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Things found in library books.
FantasticFiction - A Website that allows you to sign up and follow your favourite authors, get notifications etc ( www.fantasticfiction.com )
Don’t know if people know of this site or not but just in case you don’t, it’s pretty damn good. All they require is an email address (I used an anon one with no issues). You can follow up to 100 authors and get alerts when new stuff is announced and published....
Recommendations for short, dialogue-heavy/description-light audiobooks with lively narrators?
I have a lot of time to fill with audio, but audiobooks are challenging for me because I have trouble paying attention consistently enough and processing physical descriptions fast enough to keep up with the narrator. I end up losing my place or having to rewind a lot. Slowing down playback doesn’t help/introduces other...
Book about Great Depression
I would like to know what caused the Great Depression and how the world recovered from it. Do you know any good books on this subject?
First attempt at a Little Free Library, going live 9/9! ( lemmy.one )
What do you guys do in your free time while listening to audio books?
Like, I understand listening to them while driving to work, exercising, doing chores, etc!...
Anyone here ready for Holly by Stephen King?
I am looking forward to this novel. I love this character and look forward to reading another case with her as the lead....
any theory recs on international monetary theory?
I’ve recently gotten a small obsession with the idea of a single African currency or a single BRICS currency forming as a fuck you to NATO and the west. As a result i’ve spent far to much time this week reading wikipedia articles on the history of currency in colonial and post colonial Africa....
Recommendation for romances books similar to Life and Death: Twilight Reimagined
I am reading Life and Death: Twilight Reimagined and i was wondering if there are other books that have a similar love story/development of their relationship, I don’t care if the story is about vampires, i am just interested in the romance but I prefer a fantasy background if possible
The traveling cat chronicles vs The cat who saved books
I’m heavily debating which of the two, I should purchase....
Any sci-fi with aliens where humans are not the less advanced race?
What the title says, I’m tired of the trope where humans are the least advanced in the universe....
Can Anyone Recommend me Magic/Superhero School or Guild Stories?
Can Anyone Recommend me Magic/Superhero School or Guild Stories?...
[No spoilers] I am reading The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor dostoevsky
I am reading The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky (P&V translation). About 20% through. It’s starting to get interesting as the characters start to take shape. Till now I have read and enjoyed the P&V translations of both Crime and Punishment and Demons. This is a huge book and I am looking forward to enjoying this for...
Non-US sci-fi recommendations?
Hi all! I just finished “The Three Body Problem” by Liu Cixin and enjoyed it a lot. It’s got me curious about sci-fi written elsewhere in the world and what cultural differences may appear in sci-fi written from a non-US perspective....
Some favorite nonfiction books from your childhood?
Did many of you even have much nonfiction?...
Down and out in Paris and London ( sh.itjust.works )
The adventure starts at the fringes of society....
Caesar's Women [Masters of Rome 4] [Spoilers]
This book is definitely more enjoyable than the previous one (Fortune’s Favorites) probably because the plot is more streamlined and well paced. The focus of the narrative is more on political intrigue rather than military campaigns, making it more interesting than previous books, in my opinion. Caesar comes across as...
Materialism and the Dialectical Method by Maurice Cornforth ( i.imgur.com )
A friend recommended me this book, pretty satisfying reading since book is written in an easy and understandable language. Also found online version redstarpublishers.org/cornforth1953.pdf...
The riverbank booksellers of Paris refuse to move for the 2024 Summer Olympics ( english.elpais.com )
What do you use as bookmark
Question to the physical book readers here, what do you use as bookmark?...
Request for Nonfiction must reads
What non-fiction book could you just not put down? Was it a biography? Some obscure textbook? A collection of papers or speeches? Share your suggestions below!
Android application for keeping tracks of the books you've read
Preferably something with a social aspect too where you can see the books others have read. Something like MyAnimeList but for books
Old Man And The Sea
I finally read “Old Man and the Sea”. I have tried to start it many times, but the beginning was just so slow. Has anyone here read it? What are your thoughts on this Ernest Hemingway classic?
eReader book app question [IOS]
Is there any book app on iOS that allows Face ID or Passlock?...