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.

  • 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

  • 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.

  • 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