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I have never read a book recreationally and I love fiction. (kbin.social)

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Which book would you recommend me as my first ever book?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do you like time travel stories at all? I recently read 11/22/63 by Stephen King and absolutely loved it. Outside of that, I highly recommend The Stand, although it is a big undertaking. Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles books were great to me, although I stopped after Memnoch The Devil and didn't keep up after that. Oh! And the Jurassic Park novel is great too, and is very interesting even if you've watched the movie. Lastly, I really enjoyed the Thomas Harris Hannibal Lecter series (Red Dragon, Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

For Stephen King and a first time leisure reader, I'd personally suggest the Skeleton Crew anthology of short stories. IMO short stories are actually King's forte and that anthology has severally really good ones. The Mist is a classic (though the movie did the ending better and King himself admits it). The Jaunt is a super short one that I always really liked. There's also one I can't remember the title of about an oil slick on a lake that always stuck with me.

On the topic of short stories, Assimov also has great ones. Try Nightfall as a starting point.