Book Recommendations
Books and authors I've gotten something from in the past
Recommendations are made purely based on my own subjective reading experience. Audiobooks are included based on the content of the book, not the presentation.
Audiobooks:
- Adams, D. - Fry, S. & Freeman, M. - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy [1-5]: Occasionally philosophical, often contemplative, and consistently hilarious, this sci-fi series is full of imagination and classically British charm. The audiobooks are marvellously voiced, too.
- Al-Khalili, J. - Kermode, H. - Quantum: A Guide for the Perplexed:
- Beard, M. - Nash, P. - SPQR: A Histroy of Ancient Rome: [INCOMPLETE LISTENING]
- Bryson, B. - Roberts, W. - A Short History of Nearly Everything:
- Croshaw, Y. - Croshaw, Y. - The DEDA Files [1-2]:
- Croshaw, Y. - Croshaw, Y. - Jacques McKeown [1-3]:
- Croshaw, Y. - Croshaw, Y. - Jam:
- Croshaw, Y. - Croshaw, Y. - Mogworld:
- Dalrymple, W. - Sagar, S. - The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire:
- Diamond, J. - Ordunio, D. - Guns, Germs, and Steel:
- Fry, S. - Fry, S. - Stephen Fry's Great Mythology [1-2]:
- Harari, Y.N. - Perkins, D. - Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind:
- Marr, A. - Marr, A. & Timson, D. - A History of the World:
- Verne, J. - Pritchard, M. - Around the World in Eighty Days:
- Verne, J. - Curry, T. - Journey to the Center of the Earth:
Print:
- Abercrombie, J. - The First Law [1-6]:
- Abercrombie, J. - Age of Madness [1-3]:
- Adiga, A. - The White Tiger:
- Blackwood, A. - The Wendigo: A classic American horror tale. Predating H.P. Lovecraft, Blackwood nevertheless create a cosmic sense of dread by exploring stark imagery in the vastness of nature.
- Buck, P.S. - The Good Earth:
- Conan Doyle, A. - Sherlock Holmes [1-10]:
- Cook, G. - The Chronicles of the Black Company [1-6]:
- Dahl, R. - Beware of the Dog:
- Dick, P.K. - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?:
- Dick, P.K. - The Man in the High Castle:
- Dumas, A. - The Count of Monte Cristo:
- Erikson, S. & Esselmont, I. - Malazan book of the Fallen [1 - ?]:
- Fleming, I. - James Bond [1-14]:
- Forester, C.S. - The African Queen:
- Forester, C.S. - Brown on Resolution:
- Forester, C.S. - Hornblower Saga [1-14]:
- Forester, C.S. - Payment Deferred:
- Forester, C.S. - The Peacemaker:
- Gaiman, N. - Stardust:
- Heller, J. - Catch-22:
- Hemingway, E. - The Old Man and the Sea:
- Hesse, H. - Siddhartha:
- Hesse, H. - Steppenwolf:
- Jordan, R. & Sanderson, B. - The Wheel of Time [1 - 14]:
- Kafka, F. - The Metamorphosis:
- Kafka, F. - The Trial:
- Keyes, D. - Flowers for Algernon:
- King, Stephen. - Almost everything [1974-2014]:
- King, Stephen. - The Dark Tower [1-7]:
- Lovecraft, H.P. - Everything:
- Lynch, S. - Gentleman Bastard [1-3]:
- Melville, H. - Moby-Dick: The classic epic of obsession and adventure. The only book I have ever (partially) read that I would recommend the abridged version of--the cetology chapters absolutely destroy any narrative cohesion. [INCOMPLETE READING]
- Nabokov, V. - Lolita:
- Pratchett, T. - Everything:
- Pratchett, T. & Gaiman, N. - Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch:
- Pullman, P. - His Dark Materials [1-3]:
- Rothfuss, P. - The Kingkiller Chronicle [1-2]:
- Salinger, J.D. - The Catcher in the Rye:
- Shea, R. & Wilson, R.A. - The Illuminatus! Trilogy [1-3]:
- Thompson, H.S. - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas:
- Tolkein, J.R.R. - The Hobbit:
- Tolkein, J.R.R. - The Lord of the Rings:
- Vonnegut, K. - Slaughterhouse-Five:
- Welsh, I. - Filth: