r/booksuggestions↗
Book Suggestions
In need of a good read? Let us know what you want and we guarantee you'll find a great book, or your money back. This subreddit is for people to ask for suggestions on books to read. Please only post requests for suggestions, not unsolicited recommendations or “should I read this book or that book” type posts.
1.4M subscribers1,608 posts / mo in Sep 20261,478 authors / mosince 2010
r/booksuggestions has 1.4M members (+7.6% over the last 12 months). It gets about 1,608 posts a month from 1,478 people. Top topics: Starting Readers, Comfort Reads & Mental Health and Nonfiction Books & History.
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How r/booksuggestions has grown
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Topics and brands on r/booksuggestions
Top topics
Share of the subreddit's posts
- Starting Readers2.4%
- Comfort Reads & Mental Health2.2%
- Nonfiction Books & History1.4%
- Mystery & Detective Stories1.4%
- Book Recommendations for Life Navigation1.3%
Brands people mention
Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months
- Hardcover
- The StoryGraph
- Reactor
- Project Gutenberg
- Fantastic Fiction
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