Hi All,
I used to read books when I was a kid (Hardy Boys, Famous Five and some comics as well etc), as I grew up, I started watching more movies and playing more video games. As a result, I stopped reading.
Few years back I purchased the book IT after watching the movie. I read a few pages but the book was unable to hold my attention. I got zoned out. Now that my wife has started reading again, I too want to start reading some books.
I recently started reading Atlantis found by Clive Cussler. It's been hard but I'm trying my best.
Could someone please suggest me some books that I might be get into easily. Preferably not very long so I don't get overwhelmed.
When it comes to movies my favourite genre has always been mystery, horror and comedy.
Thanks in advance.
by vortex1011
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Read a book based in a movie or game universe that you like.
What kinds of video games do you like? I have found that reading requires a longer attention span than movies or games, so when I haven’t read for a while, it takes a lot of effort to consciously make myself focus. But it gets easier the more you do it, until soon enough you won’t have to try.
* The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers. First in a series that can be read in any order, in case another one sounds more interesting. This is like a combination of the video game Mass Effect and the tv show Firefly.
* The Stars Now Unclaimed by Drew Williams. Very much like Mass Effect.
* The Fold by Peter Clines. This reads like a blockbuster movie in book form.
* [And Then There Were N-1](https://escapepod.org/2018/11/01/escape-pod-652-and-then-there-were-n-one-part-1/) by Sarah Pinsker. A novella published free online.
* Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang, Exhalation by Ted Chiang. Collections of very good short stories.
* Nightflyers and Other Stories by George R. R. Martin. A collection of short sci fi horror. The titular story, Nightflyers, was made into a 1987 movie and a recent TV series. The TV series was terrible when I watched it on Netflix, though. I haven’t seen the movie.
* Reamde by Neal Stephenson. Cybercrime thriller with some comedy. However, it is *really* long.
* The Invincible by Stanislaw Lem. Not very long, but this author has a bit of a slower and more thoughtful writing style that isn’t the most immediately attention-grabbing. This book is being made into a survival horror video game of the same name.
* Rocannon’s World by Ursula K. Le Guin, Dreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyre. These books aren’t related at all, I recommended them both here because their first chapter that was originally a stand alone short story, so I feel that they are attention-grabbing from the start.
* And Then I Woke Up by Malcolm Devlin. Very short horror novella. It haunts me to this day.
Ready Player One.
Very readable, loads of video game references, and a good gateway back into the reading world. Some might be snobby about it, maybe even myself, but there’s no denying it’s popular, and there’s a reason for that.
Have you tried any Agatha Christie? – **And Then There Were None** or **Murder on the Orient Express**
I find that **Into Thin Air** by Jon Krakauer seems to be very accessible to different kinds of readers
*Jurassic Park* by Michael Crichton. Gripping, easy to read, elements of horror and mystery alike.