For me, there are two different kinds of "easy reads". For novels that I started and just couldn't put down my vote goes to Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut. Really, anything by Vonnegut. I also...
For me, there are two different kinds of "easy reads". For novels that I started and just couldn't put down my vote goes to Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut. Really, anything by Vonnegut. I also recommend Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins. It does start a little slow, but when the story opens up it will hook you. That was the book that rekindled my love of reading as an adult.
Short stories are the other kind of easy read, and for me Nine Stories by J. D. Salinger and What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond Carver are the collections I always go back to. They aren't easy to read in the pulpy sense. You can get through them quickly, but the stories stay with you and give you a lot to think about.
For me, there are two different kinds of "easy reads". For novels that I started and just couldn't put down my vote goes to Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut. Really, anything by Vonnegut. I also recommend Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins. It does start a little slow, but when the story opens up it will hook you. That was the book that rekindled my love of reading as an adult.
Short stories are the other kind of easy read, and for me Nine Stories by J. D. Salinger and What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond Carver are the collections I always go back to. They aren't easy to read in the pulpy sense. You can get through them quickly, but the stories stay with you and give you a lot to think about.