Book Club on Yik Yak | I’m 21 and dyslexic. I have a really hard time reading and Hated it growing up so my reading level is a bit stunted. I want to be able to pick up a book and enjoy reading it now that I’m an adult. Give suggestions for books to rebuild my skills please!

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Book Club 22h

I’m 21 and dyslexic. I have a really hard time reading and Hated it growing up so my reading level is a bit stunted. I want to be able to pick up a book and enjoy reading it now that I’m an adult. Give suggestions for books to rebuild my skills please!

Anonymous 19h

listen to audiobooks! I like coloring or doing puzzles while I listen so that I don’t get distracted from the content. If you have trouble with narrators, maybe try a dramatized audio production with multiple cast members!

Anonymous 19h

Audiobooks is a great suggestion. There is also a dyslexic font in Kindle and some other reading apps that can really help! For book recs, I loved Anxious People. Dungeon Crawler Carl is also super easy to get into (not as much my fav but it’s a huge one for getting folks back into reading).

Anonymous 20h

Something that really helped me to get back into reading was comic books. There are so many amazing stories from indie publishers that have the plot complexity of a beautifully written book, alongside incredible artwork that helped my ADHD from making me zone out as much as a normal book does lol. If you’d like any recommendations, lmk🤗

Anonymous

#2 19h

I love love love audio books but I’m trying to help my literacy skills. So I’m trying to make myself relearn to read. If i listen to an audio book I at least try to follow along with a physical copy.

Anonymous

#1 19h

This might be an awesome idea actually! I’m a huge art fan! Some suggestions would be appreciated yes!

Anonymous

#3 18h

Yes thank you! I’m wanting to work on my skills to feel comfortable picking up any physical book and start reading without any accommodation so I want some easy books I can go grab copies of and just sit down and try. I’m determined to just be able to do it. 😂

Anonymous

OP 16h

Yay!!! Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing run is top tier for sure. If you’d like sci-fi and/or westerns, East of West is incredible, as is Pretty Deadly. If you’re into something a little weird and funny, Chew and Sex Criminals are amazing. Do you have any specific literary genres that you’re trying to get into?

Anonymous

#1 15h

Not specifically. I like horror/suspense but still want it to be good and well written. Otherwise I like to have some classics under my belt. Also… I’m on a kinda dystopian kick rn.

Anonymous

OP 8h

Okay, so East of West is gonna be a GREAT book for you. It’s a mix of horror, apocalyptic/dystopian, western, and sci-fi. I would also HIGHLY recommend Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing run. It’s DC, but it’s what I would classify as beautiful horror. It goes back and forth between the most eloquent prose you’ve ever read, and perfectly grotesque illustrations. It’s got some superhero elements, but is predominantly a metaphysical horror story.