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r/books is a subreddit with 25.7M members. Its distinguishing qualities are that the community is massive in size, and has high activity.
This is a moderated subreddit. It is our intent and purpose to foster and encourage in-depth discussion about all things related to books, authors, genres, or publishing in a safe, supportive environment. If you're looking for help with a personal book recommendation, consult our Weekly Recommendation Thread, Suggested Reading page, or ask in r/suggestmeabook.
Popular Themes in r/books
#1
Pain & Anger
: "I hate the new Netflix signs on books"
21 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "Do Authors know how to walk?"
19 posts
#3
News
: "Barnes & Noble Plans to Open 60 New Stores in 2025"
12 posts
#4
Solution Requests
: "Why isn’t book word count on every book database website?"
2 posts
#5
Opportunities
: "Are men’s reading habits truly a national crisis?"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/books
#1
Books
: "A Book App Used AI to ‘Roast’ Its Users. It Went Anti-Woke Instead | One year-end summary from Fable, a social app where people share what Books they read, told the user, “Don’t forget to surface for the occasional white author, OK?”"
158 posts
#2
Reading
: "Americans are Reading less — and smartphones and shorter attention spans may be to blame. 7 tips to help you make books a joyful habit."
64 posts
#3
Book
: "What do you feel are underrated Book tropes? (Bonus points if you add a Book that's an example of it"
48 posts
#4
Hate
35 posts
#5
Worst
30 posts
#6
Made
28 posts
#7
Authors
: "More than 100 famous works by Australian Authors rescued from oblivion by literary heritage endeavour: Three-year project returns out-of-print classics – including six Miles Franklin winners – to circulation and into ebook format for the first time"
24 posts
#8
Price
20 posts
#9
Worst Books
14 posts
#10
Websites
13 posts
Member Growth in r/books
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+6k members(0.0%)
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+187k members(0.7%)
Yearly
+2.2M members(9.2%)
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