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!"
49 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "What’s the best World History Book to get? I’m thinking a textbook is the way to go."
3 posts
#3
Self-Promotion
: "I’m Samantha Zighelboim, author of The Fat Sonnets, and I’m here to answer all your questions! AMA"
2 posts
#4
Pain & Anger
: "JFR Anna Karenina and I did not like it. AMA."
1 post

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

: "I Just [f]inished reading The Giver by Lois Lowry AMA"
43 posts
#6

Classic

: "IJFR Brave New World by Aldous Huxley"
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

: "Jfr - Moby - Dick by Herman Melville - AMA"
12 posts
#10

Stephen King

: "J[F]R "It" by Stephen King. My first SK novel. AMA!"
10 posts

Member Growth in r/BooksAMA

Yearly
+317 members(5.0%)

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Last updated: June 2, 2026