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Suggest Me A Book

Need an idea what to read next? Tell us what you've enjoyed in the past, or what you're looking for, and let the community suggest a book (or books) for you to read!

3.4M subscribers3,267 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. <1% by known bots)2,904 authors / mosince 2014

r/suggestmeabook has 3.4M members (+5.7% over the last 12 months). It gets about 3,267 posts a month from 2,904 people. Top topics: Comfort Reads & Mental Health, Starting Readers and Book Recommendations for Life Navigation.

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Size and growth

How r/suggestmeabook has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+5.7%in 12 months · +1.1% in 3 months · +0.3% in 1 month
Oct 20263.4M
Growing3.4M subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/suggestmeabook

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+3.5%vs Sep 2025 · −11% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 20263.3k
BusierPeaked at 6.2k in Jul 2024
Sep 2026: incl. <1% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/suggestmeabook

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Comfort Reads & Mental Health2.6%
  2. Starting Readers2.0%
  3. Book Recommendations for Life Navigation1.5%
  4. Mystery & Detective Stories1.4%
  5. Nonfiction Books & History1.4%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Hardcover
  2. The StoryGraph
  3. Project Gutenberg
  4. Bookshop
  5. PenguinRandomhouse

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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