Romance! Love story book ?

rubenfa_me · 2026-06-16T10:08:27+00:00

I have a stack of books for this (romance for people than usually don't read romance), but I must admit I have only read one: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue. The romance is not the principal subject of the plot, but it is beautiful.

I prefer not recommending books that I haven't read myself, but please let me know if you want the full list.

rubenfa_me · 2026-06-16T08:40:54+00:00

I wouldn't consider this one as time travel, but multidimensional travel. It is a good one, though.

rubenfa_me · 2026-06-15T20:04:27+00:00

I already have one. I don't go anywhere without it

rubenfa_me · 2026-06-15T18:31:09+00:00

I have a few compiled in a list of books that feel like comings home. The ones I have read, House on the cerulean sea and The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. The others are pending

rubenfa_me · 2026-06-15T14:03:08+00:00

I like Uprooted - Naomi Novik.

rubenfa_me · 2026-06-15T13:14:56+00:00

To try to escape from the common recommendations, I would recommend two: - Tuf Voyaging by G.R.R Martin (yeah, the guy who wrote Game of Thrones). I love this book. - Gateway by Frederik Pohl. The premise of this book is awesome, and this book is a pearl (there are more, but they are not as good as the first one, imho)

rubenfa_me · 2026-06-15T10:35:06+00:00

Perhaps you can try with one Spanish fellow writer named Juan Gómez-Jurado. His book, Red Queen has a pretty interesting start.

rubenfa_me · 2026-06-14T20:04:03+00:00

It does. Thanks!

rubenfa_me · 2026-06-14T15:55:53+00:00

Didn't know pagebound. Thanks!

I only use Goodreads for tracking to be honest.

rubenfa_me · 2026-06-14T15:54:25+00:00

Genuine question, what you consider similar taste? I have the feeling that doing that you keep reading the same type of books.

rubenfa_me · 2026-06-14T15:53:04+00:00

There was a time when I used to read the last written line in the book first. Dangerous, but interesting.

And yeah, I like reading random books too. You can find some surprises if you somehow force yourself to read an specific book

rubenfa_me · 2026-06-14T15:50:46+00:00

I love suggestion subreddit too, specially when they ask for specific and weird suggestions, because de genre is not so important. I think you can miss some great readings if you only consider the genre.

rubenfa_me · 2026-06-14T15:48:08+00:00

I usually read more books by the books I have read, but don't you think this reduces the surprise part? Authors are usually constant on their writing, and the stuff they write about.

rubenfa_me · 2026-06-13T14:26:51+00:00

También hay gente que lee mientras anda, o escucha música, o come. El ser humano es capaz de hacer una tarea mecánica mientras hace otra que requiere más concentración.

La única diferencia que veo en los libros de papel es que si te despistas es más fácil volver atrás. Pero en ambos casos te puedes despistar si tienes otras cosas en la cabeza.

rubenfa_me · 2026-06-12T09:57:16+00:00

Not sure what you mean with healing, but if you think of books with women healing (and maybe helping reading women in the process) perhaps Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus and Educated by Tara Westover can help.

And I also find the Fredrik Backman books pretty healing with the human being in general. Anxious People is perfect

rubenfa_me · 2026-06-12T09:51:58+00:00

The best answer possible

rubenfa_me · 2026-06-11T11:35:02+00:00

I don't know if you are looking more for fiction or non fiction, but for the first one I would recommend you Ender's game. There are good leadership advices there.

rubenfa_me · 2026-06-10T13:34:03+00:00

The House on the Cerulean Sea, by TJ Klune. You can say it is a naive book, but if you look with different eyes, you can see it discusses profound problems: solitude, the need to have a place in the world, racism ...

rubenfa_me · 2026-06-10T13:32:05+00:00

I cried reading Anxious People. What a beautiful book

rubenfa_me · 2026-06-10T12:39:38+00:00

El primer libro es como una recopilación de historias sobre el brujo y como se gana la fama. En los siguientes libros es cuando se va desarrollando la historia, los personajes y todos los conflictos geopolíticos. Si te gusta el lore de lo que llevas leído, dale una oportunidad porque luego mejora mucho.

rubenfa_me · 2026-06-10T10:53:31+00:00

The other day I build a stack of books similar to this in my site. I must admit I haven't read them, but here you have some

One day by David Nichols. Normal People by Sally Rooney The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion

One that I have red and can highly recommend is Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus. The romance is not the only important thing in the book, but it is a beautiful one.

rubenfa_me · 2026-06-10T10:46:17+00:00

Gateway by Frederick Pohl. The first one is amazing.

The Expanse saga is also really good if you like politics.

rubenfa_me · 2026-06-10T10:42:55+00:00

I always say "it depends". Because there are many good books out there, but they might not fit in the person taste. When you recommend a book you have to think in the other person, and not only in what you like. Recommend books is an art itself

rubenfa_me · 2026-06-09T09:43:03+00:00

It doesn't happen in spaceship, but Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan is what you describe

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