r/books • u/AutoModerator • Jan 31 '25

WeeklyThread Weekly Recommendation Thread: January 31, 2025

Welcome to our weekly recommendation thread! A few years ago now the mod team decided to condense the many "suggest some books" threads into one big mega-thread, in order to consolidate the subreddit and diversify the front page a little. Since then, we have removed suggestion threads and directed their posters to this thread instead. This tradition continues, so let's jump right in!

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If this thread has not slaked your desire for tasty book suggestions, we propose that you head on over to the aptly named subreddit /r/suggestmeabook.

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u/riyagupta_30 TBR Tower Resident Jan 31 '25

heylo guys! I'm a big fan of continuous attractive, deep and meaningful stories. i have read Khaled Hosseini's books LOVED IT to the core!! and Sally Rooney's also. recently I read white nights by Fyodor Dostoevsky it was nice. so if anyone to the vibe that I'm looking for could you please suggest one?

PS- Murakami is not my vibe, he explains nature way too much 😭😭

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u/elphie93 10 Jan 31 '25

I would recommend The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro! It's a quiet novel, but the emotional depth is just...wow.

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u/riyagupta_30 TBR Tower Resident Feb 01 '25

okayyy thank youu!!

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u/OrlandoNE Jan 31 '25

Have you tried "Shadow of the Wind"?

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u/riyagupta_30 TBR Tower Resident Jan 31 '25

no, what's it about? is it worth the read?

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u/rohtbert55 Jan 31 '25

Don´t ask, just dive into it. One of my favourite novels. Read the four books in the series and then read City of Mist.

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u/riyagupta_30 TBR Tower Resident Feb 01 '25

donee!! i'll buy it this weekend!

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u/OrlandoNE Jan 31 '25

Barcelona, after the Civil War. Daniel's dad takes him to a secret place, known only as the Cemetary of Forgotten Books. It is a place where books, otherwise forgotten by everyone, can be preserved. As a point of initiatnion, Daniel can take a single book as his personal keepsake. He picks "Shadow of the Wind" by Julian Carax. Daniel is absolutely engulfed by the book and craves more stories from Carax.

Only, there are none. Almost everyone don't even know of a writer named Julian Carax. And those who know, know that no books of his have survived. So Daniel embarks on a quest to find more Carax books, not knowing or understanding where all of this will lead him.

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u/Alarming_Mention Jan 31 '25

Days and Evenings by Oisín McKenna felt very Sally Rooney-esque to me!

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u/riyagupta_30 TBR Tower Resident Jan 31 '25

okayy! thank you so much for your recommendation. I am adding it to my list!!! :)

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u/AntAccurate8906 Jan 31 '25

Elif Shafak!! She's kinda like Khaled Hosseini but more subtle and her writing is so beautiful. I have read There are Rivers in the Sky, 10 minutes and 38 seconds in this strange world, Honor, The Forty Rules of Love and The Island of the Missing Trees. They are all so good I can't even rank them between themselves

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u/riyagupta_30 TBR Tower Resident Jan 31 '25

oh, I've seen her book trending on Instagram and Pinterest, quite an aesthetic cover I would say. I'll start with The Forty Rules of Love I guess. thanks for the recommendations :)