Prompts

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?

Mistborn: The Final Empire

#1 of 3 in The Mistborn Saga: The Original Trilogy

2006 • 4,229 Readers • 534 pages 4.4

Ender's Game

#1 of 6 in Ender's Saga

1985 • 3,044 Readers • 256 pages 4.3

The Lightning Thief

#1 of 9 in Percy Jackson and the Olympians

2000 • 2,789 Readers • 377 pages 4

The Martian

#1 of 1 in The Martian

2011 • 3,774 Readers • 384 pages 4.4

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

#1 of 8 in Harry Potter

1989 • 6,453 Readers • 309 pages 4.3

Redwall

#1 of 28 in Redwall

1986 • 511 Readers • 351 pages 4

Steelheart

#1 of 4 in The Reckoners

2001 • 919 Readers • 400 pages 4.1

Anne of Green Gables

#1 of 13 in Anne of Green Gables

1908 • 1,043 Readers • 326 pages 4.3

The Hunger Games

#1 of 3 in The Hunger Games

2008 • 5,042 Readers • 384 pages 4.1

Storm Front

#1 of 17 in The Dresden Files

1997 • 1,560 Readers • 372 pages 3.7

American Gods

#1 of 2 in American Gods

2001 • 3,053 Readers • 635 pages 4

Neuromancer

#1 of 3 in Sprawl

1984 • 2,189 Readers • 271 pages 3.8

Little Women

#1 of 3 in Little Women

198 • 1,834 Readers • 449 pages 4

Pride and Prejudice

6 Cozy Classics

1811 • 3,220 Readers • 342 pages 4.2

Circe

2018 • 3,287 Readers • 409 pages 4.2

Project Hail Mary

2021 • 4,606 Readers • 496 pages 4.4

Howl's Moving Castle

#1 of 3 in Howl's Moving Castle

1986 • 1,485 Readers • 448 pages 4.2

Wool

#1 of 3 in Silo

2011 • 1,544 Readers • 592 pages 4.1

Carry On

#1 of 3 in Simon Snow

2015 • 741 Readers • 531 pages 4.1

Hyperion Cantos

1990 • 929 pages

Uprooted

2015 • 1,134 Readers • 438 pages 4

Anne's House of Dreams

#5 of 13 in Anne of Green Gables

1917 • 169 Readers • 244 pages 4.1

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

1 Reidverse

2017 • 2,984 Readers • 400 pages 4.3

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

#1 of 14 in Oz

101 • 653 Readers • 61 pages 3.8

Anne of Windy Poplars

#4 of 13 in Anne of Green Gables

1936 • 158 Readers • 288 pages 4

Heidi

#1 of 1 in Heidi

1880 • 50 Readers • 140 pages 4.1

A Curious Beginning

#1 of 9 in Veronica Speedwell

2015 • 359 Readers • 339 pages 4

The Great Gatsby

1920 • 4,062 Readers • 180 pages 3.7

Tress of the Emerald Sea

#1 of 4 in Secret Projects

2023 • 2,026 Readers • 480 pages 4.5

Abarat

#1 of 3 in Abarat

2002 • 112 Readers • 448 pages 4

The Ocean at the End of the Lane

2013 • 1,843 Readers • 304 pages 4

The Lies of Locke Lamora

#1 of 3 in Gentleman Bastard

2006 • 2,204 Readers • 745 pages 4.3

Interview with the Vampire

#1 of 13 in The Vampire Chronicles

1976 • 1,142 Readers • 346 pages 3.8

The Great Adventure Catholic Bible

2018 • 2 Readers • 44 pages

A Short History of Nearly Everything

2003 • 1,272 Readers • 705 pages 4.2

The Forever War

#1 of 2 in The Forever War

1974 • 969 Readers • 203 pages 4

Return of the God Hypothesis

2021 • 7 Readers • 576 pages 4

Off to Be the Wizard

#1 of 6 in Magic 2.0

2013 • 354 Readers • 373 pages 3.9

We Are Legion

#1 of 5 in Bobiverse

2016 • 1,169 Readers • 299 pages 4.2

Norwegian Wood

1987 • 1,640 Readers • 389 pages 3.9

Eon

#1 of 3 in The Way

1985 • 180 Readers • 504 pages 3.7

Half a Soul

#1 of 3 in Regency Faerie Tales

2020 • 526 Readers • 9h 48m 4.1

Open Water

2021 • 363 Readers • 160 pages 4.1

Spirits Abroad

2020 • 58 Readers • 338 pages 4.4

Swordheart

7 The World of the White Rat

2018 • 297 Readers • 426 pages 4

The Falls

#12 of 24 in Inspector Rebus

2001 • 24 Readers • 399 pages 3.8

Stardust

#1 of 1 in Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess' Stardust

1997 • 1,426 Readers • 248 pages 4

Fangirl

#1 of 1 in Fangirl

2001 • 887 Readers • 406 pages 3.9

Winterlong

#1 of 3 in Winterlong

1990 • 19 Readers • 442 pages 4

Anne of Avonlea

#2 of 13 in Anne of Green Gables

1909 • 77 Readers • 276 pages 4.1

Heartstopper: Volume One

#1 of 11 in Heartstopper

2016 • 1,151 Readers • 263 pages 4.4

A Wrinkle in Time

#1 of 6 in Time Quintet

1962 • 1,662 Readers • 247 pages 3.8

Anne of the Island

#3 of 13 in Anne of Green Gables

19 • 191 Readers 4.2