Going through the list of books read in 2022, and I think Watership Down and Gulliver's Travels were pretty much my favourite for the year(if not ever).
Another one that deserves a mention is To Mock a Mockingbird which I read twice this year because it's so totally ingenious in how it manages to convey complex ideas using bird songs.
I should probably revisit Watership Down at some point, I was ENTIRELY too young the first time I read it, that is NOT a good book for anxious children!
a pattern language I come back to often. This year I read less than usual but really enjoyed 'Uncentering the Earth' from William T Vollmann. Copernicus.
Wonderful to see some #DouglasAdams on that list. He and #TerryPratchett are two of my favourite ostensibly comic writers: they're laugh-aloud funny, but there's so much more going on beneath the surface 💖
@ClaireCopperman Cyberiada is the most similar to Adam's humour, I'd start there 😀 One Human Minute is another one in the genre. If you want just awesome beautiful sci-fi, read Solaris.
I'll have a look for those. It's always great to have new authors to discover. Thank you 🙏
For Fforde I'd start with The Eyre Affair. It's the first in the Thursday Next series - a literary detective in a universe which is slightly different to ours, but where literature is highly valued. It's pure silliness, but definitely intelligent silliness.
I actually read "how to blow up a pipeline" and it was interesting because, especially learning that almost every so called peacefull protest movevement wasn't successfull until they at least threatened to destroy / harm private property. Theat really changed some of my perspectives
same! Puts a completely different perspective on the character. I mean it was strategic of him at the time but hmm... He might be seen in an wrong way nowadays...
and my favourites are Banana Yoshimoto's Kitchen (an eternal fav for me) and Yoko Ogawa's The Memory Police. The Fortnight In September is very nice too, a book from 1931 where nothing much happens.
(in the order I remember them, new to me:)
The Poppy War trilogy (R. F. Kuang) (I read the 1st part in 2021):
The Dragon Republic
The Burning God
A Summer Beyond All Reach (Xia Jia) (a collection of short stories and novellas)
The Star Fraction (…
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It's amazing to see a medieval European meeting a totally different culture, more advanced on many things!
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13th-century travelogue written down by Rustichello da Pisa from stories told by Marco Polo
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and my favourites are Banana Yoshimoto's Kitchen (an eternal fav for me) and Yoko Ogawa's The Memory Police.
The Fortnight In September is very nice too, a book from 1931 where nothing much happens.
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