May 2021 update: Three little pigs and The Titanic

New books

First up are books that haven’t been mentioned in any comments until this month. These are either recent releases or obscure books experiencing a revival.

Flirting with Forever
4 users (this month)
Jews Don’t Count
4 users
The Last Thing He Told Me
3 users
Sanctuary Found
3 users
Battle for the Soul
3 users
Count down
3 users

Top books

The overall top books this month are similar to last month’s:

The Body Keeps the Score
23 users (this month)
Natural Harvest
19 users
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents
16 users
How to win Friends & Influence People
15 users
Attached
14 users
Why Does He Do That?
13 users

There are some more interesting books in the top 20 this month though, here’s a curated selection:

The ethnic cleansing of Palestine
12 users (this month)
Why We Sleep
10 users
Invisible Women
10 users
The Gift of Fear
10 users
How to Lie with Statistics
10 users
The Simple Path to Wealth
9 users

There’s been a big uptick in mentions for Why We Sleep, from a variety of users across a variety of subreddits. The Israel-Palestine conflict has spurred mentions for The ethnic cleansing of Palestine, while ongoing discussions about democratision of the stock market lead to increased awareness of financial planning books.

New subreddits

There were 9 new subreddits added to the redditreads database in May. These aren’t new on reddit, rather they only now exceeded the threshold for statistically significant results:

r/nostalgia stirs up some fond memories:

Stephen Biesty's Incredible Cross-Sections
5 users (this month)
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
4 users
In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories
4 users
The Complete Far Side
3 users
Another Monster at the End of This Book
3 users
The Monster at the End of This Book
3 users