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"Best" is always too hard - here are a handful that I love. Pride & Prejudice - Jane Austen Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell - Susannah Clarke The Crow Road - I
by dcminter 2y ago
"Best" is always too hard - here are a handful that I love.
Pride & Prejudice - Jane Austen
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell - Susannah Clarke
The Crow Road - Iain Banks
Equal Rites - Terry Pratchett
Three Men in a Boat - Jerome K. Jerome
A Short History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson
Black Holes & Time Warps - Kip Thorne
The Inventions of Daedalus - David E H Jones
The Cuckoo's Egg - Cliff Stoll
I hope one or two of those float your boat!
- dcminter 2y agoPS my New Year resolution was to "do" more (reading counted) and doom-scroll less. Not 100% on track, but where I managed it I've been much more cheerful for it. I hope you find some nice bedtime reading - I see a lot of other good books being recommended!
- a_bonobo 2y ago>The Cuckoo's Egg - Cliff Stoll This is such a nerd-snipe book, I absolutely loved it. A personal account of one of the first cases of (attempted) military espionage via the internet? A system administrator thwarting intruders with his keys? Government agencies not knowing who's responsible for network-based intruders? Hackers from the Chaos Computer Club spying for the Soviets? Written by the Numberphile guy who's selling all those Acme Klein Bottles? Sign me up.
- dllthomas 2y agoThe author shows up here from time to time, too.