so i have depression, i take meds and i talk with people about it but im also bored/empty alot and i just want something to do that is diffrent, if that makes sense. i havent read a book in quite some time and im considerd a slow reader becasue im dylexic and i lack motivation. i feel if i find a good book to help with this it might help witha few things.

i dont want a super duper brick sized book or horror, im more into anything but that also fiction like fantasy, sci-fi, cyberpunk, something that feels modern also manga but manga is more exspensive than a book, etc just no horror or anyhting weird.

also where is a good place to get physical books from at a discount?

  • Lokarthia@lemmy.world
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    Do you have a library card? At my library I can reserve the books I want, and if they don’t have them they borrow them from another library in their system, and I get an email when they’re ready to be picked up. I also use the app Goodreads to track what I want to read.

    If reading physical books is difficult, consider audiobooks as well!

    For something sci fi/fantasy but more a serious/intense story:

    A Deadly Education / the Scholomance series

    Project Hail Mary

    For more feel-good sci fi/fantasy:

    The House in the Cerulean Sea

    A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking

    The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

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      Also if you’re in the US most libraries have access to Libby to check out audiobooks