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What books do you consider must reads? (beehaw.org)
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So basically I was unschooled, and the amount of books I've read in my life is embarrassingly low. It was never emforced like in a school, and with my family's religious hangups, I never tried getting into new things because I never knew what would be deemed "offensive".

But I'm always interested when I hear people talk about both storycraft and also literary criticism, so I want to take an earnest stab at getting into books.

No real criteria, I don't know what I like so I can't tell you what I'm looking for, other than it needs to be in English or have an English translation. Just wanna know what y'all think would make good or important reading.

ETA holy shit thanks for all the suggestions! Definitely gonna make a list

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

a few books that I found enjoyable recently

  • Doors of Sleep
  • The City and the Stars
  • The Windup Girl
  • Consider Phlebas
  • A Scanner Darkly
  • The Lifecycle of Software Objects
  • The Mountain in the Sea
[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

+1 for the whole Culture series of books. My personal favourite is Look to Windward but they're all good.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Yeah, it's a good series overall.