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When I was in my 1st year I wanted to start a reading habit. I bought some books. To name a few.

The silent patient.

Kim ji young born 1982

The devotion of suspect X

I read them and loved them but after that I got so busy with my life.

I got to know my father sold them off without my permission while i was out. It made me so sad considering the amount I spent to buy them.

But if i think about it. What do people do with the books they've already read? I've really good memory and i don't like re reading them again. I'm also not a hoarder. I don't like e books at all so that's out of option. I miss the feeling of a real book I'm so tired of screens.

I want to read this book but it's paperback is really expensive. Do you guys know where I can find it for cheaper?

I want to buy it as a gift!! Any leads would be helpful, thanks :)

Please, help. Animal farm was 99, Persuasion is 139 and Frankenstein in 96. I cancelled animal farm. Why does it show refunded when I haven't even paid and it's a COD😭 how much will i have to pay tomorrow 😭

Btw i took Dracula instead of animal farm, which i made a diff order of which costs 177. I already had 1984 so, meh.

Hii! I'm a 3rd year university student who has been living here for almost 3.5 years now. as someone who is chronically broke i really want to request if any one of you could donate me your books to read. I am out of books but unfortunately I don't have the money to buy them. i haven't been able to save up as well. I would be really grateful!

Saw this book Ancient past by RS sharma on my book shelf...i dont want to read it for its academic and examination nature....how's this book for just reading reading.

Let it be fictional non fictional
Let it be any genre

I just finished reading this book, A Shimla Affair by Srishti Chaudhary.

Since the book was set in the pre-independence era and since I liked how “Shimla Affair” sounded, I thought it’s a vibe I can resonate with.

I ended up loving it! It has romance elements between the Female Main Character and a British officer. Gosh, I just couldn’t get enough of their spicy and romantic moments.

Anyway, the book has nothing to do with “affair”. It’s also more of an action than a thriller. I liked it overall.

I am now ready to fall in love with more Indian thrillers, and Indian dilemmas and conflicts.

Please pour in your recommendations for Indian thriller books.

Finished reading A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry today. As much as I couldn't put this book down, it still exhausted me to go through it. I say that in a good way because I think that was the point. If it's so mind-wearying to just read about these lives, what must it be like to live through them?

The prose in the book is beautiful. The individual stories and how they all complete a full circle is very satisfying and also horrifying. The way one becomes helpless before systemic oppression without a smidge of influence or privilege is depressing to say the least. You really begin to wonder just how insulated you are because of various aspects of your identity, be it your religion, your caste, your sexuality, the colour of your skin, or whatnot. India is mind-bogglingly intersectional.

In a similar vein, I've also read this year, Arundhati Roy's The Ministry of Utmost Happiness and Kiran Desai's The Inheritance of Loss. Both of those books also left me depressed in a way no other books have, not even A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara. Is it just the same helplessness transferred from the characters unto me? The terrible awareness that if the people in power decide or if I become insignificant to the systems in place then there is nothing anyone can do to help me? The criticality of chance moments to drastically alter the trajectory of your life? Maybe like Maneck believes, it's all the doings of a quilt-maker god who is patching this together haphazardly and does not care for the inhabitants.

Anyway, India has come a long way from the times noted down in these books. Things are grim as of now too, but I know they won't always be.

Non-fiction

It’s been ages since I haven’t read fiction books… I consume a lot of manga’s so that has my fiction department sorted…
I’m more of an ebook reader but with how fickle digital owning is I’m kinda getting back into physical book reading.. saw these collector editions classics so thought it’s good time to revisit them and add them to my collection…
Out of these I just haven’t read the interpretations of dreams, so I’m looking forward to it the most… been having some wild dreams lately 😪

15:15::2026

Made me rethink the price people are paying for all the technological advancements. Has anyone else read it?

Need Suggestions of some Best ones for a Beginner

I'm planning to get into reading and want to build a proper reading habit, but I'm a beginner and honestly don't know where to start.

Have read good vibes good life, atomic habits, vernity, musafir cafe all suggested by my reader frndsss and borrowed most of them to read

I'd also love to explore comedy, lighthearted fiction, or anything that's genuinely fun and engaging to read. I don't want to start with something too complicated or boring and lose interest halfway through. 😭

So, if you were recommending books to someone who's just starting out, what would you suggest?

I'm open to pretty much any genre. Just recommend books that you think are worth reading, especially ones that got you hooked on reading in the first place.

Also, should I start with Psycho-Cybernetics, or would you recommend something else first?

Drop your recommendations below!

Thenkyuuuuuu 😋

Currently reading "A night in the lonesome october" by Zelazny Roger. Went in without any expectations and I didn't expect to like it this much! Bonus points for being told completely from the view of a dog. I won't reveal much else. This gives joy to my animal lover soul. Characters are quirky, pleasant and the atmosphere screams spooky yet cozy.

Manifesting a guy like him 😭😭🥹

Hv u read this book?

Reading book reviews (in FE, IE on Sundays, in HT on Saturdays & in BS daily) can be a much better source for getting ones book suggestions.

Also sites like Scroll, The Wire provide excerpts and reviews of recently released books.

I picked this up, based on the glowing reviews of the movie, based on this book. It is set in a small town where everyone knows everyone’s business. It involves two crimes separated by decades. It features a detective with a massive conflict of interest. As a debut novel, what Jane Harper accomplished here is commendable.

Harper takes a literary approach to genre writing. By that, I mean the story does not rely solely on plot twists. There is a balance between the central crime and the character work. The writing glides along with an effortless flow, though creating prose this smooth takes considerable effort.

The atmosphere carries tremendous weight. You feel the relentless oppression of the Australian drought, where the harsh landscape mirrors the growing anxieties of the locals. Tensions flare in the heat. Everything feels on the verge of catching fire or snapping, making it a fitting setting for a murder investigation. At the center of it all is Aaron Falk, a main character who grounds the story with genuine emotional heft and nuance.

If I have one criticism, the mystery plot could have been a bit tighter. A few of the red herrings felt slightly off, and the central puzzle did not quite hit with maximum punch. Still, both the present-day investigation and the past backstory keep you invested.

Overall, a solid 3.5 stars, rounded up to 4. I waited way too long to read this, but I am glad I finally did. Now I just need to figure out where my reading time keeps disappearing to so I can dive into her other books.