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books that feel like this

Seek book recommendations based off how something feels. A collection of photos, art and music videos. Do not seek or recommend movies/videogames etc.

393k subscribers938 posts / mo in Sep 2026697 authors / mosince 2018

r/BooksThatFeelLikeThis has 393k members (+42% over the last 12 months). It gets about 938 posts a month from 697 people. Top topics: Books That Feel Like This, Horror Books and Romance Recommendations.

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+42%in 12 months · +7.2% in 3 months · +1.4% in 1 month
Oct 2026391k
Growing391k subscribers
Data since Sep 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/BooksThatFeelLikeThis

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−19%vs Sep 2025 · −6.1% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026938
QuieterPeaked at 1.6k in Aug 2024
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/BooksThatFeelLikeThis

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Books That Feel Like This40%
  2. Horror Books0.9%
  3. Romance Recommendations0.9%
  4. Witchy Books0.7%
  5. Comfort Reads & Mental Health0.6%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Wolfram
  2. The StoryGraph
  3. Bookshop
  4. PenguinRandomhouse
  5. Royal Road

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Posts and activity for Sep 2026. Members from Reddit's subscriber counts. Read from the same data the app runs on. Our research