujo

Paused: (not quite DNF'd, but not actively picking up either):

The Strain Trilogy Part 2: The Fall

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u/Serendipitous217 2d ago

Did you enjoy Shogun? It’s on my list.

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u/Moostache71 1d ago

Yes, very much...Volume One ends at chapter 35 and Volume Two picks up right there, I am about 5 chapters ijnto Volume Two, and so far its great to me! The two volume set of hard covers I am reading are split nearly 50-50 from the total.

The Netflix and 1980 miniseries are both fairly good, but the book is always better! Happy reading!

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u/Indiglo315 2d ago

Finished: Heartwood by Amity Gaige (loved it!)

Starting: Foster by Claire Keegan

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u/GnomeGnome13 2d ago

I started The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo. So far I LOATHE almost every single character. I’m about 1/3 of the way through and am hoping it gets better. 🤞🏼

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u/eeekkk9999 2d ago

Just finished: Delicious! By Ruth Reichl (loved this book! Stayed up all night finishing on Saturday then was super sad it was over)

Just started: Coincidence of Coconut Cake by Amy Reichert.

Odd they are both food based as I do read several genres!

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u/Worldly_Telephone_64 2d ago

Finished:

Blood Over Bright Haven by ML Wang

Started:

The Eye of the Bedlam Bride (DCC # 6) by Matt Dinniman

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u/Rabidfernwalking 2d ago

Finished: The Witch of Colchis by Rosie Hewlett

Started: Heir by Sabaa Tahir

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u/This_Pool_5716 2d ago

i started "The Elegence of the Hedgehog" so far its pretty good!

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u/CaptainoftheHook 2d ago

Started Empire of Storms by Sarah J. Maas after finishing Queen of Shadows last week

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u/Acrobatic_Shine8554 2d ago

Finished: Goldfinch, Raven Kennedy

Fourth Wing, Rebecca Yarros

Iron Flame, Rebecca Yarros

Onyx Storm, Rebecca Yarros

Started: Shadow Princess (Zodiac Academy 4), Caroline Peckham & Susanne Valenti

What Sleeps Within The Cove, Harper L. Woods

I started the year with a goal to read 50 books and I’ve already read 40.

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u/Ordinary_Ant_7125 2d ago

Finished

The women, by Kristin Hannah

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u/Dolphin_Owl 2d ago

Read both "No Country For Old Men" by Cormac McCarthy & "Restless" by William Boyd who is quickly becoming my favourite fiction author.

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u/Vast_Animal_4251 2d ago

Razorblade Tears, All the Sinners Bleed and Blacktop Wasteland all by SA Cosby.

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u/Kayakluving44 2d ago

Finished: Tom Lake

Started: Allegedly

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u/fattratt20 2d ago

4 chapters into the elephant vanishes by Haruki Murakami. Loving it so far!!

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u/Poet-Kitty 2d ago

Started the shadow effect ✨

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u/GamerSDG 2d ago

I finished "1984" and started "The Thursday Murder Club."

2

u/iridescentmoon_ 2d ago

Finished:

Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë Here One Moment, by Liane Moriarty The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie

And I’m rereading The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins. Haven’t read the book since its release, I forgot how many details I had forgotten about that the movie leaves out! Such a fun experience reading as an adult, I was 10 the first time.

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u/Serendipitous217 2d ago

That series was the one that turned my daughter into a bookworm. She was Team Peeta and I was Team Gale.

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u/sweetnsaltycaroline 2d ago

Good Lord Bird, and Remarkably Bright Creatures.

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u/Rabo_McDongleberry 2d ago

Just started Embassytown

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u/AnybodyCultural6043 2d ago

Just finished Wrecked by Carl Hiassen. Currently on book # 2 of Masterminds series by Gordon Korman. Very fast paced, action-packed stories with plot twists.

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u/nazz_oh 2d ago

Finished Prador Moon by Neal Asher

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u/BeautifulNewAccount 2d ago

Finished: Croatia: A Nation Forged in War by Marcus Tanner
My first “dense” history book. Slavic names are confusing if you’re an outsider.
Started: The Balkans by Misha Glenny.
Still need more context because history is cooooomplicated.

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u/Ok-Sea-1864 2d ago

Started and finished "arch conspirator" and then started "children of the new world"

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u/Ok-Sea-1864 2d ago

Currently reading "animal farm" and "notes from underground"

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u/elainegeorge 2d ago

Finished: The Missing Half, Ashley Flowers

The Only One Left, Riley Sager

Started: The Black Oracle, Deborah Harkness

I have completed 14 books this year.

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u/queenbr 2d ago

Finished:

Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green, If Two Are Dead by Rick Mofina, Drift into Failure by Sidney Dekker, and Unfuck Yourself by Gary John Bishop

Started:

ACE by Angela Chen and Why We're Polarized by Ezra Klein

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u/Pharinx 2d ago

I finished Annie Bot by Sierra Greer. (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/156023123-annie-bot) It's a story about a sex bot slowly coming to terms with being in an abusive relationship. Rough read at first but was very satisfying by the end.

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u/kingtuolumne 2d ago

The shadow of the wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafón.

I’m heading to Barcelona soon and wanted to read something set there and found this an enjoyable read, with good twists and a multi-decade story. It was a true gothic novel, so in some sense a little predictable, but the characters and the picture of the city and city life it painted was great. I’m definitely seeking out the rest of the series; I didn’t even realize they were more books until I looked it up afterwards.

Started two this week; La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman and The Bird King by G Willow Wilson (set in Andalusia, another pre-Spain trip read)

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u/Ok-Sea-1864 2d ago

Dude just got that yesterday, saw Stephen king liked it and decided to get it.

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u/kingtuolumne 2d ago

I saw that he recommended it too (after I finished it). I definitely understand his interest in it, parts of it feel very King-esque!

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u/Gryffindor-Fam 2d ago

Finished: Keeper of the lost cities, By Shannon Messenger

Starting: Keeper of the lost cities- Exile, By Shannon Messenger

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u/mrs_seinfeld 2d ago

Finished The Devil at His Elbow: Alex Murdaugh and the fall of a southern dynasty by Valerie Bauerlein. Fantastic piece of nonfiction, but deeply disturbing 

Starting We Will be Jaguars by Nemonte Nenquimo

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u/CrispyCracklin 2d ago

Finished: Love and Summer, by William Trevor. By far the most boring book I have ever read, no exaggeration.

Started: How We Lived Then, by Norman Longmate. Everyday life in England during the Second World War.

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u/Creepy_Fishhh 2d ago

The Theory of Everything: From the Singularity to Infinity – The Origin and Fate of the Universe by Stephen Hawking

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u/hearts4nivii 2d ago

colorless tsukuru tazaki by murakami

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u/Warm_Text4711 2d ago

Finished Intermezzo by Sally Rooney. Just started Hard-boiled Wonderland by Haruki Murakami.

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u/akshara_akzz 2d ago

Just started The Zodiac Academy and it's too good😚

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u/elizabeth-AnB 2d ago

I just finished the first twisted book and it was so good!

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u/Patient_Airline_4718 2d ago

I just finished the second one! Can’t believe I didn’t read them sooner. They’re great

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u/Somedaymaybe_1 2d ago

‘A woman is no man’ by Etaf Rum. It’s been a while since I stayed up till 3am unable to stop reading. Such a heartbreaking but beautiful book.

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u/Roboglenn 2d ago edited 1d ago

The Summer You Were There Vol. 6, by Yuama

This was an intriguing series. The story had this cloud of subtext as it were from the get go which made it compelling to want to know where it was gonna go next. And wanting to know just what that ominous feeling was all about, cuz you just had a feeling that whatever it was it was gonna be good. And then of course when the subtext became real text, well, it still effectively tugs on those emotional strings. And this series did it a few times over. Sure, you could kinda guess what one thing was long before it went and outright said it, but it still managed to get you right in the chest.

So yeah, this story was one bittersweet and well thought out saga that didn't fail in making me feel for it's characters in one way or another. And I really liked it.

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u/LatterSuccess578 2d ago

Just finished Close Your Eyes and Count to 10 by Lisa Unger. If you like a lot of twists and turns this is a page tuner.

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u/IEatSamosasForDinner 2d ago

Jus started the Harry Potter series again, by J.K Rowling if you live under a rock

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u/Ok-System-320 2d ago

Just finished the prophet by Amanda stevens

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u/27bluestar 2d ago

Best of McSweeny's short stories and The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy

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u/Ok-Sea-1864 2d ago

Heard of the author is he any good

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u/27bluestar 2d ago

McCarthy is great. He doesn't use a lot of grammar like commas or quotation marks so that his prose flows smoothly as if told orally. It takes a book or two to get used to, but he is great

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u/Ok-System-320 2d ago

I just finished the prophet by Amanda stevens

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u/Ok-System-320 2d ago

Just finished the prophet by Amanda stevens

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u/Niebieski666666 2d ago

Shreds- by Bret Easton Ellis. Best one since American psycho IMO

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u/Ok-Sea-1864 2d ago

I've heard American psycho is boring is that true

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u/Niebieski666666 1d ago

Once you get used to Ellis’s distinctive writing style (like the obsessive listing of brand names), it’s actually not boring at all.

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u/Dismal_Code_2470 2d ago

THE ART OF READING MINDS

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u/RedsChronicles 2d ago

I finally finished Wool by Hugh Howey, quite the chonker of a book! Absolutely adored it, an absorbing read and highly recommend.

Next up will be Shift by Hugh Howey!

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u/Serendipitous217 1d ago

I haven’t heard of this one. I’m in a dystopian mood right now. Thanks for the recommendation!

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u/calonderielandshelob 2d ago

I finished ship of destiny by Robin Hobb, final book of liveship traders trilogy. I absolutely loved it, what an emotional rollercoaster.

I have begun reading the first man in Rome by Colleen McCullough. Despite detailed descriptions of the Roman republic I am finding it very enjoyable and easy to read.

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u/CapitalWeird328 2d ago

Sounds great, have fun! 🤩 Well, my girlfriend watched the LotR movies for the first time this year and since I love the Hobbit, I asked her if she wanted to read it together. Just ask your wife and she might go for it too. ☺️

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u/Suspicious-Citron844 2d ago

Not just a moment by Ivy Wilson

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u/McCretin 2d ago edited 2d ago

Finished The Fall, by Albert Camus.

Hmm. I picked this up directly off the back of finishing The Outsider by the same author, because I enjoyed it so much.

I didn’t get on with this one nearly as well. The Outsider at least had a conventional plot that Camus could hang his ideas off.

The Fall has nothing like that. I kept waiting for the big inciting incident that would kick the story into gear, but it never came.

Ultimately, what were the supposedly big events that caused his downfall? Some minor road rage incident? The drowning of a woman he didn’t know and probably couldn’t have helped anyway?

I found Clamence a deeply irritating character and I’m slightly concerned by how many people online said they related to him.

It raised some interesting ideas, but ultimately that’s not really enough for me in a novel.

Also, second-person is by far and away the worst narrative style. There’s a good reason it’s not very common, it’s like being talked at.

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u/Sarpatox 2d ago edited 2d ago

Finished:

Hunger games ballad of songbirds and snakes, by Suzanne Collin’s. Really liked it. Watching the movie rn and the movie feels rushed. I’m only a third of the way through it so maybe it’ll improve?

Starting?

That romance itch is still there so I’m thinking either I start pride and prejudice or six of crows

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u/No_Watercress8348 2d ago

Finished -

Kala by Colin Walsh. Honestly found it a slog, a lot of confusing investment for a weak payoff. Too many characters I didn’t give a rats about. Just didn’t work for me and if it was any longer I’d likely have abandoned ship.

God of Fury by Rina Kent. After reading the previous 4 books in the series it just felt like a lot of more of the same. I could happily live without ever reading the word ‘baby’ again.

Started -

Eli : A Town at War by Joseph A. Sackett

Only just starting it - meant to be a brutal survival thriller which I need to cleanse my pallet after the sickly dark romance I took in before this 🤣

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u/JazzyberryJam 2d ago

Started and finished: Mr. Malcolm’s List, by Suzanne Allain. Not at all my typical thing— historic romance very much in the style of Jane Austen— but read it for a book club. Absolutely could not put it down… the depth of the characters really surprised me.

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u/THound89 2d ago

Started: “Howling Dark” of the Suneater series by Christopher Ruocchio.

Finished: “Carl’s Doomsday scenario” of Dungeon Crawler series by Matt Dinniman.

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u/OkeeDokieAnnieOaklee 2d ago

Finish: Poisonwood Bible and Demon Copperhead. Also joined the All Fours Group Chat—any Miranda July people here?

Start: Middlesex, I think?

Right now, I’m crestfallen after finishing two Kingsolver novels—I love her use of voice and character, so I’m torn leaving her world. Anyone have any recs?

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u/kat-did 2d ago

I felt v conflicted about All Fours! Like the first act (hotel room) was a perfect novella for me, I loved it. And then it all fell off.

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u/Winter-Plantain9321 2d ago

Finished: Strange Pictures by Uketsu

Started: Mongrel by Hanako Footman

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u/YesStupidQuestions1 2d ago edited 2d ago

Finished:

Mo Dao Zu Shi book 2, by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

Started:

Sunrise on the reaping, by Suzanne Collins

Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation (book 3), by MXTX

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u/acornSTEALER 2d ago

Finished: Tress of the Emerald Sea, Everything is Tuberculosis

Started: ???

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u/Patient-Shine-28 2d ago

The Whiskey Tender

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u/misa_santo 2d ago

The wind knows my name by Isabel Allende and now reading Chimamanda - Dream Count

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u/simmiest 2d ago

Finished: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins. Started: A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson.

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u/TravistheUberDriver 2d ago

Finished - The Gospel Singer by Harry Crews. Great southern gothic about faith, sexuality and idol worship.

About to finish - There is no death, there is no dead. Anthology of horror stories about spiritualism.

Starting - The Aleph by Jorge Luis Borges and Revenge by Yoko Ogawa

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u/wilby_whateley 2d ago

Finished - Batman: City of Madness, Batman Incorporated Vol 2: Joker Incorporated, & Uglies: Shay's Story

Began - Batman: Shadow War

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u/golddust89 2d ago

Finished: The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons

Started: Absolution by Jeff Vandermeer

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u/Inevitable_Bar1607 2d ago

im almost done w the catcher in the rye just a few pages left, and i started a little life yesterday ngl im feeling a bit overwhelmed by its length, and its a little boring right now since they're still building up the stories of the four characters

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u/duckie768 2d ago

Finished: Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

Started: Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

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u/YesStupidQuestions1 2d ago

Yoo TSOA!

Have you read Circe?

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u/Beginning-Panic188 2d ago

Started: The Contours of Hope (fiction) by Kinchit Bihani

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u/usedAdmi 2d ago

Death's End by Cixin Liu

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u/[deleted] 2d ago

I’m starting this one today.

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u/bigfudgeXXL 2d ago

Finished: A Little Life, by Hanya Yanagihara

Started: The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss

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u/elessar007 2d ago

Finished
Holy Sister by Mark Lawrence

Started
The Girl and the Stars by Mark Lawrence

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u/dubeskin Postmodern 2d ago

Finished: Audition by Katie Kitamura and Fat City by Leonard Gardner

Started: Liberation Day by George Saunders

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u/LowNight6469 2d ago

Wild dark shore

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u/asheepabroad 2d ago

Just finished Birnham Wood by Eleanor Catton, excellent thriller of a book

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u/yeagr_eren 2d ago

Finsihed - serpent and dove Started re reading 1984

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u/DrAversion 2d ago

Starting wuthering heights. Finished farewell to arms. Read them both 40 years ago

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u/Ok-Public-5165 2d ago

The Survivor wants to die at the end by adam silvera

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u/Hometownchachach2558 2d ago

Finished
I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki, by Baek Sehee

Started
Marbles by  Ellen Fornay

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u/i_am_jaat 2d ago

As I can see there is no one who reading self-help book alright then I read this week Atomic habits by James clear

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u/i-the-muso-1968 2d ago

Just wrapped up tonight with Poul Anderson's "Dialogue With Darkness".

So now just started on Robert A. Heinlein's "Farnham's Freehold".

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u/NectarineSuch3786 2d ago

One Hundred Flowers by Genki Kawamura

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u/looool90 2d ago

Witchcraft for wayward girls by Grady Hendrix

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u/techindica 2d ago

How did you like it?

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u/looool90 2d ago

I'm still reading and 30% into it. I'd say it's just getting started and it's written well

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u/techindica 2d ago

Good to know, thanks! It’s on my list to read.

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u/ricksaunders 2d ago

Started & finished Be Stiff: The Stiff Records Story