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Fiction: - "The Dark Forest" by Liu Cixin and the whole Three Body Problem/Remembrance of Earth's Past trilogy. Truly massive, grand SciFi. Would recommend 10/
by __rito__ 3y ago
Fiction:
- "The Dark Forest" by Liu Cixin and the whole Three Body Problem/Remembrance of Earth's Past trilogy. Truly massive, grand SciFi. Would recommend 10/10. [HN]
- "Anna Karenina" by Tolstoy. Made me face deeper parts of my mind. Attempted to answer some questions I had. Great story. Huge book. Historical fiction is something I like across languages.
- "Candide" by Voltaire. Genuinely fun and entertaining, besides it being- you know- Voltaire.
- "The Diamond Age" by Neal Stephenson. Very good story, world buulding, nice technology. Great thinking by the author.
Non Fiction:
- "Fermat's Last Theorem" by Simon Singh. Was very happy to see a Popular Math book where there are so many Popular Science books. Great book. Goes over FMT's solving history, with many many fun anecdotes, short biographies, etc. Truly enjoyable to read.
- "Code Book" by Simon Singh. Genuinely fun and learned a lot. Cryptography's history, progress, and so much more. [HN]
Self-Help:
- "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" by Robert Pirsig. Truly marvelous book and nice to read. This book requires the reader to be of certain kind attaining a certain level. Without that, this book will seem a fluff and overrated hugely. Fundamentally changed my thinking. [HN]
- "Four Thousand Weeks" by Oliver Bourkeman. Thought this was about saner time management with some wisdom. But was much deeper than that. Will recommend.
Bengali:
- "Abhajaner Mahabharat" by Mahbub Lilen. A fun and serious retelling of the Mahabharata. Goes deep, too. Really fun to read.
- "Khana Mihirer Dhipi" by Bani Basu. An account of feminism in the light of female-dominated inner part of Bengali elite households- and that in the light of female dominated, fully maternalistic hunter-gatherers of early human history. Very thought provoking and unique.
[HN]- chose primarily because recommendation in some past HN threads.
Read 23 so far. Target is 25. Currently reading Snow Crash and Exhalation.
- kapilkaisare 3y ago> "Abhajaner Mahabharat" by Mahbub Lilen Is there a purchase link to this book, you could share? I was unable to find this on Amazon.
- __rito__ 3y agoI see you are based in Tennessee. I don't know how to get it there. The best way would be to buy the book through Books of Bengal/ReadBengaliBooks (if you have friends based in India/Bangladesh) or Rokomari/Batighar (Bangladesh). I see it for sell here- https://booksofbengal.com/in/product/9789848825754/ https://booksofbengal.com/in/product/9789848825754/ . So when a friend has received it, I would recommend they FedEx it to you. (India only- https://readbengalibooks.com/k29780000000098.html https://readbengalibooks.com/k29780000000098.html - I can vouch for ReadBengaliBooks) If this is not an option, consider "other ways".
- kapilkaisare 3y agoThank you; alas, I can't read Bengali. :)
- jesterson 3y ago> - "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" by Robert Pirsig. Truly marvelous book and nice to read. This book requires the reader to be of certain kind attaining a certain level. Without that, this book will seem a fluff and overrated hugely. Fundamentally changed my thinking It seems I am the kind of not reaching the certain level as I had to drop the book halfway due to being boring. Not trying to troll here, but would you kindly elaborate how the book helped to changed thinking? I am trying to understand what did I miss here.