r/books vs r/suggestmeabook
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Book discussion hub vs “what should I read next?” requests
r/books describes itself as fostering in-depth discussion about books, authors and genres. r/suggestmeabook exists so you can say what you liked and get concrete suggestions.
In our directory, books is far larger (about 27.3M, rank #18) than suggestmeabook (about 3.4M, rank #304). Activity samples flip the intuition: suggestmeabook posts more often (~106/day vs ~60), which fits a request-driven room. books lists suggestmeabook and booksuggestions on its related list; suggestmeabook lists books and booksuggestions.
Rule titles make the purpose split explicit: books has dedicated bans for recommendation requests and “what’s that book called?” style posts, pushing those asks elsewhere; suggestmeabook requires that posts actually ask for suggestions and include body text.
- Use r/books for discussion, reviews and author/genre talk—not bare “suggest me something” posts.
- Use r/suggestmeabook when you want tailored recommendations and are ready to describe tastes in the body.
- Directory related links connect the two; books’ own rules redirect recommendation requests away from the main discussion feed.
Written comparison based on public descriptions and rule titles · updated 2026-11-06.
r/books
So many books, so little time
This is a moderated subreddit. It is our intent and purpose to foster and encourage in-depth discussion about all things related to books, authors, genres, or publishing in a safe, supportive environment. If you're look…
- Members
- 27.3M
- 7-day growth
- +5.9K
- Posts/day
- 60.3
- Directory rank
- #18
- Created
- Jan 25, 2008
- Submissions
- Text or links
Sample mix: text posts 86%, links 13%, videos 1%
Topics: Books
Rule titles (short names we collected)
- Discussion is the Goal
- Uncivil behavior
- Recommendation Requests
- What's That Book Called?
- Promotional
- Distribution or solicitation for pirated material
- Unmarked spoilers
- Homework help request
- Image-Only/Video-Only
- Low Quality Book List
- Full Rules and Guidelines
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r/suggestmeabook
Suggest Me A Book
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!
- Members
- 3.4M
- 7-day growth
- +2.5K
- Posts/day
- 106.1
- Directory rank
- #304
- Created
- May 17, 2014
- Submissions
- Text posts
Sample mix: text posts 100%
Topics: Books
Rule titles (short names we collected)
- 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
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Supported differences
| Aspect | r/books | r/suggestmeabook |
|---|
| Public focus (from each community’s public description) |
This is a moderated subreddit. It is our intent and purpose to foster and encourage in-depth discussion about all things related to books, authors, genres, or publishing in a safe, supportive environment. If you're look… |
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! |
| Size r/books is larger in our directory (about 8×). |
27.3M members |
3.4M members |
| Posting activity (our sample) |
60.3/day |
106.1/day |
| Common post types in our sample |
text posts 86%, links 13%, videos 1% |
text posts 100% |
| Allowed submission type (meta) |
Text or links |
Text posts |
| Selected rule titles (short names we collected) |
Discussion is the Goal; Uncivil behavior; Recommendation Requests; What's That Book Called?; Promotional |
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 |
What they share
- Shared SubMouse topics: Books
- Our directory lists each of these communities on the other’s related list.
Rule titles that steer the traffic
r/books short titles include: Discussion is the Goal; Uncivil behavior; Recommendation Requests; What’s That Book Called?; Promotional; piracy; unmarked spoilers; homework help; image/video-only; low-quality book lists.
r/suggestmeabook: No Piracy; Post Doesn’t Ask for Book Suggestions; No Self-Promotion; Posts must include text in the body; no “Should I read…”; spoilers; limits on links/URL shorteners.
Where this comparison comes from
Public descriptions and member counts from SubMouse’s safe-for-work directory. Short rule titles and activity samples SubMouse collected. Mutual related-list links between books and suggestmeabook. Short titles only.
Members and public descriptions come from SubMouse's safe-for-work directory (as of 2026-11-02 UTC); 7-day growth measured from 2026-10-26. Posts/day and post-type mixes appear when we have an activity sample. Rule lines are short titles, not the full sidebar. Directory rank is listing order — communities outside the current Top 100 open in the info tool instead of a full community page.