Top Books & Literature subreddits

Largest Books & Literature subreddits

Largest Books & Literature subreddits

#	Subreddit	Members	12-mo growth	Commenters / mo
1	r/books	27.33M	+1.6%	21,904
2	r/scifi	4.51M	+1.8%	12,987
3	r/gameofthrones	3.98M	+6.1%	24,277
4	r/Fantasy	3.96M	+3.0%	16,859
5	r/harrypotter	3.84M	+5.5%	19,073
6	r/suggestmeabook	3.42M	+5.7%	28,166
7	r/FreeEBOOKS	2.37M	+1.1%	156
8	r/literature	2.23M	+2.8%	2,174
9	r/Poetry	2.21M	+4.6%	3,570
10	r/booksuggestions	1.39M	+7.6%	8,468
11	r/lotr	1.35M	+13%	20,104
12	r/asoiaf	1.04M	+7.6%	10,387
13	r/52book	673,108	+4.8%	2,488
14	r/dune	667,985	+6.3%	2,154
15	r/horrorlit	634,449	+15%	10,545
16	r/menwritingwomen	603,219	+3.2%	580
17	r/RomanceBooks	541,533	+22%	6,899
18	r/tolkienfans	443,001	+7.5%	2,331
19	r/Indianbooks	441,007	+13%	5,909
20	r/stephenking	421,216	+19%	12,200
21	r/YAlit	407,477	+3.1%	1,519
22	r/lordoftherings	401,888	+15%	5,095
23	r/BooksThatFeelLikeThis	390,896	+42%	12,120
24	r/Hungergames	368,380	+17%	5,354
25	P r/printSF	365,170	+6.4%	3,913

Fastest growing Books & Literature subreddits

Member growth over 12 months, among subreddits that had at least 18,251 members a year ago.

Fastest growing Books & Literature subreddits

#	Subreddit	12-mo growth	Members gained	Members	Commenters / mo
1	r/Recommend_A_Book	+356%	+97,472	124,826	10,031
2	r/ProjectHailMary	+289%	+94,579	127,259	7,705
3	r/fantasybooks	+253%	+73,351	102,393	7,432
4	r/occultlibrary	+198%	+49,260	74,165	736
5	r/DungeonCrawlerCarl	+196%	+196,743	296,923	23,651
6	r/Romantasy	+160%	+65,062	105,648	7,028
7	r/thrillerbooks	+151%	+61,545	102,283	4,443
8	r/OldBooks	+135%	+46,192	80,367	395
9	r/wlwbooks	+131%	+26,210	46,206	497
10	r/ReadingSuggestions	+123%	+30,605	55,393	3,082
11	r/Annas_Archive	+121%	+95,712	174,563	934
12	r/LesbianBookClub	+112%	+46,142	87,212	2,454
13	r/romantasycirclejerk	+92%	+18,914	39,450	1,849
14	r/Blacklibrary	+91%	+19,248	40,338	3,454
15	r/BookshelvesDetective	+90%	+80,093	169,164	7,925
16	r/Booktokreddit	+86%	+58,899	127,366	4,941
17	r/Library	+86%	+20,709	44,830	952
18	r/SpicyRomanceBooks	+86%	+20,702	44,852	697
19	r/classicliterature	+77%	+96,088	221,119	9,767
20	S r/ScienceFictionBooks	+74%	+14,186	33,232	830
21	r/longform	+74%	+29,911	70,478	2,292
22	r/DarkRomance	+73%	+57,851	136,703	3,105
23	r/bookquotes	+67%	+27,402	68,587	422
24	r/ShadowSlave	+64%	+29,491	75,261	4,032
25	r/KDP	+64%	+14,626	37,362	1,335

Most members gained

Books & Literature subreddits that gained the most members

#	Subreddit	Members gained	12-mo growth	Members	Commenters / mo
1	r/books	+424,953	+1.6%	27.33M	21,904
2	r/gameofthrones	+230,298	+6.1%	3.98M	24,277
3	r/harrypotter	+198,641	+5.5%	3.84M	19,073
4	r/DungeonCrawlerCarl	+196,743	+196%	296,923	23,651
5	r/suggestmeabook	+183,876	+5.7%	3.42M	28,166
6	r/lotr	+157,063	+13%	1.35M	20,104
7	r/Fantasy	+116,084	+3.0%	3.96M	16,859
8	r/BooksThatFeelLikeThis	+115,822	+42%	390,896	12,120
9	r/booksuggestions	+98,225	+7.6%	1.39M	8,468
10	r/Recommend_A_Book	+97,472	+356%	124,826	10,031
11	r/RomanceBooks	+96,781	+22%	541,533	6,899
12	r/Poetry	+96,430	+4.6%	2.21M	3,570
13	r/classicliterature	+96,088	+77%	221,119	9,767
14	r/Annas_Archive	+95,712	+121%	174,563	934
15	r/ProjectHailMary	+94,579	+289%	127,259	7,705
16	r/horrorlit	+84,151	+15%	634,449	10,545
17	r/scifi	+80,130	+1.8%	4.51M	12,987
18	r/BookshelvesDetective	+80,093	+90%	169,164	7,925
19	r/asoiaf	+73,957	+7.6%	1.04M	10,387
20	r/fantasybooks	+73,351	+253%	102,393	7,432
21	r/stephenking	+68,349	+19%	421,216	12,200
22	r/Romantasy	+65,062	+160%	105,648	7,028
23	r/fantasyromance	+64,087	+26%	306,300	5,993
24	r/literature	+61,551	+2.8%	2.23M	2,174
25	r/thrillerbooks	+61,545	+151%	102,283	4,443

Most active Books & Literature subreddits

People who comment in a month, the average of the three months ending September 2026.

Most active Books & Literature subreddits

#	Subreddit	Commenters / mo	Posts / mo	Members
1	r/suggestmeabook	28,166	3,851	3.42M
2	r/gameofthrones	24,277	1,310	3.98M
3	r/DungeonCrawlerCarl	23,651	3,862	296,923
4	r/books	21,904	2,460	27.33M
5	r/lotr	20,104	1,468	1.35M
6	r/harrypotter	19,073	2,197	3.84M
7	r/Fantasy	16,859	1,774	3.96M
8	r/scifi	12,987	773	4.51M
9	r/stephenking	12,200	1,642	421,216
10	r/BooksThatFeelLikeThis	12,120	963	390,896
11	r/horrorlit	10,545	963	634,449
12	r/asoiaf	10,387	1,708	1.04M
13	r/Recommend_A_Book	10,031	1,340	124,826
14	r/classicliterature	9,767	1,084	221,119
15	r/litrpg	9,337	1,436	160,324
16	r/booksuggestions	8,468	1,715	1.39M
17	r/BookshelvesDetective	7,925	1,269	169,164
18	r/ProjectHailMary	7,705	1,408	127,259
19	r/fantasybooks	7,432	578	102,393
20	r/Romantasy	7,028	1,140	105,648
21	r/RomanceBooks	6,899	2,596	541,533
22	r/redrising	6,808	1,200	153,734
23	r/DCCTV	6,202	1,012	28,749
24	A r/audiobooks	6,116	645	354,110
25	r/fantasyromance	5,993	1,079	306,300

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