Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series, maybe.

We Spread by Iain Reid

I absolutely loved the book, couldn’t put it down. But when I got to the ending, I definitely felt unfulfilled. I wanted more. Maybe that’s a good ending? But I would absolutely recommend the book to anyone despite the abrupt ending

The Hyperion Cantos by Dan Simmons. Enjoy.

I can’t read if people are talking around me. I also don’t like dead silence because every minor “house noise” will pull me out. Lofi music has been really useful lately. I like a Lofi covers playlist that’s just Lofi, non lyrics version of popular songs. General Lofi helps too

Go read somewhere else.

There might be a library with a reading room nearby. A library is much better than home for reading, because it's a space functionally (mostly) for interacting with books. It's surprising how strong the psychological effect of this can be. Also there are other people there being quiet and serious and so you feel an odd peer pressure not to goof off. And you don't have to murder your family for some peace and quiet.

Part of it gets easier after university. Part of it is being deliberate with your time.

What I do is give myself 15 minutes a day to read. If I want to stop after those 15 minutes, that's fine, but for those 15 minutes, I have no mobile, no background stuff going on. It's me and a book I want to read.

Sometimes I get into the zone and I can read for an hour or more. Other times, I scoot slowly through a book 15 minutes at a time. Either way, that's better than nothing.

I hadn't heard that before, and it explains a lot. Apparently Twain planned for the story to be about Huck Finn's development into an adult.

He worked on it for years, then gave up on it for several years, and only after making a trip on the Hudson River did he decide to make this book about an adventure travelling down a river instead. Still doesn't explain the contrived ending though.

I never did think this book was anything special. I guess it was creative and influential for the time, but it doesn't hold up well compared to other books from the time, including Twain's other work.

Use eardrops bro

Start with smaller books and just aim to read X amount of pages per day or week, take yourself to a different room to read, I enjoy reading before bed but I know some people it just causes them to fall asleep lol

Also I love GoodReads because I really enjoy seeing what I've read and then going there for my next book idea

EDIT: TL/DR Have you tried white noise?

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I won't go into to details, but I have a problem with filtering out sound at times. It's as if my lizard-brain just gives up and says, "Okay, here is all the sound around you. You figure out what is important."

Earplugs don't work for me. It just makes it feel like I have extra-pressure in head, like a head cold. And every sound inside my body is amplified. Walking, chewing, breathing . ugh.

When I need to concentrate, and there are too many noises in the environment, I found I can use white noise. I found a good white noise generator at Amazon for under $30US. It produces a dozen or so different tones, and they don't have immediately recognizable repeatable pattern. That turned out to be important to me, because finding a pattern in the "white noise" was also distracting.

There are lots of white noise generators around. Alexa has many, for example. There are web sites that generate them too. Some are free, some charge. You need to be careful around some web sites tho.

I mean, if it says its "free" but insists i t needs to install some "free software" just to play a sound for you, it is probably loading viruses, worms, or other malware instead. A web page is easily able to produce a sound without adding more to your computer.

Is AGAD worth reading if I didn’t like the second one? I also thought the 2nd one was pretty unsatisfying generally- way too much focus on Max Hastings who I didn’t give a shit about. Of all the characters in the first book she could have developed further. Also I thought Pippa profiting off the events with her podcast was nasty and OOC for someone who seemed to strive so hard for morals in the first book. Why did she even put the Reynolds story on public blast when she could have just helped them out of the goodness of her heart lol.

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Have you tried white noise?

I know it's still technically noise but it's consistent noise. I wonder if the repetitiveness would help you focus and hide out any small background noises.

What about a white noise machine and noise canceling headphones?

To clarify yes, it is a love hate relationship. I felt betrayed by the end of the book. I felt like we all got trolled. I feel like Twain brough Tom back just be cause he was so well liked. I saw Tom though as a shallow kid who doesnt know yet what living in the real world is like.

and I guess so, thats a good metaphor. Cool connection you made by the way.

First, I was convinced that I was going to hate Pendragon: The Merchant of Death by DJ MacHale after reading the first chapter, but once I got into the meat of the story I fell in love.

I was actually expecting to love Michael Grant's Gone but the further I got into the book the less I liked it. Being older than the age limit on the town probably didn't help that though.

Can you guys help me find this book? It has a man in it, and has something to do with bread or cupcakes or something...

I didn't downvote the first comment, people are more than welcome to their opinions, hence why I said I respectfully disagree. But then they started getting kinda rude so.

I use noise cancelling headphones. It does not help enough. If I use earplugs and headphones at the same time, it works, but it then starts to hurt

You need to carve out some actual time to read each day. Bring a book to a coffee shop and leave your phone.

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Doesn't the True Crime Novel arise out of the Penny Dreadful and murder ballad tradition? We have been telling the true crime story in pamphlets going back to at least as far as Jack the Ripper.

I found them film to be a very well adapted, though shortened, copy of the book.

If you feel that way about the film, definately read the book, or listen to the well made audiobook.

Ear plugs. Noise canceling headphones.

> Legit, new genres like romance, thriller, drama, action

Well by that definition, it's definitely impossible. There are only so many different types of stories to tell about human beings, and those very broad genres pretty much cover it all.

But it's absolutely possible to create new sub-genres. Fiction based on a Earth that has undergone significant climate change is a growing one. Same with the often-dystopian settings in a high tech world, like the stories seen in the TV show Black Mirror.

Fanfiction is a genre not seen much in the past, popularized once the internet made it possible to easily share fanfiction with other fans of the same series.

While looking for more info I found an article mentioning "Gran Lit", romances or adventures featuring seniors rather than the usual young adults.