The Wheel of Time
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
Everything is f*cked.
Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka.
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!!
It's been a while, but I recall enjoying A Madman's Diary and The True Story of Ah Q.
"Uncle Tom's Cabin". So far very powerful writing. Just finished reading "Tuesday's with Morrie" which is fantastic.
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.
Congrats on walking the path! Yeah the books are great and really hit you hard at times. No spoilers from me but enjoy the book series!
Blindsight by Peter Watts. it's a really unique take on first contact, but wow is it dark
Currently reading Coda vol. 1 right now. Liking the main character particularly his pentacorn.
Currently reading A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark on and off. It's a sequel to a story called A Dead Djinn in Cairo (and others in the same universe) by the same author. The worldbuilding is pretty good. It transports you to this fantasy steampunk version of the world where Egyptian and Arabian culture is dominant (vs just Victorian, as is usually the case with steampunk).
The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
Book of Leaves and Tao Te Ching
Reddit is coated in a thick white layer of spez.
Not a book, but a series. 2nd book specifically of the manga series Black Bird.
My brother and sister-in-law got me a box set of it not knowing it's a shoujo series (less action and more romance focused) and so far it's interesting enough to keep me interested.
Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie
The enterprise of death, it's a fun read
The latest Thrawn book
Pride and Prejudice, it's fine so far
Kazohinia by Sándor Szathmári. It's a fun double dystopia, especially fun once you recognize our own world.
The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman
Douglas Adams Starship Titanic: A Novel by Terry Jones
I think that is the official title. It's set inside the wider Hitchhikers universe, but so far hasn't touched on the events of that series.
Did take my a fair bit of time to get Into it, but as I approach the halfway point it's definitely got me.
Latest Miss Peregrine book. Recently found out there were three more since I last read it, so I've been catching up this week.
Match Game, book 14 of the series Expeditionary Force.
Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson. Recommend if you like historical fiction & the 20s.
Currently listening through Worm again. I read it the first time, now I'm listening and it's just as good as I remember it.
The Hooligans of Kandahar by Joe Kassabian.
Count Zero by William Gibson
Brezhnev by Susanne Schattenberg
I need to pick Cracker! Back up, i started reading it in 8th grade by borrowing it from my English teacher, found it years later on amazon. I just have an issue with not wanting to read books anymore after havign the fun sucked out of them due to public school book tests.
Fellowship of the Ring but also Children of Hurin
The Fight Club, I can't get myself to finish it, knowing how it ends because of the movie does not help either.
Dark Age by Pierce Brown, part of the Red Rising series
Yumi and the Nightmare Painter
Star By Star. Reading through the old EU New Jedi Order books again. The old EU is the best part of Star Wars.
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