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herogoeth
@herogoethHey Folks!
I’ve had the opportunity to share in some great conversations about favorite books recently, which have been a balm to many of us in these times of reduced social interaction. At the request of some friends I have put the following list together, and I figured I’d go ahead and share it here as well. If anyone else has favorite books that they’d like to share, I’d love to hear about them!
Note: A fair number of the books listed here are just listed as the first book in a series that I really enjoyed. If I listed the book here, it means that I loved the series. Also, every single one of these is something that I have listened to as an audiobook, just as FYI. Lastly, I had the hardest time figuring out how to organize this list. As far as I am concerned, all of these books are absolutely spectacular, and there are plenty of other books that I have really, really enjoyed which aren’t on this list. But there are only so many hours in the day, and I feel like this is a pretty solid representation of books that are among my favorites of all time.
Absolute Top Favorites
Glasshouse by Charles Stross
The Name of The Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
The Richest Man in Babylon by George Clason
The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie, along with pretty much everything else by Joe Abercrombie
Mistborn, Stormlight Archives, Legion, Steelheart, Perfect State, and pretty much everything else by Brandon Sanderson
The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan HaidtOther Favorite Books
The Gone Away World by Nick Harkaway
Heroes Die: The First of the Acts of Caine by Matthew Stover
Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
Gun Machine by Warren Ellis
Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence
The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
Something More Than Night by Ian Tregellis
Liquid Rules: The Delightful and Dangerous Substances That Flow Through Our Lives by Mark Miodownik
Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World by Mark Miodownik
Narconomics: How To Run a Drug Cartel by Tom Wainwright
Nice Dragons Finish Last by Rachael Aaron
The Vorkosigan Saga (Series) by Lois McMaster Bujold. (You could start with The Warrior’s Apprentice or Shards of Honor)
Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
Circe by Madeline Miller
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
The Mystwick School of Musicraft by Jessica Khoury
Ten Drugs: How plants powders and pills shaped the history of medicine by Thomas Hager
Assassin’s apprentice by Robin Hobb
The Ocean at The End of The Land by Neil Gaiman
The Shadow of What Was Lost by James Islington
Old Man’s War by John Scalzi
14 by Peter Clines
The Troupe by Robert Jackson Bennet
The Dictator’s Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita & Alastair Smith
14 by Peter Clines
Across the Nightingale Floor by Lian Hearn
The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements by Sam Kean
When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris
Red Rising by Pierce Brown
The Dog Stars by Peter Heller
Scientific Secrets for Raising Kids Who Thrive (Lectures Delivered by Peter M. Vishton)
The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
Off To Be The Wizard (Magic 2.0) by Scott Meyer
Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English by John McWhorter
Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom is Wrong – and What You Really Need to Know by Emily Oster
Circe by Madeline Miller
The Discworld Series by Sir Terry Pratchett (See Reading Order 3.0)
Stephen Foerster
@magus-knightI never learned to read……just kidding.
In all seriousness, I do not read much but I will add a few series I enjoyed.
The Dresden Files Books by Jim Butcher: I know several Mythic Alumni have read and enjoyed this series to some degree or another. I really enjoy the characters, the design of rituals that Butcher has (I have tried to incorporate this into some of Lorenzo’s Ritual) and especially the design of Fae.
I will second the recommendation of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld books. My personal favorite is Making Money but the stuff with Vimes is great too.
As an aside, Terry Pratchett wrote another book that isn’t in Discworld but is really fun historical fiction called “Dodger”. I enjoyed that one as well.
Stephen Foerster
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