# Any Avid Readers Here? What are you currently reading?
**URL:** https://talkingsober.com/t/any-avid-readers-here-what-are-you-currently-reading/93106
**Category:** Just for Fun
**Tags:** hobbies
**Created:** [July 7, 2020, 6:59am UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/any-avid-readers-here-what-are-you-currently-reading/93106 "2020-07-07T06:59:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Tragicfarinelli](https://talkingsober.com/u/Tragicfarinelli)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2026, 7:33pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/any-avid-readers-here-what-are-you-currently-reading/93106/2312 "2026-01-14T19:33:43Z")
Highly highly recommend…
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### Author:  [@DanielaJ](https://talkingsober.com/u/DanielaJ)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2026, 8:12am UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/any-avid-readers-here-what-are-you-currently-reading/93106/2313 "2026-01-15T08:12:27Z")
T.C. Boyle is very popular in Germany. There is a podcast series from my favourite weekly newspaper and he is in the latest episode.
If you want to check it out, take some time for it. „Alles gesagt“ is a podcast that can go on for hours, because the guest can decide when „Everything is said" and end the podcast with a safe word ☺
https://open.spotify.com/embed/episode/3qU6cmWfGBbeRIOvLvUxGY?si=laag0_U8SfyV3Vx0pBSOBQ&utm_source=oembed
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### Author:  [@Tragicfarinelli](https://talkingsober.com/u/Tragicfarinelli)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2026, 8:27am UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/any-avid-readers-here-what-are-you-currently-reading/93106/2314 "2026-01-15T08:27:11Z")
He’s in my top ten writers of all time, I absolutely adore the guy.
Tortilla Curtain should be syllabus reading IMO
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### Author:  [@DanielaJ](https://talkingsober.com/u/DanielaJ)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2026, 8:29am UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/any-avid-readers-here-what-are-you-currently-reading/93106/2315 "2026-01-15T08:29:52Z")
Tortilla Curtain (in German: América) is one of my favourite novels. I read it 6 times and will read it again.
The interview is in English, so if you want to listen to a beautiful piece of transatlantic communication, go for it 🙂
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### Author:  [@Tragicfarinelli](https://talkingsober.com/u/Tragicfarinelli)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2026, 8:32am UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/any-avid-readers-here-what-are-you-currently-reading/93106/2316 "2026-01-15T08:32:05Z")
I only literally keep some books in paper/hardback. Others I pass on to charity shops or book swaps. So not much stays on my very limited shelf space. Unless it’s still unread, or incredibly special you don’t get a space Chez moi…
TC Boyle fan girl ❤✌
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### Author:  [@DanielaJ](https://talkingsober.com/u/DanielaJ)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2026, 8:33am UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/any-avid-readers-here-what-are-you-currently-reading/93106/2317 "2026-01-15T08:33:29Z")
I absolutely agree! Same here in my bookshelf.
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### Author:  [@DanielaJ](https://talkingsober.com/u/DanielaJ)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2026, 12:50pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/any-avid-readers-here-what-are-you-currently-reading/93106/2318 "2026-01-15T12:50:33Z")
Another brilliant episode of „Alles gesagt“ with Margaret Atwood - also in English, of course:
https://open.spotify.com/embed/episode/2Tdh9S8EBBbkdb9s8TSnwj?si=VCEYPSRZTeOvWl-B873vKQ&utm_source=oembed
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### Author:  [@SassyRocks](https://talkingsober.com/u/SassyRocks)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2026, 3:39pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/any-avid-readers-here-what-are-you-currently-reading/93106/2320 "2026-01-15T15:39:09Z")
He is super popular with me as well!! Absolutely adore almost all of his work.
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### Author:  [@TrustyBird](https://talkingsober.com/u/TrustyBird)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2026, 6:52pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/any-avid-readers-here-what-are-you-currently-reading/93106/2321 "2026-01-15T18:52:23Z")
I’ve posted this here before but I am moving through it very slowly because it is really therapeutic. Highly recommended and a huge shout out to @Tragicfarinelli for the introduction.
Oof. Healing your wounds requires looking at your wounds. 🩷
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### Author:  [@GABV](https://talkingsober.com/u/GABV)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2026, 3:53am UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/any-avid-readers-here-what-are-you-currently-reading/93106/2322 "2026-01-16T03:53:16Z")
Currently reading “In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash” - it was the basis for A Christmas Story. Recently read Catcher In The Rye - got the urge to go back and re-read the “classics” that we read in high school (A Seperate Peace, To Kill A Mockingbird, etc.) to see if I’d gain a new appreciation for them since I wasn’t really immersed in them back then. I can confidently say now that thirty years later, I still hate Holden Caulfield; he’s annoying as the day is long, but I did enjoy the read, at least more than I did back then. Before that I’d read Flyboys and Flags of Our Fathers (both by James Bradley). Both were excellent and the latter might’ve made the room a bit dusty toward the end. On deck are The Ghost (about a CIA Spymaster) and Team of Rivals. I lean toward nonfiction mostly but do enjoy a break now and again.
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### Author:  [@Astro1](https://talkingsober.com/u/Astro1)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2026, 4:51am UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/any-avid-readers-here-what-are-you-currently-reading/93106/2323 "2026-01-16T04:51:59Z")
So I wasn’t an avid reader for awhile, but I used to read science books. I’ve recently started reading fiction and found a bunch of cheap, good books at variety village, a thrift store, and bought a few new books as well. Im more than halfway done “Anna Karenina”, I finished “Double Cross” and will be starting the science fiction series by Asimoz, the “Foundation “ series.
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### Author:  [@SassyRocks](https://talkingsober.com/u/SassyRocks)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2026, 1:44pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/any-avid-readers-here-what-are-you-currently-reading/93106/2324 "2026-01-16T13:44:07Z")
> [@GABV](#):
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> Currently reading “In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash” -
Ah, that is a sweet book. Reminds me of Erma Bombeck’s writings. The movie is iconic and perfectly made.
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### Author:  [@SassyRocks](https://talkingsober.com/u/SassyRocks)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2026, 12:46am UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/any-avid-readers-here-what-are-you-currently-reading/93106/2325 "2026-01-17T00:46:46Z")
Just spent 3 hours in the bathtub finishing up Lily King’s, ‘Writers and Lovers’…my usual slow start …which I think is me trying to get my brain focused (life is lifeing me, big time)…after my slow start I finally got submerged (haha) in the story and writing. Writers, relationships, grief, breakdown. So worth it.
I had read her novel, ‘Euphoria’ previously…absolutely loved. Onto the next!!
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### Author:  [@Barefootbabyx](https://talkingsober.com/u/Barefootbabyx)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2026, 2:55pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/any-avid-readers-here-what-are-you-currently-reading/93106/2327 "2026-01-17T14:55:54Z")
I’m currently reading A Court Of Thorns and Roses… again… 😋🥰😂 I realized a few days ago that I had started the first book when I started choosing sobriety and with my anxiety being sooo bad at the time, I forgot a bit of it. No shame. Such a good book series!
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### Author:  [@Leveller](https://talkingsober.com/u/Leveller)
#### Post date: [January 26, 2026, 10:37pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/any-avid-readers-here-what-are-you-currently-reading/93106/2330 "2026-01-26T22:37:31Z")
Really enjoying this one.
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### Author:  [@DanielaJ](https://talkingsober.com/u/DanielaJ)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2026, 2:12pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/any-avid-readers-here-what-are-you-currently-reading/93106/2331 "2026-02-02T14:12:37Z")
Short update, since you voted what I could read next: I already read No. 1, which was 8/10. No. 3 was just 4/10, but I finished it anyways. Now started No. 2, so far 9/10.
1. Monstergott – Caroline Schmitt
Two siblings, lots of doubts, and a super strict religious community: rules, sermons, and plenty of eye-rolling, a personal rebellion quietly begins against a system that promises too much and demands even more.
2. Der Absturz – Eduard Lewis
Everything’s going fine – until it isn’t. A novel about a spectacular low, bad decisions, and the (not always graceful) attempts to piece life back together.
3. Lebensversicherung – Kathrin Bach
Life insurance sounds reassuring… until it sparks suspicion, secrets, and some very uncomfortable questions. Thrilling, surprising, and darkerly funny than you’d expect.
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### Author:  [@Chance](https://talkingsober.com/u/Chance)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2026, 6:35am UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/any-avid-readers-here-what-are-you-currently-reading/93106/2332 "2026-02-04T06:35:19Z")
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### Author:  [@addeline](https://talkingsober.com/u/addeline)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2026, 1:19pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/any-avid-readers-here-what-are-you-currently-reading/93106/2334 "2026-02-05T13:19:32Z")
Rabbits - Terry Miles
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### Author:  [@addeline](https://talkingsober.com/u/addeline)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2026, 1:20pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/any-avid-readers-here-what-are-you-currently-reading/93106/2335 "2026-02-05T13:20:08Z")
The Body Keeps the Score is a fantastic book ❤
So is Quiet!! Loved both of these
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### Author:  [@ICanAndWill](https://talkingsober.com/u/ICanAndWill)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2026, 8:31pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/any-avid-readers-here-what-are-you-currently-reading/93106/2336 "2026-02-05T20:31:13Z")
I just finished Stephen King’s _Dreamcatcher_, and while I absolutely enjoyed it—I am at a loss about the ending. I have to chew on it for a while before I will determine if it was good or not.
Now I’m starting Neil Gaiman’s _Anansi Boys_.
🤞🏻😬🤞🏻
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