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currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (617)
did-not-finish‎ (0)
non-fiction‎ (146)
memoir-and-biographies‎ (115)
crime-and-mystery‎ (78)
read-to-daughter‎ (48)
graphic-novels-and-comics‎ (39)
favourites‎ (35)
sci-fi‎ (35)
contemporary-fic‎ (32)

nz-authors‎ (27)
true-crime‎ (24)
fiction‎ (21)
medical-field‎ (20)
lest-we-forget‎ (17)
to-reissue‎ (15)
short-stories-and-novellas‎ (12)
spiritual-religion‎ (12)
fantasy‎ (11)
near-death-experiences‎ (10)
my-future-reads‎ (8)
paranormal‎ (8)

quirky‎ (8)
2020-releases‎ (7)
2nd-tier-favourites‎ (7)
kids-bedtime-stories‎ (7)
historical-fiction‎ (6)
psychology‎ (6)
thriller‎ (6)
death-industry‎ (5)
horror-or-horror-ish‎ (5)
lockdown-books‎ (5)
science‎ (5)
2021-releases‎ (4)

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did-not-finish-2‎ (4)
supernatural‎ (4)
want-to-read-2024‎ (4)
audiobooks‎ (3)
humour-non-fiction‎ (3)
library-list‎ (3)
sci-fi-masterworks‎ (3)
self-help-self-improvement‎ (3)
to-request‎ (3)
young-adult‎ (3)
2025-read-list‎ (2)

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“When we read a story, we inhabit it. The covers of the book are like a roof and four walls. What is to happen next will take place within the four walls of the story. And this is possible because the story's voice makes everything its own.”
― John Berger, Keeping a Rendezvous: Essays

tags: books, reading, stories, story

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“– tsundoku – a word that required a sentence in English: buying books and piling them up on a shelf without reading them.”
― Nick Bradley, The Cat and The City

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“Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live.”
― Norman Cousins

tags: death

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“Forever is composed of nows.”
― Emily Dickinson

tags: carpe-diem, live-in-the-moment

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“Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.”
― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

tags: coldness, depression, happiness, life, sad, sadness, sorrow

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The Readers Review: Literature from 1714 to 1910 — 3770 members — last activity 6 hours, 19 min ago
This is a group for discerning readers looking to discover, explore, and critically discuss some of the World’s literature, with a primary emphasis on ...more

The Next Best Book Club — 26109 members — last activity 7 hours, 41 min ago
Are you searching for the NEXT best book? Are you willing to kiss all your spare cash goodbye? Are you easily distracted by independent bookshops, bi ...more

Book Loving Kiwis — 1343 members — last activity Mar 30, 2026 02:12AM
A group for New Zealand book lovers (and authors) and lovers of New Zealand books (and books in general). A place to share what we are reading, introd ...more

Into the Forest — 2138 members — last activity 22 minutes ago
A group to discuss the fairy and folk tales, world mythologies, mythic fiction, magical realism fiction, and monsters. Of course, we also discuss rete ...more