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

2006 • 3,214 Readers • 534 pages 4.4

The Lightning Thief

2000 • 2,172 Readers • 377 pages 4

Ender's Game

1985 • 2,385 Readers • 256 pages 4.3

The Martian

2011 • 2,921 Readers • 384 pages 4.4

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

1936 • 4,997 Readers • 309 pages 4.3

Steelheart

2001 • 720 Readers • 400 pages 4.1

The Hunger Games

2008 • 3,876 Readers • 384 pages 4.1

Redwall

1986 • 406 Readers • 351 pages 4

American Gods

2001 • 2,423 Readers • 635 pages 4

Howl's Moving Castle

1986 • 1,156 Readers • 448 pages 4.2

Pride and Prejudice

1811 • 2,549 Readers • 342 pages 4.2

Neuromancer

1984 • 1,662 Readers • 271 pages 3.9

Circe

2018 • 2,576 Readers • 409 pages 4.3

Anne of Green Gables

1908 • 116 Readers • 346 pages 4.4

Project Hail Mary

2021 • 3,503 Readers • 496 pages 4.4

Little Women

1848 • 1,419 Readers • 449 pages 3.9

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

2017 • 2,411 Readers • 400 pages 4.3

Wizard of Oz.

1900 • 446 Readers • 160 pages 3.8

A Curious Beginning

2015 • 270 Readers • 370 pages 4

Abarat

2002 • 77 Readers • 448 pages 4

The Ocean at the End of the Lane

2013 • 1,466 Readers • 304 pages 4.1

The Lies of Locke Lamora

2006 • 1,743 Readers • 745 pages 4.3

Interview With The Vampire

1976 • 886 Readers • 360 pages 3.8

A Short History of Nearly Everything

2003 • 960 Readers 4.2

Anne of Green Gables

1908 • 693 Readers • 384 pages 4.3

The Forever War

1974 • 744 Readers • 218 pages 3.9

Off to Be the Wizard

2013 • 282 Readers • 373 pages 3.9

We Are Legion

2016 • 867 Readers • 299 pages 4.2

Half a Soul

2020 • 399 Readers • 368 pages 4.1

Open Water

2021 • 294 Readers • 160 pages 4.1

Spirits Abroad

2020 • 40 Readers • 338 pages 4.3

Swordheart

2018 • 204 Readers • 426 pages 4

The Falls

2001 • 18 Readers • 399 pages 4

Winterlong

1990 • 10 Readers • 496 pages 4

Hyperion Cantos

1990 • 929 pages

Tress of the Emerald Sea

2023 • 1,604 Readers • 480 pages 4.5

The Great Adventure Catholic Bible

2018 • 1 Reader • 44 pages

Return of the God Hypothesis

2021 • 5 Readers • 576 pages 4

Norwegian Wood

1987 • 1,270 Readers • 389 pages 3.9

Heidi

1880 • 34 Readers • 344 pages 4.2

Eon

1985 • 130 Readers • 504 pages 3.6

Anne of Windy Poplars

1936 • 120 Readers • 288 pages 3.9

Anne's House of Dreams

1917 • 129 Readers • 244 pages 4

Carry On

2015 • 593 Readers • 531 pages 4

Anne of Avonlea

1909 • 16 Readers • 276 pages 4

Stardust

1997 • 1,135 Readers • 248 pages 4

Fangirl

2001 • 698 Readers • 406 pages 3.9

Storm Front

1997 • 1,173 Readers • 372 pages 3.7

Heartstopper: Volume One

2016 • 901 Readers • 262 pages 4.4

A Wrinkle in Time

1962 • 1,298 Readers • 247 pages 3.8

Anne of the Island

1915 • 150 Readers • 278 pages 4.2

Wool

2011 • 1,126 Readers • 592 pages 4.1

The Great Gatsby

1925 • 192 Readers • 94 pages 3.8

Uprooted

2015 • 907 Readers • 448 pages 4