r/BooksAMA
7k members
r/BooksAMA is a subreddit with 7k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses ama, reading, book, fiction, and novel.
BooksAMA is a reddit for "Ask Me Anything" threads about books. If that idea sounds weird to you, check out the submission that started it all.
Popular Themes in r/BooksAMA
#1
Advice Requests
: "I Just Finished Raymond Carver's "What we talk about When we talk about Love" and I need help!"
24 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "What’s the best World History Book to get? I’m thinking a textbook is the way to go."
5 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Anyone else not want to finish THE PASSAGE BY JUSTIN CRONIN after"
3 posts
#4
Self-Promotion
: "I’m Samantha Zighelboim, author of The Fat Sonnets, and I’m here to answer all your questions! AMA"
3 posts
Popular Topics in r/BooksAMA
#1
Ama
: "I finished reading "The Wizard of Oz", "The Marvelous Land of Oz", "Ozma of Oz" and "Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz". Ama!"
128 posts
#2
Reading
: "I finished Reading "The Wizard of Oz", "The Marvelous Land of Oz", "Ozma of Oz" and "Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz". AMA!"
63 posts
#3
Book
: "Current Book Culture."
61 posts
#4
Fiction
: "A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess (Fiction)."
47 posts
#5
Novel
: "IJ[F]R House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski, AMA!"
43 posts
#6
Classic
: "IJ[F]R House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski, AMA!"
42 posts
#7
Books
: "How can I search for articles written by professionals about Books?"
37 posts
#8
F
: "We just [F]inished Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro, ask us anything"
24 posts
#9
Jfr
12 posts
#10
Stephen King
: "IJFR Revival by Stephen King (f) AMA"
10 posts
Member Growth in r/BooksAMA
Yearly
+312 members(4.9%)
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Last updated: August 2, 2026