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I'm happy to share. - "The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation, Books I-II" - "The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experime
by 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 agoHave 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 agoThanks, 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 agoThen 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.