What are your favorite book recommendations for new readers?
New readers often struggle to find books that they connect with. It often takes exploring different genres and writing styles from a many points of views to understand your own tastes. If you've managed to find that sweet spot, what books would have helped you get there faster? What books do you wish you knew about when you started reading?
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 Mistborn: The Final Empire
| 4.45 | 2,660 reads | ||
 Ender's Game
| 4.26 | 2,258 reads | ||
 The Lightning Thief
| 4.05 | 2,258 reads | ||
 The Martian
| 4.42 | 2,729 reads | ||
 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
| 4.29 | 6,042 reads | ||
 Redwall
| 3.97 | 306 reads | ||
 Steelheart
| 4.07 | 567 reads | ||
 Anne of Green Gables
| 4.31 | 654 reads | ||
 The Hunger Games
| 4.12 | 4,449 reads | ||
 Storm Front
| 3.7 | 1,044 reads | ||
 American Gods
| 4.03 | 1,905 reads | ||
 Neuromancer
| 3.8 | 1,104 reads | ||
 Little Women
| 3.96 | 1,000 reads | ||
 Pride and Prejudice
| 4.18 | 2,057 reads | ||
 Circe
| 4.24 | 1,648 reads | ||
 Project Hail Mary
| 4.45 | 2,638 reads | ||
 Howl's Moving Castle
| 4.17 | 782 reads | ||
 Wool
| 4.11 | 955 reads | ||
 Carry On
| 4.09 | 441 reads | ||
 Hyperion Cantos
| 0 | 0 reads | ||
 Uprooted
| 3.97 | 616 reads | ||
 Anne's House of Dreams
| 4.09 | 113 reads | ||
 The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
| 4.28 | 1,879 reads | ||
 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
| 3.8 | 472 reads | ||
 Anne of Windy Poplars
| 3.99 | 108 reads | ||
 Heidi
| 4.05 | 29 reads | ||
 A Curious Beginning
| 3.97 | 146 reads | ||
 The Great Gatsby
| 3.73 | 3,120 reads | ||
 Tress of the Emerald Sea
| 4.46 | 949 reads | ||
 Abarat
| 3.95 | 57 reads | ||
 The Ocean at the End of the Lane
| 4.04 | 1,175 reads | ||
 The Lies of Locke Lamora
| 4.29 | 1,022 reads | ||
 Interview with the Vampire
| 3.76 | 702 reads | ||
 The Great Adventure Catholic Bible
| 0 | 2 reads | ||
 A Short History of Nearly Everything
| 4.22 | 538 reads | ||
 The Forever War
| 3.96 | 550 reads | ||
 Return of the God Hypothesis
| 4 | 1 read | ||
 Off to Be the Wizard
| 3.93 | 230 reads | ||
 We Are Legion
| 4.19 | 741 reads | ||
 Norwegian Wood
| 3.91 | 932 reads | ||
 Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
| 4.17 | 1,534 reads | ||
 Eon
| 3.69 | 89 reads | ||
 Half a Soul
| 4.09 | 201 reads | ||
 Open Water
| 4.05 | 98 reads | ||
 Spirits Abroad
| 4.36 | 14 reads | ||
 Swordheart
| 4.01 | 124 reads | ||
 The Falls
| 3.8 | 15 reads | ||
 Stardust
| 4 | 881 reads | ||
 Fangirl
| 3.92 | 609 reads | ||
 Winterlong
| 4 | 4 reads | ||
 Anne of Avonlea
| 4.11 | 62 reads | ||
 Heartstopper: Volume One
| 4.41 | 929 reads | ||
 A Wrinkle in Time
| 3.77 | 1,176 reads | ||
 Anne of the Island
| 4.2 | 145 reads |