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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Stephen Kings IT. Also listening to Stephen King The Outsider in preparation of Holly coming out in September.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Perdito station by China Meiville(hope I spelled it right) I just started a week ago and have only been able to read a bit because of time constraints but so far I'm pretty intrigued.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Catch-22. The classic itself

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The Culture series by Ian Banks

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

A lot. I lost count, really. I'm a professional 'middle of the book' reader. It's a way of living.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Trudi Canavan - The Ambassador's Mission

Loved the first trilogy, only recently found out there's a second.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The Dragon Reborn by Robert Jordan.

The first two books flew by. Things are changing a bit. I'm still having fun but Im going to take a WoT breather after this one.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Book 4 of the Wheel of Time (about half way through). Series has been something I've started on and off for 20 years, but picked up the first book after my Dad died a couple of months back and finding it a lot easier to stick with it this time around.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Blindsight by Peter Watts. it's a really unique take on first contact, but wow is it dark

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm halfway through the first Witcher book. After being disappointed with the Netflix show, I had to read the original source. I'm enjoying it so far. My goal is to read them all and play the games afterwards.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Minima Moralia by Theodor Adorno and Postmodernism by Frederick Jameson. Just finished Lacan’s lectures on the 4 fundamental concepts of psychoanalysis and understood about 10%. I’m playing catch-up with the serious people from the last century.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Call to Arms, by Lu Xun

It's a short story collection. I'm actually at the beginning, I've only read two stories so far. Kong Yiji is really good!!

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Almost done with Arthur Conan Doyle's Lost World. It's enjoyable but nothing to write home about haha

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It's definitely a classic that everyone should read at least once

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle and The Bridge on the Drina by Ivo Andrić. I always go over two books at the same time where one has heavier material (philosophy/history) and the other lighter that I can read when I'm tired.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Just finished Ten Days that Shook the World. I really enjoyed it. It's one thing to read history from a large-scale top down perspective, another to see how a revolution was actually conducted on a minute by minute street by street basis. Looking for the next thing to read now

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Everything is f*cked.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

"Uncle Tom's Cabin". So far very powerful writing. Just finished reading "Tuesday's with Morrie" which is fantastic.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yumi and the Nightmare Painter - Brando Sando

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

The Wheel of Time

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yumi and the Nightmare Painter by Brandon Sanderson. It’s the third of his Kickstarter books and I’m enjoying it so far, but I’ve barely started it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm just started reading Wool by Hugh Howey. I finished the first season of Silo and didn't want to wait a year to get more of the story. The book has been great so far. It seems like the show followed the book pretty well with a few changes.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

A couple, The Institute by Stephen King and Cosmos by Carl Sagan

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

The Alchemy of Finance by George Soros.

Seeing Like A State by James C Scott.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Convenience Store Woman - Sayaka Murata. I'm on page 30 of 160.

Also procrastinating on these:

  • Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus - Mary Wollstonecraft (Godwin) Shelley
  • A Manual for Creating Atheists - Peter Boghossian
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Endymion by Dan Simmons. Part of the Hyperion Cantos.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

"The Dawn of Everything"

It's a thick one but it's worth it because it gives you a whole different view on history

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

The Neverending Story by Michael Ende

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

The Wastelands - Stephen King. It's kinda nearing the middle of the Dark Tower series and it's pretty damn good.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

The Morning Star by Karl Ove KnausgΓ₯rd. Only read the first couple of chapters yet but I'm enjoying it so far.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Blood Meridian by Cormac Mcarthy. Book is outright brutal but written in such a compelling way you can't help be want more. Fantastic writer.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

The Joy of Abstraction by Eugenia Cheng

Category theory is awesome!

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