Bookworms of Lemmy, what are you currently reading?

Since Reddit went, I actually have returned to books for my reading material, which had been replaced basically by massive ask reddit threads. As a result I'm trying to read some things I shouldve a long time ago.

Just finished the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and I'm on to the second book in the series. It was as good as its legacy lead me to believe!

One more hoopy frood who knows where their towel is!
Its amazing how fast the five book trilogy goes by once you're in it. Its almost time for me to re-read the series again. Glad you're started on your strange, comedic journey through the galaxy!
A classic, been meaning to get back to it myself!

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The Three Body Problem saga, I just finished the first book. I'm enjoying this as much as I enjoyed DUNE

The author is just brilliant at pacing a novel.
You have to like metaphors and allegories, as the book is filled with them. I’m halfway in, but so far, I like it.
I finished Three Body not too long ago. A lot of people didn't like the fan-written 4th one as much. But if you like Dune, I think you might enjoy it. Cause shit gets weird.

I don’t consider myself a bookworm, but I recently read:

Japan Sinks by Sakyo Komatsu
All You Need Is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka (the novel, not the manga)
Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein

And now I’m reading The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin.

Yes, I like Science Fiction XDDD

Edit: realizing that I had nothing lined up to read after “The Three-Body…”, I just got:

War With the Newts by Karel Čapek (thanks to a suggestion in the comments)
The Stars, My Destination, by Alfred Bester
The Left Hand of Darkness, by Ursula K. Le Guin
Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson
Gateway, by Frederik Pohl
Slaughterhouse Five, by Kurt Vonnegut
Childhood’s End, by Arthur C. Clarke (want to reread it in English, as I read it many years ago in Spanish)
Stranger in a Strange Land, by Robert A. Heinlein

I think I’m now covered for the rest of the summer, lol!

I liked 'Rama' and 'The Moon.' It's a little funny rereading 'Moon...' because so much of the tech is dated. Also, it was apprently written in a time before prison gangs became as powerful as they are now.
Thoughts?
- Some of Heinlein’s ideas are interesting, but most are simply outdated. I don’t identify at all with his anarcho-capitalist ideas (to me, it reads as “I don’t want to pay taxes”, and extremely individualistic views of society), but I like how he explores the situation of the lack of women, what AI could be, and the gravitational advantage the moon has. His prose is good, so it invites to keep reading. An interesting author, indeed.
I recently read Rama for the first time and it honestly just seemed...dumb. a nice piece of imagination but the relationships and motivations just didn't seem real. Lime why smuggle a skybike on board when it's expensive and fragile and there was no expectation of being able to ride it? It was a little Deus ex machina for my tastes.
- Yes, not the best Clarke novel. The general idea is nice, and the author’s prose is good, but you’re left with the impression that something is missing. The plot falls on the bland side, in my opinion. I avoided the sequels, as the comments on them were pretty negative.

Wheel of time! Currently on book seven now

I loved Wheel of Time! Plus it introduced me to my now favorite author, Brandon Sanderson.
- Same for me on this and the original comment!
God I wish I could read that for the first time again.
I'm about halfway through the first book. First time through the series. Better late than never, I suppose.

I only do about one or two books a month, but right now I'm hooked on Seveneves by Neal Stephenson

Huge Stephenson fan.
I want 'Reamde' as a Netflix series.
- Just finished Reamde recently. Anyone know if the sequel, Fall, is worth reading?
Seveneves is good, Anathem is my favourite by him.
Seveneves
Sounds exciting! Thx.
A catastrophic event renders the earth a ticking time bomb. In a feverish race against the inevitable, nations around the globe band together to devise an ambitious plan to ensure the survival of humanity far beyond our atmosphere, in outer space.
- I didn't give a description of the plot because I couldn't come up with something that really conveyed what the book was like. The one you gave is decent, but it doesn't convey just how much of it is about the people. It's hard scifi, no nonsense, but the heart and soul of it is its characters.
- I only like sci-fi that isn't toooo sci-fi-y so this sounds right up my street

Currently on chapter 85 of Pierce Brown's Light Bringer, the latest installment of the Red Rising series! Granted, I'm listening to the audiobook, but audiobooks are still books. And man, like the rest of the series, I can't put this shit down!

After this? Not sure yet. Still waiting on Sanderson's next book in his Stormlight Archive series. Maybe I'll re-listen to The Wheel of Time again while the final books of these two series wrap up.

Had to look this up because I thought the Lightbringer was Brent Weeks. Totally different series. I'll check it out.
I just finished a listen of The Wheel of Time myself. I listened to it while falling asleep. Took about 2 years to get through it that way. I already know the story, and parts of it were fairly easy to fall asleep to makes it a perfect way to deal with insomnia.
Also waiting for the next Sanderson book. Just finished The Lost Metal! So many cosmere tie-ins!
I'm listening to Fool's Errand by Robin Hobb to fall asleep to now as I've read the series before, and reading Ghost Brigade which is book 2 of Old Man's War.
- @Albbi @IronRain found out about Wheel of Time from Tumblr of all places. Started the audiobook series as something to accompany me on long drives or workouts but they keep being checked out at my library app lol. Was interesting to me that you could tell it was written a few decades ago - some of the writing seems a bit dated even though altogether it's a very well-structured series.
  Also absolutely loved Red Rising, didn't realize there was a new addition!
- I finished The Expanse awhile back and that was also fantastic!
  A bit of personal advice for TWOT - the first time reading can be considered slow by some, but the opening acts are some of my favorites of all fantasy novels that I've read. There's a certain charm that's reminiscent of Tolkien, and has a certain depiction that's speaks to me. But maybe it requires a second reading to really appreciate it.
  Either way, happy reading!
Nothing wrong with audiobooks! It's my preferred way to consume my books. Also if I didn't listen to audiobooks, then I would never have experienced TGR's glorious performance in the Red Rising series. I don't think audiobooks are better for every book, but in the case of Red Rising, I would argue it's mandatory.
I just finished Lightbringer myself and I absolutely loved it. I'm equally devastated knowing how long it'll be before we get the next one!
- Absolutely agreed about TGR's amazing talent! He colored - no pun intended - the Red Rising books in such an immersive way, that I can't imagine the characters and atmosphere as anything other than what his vocal descriptions provided.
  And I'm not 100% certain, but I think he mentioned on one of the Red Rising podcasts that the last book should come within a few months of this one, because they were meant to be one final book, but the length didn't allow his original plans. I certainly hope that's true!

Just finished a book from the 1930s by a Czech author Karel Čapek called War with the Newts.

It’s sci-fi based on earth in 1930s but what I found the most interesting is

seeing an author from 1930s write and think on paper (casual racism and sexism, for example),
the echoes of the looming WWII
the retro futurism - I love seeing what people from the past imagined would happen with technology. They are often right, often cutely wrong.

Oh! Never read anything from Čapek. Thanks for bringing him to my attention!
- TIL: His brother invented the word “robot”, which Karel Čapek used in the book R.U.R.
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karel%C4%8Capek#Etymologyofrobot
John Brunner's 'Stand On Zanzibar' won the Hugo in 969 for its depiction of the early 21st Century. Amazing how much he got right.

House of Leaves is a fuckin trip

I'm reading it right now and yeah, it does some shit with format I've never seen before.
- I would have liked it to do less shit with format, to be honest. I don't want to turn a book in circles so I can follow the text.
Hey pretty, don’t you wanna take a ride with me 🎶
- In my caAr 🎶
I checked that out from a library once on a recommendation and ended up returning it in less than a week. Shit was waaaaaaaaaay too confusing for me lmao

Going through the Red Rising series, which some of my friends praise immensely. Lightbringer just came out, though I'm only just finished Morning Star, book 3/6 in the series. Going to be starting Iron Gold soon. But until them, I'm reading 1984, which I just acquired a nice hardcover copy of.

Currently reading Red Rising. Awesome book, when I start reading it's very hard to stop.

Pretty basic but I just started reading Dune. It's been a daunting series for me with how long it is but better late than never.

Enjoy the ride! I still reread the first 5 every few years. They just get richer with time, especially the last couple. They seemed bizarre the first time I binged them but they make sooooo much more sense on rereads.
- They are SO bizarre so far. I noticed the appendix seems to give a bunch of extra information on the various factions/organizations in the universe. My question, do you think it's worth doing more research on the universe beforehand or go blind for my first read?

Children of Time - Adrian Tchaikovsky

one of the greatest new books I've read. fantastic.
Keep meaning to read this but wasn't a fan of his symphonies
I freaking loved this book. The epic time scales were just sooo good. The sequel is solid too!

The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage

This maybe my next read 🙂
- Other than the infrequent bits where he discusses home life and social events (which I tend to skim), it's a pretty engaging read. It's also kind of shocking how little he could get anyone from the alphabet agencies to care. I'm approaching the end and it's getting exciting in that nerdy way that a good hacker story does. Hope you enjoy it.

"Mythos - The Greek Myths Retold" by Stephen Fry (Penguin Books).

A funny and entertaining way to learn about Greek mythology through the wit of Stephen Fry.

I highly recommend it.

Neil Gaiman did Norse Mythology. Makes a nice follow up.
Also, have you noticed that ever since 'Circe,' it seems like there's been a spate of Greek myths reimagined?
- I've also read Norse Mythology, I've read most of what Neil Gaiman published.

I've just started Musashi, a Samurai-era historical fiction novel.

I loved Shogun by Clavell and I always get recommended Musashi as being a similar vibe. I'll have to pick it up sometime
- Me too! Musashi is very similar.

Currently getting back into the Redwall series after enjoying them as a kid (British cottage-core fantasy with woodland critter characters). Currently reading the Rogue Crew, where the hares of the Long Patrol team up with the Sea Otters of the titular crew to fend off the forces of the pirate Razzid Wearat.

Just finished the first three books of the Locked Tomb trilogy by Tamsin Muir (4th book out soon lol). Great storyline, interesting concept of Necromancers in space.

Also just finished Snow Crash by Neil Stephenson. Fun book kinda short.

Currently reading Altered Carbon by Richard K Morgan.

I'm halfway through reading Nona the Ninth right now and I'm absolutely loving it! Her perspective is hilarious

Currently reading "The Last Watch" because I wanted some fun sci-fi, but the liberties the author is taking on physics and the universe makes it very hard to suspend my disbelief.

Looking at starting a re-read of "All Systems Red" in anticipation of the new Murderbot book coming out. I can't recommend this series enough

I’ve only heard fantastic things about murderbot, will definitely read it once I get the chance
- Murderbot is my competence porn. It's a series about smart people doing smart things under pressure. I love that.

I have 5-20 minutes between calls at my work, so I've had plenty of time to sneak in some books on the clock.

I've been rereading through the Cosmere, so Mistborn eras 1+2, Warbreaker, and I'm currently reading Elantris.

To-read is Tress of the Emerald sea, then I probably should go for a non-fiction book to feel more enightened

Ohh I’m currently reading Tress after finishing the Silo saga, it’s been a fun read so far!
Check out The Emperor's Soul also by Sanderson. It's short but IMO is his best work.

I picked up American Prometheus after watching Oppenheimer. It's very interesting and gives a really good idea of who he was throughout his life, and how he changed over time. One of the things that isn't depicted much in the movie was how much of his political views changed over the years. While he never officially joined the communist party, he was certainly communist-adjacent before the war, but during the war and after, his priorities seemed to shift to being pro-American first and foremost, and often took the establishment position on things. Of course it's more complicated than that, but I've found it very interesting how someone's life experiences can change them.

On my to read are some historical accounts of WWII, i've suddenly become interested in learing everything I can about this period of history that I only know the basics of.

I’ve recently stopped reading book three of the Malazan series and don’t actually know why tbh. Kinda bored me after binging the first two books.

I started the Way Of Kings just yesterday though. What a weird world Brandon Sanderson crafted there.

Currently Reading "The stormlight archive" series by Brandon Sanderson (still on the first book "the way of kings" though). I already read most other books of the cosmere (Sanderson's Universe where most of his books take place). Highly recommend it!

Currently reading Man in the High Castle, and also Scythe since I saw it on a friend's bookshelf and am always looking for something new to read while waiting for more malazan books (can't commit to another reread right now).

Jules Verne's "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea". After that, I plan to read "The Dark Edge of Night" by Mark Pryor, a mystery novel that follows a French detective's investigations in Nazi-occupied Paris during the Second World War.

finished "do androids dream of electric sheep?", started "a scanner darkly"

Yumi & The Nightmare Painter by Brandon Sanderson, and I'm also re-reading The Stand by Stephen King.

Do CompTIA study guides count too?

I'm also reading Yumi and the Nightmare Painter! Definitely a bit different from most of Brandon Sanderson's other stuff, but I'm liking it so far.

I started reading the Wool series after recently watching the Silo TV show. Pretty good so far, the world building is surprisingly fun.

"Echoes of the Great Song" - David Gemmell. A rare standalone scifi/fantasy novel. I read Legend a few years ago and enjoyed it so much that I'm now reading every book Gemmell ever wrote. Saving the Troy books for last (appropriately). Though some are better than others there's not a single bad book in his entire oeuvre.

Infinite Jest.

Or rather, trying to read it. It's more like an eternal cycle of starting, stopping, and then restarting again.

DFW's writing is great though.

The Last Ringbearer by Kirill Eskov

recently finished:

Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
last night in Montreal by Emily St John Mandel

Currently reading the haunting of Hill house by Shirley Jackson

Good Omens is so freaking good. There's a kick starter going on right now for a fully illustrated graphic novel version.
- Oh my! I had no idea. Thank you!
  Good Omens Graphic Novel on Kickstarter

Just finished 'The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet' by Becky Chambers - quite fun space opera (if you like Firefly etc.), I'll definitely pick up the rest of the series at one point.

Started reading 'They Never Learn' by Layne Fargo - Starts interesting, I feel I'll finish this one.

After that I will definitely start reading 'All Systems Red' by Martha Wells - I've been hearing about 'Murderbot Diaries' and how good they are for years now...

I like reading scifi most, but always try to squeeze some other genre in between.

Reading "A Tale of Two Cities" for the first time.

One of the Wheel of Time books.

Fairytale by Stephen King

I read Fairytale a few months ago. Really enjoyed the slow burn.
- Good to hear , King does a good slow burn.I'm just at the "game practice" don't want to spoil anything but you know where I am.

I just finished Dune: Messiah and am gonna read a short monograph about Commodore Perry and the Battle of Lake Erie before cracking into Hornblower: Flying Colours

"Full Sea" by Chang-Rae Lee. Dystopian fiction, but not sci Fi and not like any dystopian fiction I've ever read. It's about a young girl who makes her living as a tank diver in a giant hydroponics farm/fish farm. They make her boyfriend disappear for genetic experimentation, because he's the only human the researchers have ever seen who is completely cancer-free. She poisons the fish and leaves the farm compound forever to find him. Very few workers have ever left the compound, because it's so dangerous outside. Some bad stuff happens.

Reading Stalking Darkness, by Lynn Flewelling. 2nd book of the Nightrunner series. Up next is the rest of the series! :P This is my 2nd read through. After that, I'm planning to re-reading a few Mercedes Lackey books before finally reading the newest one. Might just hop into the newest one if I get impatient though.

Currently reading Manifolds, Tensor Analysis, and Applications by Abraham et al. Basically, how do you do geometry and calculus on surfaces or objects that are enough like a surface?

For STEM nerds: this book discusses manifolds in infinite dimensional spaces as well as finite dimensions. I believe there is a fluid dynamics application in the book that requires the infinite dimensional theory. There are far simpler books to learn this material if you just need to speedrun into calculations, but I really want the "full story".

Currently reading The Wandering Inn, a fantasy web serial.

It's really hard to communicate just how good it is, because the synopsis sounds very much like a million really bad books.

It's set in a fantasy universe where RPG things like levels and classes and skills are all real... And humans from Earth start appearing in this world for reasons unknown.

Told you it sounds like a bunch of other (bad) books. I promise it's great though. The writing goes hard. Characters are distinct and feel fleshed out, and the author isn't afraid to kill off a character you like - or to give you sympathy for the devil.

It's a long series, but it's never been dull. And if you don't believe me (fair, you hardly know me), it was also the highest-grossing serial on Patreon for long time. I still pay my monthly due just to get access to the latest chapter a few days early.

The whole thing is available online for free (barring the latest chapter delayed for a few days).

Start here. Have fun!

I came to the comments specifically to see if someone mentioned this series. It really is an impressive story.
Dungeon Crawler Carl is damn good if you like those kind of books. The Mayor of Noobtown series is also pretty good.
Is it a pre-existing simulated world that runs for a long time to establish backstory before the players enter?
- Without going into detail: No - it's much more interesting than that.

Misery. My second time reading it.

Before two years ago it was the only Stephen King book I’d ever read. I read it when I was a teenager, then never read any other King.

A couple years ago a friend talked up the Dark Tower series, but listed me off some other books to read beforehand as the books tended to loop in with each other.

I decided I’d just give myself the fan-since-way-back experience and read all of King’s books in order of publication. There’s like 50+!

So far I’ve read:

The Stand
Salem’s Lot
Per Semetary
The Shining
The Long Walk
Firestarter
Carrie
The Dead Zone
Cujo
Roadwork
The Running Man
The Mist
The Gunslinger
Christine
Cycle of the Werewolf
Thinner
It
The Eyes of the Dragon
The Drawing of the Three
(currently, again, at age 40) Misery

I love how Misery’s about an author. I bet King started with the image of himself with broken legs, looking out at the barn. The presence of the sadistic jailor, the big evil nurse woman acting as his editor. I bet that image is where the whole notion of the book began.

How to make a setup that enables that scene to exist?

Oh, dude! I am a huge Stephen King fan, although I haven't read as much as you! I really like his short story collections since he notoriously hates writing endings. Might I recommend the short story collections, Night Shift, Skeleton Crew, Different Seasons, and Four Past Midnight? Also, if you liked the The Shining you should totally read it's sequel Doctor Sleep.
I just rewatched 11.22.63 recently and now I'm listening to the audiobook for it. That one is by far my favorite modern Stephen King book.
And interspersed between all the King has been some sci fi and thrillers. Read all the Bourne books by Robert Ludlum and some other author, Mars trilogy by Robinson, Three Body series by Cixin. I’ve got a bunch of non-fiction queued up but I rarely ever move on it: Ghandi autobiography, history of europe, I’m slowly working through history of the Hapsburgs. I’ve got various self help books I barely touch: flawless consulting, drama of the gifted child, the bible, The Wind in my Hair by Masih Alinejad, Healthy Gut, Healthy You by Dr Michael Ruscio, How to Spend $75 Billion to Make the World a Better Place by Bjorn Lomburg, and lots more. I’ve never read or barely touched half the books on my kindle.

My 6 favorite authors either haven't published in a long time, or they've begun publishing early works that weren't good enough to get published when they started out. 2 of my other favs have died. This has pushed me out of my comfort zone and delved into Steven Fry's Mythos series... and I rather like it. Oh, and if anyone sees Patrick Rothfuss around, please smack him upside the back of his head.

Stephen Fry's voice acting on the audio book of Mythos is phenomenal as well
Tanith Lee. 'Night's Master.' A Demon Prince spends his nights tormenting and/or seducing humanity,

Finnegans Wake - my 'big read' which I am doing over the year along with a group over on reddit: one of the only things that still has me dipping into reddit now. Fascinatingly incomprehensible.
Tchaikovsky's Children of Time - some good thoughtful worldbuilding and a solid story.
Robert Brightwell's Flashman's Waterloo - one of his series of Flashman prequels featuring the uncle of George MacDonald Fraser's protagonist. Very well researched and entertaining
A collection of Neil Munro's Para Handy tales - gentle humour and a glimpse of a very different world - albeit rather stereotypical and patronising in some ways.

After a long time of no reading, I started reading on the beach The Handbook of Epictetus. I bought it thanks to the recommendation of PewDiePie of all people in the video he did after losing the first spot in YouTube rankings

4 Noble Truths.

So far, I get the impression that it's a phiosophical treatise discussing the suffering in life and the inevitability of it. I'm not sure when I'm going to end, because I don't approach philosophical texts sober and my stash of beer has ended abruptly.

The Way it went down volume 2

An anthology of stories relevanat to Delta Green role-playing game. It's one of those rare cases when a RPG-inspired material doesn't suck. The stories are usually very short, horror, borderline Lovecraftian. Some are quite disturbing to read.

Beyond Command and Control by John Seddon, my second time though and a good book about systems and how systems dictate human behavior and how to alter them instead of beating people up to get results.

Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang, a series of short stories. I'm on the third story in the book now and I've loved each one of them. Compelling hook, well written. They have all gotten me obsessively thinking about the world he's created.

Wouldn't consider myself a bookworm but

Finished recently:

Handmaid's tale
the eerie silence (the german one from Harald Lesch)
Jesus Video

Reading currently:

One trillion dollar

And I think the next one is gona be Sci-Fi. Maybe I will check out The Wandering Earth from Liu Cixin. But I am open for recommendations.

If you liked 'Handmaiden' look up 'Walk To The End of the World' by Suzy McKee Charnas.

Why we are polarized - Ezra Klein

Lost Metal by Sanderson.

I'm trying to read the other Sanderson books. Got through Way of Kings, but it was a slog. I don't love really long books.

So I'll probably read Tress next and then give Storm Light Archive stuff another shot.

I just finished Lost Metal myself, it was good stuff
Tress is a great book. There are some minor spoilers for some of Sanderson's other stuff, but it is a nice easy and fun read.

"The Peacock And The Sparrow," by I.S. Berry. It's a spy novel the same way 'Catch-22' is a war story. The narrator is a burnt out CIA agent trying to convince himself and the world he isn't a loser.

"The Crook Manifesto" by Colson Whitehead. Stand alone follow up to 'The Harlem Shuffle.' It's like going into a local bar on Malcolm X Blvd. and listening to the oldtimers talk about back in the day. A semi-retired fence goes to a crooked White cop to get tickets to a Jackson 5 concert for his teenage daughter. High jinks and hilarity ensue.

Currently reading Drunk by Edward Slingerland. https://www.alcademics.com/2021/09/review-of-drunk-by-edward-slingerland.html

Pro difficulty: I am only reading it in bars.

Currently reading the third Percy Jackson book right now

I'm currently reading "tremendous" by Joey Diaz and "a promised Land' by Barack Obama

Python Crash Course by Eric Matthes
Icerigger by Alan Dean Foster

Finishing up “The demon-haunted world” by Carl Sagan, which is really good but a little repetitive, and I’m a few chapters into Bertrand Russell’s “The Problems of Philosophy”, which is a great little book that summarizes the big questions of philosophy up to that point in time (in Russell’s view, of course).
After those I’m looking to start Richard Feynman “The Pleasure of Finding things out”, since the Sagan book got me wanting more popular science stuff, as well as “the people’s history of the United States”, since that comes recommended from some friends (and will hunting of course!).

No Game No Life Volume 4

I'm in the middle of the d&d book starlight and shadows series.

Wish the best

Just finished re-reading 1984 (George Orwell)

Now reading Altered Carbon (Richard K Morgan). And the 2 sequels after.

Though maybe I'll read We (Yevgeny Zamyatin) or Brave New World (Aldous Huxley) before the mentioned sequels.

I did just finished watching The Expanse and tempted to start the book series as well...

If you remotely enjoyed the series, the books are even better.
I know that's a trope, but it rings especially true with the expanse.
The final three books are great and deal with stuff the show didn't delve into (much).

I just finished Tatouine by Jean-Christophe Réhel.

I LOVED this book. It was written from the first person POV and tons of pop culture references but I was really sucked in and enjoyed the read.

Juggling multiple books:

Naked Don't Fear the Water by Matthieu Aikins. It is definitely recommended if you are interested in refugee issues, border control and similar topics.
Mind is Flat by Nick Chater, in which the author argues that we don't have any kind of mental depth and our mind just makes sense as it goes along. I am not bought in on the idea yet.
The Strategy Paradox by Michael E. Raynor is an amazing read if you are interested in business strategy. Almost on par with Rumelt's Good Strategy, Bad Strategy.

Currently reading The Golem of Hollywood, by Jonathan & Jesse Kellerman, I'm half through it and enjoy it very much.

Nothing on the shelf yet (except Holly by Stephen King but I think I will read one or two novel before the release). I'll probably look on the lemmyverse for suggestions.

Currently: The Myth of Normal by Gabor Mate

On the shelf: Political Ponerology by Andrew M. Lobaczewski

The Dawn of Everything by Davids Graeber and Wengrow

Currently re-reading Matter by Iain M. Banks. The Culture books just get better and better as they go on.

Belgarath the Sorcerer, part of the Belgariad series by David and Leigh Eddings. I read the series as a kid and pick it back up once every few years.

I just finished the Eddie Flynn series by Steve Cavanagh and would highly recommend it for anyone looking for an easy but captivating read. It’s kinda like watching a decent Hollywood action thriller. You have to suspend belief for a large part but it’s kinda fun and the characters are likeable.

This isn’t a spoiler, it’s on the blurb, but Eddie Flynn is a con man turned lawyer and I really enjoy antihero protagonists, particularly in the crime/thriller genre. If anyone has any suggestions, let me know!

@beefbaby182 did an audiobook of The Red Queen (Juan Gómez-Jurado) which was a fun murder mystery. At the end it had an interview between the author and narrator (Scott Brick), which led me to Bricks other narrations (he's got a wonderful voice and believable accents) - The Omega Factor (Steve Berry) was next. Hoping it will keep leading me on these novels set in other countries - pretty cool to get a taste of cultures alongside a good story

Just finished Ministry for the Future and now planning to jump in to Nemesis Games.