I’ve run out of ideas on what to read. I mainly read academically oriented books like academic philosophy, non-fiction, textbook style works etc and as for fiction, I mainly read classics and well received and popular books (think of blood meridian, crime and punishment, Hemingway etc) but I’m kinda tired of serious books. I need some good recommendations, something quirky, obscure and niche books like pynchon plots without the insane difficulty associated with it. A fun plot-driven novel with a creative and fast paced plot or anything that is unconventional. Anything exciting and a page turner. I’m seriously tired of looking at high-brow mumbo jumbo.
by Specific_Piglet_8550
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I used Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy as a changeup and I enjoyed it. Silly, lighthearted, still good.
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
World War Z by Max Brooks
Cold Millions by Jess Walter
The Good Lord Bird by James McBride
Finna by Nino Cipri
The Passion by Jeanette Winterson
Made for Love by Alissa Nutting
The Emperor and the Endless Palace by Justinian Huang
Loving Day by Mat Johnson
“Like Pynchon but easy” is making me think of _Piranesi_, about a guy who lives in an infinite sprawling house full of marble Halls and statues. He is largely alone, except for one other person, and as the book progresses he comes to better understand the nature of the house.
If you want something even less academic and more popcorn, try _The Fold_ by Peter Clines. It follows a guy who is sent to evaluate a scientific facility that claims to be working on a teleporter and determine whether they should actually keep receiving funding. It seems open and shit when he finds that the teleporter works — but _does_ it really work? The more he digs into it, the less it makes sense. It’s the second in a series, but the series is basically an anthology.
See my
* [Feel-good/Happy/Upbeat](https://www.reddit.com/r/Recommend_A_Book/comments/18af3gl/feelgoodhappyupbeat/) list of Reddit recommendation threads (two posts).
* [Humor](https://www.reddit.com/r/Recommend_A_Book/comments/18af4nn/humor/) list of resources, Reddit recommendation threads, and books (one post).
* [Obscure/Overlooked/Underappreciated/Unknown/Underrated General Fiction](https://new.reddit.com/r/Recommend_A_Book/comments/1cokgn3/obscureoverlookedunderappreciatedunknownunderrated/) list of Reddit recommendation threads books (one post).
Try reading some David Lodge novels.