I’m open to any books that you have read I don’t read much and I thought I should start reading more. All responses will be much appreciated, thank you and may you have peace and joy 😉
A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore (offbeat and funny, supernatural)
Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver (serious, changing roles for individuals and society)
Devolution by Max Brooks (Bigfoot)
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (space, funny)
Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery (a Canadian classic)
I Know This Much is True by Wally Lamb (serious, dark, mental illness and family trauma)
The All Girl’s Filling Station’s Last Reunion by Fannie Flagg (funny and sweet, has flashbacks to the wing walker daredevils)
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***Replay*** by Ken Grimwood. Not a piece of great literature, but an engaging book that stands out among the 100 or so that I’ve read recently. Imagine what you’d do differently if you relived your life…
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* {{The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab}}; deal with the devil, immortality
* {{Dark Matter by Blake Crouch}}; parallel universes, thriller
* {{Weapons of Math Destruction by Cathy O’Neil}}; non-fiction, how algorithms rule our lives
* {{Watership Down by Richard Adams}}; on the surface, just a story about rabbits trying to find a home. Pretty epic tale. If you like The Secret of NIHM movie (or book), you’d like this.
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I’d start with looking at a movie or show you’ve really enjoyed that’s based on a book and reading that. Just like with movies and shows, there’s an enormous variety. Get a library card to make your choices low-stakes: if you don’t like it, just bring it back. Most libraries in the US just require some kind of proof of who you are and where you live. A lot of them don’t even charge late fees anymore.
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To Kill a Mockingbird, Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, O Pioneers, Little Women
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Some favorites:
— Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (fantasy book about a man living in a seemingly endless stone house in an alternate reality that slowly erodes your memories and sense of identity)
— The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon (about a woman who is named executor to the estate of a wealthy former lover. In the process of executing his estate she becomes consumed by a conspiracy theory involving a multiple-hundreds-of-years old rivalry between two secret societies of mail carriers. A word of caution… Pynchon has a very specific writing style that some folks vibe with more than others. People either love him or hate him with very little in between so keep that in mind)
— The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon (about two Jewish cousins who become major players in the comic book industry during WW2)
— The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon (alternate history detective story set in a version of modern day Alaska where a temporary settlement was established there during WW2 for Jewish refugees coming from Nazi occupied Europe and the state of Israel collapsed three months after it was established in 1948. The story revolves around the investigation of the murder of a young man who was believed by some of his peers to be the Messiah)
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Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir (space and aliens)
A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore (offbeat and funny, supernatural)
Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver (serious, changing roles for individuals and society)
Devolution by Max Brooks (Bigfoot)
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (space, funny)
Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery (a Canadian classic)
I Know This Much is True by Wally Lamb (serious, dark, mental illness and family trauma)
The All Girl’s Filling Station’s Last Reunion by Fannie Flagg (funny and sweet, has flashbacks to the wing walker daredevils)
***Replay*** by Ken Grimwood. Not a piece of great literature, but an engaging book that stands out among the 100 or so that I’ve read recently. Imagine what you’d do differently if you relived your life…
* {{The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab}}; deal with the devil, immortality
* {{Dark Matter by Blake Crouch}}; parallel universes, thriller
* {{Weapons of Math Destruction by Cathy O’Neil}}; non-fiction, how algorithms rule our lives
* {{Watership Down by Richard Adams}}; on the surface, just a story about rabbits trying to find a home. Pretty epic tale. If you like The Secret of NIHM movie (or book), you’d like this.
I’d start with looking at a movie or show you’ve really enjoyed that’s based on a book and reading that. Just like with movies and shows, there’s an enormous variety. Get a library card to make your choices low-stakes: if you don’t like it, just bring it back. Most libraries in the US just require some kind of proof of who you are and where you live. A lot of them don’t even charge late fees anymore.
To Kill a Mockingbird, Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, O Pioneers, Little Women
Some favorites:
— Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (fantasy book about a man living in a seemingly endless stone house in an alternate reality that slowly erodes your memories and sense of identity)
— The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon (about a woman who is named executor to the estate of a wealthy former lover. In the process of executing his estate she becomes consumed by a conspiracy theory involving a multiple-hundreds-of-years old rivalry between two secret societies of mail carriers. A word of caution… Pynchon has a very specific writing style that some folks vibe with more than others. People either love him or hate him with very little in between so keep that in mind)
— The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon (about two Jewish cousins who become major players in the comic book industry during WW2)
— The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon (alternate history detective story set in a version of modern day Alaska where a temporary settlement was established there during WW2 for Jewish refugees coming from Nazi occupied Europe and the state of Israel collapsed three months after it was established in 1948. The story revolves around the investigation of the murder of a young man who was believed by some of his peers to be the Messiah)