Need a good book

queenb113
queenb113 Posts: 9 Member
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Anybody read any great books lately? Looking for recommendations.

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  • thereshegoesagain
    thereshegoesagain Posts: 1,056 Member
    Anything by Lisa Genova.
  • harper16
    harper16 Posts: 2,564 Member
    Anything by John Sandford.
  • CacoEther
    CacoEther Posts: 2,465 Member
    What genres do you like?
  • fstrickl
    fstrickl Posts: 883 Member
    This is my favourite question to answer. I have zero clue what you're into but I am going to recommend "Disfigured" by Amanda Leduc. It's a non-fiction book about the way disability is perceived in fairy tales and stories and how that has shaped our perception of people with disabilities. I am not done it, but it is a good privilege check and reminds me I am lucky enough to see people with by bodies (white, average-sized, no visible disability, English speaking, middle class) represented in those very stories.

    https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45010932-disfigured
  • steph6556
    steph6556 Posts: 575 Member
    Do you like adventure, memoir style? One of my all time faves with TONS of adventure written by a Retired Navy Seal is Warrior Soul by Chuck Pfarrer. It’s not all about the operations. It’s about his real life in between those times and I think that’s the part I really enjoyed, learning how normal these abnormally badass guys can be.
  • Lietchi
    Lietchi Posts: 6,845 Member
    I love anything written by André Brink (literary genre).
  • MityMax96
    MityMax96 Posts: 5,778 Member
    Subtle art of not giving a f**k

    Fight Club

    Anything by CS Lewis
  • shaf238
    shaf238 Posts: 4,022 Member
    I've just started reading The Imposter Cure by Dr Jessamy Hibberd, recommended by @ghudson92. So far so good!
  • ghudson92
    ghudson92 Posts: 2,061 Member
    shaf238 wrote: »
    I've just started reading The Imposter Cure by Dr Jessamy Hibberd, recommended by @ghudson92. So far so good!

    Hope you enjoy it :smile:
  • mattig89ch
    mattig89ch Posts: 2,648 Member
    @queenb113

    What's your favorite genre?
  • queenb113
    queenb113 Posts: 9 Member
    Thanks for the recommendations thus far! To those who asked, I don't really have a favourite genre. I'll read just about anything.
  • StargazerB
    StargazerB Posts: 425 Member
    edited September 2020
    fstrickl wrote: »
    This is my favourite question to answer. I have zero clue what you're into but I am going to recommend "Disfigured" by Amanda Leduc. It's a non-fiction book about the way disability is perceived in fairy tales and stories and how that has shaped our perception of people with disabilities. I am not done it, but it is a good privilege check and reminds me I am lucky enough to see people with by bodies (white, average-sized, no visible disability, English speaking, middle class) represented in those very stories.

    https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45010932-disfigured

    Adding this one to my list
  • StargazerB
    StargazerB Posts: 425 Member
    I justed started reading "Untamed" by Glennon Doyle, I'm liking it so far.
  • slessofme
    slessofme Posts: 7,740 Member
    Non-fiction: Any of the books by Mary Roach

    I love her writing style
  • mattig89ch
    mattig89ch Posts: 2,648 Member
    I found the Galaxy's Edge series to be particularly engaging. I would Highly recommend that.

    I would also recommend the Lost Fleet series.
  • summeroflove99
    summeroflove99 Posts: 168 Member
    slessofme wrote: »
    Non-fiction: Any of the books by Mary Roach

    I love her writing style

    I love Mary Roach, especially ‘Stiff: The Curious Life of Human Cadavers’.

    I would also recommend anything by Augusten Burroughs or David Sedaris.
  • Reckoner69_lmao
    Reckoner69_lmao Posts: 1,000 Member
    Might I suggest Dirk McAwesome and the Giant Fire Breathing Space Ants by Richard Junk
  • kwph
    kwph Posts: 7,375 Member
    "How to get woman back to Venus" ....It's an amazing ,eye opening book
  • beagletracks
    beagletracks Posts: 6,034 Member
    Inland or The Tiger’s Wife by Tea Obreht

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