Books - What are you reading?

Suttree. Bit off his usual beaten track but really showcases the lyricism of his prose. Was the first of his books I read: I went on to read about 80% of his work as a result.

Sea of Rust is good. Also Children of Time.

Thanks @ltc, @Alf0nse, @Eejit for the recommendations.

@ltc @aggi
Thanks for those. I'll check them all out.

+1 to both of these

I just finished and enjoyed ‘Semiosis’.

Some interesting ideas regarding humans settling on another planet and living amongst its flora and fauna. It’s actually got a lot of post-apoc / dystopia parallels because most of it is set a few generations after the initial settlers and the technology they came with is largely broken or not understood any more.

Cool thanks. I'll add that to my list too.

I've recently enjoyed 84K, The Three Body Problem trilogy and ElevenEves.

Laughter and forgetting was my fave at the time
Left me with some useful life long rules for living.

Now readinr Why Dylan Matters by Richard F Thompson a Harvard Classics Proff..

A read not only for Bobcats but people interested in defining literature, good literature and classic literature.

(and don't moan about his voice Oliver there's a thread for that :)

Planetfall books by Emma Newman are good sci fi, been enjoying those recently

"Rabbit, Run" by John Updike....so far so good.

I’m going to give that a go next as it happens

Just started reading Full Tilt by Dervla Murphy, enjoying so far! My girlfriend has recommended it before.

Another vote for 3 body problem.
Also the ‎Paolo Bacigalupi books, The water knife, and Wind Up Girl. I enjoyed them, found them both to be page turners, but I can see that they are not for everyone.

Just finished reading Another Day of Life by Ryszard Kapuściński. Would recommend. It's a non fiction account of the decolonisation of Angola by Portugal and the conflict and power struggle that surrounded it. It's journalism but his writing style is great, it reads like literature.

The trouble with Kapuściński is that some of it is literature. I've enjoyed his books but he's not a reliable narrator.

No, probably not! To be honest I didn't really go into it expecting to be significantly more informed of the ins and outs of the conflict in Angola. Did enjoy his narration of his personal experience though.

Poverty Safari was good.
The Order of the Day was very very good. Really liked the writing.

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Life and Times of Michael K

+1

The water knife

Loved this book. An excellent read.

In the ongoing spirit of bookswap I'll happily post either of the above ^^ in exchange for something else to read.

No quid pro quo!

Interesting list compiled in 2010 by Time Magazine of the 100 best English-language novels published since 1923.

https://entertainment.time.com/2005/10/16/all-time-100-novels/slide/all/

I know those lists are only ever made to piss people off enough so that they 'engage' with the article and please advertisers but still...

Read 12 of them, with 5 more on my current "to read" pile (which means they should be read within the next 12 months).

But, yes, generally these lists are puff pieces made to help sell one or two new novels.