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I want your book recommendations!
| I only read thin books
| the rebirth of pan
| Atlas shrugged. It's a long one, but worth it in my opinion.
| loonaverse
| Wind up bird Chronicle was a good read, just keep in mind its basically a harem manga for smrts and well read people. Sick prose tho.
| I mostly read fantasy/science fiction. General list of my fav authors:
- Terry Pratchett
- Neil Gaiman
- Ursula K. Le Guin
- Brandon Sanderson
- Scott Lynch
- Hannu Rajaniemi
- Ted Chiang (mostly short stories)
- Philip Reeve (mostly children/YA books)
- Joe Hill
Lemme know if you want me to elaborate on any of these. I love to talk about the books I like.
| No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai
| Neuromancer by William Gibson is pretty classic science fiction, I think it coined the term cyberspace. Other science fiction would be like anything by Philip K Dick: Ubik, Flow My Tears the Policeman Said, A Scanner Darkly, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. If you want something more intellectual I read Crime and Punishment recently and enjoyed it, but it’s not a casual read. I got the Oliver Ready translation which had good footnotes that gave some historical context.
| Other recs would be First Blood or The Road for more easy reads. Finally, A Confederacy of Dunces if you want to read about a m’goodboy tendielover NEET and his dumb adventures through New Orleans.
| >>840351
I've read Pratchett exstensively as well as some Neil Gainman. I'll probably pick up a Ursula K. Le Guin book but I haven't decided on which one yet. If you can drop a recommendation or two I would appreciate it. We seem to have similar tastes in Fantasy and Sci-fi too!
>>840377
I own like 70% of Philip K. Dicks written novels so I think I'll pass on him for now. I have Crime and Punishment in my bookcase but I never read it. Might pick up Neuromancer though. Thanks!
| >>840378
A Confederacy of Dunces is probably the funniest book I've read. I didn't know there were two g/u/rls on this site with such similar tastes as mine! I read First Blood as a kid because my mom liked it but I guess it wasn't for me, but yeah, I was a kid.
I'm also thinking of picking up some classics like Homer's Oddyssey or The Iliad. Maybe even Slaughterhouse-Five.
I wouldn't mind branching out though since I've read so much fantasy and sci-fi in my life.
| >>840312
I looked into this one before but decided against it. Maybe I'm wrong?
>>840338
I'll definetly pick these up. Thanks! At first I thought you recommended The Windup Girl but it seems these are completely different books.
If you enjoy cyberpunk you'll probably enjoy The Windup Girl btw.
| >>840406 slaughterhouse five as well as a lot of the other vonnegut books are both good and easy reads. I definitely recommend picking it up.
| A Confederacy of Dunces is the best book ever written
| >>840406 >>840417 I can second the slaughterhouse five recommendation. I own a lot of other Vonnegut (Cats Cradle, Sirens of Titan) but haven’t gotten to them yet.
Currently reading Inherent Vice, I’ve heard lots of good stuff about Pynchon and 100 pages in it’s pretty good. Lots of pot usage and drug slang but hey, it’s the 60s. Anyone read Crying of Lot 49 or Gravity’s Rainbow. Heard those were really good, although GR is dense.
| It’s nice to see so many well read g/u/rls! I wish more (or any) of my friends read at all, so it’s nice reading through so many great posts
| My favorite book is "Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc" by Mark Twain.
| >>840401
The Left Hand of Darkness is a must-read out of Le Guin's books. The Dispossessed is second. A Wizard of Earthsea is lighter but it's a good start too.
| >>840412
I gotta warn you. Haruki Murakami has a penchant for male-gazey narration and random sex scenes out of nowhere. His plot also meanders a lot. Sick prose though.
| Oh and if you want to branch out from SF/F I can recommend:
- The Secret History of Costaguana by Juan Gabriel Vasquez, historical fiction about the founding of Panama from the POV of an angry self-deprecating Colombian
- The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver, about a Mexican boy who grew up to become an American author
- The Goldfinch by Donna Tart, about a boy who lost his mom in a museum bombing and ends up embroiled in an art underworld fiasco as he grew up
| >>840428
I've read Crying of Lot 49. I've never had drugs but somehow that's the vibe I got from it. Weird reality/unreality dissonance. Would not recommend for a good time but maybe for an interesting time?
| Mistborn by brandon sanderson
| >>840304
Necromancer is the start of two trilogies set in a dystopia future.
Gibson literally invented the cyberpunk genre, back before the internet existed.
If you want something a little more sunny & sci-fi, Accelarando is good transhumanist storytelling. I think you can even find it free online. The author has some urban fantasy series that are decent too. Charles Stross.
There's also a very light sci-fi series called the Bobverse that's worth a read.
| And if you haven't read it, I highly recommend Hyperion. It's written in sort of a Canterbury Tales style, where you hear different viewpoints of interrelated stories.
| Also, there's a very well-written short book called The Stars My Destination that I recommend to everyone.
It definitely shows it's age in theme & subject, but despite that it's a very enjoyable read.
| >>840412
You're not, Altas Shrugged is objectivist propaganda by a dumb russian bint who didn't even stick to her ideals
| >>840496
its complete shit, only entry level right-wingers think its anything worth reading. More educated right-wingers think it sucks
| >>840428
I've always wanted to read Inherent Vice but never got around to. Thanks for reminding me! I'll definetly pick it up since Crying of Lot 49 is one of my favorite reads. I'm also a fan of the anime spin-off lol
>>840432
Yeah? I've never read Mark Twain. Not even his most famous stuff.
>>840434
Thanks! I'm sure I'll get at least one or two of those.
>>840466
I checked this out a while ago but I don't think it's for me. Thanks anyway!
| >>840469
I've always planned to read Neuromancer at some point. Might as well do it now.
>>840470
I've gotten Hyperion recommended to me before and I gave the first two books to my brother as a christmas gift despite not having read them myself.
>>840471
I've heard that name before but know nothing else about it. Might buy it depending on price.
>>840436
I see. Maybe I'll only get the first book and see if I like it or not.
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| My country has a national sale on books but I don't really know what I want to read. If you don't mind just namedrop some of your favorites so I can check them out?