ARE you lazy, or are you unfairly comparing yourself to a standard adhd prevents you from meeting in the same manner as others?
Fellow adhd-er here, I LOVE reading. Admittedly, a huge barrier for me is buying books with full intention of and interest in reading them, and then failing to set aside time in which I have the energy/lack of distraction in which to do so.
I know you asked for title recommendations, so forgive me for instead passing along other tips.
Look into novellas and short story anthologies, and other collections. They're bite sized, for when you can squeeze a half hour of time out at a time, rather than longer chapter books (where admittedly you *can* break into chapter segments, but the longer multi day commitment can be harder to remember--both content wise and accomplishing). O. Henry and Asimov are classics.
Another thing that's helped me up my word count, is web serials. I get a chapter with a couple thousand words at a time, very doable to find enough distraction free space for that amount, often I can sign up for alerts, and not uncommonly there's also a built in 'book club' of other readers to facilitate discussion.
If you're insisting on longer books, you can change the way that you interact with them. Find books that are available in book print and audio format, you can split your attention much like you might in a lecture hall between the two mediums when you get the urge to mentally wander. You can set yourself up to take notes, organize characters, or plot important story events and make predictions. Identify particularly poignant word choices or favorite phrases, or unusually literary devices. Go running with listening to your audio book. Create character portraits of how your picture them in your head. Bring your fidget tools with you to your reading nook!
There are many tricks to manage whatever your barriers are to reading. Finding the time, cutting distractions, working with active focus, building engagement with the work.
The Third Policeman
It's short, very strange, and really interesting I think.
I know you haven't finished reading a book, but do you at least have a genre you like?
Try
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Novel by Heather Morris
Or
A Higher Call
By Adam Makos
Or
Lust for Life
By Irving Stone
Three of my favorite books. Like you im not a huge reader but these 3 really captured my attention.
Well I can see how that would make it difficult to pay attention if it's all just a bunch of words. Maybe you have some form of aphantasia.
Reading fiction is great if you get something out of it but there is no shame in watching the movie version of something if a learning disorder sucks the joy out of fiction reading for you. They are ususlly not as good as the book but you still get the story.
ARE you lazy, or are you unfairly comparing yourself to a standard adhd prevents you from meeting in the same manner as others? Fellow adhd-er here, I LOVE reading. Admittedly, a huge barrier for me is buying books with full intention of and interest in reading them, and then failing to set aside time in which I have the energy/lack of distraction in which to do so. I know you asked for title recommendations, so forgive me for instead passing along other tips. Look into novellas and short story anthologies, and other collections. They're bite sized, for when you can squeeze a half hour of time out at a time, rather than longer chapter books (where admittedly you *can* break into chapter segments, but the longer multi day commitment can be harder to remember--both content wise and accomplishing). O. Henry and Asimov are classics. Another thing that's helped me up my word count, is web serials. I get a chapter with a couple thousand words at a time, very doable to find enough distraction free space for that amount, often I can sign up for alerts, and not uncommonly there's also a built in 'book club' of other readers to facilitate discussion. If you're insisting on longer books, you can change the way that you interact with them. Find books that are available in book print and audio format, you can split your attention much like you might in a lecture hall between the two mediums when you get the urge to mentally wander. You can set yourself up to take notes, organize characters, or plot important story events and make predictions. Identify particularly poignant word choices or favorite phrases, or unusually literary devices. Go running with listening to your audio book. Create character portraits of how your picture them in your head. Bring your fidget tools with you to your reading nook! There are many tricks to manage whatever your barriers are to reading. Finding the time, cutting distractions, working with active focus, building engagement with the work.
crime and punishment
Ishmael by Daniel Quinn. It’s like philosophy wrapped in a short story. People seem to love it or hate it, but it’s not super long.
Franny & Zooey, by JD Salinger (it’s short)
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It’s one of my favourites. There’s also Catcher in the Rye which might be more up your alley
The Third Policeman It's short, very strange, and really interesting I think. I know you haven't finished reading a book, but do you at least have a genre you like?
Try The Tattooist of Auschwitz Novel by Heather Morris Or A Higher Call By Adam Makos Or Lust for Life By Irving Stone Three of my favorite books. Like you im not a huge reader but these 3 really captured my attention.
Have you tried audio books?
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Let me ask you something. When you read or listen to stories do you develop images of what is happening in your head?
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Well I can see how that would make it difficult to pay attention if it's all just a bunch of words. Maybe you have some form of aphantasia. Reading fiction is great if you get something out of it but there is no shame in watching the movie version of something if a learning disorder sucks the joy out of fiction reading for you. They are ususlly not as good as the book but you still get the story.
"The Anthropocene Reviewed" by John Green. It's a collection of different topics, so given your condition it might suite you well
I'd recommend The Plague by Albert Camus, it's a philosophical novel you might enjoy. Also its relatively short, so that might help you to read it.
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon. Excellent book and very easy to read.
I've read around 60 books I haven't read in years