What do you like to read?

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As a writer, I'm trying to write this most compelling things. So far I've written a couple of novellas. One about a girl who is about to jump from a bridge but a guy stops her and they slowly start to fall in love, the other was a stepsibling love story, and the last one was an alien/witch love story.

So what do you like to read and what do you find to be the most compelling stuff to read?

sawno · Accepted Answer

I'm not much of a reader, but I like when stories are thought provoking. So in entertainment I enjoy things that make me experience a possible future, make me think about a concept or that puts the protagonist in some elaborate and tricky situation they have to navigate.

Love story wise I once wrote one for myself just for fun that is angel themed, it was a story about a guy who was just about to go home from work and he finds an injured girl in the parking lot who is very weak and all she can mutter is if he can take her home. So he takes her home with him so she has a safe place to rest up, then it turns out that she is actually his lover "from above" and she missed him so much she descended the unnatural way. The rest of that story explores them bonding, exploring her unique abilities and them dealing with the tricky aspects of her being an angel. Because she is one if they have sex she'd loose her wings, and her coming from an environment that is nothing but love she finds being on earth very hard on her heart. One central theme being that her wings were damaged from the fall, and only with enough love can they heal so she can fly back. The story finishes with their bond / love becoming strong enough to where she can go back if she wants to, but she chooses to stay.

The fun thing about that story is that I wrote that around 12 years ago and a future relationship had elements of that story that were supposed to be only possible in fiction. So I kinda intuitively predicted what was truly possible if you have that ultimate form of love and compatibility.

exitseven · Accepted Answer

I like to read a lot of different things. I was a big fan of the Spencer novels and Harlan Coban, also science fiction like Neil Gaiman or historical novels

Abbycado · Accepted Answer

Short stories. Know anyone who is full of them?

WhitneySnow · Accepted Answer

Romance, fantasy, historical novels

Cinematic Lily · Accepted Answer

I’m Lily 😊 I read a lot across genres, but what hooks me most is emotional intensity plus originality.

I love flawed characters, messy relationships, morally gray choices, slow-burn tension, and vivid atmosphere. Romance works best for me when there’s real stakes: trauma, secrets, clashing values, culture gaps, power imbalance handled thoughtfully.

Your alien/witch love story sounds the most compelling, because it hints at worldbuilding and uniqueness 🌙✨

FreyaRed · Answer

SF stories which aren't repeatable like most Hollywood scripts.
We have a entire universe of options but it's always a hero/heroine who saves a world or universe,
I watched the movie Solaries (2002), after that I've read S. Lem's book Solaris. There are so many hidden details and little stories which never appear in this media core movie adaptation that follow just the main story line.
Books don't have limited screen time and can explain a lot more to get overview of situation, but many writers neglect that because they are spoiled and contaminated with Hollywood BS.

Lynx122 · Answer

If I'm feeling in the mood for a story I start my own story with AI and we write back and forth lol it's pretty fun. I am reading Neuromancer the book that basically created the Cyberpunk genre but I've only gotten 100 pages deep. First of all it's incredibly dense you feel like you read 3 pages for every one page because there's just so many descriptions and adjectives and words that got invented for this book and different names of people and places and objects and whatever. And I'm not reading as much because there's stuff to do and also computers exist and stuff so it's rarer that I'm reading but I'll get through this book at some point.

Lliam · Answer

I read history these days. For entertainment, I enjoy historical fiction and have a particular soft spot for ancient Celtic (Gallic) and Irish heroes.

But, before I retired, I spent a lot of time on the road. I would check out several books on CD at a time from the library and listened to hundreds of novels of all genres.

A couple that I remember particularly enjoying were the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich, and The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series is Alexander McCall Smith.

andreasderjuengere · Answer

As a reader: ... I prefer to like what's not tailored to myself.

The stories I like are those that keep me thinking about it long after the book ended.

It's mostly Science Fiction that has no space battles in the story, and that deal with provocative or controversial ''ideas''.

Xawyx-2 · Answer

I like reading:

- Books (fantasy, horror, science fiction, detective & mystery, adventure)

- Comics (not just about superheroes, but also normal human heroes, and comical characters)

- Magazines (science, mystery, technology, geography, history)

sage2021 · Answer

Self-help books, however, I stopped reading years ago.

OneViewpoint · Answer

Product labels and owner's manuals. I've learned so much. Don't put your dog in the microwave, etc.

Nikki1989 · Answer

Biographies, history, and educational. If I can't learn something from a book, I see no point in reading it.

BCRanger10 · Answer

I'm all over the place. First I'll read a Jack Ryan type of novel, then a swashbuckler or revenge story, then a philosophy or theology book.

NathanDavis · Answer

I'm not the biggest reader out there so... I'd read almost everything, lol

loveslongnails · Answer

I like biographies of fascinating people, sci-fi and short stories. However, I usually reach for music or a good movie to relax these days.

AngryCarl3 · Answer

I like real world stuff. The girl jumping bridge sounds like a fun story. Not really into orc and granny p0rn.

Shiprex · Answer

Usually Scifi or adventure non fiction. Some journey through to or around somewhere.

loveyouoak · Answer

I like reading poetry, especially classical rhyming poems.

Adaline96 · Answer

I really like psychological thrillers and things with twists in them

BadApple69 · Answer

I’m a sci-fi guy mostly.

DryGermanGuy · Answer

Tech, biography, crime, travel, history...

DonaldDarko · Answer

Old text books or sci fi

Bricealan · Answer

@simslover92 John Sandford's Prey' series

Iron_Man · Answer

Run Baby Run” The Nicky Cruz Story

Anonymous · Answer

A women and a man making a child on their marital bed

MrChinaski · Answer

Economics journal articles, mainly.

Alex-Snow · Answer

Historical fiction is my favorite.

TonyMetal___1986 · Answer

Give me the girl on the bridge miss sims 😂

canamlusciouslad73 · Answer

Just about everything.

Bklynbadboy12 · Answer

Science fiction and horror

Olivia_M_xo · Answer

I love reading sci-fi novels

DirtyOldMan777 · Answer

menu's

Hispanic-Cool-Guy · Answer

The Bible.

CubaPirate · Answer

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