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 Trilogly

2006 • 3,509 Readers • 534 pages 4.4

The Lightning Thief

#1 of 7 in Percy Jackson and the Olympians

2000 • 2,353 Readers • 377 pages 4

The Martian

#1 of 1 in The Martian

2011 • 3,145 Readers • 384 pages 4.4

Ender's Game

#1 of 6 in Ender's Saga

1985 • 2,558 Readers • 256 pages 4.2

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

#1 of 8 in Harry Potter

1997 • 5,440 Readers • 309 pages 4.3

The Hunger Games

#1 of 3 in The Hunger Games

2008 • 4,202 Readers • 384 pages 4.1

Steelheart

#1 of 4 in The Reckoners

2001 • 771 Readers • 400 pages 4.1

Redwall

#1 of 22 in Redwall

1986 • 428 Readers • 351 pages 4

Little Women

#1 of 3 in Little Women

1848 • 1,553 Readers • 449 pages 3.9

Circe

2018 • 2,802 Readers • 409 pages 4.2

Anne of Green Gables

#1 of 9 in Anne of Green Gables

1908 • 123 Readers • 346 pages 4.4

American Gods

#1 of 2 in American Gods

2001 • 2,613 Readers • 635 pages 4

Howl's Moving Castle

#1 of 3 in Howl's Moving Castle

1986 • 1,265 Readers • 448 pages 4.2

Storm Front

#1 of 19 in The Dresden Files

1997 • 1,260 Readers • 372 pages 3.7

Pride and Prejudice

Cozy Classics

1811 • 2,741 Readers • 342 pages 4.2

Project Hail Mary

2021 • 3,821 Readers • 496 pages 4.4

Neuromancer

#1 of 3 in Sprawl

1984 • 1,788 Readers • 271 pages 3.8

A Curious Beginning

#1 of 7 in Veronica Speedwell

2015 • 309 Readers • 370 pages 4

Abarat

#1 of 5 in Abarat

2002 • 88 Readers • 448 pages 4

The Ocean at the End of the Lane

2013 • 1,562 Readers • 304 pages 4

The Lies of Locke Lamora

#1 of 7 in Gentleman Bastard

2006 • 1,885 Readers • 745 pages 4.3

Interview with the Vampire

#1 of 13 in The Vampire Chronicles

1976 • 963 Readers • 346 pages 3.8

A Short History of Nearly Everything

2003 • 1,047 Readers 4.2

Anne of Green Gables

#1 of 9 in Anne of Green Gables

1908 • 763 Readers • 384 pages 4.3

The Forever War

#1 of 2 in The Forever War

1974 • 813 Readers • 203 pages 3.9

Off to Be the Wizard

#1 of 6 in Magic 2.0

2013 • 303 Readers • 373 pages 3.9

We Are Legion

#1 of 5 in Bobiverse

2016 • 948 Readers • 299 pages 4.1

Half a Soul

#1 of 3 in Regency Faerie Tales

2020 • 429 Readers • 368 pages 4.1

Open Water

2021 • 313 Readers • 160 pages 4.1

Spirits Abroad

2020 • 40 Readers • 338 pages 4.3

Swordheart

The World of the White Rat

2018 • 241 Readers • 426 pages 4

The Falls

#12 of 25 in Inspector Rebus

2001 • 18 Readers • 399 pages 4

Winterlong

#1 of 3 in Winterlong

1990 • 10 Readers • 496 pages 4

Hyperion Cantos

1990 • 929 pages

Tress of the Emerald Sea

#1 of 5 in Secret Projects

2023 • 1,734 Readers • 480 pages 4.5

The Great Adventure Catholic Bible

2018 • 2 Readers • 44 pages

Return of the God Hypothesis

2021 • 7 Readers • 576 pages 4

Norwegian Wood

1987 • 1,367 Readers • 389 pages 3.9

Heidi

#1 of 1 in Heidi

1880 • 41 Readers • 344 pages 4.1

Eon

#1 of 4 in The Way

1985 • 142 Readers • 504 pages 3.7

Anne of Windy Poplars

#4 of 9 in Anne of Green Gables

1936 • 130 Readers • 288 pages 3.9

Anne's House of Dreams

#5 of 9 in Anne of Green Gables

1917 • 138 Readers • 244 pages 4.1

Carry On

#1 of 3 in Simon Snow

2015 • 638 Readers • 531 pages 4.1

Anne of Avonlea

#2 of 9 in Anne of Green Gables

1909 • 38 Readers • 276 pages 4

Stardust

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

1997 • 1,203 Readers • 248 pages 4

Fangirl

#1 of 2 in Fangirl

2001 • 755 Readers • 406 pages 3.9

Heartstopper: Volume One

#1 of 6 in Heartstopper

2016 • 988 Readers • 263 pages 4.4

A Wrinkle in Time

#1 of 5 in Time Quintet

1962 • 1,393 Readers • 247 pages 3.8

Anne of the Island

#3 of 9 in Anne of Green Gables

1915 • 158 Readers • 278 pages 4.2

Wool

#1 of 5 in Wool

2011 • 1,225 Readers • 592 pages 4.1

The Great Gatsby

1925 • 216 Readers • 94 pages 3.8

Uprooted

2015 • 955 Readers • 448 pages 4

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

Reidverse

2017 • 2,598 Readers • 400 pages 4.3

Wizard of Oz.

#1 of 14 in Oz

1900 • 499 Readers • 160 pages 3.8