| Book recommendations 12:57 - Jan 6 with 3775 views | ThisIsMyUsername |
I have £30 in Amazon vouchers so I'm looking to purchase three or four new books.
Books that I've read and enjoyed most recently -
Hunting Evil - Guy Walters
The Hustler - Walter Tevis
The German War - Nicholas Stargardt
1984 - George Orwell
East West Street - Phillipe Sands
Man's Search for Meaning - Viktor E Frankl
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee - Dee Brown
SPQR - Mary Beard
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| Book recommendations on 12:59 - Jan 6 with 3472 views | footers |
If you haven't read any other Orwell, I would highly recommend it as 1984 is, in my opinion, his worst book.
Down and Out in Paris and London, Homage to Catalonia and Keep the Aspidistra Flying are all favourites. |  |
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| Book recommendations on 13:07 - Jan 6 with 3433 views | bluefunk |
If you enjoyed Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, then try “The Earth is Weeping” by Peter Cuzzons. Same basic topic but challenges Browns viewpoint |  | | |
| Book recommendations on 13:16 - Jan 6 with 3409 views | CaptainAhab |
How about a bit of historical fiction?
Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies were brilliant if you could get past the first person style. The C J Sansom Shardlake series are great too.
I'm currently reading The Terror about the doomed Arctic expedition of the 19th century, which is incredible, if you don't mind supernatural themes. |  | | |
| Book recommendashuns on 13:29 - Jan 6 with 3362 views | jjblue84 |
This is a good one, could benefit a few people here...
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| Book recommendashuns on 13:33 - Jan 6 with 3350 views | footers |
| Book recommendashuns on 13:29 - Jan 6 by jjblue84 |
This is a good one, could benefit a few people here...
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| Book recommendations on 13:37 - Jan 6 with 3328 views | thebooks |
I am Dynamite! - Sue Prideaux's Nietzsche biog is really good. |  | | |
| Book recommendations on 14:11 - Jan 6 with 3285 views | factual_blue |
Or Mythos by Stephen Fry |  |
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| Book recommendations on 14:31 - Jan 6 with 3257 views | Oxford_Blue |
| Book recommendations on 12:59 - Jan 6 by footers |
If you haven't read any other Orwell, I would highly recommend it as 1984 is, in my opinion, his worst book.
Down and Out in Paris and London, Homage to Catalonia and Keep the Aspidistra Flying are all favourites. |
Why don’t you like 1984?
Out of interest. | | | |
| Book recommendations on 14:34 - Jan 6 with 3251 views | footers |
| Book recommendations on 14:31 - Jan 6 by Oxford_Blue |
Why don’t you like 1984?
Out of interest. |
Mainly the style, to be honest. I find Orwell at his best doing autobiographical, or semi-autobiographical, stuff. His essays are also very good.
Also not a mad fan of futurism, which is essentially what 1984 is. The message is great but far from subtle. Still, a very important book, just not my bag in terms of what Orwell produced. | |
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| Book recommendations on 19:17 - Jan 6 with 3123 views | Ewan_Oozami |
Prisoners of Geography - Tim Marshall - about how the geography of the planet has shaped nations and their attitude to neighbours, etc. |  |
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| Book recommendations on 19:19 - Jan 6 with 3117 views | catch74 |
| Book recommendations on 12:59 - Jan 6 by footers |
If you haven't read any other Orwell, I would highly recommend it as 1984 is, in my opinion, his worst book.
Down and Out in Paris and London, Homage to Catalonia and Keep the Aspidistra Flying are all favourites. |
This - then Laurie Lee As I walked out one Midsummer morning and a moment of war.
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| Book recommendations on 19:23 - Jan 6 with 3102 views | J2BLUE |
This sounds pretty great
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| Book recommendations on 19:30 - Jan 6 with 3084 views | Steve_M |
And yes, that's the weakest of Dawkins' books I've read. Some of his other stuff is worth reading, probably starting with The Greatest Show on Earth and easy(ish) introduction to evolution. The Blind Watchmaker and Unweaving the Rainbow are good too, if more detailed. |  |
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| Book recommendations on 19:41 - Jan 6 with 3066 views | wkj |
| Book recommendations on 19:30 - Jan 6 by Steve_M |
And yes, that's the weakest of Dawkins' books I've read. Some of his other stuff is worth reading, probably starting with The Greatest Show on Earth and easy(ish) introduction to evolution. The Blind Watchmaker and Unweaving the Rainbow are good too, if more detailed. |
I only just started his books, so I will be sure to follow your lead here |  |
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| Book recommendations on 19:49 - Jan 6 with 3054 views | jas0999 |
If you like a good autobiography: Stephen Henry’s is very good.
Fiction, I’d recommend the fiction novels by another snooker player: Ronnie O’Sullivan. It’s on book three now and follows a character called Frankie James. Surprisingly good. | | | |
| Book recommendations on 20:57 - Jan 6 with 3004 views | ThisIsMyUsername |
Thanks for all the suggestions. Lots to look at! | |
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| Book recommendations on 20:58 - Jan 6 with 3001 views | ThisIsMyUsername |
| Book recommendations on 19:17 - Jan 6 by Ewan_Oozami |
Prisoners of Geography - Tim Marshall - about how the geography of the planet has shaped nations and their attitude to neighbours, etc. |
I've read that one. It's interesting how countries face many of the same issues today as they did centuries ago based purely on geography. | |
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| Book recommendations on 21:00 - Jan 6 with 2993 views | ThisIsMyUsername |
| Book recommendations on 13:16 - Jan 6 by CaptainAhab |
How about a bit of historical fiction?
Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies were brilliant if you could get past the first person style. The C J Sansom Shardlake series are great too.
I'm currently reading The Terror about the doomed Arctic expedition of the 19th century, which is incredible, if you don't mind supernatural themes. |
944 pages for a fiction! (The Terror). Damn. | |
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| Book recommendations on 21:19 - Jan 6 with 2958 views | suffolkpoker |
Ugly Americans by Ben Mezrich |  |
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| Book recommendations on 22:46 - Jan 6 with 2903 views | StochesStotasBlewe |
The Spy and The Traitor by Ben Macintyre.
Half way through it at present, excellent factual book about a KGB agent and his eventual defection to the west. |  |
| We have no village green, or a shop.
It's very, very quiet.
I can walk to the pub. |
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