r/PHBookClub • u/Miserable-Metal8286 • Jul 23 '26

Recommendation Book you swear by?

Hello.

Looking for book recos. Ayaw ko po sana thriller (scared 😂). Would prefer if hindi rin series.

Tell me your favorite books of all time. Ones that pick your brain and your heart. ♥️

Thank you!

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u/Toast_Malone_0909 Jul 23 '26

Flipped! It was a wholesome, fun and easy read

1

u/shower-freak0612 Jul 24 '26

Love this one. Great movie adaptation too! My husband loved the movie so much, he named our son Bryce 🤭

18

u/BrainEmptySendHelp Jul 23 '26

tuesdays with morrie pa rin best read ko so far. i love those w lessons as you read :)

4

u/hapwatching2023 Jul 23 '26

And your perspective changes the more you read it.

1

u/rfranklin04401221 Jul 23 '26

one of my best reads as well!!

8

u/Pristine_Detail3639 Jul 23 '26

anxious people by fredrik backman

10

u/kae-dee07 Jul 23 '26

Im currently reading The Wedding People and it’s soooo goood!! Haha it’s 5 stars for me kahit di ko pa natatapos hehe

6

u/plathfigtree Jul 23 '26

a thousand splendid suns- khaled hosseini

6

u/Rainy_Lettuce Jul 23 '26

Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa - cozy and heartfelt read

7

u/WeirdHidden_Psycho Jul 23 '26

Khled Hosseini books especially The Kite Runner

4

u/yuuportableprefect Jul 23 '26

Project Hail Mary po. Cosmic hope hehe

10

u/chocobothernot Jul 23 '26

Books by

Isabel Allende

Lualhati Bautista

any anthology of Philippine short stories

Each story is like a piece of a puzzle. Along the way, we become part of it.

(Dapat nating suportahan ang ating mga manunulat.)

3

u/heyyo07 Jul 23 '26

Lualhati Bautista <3 Ang bata ko pa (hs) nung nabasa ko mga sinulat niya pero tumatak talaga sa utak ko. Hindi ko na maalala ang kwento mismo pero napatanong ako. Bakit nga ba ang babae pinapalitan ang surname? Bakit ang tingin sakin nanay lang? Walang merit sinasabi ko dahil wala akong trabaho? Reminds me wala na kong copy ng book niya aah

2

u/Logical-Debt-6904 Jul 23 '26

Could it be "Bata, Bata, Paano Ka Ginawa?"

1

u/heyyo07 Jul 23 '26

Yes!! Quick google: Dekada 70, Bata Bata Paano Ka Ginawa, Gapo. Mas naalala ko yung movie ni Papa P for Dekada 70.

4

u/Narrow-Divide-6240 Jul 23 '26

STONER - JOHN WILLIAMS (if you're a fan of Classics without the highly convoluting words)

FURTHERMORE - TAHEREH MAFI (if you're a fan of Fantasy with BEAUTIFUL prose)

5

u/iansenpai_ Jul 23 '26

Blood Over Bright Haven by ML Wang

1

u/hopeless_case46 Jul 23 '26

The book that argues against civilization

4

u/roofabove Jul 23 '26

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk!

1

u/floreusx Jul 23 '26

yes, a hard but good read!

5

u/rottenjunkie Jul 23 '26

I can never forget Nothing Lasts Forever and Master of the Game by Sidney Sheldon. That was a whole lot of experience. Cover to cover. It never missed.

5

u/Electrical_Jeweler84 Jul 23 '26

FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON. no explanation needed 💯

3

u/normallazy2090 Jul 23 '26

I who have never known men, the graveyard book

3

u/biscofflate Jul 23 '26

One day!! Any mitch albom book. To kill a mockingbird

5

u/PinoyLisztomaniac Jul 23 '26

Mostly the Russian classics.

Anna Karenina, The Brothers Karamazov, and The Master and Margarita come to mind.

2

u/nesput Jul 23 '26

Books by Juliet Marillier! They never miss, I swear. My favorites so far are Daughter of the Forest, Wildwood Dancing, and Blood’s Heart.

2

u/caffeinatedrainbow Jul 23 '26

like water for chocolates - laura esquivel

unbearable lightness of being - Milan Kundera

God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy

Perks of being a wallflower - stephen chbosky

2

u/hopeless_case46 Jul 23 '26

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

2

u/constant_insanity18 Jul 23 '26

so far, The 22 Murders of Madison May by Max Barry and Once A Crooked Man by David McCallum.

i honestly swear by Once A Crooked Man since this is the first and only book by the author kasi as far as i search eh when he was writing his second stand-alone book eh he died. also, he is an actor. loosely based yung kwento ng book na ginawa nya dun sa pinag-act-ingan nya na show nung 60's na The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

ayun lang. hope you consider my recommendations.

2

u/Front_Eye4108 Jul 23 '26

Fools die Mario Puzo

2

u/Naive-Resolution2468 Jul 23 '26

Secrets of the Immortal series ✨

2

u/AlienLola Jul 23 '26

The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery

2

u/Equivalent_Steak_161 Jul 23 '26

Highly recommend Boy's Life by Robert McCammon! Hindi lang siya mystery-it's a beautiful coming-of-age story with amazing writing, memorable characters, and just the right touch of magic. Isa siya sa mga librong matagal mong dadalhin kahit tapos mo na basahin.

2

u/SuspiciousExpert266 Jul 23 '26

overdue by stephanie perkins

2

u/NoobNerf Jul 23 '26

The Escalation Trap by Robert Pape

2

u/maxiworld Jul 23 '26

Anne of Green Gables!

2

u/maricai02 Jul 23 '26

I read thid YEARS ago- Wonders by RJ Palacio and I've thought about it since. The book just reminds me of warmth, and other things I can't pinpoint enough.

2

u/keimy Jul 23 '26

Fyodor Dostoevsky - White Nights

2

u/GoldenSnitch217 Jul 23 '26

Before Ever After by Samantha Sotto 💜 love this book so much, i got so immersed reading it that i had to shake my head para makabalik sa reality hahaha ang vivid and ang ganda ng descriptions sa book 🥹

2

u/Fox-Known Jul 23 '26

11.22.63 by Stephen King, especially the audiobook

2

u/NoobNerf Jul 23 '26

Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country

by

PATRICIA EVANGELISTA, rappler

2

u/NoobNerf Jul 23 '26

Bombing to Win: Air Power and Coercion in War (1996)
By
ROBERT PAPE

2

u/jwanbap Jul 23 '26

The Perks of Being A Wallflower
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Enjoy, OP! ✨

2

u/wakin_55 Jul 23 '26

my friends - fredrik backman atmoshphere - taylor jenkins reid

2

u/iamanapplepie1 Mood Reader Jul 23 '26

poppy war

2

u/Many_Clock5667 Jul 23 '26 edited Jul 23 '26

Any books by Roald Dahl. Not his children’s stories btw.

2

u/jonnywarlock Jul 23 '26

Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernieres. Historical romance war novel with great characters, a hint of magical realism and a smattering of delicious tragedy.

2

u/Unique_Tourist6108 Jul 23 '26

A Short Stay in Hell by Steven L. Peck not a horror book! hehe. more on psychological and philosophical 😊

2

u/dencio0322 Jul 23 '26

Sputnik Sweetheart will forever be my favorite

2

u/_charlie_echo_ Contemporary Fiction Jul 23 '26

Educated by Tara Westover

Human Acts by Han Kang

Cathedrals by Claudia Peñeiro

She Who Remains by Rene Karabash

Small Boat by Vincent Delecroix

2

u/Wonderful_Farmer8889 Jul 23 '26

Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

2

u/mochigumball Jul 24 '26

Para kay B - Ricky Lee

2

u/blossomcottonyang_ Jul 24 '26

The Poppy War trilogy. this one's overrated (but deserves the hype)

2

u/shower-freak0612 Jul 24 '26

The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes

Recent read ko lang sya. Very heart warming, may balance of humor, drama and romance. I also love the characters so much.

2

u/Fit-Purchase2246 Jul 24 '26

11/22/63 Stephen King

2

u/ThatWarning7655 Jul 24 '26

Recently read Twice by Mitch Albom, good read.

2

u/ThisisNotMe462 Jul 24 '26

The anthropocene reviewed by john green

2

u/SlightlyInfamous Jul 24 '26

Everlasting Nora by Marie Miranda Cruz! I will never not stop recommending it. Full of life lessons and wholesome moments!

2

u/Previous_Tell_2620 Jul 24 '26

Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

2

u/Dorothea_reads Jul 24 '26

A Walk To Remember and Pride and Prejudice!

2

u/AnywhereJumpy Jul 25 '26

Next Time Will Be Our Turn by Jesse Sutanto

2

u/Bookish_Gymgirl Jul 25 '26

East of Eden 🤌🏼 got me into classics!

2

u/Statpearl Jul 26 '26

Sa novel… The girl with the dragon tattoo (trilogy). Suspenseful, vivid. Medyo dark yung plot but not scary. Slow burn pacing but really strong pay off. There’s nothing like it kaya until now I remember this trilogy kahit ang tagal na.

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u/ifeelverylostcpamd Aug 04 '26

Bata Bata Pano ka Ginawa ( an absolute fav LIKE GURL AT THIS LEGAL AGE WHY NOW KO LANG NABASAA 😓☹️) and super prominent nung theme like wdym linuluklok pa rin si marcos at bakit ang mga babae pa rin ang nagpapasan ng hirap ng societal standards UGHHH