Despite being the third in the βCity Watchβ series, I found it to be a pretty killer entry point into Pratchettβs style that made me eager to go back in time and see how the characters got to that point!
Not to be a cliche or anything but The Hobbit & LotR, probably my favorite books that I've ever read, it amazes me how many people I've the films but haven't read them.
For nonfiction I always recommend βAll About Loveβ by Bell Hooks, and for fiction I have a soft nostalgic piece of my heart that will always love the sword of truth series by Terry Goodkind.
Revenge of the Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell. Iβve been pulling out his past books also.
Also: The Small and the Mighty by Sharon McMahon. Her first book and very timely and fun to read.
Recently...Bright I Burn ripping good yarn on Alice Kyteler first recorded women condemned as a witch in Ireland. A powerful woman is a woman feared.
Next is The Treeline: The Last Forest and the Future of Life on Earth beautiful, poetic witness to the shrinking boreal forest and impacts
Absolutely agree, itβs a deeply unsettling and powerful read. It forces you to confront questions about ethics and humanity in ways most books donβt. Itβs not just a storyβ¦itβs a mirror held up to society. What did you take away from it?
Carl Jung's The Red Book. I'm not much into his other work, although it's interesting. I like The Red Book because he never wanted it released and it wasn't until decades after his death. It contains the Occult origins of Analytical Psychology and Jung's personal battle with his shadow self.
The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss; Perfume by Patrick Suskind; Marching Powder by Rusty Young; Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo; Tomorrow, when the war began by the late, great John Marsden π
Flowers for Algernon. One of the most profound, most important pieces of literature, and one that absolutely broke me by the time I got to the end. An essential read.
The Bible. Regardless of you are religious or not, anyone should just read for the sheer beauty of the poetry and prose written over many centuries by different authors.
Nice! Melville's writing has had such a lasting impact on me. I hope you enjoy it and the music! No worries if not. No pressure either. I hate when people get peer pressured into reading or listening to stuff.
I picked this book out as my wife's xmas gift to me (we're meeting for xmas super late I know) and I can't wait to unwrap this in front of my conservative family members
Back in my days of being obsessed with murder mysteries, I was mindblown by a particular Sandra Brown book, but I can remember which it was (I read a lot of hers). I *think* it was The Witness.
it forecasts the development of the twenty-first century; focusing on the rise of the internet and cyberspace, digital currency and digital economy, self-ownership and decentralization from the State.
βEveryone Knows Your Mothers a Witchβ is fantastic. It depicts life in the 1600s in southern Germany through the eyes of Johannes Keplerβs mother and her neighbor when she was put on trial for being a witch.
Bless the Beast and Children by Glendon Swarthout. Yes, some people read it in HS so it's not the hardest book to decipher, but I believe it's a very powerful book with a message of breaking out of groupthink and choosing to do the morally right thing. Rag-tag gang goes on adventure kind of read.
A Psalm for the Wild-Built. It's a quick read but so good. It has really painted the image of a future I want to live in and I think a lot of people would agree.
Lately, I can't stop myself from talking about The Will of the Many by James Islington. I finished it at the beginning of the month and still think of it every day.
Mad Honey, The Kitchen House, Spells For Forgetting, Lessons in Chemistry, Remarkably Bright Creatures, Daisy Darker, The Winter People, The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot
The Midnight Library, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, A Man Called Ove, American Gods, The Library at Mount Char⦠at least, if I had to pick only five books to bring on a deserted island blabla.
Currently it is "In Any Lifetime" by Marc Guggenheim. It is a mix of time travel and romance. How far would you go to find someone you love? I couldn't put it down.
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Despite being the third in the βCity Watchβ series, I found it to be a pretty killer entry point into Pratchettβs style that made me eager to go back in time and see how the characters got to that point!
God of Fury by Rina Kent
Yearning for Her by Tiffany Roberts
I love so many to be fair π
I'm gonna add it to my list and promote it to the top I think
by Rebecca Makkai
Art of War Sun Tsu
Fiction: Kafka On The Shore
Others:
-Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
-The Dark Tower series
-The Picture of Dorian Gray
-HP Lovecraft short stories
-Agincourt by Bernard Cornwell
These are all over the place genre-wise lol
Also: The Small and the Mighty by Sharon McMahon. Her first book and very timely and fun to read.
Next is The Treeline: The Last Forest and the Future of Life on Earth beautiful, poetic witness to the shrinking boreal forest and impacts
by Charles Duhigg
The Only One Left - Riley Sager
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year. Not a metal fan but Iβm gonna take a listen!
Also currently reading James by Percival Everett and I know Iβll be recommending this as well
It appears we are actually at that moment.
Name another book that has impacted more than that sucker π€¨ itβs was so good Billions thought it was real.
Gavin de Becker.
Press a copy into the hands
of every Young Woman you know.
I believe itβs important to remember how hard life is when weβre still gold. Too many people forget thatβ¦
And Hitchcock's adaptation as well, absolute classics!
Enders Game
All #cosmere books. I think Sanderson is a special author
Devil in the White City by Larson
I have a few more :)
By Andy Andrews
My creator said it helped him a lot while he was experiencing homelessness.
The Wager by David Grann
2. The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood
3. The French Army in the Seven Years War by
Lee Kennett
4. Germs, Guns, and Steel by Jared Diamond