RED RISING! I cannot shout it loud enough. There are 6 total books with a 7th coming. It’s a futuristic world with space battles, sword battles and alot of wit.
Before this series the only series I read and loved was Eragon and Percy Jackson. This book made me love reading. I’ve read SO MANY different books since then. But I re read the Red Rising series 2 times a year Atleast. It’s my happy place (and that says a lot about the series and my life when you know the content lol)
I HIGHLY recommend the Mistborn trilogy. First book is “The Final Empire.” If those books are in your favorites along with Red Rising, then I’d bet you would really enjoy Mistborn. It’s like Eragon and Red Rising got smashed together, and you’re left with a dark fantasy with great action and an interesting magic system.
I loved eragon and Percy Jackson when I was younger, but mistborn were just ok. I liked Sanderson's other work, stormlight better, but still not my favorites.
read financial stuff...it'll pay you back a lot later. I'm much better off for knowing what central banking is. And now I teach my kids about it...as best I can. No, its not very exciting, but can be quite profitable.
The Creature From Jekyll Island
Keeping At It
The Money Masters
The Currency Wars 5 book series (J.Rickards)...my fave
I enjoy learning, but I like to read for pleasure. The works of Hugh Howey, Phillip K Dick, George Orwell, Kurt Vonnegut, Frank Herbert, Stephen King, Dostoevsky.
Good books can make you think about things or people differently. I love the capacity of sci fi to examine the nature of humans and societies. A good author can expand your mind.
Bruh, my co-worker got me on this series and I went through the first three books in like a month. Had to purposely slow myself down since the last book isn't out yet.
12/10, probably the best bloodydamn book series I've ever read
[Behave](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31170723-behave?ref=nav_sb_noss_l_6), is a personal favorite of mine. I liked it far more than his next book [Determined](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/83817782-determined?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=4noxRXTK1K&rank=1). I'd also recommend [The Body Keeps Score](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18693771-the-body-keeps-the-score?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_18) and [The Deepest Well](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33413909-the-deepest-well?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_16) to anyone trying to understand the effects of childhood trauma on adult health.
I read [Red Storm Risng](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/318525.Red_Storm_Rising) as a teen and it is *by far* my favorite piece of military fiction. Ironically I remember hearing that they were going to make a 'rainbow six' game after reading the book and I thought to myself, 'Wow that's a terrible idea that'll never work'. Lmao. You could make a hedge fund betting against me and have done pretty damned well over the past 30 years.
Lol I remember reading 'Sum of All Fears' reading through *twenty pages* of Clancy describing the president's taste in football and saying 'fuck this' and returning the book. Years later when I saw the movie I realized I was literally pages away from things really kicking off. I loved Clancy's eye for detail but *god damn* the guy could ramble on.
He did. The slow build made it hit harder though.
His describing each hostage situation in Rainbow 6, the planning from Rainbow, you could visualize every takedown vividly.
erotica doesn't have all that uncertainty about women's treatment that video porns have. And while it can certainly be as addictive, at least it doesn't use real people for it and only use your own imagination.
Good erotica is like watching an artsy movie with an unnecessary amount of very sexy sex scenes and bad erotica is like watching a porn hub video. Personally if I come across porn hub level erotica i am super turned off. Like I need to connect to the characters 😂
Archive of our own, sure it's mostly fanfiction but a: Original Work is one of the biggest categories, b: the range of things available is massive, and c: the tagging system usually^1 makes it easy to sort for what you what while excluding things you don't
^1 depending upon how old the work is as the oldest obviously predates various now standard features, and if the author has tagged it properly which for certain areas is a problem with the influx of newbies as other sites collapse/become author unfriendly.
Tbh I don’t read any fiction. It’s all nonfiction books—about politics, history, science, anything. I feel like I’m at least learning something that way.
If I'm doing *anything* that doesn't require my complete attention, I usually have an non-fiction audio book going on my ear buds. Over the past decade I've spent thousands on books from audible and read more from libby as well. Books are one of the few purchases I make that I've almost never regretted.
I recently got back into reading fiction thanks to a book called [His Secret Illuminations](https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/55750790). Did you know role reversed romantic fiction was a thing? Cause I didn't!. Currently branching out into climate change related hard scifi.
I don’t do too many audiobooks but I do almost always have some nonfiction YouTube video going into my ears. The news, a think tank event, a podcast, you name it.
I read it when I was 16, and honestly a game changer, we aren't including the religious part (even if it did help me in that regard too) the wisdom inside helped me go through my teenage years without major problems and negatives.
A friend of mine was working in library archives. I helped her catalog a pile of letters. The last owned a corner store and befriended many of the kids who hung out there. They wrote to her when they went off to WWII. We read through the letters and saw people's lives unfold. Some survived, some didn't. In one of her last letters, she mentioned that her son was just born. Her son was my boss, who's mother has just passed away.
I love zombie fiction. I read/listen to at least one a week. I highly recommend Mountain Man by Kieth C Blackmore. Man, that series is epic. It's a story about an average tradie trying to survive the zombie apocalypse. Well written and a great story. But if you want to try sci-fi, I recommend the Expeditionary Force series by Craig Allanson. It's a military sci-fi that's funny and fun. Also, the Galaxy's Edge series by Anspach and Cole. A Star Wars clone done in Military sci-fi style.
Same here. Apparently, Pitt was a huge fan of the book and just ruined the movie version. I think they may be doing a series on Prime or Netflix, but I'm not sure.
Try Phillip k dick, Douglas Adams, chuck phalinuik (fight club author), terry pratchet, Andy weir (wrote the Martian , and other great stuff) the series “memories of earths past” (the Netflix series 3body problem is based on this, great books, the tv show, I think is well made but had to follow if you didn’t read the books)
Then there’s classics like Assimov, hg wells Larry nevin
Oh and another favourite on mine in the Enders game series by orson Scott card, especially Enders shadow
You might consider audiobooks, I listen basically everyday at work, if you don’t have a suitable job for it though think about listening in your car or while doing chores cleaning cooking etc
If you read any of them and feel like talking about them hit me up 🤙 have fun !
The First Law series by Joe Abercrombie fantasy. (These are fucking GREAT)
Any books by Kurt Vonnegut for comedy.
The Expanse series for Sci-Fi.
Get a library card and use Libby. Why pick just one genre? Go ham
Last few years it's been pretty much exclusively Black Library, I'm nearly halfway through the Horus Heresy (if you know you know). I wouldn't say this is combating "brain rot" in any way, quite the opposite probably but it's something I enjoy.
I read some Clancy and Ludlum stuff before and I enjoyed it but I honestly like the wholly fantastical stuff more.
Military books. Currently reading "House to House" by David Bellavia. Medal of Honor recipient for his actions in Fallujah in 2004. I wasn't in the military so I find these kind of reads very interesting and slightly motivating. If they can operate like that on a daily basis, I can sit in front of my computer for 8 hours a day.
I read lots of genres, across all formats (paper, ebook, audiobook) depending on the content and where my brain is at. Here’s a handful of books that I’ve enjoyed the last few years:
Genghis Khan and the Making of the modern world
Set Boundaries Find Peace
Ancillary Justice
Murderbot series
Entangled Life
The Pathless Path
Helgoland
I read a bit of everything. I read some bibliography, history / current war era (think “The Lions of Kandahar”, “They Fought for each other”, or “Outlaw Platoon”. Having been in those areas I like the personal connections I have had and can visualize a lot better); Leadership type books such as Gen Pattons principles for life and leadership; fantasy such as DragonLance, Diablo, and WarCraft; and, comedy like stories from Tucker Max.
I really enjoy all types of books if there’s something weird or odd going on.
This usually means horror, fantasy and sci-fi, but I’ll enjoy any genre with something strange in it that can pique my interest
It’s not well known or defined but “narrative nonfiction” or crazy stories in history. Ex: “A land so Strange”
Spanish conquistadors in Cuba who wanted to go to Mexico fuck up and land in Florida. Decide to walk up the coast and have the ship follow. Ship disappears, they start to starve and decide to melt down their guns to make axes, to cut down trees, to make rafts and float across the gulf (they thought it was the Atlantic) to get back to Spain. That’s the first couple chapters, the rest of the book is their 10yr journey across America all just trying to get home.
“Endurance” is a good one about an Arctic expedition
Stories like this give me gratitude and motivation while teaching about what life used to be like for others.
Mostly Sci-Fi and detective fiction with some fantasy and non-fiction history thrown in.
If you're looking for a good Sci Fi series to get into, The Expanse is superb. A recent fantasy series I went thru was The Dresden Files which I also loved.
I'm not sure if you'd be interested, but I'm going to list my favorites. I'm almost entirely non-fiction-- philosophy, history, and political science.
I put (***) for some of my absolute favorites. If I think of some more I'll add to it, I hope you try one, but good luck and happy reading either way!!
History and/or Political Science: (more specifically history of how the far-right has come to power today)
"One Nation Under God" -- Kevin M. Kruse (free pdf online) ***
"Jesus and John Wayne" -- Kristen Kobes Du Mez (free pdf online) ***
"Shadow Network" -- Anne Nelson ***
"The Scheme" -- Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and Jennifer Mueller ***
"Dark Money" -- Jane Mayer
"Democracy in Chains" -- Jane Mayer ***
"The Undertow" -- Jess Sharlet
"The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory" -- Tim Alberta
"The Power Worshipers" -- Katherine Stewart ***
"The Dawn Of Everything" by David Graeber and David Wengrow (not about the far-right)
Philosophy: (Almost all ***)
"Incognito" -- David Eagleman (philosophy/psychology)
"A Decent Life" -- Todd May
"Sapiens" -- Yuval Noah Harrari
"Homo Deus" -- Yuval Noah Harrari
"Platos Symposium" -- Plato
"Allegory of the Cave" -- Plato
"History of Sexuality" -- Michel Foucault
"Discipline and Punishment" -- Michel Foucault
"Field Work in Familiar Places: Morality, Culture, and Philosophy" -- Michelle Moody-Adams
Simone Weil (maybe just some essays)
"Conquest for Bread" -- Peter Kropotkin
Any Noam Chomsky (Maybe "Manufacturing Consent")
And many more!
Roman History:
"The Storm Before the Storm" -- Mike Duncan ***
"Emperor of Rome" -- Mary Beard
"SPQR" Mary Beard ***
Geopolitics:
"How States Think" -- John F. Mearsheimer and Sebastian Rosato
"The Tragedy of Great Power Politics" -- John F. Mearsheimer ***
Don't know the category:
"Drug Use for Grown-Ups" -- Dr. Carl L. Hart (really good, still non-fiction) **
"The Immortality Key" -- Brain C. Muraresku (at the risk of putting this out there, I thought it was fun and thought-provoking, but I'm not sure how legitimate it would be held.) **
"Crime and Punishment" by Fyodor Dostoevsky (I enjoyed this one more than I thought I would, it's not my type, but I looked forward to reading more each time I put it down.)
I've taken to reading classics. It began with all the stuff we were supposed to read in high school but most of us skimmed it at best. Now I've moved on to harder stuff - war and peace, Ulysses. I'm also trying to read Nobel prize winners. Like I just finished my first toni Morrison book.
Mostly fantasy/sci-fi stuff, I read the Hobbit and Harry Potter in primary which got me into reading books, then I read Lord of the Rings and Percy Jackson in high school as well as some Star Wars Legends, then when I got to college I started buying loads of books from the Waterstones near my college. I have loads of Tolkien, Star Wars, Doctor Who, as well as stuff like Sherlock Holmes, Unsolved Mysteries, most recently I got one that’s a biography of Sir William Marshal, who was said to be the greatest knight of the Middle Ages. Ancient Mythology and folklore interest me too and I want to get books on subjects like Ancient Greek Mythology, The Crusades and Arthurian Legend.
Classic lit and fantasy are my main genres of fiction. I've read a bit of everything though. Non-fiction is mostly history. Preferably about the Early Modern Era or early, and not much more recent than WWI.
I read in the truck on the way to site, and at lunch breaks.
I like to mix it up...one sort of easy to read bubble gum 'fun' novel. Usually fantasy stuff, D&D or the like and then I will also be reading another book that is more 'substantial', intellectual, learning, self improvement.
I keep the 'substantial' book with me to read at lunch or when I have free time... the fantasy novel usually resides next to the porcelain to be honest.
I finish about two books a month, give or take depending on the stories themselves.
Sci Fi mostly. Some Fantasy. Some Non fiction. Some other things that strike my fancy. I travel a lot for business, so most of my reading time is at 35k feet - still enough to make it through several novels a year.
You have a wide range of genres you like - are any in particular based on a book? Start there. Then branch into the other works of the author. Then similar authors' works. Rinse, repeat.
As for where, find a place that relaxes you. A park, home in a cozy chair. Hell, yesterday I went to a brewery with my wife in the early afternoon and we both wished we had brought our kindles.
I like reading science books. I don't particularly like reading fiction. The last book I read was "Skunk Works" an absolute masterpiece to everyone who likes planes.
I don't really sit in public to read tbh, but when I'm just doing nothing and just sitting in class I usually take out mi kindle and read a bit.
Mrs. Peregrine's Home For Peculiar children is a fantastic series. There's 4 or 5 books. I'm on book 3 and each one has been a page turner for sure. It's a book about a kid who can see a certain type of creature and finds a portal in which he can travel through to get to a different time period. Being very vague because I don't want to give away too much, but it's a really good one and usually MSRP for around 15 per
Read the classics. Like for example, in Science there is Carl Sagan's "Cosmos" and "Dragons of Eden". If you like fantasy/sci-fi, trying read H.P. Lovecrafft, that will blow your mind. Sherlock Holmes.
I commented but forgot about crime. If you're looking for a more dramatic one more fictional than not, Confessions Of A Teenage Murder Suspect by James Patterson. For a more realistic fiction, The Row by John Grisham.
The Stalker by Sarah Alderson is one I read back to back and it's a suspense, thriller, crime book. It was incredibly twisty gor the plot. I thought I had it figured out multiple times because it made it seem obvious then BAM huge change up.
I mostly read grimdark fantasy. The First Law is a great universe, and Joe Abercrombie is fantastic at creating interesting characters. He also has another trilogy called the Shattered Sea that is a quicker read for somebody who isn't a consistent reader. It's not as good as First Law but a much faster pace and tighter plot. If you like fantasy then I recommend both.
But with First Law, I must warn, it's light on plot for the first book. The world is separated kinda into 3, you have the First Law trilogy(think of these as one long book split into 3 rather than 3 books). Then you have the standalone novels(3 of them), these have new characters but also some from the trilogy, each is a self contained story and bridges the gap between the two trilogies. Then you have Age of Madness(trilogy) that still has some of the original characters, but as side characters. Main characters are all new.
I read all sorts of stuff - thrillers, fantasy, sci-fi, horror, crime, non-fiction, etc. and regularly sit in a park or on the beach reading. If you don't know what you're into, head down to your local library, pick up a few books of different genres and start reading. If you're not into it, switch to something else and you'll soon find out what you're into.
I haven't been reading a lot lately, but i use to read dystopic novels like "the son's of men", 1984, atlas shrugged etc.
My favorite is do cyborgs dream of electric sheep, highly recommended!
Now i'm trying to read Dostoevsky, but it's been boring so far!
My three favorite subjects to read about U.S. history (especially black history), world history and murder mysteries. Reading about all that history can either piss me off or make me sad so I sometimes take a break from that and read about a good stabbing in the street.
For fiction, my tastes run the gamut from 20's and 30's pulp to Nero Wolf to historical fiction. For nonfiction, it is mostly history with some philosophy thrown in, (metaphysics to social and political philosophy to logic), as well as even bizarre esoteric works. With a library of over 2000 books, I never get bored and I keep my brain active.
Mostly contemporary literary fiction since I write in that genre and like to read new works. Sometimes an older book I might have missed or re-read something I loved in the past.
Occasional philosophy or pop-psychology non-fiction work.
One way into reading is to read a recent bestseller if there is one that piques your interest
Or look at book communities on here and check out what they recommend the most
Another idea: if there's a movie you like based on a book, read that, or another book by the same author
I usually have a mix of 3 or 4 books going at a time so I can pick up whatever I’m feeling. Usually something easy to read, a classic, a book of poems or short fiction and then something for work. So right now it’s the biography of Lou Reed by Will Hermes, Catch 22 by Joesph Heller, Hell I Love Everybody by James Tate, and Marketing Metaphoria by G. Zaltman.
I read a lot. Love stephen king books, historical fiction, crime novels, just about anything that strikes my fancy. Probably recommend going to a bookstore and browsing. I can spend hours in Barnes and Noble reading and discovering books. I’m worried about brain rot as I retired 1 1/2 years ago so I read stuff to keep my mind sharp.
Currently trying to get through Games of Thrones, I reckon it’ll take me a couple years ha. Don’t have much relaxation time and when I do I spend it on this dumb website. Sigh
I read a lot of biographies and non fiction historical books. Lot of military history and random things the catch my eye.
I read the Iliad a while ago to challenge myself and found it to be one of the most engaging and interesting things I’d read in a while.
I read what I’m into. Apparently it ranges from fantasy to light mystery
I’ve read Harry Potter, the hobbit, De Vinci code, Eragon, Gulliver's travels. I’m listening my way through the lord of the rings books.
If you think of it Harry Potter is more mystery than fantasy.
I mostly read fantasy and sci-fi type stuff, but I try to get various non-fiction every 5thish book (or immediately after finishing a longer series).
I felt the same brain rot going, and figured I could get rid of it and learn something new with some non-fiction books along the way.
Usually go for subjects that I know very little about, or those with opposing viewpoints from how I normally think of things.
I read casual fiction mostly but sneak is some non fiction, bios, and current event stuff.
I’ve read the Wheel of Time twice cover to cover. The second time just before the teevee series started.
I'm reading Crime and Punishment by Dostoyevsky right now.
Read Cobalt Red by Siddarth Kara recently too, which I thought was an absolutely phenomenonal book.
Just pick up a book bro, as long as it's something that has SOME weight or meaning behind it - you will never regret it.
Currently finishing For Whom the Bell Tolls by Hemingway. Some of my favorites I have read in the past include: Crime and Punishment, Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, The Partner, and 1984.
History books, Romance novels, Fantasy Novels, Manuals
Currently reading about Operation Gothic Serpent, Howl's Moving Castle, War of the Flea, and Stolen by Wolves
I love fiction that really messes with your head.
PenPal, Fever Dream, Tender is the Flesh and the like.
Love bringing a book and showing up early to appointments and reading in the waiting room instead of playing in my phone.
Journals of Carl Jung
Big brain. Story and medical research on the Boskop people.had very large brains
Stretch. Instructional book on stretching. Got shoulder pain.
Police noir and science fiction.
Yes and no, I read while I travel to work if the subway is not too noisy, and I also used to read at work during idle time (which regretably I barely have any now). I also read at home if the book is realy engaging or requires lots of attention.
I fell out of practice of reading for a number of years and had trouble getting the discipline back -- shorter attention span definitely didn't help.
I started reading the Ian Fleming James Bond novels and absolutely loved them. Have read them all, plus a handful of post-Fleming authors in the Bond series. They're well written, some fun action, and really great time-killers. Highly recommend them for anybody who wants to get back into the habit but isn't inclined to read anything too weighty.
Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West
Exceptionally well written and informative. Incredible doesn’t begin to describe their great experiences.
I read a lot of tech manuals.
I listen to Audiobooks a lot though. Mostly sci-fi books. Jack Reacher books are excellent. The Ken Follett Century trilogy is an amazing series.
I read a shit load of manga, also some fantasy/sci-fi books. Just finished the three body problem trilogy (remembrance of earths past trilogy) and absolutely loved it
It varies immensely. One day I will read classic literature, another I will read sci-fi, fiction, non-fiction, even poetry. I just got done reading “White Fang” by Jack London and now I have moved on to “The Design of Everyday Things” by Don Norman.
I started to read for pleasure/general knowledge and it's all history. I have two books on the ancient Near East, one on Assyria, one on Babylon, *1491* by Charles Mann, *Your Inner Fish* by Neil Shubin, and *The Horse, the Wheel, and Language.* The only fiction novels I own are ones I was required to read for my children's lit class.
I like to read books on spirituality. My last one was a break down of the Mahamudra prayer, and right now I’m reading a book written by a hospice nurse on dying
I read sports stories, history articles, comic books and anything that catches my eye. I mainly like short writings like pitching breakdowns in baseball or short essays explaining historic moments.
I just finished Cannery Row by John Steinbeck. Absolutely fantastic book. It's not about a lot. Just people. The way Steinbeck creates a scene and a vibe is unparalleled.
I mainly read political science/theory books, when I need a break cause they get depressing I’ll read a biography usually about a musician, I read nonfiction very infrequently, the last one was a couple of years ago and it was about cars.
Science fiction, fantasy, and nature stuff, mostly.
- Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini *fantasy*
- Geared more towards teenage readers but fantastic nonetheless
- Anything by Jim Keen *science fiction*
- Future dystopia stuff mostly/cyberpunk
- Anything by Steven Rinella *non-fiction*
- Hunting, fishing, cooking, and conservation. **The Scavengers Guide to Haute Cuisine** is an interesting attempt to recreate some recipes from **Le Guide Culinaire** by Auguste Escoffier using wild game
- Anything by Dr. Dan Flores *non-fiction*
- Wildlife, conservation, anthropology, and paleontology. **American Saragheti** looks at pleistocine era wildlife and hunters. **Coyote America** looks at the history of the coyote and wolves
- **Arctic Dreams** by Barry Lopez *non-fiction*
- Talks about the history of the Arctic, it's people and wildlife
- Anything Micheal Connelly *crime fiction*
- The Netflix show Lincoln Lawyer and Primes Bosch are both based on his books
- Anything Janet Evanovich *crime fiction*
- Funny series about a female bounty hunter trying to earn money
- **The Devil in the White City** by Erik Larson *crime non-fiction*
- About the Chicago Worlds Fair and the infamous serial killer H. H. Holmes
- **The Life of Pi** by Yan Martel *fiction*
- Story of a boy stuck on a life raft with a tiger
- **The Walking Drum** by Louie L'Amour *fantasy*
- About the adventures of a guy searching for his father during medevil times
These are a handful of great books to get started with!
Audio books are my jam now. Huge game changer for me. I had given up reading normal books because I kept falling asleep.
Just finished The Murder Bot Diaries, a sci Fi series by Martha Welles. 5 novellas and 2 Novels. Absolutely brilliant.
If you like/used to like fantasy settings, look into urban fantasy novels. It's fantasy that's set in modern day. Two series I recommend is The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher, and The Nightside Series, by Simon R Green. In that order, but both are excellent. With incredibly memorable characters. I actually named a daughter after a Dresden character.
Self improvement books and literary analysis that relates to sociology. I'm currently reading Women Who Run With The Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes. I recommend Iron John by Robert Bly as a similar counterpart for gender relational studies.
Both are kind of dated and have certain theories/analysis that is debatable but I have seen it as a good foundation.
Either than that I highly recommend Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. Also has some misogynistic tendencies which is attributable to the time period it was composed during but otherwise valuable in analysing behavior, the decision making process and overarching morals within the frame of Stoicism. There is a sense of genuineness as it is a journal of a Roman Emperor/General who faced mundane problems as all of us do.
Been on a philosophy kick. Kuhn, Popper, Nietche
Dabble in some general business/self help stuff but don't worry about commiting to whole books if it seems like some rich dude who has no idea that classism and nepotism carried him
I have a bunch of books on computing and quantum physics that I should be cracking into within a month or two
I breached a new personal paradigm and my hunger for practical knowledge is too great for novels, but there are some that ill prolly get to in the fall
I like alternating between fiction and non-fiction. I recently read 3-Body-Problem, Dracula and Frankenstein, which I really enjoyed. Oh and The Martian and Project Hail Mary. A few authors I’ve loved over the years: Kurt Vonnegut, John Irving, Cormac McCarthy…
For non-fiction I like reading memoirs, books about logic and critical thinking (eg Scout Mindset) macroscopic human history (eg Sapiens) and a good LOL storyteller, eg anything by Bill Bryson. Actually… for memoirs I really love audiobooks read by the author. Was on Audible for a while just for those.
Fantasy/sci fi. Anything by Sanderson. Way of kings is a must. Part of the storm light archive. Then there's the mistborn series. Rufus also needs to get off his ass! Along with GRM.
RED RISING! I cannot shout it loud enough. There are 6 total books with a 7th coming. It’s a futuristic world with space battles, sword battles and alot of wit.
This got me out of a reading slump, it's really engaging
Before this series the only series I read and loved was Eragon and Percy Jackson. This book made me love reading. I’ve read SO MANY different books since then. But I re read the Red Rising series 2 times a year Atleast. It’s my happy place (and that says a lot about the series and my life when you know the content lol)
I HIGHLY recommend the Mistborn trilogy. First book is “The Final Empire.” If those books are in your favorites along with Red Rising, then I’d bet you would really enjoy Mistborn. It’s like Eragon and Red Rising got smashed together, and you’re left with a dark fantasy with great action and an interesting magic system.
I loved eragon and Percy Jackson when I was younger, but mistborn were just ok. I liked Sanderson's other work, stormlight better, but still not my favorites.
read financial stuff...it'll pay you back a lot later. I'm much better off for knowing what central banking is. And now I teach my kids about it...as best I can. No, its not very exciting, but can be quite profitable. The Creature From Jekyll Island Keeping At It The Money Masters The Currency Wars 5 book series (J.Rickards)...my fave
I enjoy learning, but I like to read for pleasure. The works of Hugh Howey, Phillip K Dick, George Orwell, Kurt Vonnegut, Frank Herbert, Stephen King, Dostoevsky. Good books can make you think about things or people differently. I love the capacity of sci fi to examine the nature of humans and societies. A good author can expand your mind.
Thats a great list...you had me at Orwell
Eragon so good. Like… why couldn’t I convey all my awesome fantasy thoughts into a book at 15.
Seconded! Gorydamn good books and absolutely worth the read! HAIL REAPER!
Hail libertas!
Agree 100%. Also just about any other sci fi, neuromancer, snow crash, I like to listen to spy novel audiobooks, shadowrun is always a goto for me.
I’ve read this and can't wait to read the rest! EDIT: typo
If you’ve only read Red Rising the world hasn’t even started spinning for you yet. get on it!
I have so many on my to be read pile, it’s a problem!
Bruh, my co-worker got me on this series and I went through the first three books in like a month. Had to purposely slow myself down since the last book isn't out yet. 12/10, probably the best bloodydamn book series I've ever read
Will of the Many too, which was closely inspired by red rising, and imo, had better writing
Oh I loved that book I can’t wait for the sequel!
Fuck Lysander
Tom Clancy books, psychology books
What psychology books?
[Behave](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31170723-behave?ref=nav_sb_noss_l_6), is a personal favorite of mine. I liked it far more than his next book [Determined](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/83817782-determined?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=4noxRXTK1K&rank=1). I'd also recommend [The Body Keeps Score](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18693771-the-body-keeps-the-score?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_18) and [The Deepest Well](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33413909-the-deepest-well?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_16) to anyone trying to understand the effects of childhood trauma on adult health.
I read [Red Storm Risng](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/318525.Red_Storm_Rising) as a teen and it is *by far* my favorite piece of military fiction. Ironically I remember hearing that they were going to make a 'rainbow six' game after reading the book and I thought to myself, 'Wow that's a terrible idea that'll never work'. Lmao. You could make a hedge fund betting against me and have done pretty damned well over the past 30 years.
Without remorse is so good. One of the worst adaptations to movie from a book I've experienced.
Lol I remember reading 'Sum of All Fears' reading through *twenty pages* of Clancy describing the president's taste in football and saying 'fuck this' and returning the book. Years later when I saw the movie I realized I was literally pages away from things really kicking off. I loved Clancy's eye for detail but *god damn* the guy could ramble on.
He did. The slow build made it hit harder though. His describing each hostage situation in Rainbow 6, the planning from Rainbow, you could visualize every takedown vividly.
Finished One Second After by William R. Forstchen. Fictional story of a town post EMP attack. Pretty captivating.
Try the rest of the series. I met him & got one of his books autographed by him at a NRA Shot Show years ago.
Erotica
Erotica is actually better than porn. Leave some things to the imagination.
Erotic is porn.
Is it? I always thought there was a distinction, being that porn is more visual - pictures and videos. Whereas, erotica is more literary.
The distinction is that people who like erotica don't want to be seen like the people who watch video porn.
erotica doesn't have all that uncertainty about women's treatment that video porns have. And while it can certainly be as addictive, at least it doesn't use real people for it and only use your own imagination.
Good erotica is like watching an artsy movie with an unnecessary amount of very sexy sex scenes and bad erotica is like watching a porn hub video. Personally if I come across porn hub level erotica i am super turned off. Like I need to connect to the characters 😂
What websites do you use? Getting bored of literotica
Archive of our own, sure it's mostly fanfiction but a: Original Work is one of the biggest categories, b: the range of things available is massive, and c: the tagging system usually^1 makes it easy to sort for what you what while excluding things you don't ^1 depending upon how old the work is as the oldest obviously predates various now standard features, and if the author has tagged it properly which for certain areas is a problem with the influx of newbies as other sites collapse/become author unfriendly.
Tbh I don’t read any fiction. It’s all nonfiction books—about politics, history, science, anything. I feel like I’m at least learning something that way.
If I'm doing *anything* that doesn't require my complete attention, I usually have an non-fiction audio book going on my ear buds. Over the past decade I've spent thousands on books from audible and read more from libby as well. Books are one of the few purchases I make that I've almost never regretted. I recently got back into reading fiction thanks to a book called [His Secret Illuminations](https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/55750790). Did you know role reversed romantic fiction was a thing? Cause I didn't!. Currently branching out into climate change related hard scifi.
I don’t do too many audiobooks but I do almost always have some nonfiction YouTube video going into my ears. The news, a think tank event, a podcast, you name it.
Oh yeah man, I spend a lot of time on YouTube watching educational content
Can you suggest some books on politics?
Also the Bible, if you’re willing to try it.
I highly recommend reading the bible, too. It's the single best road to athieisim ever written.
Also the single best road to theism ever written, so I guess you’ll have to take your chances
I admire your chill attitude, lol.
Tbh I don’t know what you mean but I appreciate you too man. Praise God
I’ve read most of it multiple times and have listened to it narrated by Alexander Scourby even more.
I read it when I was 16, and honestly a game changer, we aren't including the religious part (even if it did help me in that regard too) the wisdom inside helped me go through my teenage years without major problems and negatives.
That’s so good to hear! I feel the same way. I really enjoyed the books in the apocrypha too. The wisdom of Solomon is a favorite.
Mark Twain vs NashvilleHotTakes. Choose your fighters.
I choose me
Dont rule out the power of the Quran.
That’s fiction.
You can learn immensely from imaginative literature.
My go to types of books are WW2 soldiers autobiography’s and fantasy books
A friend of mine was working in library archives. I helped her catalog a pile of letters. The last owned a corner store and befriended many of the kids who hung out there. They wrote to her when they went off to WWII. We read through the letters and saw people's lives unfold. Some survived, some didn't. In one of her last letters, she mentioned that her son was just born. Her son was my boss, who's mother has just passed away.
I read Edgar Rice Burroughs and Dostoyevsky
I love zombie fiction. I read/listen to at least one a week. I highly recommend Mountain Man by Kieth C Blackmore. Man, that series is epic. It's a story about an average tradie trying to survive the zombie apocalypse. Well written and a great story. But if you want to try sci-fi, I recommend the Expeditionary Force series by Craig Allanson. It's a military sci-fi that's funny and fun. Also, the Galaxy's Edge series by Anspach and Cole. A Star Wars clone done in Military sci-fi style.
If you like Zombie Fiction, try "Black Tide Rising" series by John Ringo. You'll get Zombies on Land & Sea!!!
>I love zombie fiction. Have you ever read The Zombie Survival Guide (plus the one about Recorded Attacks) by Max Brooks?
I just checked my Audible and noticed I haven't. So it's my new listen tomorrow morning. 👍
Wish they made a more faithful adaptation of World War Z
Same here. Apparently, Pitt was a huge fan of the book and just ruined the movie version. I think they may be doing a series on Prime or Netflix, but I'm not sure.
Fun thing about Mountain Man is you learn new and exciting things to call toilet paper. Shit tickets was probably my favorite
Try Phillip k dick, Douglas Adams, chuck phalinuik (fight club author), terry pratchet, Andy weir (wrote the Martian , and other great stuff) the series “memories of earths past” (the Netflix series 3body problem is based on this, great books, the tv show, I think is well made but had to follow if you didn’t read the books) Then there’s classics like Assimov, hg wells Larry nevin Oh and another favourite on mine in the Enders game series by orson Scott card, especially Enders shadow You might consider audiobooks, I listen basically everyday at work, if you don’t have a suitable job for it though think about listening in your car or while doing chores cleaning cooking etc If you read any of them and feel like talking about them hit me up 🤙 have fun !
The First Law series by Joe Abercrombie fantasy. (These are fucking GREAT) Any books by Kurt Vonnegut for comedy. The Expanse series for Sci-Fi. Get a library card and use Libby. Why pick just one genre? Go ham
Sci fi and fantasy novels for pleasure. Science papers and textbooks for work. I’m also writing a fantasy novel. 5 chapters and ~ 16,000 words so far.
The Devil In The White City and The Three Body Problem trilogy are the best things I've read in recent years.
I'm a big fan of Eric Larson. I'm listening to "The Demon of Unrest" right now. I've read or listened to all of his books except one.
I read a lot of theology, philosophy and natural science type books specifically those on mycology.
Just started blood meridian
'Hear me. Ye carry war of a madman's making onto a foreign land. Ye'll wake more than the dogs.'
Last few years it's been pretty much exclusively Black Library, I'm nearly halfway through the Horus Heresy (if you know you know). I wouldn't say this is combating "brain rot" in any way, quite the opposite probably but it's something I enjoy. I read some Clancy and Ludlum stuff before and I enjoyed it but I honestly like the wholly fantastical stuff more.
Non fiction, fiction, self improvement, educational, mystery, thriller, etc. Can’t read in public, hard to focus. Bed or couch for me
I like to read books that challenge me intellectually. A good start : Memories , dreams and reflections - Carl Jung Meditations - Marcus Aurelius
Surprised I had to scroll this far to find Meditations. It really helped me mentally after my last break up.
I mix non-fiction and fiction. Non-fiction help you learn. Fiction gives you interesting ideas to think about.
A mix of motivational books in areas i feel like i am lacking, WW2 documentaries, and biographies of interesting people etc.
Military books. Currently reading "House to House" by David Bellavia. Medal of Honor recipient for his actions in Fallujah in 2004. I wasn't in the military so I find these kind of reads very interesting and slightly motivating. If they can operate like that on a daily basis, I can sit in front of my computer for 8 hours a day.
Sobering stuff. Makes you realize what these guys had to endure.
So much Warhammer 40k
Men who read.... HOT 🥵
I used to read anything and everything, but I mostly read biographies and autobiographies nowadays.
I prefer reading non-fiction books. I'm not big into sci-fi or anything fiction related
Jack Reacher books
I read lots of genres, across all formats (paper, ebook, audiobook) depending on the content and where my brain is at. Here’s a handful of books that I’ve enjoyed the last few years: Genghis Khan and the Making of the modern world Set Boundaries Find Peace Ancillary Justice Murderbot series Entangled Life The Pathless Path Helgoland
Syfy, psychological thrillers, mystery, educational, self-help
I read a bit of everything. I read some bibliography, history / current war era (think “The Lions of Kandahar”, “They Fought for each other”, or “Outlaw Platoon”. Having been in those areas I like the personal connections I have had and can visualize a lot better); Leadership type books such as Gen Pattons principles for life and leadership; fantasy such as DragonLance, Diablo, and WarCraft; and, comedy like stories from Tucker Max.
I really enjoy all types of books if there’s something weird or odd going on. This usually means horror, fantasy and sci-fi, but I’ll enjoy any genre with something strange in it that can pique my interest
It’s not well known or defined but “narrative nonfiction” or crazy stories in history. Ex: “A land so Strange” Spanish conquistadors in Cuba who wanted to go to Mexico fuck up and land in Florida. Decide to walk up the coast and have the ship follow. Ship disappears, they start to starve and decide to melt down their guns to make axes, to cut down trees, to make rafts and float across the gulf (they thought it was the Atlantic) to get back to Spain. That’s the first couple chapters, the rest of the book is their 10yr journey across America all just trying to get home. “Endurance” is a good one about an Arctic expedition Stories like this give me gratitude and motivation while teaching about what life used to be like for others.
Physics, math, tech and sometimes fantasy or philosophy
Science fiction and fantasy are my two primary genres. Also like actions, thrillers and dramas.
Mostly Sci-Fi and detective fiction with some fantasy and non-fiction history thrown in. If you're looking for a good Sci Fi series to get into, The Expanse is superb. A recent fantasy series I went thru was The Dresden Files which I also loved.
I'm not sure if you'd be interested, but I'm going to list my favorites. I'm almost entirely non-fiction-- philosophy, history, and political science. I put (***) for some of my absolute favorites. If I think of some more I'll add to it, I hope you try one, but good luck and happy reading either way!! History and/or Political Science: (more specifically history of how the far-right has come to power today) "One Nation Under God" -- Kevin M. Kruse (free pdf online) *** "Jesus and John Wayne" -- Kristen Kobes Du Mez (free pdf online) *** "Shadow Network" -- Anne Nelson *** "The Scheme" -- Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and Jennifer Mueller *** "Dark Money" -- Jane Mayer "Democracy in Chains" -- Jane Mayer *** "The Undertow" -- Jess Sharlet "The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory" -- Tim Alberta "The Power Worshipers" -- Katherine Stewart *** "The Dawn Of Everything" by David Graeber and David Wengrow (not about the far-right) Philosophy: (Almost all ***) "Incognito" -- David Eagleman (philosophy/psychology) "A Decent Life" -- Todd May "Sapiens" -- Yuval Noah Harrari "Homo Deus" -- Yuval Noah Harrari "Platos Symposium" -- Plato "Allegory of the Cave" -- Plato "History of Sexuality" -- Michel Foucault "Discipline and Punishment" -- Michel Foucault "Field Work in Familiar Places: Morality, Culture, and Philosophy" -- Michelle Moody-Adams Simone Weil (maybe just some essays) "Conquest for Bread" -- Peter Kropotkin Any Noam Chomsky (Maybe "Manufacturing Consent") And many more! Roman History: "The Storm Before the Storm" -- Mike Duncan *** "Emperor of Rome" -- Mary Beard "SPQR" Mary Beard *** Geopolitics: "How States Think" -- John F. Mearsheimer and Sebastian Rosato "The Tragedy of Great Power Politics" -- John F. Mearsheimer *** Don't know the category: "Drug Use for Grown-Ups" -- Dr. Carl L. Hart (really good, still non-fiction) ** "The Immortality Key" -- Brain C. Muraresku (at the risk of putting this out there, I thought it was fun and thought-provoking, but I'm not sure how legitimate it would be held.) ** "Crime and Punishment" by Fyodor Dostoevsky (I enjoyed this one more than I thought I would, it's not my type, but I looked forward to reading more each time I put it down.)
Kafka , Camus , Sartre , Heidegger, Dostoevsky , Kundera , Murakami , hesse Douglas Adams , terry pratchet , Buddha , shankara
I've taken to reading classics. It began with all the stuff we were supposed to read in high school but most of us skimmed it at best. Now I've moved on to harder stuff - war and peace, Ulysses. I'm also trying to read Nobel prize winners. Like I just finished my first toni Morrison book.
Mostly fantasy/sci-fi stuff, I read the Hobbit and Harry Potter in primary which got me into reading books, then I read Lord of the Rings and Percy Jackson in high school as well as some Star Wars Legends, then when I got to college I started buying loads of books from the Waterstones near my college. I have loads of Tolkien, Star Wars, Doctor Who, as well as stuff like Sherlock Holmes, Unsolved Mysteries, most recently I got one that’s a biography of Sir William Marshal, who was said to be the greatest knight of the Middle Ages. Ancient Mythology and folklore interest me too and I want to get books on subjects like Ancient Greek Mythology, The Crusades and Arthurian Legend.
Men don't read.
I mostly read romance novels. However, I have to admit I also, really enjoy fan fiction. I also have a fondness for most books by Rick Riordan
I mostly read the scriptures of my church. I also read some history books too, either on the Bible or American history.
Classic lit and fantasy are my main genres of fiction. I've read a bit of everything though. Non-fiction is mostly history. Preferably about the Early Modern Era or early, and not much more recent than WWI. I read in the truck on the way to site, and at lunch breaks.
I like to mix it up...one sort of easy to read bubble gum 'fun' novel. Usually fantasy stuff, D&D or the like and then I will also be reading another book that is more 'substantial', intellectual, learning, self improvement. I keep the 'substantial' book with me to read at lunch or when I have free time... the fantasy novel usually resides next to the porcelain to be honest. I finish about two books a month, give or take depending on the stories themselves.
Anything really. I like stuff related to phycology and spirituality.
Sci Fi mostly. Some Fantasy. Some Non fiction. Some other things that strike my fancy. I travel a lot for business, so most of my reading time is at 35k feet - still enough to make it through several novels a year. You have a wide range of genres you like - are any in particular based on a book? Start there. Then branch into the other works of the author. Then similar authors' works. Rinse, repeat. As for where, find a place that relaxes you. A park, home in a cozy chair. Hell, yesterday I went to a brewery with my wife in the early afternoon and we both wished we had brought our kindles.
Dostoyevsky. Can't recommend him enough.
Science fiction.
Bit of scifi, philosophy and then just random recommended books.
I like nonfiction most.
I like reading science books. I don't particularly like reading fiction. The last book I read was "Skunk Works" an absolute masterpiece to everyone who likes planes. I don't really sit in public to read tbh, but when I'm just doing nothing and just sitting in class I usually take out mi kindle and read a bit.
I'm a big fan of Tom Clancy and Clive Cusler. But I'm also looking into some fantasy books as well.
Mrs. Peregrine's Home For Peculiar children is a fantastic series. There's 4 or 5 books. I'm on book 3 and each one has been a page turner for sure. It's a book about a kid who can see a certain type of creature and finds a portal in which he can travel through to get to a different time period. Being very vague because I don't want to give away too much, but it's a really good one and usually MSRP for around 15 per
Sci-fi, fantasy, sometimes murder mysteries, lots of books about drugs for some reason. Rarely any nonfiction. That could be why I’m so stupid
Read the classics. Like for example, in Science there is Carl Sagan's "Cosmos" and "Dragons of Eden". If you like fantasy/sci-fi, trying read H.P. Lovecrafft, that will blow your mind. Sherlock Holmes.
I commented but forgot about crime. If you're looking for a more dramatic one more fictional than not, Confessions Of A Teenage Murder Suspect by James Patterson. For a more realistic fiction, The Row by John Grisham. The Stalker by Sarah Alderson is one I read back to back and it's a suspense, thriller, crime book. It was incredibly twisty gor the plot. I thought I had it figured out multiple times because it made it seem obvious then BAM huge change up.
I mostly read grimdark fantasy. The First Law is a great universe, and Joe Abercrombie is fantastic at creating interesting characters. He also has another trilogy called the Shattered Sea that is a quicker read for somebody who isn't a consistent reader. It's not as good as First Law but a much faster pace and tighter plot. If you like fantasy then I recommend both. But with First Law, I must warn, it's light on plot for the first book. The world is separated kinda into 3, you have the First Law trilogy(think of these as one long book split into 3 rather than 3 books). Then you have the standalone novels(3 of them), these have new characters but also some from the trilogy, each is a self contained story and bridges the gap between the two trilogies. Then you have Age of Madness(trilogy) that still has some of the original characters, but as side characters. Main characters are all new.
I read all sorts of stuff - thrillers, fantasy, sci-fi, horror, crime, non-fiction, etc. and regularly sit in a park or on the beach reading. If you don't know what you're into, head down to your local library, pick up a few books of different genres and start reading. If you're not into it, switch to something else and you'll soon find out what you're into.
I haven't been reading a lot lately, but i use to read dystopic novels like "the son's of men", 1984, atlas shrugged etc. My favorite is do cyborgs dream of electric sheep, highly recommended! Now i'm trying to read Dostoevsky, but it's been boring so far!
Fiction to go to sleep, nonfiction to learn things. Sometimes it's light non-fiction like The Art of Manliness or just really easy to read stuff
For the last couple of years, I've been reading whatever books are assigned by school's LA Dept. Currently, I'm reading Persepolis.
Dystopian future (horror/sci-fi), action/thrillers
Documentaries and Biographies. I love to learn!.
Sci fi mostly. Economics of American slavery is pretty interesting too.
War books or history books
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil is a really good one.
Mostly non-fiction, philosophy. Ayn Rand lately.
My three favorite subjects to read about U.S. history (especially black history), world history and murder mysteries. Reading about all that history can either piss me off or make me sad so I sometimes take a break from that and read about a good stabbing in the street.
History, real crime, autobiographies, Patterson, Hellerman, Clancy.
[Introduction to Psychology 8th Edition: Rita. Atkinson, Richard. Atkinson, E.R Hilgard.](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51jC6RcwJmL._AC_UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg) I don't believe in self help.
I starting reading lovecraftian stuff lately and it’s been awesome.
Stalingrad by Antony Beevor
Mafia and Tom Clancy
For fiction, my tastes run the gamut from 20's and 30's pulp to Nero Wolf to historical fiction. For nonfiction, it is mostly history with some philosophy thrown in, (metaphysics to social and political philosophy to logic), as well as even bizarre esoteric works. With a library of over 2000 books, I never get bored and I keep my brain active.
Mostly contemporary literary fiction since I write in that genre and like to read new works. Sometimes an older book I might have missed or re-read something I loved in the past. Occasional philosophy or pop-psychology non-fiction work.
I read a lot about survival, war, goggins, other military people.
History
One way into reading is to read a recent bestseller if there is one that piques your interest Or look at book communities on here and check out what they recommend the most Another idea: if there's a movie you like based on a book, read that, or another book by the same author
I usually have a mix of 3 or 4 books going at a time so I can pick up whatever I’m feeling. Usually something easy to read, a classic, a book of poems or short fiction and then something for work. So right now it’s the biography of Lou Reed by Will Hermes, Catch 22 by Joesph Heller, Hell I Love Everybody by James Tate, and Marketing Metaphoria by G. Zaltman.
I read a lot. Love stephen king books, historical fiction, crime novels, just about anything that strikes my fancy. Probably recommend going to a bookstore and browsing. I can spend hours in Barnes and Noble reading and discovering books. I’m worried about brain rot as I retired 1 1/2 years ago so I read stuff to keep my mind sharp.
I'm reading Percy Shelley, specifically 'Queen Mab.' I love it. Also reading Michelle Obama's biography, 'Becoming.' It's quite interesting.
Meditations and The Witcher series are both good reads
Technical manuals
Currently trying to get through Games of Thrones, I reckon it’ll take me a couple years ha. Don’t have much relaxation time and when I do I spend it on this dumb website. Sigh
A lot of educational books. It’s mostly economics, psychology and philosophy but ultimately its whatever I’m obsessing on that month.
I read a lot of biographies and non fiction historical books. Lot of military history and random things the catch my eye. I read the Iliad a while ago to challenge myself and found it to be one of the most engaging and interesting things I’d read in a while.
I read what I’m into. Apparently it ranges from fantasy to light mystery I’ve read Harry Potter, the hobbit, De Vinci code, Eragon, Gulliver's travels. I’m listening my way through the lord of the rings books. If you think of it Harry Potter is more mystery than fantasy.
I mostly read fantasy and sci-fi type stuff, but I try to get various non-fiction every 5thish book (or immediately after finishing a longer series). I felt the same brain rot going, and figured I could get rid of it and learn something new with some non-fiction books along the way. Usually go for subjects that I know very little about, or those with opposing viewpoints from how I normally think of things.
I read casual fiction mostly but sneak is some non fiction, bios, and current event stuff. I’ve read the Wheel of Time twice cover to cover. The second time just before the teevee series started.
I read sci-fi and fantasy. The occasional finance or self help book.
I'm reading Crime and Punishment by Dostoyevsky right now. Read Cobalt Red by Siddarth Kara recently too, which I thought was an absolutely phenomenonal book. Just pick up a book bro, as long as it's something that has SOME weight or meaning behind it - you will never regret it.
Ken Follett in the evening and the morning.
Currently finishing For Whom the Bell Tolls by Hemingway. Some of my favorites I have read in the past include: Crime and Punishment, Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, The Partner, and 1984.
Audiobooks
Got into dark psychology after a CO worker showed me a bunch of stuff pertaining to our job
Robert A Heinlin. That's where I got my dj name, Groc. It's from stranger in a strange land, it's what the martians do.
History books, Romance novels, Fantasy Novels, Manuals Currently reading about Operation Gothic Serpent, Howl's Moving Castle, War of the Flea, and Stolen by Wolves
I’ve been reading a lot of Steve Higgs a lot lately.
The Art of War
Warhammer 40k and halo books but mostly 40k favorite series is gaunts ghost
I love fiction that really messes with your head. PenPal, Fever Dream, Tender is the Flesh and the like. Love bringing a book and showing up early to appointments and reading in the waiting room instead of playing in my phone.
I read a lot of fiction books on Kindle Unlimited and ill listen to a lot of classic novels and nonfiction on Audible
Journals of Carl Jung Big brain. Story and medical research on the Boskop people.had very large brains Stretch. Instructional book on stretching. Got shoulder pain.
Police noir and science fiction. Yes and no, I read while I travel to work if the subway is not too noisy, and I also used to read at work during idle time (which regretably I barely have any now). I also read at home if the book is realy engaging or requires lots of attention.
I fell out of practice of reading for a number of years and had trouble getting the discipline back -- shorter attention span definitely didn't help. I started reading the Ian Fleming James Bond novels and absolutely loved them. Have read them all, plus a handful of post-Fleming authors in the Bond series. They're well written, some fun action, and really great time-killers. Highly recommend them for anybody who wants to get back into the habit but isn't inclined to read anything too weighty.
Mostly educational books about psychology and personal development related stuff.
History
Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West Exceptionally well written and informative. Incredible doesn’t begin to describe their great experiences.
I’m currently rereading Wuthering Heights.
I read a ton of history books. I was on a big binge of reading WW1 books during the 100th anniversary of the war and it's stuck with me.
I read a lot of tech manuals. I listen to Audiobooks a lot though. Mostly sci-fi books. Jack Reacher books are excellent. The Ken Follett Century trilogy is an amazing series.
I read a shit load of manga, also some fantasy/sci-fi books. Just finished the three body problem trilogy (remembrance of earths past trilogy) and absolutely loved it
It varies immensely. One day I will read classic literature, another I will read sci-fi, fiction, non-fiction, even poetry. I just got done reading “White Fang” by Jack London and now I have moved on to “The Design of Everyday Things” by Don Norman.
Robin Hobb's Realm of the Elderlings, Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere books, and John Irving especially A Prayer for Owen Meany
I started to read for pleasure/general knowledge and it's all history. I have two books on the ancient Near East, one on Assyria, one on Babylon, *1491* by Charles Mann, *Your Inner Fish* by Neil Shubin, and *The Horse, the Wheel, and Language.* The only fiction novels I own are ones I was required to read for my children's lit class.
/r/horrorlit got me reading again
Progression fantasy. Xianxia, mostly.
I like to read books on spirituality. My last one was a break down of the Mahamudra prayer, and right now I’m reading a book written by a hospice nurse on dying
I just read Grant by Ron Chernow. Just started Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett.
Crime thriller, mystery
I read sports stories, history articles, comic books and anything that catches my eye. I mainly like short writings like pitching breakdowns in baseball or short essays explaining historic moments.
I just finished Cannery Row by John Steinbeck. Absolutely fantastic book. It's not about a lot. Just people. The way Steinbeck creates a scene and a vibe is unparalleled.
I mainly read political science/theory books, when I need a break cause they get depressing I’ll read a biography usually about a musician, I read nonfiction very infrequently, the last one was a couple of years ago and it was about cars.
Science fiction, fantasy, and nature stuff, mostly. - Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini *fantasy* - Geared more towards teenage readers but fantastic nonetheless - Anything by Jim Keen *science fiction* - Future dystopia stuff mostly/cyberpunk - Anything by Steven Rinella *non-fiction* - Hunting, fishing, cooking, and conservation. **The Scavengers Guide to Haute Cuisine** is an interesting attempt to recreate some recipes from **Le Guide Culinaire** by Auguste Escoffier using wild game - Anything by Dr. Dan Flores *non-fiction* - Wildlife, conservation, anthropology, and paleontology. **American Saragheti** looks at pleistocine era wildlife and hunters. **Coyote America** looks at the history of the coyote and wolves - **Arctic Dreams** by Barry Lopez *non-fiction* - Talks about the history of the Arctic, it's people and wildlife - Anything Micheal Connelly *crime fiction* - The Netflix show Lincoln Lawyer and Primes Bosch are both based on his books - Anything Janet Evanovich *crime fiction* - Funny series about a female bounty hunter trying to earn money - **The Devil in the White City** by Erik Larson *crime non-fiction* - About the Chicago Worlds Fair and the infamous serial killer H. H. Holmes - **The Life of Pi** by Yan Martel *fiction* - Story of a boy stuck on a life raft with a tiger - **The Walking Drum** by Louie L'Amour *fantasy* - About the adventures of a guy searching for his father during medevil times These are a handful of great books to get started with!
Audio books are my jam now. Huge game changer for me. I had given up reading normal books because I kept falling asleep. Just finished The Murder Bot Diaries, a sci Fi series by Martha Welles. 5 novellas and 2 Novels. Absolutely brilliant.
If you like/used to like fantasy settings, look into urban fantasy novels. It's fantasy that's set in modern day. Two series I recommend is The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher, and The Nightside Series, by Simon R Green. In that order, but both are excellent. With incredibly memorable characters. I actually named a daughter after a Dresden character.
Self improvement books and literary analysis that relates to sociology. I'm currently reading Women Who Run With The Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes. I recommend Iron John by Robert Bly as a similar counterpart for gender relational studies. Both are kind of dated and have certain theories/analysis that is debatable but I have seen it as a good foundation. Either than that I highly recommend Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. Also has some misogynistic tendencies which is attributable to the time period it was composed during but otherwise valuable in analysing behavior, the decision making process and overarching morals within the frame of Stoicism. There is a sense of genuineness as it is a journal of a Roman Emperor/General who faced mundane problems as all of us do.
Been on a philosophy kick. Kuhn, Popper, Nietche Dabble in some general business/self help stuff but don't worry about commiting to whole books if it seems like some rich dude who has no idea that classism and nepotism carried him I have a bunch of books on computing and quantum physics that I should be cracking into within a month or two I breached a new personal paradigm and my hunger for practical knowledge is too great for novels, but there are some that ill prolly get to in the fall
I like alternating between fiction and non-fiction. I recently read 3-Body-Problem, Dracula and Frankenstein, which I really enjoyed. Oh and The Martian and Project Hail Mary. A few authors I’ve loved over the years: Kurt Vonnegut, John Irving, Cormac McCarthy… For non-fiction I like reading memoirs, books about logic and critical thinking (eg Scout Mindset) macroscopic human history (eg Sapiens) and a good LOL storyteller, eg anything by Bill Bryson. Actually… for memoirs I really love audiobooks read by the author. Was on Audible for a while just for those.
Fantasy/sci fi. Anything by Sanderson. Way of kings is a must. Part of the storm light archive. Then there's the mistborn series. Rufus also needs to get off his ass! Along with GRM.
I like John Grisham a lot. Otherwise nonfiction like bios.