Looking for new books to read as I am preparing to head out on a much needed vacation and want to dig into some good reading. Can be fiction or nonfiction, just so long as it hooked you and made you want to keep reading and reading until the end.

  • Independent_Node@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Here’s some I have even reread.

    • The chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever. By Stephen R. Donaldson. 10 books
    • The Galactic Center Saga by Gregory Benford. 6 books
    • The Culture Series by Iain M. Banks 10 books
    • LOTR

    Love the Murderbot series too.

  • R. J. Gumby@midwest.socialEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Here are a few of my favorites:

    Susanna Clark

    • Piranesi
    • The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories

    Vonnegut

    • Cat’s cradle
    • Slaughterhouse Five

    Douglas Adams

    • literally anything he ever wrote

    Mark Haddon

    • The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

    Margaret Atwood

    • Oryx and Crake

    Ursula K. Le Guin

    • The Lathe of Heaven

    edit: formatting

    • Strae@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Reading this right now, and a little over halfway through. Enjoying it, but it took a long time for me to really sink my teeth into it. It’s a very long book and a slow burn.

      • sundowner@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 year ago

        It’s so intricate and intimate - I just disappeared into the book and isn’t that what we need sometimes?

  • azimir@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I scrolled all the down the comments and didn’t see Discworld by Terry Pratchett. Don’t listen to anyone and just start reading it. There’s no right or wrong way to do it.

    • Ben@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Maybe the wrong way is to start with Book 1. I’d say try ‘Witches’ first, as I found the first book a bit offputting.

  • Yosawya san@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Gibson’s sprawl trilogy when I read them back in '89. The fact that it had many short chapters made it easy to consume in quick bursts of reading

    • setenforce@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I love all of Gibson’s books, have you read anything by Pat Cadigan? Fools may be the most mind bending book I’ve ever read, in a good way

  • wccrawford@lemmyonline.comEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I feel like I have read quite a few books that I felt that way about, but it’s always hard to bring them to mind when someone asks. That said, the first few that popped into my head:

    • Cradle (series)
    • Wool (series)
    • The Martian (Audio book is especially well narrated!)
    • Murderbot Diaries (series)
    • The Bobiverse (series)
    • PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      1 year ago

      The Bobiverse (series)

      4th book was such a disappointment.

      Overall message too, somehow went from “we are the avantgarde of transhumanism and the universe is our playground” straight up to something like “i wish 50’s back”. Every single Bob turned to either flat meme or boomer.