Ghosts of the orphanage it’s about orphans being killed by church run orphanages in multiple countries with almost no punishments granted to anyone. Children beaten to death, tortured, electrocuted, etc etc. only Canada took any actions into at least investigating it and found tons of dead children buried. Media doesn’t really touch it so the books is the only way to learn about it
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Star Maker by Olaf Stapledon
It forever changed the way I think about both consciousness and the evolution of the cosmos. No joke, it’s a revelation. Arthur C Clarke called it “Probably the most powerful work of imagination ever written.”
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a monster calls by patrick ness
milkduemonday on
UNSONG by Scott Alexander. you will not regret this
Peppery_penguin on
*Man’s Search for Meaning* by Viktor Frankl
hostaDisaster on
11/22/63
Dear Child
Horror_Mousse_1092 on
House of Leaves by Mark Danielewski
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I find that many short story collections make for a really quick and fast-paced read. One collection that has really stuck with me is **What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond Carver**. It’s a very dark, shocking, and brutal read that will just leave you thinking “What the actual f*** just happened”
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UBIK
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The Secret History, by Donna Tartt.
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Recursion by Blake Crouch
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Someone already recommended Man’s Search for Meaning.
Fiction:
All the Light We Cannot See – Anthony Doerr –
Don’t watch the show. It’s just ok, and yes shows are never as good as the books, but that’s particularly true here. The story and subtext were significantly changed from the book, not to mention the prose is just… perfect.
Nonfiction:
The Doomsday Machine – Daniel Ellsberg (RIP) –
An insider’s account of the Cold War nuclear arms race. I had to read this book in chunks so I could digest just how insane some of the systems were that he describes. Truly concerning stuff.
The Fire Next Time – James Baldwin –
A book I think should be required reading in American schools.
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Godel Escher Bach by Douglas Hoffsteader
“The Thought Gang” by Ian Frazier.
Ghosts of the orphanage it’s about orphans being killed by church run orphanages in multiple countries with almost no punishments granted to anyone. Children beaten to death, tortured, electrocuted, etc etc. only Canada took any actions into at least investigating it and found tons of dead children buried. Media doesn’t really touch it so the books is the only way to learn about it
Star Maker by Olaf Stapledon
It forever changed the way I think about both consciousness and the evolution of the cosmos. No joke, it’s a revelation. Arthur C Clarke called it “Probably the most powerful work of imagination ever written.”
a monster calls by patrick ness
UNSONG by Scott Alexander. you will not regret this
*Man’s Search for Meaning* by Viktor Frankl
11/22/63
Dear Child
House of Leaves by Mark Danielewski
I find that many short story collections make for a really quick and fast-paced read. One collection that has really stuck with me is **What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond Carver**. It’s a very dark, shocking, and brutal read that will just leave you thinking “What the actual f*** just happened”
UBIK
The Secret History, by Donna Tartt.
Recursion by Blake Crouch
Someone already recommended Man’s Search for Meaning.
Fiction:
All the Light We Cannot See – Anthony Doerr –
Don’t watch the show. It’s just ok, and yes shows are never as good as the books, but that’s particularly true here. The story and subtext were significantly changed from the book, not to mention the prose is just… perfect.
Nonfiction:
The Doomsday Machine – Daniel Ellsberg (RIP) –
An insider’s account of the Cold War nuclear arms race. I had to read this book in chunks so I could digest just how insane some of the systems were that he describes. Truly concerning stuff.
The Fire Next Time – James Baldwin –
A book I think should be required reading in American schools.
“Outwitting the devil” by Napoleon Hill.
/Life of Pi/ if you haven’t seen the movie.
American Dirt.
Ending Aging by Aubrey de Grey. The Open Library page is [here](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL12284524W/Ending_Aging?edition=key%3A/books/OL17932740M).
The Devil’s Apocrypha by Jon A DeVito