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I'll start first: (bear in mind I usually listen to audiobooks)

  • Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir |A guy finds himself stranded in space aboard an international space vessel where he has to remember who he is.
  • The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater |A true story about how hanging with the wrong crowd can have life-altering consequences
  • The Animorphs series by KJ Applegate |Young adult series in which a group of kids find an alien, get the powers to morph shape into animals, as well as uncover an alien takeover conspiracy (Plus, detailed depictions of how grotesque those transformations are!)
  • Saga by Brian K. Vaughn & Fiona Staples (Comic, ongoing) |Following the story of Hazel, a baby born from an ex-soldier and an enemy combatant, Saga shows how gowing up and raising a kid in a wartorn universe can have highs and lows.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I have been reading Don Quijote de la Mancha in its native Spanish because I’m able to.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Conspiracy: Why the Rational Believe the Irrational by Michael Shermer

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Finally reading it to understand the memes and I'm thoroughly dune pilled

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Not recently but the Witcher audio books are really well produced.

Also the lord of the rings as read by Rob Inglis are, I think, the best way to experience that tale.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I enjoyed the trilogy "Remembrance of Earth's Past", on which 3 Body Problem is based.

Also, The Power Broker has been quite nice.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I'm about 75% through The Ritual by Adam Nevill. It is also a movie. I really enjoy how he writes his characters, and the book is legitimately scary and creepy. I have to set it down sometimes.

On the scary/creepy note, another amazing book and movie is Birdbox by Josh Malerman. That book legitimately terrified me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

I've been going through the Messenger Series by J.N. Chaney. It's trash sci-fi, more than a little contrived in spots, and you really don't want to go digging into, well anything about it, too hard. That said, it's what I've been in the mood for, for the last little while and it's often quite funny. Basic plot of the series is that an idiot finds an ancient jaeger, left behind by a long dead race, and must now face off against that race's mortal enemy to save all life in the galaxy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Anne Applebaum - Autocracy Inc.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Mount Chicago by Adam Levin

Not as good as his first book, The Instructions, but I'm enjoying it. Try the forward, it's a good indication for whether you'll like the rest of the book. If you don't, still try The Instructions; it's very good.

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