books

Things found in library books.

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....

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...

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?

Like, I understand listening to them while driving to work, exercising, doing chores, etc!...

I am looking forward to this novel. I love this character and look forward to reading another case with her as the lead....

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....

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

I’m heavily debating which of the two, I should purchase....

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?...

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...

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....

Did many of you even have much nonfiction?...

The adventure starts at the fringes of society....

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...

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...

Question to the physical book readers here, what do you use as bookmark?...

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!

Preferably something with a social aspect too where you can see the books others have read. Something like MyAnimeList but for books

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?

Is there any book app on iOS that allows Face ID or Passlock?...