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[–] downdaemon@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Diary of a Drug Addict by Alister Crowley

[–] KarhennettuTurtana@suppo.fi 1 points 2 years ago
  • Four Past Midnight by Stephen King
  • Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann

I usually don't stay engaged with non-fiction, but this book I couldn't put down.

I am reading the first book of the series Empire of the Moghul right now.

Classified as historical fiction, it is very interesting to see how the kingdoms evolved and spread in Central Asia.

[–] rotkehlchen@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

Zodiac by Neal Stephenson. I like the narrator's "voice".

[–] theostermanweekend@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Segans " The Demon Haunted World"

[–] ox0r@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

The enterprise of death, it's a fun read

[–] pete@social.cyano.at 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

"Necropolis" (Gaunt's Ghosts 3) by Dan Abnett. Whole lot of Warhammer 40k goodness.

[–] Michal@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 years ago

Trunk Music by Michael Connelly

I've started a couple other books but i don't know if or when I'll finish them as I enjoy reading Connelly more.

[–] DharkStare@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman

[–] furrious09@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

The Book That Wouldn’t Burn by Mark Lawrence

[–] kratoz29@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

The Fight Club, I can't get myself to finish it, knowing how it ends because of the movie does not help either.

[–] str82L@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Ministry for the Future. So good, so painful.

[–] Rhabuko@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago

Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff. It plays in a alternative medivial fantasy world where the sunlight gets blocked after a loud rumbling. It tells the story of a you man who gets recruited in a organization of hunters that kill the supernatural while the world gets conquered by the vampires, that can't be hurt by the sun anymore.

One of the best dark fantasy books, I have read in a long time.

[–] raresbears@iusearchlinux.fyi 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I'm reading a few actually: Capital volume 2 by Marx, The Tondrakian Movement by Vrej Nersessian, and Primavera con una esquina rota by Mario Benedetti

[–] nueromancer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 years ago

Elantris by Brandon Sanderson. Actually I'm at 52%. The reason I stopped because of exams

[–] FangedWyvern42@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Empire of Ivory by Naomi Novik.

[–] Crismus@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Star By Star. Reading through the old EU New Jedi Order books again. The old EU is the best part of Star Wars.

[–] Oneeightnine@feddit.uk 1 points 2 years ago

Douglas Adams Starship Titanic: A Novel by Terry Jones

I think that is the official title. It's set inside the wider Hitchhikers universe, but so far hasn't touched on the events of that series.

Did take my a fair bit of time to get Into it, but as I approach the halfway point it's definitely got me.

[–] 07Chess@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

I haven’t started it yet but my next book is The Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds.

Within the last month or two I’ve read Song of Achilles, The Women Could Fly, The Book Eaters, and Babel. I’d recommend all of them, especially Babel.

[–] wheeldawg@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

I don't know if it counts as "in the middle", but I left off reading a book about heaven 8 had borrowed from my mom before I lost religion, and completely lost interest in it.

Don't think I'll ever go back, but that's the book I left unfinished. Haven't read anything in years. I was big on audiobooks for a while before I couldn't afford audible anymore.

Used to have a job that I could listen while I worked on my own and because of that I was able to go through a bunch of them.

One I get through my current medical condition (probably a few years off) and I go back to work, I hope I get another job like that.

[–] Hepco@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Pride and Prejudice, it's fine so far

[–] gogosempai@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago

Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie

[–] whiskeysli@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson. Recommend if you like historical fiction & the 20s.

[–] Dejers@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Currently listening through Worm again. I read it the first time, now I'm listening and it's just as good as I remember it.

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