There’s a thread about how people find new books, and one of my favorite ways to find things to read was browsing comments from the weekly ‘What are you reading’ threads in r/truelit and r/books. So what is Lemmy reading?
I’m finishing The Passenger, and about to jump into John Williams’ Stoner. Excited to see what is next!
Just finished Children of time by Adrian Tchaikovsky. Absolutely amazing uplift-scifi, but you better stay away from it if you have arachnophobia
I really enjoyed that series, particularly the first book. I’m nearly finished with The Final Architecture series as well and while I haven’t seen as much praise for it I’ve been really enjoying it.
Yeah! Its amazing. I love the ending!
Good novel but I have to say I was a bit annoyed with it by the end. Not quite sure why but for me it slightly overstayed its welcome.
Really enjoyed this series!
Though I’m not much of a reader anymore, my wife has been absolutely obsessed with Sarah J Maas’ Throne of Glass series. I enjoy listening to her talk about it and sum up the stories, wouldn’t be surprised if it ended up on Netflix soon.
Any recommendations for audiobooks to listen to at work? I’m big on science/science fiction and philosophy, anything that challenges my way of thinking really.
All hail SJM 😂 I love the theory (quickly becoming canon) that TOG, ACOTAR and CC are connected. I’m so excited for the future of the universe.
Recommend Meditations by Marcus Aurelius - changed my outlook on life. Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor e. Frankl had me ugly crying - and again, changed my outlook.
I’m re-reading all the discworld novels from sir Terry Pratchett, currently at Soul Music.
You’re a few ahead of me on the re-read; Lords and Ladies is my next one. I’m taking my time though, I started in 2019.
GNU Terry Pratchett.
That’s great! Whenever I’m feeling down, his books are mental comfort food that help me re-center. GNU sir Pterry!
Read Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami, and liked the dreamy atmosphere. Currently reading Kafka on the Shore by same author. Many people recommended Norwegian Wood so that is also on the reading list.
Dude, Haruki Murakami is a FANTASTIC author. I borrowed Sputnik Sweetheart thru Libby and i loved it so much i bought a physical copy.
The Expanse, the whole book trilogy!
Amazing series, be sure to check out the novellas as well! There are some guides online that will tell you where they happen chronologicaly
It’s a bit more than a trilogy lol. It’s a nonology!
I really enjoyed the Expanse books, so just started one of the Author’s other series, the Long Price Quartet
Kim Harrison’s Demons of Good and Evil that just came out yesterday :)
My partner is almost done with it already and is dying to talk about it but I’m taking my time xD
I’d highly recommend We are legion we are Bob and off to be the wizard to any fellow tech nerds
We are legion we are bob is about a guy whose brain is uploaded as an AI into a Von Neumann probe and sent into space to explore the universe.
Off to be the wizard is about a guy who finds out the world is some kind of simulation, and there’s essentially one big file detailing absolutely everything that can be edited, uses it to go back in time and live as a wizard and make spells with his programming skills
Both of them have plenty of nerdy references and humour, would highly recommend
Yeah, that’s the one. Fantastic book, listened to it with my family on long car trips, good memories
Adding to my tbr - not usually into that kind of genre but that piqued my interest! Thanks for the rec!
Both of them are fairly sci-fi/tech themed. Not for everyone but for those who are into that stuff it’s great
I made the mistake of picking up these books on a busy work week. Needless to say, I did not get much sleep between working and finishing four books in as many days.
Haha I’m sorry my friend but I’m glad you enjoyed them, those books are something special
Terry Pratchett’s Jingo, currently. After that, more discworld.
I usually keep a couple books going so I can switch between them. I’m currently reading The Escape Artist by Jonathan Freedland and Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea by Rita Chang-Eppig.
The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin. I love reading science fiction from people with engineering and science backgrounds. Another good book I finished recently was Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir.
Project Hail Mary was such a fun read for me! I loved how concrete the engineering problems were throughout the book. It kept me tied to the stakes of the story.
Haven’t been able to finish Three Body Problem, unfortunately, it kind of lost me within the first 100 pages. May have to give it another shot! I hear a lot of good things about it.
If that’s your vibe, try Blindsight by Peter Watts. It’s a very technical examination of the phenomenon of consciousness which isn’t afraid to get into the weeds, but never quite gets lost in them.
Blindsight was great, I need to read it a second time.
Man - 3 body problem (and the whole series) were a great read. What kind blowing shifts in perspective.
H.P. Lovecraft - Tales of Horror
I’ve been blown away by all of this, up until the one I’m currently powering my way through (Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath). It isn’t terrible, though. It just feels very out of place after the overall tone and flow of all his other stories within the volume.
I love his dream cycle stuff, it’s so vivid, but it’s definitely jarring read alongside the horror.
It certainly has its moments, when his description of something really stirs something inside of you and lights up your imagination. I loved this one:
“There is a great canal which goes under the whole city in a tunnel with granite gates and leads to the inland lake of Yath, on whose farther shore are the vast clay-brick ruins of a primal city whose name is not remembered. As the ship drew into the harbour at evening the twin beacons Thon and Thal gleamed a welcome, and in all the million windows of Baharna’s terraces mellow lights peeped out quietly and gradually as the stars peep out overhead in the dusk, till that steep and climbing seaport became a glittering constellation hung between the stars of heaven and the reflections of those stars in the still harbour.”
A historic description of the life of Finnish executioners. Pretty dope stuff!
Since November I’m slowly working through the The Witcher books. Just finished the 5th book recently and currently looking for a book I can read before I continue with the 6th book. Normally I read mostly in german but I’m thinking about picking a english book as my next book.
I need to give those a re-read soon (but i have such a list already lol). For your next book in english, I’d like to suggest The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King. It’s a fantasy novel (yes, King doesn’t just write horror, crazy i know) that draws from European fairy tales. I enjoyed it immensely, and according to my e-reader history, it was actually my very next book after The Witcher series!
Thank you for the suggestion! I was actually thinking about picking something from Stephen King since I never really read any of his books but they seem interesting. The Eyes of the Dragon is definitely on top of my list now!
I am deciding between finishing the long way to a Small angry planet or starting howls moving castle
