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Best 3 books out of the lot that you can recommend? Thanks!

by dxhdr 10y ago

Paul_S 10y ago
I'm happy to share. - "The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation, Books I-II" - "The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation, books III-IV" - "The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation, books V-VII" Even though these are genuinely the best books I've read this year and genuinely world-view altering that might be not what you're after. Here are 3 good books I'm happy to recommend instead: - "Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945" by Tony Judt - "A History of Future Cities" by Daniel Brook - "Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space" by Carl Sagan (if you already read Pale Blue Dot which I appear to be late to the party on try "Wealth, Poverty and Politics: An International Perspective" by Thomas Sowell) And if you're after fiction instead: - "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" by Milan Kundera - "The Cunning Man" by Robertson Davies - "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck That's a nice round 10 recommendations so let me have a bonus one for year 2015: - "The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics" You will never read the news the same way.
- pas 10y ago
  Have you read Pinker: The Blank Slate, and Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty? And "The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order" by Samuel P. Huntington? Also, Gleick: Chaos? Oh, and for fiction the James S. A. Corey: The Expanse series, veeeery easy to read, normally funny, and quite clever.
  - Paul_S 10y ago
    Thanks, no. I'll start with "The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order" as it's the most controversial one (spread of reviews) and if I like it I'll keep going.
    - pas 10y ago
      Then just skip that and start with the Pinker book, as that's very rewarding (very dense, so I consider myself a fast reader, but that took a few months), connects seemingly distant topics and concepts.

Best 3 books out of the lot that you can recommend? Thanks!

by dxhdr 10y ago

Best 3 books out of the lot that you can recommend? Thanks!

I'm happy to share. - "The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation, Books I-II" - "The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation, books III-IV" - "The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation, books V-VII" Even though these are genuinely the best books I've read this year and genuinely world-view altering that might be not what you're after. Here are 3 good books I'm happy to recommend instead: - "Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945" by Tony Judt - "A History of Future Cities" by Daniel Brook - "Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space" by Carl Sagan (if you already read Pale Blue Dot which I appear to be late to the party on try "Wealth, Poverty and Politics: An International Perspective" by Thomas Sowell) And if you're after fiction instead: - "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" by Milan Kundera - "The Cunning Man" by Robertson Davies - "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck That's a nice round 10 recommendations so let me have a bonus one for year 2015: - "The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics" You will never read the news the same way.

pas 10y ago
Have you read Pinker: The Blank Slate, and Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty? And "The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order" by Samuel P. Huntington? Also, Gleick: Chaos? Oh, and for fiction the James S. A. Corey: The Expanse series, veeeery easy to read, normally funny, and quite clever.
- Paul_S 10y ago
  Thanks, no. I'll start with "The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order" as it's the most controversial one (spread of reviews) and if I like it I'll keep going.
  - pas 10y ago
    Then just skip that and start with the Pinker book, as that's very rewarding (very dense, so I consider myself a fast reader, but that took a few months), connects seemingly distant topics and concepts.