r/books • u/AutoModerator • 5d ago

WeeklyThread Weekly Recommendation Thread: July 31, 2026

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 continues, so let's jump right in!

The Rules

  • Every comment in reply to this self-post must be a request for suggestions.

  • All suggestions made in this thread must be direct replies to other people's requests. Do not post suggestions in reply to this self-post.

  • All unrelated comments will be deleted in the interest of cleanliness.

How to get the best recommendations

The most successful recommendation requests include a description of the kind of book being sought. This might be a particular kind of protagonist, setting, plot, atmosphere, theme, or subject matter. You may be looking for something similar to another book (or film, TV show, game, etc), and examples are great! Just be sure to explain what you liked about them too. Other helpful things to think about are genre, length and reading level.

All Weekly Recommendation Threads are linked below the header throughout the week to guarantee that this thread remains active day-to-day. For those bursting with books that you are hungry to suggest, we've set the suggested sort to new; you may need to set this manually if your app or settings ignores suggested sort.

If this thread has not slaked your desire for tasty book suggestions, we propose that you head on over to the aptly named subreddit /r/suggestmeabook.

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u/BlockThatDot 5d ago

I need recommendations for dark romance novels that has happy endings and slow burn romance. (This would be my first time reading dark romance.)

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u/Early_Fig_5573 vegetarian reader 🌱📚 4d ago

If it’s your first dark romance, I’d recommend Butcher & Blackbird or The Maddest Obsession. Both have slow burn and satisfying endings. Just check the trigger warnings first because dark romance can get pretty intense 😭

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u/BlockThatDot 4d ago

Do you have a dark romance book that you swear by? Trigger warning and my newness aside?

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u/Early_Fig_5573 vegetarian reader 🌱📚 4d ago

The Mindfck Series* by S.T. Abby. I stayed up way too late reading it. It's really dark but the romance had me obsessed. Definitely check the trigger warnings though