For people with adhd, what book got you into reading
I really wanna start reading more books but I’ve found it hard to actually get through any. What books managed to really grip you and start your reading journey?
*All reccs welcome
Hi! I don’t have ADHD but I do have a really short attention span sometimes. I find that anthologies really help with reading. Being able to read a full story in 30 minutes feels like a big motivator. Plus you get to explore genres and themes easier than buying a full length novel.
Bright-Working-6890 on
Books by Rick Riordan
I love the pacing (in fact, his Percy Jackson series actually got rejected by the first publisher he went to because they said it was too fast-paced)
bored-panda55 on
Aways been a reader (it keeps the mind quiet) but I frigging loved the Ramona Quimby books. Eta – it ages me but they were great books.
More often then not I needed books that challenged me so I would often lean towards books over my age range. Like Hawaii or The Thorn Birds when I was in 6th grade. Books that I could see myself in or made me want to know more outside the books. Love me some research.
LosNava on
My husband has ADHD and does audiobooks as he has a hard time sitting to read. He listens to a lot of fantasy and non fiction.
He likes Brian Sanderson books, Harry Potter, Name of the Wind, etc
taykray126 on
I think horror/thrillers are a great starting place for me! I’m more motivated to read them because I need to know the mystery/ get through the scary part. I like Stephen King but prefer him on my kindle so I can’t see how big the book is or else I’ll get overwhelmed lol. I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara (true crime) helped me get started on a good reading phase once.
JudgeRealistic8341 on
Try Kurt Vonnegut-he writes in short blurbs / sections and that can make it easier.
Mysterious-Emotion44 on
I was recently in a big reading slump and the book to bring me out of it was Sand by Hugh Howey. It’s like Mad Max meets Red Rising without the politics.
ReadySte4dySpaghetti on
I don’t really read tons and tons but a book I really liked recently is called “the history of bees” by maya lunde. The book is written from 3 perspectives, which are 3 separate storylines taking place each in a different time period: 1800s England, 2011 Ohio, and like 2098 in China. All the storylines feature beekeeping, the extinction of bees/the dystopia that insures. And! The chapters are really short. The book is pretty normal length, but it did scratch an adhd itch where I typically would finish a chapter and want to read more, than trying to force myself to hit the end of the chapter. Some “chapters” were only a couple pages, and it always swaps perspective each chapter. Honestly the more I describe it the better of an adhd book it is lol
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Hi! I don’t have ADHD but I do have a really short attention span sometimes. I find that anthologies really help with reading. Being able to read a full story in 30 minutes feels like a big motivator. Plus you get to explore genres and themes easier than buying a full length novel.
Books by Rick Riordan
I love the pacing (in fact, his Percy Jackson series actually got rejected by the first publisher he went to because they said it was too fast-paced)
Aways been a reader (it keeps the mind quiet) but I frigging loved the Ramona Quimby books. Eta – it ages me but they were great books.
More often then not I needed books that challenged me so I would often lean towards books over my age range. Like Hawaii or The Thorn Birds when I was in 6th grade. Books that I could see myself in or made me want to know more outside the books. Love me some research.
My husband has ADHD and does audiobooks as he has a hard time sitting to read. He listens to a lot of fantasy and non fiction.
He likes Brian Sanderson books, Harry Potter, Name of the Wind, etc
I think horror/thrillers are a great starting place for me! I’m more motivated to read them because I need to know the mystery/ get through the scary part. I like Stephen King but prefer him on my kindle so I can’t see how big the book is or else I’ll get overwhelmed lol. I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara (true crime) helped me get started on a good reading phase once.
Try Kurt Vonnegut-he writes in short blurbs / sections and that can make it easier.
I was recently in a big reading slump and the book to bring me out of it was Sand by Hugh Howey. It’s like Mad Max meets Red Rising without the politics.
I don’t really read tons and tons but a book I really liked recently is called “the history of bees” by maya lunde. The book is written from 3 perspectives, which are 3 separate storylines taking place each in a different time period: 1800s England, 2011 Ohio, and like 2098 in China. All the storylines feature beekeeping, the extinction of bees/the dystopia that insures. And! The chapters are really short. The book is pretty normal length, but it did scratch an adhd itch where I typically would finish a chapter and want to read more, than trying to force myself to hit the end of the chapter. Some “chapters” were only a couple pages, and it always swaps perspective each chapter. Honestly the more I describe it the better of an adhd book it is lol