by Victoria Bromley
We’ve compiled 12 simple and easy questions which will determine your reading habits so you can see what book we think you’d enjoy reading next.
It can be difficult building a TBR (to be read) list when you don’t know what books are out there similar to those books you enjoy, or what to choose if you want to venture into a new genre. Answer our questions from what tropes you enjoy, if you like a happy ending, to if you like to know if they both die at the end, then count up your answers to see which book we most likely recommend for you.
1. What genre do you typically read?
a. Literary fiction
b. Romance
c. Thriller
d. Sci-fi
2. Which of these authors have you read and enjoyed before?
a. Sally Rooney
b. Beth O’Leary
c. Lisa Jewell
d. Margaret Atwood
3. Do you like to read new releases?
a. Love to read current books
b. I don’t mind, can be a few years old
c. Release dates mean nothing to me
d. I prefer books to be older and more acclaimed
4. Are hardbacks acceptable?
a. I don’t mind a hardback
b/c/d. Not a fan
5. Where do you like your books to be set?
a. City life, maybe New York where it’s always busy
b. I like a confined setting, for example a workplace
c. In the countryside, nowhere too flashy
d. A school setting, especially boarding school
6. Does a book need to make you cry for it to be 5 stars?
a. If I don’t have a deep emotional connection to the book then what’s the point?
b. I don’t want to get the paper wet, no crying for me
c. I like to feel shocked and thrilled, but not sad
d. I like to feel something, but crying might be taking it too far
7. Which type of book do you prefer?
a. Character driven books
b. Humorous and fun
c. Tense and suspenseful
d. Mysterious books where I have to piece the clues together
8. What style of book cover do you appreciate the most?
a. Artwork on the cover, so pretty
b. Cartoon covers all the way
c. No people on the cover, please!
d. Minimalist
9. Do you like it when a book has loads of characters in it?
a. I like learning everyone’s name and backstory. The more the merrier
b. Not too many, but I like a lively cast
c. Only a few main characters, I have a bad memory
d. I don’t care as I’ll get attached to everyone anyway
10. Are you heavily influenced by BookTok?
a. I like to get some recommendations from BookTok
b. Did someone say fake dating? Sign me up
c/d. I don’t look at TikTok for book recs
11. Which book quote excites you the most?
a. “When the darkest part of you meets the darkest part of me, it creates light.”
b. “God, whenever I forget why I hate men, one of them reminds me.”
c. “Pretending to be broken would be much harder, simply because it was in my nature to fight back”
d. “Memories, even your most precious ones, fade surprisingly quickly. But I don’t go along with that. The memories I value most, I don’t ever see them fading.”
12. Do Goodreads ratings matter to you?
a. A book has to have a rating above 4/5 otherwise I’m not interested.
b. Not something I care about
c. I kind of prefer books which aren’t overhyped so I can make my own judgement
d. I only care if books have won awards
If you scored mostly…
As: You should read Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors!
You must like reading about flawed and complicated characters who fall in and out of love. Books with dysfunctional and passionate people are your cup of tea, where you can connect with them on an emotional level. Proceed with caution, this book may be your new obsession.
Bs: You should read If I never met you by Mhairi McFarlane!
This fake dating office romance is right up your street. You love down to earth, funny contemporary fiction and you are here for the workplace drama. There are many other deeper themes to this jovial novel which you appreciate to make it that much more enjoyable.
Cs: You should read Behind closed doors by B. A. Paris!
This shocking, twisted thriller will blow your socks off. Jack and Grace seem to have a normal relationship, but there are bars on the windows and Grace is like a prisoner in her own home. You know how people have their favourite first line of a novel? Well, this book will become your favourite ending.
Ds: You should read Never let me go by Kazuo Ishiguro!
Wow, you’re in for a ride. This sci-fi, contemporary novel follows a woman as she reaches into her memory from her time at boarding school with children who were there for a reason they couldn’t quite comprehend at such a young age. These children had to navigate a world where they were made for a different purpose to other humans, and face the consequences of not being normal.
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