r/books

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This is a moderated subreddit. It is our intent and purpose to foster and encourage in-depth discussion about all things related to books, authors, genres, or publishing in a safe, supportive environment. If you're looking for help with a personal book recommendation, consult our Weekly Recommendation Thread, Suggested Reading page, or ask in r/suggestmeabook.

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  1. Discussion is the Goal
    Priority: 0

    Rule 1: All posts must be directly book related, informative, and discussion focused.

  2. Uncivil behavior
    Priority: 1

    Rule 2: Please use a civil tone and assume good faith when entering a conversation. Please conduct yourself as though in a family-friendly environment. Do not use obscenities, slurs, or gender-charged insults.

    Incivility will be met with a warning or ban, depending on the number and severity of uncivil comments, and repeat offenders will be banned.

  3. Recommendation Requests
    Priority: 2

    Rule 3.3: Requests for personalized recommendations or suggestions are not allowed. Post instead to our Weekly Recommendation Thread (always CSS stickied at the top of any /r/books page), /r/suggestmeabook or /r/whattoreadwhen. Also try /r/booklists or our Suggested Reading list wiki page. Posts asking users to list their favorite/the best book of a genre, style, etc that don't include an answer and why in the body will be assumed to be recommendation requests and removed.

  4. What's That Book Called?
    Priority: 3

    Rule 3.4: "What's that book called?" posts are not allowed. Post instead to /r/whatsthatbook or /r/tipofmytongue.

  5. Promotional
    Priority: 4

    Rule 3.1: Promotional posts and/or comments need to meet the promotional rules requirements: please see the wiki for more details. This includes surveys and market research.

    If you are posting your own content, you must meet all other /r/books rules, you must meet the 9:1 ratio, you must make it a self-post and you must be up front in the title that it is your own work.

  6. Distribution or solicitation for pirated material
    Priority: 5

    Rule 3.6: No distribution or solicitation for pirated books. We aren't telling you not to discuss piracy (it is an important topic), but we do not allow anyone to share links and info on where to find pirated copies. This rule comes from no personal opinion of the mods' regarding piracy, but because /r/books is an open, community-driven forum and it is important for us to abide the wishes of the publishing industry.

  7. Unmarked spoilers
    Priority: 6

    Rule 3.9: If you do not mark your post or comment as having spoilers it will be removed. Any posts with a spoiler in the title will be removed.

    Spoiler tags in comments are done like the example below if you are using markdown or use the built-in spoiler tags on the redesign.

    How to spoiler tag:

    >!spoiler here!<

    displays as

    spoiler here

  8. Homework help request
    Priority: 7

    Rule 3.12: Obvious requests for homework where the OP has done little/no work will be removed. As an alternative there is /r/HomeworkHelp. Please read their rules before posting over there.

  9. Image-Only/Video-Only
    Priority: 8

    Rule 3.2: No memes, image-macros, image-only, or video-only posts. You may make a self-post and include with it an image or video, keeping in mind Rule #1. Please note: shallow posts are not allowed but you are allowed to post if you give some information of elaboration along with the image.

  10. Low Quality Book List
    Priority: 9

    3.8: No low quality book lists (eg: Buzzfeed). To maintain quality, the list must encourage discussion. The list itself must have descriptive paragraphs for each book. Users are also encouraged to submit their own unique lists as a self-post. Alternatively, there is /r/booklists.

  11. Full Rules and Guidelines
    Priority: 10

    Please read the r/books full rules and guidelines here.

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###### [](#place announcements below) * New Release: [The Night Before Christmas at Dunder Mifflin by Brian Baumgartner](https://www.goodreads.com/search?&amp;query=9780063372726) * Check out the [We... ###### [](#place announcements below) * New Release: [The Night Before Christmas at Dunder Mifflin by Brian Baumgartner](https://www.goodreads.com/search?&amp;query=9780063372726) * Check out the [Weekly Recommendation Thread](https://redd.it/1jr88d8) * Join in the [Weekly "What Are You Reading?" Thread!](https://redd.it/1jthm06) ## [- Subreddit Rules -](/r/books/wiki/rules)[- Message the mods -](http://goo.gl/HXpfgH)[Related Subs](/r/books/wiki/relatedsubreddits)[AMA Info](/r/Books/wiki/amarules)[The FAQ](/r/books/wiki/faq) [The Wiki](/r/books/wiki/index) This is a moderated subreddit. It is our intent and purpose to foster and encourage in-depth discussion about all things related to books, authors, genres or publishing in a safe, supportive environment. If you're looking for help with a personal book recommendation, consult our [Suggested Reading](/r/books/wiki/suggested) page or ask in: /r/suggestmeabook # Quick Rules: 1. **Discussion is the goal** Do not post shallow content. All posts must be directly book related, informative, and discussion focused. 2. **Personal conduct** Please use a civil tone and assume good faith when entering a conversation. 3. **Prohibited** Promotional posts, comments &amp; flairs, media-only posts, personalized recommendation requests incl. ‘Should I read …?’, ‘What’s that book?’ posts, sales links, piracy, plagiarism, low quality book lists, unmarked spoilers (instructions for spoiler tags are in the sidebar), sensationalist headlines, novelty accounts, low effort content. *Please see extended rules for appropriate alternative subreddits, like /r/suggestmeabook, /r/whatsthatbook, etc. or check out our [Related Subreddits](/r/books/wiki/relatedsubreddits).* 4. **Encouraged** We love *original* content and self-posts! Thoughts, discussion questions, epiphanies and interesting links about authors and their work. We also encourage discussion about developments in the book world and we have a flair system. 5. **Important** We don't allow personal recommendation posts. You can ask in our Weekly Recommendation Thread, consult our [Suggested Reading](/r/books/wiki/suggested) or [What to Read](/r/books/wiki/whattoread) page, or post in /r/suggestmeabook. 6. **[Click here for the extended rules](/r/Books/wiki/rules)** Please report any comment that does not follow the rules and remember that mods have the final say. --- # Weekly Thread Calendar Day|Frequency|Feature :--:|:--:|:--: Monday|Weekly|[What Books did You Start or Finish Reading this Week?: April 07, 2025](https://redd.it/1jthm06) Tuesday|1st of the month|[New Releases: April 2025](https://redd.it/1jor2lr) Wednesday|Weekly|Literature of the World: [Literature of Benin: January 2025](https://redd.it/1hwjqa4) Thursday|Weekly|Genre Discussion: [Literature with Siblings: April 2025](https://redd.it/1jvw6k7) Friday|Weekly|[Weekly Recommendation Thread: April 04, 2025](https://redd.it/1jr88d8) Sunday|Weekly|[Weekly FAQ Thread April 06, 2025: What are your quirky reading habits?](https://redd.it/1jsrkoc) Tues/Sat|Bi-Weekly|[Simple Questions: April 08, 2025](https://redd.it/1ju92ab) --- # Upcoming AMAs | | | :-:|:-:|:-: [The Complete AMA Schedule](/r/books/wiki/amafullschedule) # [Related Subreddits](https://goo.gl/0jV4RT): ### [Discussion](https://goo.gl/gc2SkD) ### [Genres](https://goo.gl/tqAz83) ### [Images](https://goo.gl/coikuy) ### [Writing](https://goo.gl/JqC3qe) ### [eBooks](https://goo.gl/gxn0Qi) ### [Authors](https://goo.gl/VJn5UZ) ### [Books/Series](https://goo.gl/DGbvQI) # Spoiler Policy: - Any post with a spoiler in the title will be removed. - Any comment with a spoiler that doesn't use the spoiler code will be removed. - Any user with an extensive history of spoiling books will be banned. - Spoiler tags cover spoilers with black bars that reveal spoilers when a cursor hovers over them They are written as: \&gt;!spoiler!&lt; with the text "spoiler" being your spoiler. Example: &gt;!Hello.!&lt; # [Explanation of our link flairs](/r/books/wiki/flairs) # [Join our /r/bookclub](/r/bookclub) # [Don't forget /new!](/r/books/new) # Filter by Flair &gt; # [AMA](http://goo.gl/94lql6) &gt; # [Weekly Thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/books/search?q=flair%3Aweeklythread&amp;restrict_sr=on&amp;sort=new&amp;t=all) &gt; # [Mod Post](/r/books/search?sort=new&amp;restrict_sr=on&amp;q=flair%3Amod%20post) --- &gt; ###### [](#the book banner) &gt; &gt; * [bsct](https://reddit.com/comments/1jnzmwn/x/mkoivle) * [](https://reddit.com/comments/1jnzmwn/x/mknxixd) * [](https://reddit.com/comments/1jnzmwn/x/mkqgze1) * [](https://reddit.com/comments/1jnzmwn/x/mkql0l8) * [](https://reddit.com/comments/1jnzmwn/x/mkorvf9) * [](https://reddit.com/comments/1jnzmwn/x/mkpk75f) * [](https://reddit.com/comments/1jnzmwn/x/mkrgy8c) * [](https://reddit.com/comments/1jnzmwn/x/mkp3px8) * [](https://reddit.com/comments/1jnzmwn/x/mknt3j2) * [](https://reddit.com/comments/1jnzmwn/x/mko10e4) * [](https://reddit.com/comments/1jnzmwn/x/mknyewy) * [](https://reddit.com/comments/1jnzmwn/x/mkp8x2j) * [](https://reddit.com/comments/1jnzmwn/x/mlshfg4) * [](https://reddit.com/comments/1jnzmwn/x/ml1ckae) * [](https://reddit.com/comments/1jnzmwn/x/mksyya2) * [](https://reddit.com/comments/1jnzmwn/x/mko6ory) * [](https://reddit.com/comments/1jnzmwn/x/mkrmbfo) * [](https://reddit.com/comments/1jnzmwn/x/mko8oe0) * [](https://reddit.com/comments/1jnzmwn/x/mkoj94f) * [](https://reddit.com/comments/1jnzmwn/x/mkowrq0) * [](https://reddit.com/comments/1jnzmwn/x/mknt9yz) * [](https://reddit.com/comments/1jnzmwn/x/mkojzae) * [](https://reddit.com/comments/1jnzmwn/x/mks2bha) * [](https://reddit.com/comments/1jnzmwn/x/mkod3tk) * [](https://reddit.com/comments/1jnzmwn/x/mkph461) * [](https://reddit.com/comments/1jnzmwn/x/mknuukd) * [](https://reddit.com/comments/1jnzmwn/x/mko2zse) * [](https://reddit.com/comments/1jnzmwn/x/mknv8tb) * [](https://reddit.com/comments/1jnzmwn/x/mknulkb) * [](https://reddit.com/comments/1jnzmwn/x/mko8oe0) ##### [ama](https://www.goodreads.com/search?&amp;query=9780063372726) # Check out this week's [Thread Calendar](https://redd.it/1jthlrt)