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    I'm Sorry, I Need More Books On My "To Read" Pile

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    • blu
      blu last edited by

      twilight sparkle nerd

      Alright, nerds.

      I open this post solely for the purpose of people recommending books to OTHER people. It is not at all self-serving.

      Okay.

      Maybe a little.

      I like books.

      I’ll start us off—

      Ninth House, Leigh Bardugo - take Yale University, shove a bunch of secret magical societies into it, and then add an unlikely protagonist tasked with keeping all the University weirdos in check. Murder, ghosts, dark magic, and unlikely twists.

      Devolution, Max Brooks - journalistic account and interviews of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre. Engaging, terrifying. Do not recommend reading during a power outage by flashlight in the middle of the dark woods in a windstorm.

      continue without disabling
      she/her

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      • IoleRae
        IoleRae last edited by IoleRae

        Nonfiction. Love and Rage, Lama Rod Owens. It’s about letting anger be anger that is angry for a reason, instead of suppressing it or dismissing it or fighting it. Anger is…hard, and uncomfortable, and for a lot of people, it was antithesis to survival. So it’s REALLY hard now, especially with how much the world pushes back against it and wants you to just get rid of it. Anyway, it’s really worth reading.

        https://www.amazon.com/Love-Rage-Liberation-through-Anger-ebook/dp/B07QGQBMDY/

        the entity previously known as Sunny

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        • Pavel
          Pavel last edited by

          A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson is one of my go-to books. It’s non-fiction, but designed for the average person rather than anyone in a scientific or educational field. Also it came out in 2004 and still calls Pluto a planet, so, it’s accurate but not up to date. Because it’s a book.

          The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson is another good read. It’s a sort of self-help book based around anti-toxic positivity, and cutting down on the number of things we give a fuck about. Really helpful.

          He/Him. Opinions and views are solely my own unless specifically stated otherwise.

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            dvoraen last edited by

            I would like to be self-serving and ask for recommendations for fantasy series with a lean towards high fantasy. Not too dark as GRRM would get, but I don’t mind a bit of grit.

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            • BloodAngel
              BloodAngel @Pavel last edited by

              @Pavel I love the subtle art, one of my favorite books in the self-help world.

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                Pyrephox Administrators last edited by

                The Notorious Sorcerer, Davinia Evans - A street alchemist in the only city in the world where alchemy works gets caught up in the political games of the wealthy and powerful, even as the Inquisition cracks down on alchemy and alchemy itself begins to fail. Fast paced, fun.

                Fairy Tale, Stephen King - Reading this now. It’s King in the style of The Waste Lands or The Talisman; more a dark and melancholy fantasy than horror. It’s nothing groundbreaking but if you like King, this is very, very King.

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                  • Pavel
                    Pavel @imstillhere last edited by

                    @imstillhere said in I'm Sorry, I Need More Books On My "To Read" Pile:

                    There is m/m romance in the story, which, like… obviously. lol.

                    As a former historian, I must say that it is just a very intense friendship. That is all.

                    He/Him. Opinions and views are solely my own unless specifically stated otherwise.

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                    • devu
                      devu last edited by

                      Locked Tomb series, by Tamsyn Muir. (Gideon, Harrow, Nona). Almost everyone is gay, and also space necromancers. It’s beautiful and confusing in the best of ways.

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                      • Faraday
                        Faraday last edited by

                        Shameless self-promotion:

                        Blackout Trail: A Post-Apocalyptic EMP Survival Thriller - A doctor embarks on a perilous journey after an EMP disaster plunges the world into chaos.

                        Another Man’s Freedom Fighter: A Sci-Fi Political Thriller - A paramedic is caught up in a brewing revolution on Mars.

                        Other cool things I’ve read recently:

                        Lost In Time - time travel techo thriller

                        Devil’s Ransom - latest in the Pike Logan counter-terrorism thriller series, one of my favs

                        Non-fiction, working on reading:

                        Rogue Heroes - The History of the SAS, Britain’s Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War

                        American Sirens - The Incredible Story of the Black Men Who Became America’s First Paramedics

                        A Woman of No Importance - The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II

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                        • Pavel
                          Pavel @Faraday last edited by Pavel

                          @Faraday said in I'm Sorry, I Need More Books On My "To Read" Pile:

                          Blackout Trail: A Post-Apocalyptic EMP Survival Thriller - A doctor embarks on a perilous journey after an EMP disaster plunges the world into chaos.
                          Another Man’s Freedom Fighter: A Sci-Fi Political Thriller - A paramedic is caught up in a brewing revolution on Mars.

                          The lack of delivery to Australia makes me unhappy.

                          ETA: Helps if I add ‘.au’ to the URL. Don’t mind me.

                          He/Him. Opinions and views are solely my own unless specifically stated otherwise.

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                          • bear_necessities
                            bear_necessities last edited by

                            Cruddy by Lynda Barry - amazon says it’s “part bipolar Wizard of Oz” and I was sold. Only a few chapters in but man it’s good.

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                            • BloodAngel
                              BloodAngel @bear_necessities last edited by

                              @bear_necessities BUYING IT NOW! Thank you`!

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                              • Aria
                                Aria @devu last edited by

                                @devu said in I'm Sorry, I Need More Books On My "To Read" Pile:

                                Locked Tomb series, by Tamsyn Muir. (Gideon, Harrow, Nona). Almost everyone is gay, and also space necromancers. It’s beautiful and confusing in the best of ways.

                                I’m partway through Harrow the Ninth right now. Love it.

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                                • Wizz
                                  Wizz last edited by

                                  God’s Demon, by Wayne Barlowe.
                                  I’ve always been fascinated by depictions of Hell and this one is particularly vivid, unsettling, and just cool. The story centers on a remorseful demon who wages a war to redeem himself, with the help of Lillith and the damned soul of Hannibal of Carthage. The author also did a series of paintings about Hell and the characters that are amazing.

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