Fictional Books reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 117 Reddit reviews across 10 subreddits and 27 posts to rank the best Fictional Books brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/suggestmeabook, r/booksuggestions, r/TheDeprogram, r/psychologystudents, r/TedLasso. Top-rated brands include Fredrik Backman (4.8/5), Gabrielle Zevin (5.0/5), Markus Zusak (5.0/5).
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Reviews117
Subreddits10
Posts27
Brands100
Products97
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#1
Fredrik Backman
4.8
(4)
"Anything by Fredrik Backman. I’d start with Anxious People or My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry."
"Anxious People by Fredrik Backman might be a good one."
"One of my favourites :)"
"Deals with serious themes but he also has loads of humour."
#2
Gabrielle Zevin
5.0
(3)
"I think *Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow* by Gabrielle Zevin is a good place to start."
"Is a good place to start."
#3
Markus Zusak
5.0
(3)
"The Book Thief Markus zusak. Death tells a story that will make you laugh and cry."
"The Book Thief"
#4
Blake Crouch
5.0
(2)
"Some of my fav thrillers recently"
"Dark Matter by Blake Crouch."
#5
Becky Chambers
5.0
(2)
"Start with The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers. That’s the start of a wonderful 4 book series."
#6
Jeff VanderMeer
5.0
(2)
"I could not put it down and finished it in a day."
"Jeff VanderMeer, Annihilation (so much better than the movie)"
#7
Larry McMurtry
5.0
(2)
"Best western: lonesome dove"
"Lonesome Dove. THE western novel."
#8
Nita Prose
5.0
(2)
"Fast-paced mystery, overall a fun read."
#9
Stephen King
4.5
(2)
"The stand. Or insomnia by stephen king."
"The Stand - Stephen King"
#10
Betty Smith
4.5
(2)
"A Tree Grows In Brooklyn by Betty Smith."
#11
John Williams
4.5
(2)
"My favorite fiction books are The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro and Stoner by John Williams."
"Stoner by John Williams"
#12
Ernest Hemingway
4.5
(2)
"The Old Man and the Sea is a classic."
"The Old Man and the Sea by Hemingway."
#13
John Steinbeck
4.0
(2)
"The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck."
"Grapes of Wrath or East of Eden."
#14
Ursula K. Le Guin
5.0
(1)
"Every leftist should absolutely be reading the Dispossessed by Ursula K Le Guin every few years if not every year."
#15
Neil Gaiman
5.0
(1)
"Amazing sprawling story that all comes together in the end and none of the things you dont enjoy."
#16
Julian May
5.0
(1)
"The Many-Coloured Land by Julian May! I love that series!"
#17
Upton Sinclair
5.0
(1)
"The Jungle by Upton Sinclair is great."
#18
Spike Trotman
5.0
(1)
"It's a great graphic novel about budgeting (which is a really important skill when you live alone)."
#19
David Peace
5.0
(1)
"You might like David Peace's Red Riding Quartet."
#20
Jessica Townsend
5.0
(1)
"I recommend Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend! It's my favorite series even as an adult."
#21
Samuel Delany
5.0
(1)
"I recommend Babel-17, more accessible avant garde, leftist sci fi in the vein of le Guin or Gibson. Super trippy imaginative stuff. Beautiful prose and anti imperialist critiques."
#22
Ken Follett
5.0
(1)
"This is an epic of love, hatred, war and revolution. This is a huge novel that follows five families through the world-shaking dramas of the First World War"
#23
Jack London
5.0
(1)
"The People of the Abyss is another great anti-capitalist book by Jack London."
#24
Leo Tolstoy
5.0
(1)
"*WAR AND PEACE!*"
#25
Robert Jordan
5.0
(1)
"The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan"
#26
Ruth Emmie Lang
5.0
(1)
"Beasts Of Extraordinary Circumstance by Ruth Emmie Lang"
#27
Khaled Hosseini
5.0
(1)
"Khaled Hosseini's book Kite Runner"
#28
Angie Thomas
5.0
(1)
"The Hate U Give"
#29
Thomas Perry
5.0
(1)
"Thomas Perry, The Butcher's Boy"
#30
John Green
5.0
(1)
"The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green"
#31
Rebecca Yarros
5.0
(1)
"I really enjoyed reason to believe by Rebecca Yarros"
#32
Tracy Kidder
5.0
(1)
"Mountains beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder"
#33
J.K. Rowling
5.0
(1)
"Surprised no one suggested the **Harry Potter series**."
#34
Susanna Clarke
5.0
(1)
"Jonathan Strange and Mr.Norrell by Suzanna Clarke. It's a historical fiction novel set in England during the Napoleonic war in an alternate reality where magic once existed and practiced but has since fallen out of use until the titular characters revitalize it."
#35
Elmore Leonard
5.0
(1)
"Any novel by Elmore Leonard"
#36
John Irving
5.0
(1)
"Anything by John Irving"
#37
Alice Feeney
5.0
(1)
"Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney. By far my favorite book."
#38
Robert Silverberg
5.0
(1)
"Across a Billion years Robert Silverberg. Jolly good fun with Space archeologists in the far future."
#39
George Orwell
5.0
(1)
"Try Animal Farm by George Orwell."
#40
Stieg Larsson
5.0
(1)
#41
Priyanka Champaneri
5.0
(1)
#42
John Boyne
5.0
(1)
#43
Brady Udall
5.0
(1)
"The Lonely Polygamist by Brady Udall (602 pages, so good I've read it 3 times."
#44
Parini Shroff
5.0
(1)
#45
Kate Quinn
5.0
(1)
#46
Meg Mason
5.0
(1)
#47
Mia McKenzie
5.0
(1)
#48
Jeff Shaara
5.0
(1)
"Begins with the pre-war events."
#49
Shrilal Shukl
5.0
(1)
"And loving it."
#50
William Diehl
5.0
(1)
"It’s scary, twisty, and most importantly a legal thriller."
#51
Tom Clancy
5.0
(1)
#52
Osamu Dazai
5.0
(1)
#53
Elie Wiesel
5.0
(1)
#54
Jean-Paul Sartre
5.0
(1)
#55
Jana DeLeon
5.0
(1)
#56
Natsume Sōseki
5.0
(1)
#57
Ilona Andrews
5.0
(1)
#58
Wendell Berry
5.0
(1)
"It's beautifully written."
#59
Isaac Asimov
5.0
(1)
#60
Hans Fallada
5.0
(1)
#61
Claudia Piñeiro
5.0
(1)
#62
CJ Sansom
5.0
(1)
"Historical mystery."
#63
Neal Stephenson
5.0
(1)
#64
Yukio Mishima
5.0
(1)
#65
Taylor Jenkins Reid
5.0
(1)
#66
Charmaine Wilkerson
5.0
(1)
#67
Ayn Rand
5.0
(1)
#68
Ann Patchett
5.0
(1)
"Bel Canto by Ann Patchett - beautiful, tragic, uplifting, it’s got it all"
#69
Seanan McGuire
4.0
(1)
"Seanan McGuire's Wayward Children series is lovely, but they will often make you cry."
#70
Angie Oh
4.0
(1)
"Here are my books from 2024 that I would recommend as feel-good: XOXO by Angie Oh"
#71
William T. Vollmann
4.0
(1)
"I‘m reading „You bright and risen angels“ by William t Vollman and it’s a lot of fun."
#72
Caitlyn Doughty
4.0
(1)
"Fascinated by our pervasive fear of dead bodies, mortician Caitlin Doughty set out to discover how other cultures care for the dead."
#73
Max Barry
4.0
(1)
"Jennifer Government by Max Barry. In the horrifying, satirical near future of Max Barry's Jennifer Government, American corporations literally rule the world."
#74
Greg Egan
4.0
(1)
"You can try Diaspora by Greg Egan. Haven't read it myself but it is next in my reading list."
#75
Danny Wallace
4.0
(1)
"The works of Danny Wallace immediately came to mind. Charlotte Street and Who Is Tom Ditto are both very funny and heartwarming novels."
#76
Sanora Babb
4.0
(1)
"Highly recommend reading Sanora Babb’s novel."
#77
Stanislaw Lem
4.0
(1)
"If you liked Island try Solaris by Stanislaw Lem."
#78
Leon Uris
4.0
(1)
"Mila 18 by Leon URIs is set in occupied Poland during the Second World War."
#79
Jan Karon
4.0
(1)
"The Mitford books by Jan Karon have always been a feel-good escape for me."
#80
Pierce Brown
4.0
(1)
"It's my favourite sci fi series and the main plot is a revolution against space fascism."
#81
Donna Tartt
4.0
(1)
"The Secret History and The Goldfinch, both by Donna Tartt."
#82
Brandon Sanderson
4.0
(1)
"You want something long? THE WAY OF KINGS."
#83
Nicholas Gaumer
4.0
(1)
"I recently finished the new one from one of my favorite authors, Sin Eater by Nicholas Gaumer. It was really unique."
#84
Mark Lawrence
4.0
(1)
"{{The Book That Wouldn't Burn by Mark Lawrence}} is 576 pages."
#85
Alex Michaelides
4.0
(1)
"Silent Patient by Alex Michaeledis"
#86
Vladimir Nabokov
4.0
(1)
"Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov is, in my opinion, the best book I've ever read."
#87
William S. Burroughs
4.0
(1)
"Naked Lunch - William S. Burroughs"
#88
Mikhail Bulgakov
4.0
(1)
"Master & Margarita."
#89
Craig Johnson
4.0
(1)
"Not the “best ever” but I really enjoyed the Longmire series by Craig Johnson."
#90
Kiersten White
4.0
(1)
"I just read Hide by Kiersten White. Short enough for a day read."
#91
Thomas Pynchon
4.0
(1)
"Gravity's Rainbow."
#92
Margaret Mitchell
4.0
(1)
"Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell"
#93
George MacDonald Fraser
4.0
(1)
"I'd recommend *Flashman* by George MacDonald Fraser."
#94
Frank Herbert
4.0
(1)
"Dune - Frank Herbert"
#95
Catherine Marshall
4.0
(1)
"Christy by Catherine Marshall"
#96
Ayatsuji Yukito
4.0
(1)
"The physical edition of Another by Ayatsuji Yukito is around 500 pages long."
#97
James Ellroy
4.0
(1)
"American Tabloid - James Ellroy"
#98
Steven L. Peck
4.0
(1)
"A Short Stay in Hell - Steven L. Peck"
#99
Irene Sarmiento
4.0
(1)
"Eighth graders Elisa Paz and Raquel Madria are unstoppable as bruhas in the magical world they’ve created together."
#100
Paulo Coelho
4.0
(1)
"I recommend The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho."
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