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Books for People Who Think They Do Not Like Reading

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Books That Make a Long Train Journey Fly By
Books That Make a Long Train Journey Fly By
by book_guy  • 
10 in common: Bad Blood, The travelling cat chronicles and 8 more
A good train book establishes its voice quickly and gives you a reason to return after a platform change or an announcement. These choices range from mysteries and speculative adventures to...
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Books That Made Me Fall in Love With Reading Again
Books That Made Me Fall in Love With Reading Again
by book_guy  • 
7 in common: The Correspondent, The travelling cat chronicles and 5 more
When reading starts to feel like another unfinished obligation, a book with an inviting voice can matter more than a reading target. These choices favour emotional involvement, manageable...
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Books to Give When You Are Still Learning Someone's Taste
Books to Give When You Are Still Learning Someone's Taste
by book_guy  • 
4 in common: The Anthropocene Reviewed, What If? 2 and 2 more
An interest can tell you more than a favourite-author quiz: cooking, animals, buildings, words or a well-told story each offers a way into a book. These choices have clear premises and different...
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Books for Reading Ten Minutes at a Time
Books for Reading Ten Minutes at a Time
by book_guy  • 
3 in common: The Anthropocene Reviewed, What If? 2 and 1 more
Ten minutes can hold a complete encounter: a poem, an essay, a letter, a comic or one clearly bounded episode. These books give you natural stopping points and a welcoming way back after a gap...
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Short Novels That Stay With You for Years
Short Novels That Stay With You for Years
by book_guy  • 
3 in common: Animal Farm, The Uncommon Reader and 1 more
A short novel can leave a much larger world behind it. These complete novels and novellas earn their place through a memorable voice, moral pressure or an ending that changes the meaning of what...
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Books About Work That Get the Small Details Right
Books About Work That Get the Small Details Right
by book_guy  • 
2 in common: Kitchen Confidential and Convenience store woman
Competence is usually less glamorous than it looks from the outside. These books notice the preparation, repetition, fatigue and awkward human exchanges that let a job continue. They range from...
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Comfort Reads for When Life Feels Too Loud
Comfort Reads for When Life Feels Too Loud
by book_guy  • 
2 in common: 84, Charing Cross Road and The Uncommon Reader
Comfort can mean a quiet conversation, a familiar comic voice or the sight of people building a place where others belong. These choices favour companionship and practical kindness. They are not...
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Funny Books for Readers Who Love Comic Timing
Funny Books for Readers Who Love Comic Timing
by book_guy  • 
2 in common: Born a Crime and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
A funny premise helps, but the timing of a sentence is usually what makes a book worth returning to. These choices cover dry observation, social embarrassment, verbal surprises and absurd...
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Books Everyone Should Read at Least Once
Books Everyone Should Read at Least Once
by book_guy  • 
4 in common: Born a Crime, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and 2 more
Treat this as a set of doors into different kinds of reading. Familiar novels sit beside translated fiction, memoir, poetry, science and stories told in pictures, chosen for a memorable voice, an...
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Funny Science Fiction With Ideas Behind the Jokes
Funny Science Fiction With Ideas Behind the Jokes
by book_guy  • 
2 in common: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and All Systems Red
The best comic futures have rules, even when those rules are appalling. These books make joke and invention work together: copyright can bankrupt a universe in Year Zero, obsolete heroes need new...
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Hard Science Fiction That Still Cares About Its Characters
Hard Science Fiction That Still Cares About Its Characters
by book_guy  • 
In common: The Martian
A calculation matters more when somebody has to live with the answer. These books connect scientific problems to loneliness, loyalty, work, family and responsibility. Start with The Martian for...
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Classics Worth Revisiting Beyond the Classroom
Classics Worth Revisiting Beyond the Classroom
by book_guy  • 
In common: Animal Farm
A familiar school text can become a different reading experience when there is time to hear its jokes, follow its suspense and recognise the compromises its people make. These choices offer ways...
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Satirical Novels That Understand How Power Works
Satirical Novels That Understand How Power Works
by book_guy  • 
In common: Animal Farm
Power rarely introduces itself as self-interest. It arrives as procedure, expertise, efficiency, tradition or a remarkably persuasive statement of the public good. These 25 novels make those...
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Slow-Burn Romances Where the Wait Feels Worth It
Slow-Burn Romances Where the Wait Feels Worth It
by book_guy  • 
In common: The Flatshare
The best part of a slow romance can be the moment someone remembers a preference, makes room in a routine or becomes a little easier to trust. These choices give those changes weight. Start with...
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Romance Novels for Readers Who Want to Try the Genre
Romance Novels for Readers Who Want to Try the Genre
by book_guy  • 
In common: The Flatshare
New to romance? Start with the kind of reading pleasure you already enjoy: workplace sparring, domestic detail, historical obstacles, family repair or a little magic. These are different doorways...
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Romances With Adults Who Learn to Communicate
Romances With Adults Who Learn to Communicate
by book_guy  • 
In common: The Flatshare
Desire can be immediate; learning how to ask, listen and disagree usually takes longer. These romances make that learning part of the pleasure, from tentative new relationships to marriages...
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Science Fiction About Bodies That Can Be Changed
Science Fiction About Bodies That Can Be Changed
by book_guy  • 
In common: All Systems Red
A different body can open a door, create a new dependence or become somebody else's property. These books explore all three possibilities. All Systems Red and A Closed and Common Orbit give...
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Books Worth Spending a Whole Weekend With
Books Worth Spending a Whole Weekend With
by book_guy  • 
In common: The Thursday Murder Club
A whole weekend with one book is a chance to settle into another place, rather than simply finish a large number of pages. These novels offer an inhabited world, a reason to keep turning the pages...
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Cosy Mysteries With Communities I Would Revisit
Cosy Mysteries With Communities I Would Revisit
by book_guy  • 
In common: The Thursday Murder Club
The people are the reason to return: friends with unfinished conversations, colleagues who know one another’s habits, and neighbours whose lives continue after a case is closed. These are openings...
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Detective Series That Are Strong From the First Book
Detective Series That Are Strong From the First Book
by book_guy  • 
In common: The Thursday Murder Club
A detective's first novel should give you a reason to return, rather than ask you to wait for the series to become interesting. These opening books already offer a distinctive investigator and a...
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