Channels like @books_rec
What Telegram recommends beside Books | Selfhelp | Nonfiction, ranked by size and shown with the numbers Telegram leaves out.
Measured in week 38 of 2026, on 14 Sept 2026, from public Telegram data
Recommended alongside
| Channel | Name | Subscribers | 14 days | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 @eBookRoom | eBook Room | 332,671 | +0.36% | Education and languages |
 @Novels_English_Books_Magazines | English Books Magazines Novels | 217,125 | -0.19% | Education and languages |
 @eBooksCafe | eBooks Cafe | 62,314 | -0.17% | Education and languages |
 @selfimprovementbooks1 | 𝗦𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 | 43,451 | +0.79% | Education and languages |
 @Daily_Newspapersz | Motivational Books | 41,620 | -0.14% | Education and languages |
 @lead_2020 | Books on Leadership & Personal Development / Kitaaba Gaggeessumaa/ የመሪነት መፅሐፍት🇪🇹🇫🇷🇪🇬🇬🇷🇩🇲🇨🇽🇬🇸🇬🇧🇺🇬🇻🇳📚 | 34,447 | +0.69% | Education and languages |
 @spiritualbookstg | Books | 13,342 | +0.96% | Education and languages |
 @bexqqq | BEXQQQ | 7,800 | -1.10% | Education and languages |
 @DailyBookGems | Daily Book Gems | 1,413 | +0.28% | Education and languages |
This list comes from Telegram's own recommendation graph. The subscriber counts, growth and topics are ours — Telegram shows the names and stops there.
The reverse
2 channels in the index have @books_rec in their own recommendation list. That direction is not something Telegram publishes — see the channel page for the full list.
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