Growing up I wasn’t the biggest reader, but when I did it was Harry Potter, Hunger Games, and the like. After college I got very into reading nonfiction books a la Malcom Gladwell, Freakonomics, The Psychopath Test, etc.
I understand that there are loads of issues with the types of nonfiction I was reading from a scientific standpoint, but regardless the anecdotes were endlessly fascinating.
I recently was gifted “Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow” and couldn’t put it down. Not sure I’ve ever read a book faster, and certainly not a fiction book. Just before that I also read “Project Hail Mary” and enjoyed it, though not to the same degree as Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow. The latter was much more artful and thought provoking.
Are there other fiction books you’d recommend as I try to venture away from the business bro nonfiction that I got pulled into? Not throwing shade, I still like those nonfiction books honestly, but want to expand my horizons given how much I enjoyed the last two fiction books I read.
by BridgeBoysPod
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What is the What by David Eggers
Blindsight by Peter Watts
It sounds like you have a penchant for sci-fi/dystopian fiction! I recommend Dark Matter by Blake Crouch and The Silo Series by Hugh Howey.
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Edit: Recommending because it is sci-fi (Project Hail Mary), with strong character development + focus on relationships (Tomorrowx3), + historical (historical fiction is good to dabble in if you are coming over from non-fic.)
Erik Larsen. Start with Devil In the White City
I got a an eclectic mixed bag of recommendations for you. Short stories included.
The Jaunt – Stephen King sci-fi short
I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream – Harlan Ellison sci-fi short
Rendezvous With Rama – Arthur C Clark
Lonesome Dove – Larry McMurtry Pulitzer winner
The Choir Boys – Joseph Wambaugh
Usher’s Passing – Robert McCammon
Jurassic Park – Michael Crichton
The book is a thousand times better than the movie.
The Gospel According To Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal. – Christopher Moore
The Lust Lizard Of Melancholy Cove – Christopher Moore
The Client