Book/novel recommendations for new readers (psychological)?

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So I am just starting to read for pleasure, mainly manga/american comics and light novels (emphasis on the latter) and I want to start branching out from my comfort zone. I've only read a few books: Lord of the Rings, Narnia, The Long Walk.

I really like darker/psychological stories. Dialog/character driven, internal/interpersonal themes. Time manipulation stuff, dystopian futures, mystery, etc I also like modern settings but willing to read anything despite what time/era the book is taking place.

I haven't read much of anything so any recommendations I get will be taken seriously. I would prefer lighter books with a couple hundred pages but will consider harder books if highly recommended.

Thanks!

Sam · Answer

Dragon  by Christopher poalini .n fanstey written for a younger adults but a lot in a simmilir style to a lot of classic fantasy mostly about dragons a regular farm boy who lives with his uncle finds an egg and this mestrious creature hatches from it a dragon he bids it and raises it till one day it fkys away with him on its back he is then taken to a place where dragons and magical beings are still alive what makes it unique is that as the boy stays with the dragon he changes the dragon passes iuts magic to him and they become a soul match for each other he also falls in live with a elph princess its written by a boy so both sexes can enjoy it. Ink heart all ages. A man reads a book to his daughter one night to have his wife pulled into the medevil tale and characters from the book thrown out. The challenge is finding a way oif reading his wife out and the other characters some who are friends and some who are evil back in. There ius a lot oif drama because his one friend will dye

Spike · Answer

How about these books for your reading list.

Most of the novels by Tom Clancy

Most of the novels by John Le Carre

Larry Bond's Red Dragon Rising series by Larry Bond & Jim DeFelice

Agents of Innocence: A Novel by David Ignatius

The Director: A Novel by David Ignatius

The Company: A Novel of the CIA by Robert Littell

Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis by Robert F. Kennedy and Foreword by Arthur Schlesinger Jr.

The President's Book of Secrets: The Untold Story of Intelligence Briefings to America's Presidents from Kennedy to Obama by David Priess and Forward by George H. W. Bush

Walt Disney: An American Original by Bob Thomas

Building a Company: Roy O. Disney and the Creation of an Entertainment Empires by Bob Thomas

Remembering Roy E. Disney: Memories and Photos of a Storied Life by David A. Bossert

Work in Progress: Risking Failure, Surviving Success by Michael D. Eisner with Tony Schwartz

Empire Falls by Richard Russo

Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb

Not As Crazy As I Seem by George Harrar

Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

Freaking Out: Real-life Stories About Anxiety by Polly Wells

Show Me All Your Scars: True Stories of Living with Mental Illness by Lee Gutkind, Introduction by Patrick J. Kennedy and Forward by Dr. Karen Wolk Feinstein

The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook Sixth Edition by Edmund Bourne Ph.D.

Don't Call Me Nuts : Coping with the Stigma of Mental Illness by Patrick Corrigan and Robert Lundin

The Last Detective (Elvis Cole Series) by Robert Crais

Taken (Elvis Cole and Joe Pike) by Robert Crais

The Wanted (Elvis Cole and Joe Pike) by Robert Crais

The First Rule (A Joe Pike Novel) by Robert Crais

Nico Robin · Answer

Star Wars series
Harry Potter series
Lord of The Rings series
Goosebumps series
Comic Book series

James · Answer

Dangerous Days and Blades both by J. William Turner

Anonymous · Answer

Different genres.

"Hidden Camera" by Zoran Zivkovic;
"Code of Conduct" by Brad Thor;
"The Fallen Angel" by Daniel Silva;
"Michael Vey:  The Prisoner of Cell 25" by Evans;
"Flatland" by Abbott;
"Tree Shepherd's Daughter;"
"That Hideous Strength" by Lewis;
"A Wrinkle in Time" (better than the movie);
"Bridge to Terabithia;"
"The Little White Horse;"
"Slaughterhouse-FIve;"
"The Camp of the Saints;"
"A Dweller on Two Planets;"
"The Soulless One;"
"The Search for the Manchurian Candidate;"
"Dr Mary's Monkey;"
"Behold a Pale Horse" by William Cooper;
"Walking among Us" by Dr. David Jacobs;
"Children of the Matrix:  How an Interdimensional Race Has Controlled the Planet for Thousands of Years -  And Still Does" by David Icke;
"War with the Newts;"
"Strange Life of Ivan Osokin;"
"Notes from Underground;"
"Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde;"
"The Great Divorce" by Lewis;
"The Code of the Woosters" by Wodehouse (light humorous psychology);
"In a Sunburned Country;" humorous psychology about travel;
"The Cat Who Could Read Backwards;"
"A Street Cat Named Bob" (good psychology);
"For Couples Only;" (psychology);
"Inside the Aquarium."

Anonymous · Answer

Salman Rushdie
Stieg Larsson
Annie Proulx

great modern writers.

Gary · Answer

I hear that One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Lord of the Flies are good books. Shutter Island was an excellent movie so I would assume the novel is just as good, if not better.

The Oracle of Omigod · Answer

Read "One Second After". "Station Eleven" and "Bad Monkey".  Bad Monkey is just a hilarious detective novel.

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