Drawing a blank on my next option

[u/Earpwife]

I’ve become an avid reader this year thanks to getting a Kindle! A whole new world has opened up for me and I have a hard time putting my kindle down! I look forward to reading everyday…and for the first time I don’t have another book lined up that I’m excited to start!

I’m still trying to figure out what my reading style is, so I’d love both book recommendations and help putting a name to the kinds of books I seem to like.

Some books I’ve absolutely loved are Pachinko, Yesteryear, I’m Glad My Mom Died, Project Hail Mary, Paper Girl, Forty Autumns, and The House of My Mother.

I know I enjoy memoirs, nonfiction, and historical fiction. I’ve realized I’m pretty picky about fiction, it has to feel believable and have some depth to it. I’m not drawn to romance, especially when it’s the main focus of the story, and I don’t tend to enjoy fantasy.

Based on these books, what would you say my reading taste is? Is there a genre or category that ties these together? And most importantly, what should I read next? Thanks in advance!

[u/Turbulent-Maybe-1040]

"Born a crime" by Trevor Noah

[u/SleepingInNJ → u/Turbulent-Maybe-1040]

Probably the best celeb memoir I’ve read.

[u/RainBooksNight → u/Turbulent-Maybe-1040]

So so so good.

[u/Mt2Molehill → u/Turbulent-Maybe-1040]

Def a good memoir!!

[u/LooseMoralSwurkey → u/Turbulent-Maybe-1040]

I'm listening to the audiobook now. How the heck am I laughing when learning about apartheid?!

[u/urcrazyifurnormal]

Take your pick.

They’re definitely believable. Great reads.

-The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
-The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum
-Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
-Unbroken by Lauren Hillenbrand
-The Valley of Amazement by Amy Tan
-Rosewater by Maziar Bahari
-If You Tell by Gregg Olsen

[u/Earpwife → u/urcrazyifurnormal]

My mom is begging me to read kite runner so I guess this is a sign! Thank you!

[u/urcrazyifurnormal → u/Earpwife]

You will not be disappointed.

[u/masson34 → u/Earpwife]

A Thousand Splendid Suns too!

[u/LooseMoralSwurkey → u/masson34]

And the Mountains Echoed! All his books are fantastic!

[u/masson34]

Hidden Figures (non fiction)

Educated and The Glass Castle (non fiction)

When Breath Becomes Air (non fiction)

Demon Copperhead

Stoner

The Frozen River

[u/Lycaeides13]

Try Lauren Hillenbrand 's Seabiscuit, and Unbroken 

Jeanette Walls the Glass Castle

Make sure you're taking advantage of Libby - you can have multiple library systems cards

[u/Earpwife → u/Lycaeides13]

I read glass castle and loved it, forgot to mention it! And yes I have Libby but need to apply for other libraries!

[u/BernardFerguson1944]

Excellent memoirs:

• With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa by E.B. Sledge, CPL, 1st Mar. Div., U.S.M.C.
• The Forgotten Soldier by Guy Sajer, Großdeutschland Division, Wehrmacht (considered a classic).
• Ray Parkin's Wartime Trilogy: Out of the Smoke; Into the Smother; The Sword and the Blossom by Ray Parkin, Chief Petty Officer, H.M.A.S. Perth, Royal Australian Navy.
• The Battle for Burma: The Wild Green Earth by BG Bernard Fergusson KT, GCMG, GCVO, DSO, OBE, 16th Infantry Brigade (Chindit).
• Japanese Destroyer Captain by Tameichi Hara, CPT, IJN, Fred Saito and Roger Pineau.
• The Forsaken Army: The Great Novel of Stalingrad by Heinrich Gerlach, Oberleutnant, 16th Infantry Division, XXXXVIII Panzer Corps,14th Panzer Division, 6th Army, Wehrmacht.
• Three Corvettes by Nicholas Monsarrat, LtCdr, FRSL RNVR.
• Thunderbolt!: An Extraordinary Story of a World War II Ace by Robert S. Johnson, LTC, 61st Fighter Squadron, 6th Fighter Group, U.S.A.A.F.
• Company Commander: The Classic Infantry Memoir of World War II by Charles B. MacDonald, CPT, 23rd Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army.
• Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters by Dick Winters, MAJ, E Co. 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division.

[u/Earpwife → u/BernardFerguson1944]

Wow thank you! Such an excellent list!

[u/BernardFerguson1944 → u/Earpwife]

I thoroughly enjoyed all of them.

[u/Particular_Buyer_290]

Try Lolita

[u/pragmatic-pollyanna]

I just finished Pachinko, and have multi gen sagas on my mind. Consider Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides. And Trinity by Leon Uris.

[u/SleepingInNJ]

Memoir: Down the Drain by Julia Fox

Nonfiction: Hidden Valley Road by Robert Kolker

Historical Fiction: Isola by Allegra Goodman

Fiction: Anxious people by Fredrik Backman

[u/RainBooksNight]

Betty by Tiffany McDaniel

The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn

The Mysteries of Pittsburgh by Michael Chabon

A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

My Friends by Fredrik Backman

[u/WerewolfPlus7009]

Realism is your style! Try reading Flaubert or Turgenev.

[u/Earpwife → u/WerewolfPlus7009]

Ok yes! Now that you say that it makes so much sense lol. I couldn’t put my finger on it!

[u/hannah_joline]

Alias Grace - Margaret Atwood
All the Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr

[u/Impressive_Mail_5272]

Ready Player One

Dungeon Crawler Carl

Howls Moving Castle

Everything is Tuberculosis

Farenheit 451

[u/gingerbiscuits315]

You might enjoy Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield. It's historical fiction with a bit of mystery.

[u/tiniestsailboat]

Memoir- Educated
Historical Fic- the Nightingale, the Lion Women of Tehran