I just finished reading Howard Zinn’s A people’s history of the United States, and I need something less dry. Zinn’s book was fantastic, I just need something now with a little bit more story to it.
What’s the last book you read, that you couldn’t put down?
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The Elf King, The Hitman:Dirty Rotters…
One friend read The Orange Girl by Jostein Gaarder in school. And for some reason I decided I should read it now (more than 20 years after). I like other of Jostein’s work ( Sophie’s World and The Solitaire Mystery). It’s a short book aimed to young people but it’s so poetic and when I started reading I couldn’t put down.
house of leaves
Lately, I’ve been hooked on listening to Chekhov stories.
As far as a physical book, the last one I tore through was “The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil,” by George Sanders. Part of the reason is that it’s very short, though, I should admit
The Red Rising Series by Pierce Brown.
It’s like Star Wars meets Hunger Games meets Warhammer meets Game of Thrones.
If you want to keep on the historical bent with more narrative, Napoleon: A Life by Roberts is excellent. Another nonfiction I recently enjoyed was Nuclear War: A Scenario by Jacobsen.
If you want to hop into fiction, I recently read Our Winter Monster by Mahoney, and it totally hooked me. Finished it in a weekend.
I loved Zinn’s book, he has a bunch if other good ones.
As for me, I was in the hospital for 3 days and read The Tenant by Freida McFadden. I had limited options for a book, but it was a good read.
Since I do all my “reading” through audible these days i guess all of them! Because i don’t have physical copies
But to really answer the question
*Dungeon Crawler Carl. The audiobook is just… I genuinely don’t have words for how fun, batshit insane and just outright hilarious this book is.
*The Way of Kings. Man, what a journey this one is. Some of the best examples of character growth are going through.
Hey I just rented that Howard Zinn book! I hope I enjoy it even though it is as you said, dry. I’ll definitely check these comments for recommendations in case I need a break after a few days of reading it lol
‘How to remove superglue from your hands’
Highly common recommendation but Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. I’ve had a hard time getting into other books since then.
Before that, I loved Lexicon by Max Barry
Burn-In by August Cole and P. W. Singer
Whitley Streiber – The Fourth Mind
The author of Communion discusses his decades long meetings with alien visitors and what they have taught him and what he has discovered about humans interacting with them. He has an implant in his ear that a surgeon tried to remove and it kept moving on it’s own and avoiding removal. He still has it decades later.
Honestly the last one was, Ready player one, The book was in the dentist waiting room, and i got pretty far before I had to find another copy to finsh the book
The last mafiaoso, Jimmy the weasel. About the mafia in the 70’s.
The Fireman by Joe Hill
“One more thing” a collection of short stories by BJ Novak, “Ryan” from The Office. Funny with occasional real insight.
“The Last Samurai” by Helen Dewitt. In no way related to the movie, it’s about a single mother raising a genius child, and his search of a father figure. It’s written is such an incredible style. If you love language, you’ll love this book. Not as intimidating and bizarre as House of Leaves, but still very much a unique book written for book lovers.
“Lamb: The Gospel according to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal” by Christopher Moore. It does to the story of Jesus what Douglas Adams did to sci-fi with hitchhikers guide. Just a funny book, and a great parody that both skewers and respects its target. I’m an atheist and I loved it, as did my very Catholic mother.
100% Red Rising. If you’re into listening the graphic audio versions are unreal. They’ve actually ruined me because listening to basic narration is immensely less engaging.
The talented Mr. Ripley
for some reasons Sputnik Sweetheart felt personal
Nuclear War:A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen. It’s a terrifying book but a great read
Dungeon crawler Carl, rpg video game lit, violent comedy that’s dungeons and dragons esque
The Road by Cormac McCarthy, one of the best books I’ve ever read. It’s incredibly sad in many ways but also a beautiful dynamic between a father and his son.
The Future
Three Body Problem trilogy
Project Hail Mary.
Red Rabbit. Super fun western horror with witches, ghosts, and demons!
Just finished marathoning the first 4 books in the Stormlight Archives series.
Taking a break to read a different author before I start on the 5th book in a bit.
If you’re into espionage/war I would recommend the Tier One series by andrews and wilson. Specifically the audio version narrated by Ray Porter. I’ve listened to almost all the books over the course of 2 months while on my runs and have found myself running longer just to keep listening to the books.
The late great Mark Lanegan’s memoir Sing Backwards and Weep. I’m not done yet but I can’t put it down. If you even have a passing interest in the 90s grunge scene and/or debilitating heroin addiction I highly recommend it.
The Color of Law
It’s a book that covers the history or discriminatory housing practices during the development of the suburbs across the U.S. It really explains the racial makeup of a lot of metropolitan areas then and now.
The legend of Huma
A Short Stay in Hell. A uniquely horrifying concept, and well executed.
Dungeon Crawler Carl.
Any time jim butcher publishes, im done in a maximum of 2 days.