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What is THE most interesting book you have ever read? One you couldn't drop because of how interesting and fun it was? Pic related interesting?

>> No.9707455

Has anyone here read Bixby?

>> No.9707502

>>9707455
not really you?

>> No.9707518

>>9707502
No. I saw the movie and liked it, was wondering if he'd written anything else as enjoyable.

>> No.9707760
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>>9707425
None can compete...

>> No.9707767

>>9707760
FLASHMAN! FIGHTER OF THE DULL MAN!

>> No.9707771

A strategic overview of two wars and their theaters, written by a high ranking officer in the Binnish army. Trilogy.

Something like 1800 pages and I read that in a week or less.

>> No.9707836

Hippolyte Taine - Notes sur l'Angleterre. This included interesting addendums about 19th century political thought, agriculture and the role of religion in Britain and France. Highly recommended (I'm surprised that Moldbug didn't read/refer to it)

Tara Gillespie - My Immortal. This is an essential introduction to 21st century online literature. The work leaves more questions than answers - what happens after the ending? Is the work a parody or a insightful albeit inexperienced author commenting on tribalism? Does the title foreshadow "Darko's" effortless reentering into the realm of the living or is an accurate prediction of how the memories, copies, and offshoots of the text remain longer than the text itself? All this is unanswered. Recommended.
Christopher Clark - Iron Kingdom and The Sleepwalkers

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9707897

I found the book to be enormously entertaining.

>> No.9708102

>>9707425
Lonesome Dove
Nothing else really comes close. Finished it in a week

>> No.9708244
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Definitely The Foundation for Exploration by Sean Goonan.

Pic related - it's the cover of The Foundation for Exploration by Sean Goonan.

>> No.9708258

herodotus

should be the recommended Greek to start with imho, easy to read and full of cool stories.

>> No.9708273

>>9707760
Check out the Aubrey/Maturin books. Not as scoundrely but just as fun.

>> No.9708293

>>9707771
can you post title/author please i'm interested

>> No.9708299

>>9708244
looks gay

>> No.9708302

>>9708293
if you can't read Finnish it is useless

>> No.9708314

>>9708302
i cannot, thank you

>> No.9708355

>>9707425
When I was 12 I felt that way about the The Contender. I read a lot of stuff now, but nothing really impresses me.

I pretty much just chase novelty now.

>> No.9708416

>>9708355
I guess you've got a point, I'm not twelve anymore