I am on the second book "The Great Hunt" of The Wheel of Time series.
How are you liking them so far? I kinda want to read those but Ive heard there are some suuuuper long and dry parts in the series that scare me away. Considering the size of that series a "small" dry patch could be like 4 books long lol
Foundation Trilogy, by Isaac Asimov.
I think it's the first modern science fiction book I've read, I read 19th century ones like Verne and Frankenstein before though.
Wow! Funny to hear Asimov described as modern (unless you mean it in the sense of modern vs. classical vs. post-modern etc.). But -- I love those books and want to reread them someday.. Enjoy!
I've been reading The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt. Love it so far!
This is such a good book! I love novels that totally transport me to their world, and this is one of those.
Just finished John Scalzi’s “Lock In”, and enthralling and visionary read!
I haven't read anything by Scalzi I haven't liked.
Just started the Silo books. Got to the end of the show and I’m too impatient to wait for the next season.
I adored that book series. Just flew through them. Didn't end quite how I wanted but I still loved all of them. Hope you do too!
Almost at the end of The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went To War in 1914 by Christopher Clark. Highly recommend it to all history lovers!
Never heard of this but I'm always on the lookout for something good that could make me slightly less dumb lol. WWI is a bit of a blind spot in media it feels like sometimes
Just read Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao. Wonderful subversions of many tropes (the classic ya love triangle for one) and filled with rage. It's great.
Second reading of The Broken Earth trilogy by N.K. Jamison. Each book won the Hugo award for fantasy in the year it was written. They're SO well written-real page turners!
I finally started Murderbot series over the weekend. Already done with the first four novellas.
It's so good!!!
God Emperor of Dune. Really liking it so far and I hope to get through the whole chronicle by next year. (I’m not grinding them one after another). Dune (the first book) is one of my favorites of all time.
Also, Make Something Wonderful, a collection of Steve Jobs’ writings and speeches, which was free. I’ve enjoyed it, since I’m in that industry.
Enjoy the read! GeOD is a masterpiece.
The Emperors Soul - Brandon Sanderson
I'm still reading Malazan Book of the Fallen
Just started the third Southern Reach book, Acceptance. Wasn't a huge fan of Book 2, but still down to find out more about the various mysteries of the series.
I couldn't get through book two. I made it like 2/3 then read a summary
Loved this series, even if I felt lost at the end still. I have Borne and Dead Astronauts on my to read pile from Vandermeer now.
The wee free men by Terry Pratchett
Just about to finish the second book in the Starbucks Chronicles by Bernard Cornwell. I'm an absolute sucker for historical fiction and really enjoy it so far. It's an unfinished series tho 😢
I almost exclusively read non-fiction, but I just got done reading Slash's autobiography (the guitarist for Guns N' Roses among other projects), and that book kept me absolutely hooked from start to end. I have no idea how he's still alive after the wild stuff described in that book.
I shifted from that to a book about the history of the US Postal Service last week, so it's a pretty big contrast in tone.
I'm listening to The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain by Bill Bryson. Written by an older, crankier Bryson than I'm used to, but still a decent "read".
Reading The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler. I like the book, but so far I'm finding the world-building and backstories more interesting than the main plot.
just started “the couple next door” by shari lapena, just finished “my murder” by katie williams and “the girls” by emma cline today!
Currently knee deep in The Way of Kings, I took a massive break from it when I originally started as I was a little overwhelmed but I’m flying through the pages now, just started part 3 ^^
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
Somewhat randomly I read The Remains of the Day a little while back and loved it, even though it's entirely unlike the stories I usually read.
I'm really enjoying Klara and the Sun too - in-particular I'm enjoying how the story has these quite sharp shifts in where you think the story is going, but they're just dropped casually, almost as a throw-away line, and you're left thinking about the huge implications of so few words.
I also just love Ishiguro's writing style and creativity - it's like he's painting a picture with black on white, and that picture is great - but the white space forms a picture too, and with that he adds so much more.
With each story he's setting out to take you on a specific emotional journey, but he's not holding your hand and showing you so much as guiding you with as little effort as possible such that when you get there, you feel like you got there on your own, and so it hits so much harder as a result - even though he very carefully led you. It's hard to describe! But it's amazing, I'd be surprised if I've not read everything of his soon!
Roadside Picnic! Any stalker fanatics here?
Reading The Stranger by Camus, listening to Pachinko by Min Jin Lee.
The Far Reaches which is a new collection of SciFi short stories from various authors. I just read #1 by James SA Corey, the duo behind The Expanse books and TV series. I thought it was excellent, great life lessons.
Judgement of Mars by Glynn Stewart. I read the first four books in the series one after the other then took a break, so I’m looking forward to this next installment. This is the first sci-fi series I’ve read that also involves magic. The journey has been great thus far and I’m looking for more recommendations for books with the sci-fi and magic mix.
There was a discussion thread few days back for books that combine sci-fi and magic: https://programming.dev/post/276456
I'm reading the final book of the Dark Tower series, which is also titled The Dark Tower. It's been such an amazing journey, and I can't wait to see how this epic ends. Still have plenty of time though as it's a little over 1000 pages and I'm on like page 400 lol.
Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson, The Enchiridion by Epictetus, and Letters from a Stoic by Seneca.
Just finished Robots and Empire. So I think I'm going to read some stand alone before I jump into the Empire trilogy.
Going to read Uzumaki, and Brandon Sandersons Secret Project 3.
I've been slowly working my way through Gunmetal God's as well I may try to finish that in earnest as well.
About half way through James Clavell's Shogun. Highly recommended if you're looking for a deep adventure novel!
Finished reading Blindsight by Peter Watts. I haven’t read this good Science Fiction book in a long time. On to Echopraxis, as it’s a double edition
The Spy and the Traitor [Non Fiction] by Ben MacIntyre. It's the story of Oleg Gordievsky, a kgb agent who was working with MI6 during the height of the cold War.
I took a chance on it and was pleasantly surprised.
I just now finished "The Dawn of Everything" by Graeber and Wengrow, which was an excellent investigation into early civilizations and a nod to their cultural implications for modern society. Looking to steal ideas for my queue in this thread!
That sounds interesting!
I finished Waybound by Will Wight yesterday. It was a great finish to the Cradle series.
Now I'm on Honor of the Queen by David Weber. I don't think I'll make it through more than about the first five of the Honor Harrington books. They start to transition into a more political series than "space ships go boom", so that's about where I stopped the last time.
Then I've got The Day of the Triffids on my slate, but we'll see if that holds.
Arrival by Ted Chiang. Movie was great so though of reading this one. Only in the very beginning though.
Wasn't Arrival based on the short story The Story of Your Life by Chiang? I recommend Tower of Babylon which is in the same collection as Story. Awesome, mind-bending writing.
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