For those commenting on the number of low-quality books out there, Mortimer J. Adler's How to Read a Book is a useful guide to detecting those quickly:
This applies mostly to nonfiction, though there are aspects which apply to fiction as well.
Adler also addresses the "what books do you recommend" with a list of 137 suggestions which are a good start (though of course, not an exhaustive list):
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Read_a_Book>
This applies mostly to nonfiction, though there are aspects which apply to fiction as well.
Adler also addresses the "what books do you recommend" with a list of 137 suggestions which are a good start (though of course, not an exhaustive list):
<https://www.tosummarise.com/2022/11/26/mortimer-adlers-readi...>