Boyfriend wants to start reading, what’s a great starters book? Thanks in advance!
Boyfriend wants to start reading, what’s a great starters book?
Thanks in advance!
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Mystery? Sci-Fi? Horror? James Patterson type stuff? What does he like?
I don’t think he knows yet, but he doesn’t like just a story, maybe a bit of real history in it might help…
The Last Days of Night by Graham Moore, historical fiction, it was good and more of a guy’s book in my opinion.
Is there any movies he particularly loves? Like with Harry Potter or Lord of the rings or any of that. Sometimes when you get them to read the book of a movie/tv show they really like that really gets them into books because it’s so much better.
That’s a good idea!
The Martian
Never read it myself, will have to read it too!
@Michelle it’s really good. Suspenseful AND funny. Not too long.
by Andy Weir?
@Michelle yes. The movie is good too. Matt Damon.
Ok yeah we saw the movie! Didn’t know there was a book! ? thanks!
You’re welcome!
If he’s an outdoorsman the CJ Box books are about a game warden in Wyoming. The first one that hooked me is Open Season
He is! Will have to look it up!
@Norma, after going through everything by Patterson, Baldacci, Lee Child, Clive Cussler and others, we have just discovered CJ Box, and both my husband and I are completely hooked! Excellent author!
@Elizabeth great!!!! Such an unlikely setting for me to like but I am working my way through them!!! I have read 1 – 11!
@Norma We’d run out of books to read so I was browsing the shelves at my library… and took a chance on Blue Heaven, one of the “standalones” and which is about half-way down CJ Box’s list of books. We both loved it but I couldn’t get my hands on the earlier ones right away… so I brought home “Three Weeks to Say Goodbye” (standalone) and “Nowhere to Run” (Joe Pickett series). I’ve put a hold on the earlier ones at our library, and those that aren’t available at all, I’ll be purchasing from Amazon! LOL Yes, we’re THAT hooked!
PS The Highway was GREAT. Perfect for audio!
@Norma I’ve never listened to an audio book.. we’re kind of “old school”… we don’t even own a Kindle! LOL I have a similar list, by the way. I can’t rely on my old memory anymore! ?
@Elizabeth we listen on trips as 2 of our children live far away as does my mother. (Sh………I don’t have a kindle either)
Neil Gaiman is great.
I agree, The Martian… great story and so funny
American Gods by Neil Gaiman.
Or Silence of the Lambs
Anything by Wilbur Smith but I would start with River God and Seventh Scroll (companion books).
@Cheryl oooh I loved those!
William Kent Krueger is great! Start with Ordinary Grace.
My husband eats up all things John Grisham.
I’ve read a few myself! They’re good! Thanks!
The Firm is a good one to start with!
Thanks! I think it’s in my to be read pile!
Where the Red Fern Grows
by Wilson Rawls.
Feed by M. T Anderson
Books by Stuart Woods or James Patterson or John Grisham
The Cormoran Strike books by Robert Galbraith (aka JK Rowling) a detective series.
Don’t laugh at me. The Harry Potter series. It starts out young, yes, but it also hooks you in and has you clamoring for the entire series. A great way to discover the joys of reading.
Good idea! I already have the collection!
Quickie by James Patterson.
My husband read everything now but when he started to read it was probably James Patterson and Stuart Woods. the earlier titles. Also the Jack Reacher series.
My husband really likes the Jack Reacher books too.
My husband started reading years ago when someone gave him a copy of the DaVinci Code. Now he reads all sorts of books
Guys love cj box!
@Beth i am not an outdoor enthusiast and we have no animals but I love these books too
Harry Potter,
Hunt for Red October,
Sum of All Fears,
Oliver Twist,
Any Charles Dickens books
Robert B Parker is good. He has his Spenser series, Jesse Stone series and westerns.
James Patterson short chapters,action,suspenseful
Unbroken
What are those western cowboy short stories. They are easy to read. Haven’t seen one in a long time. A new male reader would most likely love them. I do. Oh, Louis L’amour.
My husband is into zombies. He’s reading the Walking Dead books and plans to read World War Z.
Harlan Conan or James Patterson.
My husband is not a reader but likes James Patterson
If he likes to watch westerns any little bit, get him a Louis L’lamour one. I’m not even a fan of western movies but I really enjoy his. Well researched and well written!
You by Caroline Kepnes! Then watch the series on Netflix.
Just started watching and it’s interesting
Need more info on boyfriend! Great masculine adventure in ‘Jack Reacher’ series by Lee Child. Nelson DeMille has several really good ones. What kind of movies does boyfriend like? That would be good hints for the kind of books he’d like.
Also David Baldacci and Harlan Coben.
Yes! Both are good.
He’s outdoorsy, works outside…likes documentaries on tv, doesn’t like horror, prefers a real story over just a story…would like to read and actually learn something, but not magazines…
James Mitchner’s Centennial! Wonderful sweeping saga of East meets West in the United States. All of Mitchners novels are fantastic and very historical Hawaii is another great one.
I like Tom Clancy’s or Vince Flynn (Mitch Rapp Series) Books. They are mostly CIA type but full of suspense.
James patterson
I 2nd that
Depends on his interests!! What is he into in daily life?
More outdoorsy, works outside…likes documentaries on tv, doesn’t like horror, prefers a real story over just a story…
then travel writing might be something for him.. anything by Bill Bryson..
“A Walk in the Wild”
“Into the Wild.”
“The Travels of Marco Polo”
“Zen and the Art of Motor Cycle Maintenance ”
Biographies..
Majestic and Wild
Fred Bear: The Biography of an Outdoorsman
thank you! We will look these up!
@Michelle you are welcome.
Steven James is a great author. I think that he would be an appealing author for either gender.
I’d start with the Reckoning by John Grisham or the Innocent Man also by mr grisham
My brother just started reading after many years. He got an Audible membership and the first thing he read was The Martian. He LOVED it! So I second that or third it, or whatever.?
I got my husband started with sharp objects lol
@Shannon that’s surprising
John Grisham is a great author to start with. Also David Baldacci, and Lee Childs. If he likes action stories.
The Martian!
Funny books or sports books are my husbands favorites. It depends on his interests.
Mr . Mercedes by Stephen King. Not scary! It is a murder mystery. Then if he really enjoys it, there are two books that follow. Also
James Patterson
Dean Koontz
My husband is not a reader but enjoys these authors.
The kind worth killing
Ready player one
What does he like in a movie or tv show? That’d help with book suggestions.
Under the Dome by Stephen King, Silence of the Lambs, some John Grisham, Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones, the Wheel of Time series, Ender’s Game.
Heck, he may even enjoy the Six of Crows duology. It’s not too heavy reading (being YA and all), but it’s got a little bit of everything in it.
He’s outdoorsy, works outside…likes documentaries on tv, doesn’t like horror, prefers a real story over just a story…would like to read and actually learn something, but not magazines…
He may enjoy Jon Krakauer then. Non-fiction books that weave a story with lots of good information too. Into the Wild was fantastic, but my husband has loved all of his books.
Another one he may enjoy is A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson. Also non-fiction about hiking the Appalachian Trail. Hilarious in spots, but also informative.
My husband said if he is into Beatnik classics, he may enjoy Jack Karouac. Dharma Bums is about guys who hitchhike, hike, climb, and party.
Clive Cussler’s books are great. Also, John Grishom and David Baldacci.
Jurassic Park was a great book!
Any Clive Cussler
I asked my husband.. He said Billy Crystal’s book is very funny and a good way to get your husband in to reading!!! Ellen’s book is a funny read too.?
If he prefers non Fiction then I recommend Red Notice by Bill Browder. Also Hillbilly Elegy by JD Vance. It’s a memoir .
A Walk In The Woods.
The power of now
The Bible? That’s what our parents made us read.
Stephen King’s The Shining
Hummmm. How about Salem’s Lot by Stephen King. Hard to recommend a book for someone I don’t know.
Harry Potter
11-22-63 trying to get my husband to read it too!
@Jordan just bought it
Mine isn’t a big reader, but he really likes James Patterson, especially the Alex Cross books.
Definitely Lee Child’s Jack Reacher series and he should start with the first one. They are fairly easy reads but get you hooked right away. I’ve read them all and LOVE them.