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[–] counselwolf@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Cradle by Will Wight, I think I'm at book 8 of 11/12 (I don't usually look so I don't gauge how long til the end).

It's been a fun western take on a progression fantasy and cultivation novel.

[–] godless@latte.isnot.coffee 3 points 1 year ago

Trudi Canavan - The Ambassador's Mission

Loved the first trilogy, only recently found out there's a second.

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Stephen Kings IT. Also listening to Stephen King The Outsider in preparation of Holly coming out in September.

[–] UdeRecife@lemmy.sdfeu.org 3 points 1 year ago

A lot. I lost count, really. I'm a professional 'middle of the book' reader. It's a way of living.

[–] Jogging_Baboon@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Book 4 of the Wheel of Time (about half way through). Series has been something I've started on and off for 20 years, but picked up the first book after my Dad died a couple of months back and finding it a lot easier to stick with it this time around.

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[–] tejrik@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The Dragon Reborn by Robert Jordan.

The first two books flew by. Things are changing a bit. I'm still having fun but Im going to take a WoT breather after this one.

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[–] Prinny@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (5 children)
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[–] GeoGio7@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Perdito station by China Meiville(hope I spelled it right) I just started a week ago and have only been able to read a bit because of time constraints but so far I'm pretty intrigued.

[–] unce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm just started reading Wool by Hugh Howey. I finished the first season of Silo and didn't want to wait a year to get more of the story. The book has been great so far. It seems like the show followed the book pretty well with a few changes.

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[–] AccountMaker@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago

Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle and The Bridge on the Drina by Ivo Andrić. I always go over two books at the same time where one has heavier material (philosophy/history) and the other lighter that I can read when I'm tired.

[–] Dieal@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

The Neverending Story by Michael Ende

[–] mister_monster@monero.town 2 points 1 year ago

The Alchemy of Finance by George Soros.

Seeing Like A State by James C Scott.

[–] provomeister@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

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[–] lustyargonian@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Everything is f*cked.

[–] buco@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

The Morning Star by Karl Ove Knausgård. Only read the first couple of chapters yet but I'm enjoying it so far.

[–] tram1@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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!!

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[–] Sockks@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yumi and the Nightmare Painter - Brando Sando

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[–] NotNKVD@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Catch-22. The classic itself

[–] TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Yumi and the Nightmare Painter by Brandon Sanderson. It’s the third of his Kickstarter books and I’m enjoying it so far, but I’ve barely started it.

[–] lugal@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

"The Dawn of Everything"

It's a thick one but it's worth it because it gives you a whole different view on history

[–] Daisyifyoudo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

The Wheel of Time

[–] Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Blood Meridian by Cormac Mcarthy. Book is outright brutal but written in such a compelling way you can't help be want more. Fantastic writer.

[–] chtk@feddit.nl 2 points 1 year ago

Convenience Store Woman - Sayaka Murata. I'm on page 30 of 160.

Also procrastinating on these:

  • Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus - Mary Wollstonecraft (Godwin) Shelley
  • A Manual for Creating Atheists - Peter Boghossian
[–] Embargo@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

The Wastelands - Stephen King. It's kinda nearing the middle of the Dark Tower series and it's pretty damn good.

[–] markr@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Minima Moralia by Theodor Adorno and Postmodernism by Frederick Jameson. Just finished Lacan’s lectures on the 4 fundamental concepts of psychoanalysis and understood about 10%. I’m playing catch-up with the serious people from the last century.

[–] nom_nom@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

"Uncle Tom's Cabin". So far very powerful writing. Just finished reading "Tuesday's with Morrie" which is fantastic.

A couple, The Institute by Stephen King and Cosmos by Carl Sagan

[–] Dave_r@reddthat.com 2 points 1 year ago

Consider Phlebas

[–] DeskP1loti@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Endymion by Dan Simmons. Part of the Hyperion Cantos.

[–] ungrokable@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I just read Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion for the first time this year. When I got to the end of Hyperion I did something I rarely do. I usually buy all my books used as sort of a “thrill of the hunt” thing. I bought The Fall of Hyperion new… out of rage. I demanded to know what was going to happen next, because without knowing I couldn’t tell if I loved or hated the fucking book! I then read through The Fall of Hyperion as fast as I could manage.

Now I can say, without a doubt, it’s one of my favorite books I’ve ever read. And yet I’m still not sure I am willing to go forward with the Endymion books.

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[–] Zyansheep@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

The Joy of Abstraction by Eugenia Cheng

Category theory is awesome!

[–] FollyDolly@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Escape from Billings Mall, by Chuck Tingle. It's a choose your own adventure book!

[–] fratermus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Theory of Moral Sentiments, Adam Smith (project gutenberg)

It's slow going because of the archaic style, but will be a revelation to anyone who thinks Smith doesn't care about humanity.

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[–] jan75@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Mask of Mirrors by M.A. Carrick.

It's fantasy, but feels pretty fresh to me with the focus being on the main characters trying to con a rich family and less of the more usual (but no less fun) adventuring, combat etc. (at least so far, I'm still very early in the book).

[–] Someonelol@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you like that kind of story you might want to read The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch.

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