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null, "MrsChiliad": null, "AhemExcuseMeSir": null, "Livid_Parsnip6190": null, "dasers1": null, "mattrhale": null, "ngmoonbow": null, "jade7slytherin": null, "AlienMagician7": null, "Sadnot": null, "bravetailor": null, "Fire_storming": null, "garyowenblack": null, "nina_giac": null, "kasagaeru": null, "Mysterious-Cable5801": null, "GrannyTeaBaggin": null, "Secure-Reporter-5647": null, "navy_yn2000": null, "time_is_galleons": null, "Impressive_Pizza4546": null, "Emalani": null}}, "commentLists": {"t3_1gpt6va": {"head": {"id": "t1_lwsqjdi", "type": "comment"}, "tail": {"id": "moreComments-t1_lwsrr9c", "type": "moreComments"}}}, "comments": {"t1_lwsqjdi": {"author": "discodiscgod", "authorId": "t2_3lx36w0a", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731440344.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwsqjdi", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwt6393", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwsqjdi/", "prev": null, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 38, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "Yep.  When I was kid I read almost exclusively fiction.  As I became a late teen/ early adult alway until my early 30s it was almost exclusively non-fiction.  Nowadays at 35 I\u2019ve been alternating between the two.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>Yep.  When I was kid I read almost exclusively fiction.  As I became a late teen/ early adult alway until my early 30s it was almost exclusively non-fiction.  Nowadays at 35 I\u2019ve been alternating between the two.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwt6393": {"author": "batfacecatface", "authorId": "t2_gmzq2", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731445149.0, "depth": 1, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwt6393", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwt9q10", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": "t1_lwsqjdi", "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwt6393/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwsqjdi", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 5, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "Same story for me. Trying to get back into fiction but I fear reading more bullshit and this concern is limiting me. So much trial and error.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>Same story for me. Trying to get back into fiction but I fear reading more bullshit and this concern is limiting me. So much trial and error.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwt9q10": {"author": "Smooth-Review-2614", "authorId": "t2_pbla7dt8g", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731446442.0, "depth": 2, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwt9q10", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwu0e7j", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": "t1_lwt6393", "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwt9q10/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwt6393", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 16, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "If you have an author you like try literature-map.com. It links clusters of similar authors.\u00a0", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>If you have an author you like try literature-map.com. It links clusters of similar authors.\u00a0</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwu0e7j": {"author": "ohboop", "authorId": "t2_93t2c", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731455232.0, "depth": 3, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwu0e7j", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwukv9e", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": "t1_lwt9q10", "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwu0e7j/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwt9q10", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 3, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "It doesn't link similar authors.\n\n\n>The more people like an author and another author, the closer together these two authors will move on the Literature-Map.\n\n\nSome really goofy associations on there. Like Dumas and Ayn Rand or Tolstoy and Linkin Park...", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>It doesn&#39;t link similar authors.</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n<p>The more people like an author and another author, the closer together these two authors will move on the Literature-Map.</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>Some really goofy associations on there. Like Dumas and Ayn Rand or Tolstoy and Linkin Park...</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwukv9e": {"author": "Smooth-Review-2614", "authorId": "t2_pbla7dt8g", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731462438.0, "depth": 4, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwukv9e", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwtceav", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": "t1_lwu0e7j", "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwukv9e/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwu0e7j", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "Also some really good ones. The ones in my area of fantasy make sense. \u00a0It matches style, sub-genre, and even relative age.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>Also some really good ones. The ones in my area of fantasy make sense. \u00a0It matches style, sub-genre, and even relative age.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwtceav": {"author": "batfacecatface", "authorId": "t2_gmzq2", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731447345.0, "depth": 3, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwtceav", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwv8rqc", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": "t1_lwt9q10", "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwtceav/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwukv9e", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "Life saver! Thanks. Gonna check it out.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>Life saver! Thanks. Gonna check it out.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwv8rqc": {"author": "OneGoodRib", "authorId": "t2_jnq48", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731471427.0, "depth": 1, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwv8rqc", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwsplcv", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": "t1_lwsqjdi", "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwv8rqc/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwtceav", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 1, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "When I was like 8 almost all I read was nonfiction (and the early reader Arthur chapter books), now I'm mostly uninterested unless it's something super interesting to me. I do kind of miss just going into the school library on library day and finding some random book about Saturn or hedgehogs and reading it. I don't even know where my nearest library is now.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>When I was like 8 almost all I read was nonfiction (and the early reader Arthur chapter books), now I&#39;m mostly uninterested unless it&#39;s something super interesting to me. I do kind of miss just going into the school library on library day and finding some random book about Saturn or hedgehogs and reading it. I don&#39;t even know where my nearest library is now.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwsplcv": {"author": "Smooth-Review-2614", "authorId": "t2_pbla7dt8g", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731440058.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwsplcv", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwsr8uo", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwsplcv/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwv8rqc", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 123, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "As I\u2019ve gotten older and realized I have more access to books, I DNF a lot more. I am a lot more willing to drop a series. I now realize that the books I like best are often going to be the random thing I find on a library shelf and not the current hot thing.\n\nI\u2019ve gotten board of thrillers and spy books.\u00a0", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>As I\u2019ve gotten older and realized I have more access to books, I DNF a lot more. I am a lot more willing to drop a series. I now realize that the books I like best are often going to be the random thing I find on a library shelf and not the current hot thing.</p>\n\n<p>I\u2019ve gotten board of thrillers and spy books.\u00a0</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwsr8uo": {"author": "LittleBlag", "authorId": "t2_or3eucunk", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731440555.0, "depth": 1, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwsr8uo", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwss05v", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": "t1_lwsplcv", "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwsr8uo/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwsplcv", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 27, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "Almost the opposite for me. I\u2019m much more willing to DNF, but I\u2019ve also got really really good at knowing which books I\u2019m going to like so I haven\u2019t DNFd in years", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>Almost the opposite for me. I\u2019m much more willing to DNF, but I\u2019ve also got really really good at knowing which books I\u2019m going to like so I haven\u2019t DNFd in years</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwss05v": {"author": "Smooth-Review-2614", "authorId": "t2_pbla7dt8g", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731440783.0, "depth": 2, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwss05v", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwssxsi", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": "t1_lwsr8uo", "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwss05v/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwsr8uo", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 3, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I keep trying to find new authors so I bounce off a lot of things. It\u2019s normal but annoying.\u00a0\n\nI have found authors that on paper are amazing and are writing exactly the kinds of books I want read but that I can\u2019t stand. I\u2019m still annoyed about Elizabeth Moon.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I keep trying to find new authors so I bounce off a lot of things. It\u2019s normal but annoying.\u00a0</p>\n\n<p>I have found authors that on paper are amazing and are writing exactly the kinds of books I want read but that I can\u2019t stand. I\u2019m still annoyed about Elizabeth Moon.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwssxsi": {"author": "LittleBlag", "authorId": "t2_or3eucunk", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731441064.0, "depth": 3, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwssxsi", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "moreComments-t1_lwyf7no", "type": "moreComments"}, "parentId": "t1_lwss05v", "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwssxsi/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwss05v", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 6, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I always read the first few paragraphs. I\u2019m someone that can read a story that\u2019s written well even if the plot is lacking, but can\u2019t do the opposite - so a few paragraphs usually lets me know whether the writing style is something I\u2019ll enjoy! I also don\u2019t get recommendations from anywhere except my mum as we broadly like the same books; I rarely find reviews or bestseller lists helpful", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I always read the first few paragraphs. I\u2019m someone that can read a story that\u2019s written well even if the plot is lacking, but can\u2019t do the opposite - so a few paragraphs usually lets me know whether the writing style is something I\u2019ll enjoy! I also don\u2019t get recommendations from anywhere except my mum as we broadly like the same books; I rarely find reviews or bestseller lists helpful</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwtnbtr": {"author": "SerenadeMePlz", "authorId": "t2_xuzqr", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731450771.0, "depth": 2, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": 1731452998.0, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwtnbtr", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": true, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwsx6au", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": "t1_lwsr8uo", "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwtnbtr/", "prev": {"id": "moreComments-t1_lwyf7no", "type": "moreComments"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "Oh yeah, I\u2019ve been way more willing to DNF as well. Especially when I was going through a phase when I thought I\u2019d read a lot of classics and I realized they just weren\u2019t for me.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>Oh yeah, I\u2019ve been way more willing to DNF as well. Especially when I was going through a phase when I thought I\u2019d read a lot of classics and I realized they just weren\u2019t for me.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwsx6au": {"author": "InvisibleSpaceVamp", "authorId": "t2_kse7z5t0", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731442375.0, "depth": 1, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwsx6au", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwt8qfk", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": "t1_lwsplcv", "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwsx6au/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwtnbtr", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 15, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "My thriller era is over too. I occasionally pick one up when it sounds like a new, interesting concept but everything that involves serial killers and messed up investigators and all the other done to death tropes just bores me these days.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>My thriller era is over too. I occasionally pick one up when it sounds like a new, interesting concept but everything that involves serial killers and messed up investigators and all the other done to death tropes just bores me these days.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwt8qfk": {"author": "[deleted]", "authorId": null, "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731446083.0, "depth": 1, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwt8qfk", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwtcc7m", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": "t1_lwsplcv", "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwt8qfk/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwsx6au", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 5, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "What\u2019s DNF?", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>What\u2019s DNF?</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwtcc7m": {"author": "Smooth-Review-2614", "authorId": "t2_pbla7dt8g", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731447327.0, "depth": 2, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwtcc7m", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwthl1h", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": "t1_lwt8qfk", "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwtcc7m/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwt8qfk", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 4, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "Do not finish. I am a lot more willing to drop books. It\u2019s amazing what you won\u2019t put up with once your public library has more than 1 small room of adult fiction. \u00a0Still, it was useful to get me to try just about every genre in high school and college.\u00a0", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>Do not finish. I am a lot more willing to drop books. It\u2019s amazing what you won\u2019t put up with once your public library has more than 1 small room of adult fiction. \u00a0Still, it was useful to get me to try just about every genre in high school and college.\u00a0</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwthl1h": {"author": "ImLittleNana", "authorId": "t2_2t73e2pd", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731448944.0, "depth": 1, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwthl1h", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwwhxr7", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": "t1_lwsplcv", "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwthl1h/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwtcc7m", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "Absolutely! I am more willing to experiment,  it less willing to devote my time to 500 pages of a book I am not enjoying. There is no test at the end, and too many treasures left to find.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>Absolutely! I am more willing to experiment,  it less willing to devote my time to 500 pages of a book I am not enjoying. There is no test at the end, and too many treasures left to find.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwwhxr7": {"author": "MistressMayhem101", "authorId": "t2_1bv5ufcjhs", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731498023.0, "depth": 1, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwwhxr7", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwwj1hj", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": "t1_lwsplcv", "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwwhxr7/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwthl1h", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "Went from soppy love stories to hardcore smut....", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>Went from soppy love stories to hardcore smut....</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwwj1hj": {"author": "Smooth-Review-2614", "authorId": "t2_pbla7dt8g", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731498603.0, "depth": 2, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwwj1hj", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "moreComments-t1_lwwjpp6", "type": "moreComments"}, "parentId": "t1_lwwhxr7", "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwwj1hj/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwwhxr7", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "You\u2019ll slip some the other way when the smut gets boring. It does get boring after a while and you want characters.\u00a0", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>You\u2019ll slip some the other way when the smut gets boring. It does get boring after a while and you want characters.\u00a0</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwsviy7": {"author": "Dying4aCure", "authorId": "t2_1uk5i1nl", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731441858.0, "depth": 1, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwsviy7", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwzfrqk", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": "t1_lwsplcv", "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwsviy7/", "prev": {"id": "moreComments-t1_lwwjpp6", "type": "moreComments"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 1, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I think many of us cut our teeth on spy novels.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I think many of us cut our teeth on spy novels.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwzfrqk": {"author": "BigGulpsHey", "authorId": "t2_13kclz", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731533452.0, "depth": 1, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwzfrqk", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "moreComments-t1_lwv8j5z", "type": "moreComments"}, "parentId": "t1_lwsplcv", "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwzfrqk/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwsviy7", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 1, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "For sure. Have like 200 books on my Kindle. If I'm not into it after first 50-100 pages. DNF and Delete. \n\nLife is much better since I started doing that.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>For sure. Have like 200 books on my Kindle. If I&#39;m not into it after first 50-100 pages. DNF and Delete. </p>\n\n<p>Life is much better since I started doing that.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwsrr30": {"author": "Taste_the__Rainbow", "authorId": "t2_tcfjx", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731440707.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwsrr30", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwspcoc", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwsrr30/", "prev": {"id": "moreComments-t1_lwv8j5z", "type": "moreComments"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 17, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I\u2019ve realized more and more that my mood determines what I enjoy as much or more than the book itself, as long as it\u2019s vaguely in a genre I\u2019m likely to read.\n\n\nSo many original DNFs turned out to be 11/10 books on a later read that I\u2019m no longer giving up on anything unless I get a third DNF years away from the first.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I\u2019ve realized more and more that my mood determines what I enjoy as much or more than the book itself, as long as it\u2019s vaguely in a genre I\u2019m likely to read.</p>\n\n<p>So many original DNFs turned out to be 11/10 books on a later read that I\u2019m no longer giving up on anything unless I get a third DNF years away from the first.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwspcoc": {"author": "[deleted]", "authorId": null, "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731439985.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": "moderator", "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, 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false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwv57ov", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": "t1_lwtfjbd", "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwublkd/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwtfjbd", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "Under what title?", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>Under what title?</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwv57ov": {"author": "PacJeans", "authorId": "t2_uaya1", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731469939.0, "depth": 3, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwv57ov", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwsqpfv", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": "t1_lwublkd", "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwv57ov/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwublkd", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "The Fyodor Dostoyevsky Complete Collection", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>The Fyodor Dostoyevsky Complete Collection</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwsqpfv": {"author": "diagramonanapkin", "authorId": "t2_l16td", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731440394.0, "depth": 1, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwsqpfv", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwstqvo", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": "t1_lwspcoc", "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwsqpfv/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwv57ov", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 7, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "Love his work. I took a class in college and have been reading him ever since.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>Love his work. I took a class in college and have been reading him ever since.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwstqvo": {"author": "rmnc-5", "authorId": "t2_ndvravu4s", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731441311.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwstqvo", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lx2oqmd", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwstqvo/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwsqpfv", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 13, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I used to read a lot of classics. Lately, I discovered literary fiction and postmodern literature, and now I\u2019m hooked. I also had a phase where I read only thrillers and detective novels.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I used to read a lot of classics. Lately, I discovered literary fiction and postmodern literature, and now I\u2019m hooked. I also had a phase where I read only thrillers and detective novels.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lx2oqmd": {"author": "Budget_Caterpillar61", "authorId": "t2_8s21yz1a", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731585764.0, "depth": 1, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lx2oqmd", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwsyhnk", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": "t1_lwstqvo", "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lx2oqmd/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwstqvo", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "Same here, except for detective novels.\n\nNow I mainly read piano tuning manuals.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>Same here, except for detective novels.</p>\n\n<p>Now I mainly read piano tuning manuals.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwsyhnk": {"author": "line_4", "authorId": "t2_15lfqm", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731442783.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwsyhnk", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwx6lfe", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwsyhnk/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lx2oqmd", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 26, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I used to love YA but I've aged out. Honestly, I cannot take the teenage angst lol.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I used to love YA but I&#39;ve aged out. Honestly, I cannot take the teenage angst lol.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwx6lfe": {"author": "[deleted]", "authorId": null, "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731508398.0, "depth": 1, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwx6lfe", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwy7zp8", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": "t1_lwsyhnk", "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwx6lfe/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwsyhnk", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 5, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "And the toxic relationships with literally anyone. I felt a bit nostalgic recently and tried to reread some of my YA favorites\u2026 I just wanted to send every character to therapy and a communication course after a 100 pages \ud83d\ude02\nI can\u2019t read Romantasy anymore. I either read healthy modern romance or fantasy.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>And the toxic relationships with literally anyone. I felt a bit nostalgic recently and tried to reread some of my YA favorites\u2026 I just wanted to send every character to therapy and a communication course after a 100 pages \ud83d\ude02\nI can\u2019t read Romantasy anymore. I either read healthy modern romance or fantasy.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwy7zp8": {"author": "line_4", "authorId": "t2_15lfqm", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731520191.0, "depth": 2, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwy7zp8", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwxykhr", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": "t1_lwx6lfe", "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwy7zp8/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwx6lfe", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I miss YA but I am also old. I just want to lie back and read about how a tree grows leaves (nonfiction) or maybe wander into NYT bestsellers list to admire what modern people read.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I miss YA but I am also old. I just want to lie back and read about how a tree grows leaves (nonfiction) or maybe wander into NYT bestsellers list to admire what modern people read.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwxykhr": {"author": "Level_Film_3025", "authorId": "t2_16nujdlnpo", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731517334.0, "depth": 1, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwxykhr", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwy849k", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": "t1_lwsyhnk", "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwxykhr/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwy7zp8", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 4, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I struggled really hard to explain this to people because they would get defensive, but I've had the most luck comparing it to exercise. YA for me is like jogging a track or swimming pool laps. It's a perfectly respectable thing to enjoy, I dont judge people for doing it.\n\nBut it also doesnt scratch the itch I get to climb a mountain or swim in a lake. There are just some things I only get from taking on a more strenuous task that then gives me a sense of satisfaction as well as accomplishment, and the difficulty often is paid off with more interesting views and a greater sense of introspection by the time I'm done.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I struggled really hard to explain this to people because they would get defensive, but I&#39;ve had the most luck comparing it to exercise. YA for me is like jogging a track or swimming pool laps. It&#39;s a perfectly respectable thing to enjoy, I dont judge people for doing it.</p>\n\n<p>But it also doesnt scratch the itch I get to climb a mountain or swim in a lake. There are just some things I only get from taking on a more strenuous task that then gives me a sense of satisfaction as well as accomplishment, and the difficulty often is paid off with more interesting views and a greater sense of introspection by the time I&#39;m done.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwy849k": {"author": "line_4", "authorId": "t2_15lfqm", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731520228.0, "depth": 2, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwy849k", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwtob8x", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": "t1_lwxykhr", "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwy849k/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwxykhr", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "This is a great comparison for a lot of other things as well. I'm stealing this \ud83d\ude00", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>This is a great comparison for a lot of other things as well. I&#39;m stealing this \ud83d\ude00</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwtob8x": {"author": "SerenadeMePlz", "authorId": "t2_xuzqr", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731451088.0, "depth": 1, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwtob8x", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": true, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwy89iu", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": "t1_lwsyhnk", "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwtob8x/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwy849k", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 5, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "Yeah it\u2019s a bit bittersweet when I try to go back and read some books I loved as a kid and realized I just couldn\u2019t get into them the same way.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>Yeah it\u2019s a bit bittersweet when I try to go back and read some books I loved as a kid and realized I just couldn\u2019t get into them the same way.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwy89iu": {"author": "line_4", "authorId": "t2_15lfqm", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731520272.0, "depth": 2, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwy89iu", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwt8l8v", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": "t1_lwtob8x", "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwy89iu/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwtob8x", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 3, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I guess they'll live in our memories... including that one time I read all 4 Twilight books.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I guess they&#39;ll live in our memories... including that one time I read all 4 Twilight books.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwt8l8v": {"author": "[deleted]", "authorId": null, "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731446030.0, "depth": 1, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwt8l8v", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwsrtgx", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": "t1_lwsyhnk", "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwt8l8v/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwy89iu", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 3, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "Totally agree! I have enough angst of my own to deal with these days without seeking out more! \ud83d\ude01", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>Totally agree! I have enough angst of my own to deal with these days without seeking out more! \ud83d\ude01</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwsrtgx": {"author": "Hungry-Ad-7120", "authorId": "t2_6qoptzo5", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731440727.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwsrtgx", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwsr4uw", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwsrtgx/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwt8l8v", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 9, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I\u2019m more willing to read more challenging texts, in my western Civ class we have a massive stack of books to read. We\u2019re currently going through Roman culture and I really got a taste for the literature. Ended up going out and buying a few books in the subject to read once the class is finished because I enjoyed reading it so much.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I\u2019m more willing to read more challenging texts, in my western Civ class we have a massive stack of books to read. We\u2019re currently going through Roman culture and I really got a taste for the literature. Ended up going out and buying a few books in the subject to read once the class is finished because I enjoyed reading it so much.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwsr4uw": {"author": "pr0crasturbatin", "authorId": "t2_sndb2", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731440522.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwsr4uw", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "moreComments-t1_lwtnowm", "type": "moreComments"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwsr4uw/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwsrtgx", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 7, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "As a kid, I loved fantastical fiction and sci-fi, but now in my twenties, I've gravitated much more towards historical nonfiction and the like. Although I've been getting back into the Discworld books recently, so I think my enjoyment of fiction is returning, especially if it has a good dose of satire in it!", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>As a kid, I loved fantastical fiction and sci-fi, but now in my twenties, I&#39;ve gravitated much more towards historical nonfiction and the like. Although I&#39;ve been getting back into the Discworld books recently, so I think my enjoyment of fiction is returning, especially if it has a good dose of satire in it!</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwsqxbi": {"author": "diagramonanapkin", "authorId": "t2_l16td", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731440460.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwsqxbi", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwswvur", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwsqxbi/", "prev": {"id": "moreComments-t1_lwtnowm", "type": "moreComments"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 13, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "Definitely. As a kid I read a lot of fantasy but find that I don't like it anymore. I read more political non-fiction and straight up and down novels.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>Definitely. As a kid I read a lot of fantasy but find that I don&#39;t like it anymore. I read more political non-fiction and straight up and down novels.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwswvur": {"author": "QuickBen-dan-Gorst", "authorId": "t2_dmu9cef66", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731442283.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": 1731788649.0, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwswvur", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwsuwaj", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwswvur/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwsqxbi", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 6, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I started with the usual kid stuff when I was a kid(Harry Potter, Goosebumps, Cirque Du Freak, Pendragon), then in high school I became absolutely obsessed with literary fiction. I was obsessed with that sulky yet idealistic teen boy stuff like the Beats, Bukowski, Celine. Then Hemingway, and onto Richard Yates, Andre Dubus, and Flanbery O\u2019Connor in college. In college I also started reading a lot more about politics and history. Then I went to law school and overnight became obsessed with fantasy and sci-fi. Now I\u2019m in my 30s and read 90% fantasy, sci-fi, and horror and 10% literary fiction. Rarely touch nonfiction anymore. Some would say I regressed, but I think I just matured enough to realize it doesn\u2019t matter what people would say and just read whatever tickled my fancy.\n\nEdit: read back through this and got a kick out of using the term idealistic to describe Bukowski and Celine lol. You get what I mean though.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I started with the usual kid stuff when I was a kid(Harry Potter, Goosebumps, Cirque Du Freak, Pendragon), then in high school I became absolutely obsessed with literary fiction. I was obsessed with that sulky yet idealistic teen boy stuff like the Beats, Bukowski, Celine. Then Hemingway, and onto Richard Yates, Andre Dubus, and Flanbery O\u2019Connor in college. In college I also started reading a lot more about politics and history. Then I went to law school and overnight became obsessed with fantasy and sci-fi. Now I\u2019m in my 30s and read 90% fantasy, sci-fi, and horror and 10% literary fiction. Rarely touch nonfiction anymore. Some would say I regressed, but I think I just matured enough to realize it doesn\u2019t matter what people would say and just read whatever tickled my fancy.</p>\n\n<p>Edit: read back through this and got a kick out of using the term idealistic to describe Bukowski and Celine lol. You get what I mean though.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwsuwaj": {"author": "celljelli", "authorId": "t2_169lwpjqyo", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731441659.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwsuwaj", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwsz7k8", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwsuwaj/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwswvur", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 5, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "my tastes have diversified im happy to say. most of my life i read nothing but scifi and horror, but in the last couple years I've branched out into reading fantasy again, reading and appreciating YA, and a lot of literary fiction. I read solely litfic for like a year and I won't lie it kind of screwed up my writing because I was attempting genre fiction at the time and it just made me elitist but solely against myself. but I think I've repaired that. now I read historical fiction and cyberpunk and YA and fanfiction and non fiction and philosophy and graphic novels and everything and it is so much better this way. I love it all", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>my tastes have diversified im happy to say. most of my life i read nothing but scifi and horror, but in the last couple years I&#39;ve branched out into reading fantasy again, reading and appreciating YA, and a lot of literary fiction. I read solely litfic for like a year and I won&#39;t lie it kind of screwed up my writing because I was attempting genre fiction at the time and it just made me elitist but solely against myself. but I think I&#39;ve repaired that. now I read historical fiction and cyberpunk and YA and fanfiction and non fiction and philosophy and graphic novels and everything and it is so much better this way. I love it all</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwsz7k8": {"author": "SelfAwareTaurus", "authorId": "t2_1az3yo5831", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731443006.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwsz7k8", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwsr479", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwsz7k8/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwsuwaj", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 5, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "My reading has stayed pretty consistent; fiction novels, fantasy sagas, light sci-fi, romance, memoirs..\n\nWhat I choose to read depends on my mental state lol \n\nIf I am not doing the best mentally, I read too much romance. (not because i'm heartbroken.. it's just so easy to consume, like junk food)", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>My reading has stayed pretty consistent; fiction novels, fantasy sagas, light sci-fi, romance, memoirs..</p>\n\n<p>What I choose to read depends on my mental state lol </p>\n\n<p>If I am not doing the best mentally, I read too much romance. (not because i&#39;m heartbroken.. it&#39;s just so easy to consume, like junk food)</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwsr479": {"author": "everythingbeeps", "authorId": "t2_dp0ar3zm", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731440516.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwsr479", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwstj8o", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwsr479/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwsz7k8", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 19, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "As I've gotten older, I'm more interested in trash and less interested in \"literature.\"", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>As I&#39;ve gotten older, I&#39;m more interested in trash and less interested in &quot;literature.&quot;</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwstj8o": {"author": "Junior-Air-6807", "authorId": "t2_srd8v0xey", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731441247.0, "depth": 1, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwstj8o", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwt39r4", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": "t1_lwsr479", "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwstj8o/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwsr479", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 30, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "Opposite for me. I realized that \"literature\" is actually really interesting, and that I prioritize good writing over anything.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>Opposite for me. I realized that &quot;literature&quot; is actually really interesting, and that I prioritize good writing over anything.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwt39r4": {"author": "imoinda", "authorId": "t2_8rr4n", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731444249.0, "depth": 2, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwt39r4", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwsue28", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": "t1_lwstj8o", "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwt39r4/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwstj8o", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 9, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "Same here. I used to read crime fiction, now I read classics, Booker and Nobel laureates and books by people I wouldn\u2019t come across as easily, such as African and Asian literature. And there\u2019s so much good stuff out there!", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>Same here. I used to read crime fiction, now I read classics, Booker and Nobel laureates and books by people I wouldn\u2019t come across as easily, such as African and Asian literature. And there\u2019s so much good stuff out there!</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwsue28": {"author": "everythingbeeps", "authorId": "t2_dp0ar3zm", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731441506.0, "depth": 2, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwsue28", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwtgs3v", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": "t1_lwstj8o", "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwsue28/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwt39r4", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 5, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I was an english major. I got all my literature done in my 20's, and then I was just tired.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I was an english major. I got all my literature done in my 20&#39;s, and then I was just tired.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwtgs3v": {"author": "RJWolfe", "authorId": "t2_gafk1", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731448698.0, "depth": 3, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwtgs3v", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwu7801", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": "t1_lwsue28", "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwtgs3v/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwsue28", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "It's just about interest. It could be the easiest book ever written by cocaine up in Maine, and it wouldn't make a damn difference if you don't care.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>It&#39;s just about interest. It could be the easiest book ever written by cocaine up in Maine, and it wouldn&#39;t make a damn difference if you don&#39;t care.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwu7801": {"author": "[deleted]", "authorId": null, "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731457623.0, "depth": 3, "deletedBy": "user", "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwu7801", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": true, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "moreComments-t1_lwunhex", "type": "moreComments"}, "parentId": "t1_lwsue28", "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwu7801/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwtgs3v", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "[deleted]", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>[deleted]</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwsyfmr": {"author": "Yeah_Mr_Jesus", "authorId": "t2_wdhbf", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731442765.0, "depth": 1, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwsyfmr", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lww2t6p", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": "t1_lwsr479", "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwsyfmr/", "prev": {"id": "moreComments-t1_lx2ow5v", "type": "moreComments"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 13, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "My wife reads all the time. Mostly smut. It makes her happy. She will read non-smut every once in a while. I asked her why she likes smut so much and she said \"I'm a teacher. I have to use my brain all day long. When I'm relaxing I just want to turn my brain off and be entertained by dumb drama and sexiness so I don't have to think about grades and tests and disrespectful students and clueless parents\"", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>My wife reads all the time. Mostly smut. It makes her happy. She will read non-smut every once in a while. I asked her why she likes smut so much and she said &quot;I&#39;m a teacher. I have to use my brain all day long. When I&#39;m relaxing I just want to turn my brain off and be entertained by dumb drama and sexiness so I don&#39;t have to think about grades and tests and disrespectful students and clueless parents&quot;</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lww2t6p": {"author": "ef-why-not", "authorId": "t2_16g73rlovf", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731488335.0, "depth": 2, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lww2t6p", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "moreComments-t1_lwu1edb", "type": "moreComments"}, "parentId": "t1_lwsyfmr", "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lww2t6p/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwsyfmr", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "God, I feel seen lol.\u00a0", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>God, I feel seen lol.\u00a0</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwtnsfu": {"author": "SerenadeMePlz", "authorId": "t2_xuzqr", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731450920.0, "depth": 1, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwtnsfu", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": true, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwthy74", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": "t1_lwsr479", "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwtnsfu/", "prev": {"id": "moreComments-t1_lwu1edb", "type": "moreComments"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 1, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "Haha awesome!", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>Haha awesome!</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwthy74": {"author": "ImLittleNana", "authorId": "t2_2t73e2pd", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731449057.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwthy74", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwstqze", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwthy74/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwtnsfu", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 4, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "It\u2019s been a very long time since I read a graphic sex scene involving werewolves or elves, so yes my tastes have definitely changed.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>It\u2019s been a very long time since I read a graphic sex scene involving werewolves or elves, so yes my tastes have definitely changed.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwstqze": {"author": "llalpaca", "authorId": "t2_g50je", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731441311.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwstqze", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwsw4na", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwstqze/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwthy74", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 7, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I don\u2019t think my taste has actually changed genre-wise, although I seek out and enjoy a lot more books by women than I did when I read the most (now 42, but read a crazy amount between 16 and 21). I\u2019m not sure whether these days there are more contemporary books by female authors that are better respected (such as Sally Rooney, Zadie Smith, Barbara Kingsolver) as literature, or they just weren\u2019t on my radar as much back then. In the late 90s, it did seem like male authors dominated what was perceived as quality modern literature and haven\u2019t aged well (D.B.Pierre, Bret Easton Ellis), whereas with a few exceptions, women\u2019s writing was viewed as trashier (Catherine Cookson, Jilly Cooper). As well as that, when I started reading adult fiction, I was steered towards a load of male authors from the 20th century - some great (Graham Greene, Orwell), and some awful machismo beat shit that a 17 year girl had no business worrying about. I\u2019ve realised I absolutely hate the Beats. \nStill can\u2019t get into non-fiction, and I\u2019d expected to have done so by now.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I don\u2019t think my taste has actually changed genre-wise, although I seek out and enjoy a lot more books by women than I did when I read the most (now 42, but read a crazy amount between 16 and 21). I\u2019m not sure whether these days there are more contemporary books by female authors that are better respected (such as Sally Rooney, Zadie Smith, Barbara Kingsolver) as literature, or they just weren\u2019t on my radar as much back then. In the late 90s, it did seem like male authors dominated what was perceived as quality modern literature and haven\u2019t aged well (D.B.Pierre, Bret Easton Ellis), whereas with a few exceptions, women\u2019s writing was viewed as trashier (Catherine Cookson, Jilly Cooper). As well as that, when I started reading adult fiction, I was steered towards a load of male authors from the 20th century - some great (Graham Greene, Orwell), and some awful machismo beat shit that a 17 year girl had no business worrying about. I\u2019ve realised I absolutely hate the Beats. \nStill can\u2019t get into non-fiction, and I\u2019d expected to have done so by now.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwsw4na": {"author": "[deleted]", "authorId": null, "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731442047.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwsw4na", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwsxjbc", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwsw4na/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwstqze", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 3, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I used to read a lot of dystopian stuff but as I get older and watch the world become more miserable and terrifying for women, I've been a lot less inclined to read that stuff. I guess I mostly read what they call \"book club fiction\" now.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I used to read a lot of dystopian stuff but as I get older and watch the world become more miserable and terrifying for women, I&#39;ve been a lot less inclined to read that stuff. I guess I mostly read what they call &quot;book club fiction&quot; now.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwsxjbc": {"author": "Even_Act_6888", "authorId": "t2_1206bwwuvg", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731442488.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwsxjbc", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwt1ky0", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwsxjbc/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwsw4na", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 3, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "Absolutely!  I think the reason why this happens to us is as we get older, we are comfortable with admitting we know less and less about the world and universe, than we previously thought in our younger years.  I've learned over the years that that saying (paraphrased) \"The older I get, the more I realize how little I actually know,\" is very true.  I'd imagine that's a major factor in why our reading preferences broaden significantly.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>Absolutely!  I think the reason why this happens to us is as we get older, we are comfortable with admitting we know less and less about the world and universe, than we previously thought in our younger years.  I&#39;ve learned over the years that that saying (paraphrased) &quot;The older I get, the more I realize how little I actually know,&quot; is very true.  I&#39;d imagine that&#39;s a major factor in why our reading preferences broaden significantly.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwt1ky0": {"author": "emoney092", "authorId": "t2_4e2okd2d", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731443734.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwt1ky0", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwt1t5k", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwt1ky0/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwsxjbc", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 3, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "As I've gotten older I've been more open to romantic plots in books. Not necessarily a romance reader but instead of rejecting a book that's a little heavy on the romance I take it in stride. A lot of it probably has to do with the fact that I've been reading SJM since Throne of Glass first released in 2012 and her books have definitely become more about the romance than the fantasy since then.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>As I&#39;ve gotten older I&#39;ve been more open to romantic plots in books. Not necessarily a romance reader but instead of rejecting a book that&#39;s a little heavy on the romance I take it in stride. A lot of it probably has to do with the fact that I&#39;ve been reading SJM since Throne of Glass first released in 2012 and her books have definitely become more about the romance than the fantasy since then.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwt1t5k": {"author": "smileglysdi", "authorId": "t2_mstb70cm", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731443803.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwt1t5k", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwstdn8", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwt1t5k/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwt1ky0", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 3, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "Before I had kids I could handle worse stuff. Now, if something awful happens to kids in a book- I just can\u2019t handle it.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>Before I had kids I could handle worse stuff. Now, if something awful happens to kids in a book- I just can\u2019t handle it.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwstdn8": {"author": "PhilosophicEllie", "authorId": "t2_10i25imm97", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731441198.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwstdn8", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "moreComments-t1_lwt48ta", "type": "moreComments"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwstdn8/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwt1t5k", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 5, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I think I definitely have got wider and weirder in my tastes. Like I'm fine with a bit more unreliable narrators or unresolved plotlines. \n\nI've also done a little loop the loop back to fantasy as a preferred genre, having gone through a gritty realism stage and decided reality was probably gritty enough.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I think I definitely have got wider and weirder in my tastes. Like I&#39;m fine with a bit more unreliable narrators or unresolved plotlines. </p>\n\n<p>I&#39;ve also done a little loop the loop back to fantasy as a preferred genre, having gone through a gritty realism stage and decided reality was probably gritty enough.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwsudk4": {"author": "BugMillionaire", "authorId": "t2_ygqcufxao", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731441501.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": 1731441828.0, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwsudk4", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwt4tiq", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwsudk4/", "prev": {"id": "moreComments-t1_lwt48ta", "type": "moreComments"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 4, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "Absolutely. I used to be a bit snooty about what I'd read -- I wanted things with a lot of \"substance\" and literary props. Nowadays, I love a cozy mystery and contemporary romance and reach for that more than anything else. The world is stressful and I have a lot going on in my life, I want to just chill out with something nice and chill at the end of the day.\n\nEdited to add that I also go into Fantasy in the last 5years and was never into it before. My foray into D&D kicked that off, I think.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>Absolutely. I used to be a bit snooty about what I&#39;d read -- I wanted things with a lot of &quot;substance&quot; and literary props. Nowadays, I love a cozy mystery and contemporary romance and reach for that more than anything else. The world is stressful and I have a lot going on in my life, I want to just chill out with something nice and chill at the end of the day.</p>\n\n<p>Edited to add that I also go into Fantasy in the last 5years and was never into it before. My foray into D&amp;D kicked that off, I think.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwt4tiq": {"author": "teal_spaceship", "authorId": "t2_j31hy4u9s", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731444728.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwt4tiq", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwtbqwu", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwt4tiq/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwsudk4", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 4, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "American here, 35M. I was always into dystopian fiction but then our 2016 election happened and the country just started looking too similar as to what we were all experiencing (still to this day). Now I like reading non fiction, history mostly.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>American here, 35M. I was always into dystopian fiction but then our 2016 election happened and the country just started looking too similar as to what we were all experiencing (still to this day). Now I like reading non fiction, history mostly.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwtbqwu": {"author": "jimmyjamz4", "authorId": "t2_ggk7j", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731447132.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwtbqwu", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "moreComments-t1_lww2p6y", "type": "moreComments"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwtbqwu/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwt4tiq", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 6, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "When I was younger I read *literature*. Now I read fantasy smut and romance novels. I was considering doing a \u201cyear of Russian literature\u201d in 2025, however. This year I\u2019ve also stopped reading books I don\u2019t like.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>When I was younger I read <em>literature</em>. Now I read fantasy smut and romance novels. I was considering doing a \u201cyear of Russian literature\u201d in 2025, however. This year I\u2019ve also stopped reading books I don\u2019t like.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwssg50": {"author": "AHThorny", "authorId": "t2_2pw31udj", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731440917.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwssg50", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwstojr", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwssg50/", "prev": {"id": "moreComments-t1_lww2p6y", "type": "moreComments"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I read a lot of the classic YA novels of the 2000s and 2010s e.g. Percy Jackson, Hunger Games, Harry Potter etc. Now I have started reading a lot of horror and thriller books; mostly Stephen King.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I read a lot of the classic YA novels of the 2000s and 2010s e.g. Percy Jackson, Hunger Games, Harry Potter etc. Now I have started reading a lot of horror and thriller books; mostly Stephen King.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwstojr": {"author": "TheFishSauce", "authorId": "t2_1vu6vq8l", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731441291.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwstojr", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwsvdod", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwstojr/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwssg50", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "Absolutely. The older I get, the wider my reading gets. Over the pandemic I started reading poetry pretty heavily, which isn't something I've done since university. It goes in phases, too. Some years I read a lot of SF/F, other years a lot of detective or spy stuff, some years it's almost entirely literary fiction, others I'm very heavy on non-fiction.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>Absolutely. The older I get, the wider my reading gets. Over the pandemic I started reading poetry pretty heavily, which isn&#39;t something I&#39;ve done since university. It goes in phases, too. Some years I read a lot of SF/F, other years a lot of detective or spy stuff, some years it&#39;s almost entirely literary fiction, others I&#39;m very heavy on non-fiction.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwsvdod": {"author": "Dying4aCure", "authorId": "t2_1uk5i1nl", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731441811.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwsvdod", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwsvt16", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwsvdod/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwstojr", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I used to be into thrillers and spy novels, then historical fiction, now I rarely read those genres and read good sci-fi, literature, and even good fantasy. I read everything but the original genres and bodice rippers.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I used to be into thrillers and spy novels, then historical fiction, now I rarely read those genres and read good sci-fi, literature, and even good fantasy. I read everything but the original genres and bodice rippers.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwsvt16": {"author": "PretendiFendi", "authorId": "t2_brfm4olz", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731441946.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwsvt16", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwsw6mm", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwsvt16/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwsvdod", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I enjoyed more when I was younger. I was easier to impress. I hadn\u2019t been exposed to a lot of ideas, so almost everything was an interesting thought. \n\nI\u2019ve never liked non-fiction though to answer your question more directly, so there hasn\u2019t been a transition there. I\u2019ll try to read one a year and always end up abandoning it.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I enjoyed more when I was younger. I was easier to impress. I hadn\u2019t been exposed to a lot of ideas, so almost everything was an interesting thought. </p>\n\n<p>I\u2019ve never liked non-fiction though to answer your question more directly, so there hasn\u2019t been a transition there. I\u2019ll try to read one a year and always end up abandoning it.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwsw6mm": {"author": "amyaurora", "authorId": "t2_cey1s", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731442064.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwsw6mm", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwsx3dp", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwsw6mm/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwsvt16", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "Yes. I have shifted away feom action adventure novels to ones that are more historical.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>Yes. I have shifted away feom action adventure novels to ones that are more historical.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwsx3dp": {"author": "Yeah_Mr_Jesus", "authorId": "t2_wdhbf", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731442350.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwsx3dp", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwsyelf", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwsx3dp/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwsw6mm", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I am still and I have always been a \"read whatever\" type of guy. I'm not a voracious reader by any means (probably around 1 book a month is normal for me). Only thing I won't really read is romance (only \"romance\" books I ever read were twilight back in the day).\n\nI've always like dystopian. The only thing I've really added in the last few years is Stephen King.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I am still and I have always been a &quot;read whatever&quot; type of guy. I&#39;m not a voracious reader by any means (probably around 1 book a month is normal for me). Only thing I won&#39;t really read is romance (only &quot;romance&quot; books I ever read were twilight back in the day).</p>\n\n<p>I&#39;ve always like dystopian. The only thing I&#39;ve really added in the last few years is Stephen King.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwsyelf": {"author": "[deleted]", "authorId": null, "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731442756.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwsyelf", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwszcdo", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwsyelf/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwsx3dp", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "Not really. When I was a child, I only read the books I had to read for school, so I read them strictly for academic reasons. The first book I read on my own was Machiavelli's \"The Prince\" when I was 14. Since then, I have read non-fiction and fiction (particularly hard sci fi).", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>Not really. When I was a child, I only read the books I had to read for school, so I read them strictly for academic reasons. The first book I read on my own was Machiavelli&#39;s &quot;The Prince&quot; when I was 14. Since then, I have read non-fiction and fiction (particularly hard sci fi).</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwszcdo": {"author": "[deleted]", "authorId": null, "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731443047.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": 1733374063.0, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwszcdo", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwszsoq", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwszcdo/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwsyelf", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "foolish support slim normal bored like overconfident pathetic makeshift shy\n\n *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev/home)*", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>foolish support slim normal bored like overconfident pathetic makeshift shy</p>\n\n<p><em>This post was mass deleted and anonymized with <a href=\"https://redact.dev/home\">Redact</a></em></p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwszsoq": {"author": "DesiBoo2", "authorId": "t2_145akmxvl9", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731443186.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwszsoq", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwszw6n", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwszsoq/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwszcdo", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "Yes. When I was around 18yo I was very into fantasy, then when I was 22-ish I got into chicklit, after that I discovered thrillers, and now I mostly read historical fiction and cosy mysteries (but also still occassionaly the other genres, I haven't turned my back on them completely, and it all depends on my mood).", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>Yes. When I was around 18yo I was very into fantasy, then when I was 22-ish I got into chicklit, after that I discovered thrillers, and now I mostly read historical fiction and cosy mysteries (but also still occassionaly the other genres, I haven&#39;t turned my back on them completely, and it all depends on my mood).</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwszw6n": {"author": "InvisibleSpaceVamp", "authorId": "t2_kse7z5t0", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731443216.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwszw6n", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwt0g5w", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwszw6n/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwszsoq", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I started off as an exclusive Fantasy reader too and now I'm willing to try almost everything. I still find the \"self help\" genre ridiculous and LitFic boring and I will only touch romance when my brain is a bit mushy from too much Christmas but other than that, I think every genres has the potential to be interesting to me.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I started off as an exclusive Fantasy reader too and now I&#39;m willing to try almost everything. I still find the &quot;self help&quot; genre ridiculous and LitFic boring and I will only touch romance when my brain is a bit mushy from too much Christmas but other than that, I think every genres has the potential to be interesting to me.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwt0g5w": {"author": "floralbalaclava", "authorId": "t2_tjls0rto", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731443388.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwt0g5w", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwt1j8y", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwt0g5w/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwszw6n", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "As a kid, I read largely fiction. Pretty much anything, but usually not fantasy and usually more literary. In my teens, I read mostly the Beats, lit fiction, and creative non-fiction. When I was in my late teens and early to mid twenties, I basically only read non-fiction (not creative) and Murakami. From my mid twenties to now (31), I\u2019ve read a fairly 40/60 split of creative non-fiction/lit fiction. \n\nThe biggest change is that I can\u2019t stomach most of the non-fiction I liked in my early twenties and I can\u2019t stand the way Murakami writes women. A huge number of the books I like in terms of subject matter are by women and/or queer people. I think the blueprints were there when I was younger, but I\u2019ve become more discerning.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>As a kid, I read largely fiction. Pretty much anything, but usually not fantasy and usually more literary. In my teens, I read mostly the Beats, lit fiction, and creative non-fiction. When I was in my late teens and early to mid twenties, I basically only read non-fiction (not creative) and Murakami. From my mid twenties to now (31), I\u2019ve read a fairly 40/60 split of creative non-fiction/lit fiction. </p>\n\n<p>The biggest change is that I can\u2019t stomach most of the non-fiction I liked in my early twenties and I can\u2019t stand the way Murakami writes women. A huge number of the books I like in terms of subject matter are by women and/or queer people. I think the blueprints were there when I was younger, but I\u2019ve become more discerning.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwt1j8y": {"author": "anniestandingngai", "authorId": "t2_aibx4xoi", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731443719.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwt1j8y", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwt2hl5", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwt1j8y/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwt0g5w", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I went from chick lit to vampire and fantasy novels as a teen. Now in my 30s, I'm firmly in the thriller and police or fbi procedurals camp.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I went from chick lit to vampire and fantasy novels as a teen. Now in my 30s, I&#39;m firmly in the thriller and police or fbi procedurals camp.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwt2hl5": {"author": "No_Baseball_5512", "authorId": "t2_7fa1xu81", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731444010.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwt2hl5", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwt3h4e", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwt2hl5/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwt1j8y", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "Definitely. When I was younger I read a lot of fantasy, mystery and some romance books during my teens. I now mainly read literary fiction, classic lit and non fiction. Once in a while when I\u2019m trying to get out of a reading funk, I\u2019ll read mystery but romance is the one I cannot handle anymore- it\u2019s almost always a DNF. (Oddly enough I absolutely adore watching romcoms)", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>Definitely. When I was younger I read a lot of fantasy, mystery and some romance books during my teens. I now mainly read literary fiction, classic lit and non fiction. Once in a while when I\u2019m trying to get out of a reading funk, I\u2019ll read mystery but romance is the one I cannot handle anymore- it\u2019s almost always a DNF. (Oddly enough I absolutely adore watching romcoms)</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwt3h4e": {"author": "NovelGoddess", "authorId": "t2_2eutxole", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731444310.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwt3h4e", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwt3smq", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwt3h4e/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwt2hl5", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I've always read genre's in spurts. Read romance until I am bored with it, move onto another genre until I am sick of that one then move on again, eventually coming back to romance and doing it all over again.  I have added a few genres as I have gotten older.\n\nI added Historical, Satire, Epic Fantasy, Urban Fantasy and Young/New Adult", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I&#39;ve always read genre&#39;s in spurts. Read romance until I am bored with it, move onto another genre until I am sick of that one then move on again, eventually coming back to romance and doing it all over again.  I have added a few genres as I have gotten older.</p>\n\n<p>I added Historical, Satire, Epic Fantasy, Urban Fantasy and Young/New Adult</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwt3smq": {"author": "later_satyr", "authorId": "t2_61hrb4zc", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731444408.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwt3smq", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwt55xh", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwt3smq/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwt3h4e", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I read a lot more historical non-fiction now. I love it. Started with Hamilton, and then read about Adams, Monroe, Jefferson and Washington. I finally know how the War of 1812 started! Something I clearly did not pay attention to in high school. Back then it was so boring, but now I find it fascinating. Quite a switch for me.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I read a lot more historical non-fiction now. I love it. Started with Hamilton, and then read about Adams, Monroe, Jefferson and Washington. I finally know how the War of 1812 started! Something I clearly did not pay attention to in high school. Back then it was so boring, but now I find it fascinating. Quite a switch for me.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwt55xh": {"author": "WhatIsASunAnyway", "authorId": "t2_e5mnfoev4", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731444840.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwt55xh", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwt6i60", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwt55xh/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwt3smq", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "When I was in school I was really into sci fis and dystopias. There was a decade long period of time where I stopped reading altogether, and now that I've gotten an e-reader, I'm rediscovering my tastes. \n\nI'm still largely in the sci fi scene but I've been experimenting around over the last couple years. I got like 200 books in the backlog of all different genres.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>When I was in school I was really into sci fis and dystopias. There was a decade long period of time where I stopped reading altogether, and now that I&#39;ve gotten an e-reader, I&#39;m rediscovering my tastes. </p>\n\n<p>I&#39;m still largely in the sci fi scene but I&#39;ve been experimenting around over the last couple years. I got like 200 books in the backlog of all different genres.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwt6i60": {"author": "Chordsy", "authorId": "t2_fx2v3", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731445289.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwt6i60", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwt6khp", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwt6i60/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwt55xh", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I've always read fantasy since I was a kid, even to this day at 36 I still love a good dragon story.\n\nBut hand me a victorian classic these days and I will devour it. 20 years ago if you'd asked me if I'd read a novel by a Bront\u00eb I'd have laughed in your face. These days I'm obsessed with Dickens and the Bront\u00ebs.\n\nIf I can just get over the page count fear of the count of monte cristo (of which I own 3 copies) I'm sure I'd never stop talking about it.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I&#39;ve always read fantasy since I was a kid, even to this day at 36 I still love a good dragon story.</p>\n\n<p>But hand me a victorian classic these days and I will devour it. 20 years ago if you&#39;d asked me if I&#39;d read a novel by a Bront\u00eb I&#39;d have laughed in your face. These days I&#39;m obsessed with Dickens and the Bront\u00ebs.</p>\n\n<p>If I can just get over the page count fear of the count of monte cristo (of which I own 3 copies) I&#39;m sure I&#39;d never stop talking about it.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwt6khp": {"author": "alicedied", "authorId": "t2_px8tozz", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731445311.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwt6khp", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwt6wvh", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwt6khp/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwt6i60", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "When I was younger I read mainly horror, especially Stephen King. King still has a special place in my heart but as I\u2019ve gotten older his books don\u2019t hit quite the same and I\u2019ve started reading a lot of different genres. \n\nI also seem to have gotten better at picking what books to read since most of the books I\u2019ve read the past two years have been fantastic imo hahah", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>When I was younger I read mainly horror, especially Stephen King. King still has a special place in my heart but as I\u2019ve gotten older his books don\u2019t hit quite the same and I\u2019ve started reading a lot of different genres. </p>\n\n<p>I also seem to have gotten better at picking what books to read since most of the books I\u2019ve read the past two years have been fantastic imo hahah</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwt6wvh": {"author": "[deleted]", "authorId": null, "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731445433.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": 1731446296.0, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwt6wvh", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwt9ej2", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwt6wvh/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwt6khp", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I love, and have loved since my teens, horror stories. Stephen King is aptly named and I\u2019m pretty sure I\u2019ve read every word he has ever written. That said, I enjoy a solid courtroom drama (John Grisham) , and a good psychological thriller (Jeffery Deaver). Oh, and I thoroughly enjoy a satisfying vampire novel!  I have never read a romance novel in my life. All that said, I really don\u2019t believe my tastes have changed.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I love, and have loved since my teens, horror stories. Stephen King is aptly named and I\u2019m pretty sure I\u2019ve read every word he has ever written. That said, I enjoy a solid courtroom drama (John Grisham) , and a good psychological thriller (Jeffery Deaver). Oh, and I thoroughly enjoy a satisfying vampire novel!  I have never read a romance novel in my life. All that said, I really don\u2019t believe my tastes have changed.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwt9ej2": {"author": "nobodyseesthisanyway", "authorId": "t2_jx53x649t", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731446325.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwt9ej2", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwta7xy", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwt9ej2/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwt6wvh", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I became desensitized and cynical at an early age reading Irvine Welsh, Brett Easton Ellis, Chuck palhuniak books so really I just try to find books that are a bit more uplifting now.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I became desensitized and cynical at an early age reading Irvine Welsh, Brett Easton Ellis, Chuck palhuniak books so really I just try to find books that are a bit more uplifting now.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwta7xy": {"author": "ravenrabit", "authorId": "t2_77mbgi9c", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731446621.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwta7xy", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwtao0z", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwta7xy/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwt9ej2", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I started to enjoy more memoirs as I got older. And audiobooks/ebooks. With audiobooks I can read more non-fiction, bc the more technical/dry bits are easier to get through and more enjoyable.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I started to enjoy more memoirs as I got older. And audiobooks/ebooks. With audiobooks I can read more non-fiction, bc the more technical/dry bits are easier to get through and more enjoyable.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwtao0z": {"author": "Atoning_Unifex", "authorId": "t2_a97q8", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731446773.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwtao0z", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwtb3xw", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwtao0z/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwta7xy", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "Well, I like historical fiction and non fiction a lot more than I used to.\n\nAnd also, I'm still into scifi but I don't really gravitate towards near-future dystopias anymore. Too much like real life. Depressing. I have kids. I want them to have a non-dystopian world to live in.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>Well, I like historical fiction and non fiction a lot more than I used to.</p>\n\n<p>And also, I&#39;m still into scifi but I don&#39;t really gravitate towards near-future dystopias anymore. Too much like real life. Depressing. I have kids. I want them to have a non-dystopian world to live in.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwtb3xw": {"author": "double_teel_green", "authorId": "t2_16xna9xj62", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731446921.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwtb3xw", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwtbx65", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwtb3xw/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwtao0z", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I've learned to appreciate \"trash\" as I get older. I love Cormac McCarthy & Philip Roth but I also want an easy to read fun story once in awhile. Thank you Alissa Nutting!", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I&#39;ve learned to appreciate &quot;trash&quot; as I get older. I love Cormac McCarthy &amp; Philip Roth but I also want an easy to read fun story once in awhile. Thank you Alissa Nutting!</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwtbx65": {"author": "MaraMontenero", "authorId": "t2_bugx6volp", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731447190.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwtbx65", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwtcfj7", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwtbx65/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwtb3xw", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I used to love fantasy when I was younger and although I still really like it, I notice myself gravitating more towards character driven stories, either realistic or with the fantasy element as a backdrop with the characters' internal struggles on the foreground. My most read tag on Storygraph is 'emotional', if you'd told me that ten years ago I would've laughed", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I used to love fantasy when I was younger and although I still really like it, I notice myself gravitating more towards character driven stories, either realistic or with the fantasy element as a backdrop with the characters&#39; internal struggles on the foreground. My most read tag on Storygraph is &#39;emotional&#39;, if you&#39;d told me that ten years ago I would&#39;ve laughed</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwtcfj7": {"author": "MikeRocksTheBoat", "authorId": "t2_16lvoc", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731447357.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwtcfj7", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwtcg17", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwtcfj7/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwtbx65", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "My taste hasn't changed a lot, but I have noticed I've gotten a lot more critical about the books I read.\n\nI remember I used to go to the library, check out ten random books from the Fantasy or Fiction sections, and read them over the Summer and enjoy most of them.\n\nNowadays, I can still enjoy the stories for what they are, but I find myself questioning things a lot more. I've gone on more than one rant to my friends about how certain plot points are nonsensical, or how I hate them sneaking in certain pop culture references, or how certain character tropes get on my nerves. It's also hard not to find most things in certain genres to be very derivative. I can find similarities, and sometimes direct analogues, in most things I read nowadays and sometimes it's hard to get past that.\n\nIt does mean that the things that grab me nowadays REALLY grab me and I'll follow them incessantly, but I also find myself starting a book or series that I would have enjoyed in the past, then dropping it because it's just too much like something else, or too childish, or too unfocused, or a myriad of other reasons.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>My taste hasn&#39;t changed a lot, but I have noticed I&#39;ve gotten a lot more critical about the books I read.</p>\n\n<p>I remember I used to go to the library, check out ten random books from the Fantasy or Fiction sections, and read them over the Summer and enjoy most of them.</p>\n\n<p>Nowadays, I can still enjoy the stories for what they are, but I find myself questioning things a lot more. I&#39;ve gone on more than one rant to my friends about how certain plot points are nonsensical, or how I hate them sneaking in certain pop culture references, or how certain character tropes get on my nerves. It&#39;s also hard not to find most things in certain genres to be very derivative. I can find similarities, and sometimes direct analogues, in most things I read nowadays and sometimes it&#39;s hard to get past that.</p>\n\n<p>It does mean that the things that grab me nowadays REALLY grab me and I&#39;ll follow them incessantly, but I also find myself starting a book or series that I would have enjoyed in the past, then dropping it because it&#39;s just too much like something else, or too childish, or too unfocused, or a myriad of other reasons.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwtcg17": {"author": "kazarbreak", "authorId": "t2_o6kpt", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731447361.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwtcg17", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwtf8ch", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwtcg17/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwtcfj7", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "As I've gotten older my ADHD has gotten worse, making it more difficult to read at all. That said, my choices in what I read when I am able to quiet my mind enough for it haven't changed much. I've always been primarily a fantasy and sci-fi reader and that hasn't ever changed.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>As I&#39;ve gotten older my ADHD has gotten worse, making it more difficult to read at all. That said, my choices in what I read when I am able to quiet my mind enough for it haven&#39;t changed much. I&#39;ve always been primarily a fantasy and sci-fi reader and that hasn&#39;t ever changed.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwtf8ch": {"author": "FLIPSIDERNICK", "authorId": "t2_klyza", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731448229.0, "depth": 1, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwtf8ch", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwtd9hy", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": "t1_lwtcg17", "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwtf8ch/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwtcg17", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "My brother has had memory retention issues while reading but he does great with audio books.  Have you tried audiobooks as a possible solution?", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>My brother has had memory retention issues while reading but he does great with audio books.  Have you tried audiobooks as a possible solution?</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwtd9hy": {"author": "[deleted]", "authorId": null, "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731447623.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwtd9hy", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwtdc6q", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwtd9hy/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwtf8ch", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I use to read horror, now i lean to more historical fiction . Don't  get me wrong  I still love my horror. Lol", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I use to read horror, now i lean to more historical fiction . Don&#39;t  get me wrong  I still love my horror. Lol</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwtdc6q": {"author": "Bodidiva", "authorId": "t2_78hd0ku", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731447646.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwtdc6q", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwtetna", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwtdc6q/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwtd9hy", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I used to only read non-fiction. I\u2019ve had enough reality and now I almost always only read fiction now.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I used to only read non-fiction. I\u2019ve had enough reality and now I almost always only read fiction now.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwtetna": {"author": "[deleted]", "authorId": null, "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731448106.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwtetna", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwtf0vq", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwtetna/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwtdc6q", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": false, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I'm far more into nonfiction and history than I used to be. Maybe it's perspective, maybe it's changed tastes, but reading history became far more fun now that I'm doing it for fun rather than a university assignment.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I&#39;m far more into nonfiction and history than I used to be. Maybe it&#39;s perspective, maybe it&#39;s changed tastes, but reading history became far more fun now that I&#39;m doing it for fun rather than a university assignment.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwtf0vq": {"author": "FLIPSIDERNICK", "authorId": "t2_klyza", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731448167.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwtf0vq", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwtflia", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwtf0vq/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwtetna", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "Much more diverse than when I was young.  Read a lot of horror as a kid/teen.  Stop reading except for the occasional sci fi in my twenties.  Barely read at all in my thirties and now I\u2019ve become a heavy reader and read mostly fantasy, occasional romantasy, sci-fi, historical fiction, and thereabouts.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>Much more diverse than when I was young.  Read a lot of horror as a kid/teen.  Stop reading except for the occasional sci fi in my twenties.  Barely read at all in my thirties and now I\u2019ve become a heavy reader and read mostly fantasy, occasional romantasy, sci-fi, historical fiction, and thereabouts.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwtflia": {"author": "svarthale", "authorId": "t2_j7y4s", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731448338.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwtflia", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwtgg5a", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwtflia/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwtf0vq", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "When I was in middle/high school, I mostly read series, and mostly fantasy or dystopian. My favorites were Septimus Heap, Eragon, The Hunger Games, and Harry Potter. Then, after high school, I had a loooong reading slump, until covid hit. Then, I got more into science fiction, and a little into contemprary fiction. Now, my tastes are pretty broad; the only thing I\u2019m not super likely to pick up is romance, though I have read a couple romantasy that I\u2019ve enjoyed. I really enjoy literary and speculative fiction now, although I still love scifi and fantasy. I\u2019m 26 now, so I\u2019ll be really interested to see how my reading tastes change in my thirties!", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>When I was in middle/high school, I mostly read series, and mostly fantasy or dystopian. My favorites were Septimus Heap, Eragon, The Hunger Games, and Harry Potter. Then, after high school, I had a loooong reading slump, until covid hit. Then, I got more into science fiction, and a little into contemprary fiction. Now, my tastes are pretty broad; the only thing I\u2019m not super likely to pick up is romance, though I have read a couple romantasy that I\u2019ve enjoyed. I really enjoy literary and speculative fiction now, although I still love scifi and fantasy. I\u2019m 26 now, so I\u2019ll be really interested to see how my reading tastes change in my thirties!</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwtgg5a": {"author": "ceeece", "authorId": "t2_2hoav7xf", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731448596.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwtgg5a", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwti7ir", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwtgg5a/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwtflia", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I only read horror as a teen. Stephen King is my favorite author and I've continued to read him up until today, but I've also gotten more into classic literature as I've gotten older. Reading books like Dracula, Frankenstein, HG Wells, Sherlock Holmes, Poe, Orwell, etc. Trying to read the stuff that is well known that I've not read before.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I only read horror as a teen. Stephen King is my favorite author and I&#39;ve continued to read him up until today, but I&#39;ve also gotten more into classic literature as I&#39;ve gotten older. Reading books like Dracula, Frankenstein, HG Wells, Sherlock Holmes, Poe, Orwell, etc. Trying to read the stuff that is well known that I&#39;ve not read before.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwti7ir": {"author": "Plus_Alternative_762", "authorId": "t2_80xrskps", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731449138.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwti7ir", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwtiv3h", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwti7ir/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwtgg5a", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I switch it up between genres all the time, for example if I read a thriller then the next book has to be fantasy. Too much of one genre burns me out.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I switch it up between genres all the time, for example if I read a thriller then the next book has to be fantasy. Too much of one genre burns me out.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwtiv3h": {"author": "Fest_mkiv", "authorId": "t2_ht6xc", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731449344.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwtiv3h", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwtli4q", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwtiv3h/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwti7ir", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "When I was younger I quite enjoyed end of the world, apocalypse fiction. Stuff like Lucifer's Hammer, The Stand, World War Z, The Road, The Postman and the like. \n\nNow I have kids, I steer well clear because I can't read it without thinking of my own family in that situation and the stark reality that we probably would not survive. In fact I find myself identifying more and more with the Mother from The Road, or Falken from Wargames.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>When I was younger I quite enjoyed end of the world, apocalypse fiction. Stuff like Lucifer&#39;s Hammer, The Stand, World War Z, The Road, The Postman and the like. </p>\n\n<p>Now I have kids, I steer well clear because I can&#39;t read it without thinking of my own family in that situation and the stark reality that we probably would not survive. In fact I find myself identifying more and more with the Mother from The Road, or Falken from Wargames.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwtli4q": {"author": "Strawberry2772", "authorId": "t2_rxso32vr", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731450182.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwtli4q", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwtln6t", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwtli4q/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwtiv3h", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "Similar to you, as a kid/teen I read exclusively YA fantasy and dystopian. Now I can\u2019t stomach that stuff anymore, and I read a lot more fiction and speculative fiction that I ever thought I would. Still love some more mature fantasy/dystopians if I can find them though! (Although I don\u2019t mean \u201csmutty\u201d for mature. I just mean better written and less annoying protags lol)", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>Similar to you, as a kid/teen I read exclusively YA fantasy and dystopian. Now I can\u2019t stomach that stuff anymore, and I read a lot more fiction and speculative fiction that I ever thought I would. Still love some more mature fantasy/dystopians if I can find them though! (Although I don\u2019t mean \u201csmutty\u201d for mature. I just mean better written and less annoying protags lol)</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwtln6t": {"author": "prustage", "authorId": "t2_dwaex", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731450227.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwtln6t", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwto1r5", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwtln6t/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwtli4q", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "Nope. I can do a direct comparison and realise I read much the same stuff now as then. The only thing that has changed is that I now also read humorous novels (e.g. PG Wodehouse, James Thurber) which I never used to.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>Nope. I can do a direct comparison and realise I read much the same stuff now as then. The only thing that has changed is that I now also read humorous novels (e.g. PG Wodehouse, James Thurber) which I never used to.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwto1r5": {"author": "LeeChaChur", "authorId": "t2_15h5mwlzr4", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731451003.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwto1r5", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwtpzny", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwto1r5/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwtln6t", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I went from Roald Dahl to Harry Potter to Dark Materials to then believing, in my 20s, that serious people only read non-fiction.   \nAnd that effectively killed my enjoyment of reading cos I felt I HAD to read only non-fiction, and anything else was a frivolous waste of time.  \nThis carried on for 15 years. FIFTEEN years. From about 20 to 36...  \nI started reading fiction again this year in March and I'm hooked!  \nI've powered through 29 books already, and I can't get enough.  \nMostly fiction, but some non-fiction, and I've been loving every single one. Even the crap books:)", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I went from Roald Dahl to Harry Potter to Dark Materials to then believing, in my 20s, that serious people only read non-fiction.<br/>\nAnd that effectively killed my enjoyment of reading cos I felt I HAD to read only non-fiction, and anything else was a frivolous waste of time.<br/>\nThis carried on for 15 years. FIFTEEN years. From about 20 to 36...<br/>\nI started reading fiction again this year in March and I&#39;m hooked!<br/>\nI&#39;ve powered through 29 books already, and I can&#39;t get enough.<br/>\nMostly fiction, but some non-fiction, and I&#39;ve been loving every single one. Even the crap books:)</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwtpzny": {"author": "Yellow_Lady126", "authorId": "t2_1987qazupt", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731451637.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwtpzny", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwtrugh", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwtpzny/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwto1r5", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I used to devour true crime books - since I had kids, I can't do true crime at all. It just doesn't sit well with me anymore.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I used to devour true crime books - since I had kids, I can&#39;t do true crime at all. It just doesn&#39;t sit well with me anymore.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwtrugh": {"author": "Ok_Ambition5994", "authorId": "t2_ckihpp3o", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731452252.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwtrugh", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwts5sk", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwtrugh/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwtpzny", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "Haven\u2019t read too much to say they changed but the books I\u2019ve bought went from buying books connected to the shows and media I like to buying books that other people like and classics.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>Haven\u2019t read too much to say they changed but the books I\u2019ve bought went from buying books connected to the shows and media I like to buying books that other people like and classics.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwts5sk": {"author": "Phoenyx_Rose", "authorId": "t2_yqfik", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731452357.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwts5sk", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwtuav5", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwts5sk/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwtrugh", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I tolerate YA less sadly. Loved them growing up, but I now I can\u2019t stand the YA books I\u2019ve read with lackluster writing, dropped plots/threads, 1 dimensional characters, and lack of logic/rationality in character decisions.\u00a0\n\nI\u2019ve also found that I really can\u2019t stand the rape-y \u201cdominant\u201d love interests anymore. I used to eat that up but now it just gives me the ick.\u00a0", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I tolerate YA less sadly. Loved them growing up, but I now I can\u2019t stand the YA books I\u2019ve read with lackluster writing, dropped plots/threads, 1 dimensional characters, and lack of logic/rationality in character decisions.\u00a0</p>\n\n<p>I\u2019ve also found that I really can\u2019t stand the rape-y \u201cdominant\u201d love interests anymore. I used to eat that up but now it just gives me the ick.\u00a0</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwtuav5": {"author": "DormeDwayne", "authorId": "t2_jwndx", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731453091.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwtuav5", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwtve37", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwtuav5/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwts5sk", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I have moved from plot-driven to character-driven fiction. I started with fantasy and crime as a teen and now read mostly novels that deal with character growth, values, meaning, world affairs, social norms etc. Books I would have found boring when I started\u2026", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I have moved from plot-driven to character-driven fiction. I started with fantasy and crime as a teen and now read mostly novels that deal with character growth, values, meaning, world affairs, social norms etc. Books I would have found boring when I started\u2026</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwtve37": {"author": "AdmirableBand8774", "authorId": "t2_9b0wm1hj", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731453468.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": 1731454524.0, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwtve37", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwtzs80", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwtve37/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwtuav5", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "no and now i feel like i should. i only read self help, spirituality, romance, horror, fantasy, manga, and smut of any kind.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>no and now i feel like i should. i only read self help, spirituality, romance, horror, fantasy, manga, and smut of any kind.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwtzs80": {"author": "lexxxns", "authorId": "t2_6ofg4c0p", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731455016.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwtzs80", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwu0dxm", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwtzs80/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwtve37", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "As a teen I almost exclusively only ready YA romance. Now as an adult I read almost everything. Even memoirs which I said I would never read and are so boring lol", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>As a teen I almost exclusively only ready YA romance. Now as an adult I read almost everything. Even memoirs which I said I would never read and are so boring lol</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwu0dxm": {"author": "emoduke101", "authorId": "t2_dn78ut4p", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731455229.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": 1731455475.0, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwu0dxm", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwu1w8q", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwu0dxm/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwtzs80", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "From Enid Blyton > HP/LotR/ Twilight (yes indeed) > YA fiction + Stephen King > Jodi Picoult + thrillers > non fiction", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>From Enid Blyton &gt; HP/LotR/ Twilight (yes indeed) &gt; YA fiction + Stephen King &gt; Jodi Picoult + thrillers &gt; non fiction</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwu1w8q": {"author": "villettegirl", "authorId": "t2_amvph0s9s", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731455757.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwu1w8q", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwu8981", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwu1w8q/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwu0dxm", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I read almost exclusively fantasy as a teenager. Now I can\u2019t bear to read most fantasy, which is often poorly-written, bloated, way too sexual, or just boring. I read mostly literary drama or nonfiction.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I read almost exclusively fantasy as a teenager. Now I can\u2019t bear to read most fantasy, which is often poorly-written, bloated, way too sexual, or just boring. I read mostly literary drama or nonfiction.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwu8981": {"author": "modernangel", "authorId": "t2_77elt", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731457979.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwu8981", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwu8dze", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwu8981/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwu1w8q", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I read a lot of classic scifi and fantasy from middle school until after high school. Asimov to King, Lovecraft to Zelazny. I don't regret all that but in recent years I lean much more toward general classics and exceptionally literary masterpieces. The Brothers Karamazov. Mother Night. Lolita. Meditations of Marcus Aurelius. Eleven Minutes. Foucault's Pendulum. Look Homeward, Angel.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I read a lot of classic scifi and fantasy from middle school until after high school. Asimov to King, Lovecraft to Zelazny. I don&#39;t regret all that but in recent years I lean much more toward general classics and exceptionally literary masterpieces. The Brothers Karamazov. Mother Night. Lolita. Meditations of Marcus Aurelius. Eleven Minutes. Foucault&#39;s Pendulum. Look Homeward, Angel.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwu8dze": {"author": "Boba_Fet042", "authorId": "t2_2a2vcf8", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731458025.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwu8dze", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwu9puv", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwu8dze/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwu8981", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I tend to read books by more diverse, authors, and it turns out I like their stories better. Not that I don\u2019t adore John Green.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I tend to read books by more diverse, authors, and it turns out I like their stories better. Not that I don\u2019t adore John Green.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwu9puv": {"author": "EatYourCheckers", "authorId": "t2_oe9vg", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731458492.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwu9puv", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwub4v5", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwu9puv/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwu8dze", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "As I've gotten older, busier, and more stressed, I have started enjoying empty garbage chic lit. I just want to relax and read an easy, predictable story where everything works out.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>As I&#39;ve gotten older, busier, and more stressed, I have started enjoying empty garbage chic lit. I just want to relax and read an easy, predictable story where everything works out.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwub4v5": {"author": "[deleted]", "authorId": null, "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731458986.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwub4v5", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwucjct", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwub4v5/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwu9puv", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "Mystery as a kid, suspense as a teen- young adult & now psych thriller, sci-fi also I listen to personal development on audio(36yf)", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>Mystery as a kid, suspense as a teen- young adult &amp; now psych thriller, sci-fi also I listen to personal development on audio(36yf)</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwucjct": {"author": "ExoticWillpower", "authorId": "t2_r7sgo3dqi", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731459481.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwucjct", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwud9wi", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwucjct/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwub4v5", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "As a kid, like 7-13, I always read graphic novels. Books like Dork Diaries. Then, from i'd say about 13-15, I was a big sci-fi nerd. Suddenly I didn't care at all about any of those relatable teenage girl books, I was all in on sci-fi. Then I downgraded BACK to graphic novels like Dork Diaries LOL, and from there at about 17 I've been really into horror books like The Year of the Witching", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>As a kid, like 7-13, I always read graphic novels. Books like Dork Diaries. Then, from i&#39;d say about 13-15, I was a big sci-fi nerd. Suddenly I didn&#39;t care at all about any of those relatable teenage girl books, I was all in on sci-fi. Then I downgraded BACK to graphic novels like Dork Diaries LOL, and from there at about 17 I&#39;ve been really into horror books like The Year of the Witching</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwud9wi": {"author": "LumosNox116", "authorId": "t2_1j0flmcn", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731459743.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": 1731550224.0, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwud9wi", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwudcrz", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwud9wi/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwucjct", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "When I was a kid and teen I would read anything I could find. Now I am much more picker.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>When I was a kid and teen I would read anything I could find. Now I am much more picker.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwudcrz": {"author": "Firstzyxx", "authorId": "t2_el2soqnu", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731459772.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwudcrz", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwue23x", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwudcrz/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwud9wi", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I started reading when I was in kindergarten so everything I read is what my parents approved. \n\nThen I started reading fanfiction in my teenage years I basically can't afford books on my own so I find anything free because the library is not available. Then after I graduated HS I started my journey of contemporary romance, I read anything popular back then. \n\nThen in my late 20s I started reading again, I despise everything I read as teenagers. And started everything new, I started with a feminist novel and queer novel. Preferably Asian.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I started reading when I was in kindergarten so everything I read is what my parents approved. </p>\n\n<p>Then I started reading fanfiction in my teenage years I basically can&#39;t afford books on my own so I find anything free because the library is not available. Then after I graduated HS I started my journey of contemporary romance, I read anything popular back then. </p>\n\n<p>Then in my late 20s I started reading again, I despise everything I read as teenagers. And started everything new, I started with a feminist novel and queer novel. Preferably Asian.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwue23x": {"author": "renditioons", "authorId": "t2_wozo0iez3", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731460025.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwue23x", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwuevzv", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwue23x/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwudcrz", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I can relate. I started off mostly reading fantasy and adventure as a kid. In my 20s, I got into sci-fi and thrillers, and now I\u2019m all about mixing in some nonfiction and historical fiction too. Reading tastes really do shift over time.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I can relate. I started off mostly reading fantasy and adventure as a kid. In my 20s, I got into sci-fi and thrillers, and now I\u2019m all about mixing in some nonfiction and historical fiction too. Reading tastes really do shift over time.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwuevzv": {"author": "whatdoidonowdamnit", "authorId": "t2_5an0adr4", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731460323.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwuevzv", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwuewtl", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwuevzv/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwue23x", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "Im very similar to what you described. I read YA Fantasy in my teens and early twenties and now it\u2019s a lot of historical fiction, sci-fi and thrillers, with the occasional non-fiction or educational book. \n \nI don\u2019t just want to read about young girls with magic powers and love interests anymore.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>Im very similar to what you described. I read YA Fantasy in my teens and early twenties and now it\u2019s a lot of historical fiction, sci-fi and thrillers, with the occasional non-fiction or educational book. </p>\n\n<p>I don\u2019t just want to read about young girls with magic powers and love interests anymore.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwuewtl": {"author": "__i_dont_know_you__", "authorId": "t2_1ckjbhuypt", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731460331.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwuewtl", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "moreComments-t1_lwwzmsv", "type": "moreComments"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwuewtl/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwuevzv", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I used to read a lot of romance, especially older Nora Roberts. Now I\u2019m 38 and married with kids and have no interest in meet-cutes. I\u2019ve transitioned to horror/dystopian mainly but not exclusively.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I used to read a lot of romance, especially older Nora Roberts. Now I\u2019m 38 and married with kids and have no interest in meet-cutes. I\u2019ve transitioned to horror/dystopian mainly but not exclusively.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwuffck": {"author": "KindaAnxiousLol", "authorId": "t2_r84awyjoq", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731460514.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwuffck", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwufhsi", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwuffck/", "prev": {"id": "moreComments-t1_lwwzmsv", "type": "moreComments"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "Fantasy\u2026 then fantasy with T R A U M A *sparkle sparkle*", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>Fantasy\u2026 then fantasy with T R A U M A <em>sparkle sparkle</em></p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwufhsi": {"author": "Lesschaup", "authorId": "t2_2jd3x06a", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731460538.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwufhsi", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwug4zs", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwufhsi/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwuffck", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "When I was younger, it was predominantly spy thrillers, post-apocalyptic and action with a smattering of fantasy. Then I spiraled into horror in my twenties. Now, in my 40s & 50s, it's sci-fi, fantasy, action, history, historical fiction, and even the odd western or two.  The list goes on. The only genre that I can not read is romance. \nI think the main reason is social media. I began following narrators, and the books they read are greatly diverse. I swore I never thought I would like a zombie book. Some of the best books out there are zombie books.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>When I was younger, it was predominantly spy thrillers, post-apocalyptic and action with a smattering of fantasy. Then I spiraled into horror in my twenties. Now, in my 40s &amp; 50s, it&#39;s sci-fi, fantasy, action, history, historical fiction, and even the odd western or two.  The list goes on. The only genre that I can not read is romance. \nI think the main reason is social media. I began following narrators, and the books they read are greatly diverse. I swore I never thought I would like a zombie book. Some of the best books out there are zombie books.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwug4zs": {"author": "WorldGoneAway", "authorId": "t2_khk9jbjk", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731460768.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwug4zs", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwulfxs", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwug4zs/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwufhsi", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "From middle school until early college I used to read exclusively fantasy.\n\nFrom my mid 20s until late 30s I focused almost entirely on technical publications.\n\nNow I predominantly read sci-fi and cyberpunk.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>From middle school until early college I used to read exclusively fantasy.</p>\n\n<p>From my mid 20s until late 30s I focused almost entirely on technical publications.</p>\n\n<p>Now I predominantly read sci-fi and cyberpunk.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwulfxs": {"author": "kpotente88", "authorId": "t2_iipys", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731462643.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwulfxs", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwunzny", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwulfxs/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwug4zs", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "Yes! I read lots more nonfiction now that I ever did (30\u2019s, lifelong reader). Gravitated towards fantasy and historical fiction as a kid, and now I\u2019d say it\u2019s scifi, fantasy, nonfiction, and some mysteries.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>Yes! I read lots more nonfiction now that I ever did (30\u2019s, lifelong reader). Gravitated towards fantasy and historical fiction as a kid, and now I\u2019d say it\u2019s scifi, fantasy, nonfiction, and some mysteries.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwunzny": {"author": "Rose_GlassesB", "authorId": "t2_mgpi9i5l", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731463554.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwunzny", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwuvdrb", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwunzny/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwulfxs", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "Up until I was teen, I read fantasy (urban mostly) and romance (book series). With a dash of mystery. Now, I read almost exclusively stand alone thrillers.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>Up until I was teen, I read fantasy (urban mostly) and romance (book series). With a dash of mystery. Now, I read almost exclusively stand alone thrillers.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwuvdrb": {"author": "eg1701", "authorId": "t2_2zwkj7dj", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731466202.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwuvdrb", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwuvu4n", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwuvdrb/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwunzny", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I mostly stopped ready YA books and fantasy books as a whole (with some notable exceptions). I read a lot of dystopian books as a teenager but I don\u2019t enjoy the genre at all anymore. Adult dystopian books are often bleak or hit too close to home these days. \n\nThese days I mostly read lit fic or historical fiction. I picked up Lonesome Dove and have been chasing that high since (I\u2019m begging anybody with a western comparable to the series PLS tell me I have yet to find anything as good). \n\nI also think I used to read exactly what everybody I knew was reading (the. If names, twilight, hunger games etc) and these days I enjoy the weirdest books I can find.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I mostly stopped ready YA books and fantasy books as a whole (with some notable exceptions). I read a lot of dystopian books as a teenager but I don\u2019t enjoy the genre at all anymore. Adult dystopian books are often bleak or hit too close to home these days. </p>\n\n<p>These days I mostly read lit fic or historical fiction. I picked up Lonesome Dove and have been chasing that high since (I\u2019m begging anybody with a western comparable to the series PLS tell me I have yet to find anything as good). </p>\n\n<p>I also think I used to read exactly what everybody I knew was reading (the. If names, twilight, hunger games etc) and these days I enjoy the weirdest books I can find.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwuvu4n": {"author": "NHMasshole", "authorId": "t2_tjmjm", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731466364.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwuvu4n", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwuyppa", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwuvu4n/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwuvdrb", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I\u2019ve switched fully to non-fiction", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I\u2019ve switched fully to non-fiction</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwuyppa": {"author": "dejabean", "authorId": "t2_8y5s8ne5", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731467406.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwuyppa", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwv4dg2", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwuyppa/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwuvu4n", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I read romance almost exclusively from my teens to thirty. I\u2019ve been exploring more genres over the years; aside from science fiction, I\u2019m pretty well rounded in my fiction reading. I can better stomach tough subjects and graphic writing than I could in the past. I now embrace feelings of discomfort and revulsion. I did have to get used to more open, abrupt and/or unhappy endings in the beginning but I\u2019m good now. I also enjoy non-fiction more than past me would have ever guessed.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I read romance almost exclusively from my teens to thirty. I\u2019ve been exploring more genres over the years; aside from science fiction, I\u2019m pretty well rounded in my fiction reading. I can better stomach tough subjects and graphic writing than I could in the past. I now embrace feelings of discomfort and revulsion. I did have to get used to more open, abrupt and/or unhappy endings in the beginning but I\u2019m good now. I also enjoy non-fiction more than past me would have ever guessed.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwv4dg2": {"author": "hlks2010", "authorId": "t2_8o8yc", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731469605.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwv4dg2", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwv4zb8", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwv4dg2/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwuyppa", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "When I was a tween/teen I read a wild variety of genres including my mother\u2019s many Harlequin/Nora Roberts romances\u2026now I\u2019m pretty entrenched in contemporary/literary fiction with the occasional mystery or horror, and most of the romance genre makes me cringe now I don\u2019t even try to read it. I used to force myself to finish every book but my capacity in my 30s for reading things I\u2019m not enjoying or getting something out of has beyond vacated the premises unless it\u2019s for work.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>When I was a tween/teen I read a wild variety of genres including my mother\u2019s many Harlequin/Nora Roberts romances\u2026now I\u2019m pretty entrenched in contemporary/literary fiction with the occasional mystery or horror, and most of the romance genre makes me cringe now I don\u2019t even try to read it. I used to force myself to finish every book but my capacity in my 30s for reading things I\u2019m not enjoying or getting something out of has beyond vacated the premises unless it\u2019s for work.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwv4zb8": {"author": "hp_pjo_anime", "authorId": "t2_b2zrlixh", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731469844.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwv4zb8", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwv66ny", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwv4zb8/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwv4dg2", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "Honestly, as a kid, I was more into fantasy and stuff, things with a lot of more world building and different systems.\u00a0\n\n\nAt my current stage, I just about read anything well written, but more so things that blur a line between fiction/reality. Also, a lot more classic/literary fiction. Good writing, happy me.\u00a0", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>Honestly, as a kid, I was more into fantasy and stuff, things with a lot of more world building and different systems.\u00a0</p>\n\n<p>At my current stage, I just about read anything well written, but more so things that blur a line between fiction/reality. Also, a lot more classic/literary fiction. Good writing, happy me.\u00a0</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwv66ny": {"author": "Toezap", "authorId": "t2_5c87o", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731470334.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwv66ny", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "moreComments-t1_lwx036q", "type": "moreComments"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwv66ny/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwv4zb8", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "Mostly fantasy and some sci-fi until college when I switched to more sci-fi and less fantasy. \n\nBut I prefer to just call my chosen genre \"speculative fiction\" because the lines for sci-fi/fantasy can get so blurry anyway.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>Mostly fantasy and some sci-fi until college when I switched to more sci-fi and less fantasy. </p>\n\n<p>But I prefer to just call my chosen genre &quot;speculative fiction&quot; because the lines for sci-fi/fantasy can get so blurry anyway.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwv8nrx": {"author": "sweetpotatopietime", "authorId": "t2_13g5ct", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731471382.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwv8nrx", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwv8w08", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwv8nrx/", "prev": {"id": "moreComments-t1_lwx036q", "type": "moreComments"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I used to read lots of narrative nonfiction, and wrote and published in this genre as well. I also read lots of grueling realistic fiction (think A Little Life). Then the 2016 election happened. Everything I\u2019ve read \u2014 and watched, and listened to \u2014 since then has been All Good Vibes. I even started reading romance, which I never would have considered before.\n\nIt\u2019s just too painful for me to read about human problems that I fear our society is never going to fix\u2014and in fact will make worse.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I used to read lots of narrative nonfiction, and wrote and published in this genre as well. I also read lots of grueling realistic fiction (think A Little Life). Then the 2016 election happened. Everything I\u2019ve read \u2014 and watched, and listened to \u2014 since then has been All Good Vibes. I even started reading romance, which I never would have considered before.</p>\n\n<p>It\u2019s just too painful for me to read about human problems that I fear our society is never going to fix\u2014and in fact will make worse.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwv8w08": {"author": "Lumpy_Reply7057", "authorId": "t2_j8ycs9cml", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731471479.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwv8w08", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "moreComments-t1_lwx0s7e", "type": "moreComments"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwv8w08/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwv8nrx", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I used to read \"literature\" - making sure I read all the Man-Booker nominees, Pulitzer prize winners, old classics and \"must reads\". Nah, not anymore. It turns out I really like mysteries and historical fiction. Noir is a favorite and sometimes just something cozy. If I'm not getting into it, I feel no shame in not finishing it. I'm reading for pleasure and absolutely loving it. \n\nOn that: I've been reading Nevil Shute a lot, whenever I can find him in print. I'm loving *On the Beach* right now and when I'm next in an English-language bookstore I'll pick up anything else of his I can find.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I used to read &quot;literature&quot; - making sure I read all the Man-Booker nominees, Pulitzer prize winners, old classics and &quot;must reads&quot;. Nah, not anymore. It turns out I really like mysteries and historical fiction. Noir is a favorite and sometimes just something cozy. If I&#39;m not getting into it, I feel no shame in not finishing it. I&#39;m reading for pleasure and absolutely loving it. </p>\n\n<p>On that: I&#39;ve been reading Nevil Shute a lot, whenever I can find him in print. I&#39;m loving <em>On the Beach</em> right now and when I&#39;m next in an English-language bookstore I&#39;ll pick up anything else of his I can find.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwvo37k": {"author": "Then-Explanation-318", "authorId": "t2_64plhfk29", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731478929.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwvo37k", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwvvdji", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwvo37k/", "prev": {"id": "moreComments-t1_lwx0s7e", "type": "moreComments"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I used to be very into dark romance and smutty books now I just read whatever opposite of that", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I used to be very into dark romance and smutty books now I just read whatever opposite of that</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwvvdji": {"author": "sloppy_steaks24", "authorId": "t2_1c3owpswff", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731483365.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwvvdji", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwvwiq1", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwvvdji/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwvo37k", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I didn\u2019t read much in my youth and early adulthood aside from school required reading. I\u2019m making up for lost time these last 7 years by exploring as many books and genres as I can. As much as I enjoy literature, I love sci-fi and noir.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I didn\u2019t read much in my youth and early adulthood aside from school required reading. I\u2019m making up for lost time these last 7 years by exploring as many books and genres as I can. As much as I enjoy literature, I love sci-fi and noir.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwvwiq1": {"author": "Righteous_Fury224", "authorId": "t2_2c1h4hr3", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731484097.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwvwiq1", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwvz5wa", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwvwiq1/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwvvdji", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "Yes but change is inevitable.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>Yes but change is inevitable.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwvz5wa": {"author": "UpstairsMusic3094", "authorId": "t2_1c7um23pz4", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731485836.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwvz5wa", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lww2ckw", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwvz5wa/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwvwiq1", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "Now I don't like romantic novels.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>Now I don&#39;t like romantic novels.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lww2ckw": {"author": "Large_Advantage5829", "authorId": "t2_d3ihmp6pb", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731488020.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lww2ckw", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lww3jbh", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lww2ckw/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwvz5wa", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I for sure read more emotionally difficult books in my teens to early 20s than I do now.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I for sure read more emotionally difficult books in my teens to early 20s than I do now.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lww3jbh": {"author": "ef-why-not", "authorId": "t2_16g73rlovf", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731488830.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lww3jbh", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lww8m0r", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lww3jbh/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lww2ckw", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "1. I read much more nonfiction and sometimes I love it more than fiction.\u00a0\n2. I'm more open to trying various genres (the only thing I won't get into is horror because I'm scared!!! not because these books are necessarily bad).\u00a0\nThe thing that stays the same: I love books.\u00a0", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><ol>\n<li>I read much more nonfiction and sometimes I love it more than fiction.\u00a0</li>\n<li>I&#39;m more open to trying various genres (the only thing I won&#39;t get into is horror because I&#39;m scared!!! not because these books are necessarily bad).\u00a0\nThe thing that stays the same: I love books.\u00a0</li>\n</ol>\n</div>"}, "t1_lww8m0r": {"author": "Foreversh", "authorId": "t2_96rr2", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731492311.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lww8m0r", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwwso28", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lww8m0r/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lww3jbh", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "After having kids, reading true crime is very difficult for me.\u00a0\nAlso, after having kids, concentrating (from lack of sleep) and having time to read is difficult, so I\u2019ve reverted to mainly YA books where I don\u2019t have to really think or be invested in. I do have a continuously increasing pile of books waiting for me to read one day when my kids are older. One day\u2026..", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>After having kids, reading true crime is very difficult for me.\u00a0\nAlso, after having kids, concentrating (from lack of sleep) and having time to read is difficult, so I\u2019ve reverted to mainly YA books where I don\u2019t have to really think or be invested in. I do have a continuously increasing pile of books waiting for me to read one day when my kids are older. One day\u2026..</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwwso28": {"author": "ReichMirDieHand", "authorId": "t2_dj4i10fmo", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731503074.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwwso28", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwxe6w8", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwwso28/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lww8m0r", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "Began to like mystical thrillers. Good and evil, human indifference, evil that can be defeated, that's what I like now. Although he used to be a romantic.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>Began to like mystical thrillers. Good and evil, human indifference, evil that can be defeated, that&#39;s what I like now. Although he used to be a romantic.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwxe6w8": {"author": "sparksgirl1223", "authorId": "t2_fec91dea", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731510984.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwxe6w8", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwxsgt1", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwxe6w8/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwwso28", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I read anything I can get my hands on.\n\nI prefer historical texts though (example: Bury My heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown and Blitzed by Norman Ohler)\n\nBut I'll also  do fantasy, psychological thrillers, fairy tale retellings", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I read anything I can get my hands on.</p>\n\n<p>I prefer historical texts though (example: Bury My heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown and Blitzed by Norman Ohler)</p>\n\n<p>But I&#39;ll also  do fantasy, psychological thrillers, fairy tale retellings</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwxsgt1": {"author": "apinkhell", "authorId": "t2_18vsc3txy9", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731515478.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwxsgt1", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwy04vc", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwxsgt1/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwxe6w8", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I started reading when I was 9. Always fantasy, I loved being in another universe. Now I still prefer fictional stories as books have become a way for me to detach myself from reality. But I read romance, sci-fi, mystery etc for fun and science books for educational purposes", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I started reading when I was 9. Always fantasy, I loved being in another universe. Now I still prefer fictional stories as books have become a way for me to detach myself from reality. But I read romance, sci-fi, mystery etc for fun and science books for educational purposes</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwy04vc": {"author": "beldaran1224", "authorId": "t2_p2sli", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731517810.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwy04vc", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwzv7i3", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwy04vc/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwxsgt1", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "Of course. My access to books and beliefs about the world have changed, so my tastes have also changed.\n\nGrowing up, I had access to less books. The books I had access to were in very specific channels: what my parents already had (reflecting their taste, adult books, mostly older than I by at least a decade), what was in my school libraries (chronically underfunded rural schools, so older) and used books that my parents would buy (again, older books). Part of what this meant is that I'd often read an entire series in a row, it also meant that I basically never read contemporary books and rarely had to wait for a book to come out in an in-progress series. I discovered that I loved fantasy early on, but also read some horror, hated the classic scifi I had access to, and as a teen also enjoyed the occasional romance novel. I also enjoyed a number of other fiction novels as a teens, including historical and contemporary fiction. I read SO MUCH during this time, despite this. I also reread books a lot.\n\nWe moved in my late teens, so I got access to a much larger library, but could only go sporadically. My tastes didn't change overly much here.\n\nIn college, I mostly stopped reading recreationally, like many people. And after my college years, I was severely depressed and a notable symptom of that was my inability to read.\n\nWhen I was able to get treatment for my depression and it improved, I also had much more steady access to transportation and more disposable income, as I was able to enter the financial life of a childless adult. This meant I could not only buy books of my own, but I had very easy access to the library. I started reading again, but was so busy for a while that it was mostly some rereads and the occasional other fantasy I'd heard of.\n\nIt was about the time that I discovered r/fantasy's book Bingo that I finally had a way to channel my new access to reading material. I dove right in and found a number of much more recent/contemporary speculative fiction than I'd ever read before. Shortly after, I finally started my dream job as a librarian, so I now have pretty constant access to a library that is very large.\n\nSo over the last several years, I read my first graphic novels, which I just didn't have access to (other than Captain Underpants, which I didn't feel any type of way about) as a kid. I've really enjoyed exploring that space and have found some truly phenomenal literature there. This includes manga and general graphics, but not comics, which I do not enjoy. I also tried some audiobooks, which overall I don't particularly like, but this is now the primary way in which I consume nonfiction (which has always been a part of my reading, but the topics and perspectives have shifted as my own have...seriously, I was a middle schooler reading very serious philosophical texts about religion and majored in philosophy). Those are two completely new mediums for literature that I've only engaged with in the last several years.\n\nA good deal of my reading over these years has revolved around that Bingo. This has been fantastic in so many ways. But the rules of Bingo are specific. Namely, you can't repeat authors in a year, and you only get one reread. So I haven't reread hardly at all, I'm reading tons of new authors, and I'm trying a wider range of speculative fiction than I was before. I've even found scifi I enjoy! But I've found myself starting a bunch of series I really enjoy and I tend to read the sequels much more separated than I did as a kid or teen, when I read them back to back. It has also introduced me to a love of short stories and novellas.\n\nI still read the same kinds and similar numbers of non-speculative fiction for adults: litfic, the occasional romance or historical novel, some contemporary stuff.\n\nAs a children's librarian, I continue to read middle grade and teen books. I also read a lot of picture books.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>Of course. My access to books and beliefs about the world have changed, so my tastes have also changed.</p>\n\n<p>Growing up, I had access to less books. The books I had access to were in very specific channels: what my parents already had (reflecting their taste, adult books, mostly older than I by at least a decade), what was in my school libraries (chronically underfunded rural schools, so older) and used books that my parents would buy (again, older books). Part of what this meant is that I&#39;d often read an entire series in a row, it also meant that I basically never read contemporary books and rarely had to wait for a book to come out in an in-progress series. I discovered that I loved fantasy early on, but also read some horror, hated the classic scifi I had access to, and as a teen also enjoyed the occasional romance novel. I also enjoyed a number of other fiction novels as a teens, including historical and contemporary fiction. I read SO MUCH during this time, despite this. I also reread books a lot.</p>\n\n<p>We moved in my late teens, so I got access to a much larger library, but could only go sporadically. My tastes didn&#39;t change overly much here.</p>\n\n<p>In college, I mostly stopped reading recreationally, like many people. And after my college years, I was severely depressed and a notable symptom of that was my inability to read.</p>\n\n<p>When I was able to get treatment for my depression and it improved, I also had much more steady access to transportation and more disposable income, as I was able to enter the financial life of a childless adult. This meant I could not only buy books of my own, but I had very easy access to the library. I started reading again, but was so busy for a while that it was mostly some rereads and the occasional other fantasy I&#39;d heard of.</p>\n\n<p>It was about the time that I discovered <a href=\"/r/fantasy\">r/fantasy</a>&#39;s book Bingo that I finally had a way to channel my new access to reading material. I dove right in and found a number of much more recent/contemporary speculative fiction than I&#39;d ever read before. Shortly after, I finally started my dream job as a librarian, so I now have pretty constant access to a library that is very large.</p>\n\n<p>So over the last several years, I read my first graphic novels, which I just didn&#39;t have access to (other than Captain Underpants, which I didn&#39;t feel any type of way about) as a kid. I&#39;ve really enjoyed exploring that space and have found some truly phenomenal literature there. This includes manga and general graphics, but not comics, which I do not enjoy. I also tried some audiobooks, which overall I don&#39;t particularly like, but this is now the primary way in which I consume nonfiction (which has always been a part of my reading, but the topics and perspectives have shifted as my own have...seriously, I was a middle schooler reading very serious philosophical texts about religion and majored in philosophy). Those are two completely new mediums for literature that I&#39;ve only engaged with in the last several years.</p>\n\n<p>A good deal of my reading over these years has revolved around that Bingo. This has been fantastic in so many ways. But the rules of Bingo are specific. Namely, you can&#39;t repeat authors in a year, and you only get one reread. So I haven&#39;t reread hardly at all, I&#39;m reading tons of new authors, and I&#39;m trying a wider range of speculative fiction than I was before. I&#39;ve even found scifi I enjoy! But I&#39;ve found myself starting a bunch of series I really enjoy and I tend to read the sequels much more separated than I did as a kid or teen, when I read them back to back. It has also introduced me to a love of short stories and novellas.</p>\n\n<p>I still read the same kinds and similar numbers of non-speculative fiction for adults: litfic, the occasional romance or historical novel, some contemporary stuff.</p>\n\n<p>As a children&#39;s librarian, I continue to read middle grade and teen books. I also read a lot of picture books.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwzv7i3": {"author": "Relative-Wallaby-931", "authorId": "t2_14w68t7twh", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731538323.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwzv7i3", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lx069z8", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwzv7i3/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwy04vc", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I think that's fairly normal. If you spend much time in any particular genre you start to notice that very few authors have anything new to say.  So you move on to new stuff to find something interesting.  As you learn more, your horizons broaden and more things are of interest.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I think that&#39;s fairly normal. If you spend much time in any particular genre you start to notice that very few authors have anything new to say.  So you move on to new stuff to find something interesting.  As you learn more, your horizons broaden and more things are of interest.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lx069z8": {"author": "pianoforthelord", "authorId": "t2_15rby6jaz0", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731542145.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lx069z8", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lx06bk8", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lx069z8/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwzv7i3", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "Mostly deviating towards more difficult books and more edifying works. I still read sci-fi and such but I want something with actual meat on the bones, something worth thinking about and pondering\u00a0", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>Mostly deviating towards more difficult books and more edifying works. I still read sci-fi and such but I want something with actual meat on the bones, something worth thinking about and pondering\u00a0</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lx06bk8": {"author": "Accomplished_Oil196", "authorId": "t2_vok1rwsl", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731542161.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lx06bk8", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lx0fg7g", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lx06bk8/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lx069z8", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "Yes! I used to love dramas from the 50s and earlier, set in North of England like 'Watch for the Telleyman', or horror like Darren Shan's Saga. Hated sci-fi with aliens and space but now i love Jules Verne and H.G. Wells. Im reading the classics. Ive always loved Shakespeare tho.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>Yes! I used to love dramas from the 50s and earlier, set in North of England like &#39;Watch for the Telleyman&#39;, or horror like Darren Shan&#39;s Saga. Hated sci-fi with aliens and space but now i love Jules Verne and H.G. Wells. Im reading the classics. Ive always loved Shakespeare tho.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lx0fg7g": {"author": "HyenaLoaf", "authorId": "t2_17cf9yjnm4", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731545373.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lx0fg7g", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lx0ja9s", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lx0fg7g/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lx06bk8", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "As a young kid, I wouldn't read anything that wasn't about an animal. This extended to films. Didn't care for any story that didn't at least have an animal companion alongside the human characters. \nThen I had this kick where I was really into ghost stories. That eventually evolved into an interest in anything supernatural and I think the interest in animals hybridized with that to create an early love of fantasy. That has been the long standing interest for most of my life. \n\nAlso read lots of natural science books: biology, paleontology, geography, ecosystem & environmental sciences, etc \n\nGot really interested in speculative biology for fantasy creatures (I blame a particular dragon mockumentary).\n\nHigh school was about the point I got pretty interested in post-apocalyptic fiction. Go figure.\n\nRead lots of creative non-fiction in college and really enjoyed that, but for some reason have struggled to enjoy it since. I think it had more to do with the environment and culture of discussions that fueled the interest. Lots of deep discussion and analysis that scratched the part of my brain that likes to deep dive topics.\n\nA romance that involved a ghost and time-travel was the gateway to historical fiction, even ones not fantasy / supernatural leaning, though those are still my favorites. I've found the only ones I read that aren't fantasy / paranormal leaning usually have lgbtq+ romances.\n\nSimilarly, it was a paranormal crime novel that got me interested in similar crime / detective stories. Again though, there's a caveat. I don't usually pick these up unless there is something that sets them apart from what's most common. Recently read one about a veteran with a service dog for PTSD. Really enjoyable read. Was also a romance. I'm starting to see a theme for what temps me outside my typical fantasy preferences. \ud83d\ude05", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>As a young kid, I wouldn&#39;t read anything that wasn&#39;t about an animal. This extended to films. Didn&#39;t care for any story that didn&#39;t at least have an animal companion alongside the human characters. \nThen I had this kick where I was really into ghost stories. That eventually evolved into an interest in anything supernatural and I think the interest in animals hybridized with that to create an early love of fantasy. That has been the long standing interest for most of my life. </p>\n\n<p>Also read lots of natural science books: biology, paleontology, geography, ecosystem &amp; environmental sciences, etc </p>\n\n<p>Got really interested in speculative biology for fantasy creatures (I blame a particular dragon mockumentary).</p>\n\n<p>High school was about the point I got pretty interested in post-apocalyptic fiction. Go figure.</p>\n\n<p>Read lots of creative non-fiction in college and really enjoyed that, but for some reason have struggled to enjoy it since. I think it had more to do with the environment and culture of discussions that fueled the interest. Lots of deep discussion and analysis that scratched the part of my brain that likes to deep dive topics.</p>\n\n<p>A romance that involved a ghost and time-travel was the gateway to historical fiction, even ones not fantasy / supernatural leaning, though those are still my favorites. I&#39;ve found the only ones I read that aren&#39;t fantasy / paranormal leaning usually have lgbtq+ romances.</p>\n\n<p>Similarly, it was a paranormal crime novel that got me interested in similar crime / detective stories. Again though, there&#39;s a caveat. I don&#39;t usually pick these up unless there is something that sets them apart from what&#39;s most common. Recently read one about a veteran with a service dog for PTSD. Really enjoyable read. Was also a romance. I&#39;m starting to see a theme for what temps me outside my typical fantasy preferences. \ud83d\ude05</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lx0ja9s": {"author": "sapitonmix", "authorId": "t2_uyp4a96y", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731546746.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lx0ja9s", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lx0ygq2", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lx0ja9s/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lx0fg7g", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "Yes. Currently in my mid-20s I heavily gravitate towards history and philosophy, while before that I was more into science fiction, and tech-related non-fiction.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>Yes. Currently in my mid-20s I heavily gravitate towards history and philosophy, while before that I was more into science fiction, and tech-related non-fiction.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lx0ygq2": {"author": "Initial_Theme9436", "authorId": "t2_18izqz6b0q", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731552200.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lx0ygq2", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lx0zpwk", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lx0ygq2/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lx0ja9s", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "Yes. As a young man I read spy and detective novels with some philosophy and serious literature. Now that I\u2019m old I read a fair amount of philosophy, particularly critical\nThinking,\n but I scan the bookshelves to find good novels sometimes.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>Yes. As a young man I read spy and detective novels with some philosophy and serious literature. Now that I\u2019m old I read a fair amount of philosophy, particularly critical\nThinking,\n but I scan the bookshelves to find good novels sometimes.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lx0zpwk": {"author": "CombinationNo9590", "authorId": "t2_1cx80zn3m9", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731552658.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lx0zpwk", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lx1uq1n", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lx0zpwk/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lx0ygq2", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I used to only read depressing realistic fictions as a young adult and any touch of romance would make me DNF it. Now I am expanding out. I\u2019ve done romance, sci-fi, and now I\u2019m into thriller/mystery", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I used to only read depressing realistic fictions as a young adult and any touch of romance would make me DNF it. Now I am expanding out. I\u2019ve done romance, sci-fi, and now I\u2019m into thriller/mystery</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lx1uq1n": {"author": "VehicleComfortable20", "authorId": "t2_1chlp9wmrl", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731566827.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lx1uq1n", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lx26br3", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lx1uq1n/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lx0zpwk", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I'm a lot more picky about what I read, since I don't have a lot of time to do that. I want to make sure that if I'm investing time in a book that I'm going to get some kind of return on it, either in stress relief or information.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I&#39;m a lot more picky about what I read, since I don&#39;t have a lot of time to do that. I want to make sure that if I&#39;m investing time in a book that I&#39;m going to get some kind of return on it, either in stress relief or information.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lx26br3": {"author": "oddradiocircles", "authorId": "t2_tithl9zca", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731574318.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lx26br3", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lx283k2", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lx26br3/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lx1uq1n", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "Quite like yourself, I'd read mainly fantasy as a child and teenager, almost exclusively science fiction in my early twenties whereas over the past five or six years I've been reading classics, mainly from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Not counting educational or scientific books, I read almost exclusively fiction.\n\nThat said, I feel there's another change of phase going on as recently I've been reading The Iliad, and am curious to read more ancient literature and mythology.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>Quite like yourself, I&#39;d read mainly fantasy as a child and teenager, almost exclusively science fiction in my early twenties whereas over the past five or six years I&#39;ve been reading classics, mainly from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Not counting educational or scientific books, I read almost exclusively fiction.</p>\n\n<p>That said, I feel there&#39;s another change of phase going on as recently I&#39;ve been reading The Iliad, and am curious to read more ancient literature and mythology.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lx283k2": {"author": "Extension-Trifle-748", "authorId": "t2_1cvxwl622t", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731575524.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lx283k2", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lx4vkz1", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lx283k2/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lx26br3", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "As a teenager I read fantasy and social books(sometimes crime stories) and now as university student I read a lot of horror and crime stories (sometimes scyientific books)", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>As a teenager I read fantasy and social books(sometimes crime stories) and now as university student I read a lot of horror and crime stories (sometimes scyientific books)</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lx4vkz1": {"author": "gnomeglow_", "authorId": "t2_1cy3acdvk5", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731612503.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lx4vkz1", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lx6pdz0", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lx4vkz1/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lx283k2", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "As a kid/teen I read mostly sci-fi, horror or non-fiction educational stuff. Weirdly enough now that I\u2019m an adult I\u2019m not interested in anything other than fantasy. But I feel like it\u2019s because as a child I tried to do everything to become as mature as possible and in my mid 20s I started making peace with my inner child and got into the stuff I\u2019m actually interested about. Which is mainly fantasy.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>As a kid/teen I read mostly sci-fi, horror or non-fiction educational stuff. Weirdly enough now that I\u2019m an adult I\u2019m not interested in anything other than fantasy. But I feel like it\u2019s because as a child I tried to do everything to become as mature as possible and in my mid 20s I started making peace with my inner child and got into the stuff I\u2019m actually interested about. Which is mainly fantasy.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lx6pdz0": {"author": "Express_Bar4702", "authorId": "t2_1cziu3ultw", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731633385.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lx6pdz0", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lx75tpy", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lx6pdz0/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lx4vkz1", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "Completely agree...when I was in my teens and early 20's it was all Fantasy reads for me, now I do enjoy to let loose and let my mind go to another world from time to time but it's not all I read anymore. Now I have grown into loving Mystery/Suspense/Thrillers, some historical fiction, as well as Rom-Com.  I adore finding new authors and do and will DNF a book if it's not for me, there are so many books out there I won't waste my time to 'just get through the book'.  I'm reading for enjoyment and if I'm not enjoying it,  closing it and beginning a new one.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>Completely agree...when I was in my teens and early 20&#39;s it was all Fantasy reads for me, now I do enjoy to let loose and let my mind go to another world from time to time but it&#39;s not all I read anymore. Now I have grown into loving Mystery/Suspense/Thrillers, some historical fiction, as well as Rom-Com.  I adore finding new authors and do and will DNF a book if it&#39;s not for me, there are so many books out there I won&#39;t waste my time to &#39;just get through the book&#39;.  I&#39;m reading for enjoyment and if I&#39;m not enjoying it,  closing it and beginning a new one.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lx75tpy": {"author": "kateteacher07", "authorId": "t2_4sfq2zsr", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731638959.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lx75tpy", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lxb7l9i", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lx75tpy/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lx6pdz0", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I feel like my reading is a bit all over the place! I read a lot of chick lit type books but also mysteries, legal thriller, but also enjoy more literary books. I get sick of the same types of books so that\u2019s why try to change it up", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I feel like my reading is a bit all over the place! I read a lot of chick lit type books but also mysteries, legal thriller, but also enjoy more literary books. I get sick of the same types of books so that\u2019s why try to change it up</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lxb7l9i": {"author": "jumena3", "authorId": "t2_x75fjrrrf", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731697656.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lxb7l9i", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lxff2jx", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lxb7l9i/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lx75tpy", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "Yep, I used to refuse to read classics, because I found them very challenging to read. The last five books I've read are classics and I love them :)", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>Yep, I used to refuse to read classics, because I found them very challenging to read. The last five books I&#39;ve read are classics and I love them :)</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lxff2jx": {"author": "BookwormInTheCouch", "authorId": "t2_kvpoc0i7e", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731763070.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lxff2jx", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lxfj19f", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lxff2jx/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lxb7l9i", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I started getting into murder mystery as an early teen, while on my late teens I had gone full classics and dystopia. Still on that phase, slowly opening up more to the classics.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I started getting into murder mystery as an early teen, while on my late teens I had gone full classics and dystopia. Still on that phase, slowly opening up more to the classics.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lxfj19f": {"author": "teasswill", "authorId": "t2_8jnrmfkq", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731764744.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lxfj19f", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lxhjwbx", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lxfj19f/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lxff2jx", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "Definitely. More to do with picking out books featuring people of my generation than looking for a particular genre. I think I go more for crime & what seems to be described as psychological thrillers, and less of the kitchen sink/family/young love. Still enjoy sci-fi/fantasy, although I'm quite fussy about those. Also depends what is actually available in the library...", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>Definitely. More to do with picking out books featuring people of my generation than looking for a particular genre. I think I go more for crime &amp; what seems to be described as psychological thrillers, and less of the kitchen sink/family/young love. Still enjoy sci-fi/fantasy, although I&#39;m quite fussy about those. Also depends what is actually available in the library...</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lxhjwbx": {"author": "vanastalem", "authorId": "t2_16q70t", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731789292.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lxhjwbx", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lxmjcjq", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lxhjwbx/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lxfj19f", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I think I always liked fantasy & sci-fi. I have in the past few years gotten more into reading thrillers. I also sometimes read romance books, which I used to almost never read (but I did watch romantic comedy movies) but now read sometimes for a change of pace.\n\nI was very anti-classics for the most part (Of Mice and Men was one of the few assigned books in school that I liked, I hated To Kill A Mockingbird). I am going to try reading more of them - I'm mostly through Tom Sawyer now, which as a kid I gave up on because of the way the dialogue is written (he doesn't spell out words correctly, but tries to write them as the characters pronounce them instead). I still read mostly more current books, but I'm trying to branch out a bit.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I think I always liked fantasy &amp; sci-fi. I have in the past few years gotten more into reading thrillers. I also sometimes read romance books, which I used to almost never read (but I did watch romantic comedy movies) but now read sometimes for a change of pace.</p>\n\n<p>I was very anti-classics for the most part (Of Mice and Men was one of the few assigned books in school that I liked, I hated To Kill A Mockingbird). I am going to try reading more of them - I&#39;m mostly through Tom Sawyer now, which as a kid I gave up on because of the way the dialogue is written (he doesn&#39;t spell out words correctly, but tries to write them as the characters pronounce them instead). I still read mostly more current books, but I&#39;m trying to branch out a bit.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lxmjcjq": {"author": "ung_marian", "authorId": "t2_lmi83383", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731866919.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lxmjcjq", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lxqbebk", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lxmjcjq/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lxhjwbx", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I have started with fantasy and now I'm more into contemporary work\ud83e\udd37", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I have started with fantasy and now I&#39;m more into contemporary work\ud83e\udd37</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lxqbebk": {"author": "Joe_marches_", "authorId": "t2_oov8m9uf5", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731920661.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lxqbebk", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lzc4lc1", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lxqbebk/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lxmjcjq", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "For me it's the amount of free time that I've, when I'm really busy I gravitate towards feel good books and novelas. But if I really had time I'd read books on the war or anything with a sombre but darker theme.\u00a0", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>For me it&#39;s the amount of free time that I&#39;ve, when I&#39;m really busy I gravitate towards feel good books and novelas. But if I really had time I&#39;d read books on the war or anything with a sombre but darker theme.\u00a0</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lzc4lc1": {"author": "MrsChiliad", "authorId": "t2_41lgnbof", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1732756339.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lzc4lc1", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwstmti", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lzc4lc1/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lxqbebk", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "My reading habits have changed more than my tastes. When I was in college and a little after, I\u2019d binge read the books I was reading.\n\nNow I\u2019m a mom of three (my third is still a newborn), and reading is a lot more sporadic. Obviously with a newborn I\u2019m not reading very consistently, but once baby is on more of a schedule I\u2019ll gradually have a bit more time (and energy) in the evenings.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>My reading habits have changed more than my tastes. When I was in college and a little after, I\u2019d binge read the books I was reading.</p>\n\n<p>Now I\u2019m a mom of three (my third is still a newborn), and reading is a lot more sporadic. Obviously with a newborn I\u2019m not reading very consistently, but once baby is on more of a schedule I\u2019ll gradually have a bit more time (and energy) in the evenings.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwstmti": {"author": "AhemExcuseMeSir", "authorId": "t2_101e1e", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731441277.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwstmti", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwtq7x4", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwstmti/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lzc4lc1", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 3, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "From the time I could read, I\u2019ve never liked books about things that could happen in real life. Even as a kid I wanted it to be fantasy, horror, or historical, and I\u2019ve pretty much kept up with that for thirty years. \n\nI\u2019d say in my 20s I went through a lull, because I felt like as an adult I needed to read books with more literary merit. Also I aged out of young adult books, and I came to realize that I loved the action and sense of wonder/possibilities that so many young adult books have. So basically I was pigeonholing myself into books that lost the nail-biting, can\u2019t-put-it-down element that made me a huge reader all my life. \n\nLately I feel like I\u2019ve strictly been reading romantasy or old historical fiction. The suspense in my books is usually between two extremes: 1) when they\u2019re gonna fuck in between light political turmoil or 2) will the fifteenth-century peasants survive the winter in the woods. Both are like the basest form of suspense and I\u2019m all for it.\n\nI\u2019ve been trying to get back into horror but have honestly been having trouble finding whatever the adult equivalent of Goosebumps is. I like King, but I don\u2019t like the meandering path his novels take to their lackluster ending.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>From the time I could read, I\u2019ve never liked books about things that could happen in real life. Even as a kid I wanted it to be fantasy, horror, or historical, and I\u2019ve pretty much kept up with that for thirty years. </p>\n\n<p>I\u2019d say in my 20s I went through a lull, because I felt like as an adult I needed to read books with more literary merit. Also I aged out of young adult books, and I came to realize that I loved the action and sense of wonder/possibilities that so many young adult books have. So basically I was pigeonholing myself into books that lost the nail-biting, can\u2019t-put-it-down element that made me a huge reader all my life. </p>\n\n<p>Lately I feel like I\u2019ve strictly been reading romantasy or old historical fiction. The suspense in my books is usually between two extremes: 1) when they\u2019re gonna fuck in between light political turmoil or 2) will the fifteenth-century peasants survive the winter in the woods. Both are like the basest form of suspense and I\u2019m all for it.</p>\n\n<p>I\u2019ve been trying to get back into horror but have honestly been having trouble finding whatever the adult equivalent of Goosebumps is. I like King, but I don\u2019t like the meandering path his novels take to their lackluster ending.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwtq7x4": {"author": "Livid_Parsnip6190", "authorId": "t2_wbgow0sh9", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731451714.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": 1731452252.0, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwtq7x4", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwsrou8", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwtq7x4/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwstmti", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 3, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "When I was in my 20s, I read mostly classic literature by men. I had a big Vonnegut phase. I loved John Steinbeck and Ken Kesey. \n\nI read some truly incredible books, but I got tired of the male point of view. Too often, women were treated as unimportant or not given anything to do. I read almost exclusively books my women now. Maybe 1-2 books by men a year.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>When I was in my 20s, I read mostly classic literature by men. I had a big Vonnegut phase. I loved John Steinbeck and Ken Kesey. </p>\n\n<p>I read some truly incredible books, but I got tired of the male point of view. Too often, women were treated as unimportant or not given anything to do. I read almost exclusively books my women now. Maybe 1-2 books by men a year.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwsrou8": {"author": "dasers1", "authorId": "t2_o0fr1", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731440688.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwsrou8", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwtl3s0", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwsrou8/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwtq7x4", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "Hasn't changed much really. Grew up reading books like Harry Potter and still read quite a bit of fantasy. I do read more horror now but I've also always been a big Stephen king fan", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>Hasn&#39;t changed much really. Grew up reading books like Harry Potter and still read quite a bit of fantasy. I do read more horror now but I&#39;ve also always been a big Stephen king fan</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwtl3s0": {"author": "mattrhale", "authorId": "t2_6eha2", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731450057.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwtl3s0", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwu4d3e", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwtl3s0/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwsrou8", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 1, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "Started off with books. Stopped last year.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>Started off with books. Stopped last year.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwu4d3e": {"author": "ngmoonbow", "authorId": "t2_1cuc6wcrz2", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731456624.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwu4d3e", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwuozov", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwu4d3e/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwtl3s0", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 1, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "When I was a teen, I was pretty much exclusively into fantasy/sci-fi. Definitely still my fav genre, but I've expanded a lot over the years -- way more into realistic mysteries, thrillers and academic reading than I used to be :)", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>When I was a teen, I was pretty much exclusively into fantasy/sci-fi. Definitely still my fav genre, but I&#39;ve expanded a lot over the years -- way more into realistic mysteries, thrillers and academic reading than I used to be :)</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwuozov": {"author": "jade7slytherin", "authorId": "t2_msu2v9mf", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731463916.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwuozov", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwwzvje", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwuozov/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwu4d3e", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 1, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I went from mainly sci-fi as a kid/young adult to so many genres, now at 42. My favorite now is historical fiction. I am currently reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry. Great piece of writing.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I went from mainly sci-fi as a kid/young adult to so many genres, now at 42. My favorite now is historical fiction. I am currently reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry. Great piece of writing.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwwzvje": {"author": "SerenadeMePlz", "authorId": "t2_xuzqr", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731505925.0, "depth": 1, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwwzvje", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": true, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "moreComments-t1_lwyggzb", "type": "moreComments"}, "parentId": "t1_lwuozov", "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwwzvje/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwuozov", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I\u2019ve got that one waiting on the shelf! I want to start it but the size is so intimidating \ud83d\ude05", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I\u2019ve got that one waiting on the shelf! I want to start it but the size is so intimidating \ud83d\ude05</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwv83xm": {"author": "OneGoodRib", "authorId": "t2_jnq48", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731471146.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwv83xm", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "moreComments-t1_lwx0avj", "type": "moreComments"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwv83xm/", "prev": {"id": "moreComments-t1_lwyggzb", "type": "moreComments"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 1, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "Teen to early 20s I almost exclusively read fantasy - I guess you'd call it low fantasy? Harry Potter, Diana Wynne Jones' books, Sookie Stackhouse, House of Night. Then I took a very hard left hook into historical fiction and I haven't really touched fantasy since then. Tudor fiction spread to pre-Tudor fiction, which spread into medieval romance, which spread into Regency romance. I'm proud of forcing my special interest out of Tudor England but I basically haven't left historical/romance. Now the only fantasy I'm really interested is in the Diana Wynne Jones books I already have and the bizarre sub-sub-sub-genre of \"what if Anne Boleyn was a vampire\".", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>Teen to early 20s I almost exclusively read fantasy - I guess you&#39;d call it low fantasy? Harry Potter, Diana Wynne Jones&#39; books, Sookie Stackhouse, House of Night. Then I took a very hard left hook into historical fiction and I haven&#39;t really touched fantasy since then. Tudor fiction spread to pre-Tudor fiction, which spread into medieval romance, which spread into Regency romance. I&#39;m proud of forcing my special interest out of Tudor England but I basically haven&#39;t left historical/romance. Now the only fantasy I&#39;m really interested is in the Diana Wynne Jones books I already have and the bizarre sub-sub-sub-genre of &quot;what if Anne Boleyn was a vampire&quot;.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwx39fh": {"author": "AlienMagician7", "authorId": "t2_3bmgdri8", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731507190.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwx39fh", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwxve7m", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwx39fh/", "prev": {"id": "moreComments-t1_lwx0avj", "type": "moreComments"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 1, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "i remember being obsessed with high fantasy and dystopian lit during the early to mid 2000s. then because there was a surplus in that genre and EVERY book suddenly seemed to fall into that category i got disillusioned and fell back on low fantasy which i loved because it didn\u2019t so much focus on the magic as per the story itself. \n\ndiscovered magical realism in the mid 2010s and i had the feeling that finally i found a genre that i could give a name to and now i completely immerse myself in it.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>i remember being obsessed with high fantasy and dystopian lit during the early to mid 2000s. then because there was a surplus in that genre and EVERY book suddenly seemed to fall into that category i got disillusioned and fell back on low fantasy which i loved because it didn\u2019t so much focus on the magic as per the story itself. </p>\n\n<p>discovered magical realism in the mid 2010s and i had the feeling that finally i found a genre that i could give a name to and now i completely immerse myself in it.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwxve7m": {"author": "Sadnot", "authorId": "t2_6i3fw", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731516371.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwxve7m", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwyjesx", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwxve7m/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwx39fh", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 1, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I prize quantity over quality now. Award-winning writing, but it's only a novella? I've had my heart broken too many times by books I just wanted more of.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I prize quantity over quality now. Award-winning writing, but it&#39;s only a novella? I&#39;ve had my heart broken too many times by books I just wanted more of.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwyjesx": {"author": "[deleted]", "authorId": null, "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731523627.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwyjesx", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwywckh", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwyjesx/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwxve7m", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 1, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "My tastes go in waves. Growing up in my teens, I read primarily mysteries. Then, I read strictly contemporary fiction (romances set in the 1900's) for quite some time. I've shifted back to mysteries again. A lot of finding lost children kind of things. But I've also read some scifi/fantasy stuff lately. Dreamworld and The Puzzle Master were exceptional imo.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>My tastes go in waves. Growing up in my teens, I read primarily mysteries. Then, I read strictly contemporary fiction (romances set in the 1900&#39;s) for quite some time. I&#39;ve shifted back to mysteries again. A lot of finding lost children kind of things. But I&#39;ve also read some scifi/fantasy stuff lately. Dreamworld and The Puzzle Master were exceptional imo.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwywckh": {"author": "bravetailor", "authorId": "t2_cmkw1l4", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731527533.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwywckh", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwz26vg", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwywckh/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwyjesx", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 1, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I used to read a ton of fantasy fiction, but it's largely dropped out of my regular reading diet. Mostly too much commitment (most fantasy novels aren't one offs anymore) and increasingly over-complicated world building. \n\nMystery fiction has become my \"staple food\" reading for the past 15 years. \n\nI usually try to read some old \"classic books\" a few times a year. Some I DNF only to try again later.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I used to read a ton of fantasy fiction, but it&#39;s largely dropped out of my regular reading diet. Mostly too much commitment (most fantasy novels aren&#39;t one offs anymore) and increasingly over-complicated world building. </p>\n\n<p>Mystery fiction has become my &quot;staple food&quot; reading for the past 15 years. </p>\n\n<p>I usually try to read some old &quot;classic books&quot; a few times a year. Some I DNF only to try again later.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwz26vg": {"author": "Fire_storming", "authorId": "t2_q7k7m2ke", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731529331.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwz26vg", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwzp7p9", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwz26vg/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwywckh", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 1, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I think so... \nI started with fantasy and romance (I went though Colleen Hoover phase and never touched a straight romance book again) when I was a teen. Then in my late teens I moved towards crime books, true crime. And in my early 20s (so right now) I read a mix of everything (in the same week you will see me reading queer romance and a book about serial killers), but my main category is (Urban) Fantasy.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I think so... \nI started with fantasy and romance (I went though Colleen Hoover phase and never touched a straight romance book again) when I was a teen. Then in my late teens I moved towards crime books, true crime. And in my early 20s (so right now) I read a mix of everything (in the same week you will see me reading queer romance and a book about serial killers), but my main category is (Urban) Fantasy.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwzp7p9": {"author": "garyowenblack", "authorId": "t2_wopd6w8bl", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731536377.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwzp7p9", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lwzza0w", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwzp7p9/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwz26vg", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 1, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "It's pretty much the same as it's always been. I read to learn.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>It&#39;s pretty much the same as it&#39;s always been. I read to learn.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lwzza0w": {"author": "nina_giac", "authorId": "t2_6z5h8wrn", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731539702.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lwzza0w", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lx0icut", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lwzza0w/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwzp7p9", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 1, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I also had a big fantasy phase in the early years of my teenage years. Then, during the last years of high school, I started reading classics because of what we were studying in literature class and as an interest. Going toward university, I was mostly reading nonfiction or good historical fiction, but I made exceptions during summer vacation. When sunbathing and relaxing, a nice light novel is my favourite. That or crosswords.\n\nThese days, I read a mixture of everything and try to focus more on good authors than genres, but I have abandoned fantasy. Now, I don't feel like immersing myself in a completely different world, if that makes sense? Like, I don't want the commitment of a big fantasy saga. But never say never.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I also had a big fantasy phase in the early years of my teenage years. Then, during the last years of high school, I started reading classics because of what we were studying in literature class and as an interest. Going toward university, I was mostly reading nonfiction or good historical fiction, but I made exceptions during summer vacation. When sunbathing and relaxing, a nice light novel is my favourite. That or crosswords.</p>\n\n<p>These days, I read a mixture of everything and try to focus more on good authors than genres, but I have abandoned fantasy. Now, I don&#39;t feel like immersing myself in a completely different world, if that makes sense? Like, I don&#39;t want the commitment of a big fantasy saga. But never say never.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lx0icut": {"author": "kasagaeru", "authorId": "t2_g84ss", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731546414.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lx0icut", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lx0rsk6", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lx0icut/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lwzza0w", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 1, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I feel like my degree ruined fiction for me. I have a degree in linguistics & literature and ever since finishing the university I couldn't enjoy reading fiction. \n\nI absolutely love non-fiction - anything science-related (especially if it's medical field), case-studies, biographies or stories based on real life. But fiction just leaves me bored most of the time, I don't get the same rush of dopamine, reading turns into a chore when I push myself through every page.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I feel like my degree ruined fiction for me. I have a degree in linguistics &amp; literature and ever since finishing the university I couldn&#39;t enjoy reading fiction. </p>\n\n<p>I absolutely love non-fiction - anything science-related (especially if it&#39;s medical field), case-studies, biographies or stories based on real life. But fiction just leaves me bored most of the time, I don&#39;t get the same rush of dopamine, reading turns into a chore when I push myself through every page.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lx0rsk6": {"author": "SerenadeMePlz", "authorId": "t2_xuzqr", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731549781.0, "depth": 1, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lx0rsk6", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": true, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "moreComments-t1_lx1236d", "type": "moreComments"}, "parentId": "t1_lx0icut", "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lx0rsk6/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lx0icut", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 2, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "That\u2019s a bummer! Maybe you\u2019ll be able to come back to it someday", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>That\u2019s a bummer! Maybe you\u2019ll be able to come back to it someday</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lxj0gd5": {"author": "Mysterious-Cable5801", "authorId": "t2_1b1k2x62q8", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731807930.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lxj0gd5", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lxocyvs", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lxj0gd5/", "prev": {"id": "moreComments-t1_lx1236d", "type": "moreComments"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 1, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I used to love only fiction and historical fiction, but then I got to a point where I just wanted to read about history from people who actually lived through it or who have extensively studied it.  In my 40s, I have gotten very much into non-fiction history books and memoirs.  If you have a great memoir by a female author ideally from another culture (but doesn't have to be), that is totally what I love.  I still love a really well written fiction book, but I find them harder to find.  I just keeping waiting for my favorite authors to publish a new book.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I used to love only fiction and historical fiction, but then I got to a point where I just wanted to read about history from people who actually lived through it or who have extensively studied it.  In my 40s, I have gotten very much into non-fiction history books and memoirs.  If you have a great memoir by a female author ideally from another culture (but doesn&#39;t have to be), that is totally what I love.  I still love a really well written fiction book, but I find them harder to find.  I just keeping waiting for my favorite authors to publish a new book.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lxocyvs": {"author": "GrannyTeaBaggin", "authorId": "t2_qe68x340", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731888479.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lxocyvs", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lxopi2i", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lxocyvs/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lxj0gd5", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 1, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "As a kid I liked  mysteries and nature books with lots of pictures, then I got exposed to Harry Potter, and it started my urban fantasy ya binge that lasted up until it became really mainstream and now I feel that the genre is severely oversaturated and the plots simular. I still love a really good atmospheric mystery (trapped together in a mansion trope) but lately I have been getting more into \"exploring new worlds\" type of science fiction where are the characters are over 30 and a bit of a political soap opera and intrigue. My general distaste for romance in general has grown though.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>As a kid I liked  mysteries and nature books with lots of pictures, then I got exposed to Harry Potter, and it started my urban fantasy ya binge that lasted up until it became really mainstream and now I feel that the genre is severely oversaturated and the plots simular. I still love a really good atmospheric mystery (trapped together in a mansion trope) but lately I have been getting more into &quot;exploring new worlds&quot; type of science fiction where are the characters are over 30 and a bit of a political soap opera and intrigue. My general distaste for romance in general has grown though.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lxopi2i": {"author": "Secure-Reporter-5647", "authorId": "t2_q2oku553", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731892911.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lxopi2i", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lxp33e9", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lxopi2i/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lxocyvs", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 1, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I'm not sure it's my tastes so much as my perspective. I read Breakfast at Tiffany's for the first time at 15, again around 25, and for what I think will probably be the last time at 35. When I was 15 I wanted to be Holly Golightly - she was so glamorous and interesting. It was my favorite book for many years, especially\u00a0 when I was 25 and I related to her deeply and felt her pain. At 35, seeing now what you don't see as a 25yo woman, I felt mostly sorry for her and furious at everyone around her, particularly the narrator and the men around him for not seeing her as a real flesh and blood human. It's still a great book, but I've now seen Holly from 3 separate angles and have had 3 separate relationships with the story.\n\n\nI think what I'm getting at is that experiences color how we perceive art, and as perceptions change, so does what you seek out. Maybe thats a change in taste, maybe that's just needing to meet yourself wherever you happen to be.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I&#39;m not sure it&#39;s my tastes so much as my perspective. I read Breakfast at Tiffany&#39;s for the first time at 15, again around 25, and for what I think will probably be the last time at 35. When I was 15 I wanted to be Holly Golightly - she was so glamorous and interesting. It was my favorite book for many years, especially\u00a0 when I was 25 and I related to her deeply and felt her pain. At 35, seeing now what you don&#39;t see as a 25yo woman, I felt mostly sorry for her and furious at everyone around her, particularly the narrator and the men around him for not seeing her as a real flesh and blood human. It&#39;s still a great book, but I&#39;ve now seen Holly from 3 separate angles and have had 3 separate relationships with the story.</p>\n\n<p>I think what I&#39;m getting at is that experiences color how we perceive art, and as perceptions change, so does what you seek out. Maybe thats a change in taste, maybe that&#39;s just needing to meet yourself wherever you happen to be.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lxp33e9": {"author": "navy_yn2000", "authorId": "t2_ufj4hxsne", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1731897945.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lxp33e9", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_lxwivbj", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lxp33e9/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lxopi2i", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 1, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I loved mysteries when I was younger. Now I can't read enough horror.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I loved mysteries when I was younger. Now I can&#39;t read enough horror.</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_lxwivbj": {"author": "time_is_galleons", "authorId": "t2_1537j5", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1732009229.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_lxwivbj", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_m18zyy8", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/lxwivbj/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lxp33e9", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 1, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "Most of my adult life I\u2019ve been heavily into historical fiction (leaning into romance), and popular fiction like Marian Keyes and Jojo Moyes. I also like nonfiction and self help/self improvement books. The nonfiction that I read can range from histories to science (especially psychology) or essays - it\u2019s almost always popular nonfiction. I really enjoyed \u2018Incredible Journeys\u2019 by David Barrie, which discusses animal navigation and some seriously weird science experiments around it. \n\nI surprised myself by drilling through a gothic horror novel over the past few days (The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell). I really enjoyed it and was hooked right until the end- she played off the horror and suspense aspects very well and kept me guessing to the end. I always thought I wasn\u2019t really into horror or sci fi, but this book (and a conversation I had with a friend this afternoon) have challenged those notions.\n\nWhile I typically haven\u2019t been very interested in sci fi or fantasy, I\u2019m always open to new and interesting reads!", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>Most of my adult life I\u2019ve been heavily into historical fiction (leaning into romance), and popular fiction like Marian Keyes and Jojo Moyes. I also like nonfiction and self help/self improvement books. The nonfiction that I read can range from histories to science (especially psychology) or essays - it\u2019s almost always popular nonfiction. I really enjoyed \u2018Incredible Journeys\u2019 by David Barrie, which discusses animal navigation and some seriously weird science experiments around it. </p>\n\n<p>I surprised myself by drilling through a gothic horror novel over the past few days (The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell). I really enjoyed it and was hooked right until the end- she played off the horror and suspense aspects very well and kept me guessing to the end. I always thought I wasn\u2019t really into horror or sci fi, but this book (and a conversation I had with a friend this afternoon) have challenged those notions.</p>\n\n<p>While I typically haven\u2019t been very interested in sci fi or fantasy, I\u2019m always open to new and interesting reads!</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_m18zyy8": {"author": "Impressive_Pizza4546", "authorId": "t2_7xqmrfa7", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1733776222.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_m18zyy8", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "t1_meswdwh", "type": "comment"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/m18zyy8/", "prev": {"id": "t1_lxwivbj", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 1, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "I read a lot of fantasy for years and years but somehow got to the point where I don\u2019t usually care for it and have gotten far more into historical fiction in my late thirties/early forties. \u00a0", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>I read a lot of fantasy for years and years but somehow got to the point where I don\u2019t usually care for it and have gotten far more into historical fiction in my late thirties/early forties. \u00a0</p>\n</div>"}, "t1_meswdwh": {"author": "Emalani", "authorId": "t2_3dvjghc5", "collapsed": false, "collapsedReason": null, "collapsedBecauseCrowdControl": null, "collapsedReasonCode": null, "created": 1740530446.0, "depth": 0, "deletedBy": null, "distinguishType": null, "editedAt": null, "gildings": null, "goldCount": 0, "id": "t1_meswdwh", "isAdmin": false, "isDeleted": false, "isGildable": false, "isLocked": false, "isMod": false, "isOp": false, "isSaved": false, "isStickied": false, "isScoreHidden": false, "next": {"id": "moreComments-t1_lwsrr9c", "type": "moreComments"}, "parentId": null, "permalink": "/r/books/comments/1gpt6va/how_have_your_reading_tastes_changed_over_time/meswdwh/", "prev": {"id": "t1_m18zyy8", "type": "comment"}, "postAuthor": null, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va", "postTitle": null, "score": 1, "sendReplies": true, "subredditId": "t5_2qh4i", "voteState": 0, "bodyMD": "In my earlier teens and 20's, reading was a way of adding to the armory to fend the world off. I'd intentionally pick war, history, read about Attila the Hun, Sun Tzu's *The Art of War,* and carried around a copy of *The Prince* by Niccolo Machiavelli for a while. I read a lot of non-fiction to try and fix myself and make myself as invulnerable as possible. Fancied myself a nihilist for a short phase. It all just screamed, *\"Help, I'm afraid of the world.\"*\n\n>\u201cBeware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster... for when you gaze long into the abyss. The abyss gazes also into you.\u201d \u2015 Friedrich W. Nietzsche\n\nI realize that all of this was a way of reinforcing a fixation on what there is to fear. Now, I'm more focused on finding out what's good about the world, what more there is to enjoy and love about it. I read much different non-fiction, like *How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply* by David Brooks is a gorgeous read on empathy. The *Love, Service, Devotion, and the Ultimate Surrender: Ram Dass on The Bhagavad Gita* audio has a special take on perspective taking, reading the Bhagavad Gita three different ways\u2014as you the reader, as the warrior Arjuna, and as the god Krishna.\n\n[Fiction book ](https://www.reddit.com/r/suggestmeabook/comments/1iwlral/recommendations_most_welcome_not_cold_cerebral/)[preferences](https://www.reddit.com/r/suggestmeabook/comments/1iwlral/recommendations_most_welcome_not_cold_cerebral/) are now different now too. In V.E. Schwab's *The Shades of Magic Series*, I really like the relationship between two brothers who love each other dearly, the lengths an older brother will go to to protect his sibling even when it's the younger one's fault for roping them into trouble. It's very endearing. I've liked fantasy books since I was a kid but was parentified, forced to grow up too fast too soon, and tried to deny myself reading for pleasure because I felt like I had to go to war, not have fun. And now, I am going back to reading for fun\u2014*Colour of Magic* by Terry Pratchett, *Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow* by Gabrielle Zevin, *Midnight Library* by Matt Haig, *All Creatures Great and Small* by James Herriot.", "body": "<div class=\"md\"><p>In my earlier teens and 20&#39;s, reading was a way of adding to the armory to fend the world off. I&#39;d intentionally pick war, history, read about Attila the Hun, Sun Tzu&#39;s <em>The Art of War,</em> and carried around a copy of <em>The Prince</em> by Niccolo Machiavelli for a while. I read a lot of non-fiction to try and fix myself and make myself as invulnerable as possible. Fancied myself a nihilist for a short phase. It all just screamed, <em>&quot;Help, I&#39;m afraid of the world.&quot;</em></p>\n\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cBeware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster... for when you gaze long into the abyss. The abyss gazes also into you.\u201d \u2015 Friedrich W. Nietzsche</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>I realize that all of this was a way of reinforcing a fixation on what there is to fear. Now, I&#39;m more focused on finding out what&#39;s good about the world, what more there is to enjoy and love about it. I read much different non-fiction, like <em>How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply</em> by David Brooks is a gorgeous read on empathy. The <em>Love, Service, Devotion, and the Ultimate Surrender: Ram Dass on The Bhagavad Gita</em> audio has a special take on perspective taking, reading the Bhagavad Gita three different ways\u2014as you the reader, as the warrior Arjuna, and as the god Krishna.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/suggestmeabook/comments/1iwlral/recommendations_most_welcome_not_cold_cerebral/\">Fiction book </a><a href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/suggestmeabook/comments/1iwlral/recommendations_most_welcome_not_cold_cerebral/\">preferences</a> are now different now too. In V.E. Schwab&#39;s <em>The Shades of Magic Series</em>, I really like the relationship between two brothers who love each other dearly, the lengths an older brother will go to to protect his sibling even when it&#39;s the younger one&#39;s fault for roping them into trouble. It&#39;s very endearing. 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And now, I am going back to reading for fun\u2014<em>Colour of Magic</em> by Terry Pratchett, <em>Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow</em> by Gabrielle Zevin, <em>Midnight Library</em> by Matt Haig, <em>All Creatures Great and Small</em> by James Herriot.</p>\n</div>"}}, "features": null, "moreComments": {"moreComments-t1_lwyf7no": {"id": "moreComments-t1_lwyf7no", "depth": 3, "parentId": "t1_lwss05v", "token": "bHd5Zjdubw==", "numComments": 1, "next": {"id": "t1_lwtnbtr", "type": "comment"}, "prev": {"id": "t1_lwssxsi", "type": "comment"}, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va"}, "moreComments-t1_lwwjpp6": {"id": "moreComments-t1_lwwjpp6", "depth": 3, "parentId": "t1_lwwj1hj", "token": "bHd3anBwNg==", "numComments": 1, "next": {"id": "t1_lwsviy7", "type": "comment"}, "prev": {"id": "t1_lwwj1hj", "type": "comment"}, "postId": "t3_1gpt6va"}, "moreComments-t1_lwv8j5z": {"id": "moreComments-t1_lwv8j5z", "depth": 1, "parentId": "t1_lwsplcv", "token": "bHd2OGo1eiwgbHd0aDE4cw==", "numComments": 2, "next": 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