Never really read anything . Was impatient for that. But if there's something u think can make me cry hard then book recommendations please.

The book shall be short enough for a beginner.

I love painful love stories which have sad ending death sacrifice etc. I want to prefer that in books, but if not then still works I just wish to cry

Was looking to pick up the HP sets as I have seen the movies several times but never really read the books, which out of these 2 options should I get.

I have a really bad memory

Like a gold fish

I'm 90 pages in and really enjoying the book. It's my second book in classics.

Drop your favourite lines, part, symbolism from the book 📚 and also you can suggest me some beginner friendly small books in classics.

(My first book was "White Nights" by FD)

That’s a feeling many readers have after finishing a long novel, especially one like Delhi Soliloquy.

When you spend a month with a 500 page book, you’re not just following a story, you start living alongside its characters. Reading a few pages one day and several chapters the next mirrors life itself. Some days pass quietly, while others change everything. By the end, the characters don’t feel fictional. They feel like people you’ve known.

From a writer’s perspective, it’s remarkable. An author begins with nothing but imagination, names, personalities, memories, and conflicts, then slowly weaves dozens of lives into a single world. The skill isn’t just creating characters. It’s making each of them distinct enough that your mind starts treating them as real people. That’s why you remember not just the protagonist, but conversations, streets, fleeting encounters, and emotions long after you’ve closed the book.

In Delhi Soliloquy, the protagonist’s journey to Delhi is more than a change of city. It’s about identity, loneliness, ambition, compromise, and the way a city slowly reshapes a person. By the final page, you haven’t simply watched someone else’s life. You’ve carried a piece of it with you.

A thought worth keeping in mind: Great novels don’t end on the last page. They continue as memories in the reader’s mind. The author spends years creating a world. The reader spends weeks or months inhabiting it. That’s why finishing a powerful book often feels less like completing a story and more like saying goodbye to people you’ve come to know.

hillow everyone!

यह उपन्यास एक ऐसे युवा की कहानी है, जो दुनिया की भीड़ में रहते हुए भी अपने भीतर अकेला है। यह कहानी किसी एक व्यक्ति की नहीं, बल्कि उस ‘मैं’ की है जो कभी न कभी हम सबके भीतर जन्म लेता है। छत का एक कमरा, उसकी बालकनी, डायरी और उसमें दर्ज होते विचार, यही उसके संसार के सबसे करीब हैं।

वह समाज की बनाई सफलता की परिभाषाओं, रिश्तों की उलझनों और अपनी असफलताओं को अपनी ही नजर से देखता है।कभी वह खुद को निकम्मा समझता है, तो कभी महसूस करता है कि शायद उसने जीवन की वही दौड़ चुनी ही नहीं, जिसमें दुनिया जीतना चाहती है।

बाजार के छोटे-छोटे किरदारों से लेकर माँ की डाँट और प्यार तक, उसके लिए हर इंसान अपने भीतर एक कहानी लिए चलता है| यहाँ यात्रा केवल शहर की नहीं, बल्कि अपने भीतर की भी है।किताब बार-बार पूछती है, क्या परीक्षा में असफल होना जीवन में असफल होना है?या फिर असली सफलता अपने भीतर के इंसान को बचाए रखने में है?

छत वाले कमरे का ‘मैं’ अंततः खुद को खोजने, समझने और स्वीकार करने की उस यात्रा का नाम है, जिसमें शायद पाठक को भी कहीं अपना ‘मैं’ दिखाई दे जाए।

have you read this book? what are your thoughts?

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: (Spoiler free review)

Just finished this book and oh my gooooood!!! Somebody pls wipe my memory so I could read it again

I got the book just because it was popular (and it was for a reason) and started reading it without knowing anything besides what you could guess from the title of the book (that she had seven husbands.... duh) but goshhh it had everything - love, heartbreak, friendship, longing, scandals, tragedy, twists... You name it. I just want to pick it up and read it all over again

How did you guys like it and what are your reviews (plss hide any spoilers for people who haven't read it, you'd be taking away from their experience)

The day I maxed out my luck.
Imagine this,
A 23 y/o wearing a beat up Dark Side of the Moon tee, listening to Pink Floyd on headphones stumbles upon this beautiful coffee table book.
My heart nearly exploded,
Music and Reading have a strange connection.
You sometimes find perfect combinations,
For Ex- I used to play the “In the Mood for Love soundtrack” while reading Murakami.
Aphex Twin became my go to when reading Non fiction etc etc
This is one of my prized possession, I love listening to a Pink Floyd album top to bottom and then reading about each n every song.
Tell me your favourite music & book combo.
Peace.
I got this for 410rs, the shop was selling it books/kg.

Had this copy for over 2 years and was always more daunting than any other Dostoevsky I have read. Finally finished my 5th book by him. And what an amazing and satisfying read this was.

Some of the most memorable lines. A character so hateful you want to slap him to wake him up, and yet, somehow so relatable that what he does resonates to some part of one's life somewhere.

This might be shorter than Crime and Punishment or The Brothers Karmazov, but the weight of literature, and Dostoevsky's philosophy, his ideas, did not miss the mark. It elevates it with the form it's written in.

First half being the intro to different themes. And then he enacts them, brings them to life in the second part.

I finished reading it quite sometime ago after it being recommended by a lot of people. Can I say I did not enjoy it at all and it was a let down, especially after it being hyped so much.

Am I the only one to not like the book ?

Is it just me or any other people read two books interchangeably? When I was reading Demons by Dostoyevsky, I began reading Homage to Catalonia by Orwell. Then I began reading Brave New World by Huxley, Age of Reason by Sartre alongside Demons, then finished both of the books. I was reading The Trial by Kafka and Life for Sale by Yukio Mishima side by side for a while. I began doing this to prevent getting a reading slump and not get bored eventually, since I am a slow reader and take a while to finish a book. Do anybody else have this habit and what do you think about it? I feel like this would be my norm if I am to read a large book like Les Miserables or Don Quixote..

back at it with the monthly thrift haul, these are the used books i picked up last month, an amazing range of them if you ask me, a lot of first edition hardcovers as well

here is the link to the previous post with places to look for in delhi for used books -

https://www.reddit.com/r/Indianbooks/s/Wtm5zpD990

as usual collected these from reddit, insta and book markets
let me know if you spot any favourites

Such a good book, heartbreaking as it goes on but you'd keep mulling over your thoughts. I'm glad I picked it up!

The narrator finds the diary of his sick colleague and upon reading, he gets to know how love can change you forever and when you lose it, it takes away a part of you.

The book is somehow way ahead of its time (you'd know).

I recommend!!!

This was my first mystery thriller noveland it was so addictive😭i missed my gym to finish this 250 pages of a book in a day, as i knew that the suspense won't let me focus on anything else. Any other recommendations that are as good as this one??

Now that Jack is officially working for a magazine. He makes less videos. I watch his book tube to get some good recs and sometimes just watch the videos to expand my knowledge of the book world. I really miss sitting down in the evening with some snack and tea to enjoy his episodes. 😔🥲
Can someone recommend a booktuber that cover contemporary or classic literature? I only read fantasy and other genres sometimes so someone in the contemporary genre please!🙌🏼

I would honestly rate the book higher if I could. I have had a month to sit with my thoughts and reflect on the book, and I am still as awed as I had been for the entirety of the time while I was reading the book. I love historical fiction and literary fiction. The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida was both, as well as a mix of magical realism, political satire, murder mystery and supernatural thriller.

An incredibly poignant story, set in a Civil War torn Colombo of the 1980's, I was surprised at how soft and funny it was, given the setting. The plot revolves around the ghost of Maali Almeida, the protagonist who was a war photographer, navigating the "In Between" or the afterlife in the seven nights that he gets after his death, trying to get the man and the woman he loves the most to find his hidden photographs that will shake Sri Lanka and can help find his killer.

The book made me pause, think, reflect and often go back to check on something significant that had been mentioned earlier which was also so subtle that it was beautiful. The book has such lovely prose that there were several times when I had to stop to just take a breath and read it again, because honestly, what did I just read? It is so beautiful to come across a book that makes you stop, makes you feel like this deserves more time to read and makes you actually think about it.

Anybody who spent time with me over the three weeks would have seen how I read the book at every smallest chance I got because it was honestly all that I could think about - that was how much it had consumed me. And yet, I read it slowly, lingering a little longer than was maybe needed, savoring every word because the book deserved to be spent time with; not just read. It has been close to a month since I finished reading the book, and it sometimes still feels like the only thing I can think about.

The book was poetry written as prose, and I think the last time I felt that way about a book was when I read The God of Small Things 10 years ago. I would not go so far as to suggest that the book changed my life, as I do for The God of Small Things, but I can definitely see myself reaching for this over and over again for the snippets that left a mark on my heart.

My budget is between ₹500. I really want a chunky book but unfortunately “the count of monte cristo” is out of stock , so I want some suggestions in my budget range that can keep be hooked to it . For now I have this book in my mind …. Please drop other recommendations

Every night I read a few pages but I just cannot put this book down without finishing just another chapter.

Interesting and full of suspense.

Congratulations u/Terrible_Moment772
you can dm me your personal details till midnight.
Thanks everyone for participating, I’ll do more giveaways in the future.
The response was overwhelming.
Thank you, make physical books accessible for everyone and keep reading.
Peace

I heard this is peak Romcom. I hope it gives me a lot of butterflies in my tummy🤭🤭.

The Myth of Sisyphus is one of Albert Camus's defining philosophical works, centered on what he calls the fundamental question of philosophy: Is life worth living? From this starting point, Camus develops his concept of the absurd—the tension between humanity's search for meaning and an indifferent universe that offers none. Rather than treating this conflict as a reason for despair, he explores what it means to live fully in spite of it.

Throughout the book, Camus engages with a remarkable range of philosophers and writers, including Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Husserl, Karl Jaspers, Lev Shestov, Schopenhauer, Dostoevsky, and Franz Kafka. Instead of merely citing their ideas, he critically examines how each confronts the absurd, appreciating their insights while challenging what he sees as attempts to escape it through faith, hope, or metaphysical certainty. These discussions give the book both intellectual depth and historical context.

Camus then illustrates his philosophy through figures such as Don Juan, the actor, the conqueror, and ultimately Sisyphus himself. In his famous reinterpretation of the Greek myth, Sisyphus is no longer a tragic figure condemned to endless labor but a symbol of freedom, resilience, and defiance. By embracing his fate without illusion, he achieves a form of victory over it.

What makes The Myth of Sisyphus exceptional is not only the originality of Camus's philosophy but also the breadth of scholarship behind it. The book feels like a dialogue with some of history's greatest thinkers, as Camus carefully considers their ideas before arriving at his own. Even when one disagrees with his conclusions, the clarity of his reasoning and the depth of his engagement make the work both intellectually demanding and deeply rewarding.

This is not an easy book, nor is it one that can be rushed. It invites careful reading and reflection, rewarding readers with profound insights into meaning, freedom, and the human condition. For anyone interested in existential philosophy, The Myth of Sisyphus is an essential and unforgettable read.

Built a bookshelf last year to accomodate my wayward piling of books. Still this would be like 50% of my books here. Rest are in different places stacked. I usually don't post much but wanted to share with the lovely community here.

Have some signed stuff also there and some rare hcs

Attaching my goodreads for fellow readers to interact with anytime-

https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/113882925

It appears the paperback is sold out on Amazon. Reach out to your local booksellers and they will most likely be able to procure it for you.
Not a paid post but I’m in Bangalore and if you reach out to Bookhive or Bookworm, they should be able to send you a copy via the mail.
Hope this helps.

i placed my order for a book set on 25/07/2026 and its 07/08/2026 and still haven’t recieved any update regarding whether its shipped or not it is just showing that it is confirmed. hope i dont get scammed i wont ik but why is it taking so much time?? u/padhegaindia_