I studied history in school, loved it, but now feel numb at the thought of reading another dense academic work. But I don’t know any decent novels out there right now as I’ve been out of the fiction game since high school or earlier. What’s something that will bring back that old feeling I had as a kid when I happily read for hours on end, each page more thrilling than the last?
by Suspicious-Cow2590
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Not knowing what type of books you previously enjoyed, here are some books that you may enjoy:
[Nothing to See Here](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49086091) by Kevin Wilson
[Normal People](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41057294) by Sally Rooney
[Interior Chinatown](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53479022) by Charles Yu
[Daisy Jones & The Six](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44246118) by Taylor Jenkins Reid
[Fourth Wing](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61431922) by Rebecca Yarros
[Tomorrow, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58784475) by Gabrielle Zevin
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros is a fun, turn off your brain and just enjoy the ride kinda book. I honestly loved reading it but I would say the writing is on par with Twilight, though it has a couple sex scenes so it’s not actually YA.
Beartown by Fredrik Backman. Obsessed with this book. A heavier read (trigger warnings for sexual assault) but has amazing characters that really just made me fall in love with it.
I re-read The Hunger Games this year for the first time in a decade and they really held up. I enjoyed visiting them again, I’d forgotten more than I thought. Re-visiting an old favorite is a good way to get back into reading.
11/22/63 by Stephen King. My favorite of his. It’s not horror, it’s historical fiction. I feel like it’s hard for me to pinpoint what I loved so much about this book, I just felt so immersed and invested while reading.
*The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo* – Larsson
*How Should a Person Be?* – Heti
*Salt: A World History* – Kurlansky
*The White Tiger* – Adiga
*Klara and the Sun* – Ishiguro