Hi! I'm going on a series of long, multi-hour flights soon and would love some book recommendations! Lately I've been reading a lot of fantasy, but I've been doing a lot of self-reflection on how I'm living my life and my goals for future, so I'd love to read any relatively inspiring books (nonfiction or fiction). This could be either an epic fantasy novel or a moving memoir or a really well-treated piece of history or some other nonfiction book–I'm not too picky, as long as it has general themes of life themes/philosophies of how people live their lives.
Sorry for the vague description; I read anything, I'm just looking for something with good themes about life and strong prose! I've previously enjoyed memoirs like When Breath Becomes Air, more clinical pieces such as The Mundanity of Excellence, and fantasy like The Traitor Baru Cormorant, The Justice of Kings, the whole array of popular long fantasy series. Also a big fan of history and historical fiction but I can't think of anything off the top of my head, maybe The Ocean and the Stars. Also a fan of series of short stories (Ted Chiang shoutout!).
by shaded_path
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The book series I find most inspiring would be my favorite series, The Wandering Inn by pirateaba.
Some of my favourite memoirs are
* Educated
* Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
* Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger’s by John Elder Robison
* Among the Mushrooms by Bailey White
* What I Was Doing While You Were Breeding By Kristin Newman
* Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb
The Roots of Chaos series (Among the Burning Flowers, The Priory of the Orange Tree, A Day of Fallen Night) by Samantha Shannon