Hello I’m fairly new to reading and am wanting to see what books people recommend and why, also i really enjoy horror/mystery!

  • lunarcat@lemmy.ca
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    6 hours ago

    My taste is a bit all over the place, but the last few books I read and loved are:

    • Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
    • Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
    • Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
    • Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer

    They’re all very different from each other so fair warning to you!

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      4 hours ago

      I read Frankenstein 4 times in school: once in senior year of high school, then thrice in freshmen year of college – for the intro english class in my first semester, for an honors class about monster fiction that same semester, and for a class on gothic fiction that took care of my other core credit the second semester.

      I have read that book in 4 different ways with countless different perspectives being share, and I can say

      I didn’t truly appreciate it the first time, it definitely requires multiple readings