A Short History of Chinese Philosophy by Fung Yu-Lan. I spent pretty much all of my time off work reading it. I found it insanely interesting since I knew almost nothing about Chinese philosophy, and the book is written specifically for people like that. The way their schools of thought developed through the ages and were influenced by each other constantly as one became dominant was very fascinating.
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here are a few of my favorites
Susanna Clark
- Piranesi
- The ladies of Grace Adieu and other stories
Vonnegut
- Cat's cradle
- Slaughterhouse Five
Douglas Adams
- literally anything he ever wrote
Mark Haddon
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Margaret Atwood
Oryx and Crake
Ursula K. Le Guin
The Lathe of Heaven
Great list. Piranesi was also a very fast read for me. I loved the way she painted pictures with her words.
Some great books there, that reminds me I need to read some Susanna Clark.
Not sure if your into light novels, recently I've been addicted to Acendence of A Bookworm.
The expanse. I'm on book 8 right now and it's been going fast. The world building is so good. It makes you wish you were there with them. If you're into hard scifi, then you'll love this series
I tried watching the TV series and couldn't get into it. I finally tried the first book and it is so much better.
Wait til you get further in. Things just keep building and it gets even better. The books I mean. I liked season one of the tv show and that was it. But the books. Only one book out of the series so far has been a struggle. The rest I've blinked and finished because of how good they were.
Not knowing what you have read...
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The Farseer Trilogy is NOT what you think. It drew me into reading the next few (and really long) trilogies... an awesome journey. LONG but not long enough...
It's probably been said, and is not exactly a hidden gem, but 1984 is something special. I read an excerpt of the first chapter and was hooked.
Speaking of dystopias, "Brave New World" was the book that got me hooked.
Hyperion. And that book was fucking heavy.
I scrolled all the down the comments and didn't see Discworld by Terry Pratchett. Don't listen to anyone and just start reading it. There's no right or wrong way to do it.
Maybe the wrong way is to start with Book 1. I'd say try 'Witches' first, as I found the first book a bit offputting.
Here's some I have even reread.
- The chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever. By Stephen R. Donaldson. 10 books
- The Galactic Center Saga by Gregory Benford. 6 books
- The Culture Series by Iain M. Banks 10 books
- LOTR
Love the Murderbot series too.
I feel like I have read quite a few books that I felt that way about, but it's always hard to bring them to mind when someone asks. That said, the first few that popped into my head:
- Cradle (series)
- Wool (series)
- The Martian (Audio book is especially well narrated!)
- Murderbot Diaries (series)
- The Bobiverse (series)
The Bobiverse (series)
4th book was such a disappointment.
Overall message too, somehow went from "we are the avantgarde of transhumanism and the universe is our playground" straight up to something like "i wish 50's back". Every single Bob turned to either flat meme or boomer.
If you love The Martian, you are going to love Project Hail Mary. The audiobook is really good as well.
Absolutely love cradle. Sad that it's over now
+1 for Cradle, I enjoyed it so much more than I thought I was going to
Every time I buy the new Alex Delaware novel written by Jonathan Kellerman I read it straight through in one seating. I own the entire collection in hardback.
This is a hot take, but Street Lawyer, by John Grisham.
Hey I dig it. Some Grisham hits the spot for me.
However, I’m a lawyer myself so sometimes it’s hard for me to read legal thrillers because I want to escape real life….
Here's some I have even reread.
- The chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever. By Stephen R. Donaldson. 10 books
- The Galactic Center Saga by Gregory Benford. 6 books
- The Culture Series by Iain M. Banks 10 books
- LOTR
Love the Murderbot series too.
Camino by Anya Niewierra. She's Dutch so I'm not sure if the book also exists in English.
Before that, Ready Player One. Later on I heard there is some criticism/toxicity around genders, right elitism and the like, but I never noticed that when reading it.
Already mentioned, but Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut. I’m not sure if I read it in one sitting or two.
The Kingkiller Chronicles is a series by Patrick Rothfuss. The first book is The Name of the Wind. Definitely one of my absolute favorites
Gibson's sprawl trilogy when I read them back in '89. The fact that it had many short chapters made it easy to consume in quick bursts of reading
The last one was Isabel Allende's Violeta.
My favorite book that I read in one sitting (though not hard to do because it’s so short) is The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman… made me cry with its beauty!
The Midnight Library and The Words We Keep. Missed bus stops multiple times because of reading the books, well worth it.
The Mote in God's Eye
Here's some I have even reread.
- The chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever. By Stephen R. Donaldson. 10 books
- The Galactic Center Saga by Gregory Benford. 6 books
- The Culture Series by Iain M. Banks 10 books
- LOTR
Love the Murderbot series too.
Here's some I have even reread.
- The chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever. By Stephen R. Donaldson. 10 books
- The Galactic Center Saga by Gregory Benford. 6 books
- The Culture Series by Iain M. Banks 10 books
- LOTR
Love the Murderbot series too.
Bobiverse series (science fiction).
The Anthropocene Reviewed is the coziest book I’ve ever listened to. John Green reads it himself for the audio book and you can really feel his emotions and charm through it.
Very recently, Mrs March by Virginia Feito. I was just gripped, I finished it in a day. It was compulsive, I just had to know what the main character was going to do next and how it was all going to unravel.
- All the Light We Cannot See
- Off to be The Wizard
- Ready Player One - But this one was pure hatred. That book was awful, and it made me upset at it for wasting my time the way it was doing. I'd bought a hardcover copy of it and knew I wasn't going to be able to part with it for a couple of weeks since I was in a farmhouse without internet, and it just made me so mad that I'd spent $20 on that instead of a different book
Lilith by george mc donald
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