r/books

General Information

As of February 8, 2024

Subreddit Name

r/books

Title

So many books, so little time

Language

en

Public Description

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.

Description

[](#place announcements below)

New Release: The Phoenix Crown by Kate Quinn
Check out the Weekly Recommendation Thread
Join in the Weekly "What Are You Reading?" Thread!

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Subscribers

23,675,795

Created

January 25, 2008

Type

public

Whitelist Status

all_ads

Flags

Restricted Comments

Restricted Submissions

Community Reviewed

Total Submissions

766,420

Total Comments

11,568,121

Earliest Submission

January 25, 2008

Earliest Comment

January 25, 2008

Metrics

Activity Over Time

totalSubmissions

totalComments

Submission Flags

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over 18

locked

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text submission

stickied

distinguished user

saved

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Comment Flags

gilded

locked

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Submission Score Distribution

< 0

0

1-10

11-50

51-100

> 100

Comment Score Distribution

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0

1-10

11-50

51-100

> 100

Title Length

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1-100

101-500

501-1000

>1000

Submission Text Length

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1-100

101-500

501-1000

>1000

Comments per Submission

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0

1-10

11-50

51-100

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Most Distinctive Words

Year

2024

Total Words in Subreddit

52,879,621

Total Words in Reddit

119,924,722,855

Rank↕	Word↕	Occurrences in Subreddit ↕	Total Occurrences ↕	Rate in Subreddit (per 1M words) ↕	Rate in Reddit (per 1M words) ↕	Ratio (Sub Rate / Reddit Rate) ↕
#1	suggestmeabook	26,396	59,550	499.2	0.5	1005.26
#2	whatsthatbook	19,767	58,822	373.8	0.5	762.12
#3	steinbeck	2,260	22,504	42.7	0.2	227.76
#4	booktok	2,350	27,238	44.4	0.2	195.66
#5	nabokov	1,312	15,321	24.8	0.1	194.21
#6	tipofmytongue	19,484	247,827	368.5	2.1	178.30
#7	murakami	2,891	41,693	54.7	0.3	157.26
#8	vonnegut	1,930	28,017	36.5	0.2	156.23
#9	eyre	1,481	22,509	28.0	0.2	149.22
#10	nonfiction	3,731	59,144	70.6	0.5	143.07
#11	earns	18,797	307,017	355.5	2.6	138.85
#12	earthsea	1,006	17,353	19.0	0.1	131.48
#13	cormac	2,150	37,089	40.7	0.3	131.47
#14	paperbacks	1,573	27,389	29.7	0.2	130.25
#15	dnf	6,926	127,813	131.0	1.1	122.89
#16	standalone	38,439	731,386	726.9	6.1	119.19
#17	tolstoy	1,308	25,592	24.7	0.2	115.91
#18	dickens	2,471	49,380	46.7	0.4	113.49
#19	rothfuss	890	18,024	16.8	0.2	111.98
#20	neuromancer	740	15,291	14.0	0.1	109.75
#21	gaiman	2,966	62,355	56.1	0.5	107.87
#22	mcfadden	756	16,081	14.3	0.1	106.62
#23	algernon	810	17,403	15.3	0.1	105.56
#24	faulkner	1,055	23,141	20.0	0.2	103.39
#25	crichton	1,058	23,683	20.0	0.2	101.31
#26	tbr	4,068	92,336	76.9	0.8	99.91
#27	bookstores	2,136	50,291	40.4	0.4	96.32
#28	hemingway	1,708	40,282	32.3	0.3	96.16
#29	prose	8,338	201,971	157.7	1.7	93.63
#30	dostoevsky	1,575	39,469	29.8	0.3	90.50
#31	haruki	632	16,114	12.0	0.1	88.95
#32	gatsby	2,152	55,324	40.7	0.5	88.22
#33	annotate	965	24,886	18.2	0.2	87.94
#34	heinlein	915	24,969	17.3	0.2	83.11
#35	austen	2,554	70,946	48.3	0.6	81.64
#36	bradbury	891	25,076	16.8	0.2	80.58
#37	goodreads	9,740	277,324	184.2	2.3	79.65
#38	hobb	692	19,792	13.1	0.2	79.29
#39	hardback	761	22,004	14.4	0.2	78.43
#40	bookclub	739	21,383	14.0	0.2	78.38
#41	hardcovers	599	17,449	11.3	0.1	77.85
#42	guin	1,225	35,856	23.2	0.3	77.48
#43	pratchett	3,016	89,507	57.0	0.7	76.42
#44	roald	623	18,761	11.8	0.2	75.31
#45	moby	2,214	66,976	41.9	0.6	74.97
#46	watership	581	17,599	11.0	0.1	74.87
#47	books	358,144	11,006,915	6772.8	91.8	73.79
#48	sanderson	5,631	173,671	106.5	1.4	73.53
#49	dumas	776	24,085	14.7	0.2	73.07
#50	asimov	1,446	44,891	27.3	0.4	73.05

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