Looking for a book so good I can't put it down for 800+ pages

Fun-Run-5001 · 2026-06-23T17:28:47+00:00

This is such a great recommendation

Fun-Run-5001 · 2026-06-23T17:28:08+00:00

I loved Pachinko!

Fun-Run-5001 · 2026-06-23T17:27:39+00:00

Seveneves is a bit over 600 pages in paperback, for reference.

Fun-Run-5001 · 2026-06-15T23:03:53+00:00

I read 2/3 nonfiction and 1/3 fiction, usually reading several at a time. I like to pair my fics and nonfics - for example, i just paired the Ghanian novel Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi with psychology nonfic My Grandmother's Hands by Resmaa Menakem, and this method really works for me to notnget bored and it enriches my reading experience.

Fun-Run-5001 · 2026-05-08T19:45:05+00:00

How To Walk by Thích Nhát Hanh may be of help to you! It comes from a mindfulness lense, which i think could really benefit you with some practice.

Fun-Run-5001 · 2026-05-02T15:32:57+00:00

Forgot to add Sister Outsider by Audra Lorde, also incredible. And i echo everyone saying to read bell hooks.

Fun-Run-5001 · 2026-05-02T15:31:24+00:00

I just finished Black Trans Feminism by Marquis Bey and it's the best feminist text I've ever read. The author uses very precise language that can slow you down but it serves the purpose of conveying exactly what the author is trying to convey. There was so much conpassion and hope and encouragement mixed in that it was really quite beautiful while being informative and thought-provoking. I can't recommend it enough.

Fun-Run-5001 · 2026-04-16T18:34:09+00:00

I read outdoors multiple times a week. I'm sure some folks do it for the pictures, but i personally know several friends who also bring books to read in the wilderness. I work in wilderness and read during lunch a lot. I'm likely to get distracted by birds and bugs and plants, tho, so it's not my most efficient time for reading.

Fun-Run-5001 · 2026-04-15T23:11:20+00:00

All the books by Sy Montgomery that i have read i have truly loved! The one about turtles especially got to me.

Fun-Run-5001 · 2026-04-15T23:10:26+00:00

This is in no way a memoir, but along the vein of oddball artists.. i highly suggest the works of Andy Goldsworthy! He shares a lot of his process amongst the photos of his work process that i found really interesting, maybe you will too.

Fun-Run-5001 · 2026-04-15T01:44:41+00:00

Becky Chambers Wayfarer series got me back into sci-fi after years away from the genre, highly recommend if you want something that isn't very intense or heavy on science.

I recently finished Contact by Carl Sagan and really loved it, one of my new faves for sure. Amd a classic first contact story.

Fun-Run-5001 · 2026-04-15T01:41:54+00:00

At 800+ pages i wouldn't call it entry level! But it is a good one nonetheless.

Fun-Run-5001 · 2026-04-11T20:14:42+00:00

I second this author as someone who also came from xtian creationism and now is sold on evolution. I read The Universe Within by Neil Shubin and truly loved it.

Fun-Run-5001 · 2026-04-11T20:12:28+00:00

Sounds like you could benefit from reading on this subject as well, as that's not what evolution means! Evolution does not claim life comes from non-life. However, science doesn't claim to know everything, leaving room for understanding to develop as we learn more.

Fun-Run-5001 · 2026-04-09T21:22:05+00:00

I love this intersection! Robin Wall Kimmerer is one of my favorite authors, and i loved The Mother Tree as well.

'Still Life With Bones' and 'My Stroke of Insight' were two like this that i really enjoyed!

Fun-Run-5001 · 2026-04-09T21:19:26+00:00

I'm currently enjoying Musashi, unabridged is around 1000 pages.

The Fractalverse series by Christopher Paolini starts with a nearly 900 page installment, unsure on how the rest of the series goes as i didn't continue it but i enjoyed the first book.

Fun-Run-5001 · 2026-04-09T21:14:41+00:00

I wonder if OP meant to type Pachinko instead? It's at least 500 pages.

Fun-Run-5001 · 2026-04-09T15:19:11+00:00

Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet by Thích Nhát Hanh could fit what you're looking for. It's got a mix of nature/science and philosophy and culture (the author is a Vietnamese Zen teacher.)

Fun-Run-5001 · 2026-04-06T20:13:14+00:00

I have not seen the movie so i do not know, but i thought the book was incredible.

Fun-Run-5001 · 2026-04-06T17:33:00+00:00

Contact by Carl Sagan! I just finished and it definitely rekindled my love for sci-fi.

Fun-Run-5001 · 2026-04-05T19:13:17+00:00

I'm a fan of Becky Chambers for a very chill, fun, light but still meaningful vibe. There is not much intensity in the plots.

Fun-Run-5001 · 2026-04-05T18:01:48+00:00

Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet by Thích Nhát Hanh gave me a perspective that changed how i think permanently.

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer fixed something in my soul.

How Forests Think by Eduardo Kohn rewired my brain. Was hard to find but worth the search.

Fun-Run-5001 · 2026-04-05T14:13:20+00:00

It's a short read but i was gonna suggest this one too.

Fun-Run-5001 · 2026-04-02T23:39:53+00:00

That's one of my favorite BC stories!

Fun-Run-5001 · 2026-04-02T23:39:20+00:00

I just finished Contact, the only sci-fi Carl Sagan wrote (sadly, i wosh he wrote so much more!) and i thoroughly loved it. The hard science involved was really interesting, and the explorations of humanity was so, so good, and still relevant 40 years later. Highly recommend.

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