r/suggestmeabook is a subreddit with 3.4M members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests, and the community frequently discusses books, fiction, help, recommendations, and struggling, and they frequently recommend/review nonfiction books, ya books, and non-fiction books.
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Popular Themes in r/suggestmeabook
#1
Advice Requests
: "Looking for a great airplane read like None of This is True by Lisa Jewell: a high-quality, female-focused thriller with no fridging or torture porn"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/suggestmeabook
#1
Books
36 posts
#2
Fiction
13 posts
#3
Help
9 posts
#4
Recommendations
9 posts
#5
Struggling
8 posts
#6
Book
5 posts
#7
Fantasy
5 posts
#8
Mystery
3 posts
#9
Reading
3 posts
#10
Worst
2 posts
Products Discussed in r/suggestmeabook
Nonfiction Books
898 reviews
#1
Bill Bryson
5.0★ from 15 reviews
#2
Jon Krakauer
4.9★ from 15 reviews
#3
Erik Larson
4.9★ from 13 reviews
Ya Books
570 reviews
#1
John Green
4.8★ from 11 reviews
#2
Terry Pratchett
4.6★ from 9 reviews
#3
Neil Gaiman
5.0★ from 7 reviews
Non-fiction Books
435 reviews
#1
Jon Krakauer
4.8★ from 12 reviews
#2
Erik Larson
5.0★ from 12 reviews
#3
Bill Bryson
5.0★ from 10 reviews
Flair Used in r/suggestmeabook
#1
Any genre!
: "Books with no mention of pregnancy, fertility struggles, babies, etc."
24 posts
#2
Genre fiction
: "Are there any modern, tom clancy-esque technobabble military jerk off books that are good?"
7 posts
#3
Non-fiction
: "Are there cool reading orders for books that aren’t intentionally related?"
7 posts
#4
New Reader
: "My mother has dementia and loves reading. I want to read with her."
6 posts
#5
Dystopian
: "Dystopian Fiction Books"
5 posts
#6
History
: "Enslaved people escaping or revolting."
5 posts
#7
Action / Adventure
: "Book recs for 5th grader into dragons & adventure"
5 posts
#8
Horror
: "Horror by female authors"
4 posts
#9
Historical Fiction
: "Fiction books set during any plague or pan/epidemic"
4 posts
#10
Multiple genres
: "Which book/s permanently changed the way you see life?"
3 posts
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Last updated: July 17, 2026