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
| 4.43 | 1,844 reads | ||
 The Lightning Thief
| 4.04 | 1,605 reads | ||
 The Martian
| 4.4 | 1,932 reads | ||
 Ender's Game
| 4.26 | 1,640 reads | ||
 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
| 4.29 | 4,264 reads | ||
 The Hunger Games
| 4.1 | 3,151 reads | ||
 Redwall
| 3.96 | 229 reads | ||
 Steelheart
| 4.1 | 407 reads | ||
 American Gods
| 4.02 | 1,377 reads | ||
 Howl's Moving Castle
| 4.16 | 552 reads | ||
 Pride and Prejudice
| 4.18 | 1,494 reads | ||
 Neuromancer
| 3.86 | 757 reads | ||
 Circe
| 4.26 | 1,188 reads | ||
 Anne of Green Gables
| 4.42 | 67 reads | ||
 Project Hail Mary
| 4.44 | 1,783 reads | ||
 Little Women
| 3.9 | 709 reads | ||
 The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
| 4.29 | 1,418 reads | ||
 Wizard of Oz.
| 3.81 | 295 reads | ||
 A Curious Beginning
| 4 | 104 reads | ||
 Abarat
| 4.07 | 39 reads | ||
 The Ocean at the End of the Lane
| 4.04 | 853 reads | ||
 The Lies of Locke Lamora
| 4.28 | 751 reads | ||
 Interview With The Vampire
| 3.81 | 489 reads | ||
 A Short History of Nearly Everything
| 4.23 | 393 reads | ||
 Anne of Green Gables
| 4.29 | 406 reads | ||
 The Forever War
| 3.96 | 387 reads | ||
 Off to Be the Wizard
| 3.89 | 169 reads | ||
 We Are Legion
| 4.17 | 502 reads | ||
 Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
| 4.2 | 1,110 reads | ||
 Half a Soul
| 4.14 | 130 reads | ||
 Open Water
| 4.13 | 70 reads | ||
 Spirits Abroad
| 4.33 | 11 reads | ||
 Swordheart
| 4.02 | 80 reads | ||
 The Falls
| 4 | 12 reads | ||
 Winterlong
| 4 | 3 reads | ||
 Hyperion Cantos
| 0 | 0 reads | ||
 Tress of the Emerald Sea
| 4.47 | 659 reads | ||
 The Great Adventure Catholic Bible
| 0 | 0 reads | ||
 Return of the God Hypothesis
| 4 | 1 read | ||
 Norwegian Wood
| 3.9 | 668 reads | ||
 Heidi
| 4.17 | 21 reads | ||
 Eon
| 3.63 | 66 reads | ||
 Anne of Windy Poplars
| 3.95 | 78 reads | ||
 Anne's House of Dreams
| 4.04 | 75 reads | ||
 Carry On
| 4.04 | 313 reads | ||
 Anne of Avonlea
| 4.04 | 16 reads | ||
 Stardust
| 3.97 | 636 reads | ||
 Fangirl
| 3.88 | 441 reads | ||
 Storm Front
| 3.72 | 726 reads | ||
 Heartstopper: Volume One
| 4.4 | 641 reads | ||
 A Wrinkle in Time
| 3.77 | 847 reads | ||
 Anne of the Island
| 4.23 | 103 reads | ||
 Wool
| 4.12 | 639 reads | ||
 The Great Gatsby
| 3.73 | 137 reads | ||
 Uprooted
| 3.99 | 451 reads |