Books - What are you reading?

A few of my friends have started a book club, has anyone got any suggestions for queer or feminist books? Nothing too long or upsetting/horrible. More generally any suggestions for things written by non cis/het/white/male authors would be appreciated!

Birthday present and very enjoyable

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Man Alive by Thomas Page McBee sort of fits the bill, but it is quite upsetting.

Women in White by Wilkie Collins.......very good so far.

The Mars Room - Rachel Kushner
Our Kind of Cruelty - Araminta Hall

Two recent reads which I would recommend. One written from a female pov one from a male, neither perfect or without flaws but both enjoyable page turners with thought provoking and with some challenge to them.

Going to SA in Nov and I'd like three books reccos for it. I don't really read fantasy/space type stuff but game for pretty much everything else.

Selling books is, presumably, a massive pain in the arse. I want to move these on.

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Gift books, never sell em on. If I get rid they go to my local charity shop, or the hospital.

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You never really get much for books anyway, may as well force your literary tastes on a friend, donate them or put them outside your house for free in a dry day

Thirded, it's a pain in the arse.

I'll take some of those;)

The Mars Room - Rachel Kushner

I just tried to buy this on Amazon only to be informed I already have it in my Kindle library.

which just goes to show I have bought too many books and need to get around to reading them!

I've just finished 'Algorithms to live by' which was absolutely fascinating.

It explained the history of algorithms, basic computer science, and the different types.

Thoroughly enjoyable read and very interesting to know how/when they are used in our everyday life.

I'm now reading Atlas Shrugged, currently 3/4 through it. Damn this is a long book...

I go through phases of fiction/non fiction. Right now its a Ludlum spy thriller binge...

Just finished the entire series of Covert One novels (Robert Ludlum but written by others), and now back on the Jason Bourne ones (only the first three, the others don't cut it).

Did you not read Dust? The finale in the Hugh Howey trilogy? Or just forget to put it in the stack?

I borrowed the final one off a friend. Wool was definitely the best I thought.

The stack went to the charity shop in the end. Must remember not to buy them all back.

Good job on the charity donation. Always the best idea i think.

I've heard mixed reviews about that trilogy. Some people saying they didn't even bother finishing after loving the first book. I admit that there were some odd bits that confused me (did't feel well written/explained). But I read them again and on the second round I was actually more into the second and third books than before. The end was a bit abrupt but I really liked the whole idea, found it really interesting..

it was a great premise i thought, but also got a bit lost halfway through

i've read so little recently, struggling with all my current 'on the go' books

https://www.amazon.com/Deep-Freediving-Renegade-Science-Ourselves/dp/0547985525

Just finished warlight. Beautifully written, content OK.

I read it but managed to get confused between it being released in 9 parts or something and then again as a trilogy so missed book 4 or similar which wasn't really noticeable until I got a fair bit further on in the trilogy and characters started popping up that I was unaware of.

I'd say the first book was the best but the trilogy was above average as a whole, worth reading. Especially as I'm struggling a bit to find decent sci-fi at the moment.

Started on this at the weekend;

I read all 3, despite not liking the writing style of any of them. I thought they got worse as the series went along as well. I liked the premise though.

I'm currently reading The Fall by Albert Camus. It's the thing of his that I've read that I've enjoyed the least. It's only 100 pages though so won't take me long.
After that I'm starting on a book for a new book club a few friends have started. I've never done anything like that before so any tips on how to get the most out of it would be appreciated!

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If you like books I can highly recommend the Backlisted podcast. My reading has been immeasurably enriched since discovering it. The above was a recent feature and i’m Loving it.

Orchid and the wasp - read this because reviews and the said similarity with conversations with friends. Focussed on a single character I think I preferred it to the Rooney book and would recommend.

The Blue Flowers - Raymond Queneau. This books is pretty loopy and can be a bit hard to follow but also pretty brilliant. If you can take a bit of random, nuts philosophising then it’s for you