About r/suggestmeabook
In its own words:
Need an idea what to read next? Tell us what you've enjoyed in the past, or what you're looking for, and let the community suggest a book (or books) for you to read!
The community was created on May 17, 2014, which makes it 12 years old. Since Oct 19, 2026, it has gained 3,850 subscribers (+0.11%). Among the 11 communities on our books list it is number 2 by size.
What sets r/suggestmeabook apart
Compared with other large communities, r/suggestmeabook leans heavily on text posts (100% of recent posts; the typical Top 100 subreddit sits at 17%). For its size it is unusually busy: about 31.4 new posts a day per million members, more than 94% of the Top 100. It is also one of the faster-growing big communities: its 0.48% gain since Sep 19, 2026 beats 93% of the Top 100.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026, r/suggestmeabook went up from 3,401,770 to 3,418,073 subscribers (+16.3K, +0.48%). That is about 408 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (8 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/suggestmeabook talks about
Looking at the titles of 670 recent posts (Oct 21–Oct 28), the words that come up most are “books”, “book”, “looking”, “suggest” and “read”. Other frequent themes are romance, recommendations, fantasy, fiction, similar and good. Recurring phrases include “book recommendations”, “book recs”, “book suggestions” and “books similar”. By format, 100% are text posts and 0% are links.
Popular post flairs: Any genre! (90), New Reader (35), Fantasy (21), Romance (20), Non-fiction (20), Seeking read-alikes (19).
Activity and best time to post
r/suggestmeabook gets about 110 new posts a day. The public archive holds 491,954 posts and 7,214,670 comments in total, about 14.7 comments per post.
Rules of r/suggestmeabook
The moderators of r/suggestmeabook list 10 rules. In short:
- No Piracy
- Post Doesn't Ask for Book Suggestions
- No Self-Promotion - you will be banned.
- Posts must include text in the body
- Trolling or Uncivil Behavior
- No Spam (including blogspam)
- No "Should I read..."
- Spoilers - please use tags
- Links and URL Shorteners
- Mod Mail and Removals
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/suggestmeabook and press “Join”. Read the community rules in the sidebar before you post: every subreddit is run by its own volunteer moderators.
Frequently asked questions
How big is r/suggestmeabook?
r/suggestmeabook has 3,418,073 subscribers, which makes it the #304 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 16,303 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026.
How old is r/suggestmeabook?
r/suggestmeabook was created on May 17, 2014, so it has been around for 12 years.
How active is r/suggestmeabook?
Very active: r/suggestmeabook gets about 110 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 491,954 posts and 7,214,670 comments. In a sample of 670 recent posts we counted 608 different authors.
What is r/suggestmeabook about?
The community describes itself as: “Need an idea what to read next? Tell us what you've enjoyed in the past, or what you're looking for, and let the community suggest a book (or books) for you to read!” Recent post titles often mention books, book, looking, suggest and read. Most posts are text posts (100%).
Is r/suggestmeabook safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/suggestmeabook as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/suggestmeabook?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/suggestmeabook accepts text posts only. It has 10 posted rules, starting with: “No Piracy”; “Post Doesn't Ask for Book Suggestions”; “No Self-Promotion - you will be banned.”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/suggestmeabook?
Communities with similar topics include r/books (27.3M), r/booksuggestions (1.4M), r/horror (3.6M), r/history (18.8M) and r/nextfuckinglevel (10.5M).
Stats from public data (data updated Oct 29, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Oct 30, 2026). Point and comment counts are archive snapshots and can be lower than on Reddit today. SubMouse is an independent directory and is not affiliated with Reddit or the moderators of r/suggestmeabook.