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Jenna October 4th

Hey everyone! I’m in the mood for some fresh reads and would love your recommendations. I’m open to any genre; fiction, non-fiction, fantasy, thrillers, mystery, you name it!

What’s a book you’ve read recently that you couldn’t put down? Or an all-time favorite that you think everyone should read?

Bonus: Any book you recommend that gives fall vibes?

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@Jenna

It is one of the popular ones but I read it a little too late in life it seems hehe~ The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, it might (definitely) have a potential triggers though, so please do get an overview if it may help.

Something else is another popular one~ Atomic Habits by James Clear, as one of the most practical handbooks I've come across! :D

Have you read either of them or would like to consider? <3

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@Sunisshiningandsoareyou.    @Jenna. I love The Kite Runner! Trigger warnings as Sun mentioned. I can also recommend another book by Khaled Hosseini called A Thousand Splendid Suns. This one is great also but comes with trigger warnings as well

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@adventurousBranch3786

Ooh this is in my to-read list also but I wanted to take time to recover after The Kite Runner.😅 Thanks for the recommendation, Branch! 

User Profile: Jenna
Jenna OP October 9th

@adventurousBranch3786

Thanks for sharing your recommendation! I'm excited to check all of these out.

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User Profile: Tulipsmile
Tulipsmile October 8th

@Sunisshiningandsoareyou

Omg special choices wow

Especially the kite runner 

But yeah it's really TW 


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@Tulipsmile

Hehe I see so many fans of this book and for the right reasons, the TWs can be a barrier but definitely recommend reading this one, if one can and wants to.💖

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Jenna OP October 9th

@Sunisshiningandsoareyou

I have not read those. Thank you for your recommendation. I will check it out!

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User Profile: inventiveCamp9724
inventiveCamp9724 October 9th

@Jenna the shadow within us 

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Jenna OP October 9th

@inventiveCamp9724

Do you know who the author is? 

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User Profile: Tulipsmile
Tulipsmile October 9th

@Jenna


Maybe this book715abt0jjql-ac-uf1000-1000-ql80_1728513199.jpg

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User Profile: Jenna
Jenna OP October 10th

@Tulipsmile

Thank you.

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User Profile: slowdecline48
slowdecline48 October 9th
  • The Lucifer Principle - Howard Bloom (dated but sheds light on human affairs in general)
  • The Human Zoo - Desmond Morris (classic anthropological tome on urbanization)
  • Debunking the 1619 Project - Mary Grabar
  • White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America - Nancy Isenberg
  • The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Edward Gibbon (Abridged ed. A must-read!)
  • All Rivers Run to the Sea - Elie Wiesel
  • Alas, Babylon - Pat Frank (classic post-apoc)
  • The Passage - Justin Cronin (quasi-literary post-apoc)
  • The Shallows - Nicholas Carr (every Internet/social media addict should read it)
  • Nostromo - Joseph Conrad

Note: Some of the books in the above list may be triggering to varying degrees.

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Jenna OP October 9th

@slowdecline48

Wow, thank you for sharing all of these!

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slowdecline48 October 9th

Anytime...I could've made the list more than twice as long but that would've been ridiculous. 😄

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User Profile: belami2024
belami2024 October 15th

I would recommend the first Septimus Heap book entitled Magyk by Angie Sage.  it's got wizards, a princess, and - you guessed it - magyk!

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belami2024 October 15th

There are many short stories in various genres posted online on the site https://www.eastoftheweb.com/

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belami2024 October 15th

@Jenna

I would heartily recommend

"Darius the Great Is Not Okay"

Novel by Adib Khorram

Triggering warning. 

Very nice book though.



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belami2024 October 15th

@Jenna

There is a novelties by 2024 Nobel Prize winner Han Kang that you can read free online:

https://granta.com/the-fruit-of-my-woman/

It's triggering and rather painful (as, I hear, most of Han's writing is) but exquisitely beautiful at the same time. 

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belami2024 October 15th

@belami2024

Novelties not novelties

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belami2024 October 15th

@belami2024

Novelette not novelties.

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