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Recommend a book you think everyone should read.


C is for Corpse. By Sue Grafton

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Ender's game and Rangers Apprentice

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If you like that you will love "Old Man's War" by John Scalzi

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I will check it out thanks

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"Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

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I'm sure glad it's winter time so I don't have to mow my damn yard!! ;)

(Oh, my bad, that was Homo Deus, which you've hopefully also read...)

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I only skimmed and couldn't get into it. I think I'll give it another chance. (I disliked Game of Thrones until I rewatched the first episode a year later.)

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Since 1984 has already been chosen, I’ll go with: -
A Brave New World.

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Peacock did a miniseries a few months ago. Nine hours long IIRC. But it's only loosely faithful to the book.

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Great book, the recent TV adaption looked a bit naff, I gave up after the first episode!

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Oh no, that was on my ‘to watch’ list.

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Yes, I was going to watch that.

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I guess books are just like moves and songs, you can't just recommend one.

The Hobbit - Tolkien
1984 - Orson Welles
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind - Yuval Noah Harari

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The Big Picture, by Sean Carroll.

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Carroll is a fantastic science writer, a super explainer.

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For sure. I absolutely adore the above mentioned book, as well as his From Eternity To Here.

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I've got one for you, if you like Carroll. Check out The God Problem, by Howard Bloom. Little bit more "out there" but I thought it was a fantastic read.

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For something uplifting, "The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland" by Jim DeFede. Gander welcomed thousands of stranded passengers immediately after 9/11 when US airspace was closed and planes were diverted to Canada. It's amazing how the town pulled together and fed and housed every one of them.

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i think you've mentioned this before. i have it on my short list of books to read, prompted by your previous mention, i believe. absurdly, we don't have it in our library (canadian here).

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A friend of mine suggested Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse. He said it was the best book he ever read, but not really my thing.

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Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus - Ludwig Wittgenstein

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