Best Book Subreddits

Largest communities first, with fastest-growing subreddits highlighted separately.

Best Book Reddit Communities

This guide highlights the largest and fastest-growing book subreddits for readers, writers, and literature communities. FreeSubStats tracks 117 Books & Literature communities with 62,006,793 combined members, so the list uses live subreddit analytics instead of a static editorial snapshot.

For the full sortable directory, open the Books & Literature subreddit analytics page.

How This List Is Built

Largest book subreddits are ranked by current member count
Fastest-growing communities are highlighted separately by weekly growth rate
Each entry links to a live analytics page with history, related subreddits, and current stats

Book Subreddit Snapshot

Tracked Subreddits
117
Total Members
62,006,793
Daily Growth
↗ +0.28%
Weekly Growth
↗ +1.11%

Largest Book Subreddits

#1
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r/books

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 looking for help with a personal book recommendation, consult our Weekly Recommendation Thread, Suggested Reading page, or ask in r/suggestmeabook.

Members
27,088,742
#2
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r/scifi

Welcome to r/scifi, a home for all things science fiction, the heart of speculative fiction. Join the discussion about your favorite books, authors, movies, shows, comics, and games — anything with a touch of science and imagination.

Members
4,465,432
#3
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r/Fantasy

/r/Fantasy is the internet’s largest discussion forum for the greater Speculative Fiction genre. We welcome respectful dialogue related to speculative fiction in literature, games, film, and the wider world. We reserve the right to remove discussion that does not fulfill the mission of /r/Fantasy.

Members
3,907,694
#4
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r/harrypotter

Welcome to r/HarryPotter, the place where fans from around the world can meet and discuss everything in the Harry Potter universe! Be sorted, earn house points, debate which actor portrayed Dumbledore the best and finally get some closure for your Post-Potter Depression.

Members
3,726,108
#5
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r/suggestmeabook

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
3,322,831
#6
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r/literature

Welcome to /r/literature, a community for deeper discussions of plays, poetry, short stories, and novels. Discussions of literary criticism, literary history, literary theory, and critical theory are also welcome. We are not /r/books: please do not use this sub to seek book recommendations or homework help.

Members
2,203,370
#7
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r/Poetry

A place for sharing published poetry. For sharing original content, please visit r/OCPoetry.

Members
2,167,366
#8
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r/booksuggestions

In need of a good read? Let us know what you want and we guarantee you'll find a great book, or your money back. This subreddit is for people to ask for suggestions on books to read. Please only post requests for suggestions, not unsolicited recommendations or “should I read this book or that book” type posts.

Members
1,345,681
#9
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r/asoiaf

News and discussions relating to George R. R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" novels, his Westeros-based short stories, "Game of Thrones", "House of the Dragon", "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms" TV series, and all things ASOIAF - but with particular emphasis on the written series.

Members
1,001,821
#10
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r/SCP

Secure, Contain, Protect | Official subreddit of the SCP Wiki collaborative-fiction project | scpwiki.com

Members
795,591

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