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    Default Beyond readers... Give me book recommendations!

    Being a voracious reader, I am always on the lookout for something new and awesome to try, so I would love to hear what you are all into these days!

    I read pretty much anything, but for this thread I am more interested in fiction specifically. I like pretty much everything from old classics to dystopian worlds to science fiction to fantasy to crime to spy thrillers and so on. Something simply for escapism!

    Lay it on me... What am I missing out on, new or old?

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    "A day in the life of Ivan denisovic". Not a long read, but pretty worthwhile from a guy who did win the novel prize for literature.

    If you need a change of pace, try reading some biographies. I find the story behind famous people endlessly fascinating. I just roll into the library and look for the yellow biography stickers.
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    Empire of the summer moon.

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    "A day in the life of Ivan denisovic". Not a long read, but pretty worthwhile from a guy who did win the novel prize for literature.

    If you need a change of pace, try reading some biographies. I find the story behind famous people endlessly fascinating. I just roll into the library and look for the yellow biography stickers.
    Definitely have read my share of biographies over the years! Reading one about Winston Churchill as we speak.

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    Empire of the summer moon.
    That does look interesting... Is it written as a story or more as an accounting more like a history book?
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    I just started reading the "Mistborn" Series and so far so good, I'm about 150pages into the second book.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mistborn

    Its been a great step change from my normal business/ leadership/ finance related books

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    Ender's Game is pretty classic Sci-Fi if you haven't read it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by vengie View Post
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    I just started reading the "Mistborn" Series and so far so good, I'm about 150pages into the second book.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mistborn

    Its been a great step change from my normal business/ leadership/ finance related books
    Does it draw you in pretty fast? When stories take forever to get going I tend to lose interest unless the writing is spectacular. Reading the Wiki synopsis it seems like a heck of a lot going on and might take some dedication to get into, but I may be totally wrong of course...

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    Ender's Game is pretty classic Sci-Fi if you haven't read it.
    Did it...
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    + Dune
    + Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
    + Ringworld
    + Red / Green / Blue Mars (excellent trilogy)
    + The Forever War
    + Old Mans War
    + 2001 A Space Odyssey
    + Foundation Series (well, books 1-3)

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    + Hyperion trilogy (THE SHRIKE!!!)
    + Expanse (I got a bit tired of the universe after I read the last one, but I am going to give the series a re-read soon)
    + The Bobiverse trilogy (this is a fun read that explores how interesting a von Neumann probe could be)
    + Rendezvous with Rama

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    Quote Originally Posted by A790 View Post
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    + Dune
    + Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
    + Ringworld
    + Red / Green / Blue Mars (excellent triology)
    + The Forever War
    + Old Mans War
    + 2001 A Space Odyssey
    + Foundation Series (well, books 1-3)
    Old man's war was great, along with Red Shirts by the same author. It's a real quick read though.

    Also The Expanse series.

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    Quote Originally Posted by A790 View Post
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    + Dune
    + Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
    + Ringworld
    + Red / Green / Blue Mars (excellent triology)
    + The Forever War
    + Old Mans War
    + 2001 A Space Odyssey
    + Foundation Series (well, books 1-3)
    Nice. Arthur C Clarke is a legend, and someone I need to revisit. Been a decade but I remember loving everything he wrote.
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    If you are open to audiobooks, the Bobiverse series are pretty entertaining hard sci-fi books. Just commuting to work I bang off 30-40 books per year.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tirebob View Post
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    Being a voracious reader, I am always on the lookout for something new and awesome to try, so I would love to hear what you are all into these days!

    I read pretty much anything, but for this thread I am more interested in fiction specifically. I like pretty much everything from old classics to dystopian worlds to science fiction to fantasy to crime to spy thrillers and so on. Something simply for escapism!

    Lay it on me... What am I missing out on, new or old?
    My recents:

    The Strangest Man (biography of Paul Dirac)
    Salt: A World History
    The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors (book about battle of Samar)

    Sorry I rarely read fiction.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Darell_n View Post
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    If you are open to audiobooks, the Bobiverse series are pretty entertaining hard sci-fi books. Just commuting to work I bang off 30-40 books per year.
    I listen to audio books when I drive all the time too, but now working from home more I don’t get them in as often.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tik-Tok View Post
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    Old man's war was great, along with Red Shirts by the same author. It's a real quick read though.

    Also The Expanse series.
    Yes, added the expanse to my list. Scalzi is not bad from time to time but his latest series seems a bit phoned in. The first two books were quite short, though fun to read. But short.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tirebob View Post
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    to dystopian worlds
    I picked up William Gibson's "Neuromancer" (specifically because the cover looked cool) to read when flying to Spain last year. Pretty much a classic as far as dystopian cyber punk goes (there are also two loosely tied "sequels" set in the same realm) - it'd be worth a flip.
    Also enjoyed King's "The Outsider" on the flight back. Went in a direction you weren't expecting within the first 80 pages or so and that hooked me. Ending wasn't what I wanted, but oh well, can't win 'em all.
    If you haven't read them yet, King's "The Dark Tower" series is worth a read - by book 3 I was in deep...reading on the train, during my lunch breaks at work - any minute I could get.

    House of Leaves by Mark Daneilewski - a bunch of literary nerds raved about it so I gave it a shot. I found it too disjointed for my liking and honestly a bit exhausting - so I didn't enjoy it and wouldn't recommend it, but it was definitely something different.
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    -- Gulag archipelago
    I found that one really hard to enjoynas a complete work. I mean, it's not intended to be light reading, but man, it's relentless. A day in the life is so much more manageable.
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    It's worth reading the whole Dune series if you've only read the first book. Stop once you're done the books by Frank Herbert though...

    Other things I consider worth reading:

    The Black Company - Glen Cook
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_Company

    The First Law - Joe Abercrombie
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_First_Law

    Coldfire - Celia S. Friedman
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coldfire_Trilogy

    The Chronicles of the Unhewn Throne - Brian Staveley
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_..._Unhewn_Throne

    Malazan Book of the Fallen - Steven Erickson
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaza..._of_the_Fallen

    The Witcher - Andrzej Sapkowski
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Witcher#Saga

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    Quote Originally Posted by tirebob View Post
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    Does it draw you in pretty fast? When stories take forever to get going I tend to lose interest unless the writing is spectacular. Reading the Wiki synopsis it seems like a heck of a lot going on and might take some dedication to get into, but I may be totally wrong of course...
    I personally love everything by Brandon Sanderson, the stormlight archives though is a very long read but I enjoy it. The Reckoners is a nice fun series.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tirebob View Post
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    Does it draw you in pretty fast? When stories take forever to get going I tend to lose interest unless the writing is spectacular. Reading the Wiki synopsis it seems like a heck of a lot going on and might take some dedication to get into, but I may be totally wrong of course...
    It wasn't too bad, the only gripe I have with the first book is the amount of characters they need to develop while simultaneously having you understand their source and type of power.

    The first 100 pages felt a little convoluted due to this but once that was done the book was really good.

    Second book picks up right where the first one ends (~6 month timeline gap, right into the action)

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