I've dabbled in every genre, but my lifelong favorite and go to has always been fantasy. High fantasy, urban fantasy, fantasy/scyfy blend, anything fantasy.
I read the last three books of Wheel of Time that he finished for Robert Jordan. He did a bang up job, I was very impressed. Haven't gotten around to his other stuff yet.
I haven't got around to wot but I've read stromlight archive and most of his cosmere stuff. Tbh he's my fav author rn. Abercrombie, Gwynne and Islington are great too.
I think logan said this, right? He's usually the one about to drown in a river lol. I read the first law a few years ago, that's why I'm a bit blurry on the details
I'm the opposited haha. I like social commentary and mainly read dramas or biographs, I have very little patient for fantasy, especially if magic involved.
Not her but I really loved *The Commonwealth Saga*. It's a duology but they're T H I C C books.
The first one is *Pandora's Star* and the second is *Judas Unchained*. The first one is about an astronomer that happens to see the complete disappearance of a pair of stars. They disappeared without the natural death of a star. Just blinked out. Gone. Eventually a specially built spaceship is constructed to investigate it.
It's a Dyson Sphere. But who made it? Why did they make it? It's thousands of years old but this is insane technology.
It's an interesting duology. It bounces between characters so if you have a hard time balancing multiple points of view it might be confusing. Really recommend it though. There's other books set in the same universe but I haven't read them yet.
I like non fiction best. My main interest is the nature of humanity, so a lot of different genres touch on that.
Stuff by medical doctors such as Oliver Sacks and Atul Gawande. Science stuff like Mary Roach. Stuff about special forces and military strategy imcluding SEALs or even Secret Service. Environmental stuff. Disaster stuff like Jon Krakaur. What Oscar Wilde wrote after prison.
On fiction, I do seriously enjoy Andy Weir’s books so freaking much.
LSure thing, though I’m not certain my recs would be considered military strategy, I may be using the wrong term. My interest is not in generals deciding to take this hill or the Western flank. But in analyzing the successes and failures in small team operations, usually special forces, and understanding their mission strategies.
Extreme Ownership (Jocko Willink and Leif Babin) - SEALs in Iraq
No Easy Day / No Hero (Mark Owen) - Two memoirs by a Navy SEAL, the first about the OBL mission specifically, the second his other stories.
Lone Survivor (Marcus Luttrell) - Navy SEAL operation in Taliban territory that goes horribly wrong.
The Lion of Sabray (Patrick Robinson) - The above story as told by the Pakistani man who saved Marcus’s life and thus endangered himself and family by Taliban. (Shows Marcus in a slightly different light.)
Black Hawk Down (Mark Bowden) - disasterous mission in Somalia.
Zero Fail (Carol Leonnig) - not military but about Secret Service, successes and failures, great history and analysis.
We Are Bellingcat (Eliot Higgens) - Not military but fascinating book on solving, well, war crimes like shooting down MH17 or poisoning operatives, using camera and satellite evidence.
Sci-fi, lit, philosophy mainly. I have a lot of art books that has pictures that I flip thru, and I have a series of “Introducing___: A Graphic Guide” which are graphic novels of various philosophers/psychologists that’s pretty cool.
Eugene Thacker is someone I read recently, currently exploring the art of William Blake’s illustrations of The Divine Comedy, and I have a metaphysics book “Rosary of the Philosophers” that I’ve been reading for different ideas.
I loved it when I had access to research papers (in college and my first job out of college I could read any journal for free). Now I find papers I wanna read but I have to pay for em'...so I just skim the abstracts, sometimes get a bit of an intro or a conclusion. Or find old papers that are accessible.
I have a soft spot for Southern literature (fiction) and non-fiction books about any of my interests including metaphysics, auto-biographies on people I am curious about, neuroscience, pseudosciences, astronomy, psychology, philosophy, etc.
Mostly fantasy or sci-fi. Big LOTR nerd including one read through of the books and I also just finished a fellowship of the ring audio book that I listened to while at work. Currently reading the Witcher though. I honestly could go for some good book recs too!
L. E. Modesitt Jr
Gordon R Dickson
Terry Pratchett
R. A Salvatore
Robert Asprin
Piers Anthony
I've got countless more, but those all have books in both genres, sci-fi and fantasy. I tend to rec authors instead of books, since the vast majority of my favorite books are series.
Piers Anthony is such a misogynistic author, and writes about some creepy underage stuff.
I went back and read one of his books a few years ago, since I only read them when I was 14, and the stuff seemed just really off and dated. I stopped re-reading the books after the first one because it was cringey and I didn't think it was worth my time.
I'm guessing you're in high school maybe from your reading tastes? There's plenty of much better written stuff now. Pratchett was a decent author at least.
I'm not in HS now, but that was unquestionably the time period of my life when I did most of my reading.
The list would look very different if I was recommending authors who only write fantasy or only sci-fi, but those are the only ones I know off the top of my head that do both. Most of them are dead now, so yeah. It's all gonna be dated. For me, books are not good or bad based on content or the worldview of the author or anything vaguely similar. IDGAF about any of that. If the author is good at telling stories, I'm gonna like the book. Things are problematic or not IRL. In fantasy, anything goes. There is no such thing as problematic.
I read a lot and for a long time, Decades I would/could only read non-fiction, and I mean boring stuff like how Winston Churchill managed his money. Lately I have worked through some Historical Fiction from James Clavell and Ken Follett in both the Asian Saga Series and the Kingsbridge Series. I have found that I do enjoy the story element of fiction again which feels oddly satisfying. I have also come to realize no one actually cares if you read a book or not so if you hate it don't read it.
Pratchett, Jasper Fforde, John C. McCrae, Iain M. Banks. I'll admit I've been on a bit of a recent progression-fantasy kick for mindless popcorn filler, but it's probably not psychologically good for me in the long run.
Fiction and fantasy. I go through phases where I read a lot then I stop and don't really for a long time. I got 1200 pages into the Dune series earlier in the year and need to pick it back up
For fiction, I like fantasy or adventure stories.
Non fiction is my main go to for reading though. I like books that teach you practical hobbies and skills.
all kinds of things tbh, although i guess i like fantasy and historical fiction. i also really like stories that tackle meta themes, svsss and orv are two of my favourite novels ever because they’re very self-aware
I’ve read a variety of things. My favorites tend to be either plays (Christopher Marlowe’s *Doctor Faustus* or epic poetry (John Milton’s *Paradise Lost*). I like non-fiction too but there’s not a specific genre that I like the most - maybe philosophy, history, or anthropology.
I’m really enjoying the audiobook of 1984 and I enjoyed The Giver. Outside of the dystopia theme, Sharp Objects was really good. I am always happy to read through a whole chemistry book and things like “The blue wonder” but I have to take things like “Attached” and “Atomic Habits” at a slow pace because it’s a lot for me even though I enjoy the factual part of it hahaha. Fantasy, like GOT for example..I’ve never really been drawn to the whole game of thrones series in the sense that I want to read it, but I have definitely still googled the reasons for things that I heard happened in it for hours on end. Harry Potter however, is a different story all together. I love how creepy things are and the whole idea of learning the lore of that world.
When I can sit the hell down and read, I prefer mystery (murder mystery’s mainly I like clue/foreshadowing hunting) and fantasy. I like the sci-fi concepts but a lot of them fall flat to me
The best for me is mystery, coming in second is probably non-fiction or fantasy. I loved mystery as a kid, and I love it now. Non-fiction was probably a thing I picked up whilst maturing but it's become one of my favorites, and nothing too educational as well. They're normally documented in a story or something. Fantasy will forever have a special place in my heart though, even if I don't read as much.
A lot of my friends love horror and thriller. I can read those types of books but they've never really been my favorite
The primary form of reading I do is Manga and closed captions while watching anime or TV. The rest of my reading is split up between reading reddit threads, wikipages and reading terminals in fallout games.
That being said I prefer fiction, anything high fantasy or sci-fi gets me hot and bothered.
These days I primarily read nonfiction books. I tend to favour literature about theoretical physics lately. Such as "something deeply hidden by Sean Carroll and a brief history of time by none other than Dr. Hawking". I've also been enjoying self discovery/help books like "the intp quest by A.J. Drenth".
Though I have and do also enjoy science fiction & fantasy. Some of my favorite authors in no particular order: Richard Morgan, Neal Stephenson, Terry Pratchett, Orson Scott Card, Diana Gabaldon, Piers Anthony & Terry Goodkind.
That is to say I enjoy their literary works and don't follow or idolize them. I really couldn't care less about the personal lives of any artist/author/celebrity or any controversy that may surround them. So can we skip the lectures & "did you knows"?
I'm also in the process of authoring a fantasy novel myself. It's set in Ireland during the middle ages. Though it's fantasy without sorcery. Really more of a period fictional drama about the resentment between royal siblings, the strife it creates, the tyranny of a narcissistic sadist who lusts for power and the cost to the people within their kingdom.
I don’t read much but I like mystery/suspense books SOMETIMES dystopian.
I also like books with a hint of romance but I don’t really like it if it’s mainly just romance.
When I was younger I was more into fantasy and fiction/slice of life graphic novels
None of the books that are assigned reading in school. The only book I had to read in school that I enjoyed was Lord of the Flies.
I enjoy books about history, politics and technology. I enjoyed science fiction more when I was young, particularly Larry Niven.
I'm not a particularly voracious reader, but there are certain authors that I enjoy. Sci-fi from Phillip K Dick, Kurt Vonnegut, Neal Stephenson and Douglas Adams. Crime/conspiracy from James Ellroy. Historical fiction from Patrick O'Brian, and fantasy from Tolkien and Martin. I've read a few Cormac McCarthy novels as well. I especially enjoyed the moments of dark humor in Blood Meridian.
I've read most of Tom Clancy's stuff as well. I'm a little put off by how honorable and duty-bound his characters tend to be, but he does spin a good tale.
I have to admit that I'd like to branch out a little. From what I've heard I should enjoy Terry Pratchett's work, and there's a book called Infinite Jest that I probably need to read.
Classics, weird fiction, anything with a dubious narrator. I like romance as well but it's hard to find one that is well-written so I just read fanfiction, lol.
I read mostly literary fiction and non-fiction, but a splash of sci-fi and fantasy as well. To give you some idea, some of my favorites are:
Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon
The Melacholy of Resistance by Laszlo Krasznahorkai
An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia-Marquez
The Three Body Problem trilogy by Cixin Liu
Embassytown by China Miéville
I like genre fiction a good bit, mostly horror and sci-fi, but ideally higher level stuff. I want to get into fantasy but a lot of it seems fairly low level or shlocky. I also really really like stylistic writing styles - I’m a big fan of a good few of Cormac McCarthy’s books.
I like non-fiction as well across a variety of topics. If it’s well-written and entertaining, I’ll probably enjoy it even if I’m not so familiar with the subject matter. Honestly if I’m not familiar with the subject matter, that might be even more appealing.
I’m in the middle of reading like 6 different books right now. Two are sci fi, one is dystopian fiction, another is philosophy, one is maybe historical fiction? one is a sort of made up dictionary, and another is a graphic novel. Oh yeah and a self help book
Like my music taste, my reading can be described as quite eclectic
sci-fi + fantasy are my absolute favorite. i enjoy learning about how a new planet/world operates by: the culture, the language, money system, the different creatures that exist there, the food, how the magic/power system works there, and etc.
Mostly philosophy, aesthetics, digital culture, and human mind. When it comes to fiction, it's almost always sci-fi.
Some authors please all my INTP traits: Olaf Stapledon, Jiddu Krishnamurti, Stanislaw Lem, Oliver Sacks, Carlo Rovelli, Jean Baudrillard, and John Berger are some of the most important ones for me.
I read whatever book gives me the knowledge I am currently seeking. Understanding nature of existence, humans and conciousness stand atop.
But I am forcing myself to read fiction now. Started Xeelee series which is a story about a type -IV civilization.
I like old school alchemy books from the 12th to the 18th century. Also anything fringe science related. Things which are supposed to be impossible but happen anyway are very interesting to me.
I do enjoy fictions.
For non fictions I hardly ever finish one book from start to end, I dont think I'd read them for fun, unless if the writer have a really interesting way of thoughts. I may enjoy books about history and culture or encyclopedias where one could read at random pages.
For nonfiction, I like to learn about neuroscience/psychology research, and I like editorialized books about historical events and figures, and I like books with lists and categorizations of things even if I don't otherwise care about the topic it's listing or categorizing
I have more than 100 books about autism research, both good and bad, that I've been collecting ever since I was diagnosed at age 11
For fiction, I mainly like sci-fi and suspense and superhero media, both regular books and comics
Michael Crichton is probably my favorite sci-fi author and Darwyn Cooke is probably my favorite comics artist and Alan Moore is probably my favorite comics author
One of my favorite niche genres for fiction is "stories with an autistic protagonist who accidentally uncovers a bunch of family drama while trying to solve a different mystery" and for some reason there seems to be a lot of books that fit into it, luckily for me (here I'm not even listing off all of em): "Rubbernecker" by Belinda Bauer, "Postal" comic series by Matt Hawkins, "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime" by Mark Haddon (this book is kind of "the original" of this niche genre and a lot of these others get compared to it on their back covers as a form of praise), "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer, "House Rules" by Jodi Picoult, "Mockingbird" by Kathryn Erskine,
I also have a lot of "how they work" and building instruction books about "animated things" like cartoons and automata and appliances and mechanical engines and electronics and ventriloquist dummies etc
I got really deeply into "cringe snark forums" and "lolcow documentation sites" to an unhealthy extent when I was a middle schooler but I also just like to backread ancient online discussion forums about pretty much any topics just to read the archived conversations
I honestly read a bit of everything except romance. Spent most of my life primarily reading fiction but I've been trying to branch out to nonfiction as of late. Lately I've been getting into existential fiction and classics (Kafka and the sort) and have been really enjoying it. I've also enjoyed mystery and historical fiction in the past.
Funny you mention "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nightime" because I read it in high school after it got banned in a class because a parent complained about the protagonist's atheism (which is a stupid reason to ban a book tbh, it wasn't my class but it really pissed me off). I really enjoyed it and should definitely reread it soon.
But yeah, I'm open to reading a lot of things of variety, although I read in bursts rather than consistently. I mainly asked to get see how others felt about reading and possibly to get recommendations as well.
I've dabbled in every genre, but my lifelong favorite and go to has always been fantasy. High fantasy, urban fantasy, fantasy/scyfy blend, anything fantasy.
Me tooooo
Me toooooooooo
Any Brando Sando fans here? :))
I read the last three books of Wheel of Time that he finished for Robert Jordan. He did a bang up job, I was very impressed. Haven't gotten around to his other stuff yet.
Well am trying to get into wot books. Wish me luck!!
I haven't got around to wot but I've read stromlight archive and most of his cosmere stuff. Tbh he's my fav author rn. Abercrombie, Gwynne and Islington are great too.
>Abercrombie +You can never have too many knives -Unless you are drowning in a river Or something along those lines lol
I think logan said this, right? He's usually the one about to drown in a river lol. I read the first law a few years ago, that's why I'm a bit blurry on the details
Logan said it's nice to have many knives. Iirc it was Ferro, the maniac serial killer of a woman, who mentions drowning in a river
after I finish the hobbit, I plan on reading way of kings
WoK is a big commitment. If you aren't already used to these massive tomes, I suggest you start with mistborn series.
This 100%
Same, I love Fantasy that is Hard and Rational, and often Urban and combined with Sci-Fi.
Me tooooooooooooooo
I'm the opposited haha. I like social commentary and mainly read dramas or biographs, I have very little patient for fantasy, especially if magic involved.
I like sci fi and anything dystopian
any recs?
Not her but I really loved *The Commonwealth Saga*. It's a duology but they're T H I C C books. The first one is *Pandora's Star* and the second is *Judas Unchained*. The first one is about an astronomer that happens to see the complete disappearance of a pair of stars. They disappeared without the natural death of a star. Just blinked out. Gone. Eventually a specially built spaceship is constructed to investigate it. It's a Dyson Sphere. But who made it? Why did they make it? It's thousands of years old but this is insane technology. It's an interesting duology. It bounces between characters so if you have a hard time balancing multiple points of view it might be confusing. Really recommend it though. There's other books set in the same universe but I haven't read them yet.
1984, The Road
i’ll read literally anything except romance. i don’t mind a romantic subplot, but i can’t read it if romance is the main focus or if it’s too cheesy
yessssss
Same
Absolutely same
A blend of historical non-fiction, fantasy/sci-fi and philosophy.
I second this!
Yes!
Sci-fi and educational books
I like non fiction best. My main interest is the nature of humanity, so a lot of different genres touch on that. Stuff by medical doctors such as Oliver Sacks and Atul Gawande. Science stuff like Mary Roach. Stuff about special forces and military strategy imcluding SEALs or even Secret Service. Environmental stuff. Disaster stuff like Jon Krakaur. What Oscar Wilde wrote after prison. On fiction, I do seriously enjoy Andy Weir’s books so freaking much.
Another Sacks fan here 🙋🏻♂️
Marvellous man, love his open mindedness and compassion, brilliant. He was clearly an Ne user 👍 I’ve read all of his books.
Any military strategy recs?
LSure thing, though I’m not certain my recs would be considered military strategy, I may be using the wrong term. My interest is not in generals deciding to take this hill or the Western flank. But in analyzing the successes and failures in small team operations, usually special forces, and understanding their mission strategies. Extreme Ownership (Jocko Willink and Leif Babin) - SEALs in Iraq No Easy Day / No Hero (Mark Owen) - Two memoirs by a Navy SEAL, the first about the OBL mission specifically, the second his other stories. Lone Survivor (Marcus Luttrell) - Navy SEAL operation in Taliban territory that goes horribly wrong. The Lion of Sabray (Patrick Robinson) - The above story as told by the Pakistani man who saved Marcus’s life and thus endangered himself and family by Taliban. (Shows Marcus in a slightly different light.) Black Hawk Down (Mark Bowden) - disasterous mission in Somalia. Zero Fail (Carol Leonnig) - not military but about Secret Service, successes and failures, great history and analysis. We Are Bellingcat (Eliot Higgens) - Not military but fascinating book on solving, well, war crimes like shooting down MH17 or poisoning operatives, using camera and satellite evidence.
I’m currently reading 1000 page book about 20th century history. No, I am not fun at parties.
Scifi and fantasy
Fantasy, novels and philosophy
The Secret Life Of Groceries. Really good investigative reporting into the US food system
Sounds interesting
Sci-fi, lit, philosophy mainly. I have a lot of art books that has pictures that I flip thru, and I have a series of “Introducing___: A Graphic Guide” which are graphic novels of various philosophers/psychologists that’s pretty cool. Eugene Thacker is someone I read recently, currently exploring the art of William Blake’s illustrations of The Divine Comedy, and I have a metaphysics book “Rosary of the Philosophers” that I’ve been reading for different ideas.
random academic papers. Makes it easy for the inconsistent reader compared to regular novels, and stuff along those lines
I loved it when I had access to research papers (in college and my first job out of college I could read any journal for free). Now I find papers I wanna read but I have to pay for em'...so I just skim the abstracts, sometimes get a bit of an intro or a conclusion. Or find old papers that are accessible.
I have a soft spot for Southern literature (fiction) and non-fiction books about any of my interests including metaphysics, auto-biographies on people I am curious about, neuroscience, pseudosciences, astronomy, psychology, philosophy, etc.
the hungry caterpillar
For fiction, romance and historical… l love drama filled stories.
Mostly fantasy or sci-fi. Big LOTR nerd including one read through of the books and I also just finished a fellowship of the ring audio book that I listened to while at work. Currently reading the Witcher though. I honestly could go for some good book recs too!
L. E. Modesitt Jr Gordon R Dickson Terry Pratchett R. A Salvatore Robert Asprin Piers Anthony I've got countless more, but those all have books in both genres, sci-fi and fantasy. I tend to rec authors instead of books, since the vast majority of my favorite books are series.
Piers Anthony is such a misogynistic author, and writes about some creepy underage stuff. I went back and read one of his books a few years ago, since I only read them when I was 14, and the stuff seemed just really off and dated. I stopped re-reading the books after the first one because it was cringey and I didn't think it was worth my time. I'm guessing you're in high school maybe from your reading tastes? There's plenty of much better written stuff now. Pratchett was a decent author at least.
I'm not in HS now, but that was unquestionably the time period of my life when I did most of my reading. The list would look very different if I was recommending authors who only write fantasy or only sci-fi, but those are the only ones I know off the top of my head that do both. Most of them are dead now, so yeah. It's all gonna be dated. For me, books are not good or bad based on content or the worldview of the author or anything vaguely similar. IDGAF about any of that. If the author is good at telling stories, I'm gonna like the book. Things are problematic or not IRL. In fantasy, anything goes. There is no such thing as problematic.
Red rising. The Blade Itself. Thank me later :)
Tried to read LOTR since I loved the movies. But maybe because English is not my first language, I cant get pass all the trees.
Non-fiction to keep me grounded, haven't dabbled with fiction too much as I can just write anything in my head
For me it doesn't really all fall to the genre, as long as the main idea of the book interests me.
I prefer psychological thrillers for some reasons.
Classics.
I read a lot and for a long time, Decades I would/could only read non-fiction, and I mean boring stuff like how Winston Churchill managed his money. Lately I have worked through some Historical Fiction from James Clavell and Ken Follett in both the Asian Saga Series and the Kingsbridge Series. I have found that I do enjoy the story element of fiction again which feels oddly satisfying. I have also come to realize no one actually cares if you read a book or not so if you hate it don't read it.
Tragic books how continue with death of all the characters Fantasy Scare Scientific books
Like history a lot. Science fiction too. Anything with a good story or interesting topic really
Pratchett, Jasper Fforde, John C. McCrae, Iain M. Banks. I'll admit I've been on a bit of a recent progression-fantasy kick for mindless popcorn filler, but it's probably not psychologically good for me in the long run.
Reading Pratchett is very good for you.
Fiction, sci-fi, history and mythology all those stuff
Fiction and fantasy. I go through phases where I read a lot then I stop and don't really for a long time. I got 1200 pages into the Dune series earlier in the year and need to pick it back up
For fiction, I like fantasy or adventure stories. Non fiction is my main go to for reading though. I like books that teach you practical hobbies and skills.
all kinds of things tbh, although i guess i like fantasy and historical fiction. i also really like stories that tackle meta themes, svsss and orv are two of my favourite novels ever because they’re very self-aware
Non fiction and fantasy. King killer chronicles is my favorite series.
Non fiction, horror, sci fi, thrillers, fantasy.
I’ve read a variety of things. My favorites tend to be either plays (Christopher Marlowe’s *Doctor Faustus* or epic poetry (John Milton’s *Paradise Lost*). I like non-fiction too but there’s not a specific genre that I like the most - maybe philosophy, history, or anthropology.
Can't get enough of sci-fi and fantasy. Not interested at all if there is no romance tho.
Ummmm, pretty sure its easier/quicker to ask what books we *don't* enjoy...
Mostly non-fiction but I also enjoy reading scifi/fantasy. Math, Economics, Medical Journals, psychology. Dune Eragon, etc...
High fantasy. Preferably darker
I’m really enjoying the audiobook of 1984 and I enjoyed The Giver. Outside of the dystopia theme, Sharp Objects was really good. I am always happy to read through a whole chemistry book and things like “The blue wonder” but I have to take things like “Attached” and “Atomic Habits” at a slow pace because it’s a lot for me even though I enjoy the factual part of it hahaha. Fantasy, like GOT for example..I’ve never really been drawn to the whole game of thrones series in the sense that I want to read it, but I have definitely still googled the reasons for things that I heard happened in it for hours on end. Harry Potter however, is a different story all together. I love how creepy things are and the whole idea of learning the lore of that world.
Sci-fi 🖤
When I can sit the hell down and read, I prefer mystery (murder mystery’s mainly I like clue/foreshadowing hunting) and fantasy. I like the sci-fi concepts but a lot of them fall flat to me
The best for me is mystery, coming in second is probably non-fiction or fantasy. I loved mystery as a kid, and I love it now. Non-fiction was probably a thing I picked up whilst maturing but it's become one of my favorites, and nothing too educational as well. They're normally documented in a story or something. Fantasy will forever have a special place in my heart though, even if I don't read as much. A lot of my friends love horror and thriller. I can read those types of books but they've never really been my favorite
Can you recommend good mystery?
The primary form of reading I do is Manga and closed captions while watching anime or TV. The rest of my reading is split up between reading reddit threads, wikipages and reading terminals in fallout games. That being said I prefer fiction, anything high fantasy or sci-fi gets me hot and bothered.
These days I primarily read nonfiction books. I tend to favour literature about theoretical physics lately. Such as "something deeply hidden by Sean Carroll and a brief history of time by none other than Dr. Hawking". I've also been enjoying self discovery/help books like "the intp quest by A.J. Drenth". Though I have and do also enjoy science fiction & fantasy. Some of my favorite authors in no particular order: Richard Morgan, Neal Stephenson, Terry Pratchett, Orson Scott Card, Diana Gabaldon, Piers Anthony & Terry Goodkind. That is to say I enjoy their literary works and don't follow or idolize them. I really couldn't care less about the personal lives of any artist/author/celebrity or any controversy that may surround them. So can we skip the lectures & "did you knows"? I'm also in the process of authoring a fantasy novel myself. It's set in Ireland during the middle ages. Though it's fantasy without sorcery. Really more of a period fictional drama about the resentment between royal siblings, the strife it creates, the tyranny of a narcissistic sadist who lusts for power and the cost to the people within their kingdom.
I don’t read much but I like mystery/suspense books SOMETIMES dystopian. I also like books with a hint of romance but I don’t really like it if it’s mainly just romance. When I was younger I was more into fantasy and fiction/slice of life graphic novels
My favorite anime’s story continues in light novels. So I’ve read those a couple times. Konosuba. Besides that I had a lot of self help audiobooks.
Science, Philosophy, Fiction
None of the books that are assigned reading in school. The only book I had to read in school that I enjoyed was Lord of the Flies. I enjoy books about history, politics and technology. I enjoyed science fiction more when I was young, particularly Larry Niven.
I'm not a particularly voracious reader, but there are certain authors that I enjoy. Sci-fi from Phillip K Dick, Kurt Vonnegut, Neal Stephenson and Douglas Adams. Crime/conspiracy from James Ellroy. Historical fiction from Patrick O'Brian, and fantasy from Tolkien and Martin. I've read a few Cormac McCarthy novels as well. I especially enjoyed the moments of dark humor in Blood Meridian. I've read most of Tom Clancy's stuff as well. I'm a little put off by how honorable and duty-bound his characters tend to be, but he does spin a good tale. I have to admit that I'd like to branch out a little. From what I've heard I should enjoy Terry Pratchett's work, and there's a book called Infinite Jest that I probably need to read.
Classics, weird fiction, anything with a dubious narrator. I like romance as well but it's hard to find one that is well-written so I just read fanfiction, lol.
Kafka and Dostoevsky
I read mostly literary fiction and non-fiction, but a splash of sci-fi and fantasy as well. To give you some idea, some of my favorites are: Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon The Melacholy of Resistance by Laszlo Krasznahorkai An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia-Marquez The Three Body Problem trilogy by Cixin Liu Embassytown by China Miéville
I like genre fiction a good bit, mostly horror and sci-fi, but ideally higher level stuff. I want to get into fantasy but a lot of it seems fairly low level or shlocky. I also really really like stylistic writing styles - I’m a big fan of a good few of Cormac McCarthy’s books. I like non-fiction as well across a variety of topics. If it’s well-written and entertaining, I’ll probably enjoy it even if I’m not so familiar with the subject matter. Honestly if I’m not familiar with the subject matter, that might be even more appealing.
horror, sci fi
Historical books and memoirs…I have a hard time reading fiction books or romance novels or books of that nature
I’m in the middle of reading like 6 different books right now. Two are sci fi, one is dystopian fiction, another is philosophy, one is maybe historical fiction? one is a sort of made up dictionary, and another is a graphic novel. Oh yeah and a self help book Like my music taste, my reading can be described as quite eclectic
Horror, mystery, dystopian
i used to be obsessed with romance books, but now i feel like im more of a psychological thriller kind of person
I'm currently reading The Lord of The Rings and 1984, and both of them are awesome in their own ways.
I love Fantasy that is Hard and Rational, with a complex magic system, and often Urban and combined with Sci-Fi.
I love detective novels.
anything and everything, except romance and sci-fi.
Romantasy,Dystopian , and Historical Fiction.
Too burnt out from reading research paper to read a proper book so I would say brain rot isekai
sci-fi + fantasy are my absolute favorite. i enjoy learning about how a new planet/world operates by: the culture, the language, money system, the different creatures that exist there, the food, how the magic/power system works there, and etc.
I read a lot of horror and fantasy 🤷♀️
I haven’t red a single book 💀
Mostly philosophy, aesthetics, digital culture, and human mind. When it comes to fiction, it's almost always sci-fi. Some authors please all my INTP traits: Olaf Stapledon, Jiddu Krishnamurti, Stanislaw Lem, Oliver Sacks, Carlo Rovelli, Jean Baudrillard, and John Berger are some of the most important ones for me.
History Of Ideas,Science,Philosophy and Comparative Mythology and Religions.
Sci fi and mystery
i like reading romance and historical fantasy
My favorite books are everything from the Percy Jackson universe + a ton of random fantasy books (esp. The Age of Darkness trilogy by Katy Rose Pool)
I read whatever book gives me the knowledge I am currently seeking. Understanding nature of existence, humans and conciousness stand atop. But I am forcing myself to read fiction now. Started Xeelee series which is a story about a type -IV civilization.
Meditations, Book of Five Rings and Sapiens.
Anything non-fiction about space or physics, along with the occasional thriller
I haven’t read a book book in like 4 years but I recently fell in love with the Dune movies so Im going to try and read the book soon.
There’s a lot of things I’d enjoy reading provided I have silence/white noise, otherwise I am completely unable to read.
I like old school alchemy books from the 12th to the 18th century. Also anything fringe science related. Things which are supposed to be impossible but happen anyway are very interesting to me.
I can't get into fiction.
I'm into philosophy literature.
I do enjoy fictions. For non fictions I hardly ever finish one book from start to end, I dont think I'd read them for fun, unless if the writer have a really interesting way of thoughts. I may enjoy books about history and culture or encyclopedias where one could read at random pages.
For nonfiction, I like to learn about neuroscience/psychology research, and I like editorialized books about historical events and figures, and I like books with lists and categorizations of things even if I don't otherwise care about the topic it's listing or categorizing I have more than 100 books about autism research, both good and bad, that I've been collecting ever since I was diagnosed at age 11 For fiction, I mainly like sci-fi and suspense and superhero media, both regular books and comics Michael Crichton is probably my favorite sci-fi author and Darwyn Cooke is probably my favorite comics artist and Alan Moore is probably my favorite comics author One of my favorite niche genres for fiction is "stories with an autistic protagonist who accidentally uncovers a bunch of family drama while trying to solve a different mystery" and for some reason there seems to be a lot of books that fit into it, luckily for me (here I'm not even listing off all of em): "Rubbernecker" by Belinda Bauer, "Postal" comic series by Matt Hawkins, "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime" by Mark Haddon (this book is kind of "the original" of this niche genre and a lot of these others get compared to it on their back covers as a form of praise), "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer, "House Rules" by Jodi Picoult, "Mockingbird" by Kathryn Erskine, I also have a lot of "how they work" and building instruction books about "animated things" like cartoons and automata and appliances and mechanical engines and electronics and ventriloquist dummies etc I got really deeply into "cringe snark forums" and "lolcow documentation sites" to an unhealthy extent when I was a middle schooler but I also just like to backread ancient online discussion forums about pretty much any topics just to read the archived conversations
u/anonymousplant4 What about you?
I honestly read a bit of everything except romance. Spent most of my life primarily reading fiction but I've been trying to branch out to nonfiction as of late. Lately I've been getting into existential fiction and classics (Kafka and the sort) and have been really enjoying it. I've also enjoyed mystery and historical fiction in the past. Funny you mention "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nightime" because I read it in high school after it got banned in a class because a parent complained about the protagonist's atheism (which is a stupid reason to ban a book tbh, it wasn't my class but it really pissed me off). I really enjoyed it and should definitely reread it soon. But yeah, I'm open to reading a lot of things of variety, although I read in bursts rather than consistently. I mainly asked to get see how others felt about reading and possibly to get recommendations as well.
Astronomy, Sci-fi, Travel, History
High Fantasy, anything Star Wars, and Philosophy.
All types of fantasy especially scare ones Tragic Scientific
Sci-fi. KSR's Red Mar's Trilogy is truly amazing.
Psychoanalysis, Zen Buddhism.
I mostly read books about how to be less INTP
Classics, Philosophy, Dystopian and basically any weird book that seems interesting to me.
Fantasy, horror, thriller, dystopian... I read pretty much everything but these are just the ones I read most often.
Dude, I read none fiction and psychology
Fantasy sci-fi
I mostly read nonfiction.