Little bit of backstory. I have adhd and always have been a slow reader, nonetheless I love drifting away into another universe and forgetting my surroundings. It’s a feeling I long for especially since I don’t experience it often. I have been a good reader in the past, found it difficult to stop reading once I was drawn into the books. Lately I am having mental issues and I am on the better side now but it makes it near impossible to concentrate. I have to read a sentence multiple times and it makes it hard for me to be consumed by a book. If it doesn’t grasp me from the start.
I have a long list of books that I still want to read but they are on the slower or more difficult side and I find it hard to finish but it will give you a good description of books I’m into (deadly education, picture of Dorian grey, a secret history, we were villains). I want to read more English literature and I like dark academia themed books as well as fantasy/crime and I don’t shy away from romance as long as it isn’t the main theme. What are some shorter, easy to read, grasp you from the start kind of books to help me get my love back. I am kind of desperate for the escape I know books can provide. Not just reading because I set myself a task for five pages a day. Thank you for everyone who thinks along, and is willing to help me <3
by Noahnevern
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Have you tried audiobooks?
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St John Mandel. I read this recently and found it both easy and intelligent.
I also really love anything by Kate Atkinson – she writes in a way that makes you not want to put it down. They’re all good but I really loved Life After Life (the UK cover is naff though, don’t let it put you off).