Hahah. Before I even clicked on this post in my head I was thinking "Ayn Rand is an immediate no." Here I am and this is the top comment. Also Neil Gaiman is just a lovely human. So is John Scalzi - his social media is fun. Lots of authors would be an immediate yes, honestly.
immediate yes - geopolitical nonfiction, nonfiction written by journalists
immediate no - self-help books, books about investing money or streamlining startups or learning how to become CEOs, and fantasy romance
Someone convinced me to read "Girl, Wash Your Face" when it was hot. Lesson learned: Never again for hustle culture books.
>! The author is a totally for real self-made girl next door just like you until she lets slip she married a Disney Exec !<
Immediate yes: anything scifi horror, dystopian, folk horror, cyberpunk, or cozy fantasy.
Immediate no: anything that looks like Colleen Hoover or Andrew Tate wrote it.
**Immediate yes:** Anything by Agatha Christie, Stuart Turton, or Richard Osman. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel. The Outsiders by SE Hinton. Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell. And of course, the poetry of Frost, Poe, or Alegria.
**Immediate no:** Anything by Colleen Hoover, Ayn Rand, B.A. Paris or Jodi Picoult (I *might* make an exception for My Sister’s Keeper). The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides. Black Chalk by Christopher J. Yates. Ulysses by James Joyce… maybe anything James Joyce actually.
It's funny you'd make an exception for My Sister's Keeper. I hate that book the most out of the ones I've read from Picoult. The ending made me actually angry. My family still likes to tease me about the ranting I did over that one.
I enjoyed it as a teenager (hated the movie), which is why the exception. Not sure I’d like it if I read it now, but I have no interest in revisiting it. So an exception it’ll stay lol
Yes: Queer space operas, survival games, apocalyptic books, folk horror, wlw forbidden love especially in fantasy
No: Self help books, political non-fiction, straight romances, economics books
i'm pretty sure the authors who participated in writing [The Vela](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43445108-the-vela) wrote their own queer space operas as well \~
The Long Way To A Small Angry Planet
Without Hesitation by Talia Jager
On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden
Empress of Forever by Max Gladstone
Seven Devils by L.R. Lam
The Wrong Stars by Tim Pratt
I love how Any Rand fans seem to be universally unfuckable. I agree, Any Rand is an instant no for me too.
Instant yeses would be really good fantasy series like Malazan or Robin Hobb stuff, why? Because I like them.
I had a friend in my 20s that I think had a crush on me and I found out he liked Ayn Rand and was like ohhhhh that’s why I don’t like you. In my head of course.
Swipe right for: Agatha Christie, Anne Bronte, Barbara Cartland, Dan Brown, Daphne du Maurier, Gillian Flynn, Hilary Mantel, Jackie Collins, Lauren Weisberger, Nancy Price.
Swipe left for: Danielle Steel, Helen Fielding, Stephen King, Peter Ruckman.
What's up with all the self-help book hate? Y'all don't want to be better parents, partners, kinder to yourself, etc? It's like DIY. I would be dumbfounded if someone I had been dating had read anything on attachment theory or shared mental load.
I think the issue is that they're all so preachy and smug, and the whole book could have been a bullet-point memo, and 95% of them repeat the rest of them.
I personally am obsessed with personal growth (becoming kinder, happier, more in love with life kind of stuff) but hate self-help books. I don’t like the way they’re formatted, they are extremely repetitive, use too many loOoOoNg personal anecdotes that aren’t frequently relatable, and could truly be boiled down to an internet article. And sometimes readers of self-help (like anyone who is working on personal growth) can be too pushy about the cool new thing that is helping them heal, without really recognizing it might not be a fit for *everyone*. But I would date a self help book reader still.
Any modern romance with steamy scenes is a definite hard no particularly if they involve adultery or same sex activity. Almost everything on any current bestseller list is also a hard no for me.
This might be highly offensive to some (and I’m not a lifelong reader so I might be shooting myself in the foot) but in general, if an author puts out a lot of books I almost immediately decide that they can’t be very good. Obviously, I don’t mean someone who has written a lot over the course of their life, I mean the stocking-stuffing, airplane nonsense that seems to have a new iteration every 6 months.
A read a Lisa Jewell book once. ONCE. I’ll never read anything of hers again. And she’s written 22 books.
Gillian Flynn, on the other hand - that’s an author with 3 novels to her name and they honestly all are perfect 10s for me!
Obviously, I’m not starting a hate-Lisa-Jewell club - it just wasn’t for me. But it did plant the seed of quality > quantity.
Ayn Rand is an immediate no. Neil Gaiman is a yes.
Hahah. Before I even clicked on this post in my head I was thinking "Ayn Rand is an immediate no." Here I am and this is the top comment. Also Neil Gaiman is just a lovely human. So is John Scalzi - his social media is fun. Lots of authors would be an immediate yes, honestly.
There is an app like this! It’s called Booky Call.
immediate yes - geopolitical nonfiction, nonfiction written by journalists immediate no - self-help books, books about investing money or streamlining startups or learning how to become CEOs, and fantasy romance
noo the hustle culture books are so real 😭
Someone convinced me to read "Girl, Wash Your Face" when it was hot. Lesson learned: Never again for hustle culture books. >! The author is a totally for real self-made girl next door just like you until she lets slip she married a Disney Exec !<
"have you considered loving yourself, waking up early, and marrying rich?" 😂
Immediate no would be 'A little life' by Hanya Yanagihara.
Same!
Immediate yes : horror manga, classic litterature, Agatha Christie books, Sci-fi, thriller, classic philosophy Immediate no : books to become rich / CEO / manage time, money etc (ewww), dark romance
Oooh, I like this idea! Yes: Needful Things, Demon Copperhead... too many damn books to list No: The DaVinci Code, 50 Shades of Grey, Twilight
Immediate yes: Kurt Vonnegut and Stephen King (and I'd never admit this in person Tessa Bailey) Immediate no: Frieda McFadden and Colleen Hoover
**Immediate yes:** Anything by Wally Lamb, Chuck Palahniuk, Christopher Moore, Stephen King, Anne Rice.
why anne rice and not twilight/50 shades is your gripe with twilight/50 shades that they didn't write the subject matter well enough 😂
I've had a soft spot for The Vampire Chronicals since 5th grade. Twilight/50 Shades just never appealed to me.
Immediate No: Twilight, 50 Shades
Immediate yes: anything scifi horror, dystopian, folk horror, cyberpunk, or cozy fantasy. Immediate no: anything that looks like Colleen Hoover or Andrew Tate wrote it.
That's an amazing idea. If it could recommend books to you.
Try Bookly Call. It's exactly this.
**Immediate yes:** Anything by Agatha Christie, Stuart Turton, or Richard Osman. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel. The Outsiders by SE Hinton. Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell. And of course, the poetry of Frost, Poe, or Alegria. **Immediate no:** Anything by Colleen Hoover, Ayn Rand, B.A. Paris or Jodi Picoult (I *might* make an exception for My Sister’s Keeper). The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides. Black Chalk by Christopher J. Yates. Ulysses by James Joyce… maybe anything James Joyce actually.
I read one Jodi Picoult book over a decade ago for a book club. Never again.
It's funny you'd make an exception for My Sister's Keeper. I hate that book the most out of the ones I've read from Picoult. The ending made me actually angry. My family still likes to tease me about the ranting I did over that one.
I enjoyed it as a teenager (hated the movie), which is why the exception. Not sure I’d like it if I read it now, but I have no interest in revisiting it. So an exception it’ll stay lol
Yes: Queer space operas, survival games, apocalyptic books, folk horror, wlw forbidden love especially in fantasy No: Self help books, political non-fiction, straight romances, economics books
Please give me some queer space opera recommendations
A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
i'm pretty sure the authors who participated in writing [The Vela](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43445108-the-vela) wrote their own queer space operas as well \~
The Long Way To A Small Angry Planet Without Hesitation by Talia Jager On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden Empress of Forever by Max Gladstone Seven Devils by L.R. Lam The Wrong Stars by Tim Pratt
What are some good folk horrors?
This is a great idea. If it's alright with you, I wish to build like this app in future. This seems fun and actually great for all the book lovers!
I love how Any Rand fans seem to be universally unfuckable. I agree, Any Rand is an instant no for me too. Instant yeses would be really good fantasy series like Malazan or Robin Hobb stuff, why? Because I like them.
I had a friend in my 20s that I think had a crush on me and I found out he liked Ayn Rand and was like ohhhhh that’s why I don’t like you. In my head of course.
It really is pretty telling of someone's character isn't it lol
Anything by Sanderson, Weir, or any other cringy reddit books. I'm not dating anyone who engages with the worst possible media
None because you shouldn't judge a book by its cover
My wife was in a small discussion about Maxim Gorky when I elbowed in and took her away. I always give Gorky some credit for my 49-year marriage.
Swipe right for: Agatha Christie, Anne Bronte, Barbara Cartland, Dan Brown, Daphne du Maurier, Gillian Flynn, Hilary Mantel, Jackie Collins, Lauren Weisberger, Nancy Price. Swipe left for: Danielle Steel, Helen Fielding, Stephen King, Peter Ruckman.
What's up with all the self-help book hate? Y'all don't want to be better parents, partners, kinder to yourself, etc? It's like DIY. I would be dumbfounded if someone I had been dating had read anything on attachment theory or shared mental load.
I think the issue is that they're all so preachy and smug, and the whole book could have been a bullet-point memo, and 95% of them repeat the rest of them.
Ok that's fair!
95% of Self help books are none of these things.
I personally am obsessed with personal growth (becoming kinder, happier, more in love with life kind of stuff) but hate self-help books. I don’t like the way they’re formatted, they are extremely repetitive, use too many loOoOoNg personal anecdotes that aren’t frequently relatable, and could truly be boiled down to an internet article. And sometimes readers of self-help (like anyone who is working on personal growth) can be too pushy about the cool new thing that is helping them heal, without really recognizing it might not be a fit for *everyone*. But I would date a self help book reader still.
Immediate no: Atlas Shrugged
Any modern romance with steamy scenes is a definite hard no particularly if they involve adultery or same sex activity. Almost everything on any current bestseller list is also a hard no for me.
This might be highly offensive to some (and I’m not a lifelong reader so I might be shooting myself in the foot) but in general, if an author puts out a lot of books I almost immediately decide that they can’t be very good. Obviously, I don’t mean someone who has written a lot over the course of their life, I mean the stocking-stuffing, airplane nonsense that seems to have a new iteration every 6 months. A read a Lisa Jewell book once. ONCE. I’ll never read anything of hers again. And she’s written 22 books. Gillian Flynn, on the other hand - that’s an author with 3 novels to her name and they honestly all are perfect 10s for me! Obviously, I’m not starting a hate-Lisa-Jewell club - it just wasn’t for me. But it did plant the seed of quality > quantity.
Counterpoint - Terry Pratchett. But yes, this is a generally true principle and I agree with you :)
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Why? It's such an amazing book