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I may not have this library, but I'm looking for book suggestions. Any recommendations?
I've been liking Robert Heinlein and Andy Weir. As well as Stephen Fry's Mythos but I've been looking to go outside my genre, and I don't know where to begin.
shotty814
Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas Hofstadter.
LaughingMan2Gig
The one on the left
thrashingcows
Series I read recently called Slow Burn by Bobby Adair. Kind of a post apocalyptic zombie genre, but very well written.
BleachItsWhatsForDinner
That's an impressive library
goonzilla
All of them
HumanFromPlanetEarth
The Perfume Burned His Eyes
HomoSumHumaniAMeNihilAlienumPuto
We Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis Taylor, 1632 by Eric Flint, March to the Sea by John Ringo, On Basilisk Station by David Webber
ahbrannon1
No way to lose by starting with Robert Heinlein. Kurt Vonnegut is another good one. If you have not read Catch-22 by Joseph Heller is good.
LendLeaseIdentity
I used to love Heinlein but more recently I deeply disagree with his political philosophy and I find his later stuff unreadable.
KOMARH
Anything by Brandon Sanderson the man is a legend.
MissDeeMeanor
Library in a German monastery.
Muunk
Just keep buying until you find one you like. Then buy more.
HeresYourSauce
Libby best thing ever. They let you check out books from your local library, without ever leaving your house. Even have audiobooks.
tymonaSmasher
Catch 22. Catcher in the Rye. kafka short stories. Thus Spoke Zarathustra. The Trial. Walden.
NicholiRavioli
Quite a list already but.. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malazan">e_Fallen">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malazan_Book_of_the_Fallen https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_Company
snoffler
Every book written by Robin Hobb (read chronologically) and same for Terry Pratchett (reading order less important).
adrummerdrummingdrums
If you like Stephen Fry, check out Douglas Adams, Neil Gaiman, and Terry Pratchett.
MoBullieMom
I totally second the Gaiman and Pratchett suggestions — smart, funny and very re-readable
Mostlydeadpool
and well, if you want to try them both at once, read good omens. :)
fromagewit
Discovery of Heaven by Mulisch
oneduringwanderer
I second the suggestions of Sanderson, Gaiman, Pratchett, & Hobb. Is there a specific genre you'd like to try, OP?
Mostlydeadpool
Richard K. Morgan- Altered Carbon. It's a netflix special but the books are even better.
NonDenominationalSpaceLaser
The Name of The Wind - Patrick Rothfuss.
HeresYourSauce
I have just borrowed the Ebook.
NonDenominationalSpaceLaser
That book entranced me and I finished it far too soon.
TalkingSnake
The second book is even longer. And then… you join us. We are patient. We wait. We tell ourselves that the third will be here soon enough.
Philosopherott
There is the novela as well but book 3 is a myth.
MrsUnderstoop
If you are going out of your genre but want a couple solid reads try “Their Eyes Were Watching God”or “A Prayer For Owen Mean” my favorites
monkeyshines
The Murderbot Diaries (series) - Martha Wells
HeNeverSawMollyAgain
If old school sci-fi is your thing try More Than Human by Theodore Sturgeon. More current would be The Salvage Crew by Yudahanjaya Wijeratne
NonDenominationalSpaceLaser
Theodore Sturgeon's "Microcosmic God" is excellent.
HeNeverSawMollyAgain
If you’re doing audiobooks Salvage Crew is wonderfully read and performed by Nathan Fillion
Dasiana
Otherland by Tad Williams
Dasiana
also the Gateway series by Frederick Pohl
MoBullieMom
About every 5 years i read Steinbeck’s “Travels with Charley” — I even feel my thoughts phrasing differently after I read that book! ❤️ 1/2
MoBullieMom
I also love pretty much anything by Bill Bryson, but start with “Notes From A Small Island” — his phrasing and humor is hysterical
jewson
Packing for Mars by Mary Roach, most of her other stuff is good too
Philosopherott
Might I recommend Rouges. It is a book of short stories by many famous authors. Helped me find who I liked
TheMetalAndTheFunk
Goodnight Moon. It seems simple at first, but it is actually a very dark tale of murder and deceit, and learning to love again
HeresYourSauce
Well, I just placed a hold on the audiobook. Looks like it's going to be a meaning packed four minutes.
TheMetalAndTheFunk
Best of luck. Sleep with the lights on. The comb and brush are in cahoots with each other
LendLeaseIdentity
Iain M Banks - The 'Culture' series. Pretty much everyone loves 'The Player of Games'. Also Walter Jon Williams, 'Aristoi'.
LendLeaseIdentity
William Gibson - Neuromancer, Count Zero, Mona Lisa Overdrive in that order. Michael Marshall Smith - Only Forward.
LendLeaseIdentity
Jonathan Lethem - Gun, with occasional Music. China Mieville - The City & The City.Paolo Bacigalupi - The Windup Girl.
TalkingSnake
Not enough people have read The Stranger by Albert Camus. Quick read with so many layers I keep finding things.
jewson
YES
surelyoneoftheseusernamesisavailable
I’m reading The Myth of Sisyphus and it is not a quick read. It’s short, but man am I having to take my time.
Dasiana
speaking of Camus, I really like The Plague. it's not the feel good book of the summer but it's really insightful and has such a mood to it
TalkingSnake
Maybe it’s the transition from French to English, but the narrative style is fucking weird. I much prefer the short story book Exile And -
TalkingSnake
The Kingdom for a Camus book other than The Stranger. I’d even go as far to say that The Adulterous Wife or The Artist are better reads.
TalkingSnake
But of course The Stranger is the one that keeps teaching me stuff.
BanditKablooie
Would it be rude to plug my book?
snoffler
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BanditKablooie
Jackalope Hunting https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09TXJ5WYM/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_i_1WH3VRHBH1KP1K77FS2D
thinkybrainpains
go for it
BanditKablooie
Will do! Jackalope Hunting https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09TXJ5WYM/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_i_1WH3VRHBH1KP1K77FS2D
BanditKablooie
Given three interest, https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09TXJ5WYM/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_i_1WH3VRHBH1KP1K77FS2D
shotty814
"If you're like me and you enjoy defeating all of God's creatures, then this is the book for you!" ... I'm sold!
shotty814
Though that reviewer has a suspicious name...
BanditKablooie
Yeah, that was one of my friends.
shotty814
Because of this thread, you're next on my list and holding the place of highest honor.
BanditKablooie
Lol, I am pleased.
BanditKablooie
P.S., I hope it's good enough that your legs fall asleep.
BanditKablooie
P.S., I hope it's good enough that your legs fall asleep.
HeresYourSauce
Go ahead, I'd love to read some imgur community books.
HeresYourSauce
Does it have a giraffe in it by any chance? Or a banana?
BanditKablooie
Lol, neither. ? Jackalope Hunting https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09TXJ5WYM/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_i_1WH3VRHBH1KP1K77FS2D