People who consume literature through audiobooks, at least on Reddit, seem to hold a consensus opinion that their experience/enjoyment/value is greater than or equal to that of people who consume literature through putting eyeballs to the written word. Personally, I disagree. I'd like to hear your thoughts and a civil discussion as to the merits of...

I'll start by admitting that I am not, nor have ever been, a prolific reader. That being said, I have a (what I believe to be) healthy family pride. My grandpa, a true Englishman in his own right, recommended to me that I read the Aubrey-Maturin Series by Patrick O'Brian. For in some parts reverence and in some parts familial pride, I recently finished...

Welcome to our weekly recommendation thread! A few years ago now the mod team decided to condense the many "suggest some books" threads into one big mega-thread, in order to consolidate the subreddit and diversify the front page a little. Since then, we have removed suggestion threads and directed their posters to this thread instead. This tradition...

I recently picked up Daughter of the Empire, which, as I understand, it was written by Janny Wurts as something of a spinoff/companion series to Riftwar by Raymond Feist. I really enjoyed it! Mara is a complicated character to root for, because while she's sympathetic, she's still clearly bound to a culture that's cruel and rigid. Her iconoclasms of...

Just finished Cassandra Khaw's The Salt Grows Heavy and not sure how I feel about it. On the plus side, Khaw paints some seriously creepy scenes. You definitely feel like you are in a horror novella. On the other hand, the language was bordering on excessively obscure (First time I've seen someone use the verb "flense" twice in less than 100 pages),...

This is a novel about a white, fairly unsuccessful author who takes her very successful, Asian-American friend's (or sort of friend) first draft novel when said friend dies, edits/finishes it, and publishes it solely as her (the white protagonist's) work. The book obviously deals a lot with the issue of the protagonist lying, stealing, and taking credit...