What’s the best book you just stumbled upon by chance?
I'm looking for hidden gems – books that aren't usually recommended, books that you just found while walking through a bookstore and loved etc. Open to all genres!
spectrumshelf.com has some of the best books about money especially this banned book they have and also different genre of books
lightafire2402 on
*Dead Houses* by Miguel Otero Silva. Bought it at used book store for like less than 1 €. It was one of the best books I read that year. Criminally forgotten.
Cautious_Yard1042 on
The Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul – Douglas Adams. The title and the cover hooked me and it’s one of my favorite books still to this day.
SPNFam-HunterMo on
Murderbot Diaries, all the Blake Crouch, and Christopher Moore.
TheHappyExplosionist on
The Fetch by Chris Humphrey. YA horror based around time travel and Norwegian folklore. Found it for a couple bucks at the local chain bookstore and fell in love.
Additional funny note: it’s the first of a trilogy, and I ended up buying the paperbacks from another store because they were the only possible way to read them, even though the covers were hideous. A couple years later I’m randomly browsing the book sale at the local library and found book two (Vendetta) and three (Possession) in immaculate hardcovers. Someone must have donated them and the library decided to sell instead of keep. Either way, they’re mine now – for a whole 2$! – and I have the paperbacks as spares.
SellyIT on
The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
Horror short story, in the Penguin edition (the one with 64 pages total) there are two other short stories, which I loved too.
funningincircless on
started reading Jasper Fforde because his books sometimes show up in Big Lots’ discount bins
hmmwhatsoverhere on
*10 billion days and 100 billion nights* by Mitsuse Ryu
ElectronicComposer92 on
Mr. Penumbras 24 Hour Bookstore,
The Boat (Nam Le),
Dark Matter,
NOFX: The Hepatitis Bathtub and Other Stories
Pure_Document8485 on
Almond, by sohn won-pyung , wouldn’t say the best best, but it was interesting enough that I finished it in one sittin.
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spectrumshelf.com has some of the best books about money especially this banned book they have and also different genre of books
*Dead Houses* by Miguel Otero Silva. Bought it at used book store for like less than 1 €. It was one of the best books I read that year. Criminally forgotten.
The Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul – Douglas Adams. The title and the cover hooked me and it’s one of my favorite books still to this day.
Murderbot Diaries, all the Blake Crouch, and Christopher Moore.
The Fetch by Chris Humphrey. YA horror based around time travel and Norwegian folklore. Found it for a couple bucks at the local chain bookstore and fell in love.
Additional funny note: it’s the first of a trilogy, and I ended up buying the paperbacks from another store because they were the only possible way to read them, even though the covers were hideous. A couple years later I’m randomly browsing the book sale at the local library and found book two (Vendetta) and three (Possession) in immaculate hardcovers. Someone must have donated them and the library decided to sell instead of keep. Either way, they’re mine now – for a whole 2$! – and I have the paperbacks as spares.
The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
Horror short story, in the Penguin edition (the one with 64 pages total) there are two other short stories, which I loved too.
started reading Jasper Fforde because his books sometimes show up in Big Lots’ discount bins
*10 billion days and 100 billion nights* by Mitsuse Ryu
Mr. Penumbras 24 Hour Bookstore,
The Boat (Nam Le),
Dark Matter,
NOFX: The Hepatitis Bathtub and Other Stories
Almond, by sohn won-pyung , wouldn’t say the best best, but it was interesting enough that I finished it in one sittin.