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discuss.online | books | Books | What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? July 28 | 50,006,553 | https://discuss.online/post/43262173 | https://discuss.online/post/43262173 | Reading [When Moon Hits the Eye](https://www.librarything.com/work/32111115) by John Scalzi.
What about all of you, what have you been reading or listening to lately?
---
Check [Official Bingo Challenge Post](https://lemmy.world/post/46300888) and the accompanying [Recommendations Post](https://lemmy.world/post/463... | dresden | https://discuss.online/u/dresden | 2026-07-28T15:25:03.253843Z | 93 | 110 | 93 | 0 | false | false | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ||
lemmy.world | books | Books | 2026 Bingo Recommendations List | 46,300,898 | https://lemmy.world/post/46300898 | https://lemmy.world/post/46300898 | Have you read something that you really enjoyed and want to give others a reason to try it out because it fits a square? Want to solicit help finding things to read that fit squares? This is a great place to do that.
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- [Questions, Complaints, Whines, Ge... | JaymesRS | https://lemmy.world/u/JaymesRS | 2026-05-01T13:18:38.035732Z | 2026-05-01T13:53:59.088323Z | 28 | 46 | 28 | 0 | false | true | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | |
lemmy.world | books | Books | ### WELCOME TO THE 3rd ANNUAL !BOOKS@LEMMY.WORLD (and !BOOKS@PIEFED.WORLD) BINGO 2026! | 46,300,888 | https://lemmy.world/post/46300888 | https://lemmy.world/post/46300888 | Want to read more, but need motivation or direction? Want to gamify or expand your reading? Try book bingo! Our hope with this challenge is to provide a fun way for you to keep up with your recreational reading goals throughout the next twelve months.
#### How Does It Work?
The goal is to read something that fits the ... | JaymesRS | https://lemmy.world/u/JaymesRS | 2026-05-01T13:17:10.348747Z | 2026-05-01T22:00:47.513600Z | 25 | 5 | 27 | 2 | false | true | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | |
lemmy.world | books | Books | DAW Books – Vintage Sci-Fi Worth Collecting | 50,256,158 | https://joshgriffiths.site/daw-books-vintage-sci-fi-worth-collecting/ | https://lemmy.world/post/50256158 | I wrote a quick history of the book publisher DAW, and how I recently became a collector of their classic sci-fi. Now with those newfangled pictures! | JoshsJunkDrawer | https://lemmy.world/u/JoshsJunkDrawer | 2026-08-03T16:18:11.720534Z | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | false | true | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ||
lemmy.world | books | Books | I want to read, but I dont know how to find my type of books. | 50,240,392 | https://lemmy.world/post/50240392 | https://lemmy.world/post/50240392 | This is probably asked here a lot so i apologise.
Almost every day i think about siting down, and having a nice read, but i just dont know how to find the books i like. | roomy | https://lemmy.world/u/roomy | 2026-08-03T07:33:39.869403Z | 41 | 24 | 42 | 1 | false | true | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ||
reddthat.com | books | Books | August reading recommendations: books about France in English | 50,214,882 | https://www.connexionfrance.com/magazine/august-reading-recommendations-books-about-france-in-english/804221 | https://reddthat.com/post/70572440 | TheReturnOfPEB | https://reddthat.com/u/TheReturnOfPEB | 2026-08-02T17:18:59.781938Z | 17 | 2 | 17 | 0 | false | false | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | |||
lemmy.world | books | Books | What is the shortest book — by page count — that had the biggest impact on you? | 50,190,182 | https://lemmy.world/post/50190182 | Caveats: it must be a single book, published on its own under a single title. Within, it can be a series of essays, or poems, or whatever.
I'm already anticipating many people adding the obvious ones: The Little Prince, Of Mice and Men, The Lorax, The Grinch, Uncanny X-Men Vol. 1 #141, etc.
Really, I'm curious abou... | eightpix | https://lemmy.world/u/eightpix | 2026-08-02T01:11:11.534583Z | 16 | 9 | 16 | 0 | false | true | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | |||
lemmy.dbzer0.com | books | Books | Company Offering Printed Books to Train AI Stops After 404 Media Coverage | 50,138,195 | https://www.404media.co/ai-company-training-scanning-books-database-isbndb/ | https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/73205049 | cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/c/technology@lemmy.world/p/2250460/company-offering-printed-books-to-train-ai-stops-after-404-media-coverage
> Citing backlash, ISBNdb removed its webpages about training AI, denied ever buying, scanning, or selling a book for AI training, and said the site was a "test of marke... | themachinestops | https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/u/themachinestops | 2026-07-31T17:34:07.534475Z | 92 | 0 | 92 | 0 | false | false | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ||
lemmy.world | books | Books | What books do you have multiple copies of? | 50,053,175 | https://lemmy.world/post/50053175 | And, why do we do this to ourselves?
I have two copies of:
* The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
* Small Island by Andrea Levy
* Thinking Clearly by Jill Leblanc
These are due to integration between my partner's books and my own.
* The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
* No Logo by Naomi Klein
... | eightpix | https://lemmy.world/u/eightpix | 2026-07-29T16:21:16.599196Z | 28 | 24 | 30 | 2 | false | true | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | |||
lemmy.dbzer0.com | books | Books | AI labs buy, scan, shred millions of rare books | 50,040,420 | https://www.news.com.au/technology/online/internet/ai-labs-buy-scan-shred-millions-of-rare-books/news-story/0c3b45a67093ab462a587a0348538ce9 | https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/73078882 | cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/73048134
> Artificial intelligence labs are in a new arms race to buy up millions of rare books, slicing them open, scanning the pages and pulping the remains — sparking concerns that the last remaining copies of out-of-print texts are being destroyed on an [industrial ... | themachinestops | https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/u/themachinestops | 2026-07-29T10:20:04.066386Z | 34 | 1 | 34 | 0 | false | false | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ||
lemmy.world | books | Books | Having Hard Time Reading a certain book. | 50,017,355 | https://lemmy.world/post/50017355 | https://lemmy.world/post/50017355 | I have started reading Climbing the Mountain My Search for Meaning by Kirk Douglas.
I picked it up at first because thought it was just another celebrity autobiography. But this one is different. Kirk goes over what it like to be Jewish and his search for his spirituality.
The problem is with how things are going i... | Fredselfish | https://lemmy.world/u/Fredselfish | 2026-07-28T20:05:33.729557Z | 2026-07-28T20:06:32.273316Z | 14 | 10 | 15 | 1 | false | true | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | |
pawb.social | books | Books | Looking for recommendations for books with trans protagonists | 49,993,038 | https://pawb.social/post/47774624 | https://pawb.social/post/47774624 | I've been going to a queer book club, and we're currently looking for books with trans characters to read next month.
Ideally we'd like a standalone book (not part of a series), and a story where trans identity is a significant part of it.
Thank you :) | OmegaMouse | https://pawb.social/u/OmegaMouse | 2026-07-28T08:55:26.379726Z | 17 | 19 | 20 | 3 | false | false | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ||
lemmy.world | books | Books | Faust: Part One (as I understood) | 49,954,287 | https://hermitage.utsob.me/reading/books/read/faust-part-one-by-johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/ | https://lemmy.world/post/49954287 | _A bet between God and the Devil._
_A shrewdness beyond comprehension to the mind of a man._
_A tragedy._
If only this were the case, the oldest of all stories of Christianity, then Goethe probably wouldn't have ventured to write Faust.
Faust is a blueprint. A blueprint of tragedy that an intellectual, curious,... | uroybd | https://lemmy.world/u/uroybd | 2026-07-27T11:36:12.290919Z | 10 | 0 | 11 | 1 | false | true | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ||
literature.cafe | books | Books | How do you manage the same book with different editions in Calibre? (Like US, UK, Illustrated, Portuguese Translated, ...) | 49,863,275 | https://literature.cafe/post/33973160 | https://literature.cafe/post/33973160 | How do you manage the same book with different editions in Calibre? (Like US, UK, Illustrated, Portuguese Translated, ...)
I think they should all belong to the same folder, but that's not how Calibre works. Is there any way to keep books organized after "Save to Disk"? (I use Kavita) | mama9243 | https://literature.cafe/u/mama9243 | 2026-07-25T03:30:08.592877Z | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | false | false | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ||
literature.cafe | books | Books | 2025 Bingo Stats | 49,768,024 | https://literature.cafe/post/33895295 | https://literature.cafe/post/33895295 | Here’s the breakdown of [2025’s bingo](https://threadiverse.link/lemmy.world/post/28953205)!
_Submissions are included in the stats _as they were reported_. In other words, while we do verify that works exist (as a side effect of compiling reading stats), we don’t check if they “count”. We also don’t police other aspe... | misericordiae | https://literature.cafe/u/misericordiae | 2026-07-22T17:54:42.873441Z | 21 | 4 | 21 | 0 | false | false | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ||
literature.cafe | books | Books | switching from one corporation to another isn't rebellion, it's what capitalism does what it does best, which is selling us the idea of rebellion | 49,741,455 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOKaQ5a1AlE | https://literature.cafe/post/33873554 |
> I believe the solution for all this Amazon Kindle shenanigan is not about buying a Kobo. It's about how we do not allow corporations to determine how we protest. Responsible consumption combined with political and social activism is a more sustainable way to challenge corporate power.
| mama9243 | https://literature.cafe/u/mama9243 | 2026-07-22T02:58:56.400494Z | 63 | 26 | 81 | 18 | false | false | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ||
discuss.online | books | Books | What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? July 21 | 49,734,546 | https://discuss.online/post/42945134 | https://discuss.online/post/42945134 | Still reading [When Moon Hits the Eye](https://www.librarything.com/work/32111115) by John Scalzi.
Had some vacation, so didn't get time to read much.
What about all of you, what have you been reading or listening to lately?
---
Check [Official Bingo Challenge Post](https://lemmy.world/post/46300888) and the accom... | dresden | https://discuss.online/u/dresden | 2026-07-21T21:42:30.418028Z | 70 | 83 | 70 | 0 | false | false | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ||
lemmy.world | books | Books | Recommend me weird fiction books, please! | 49,730,152 | https://lemmy.world/post/49730152 | https://lemmy.world/post/49730152 | Enjoy weird fiction overall, sci-fi and "horror" (in a very general sense). I like some Lovecraft, VanderMeers, Ballard, China Miéville, Samanta Schweblin, late William Gibson, Mariana Enríquez... what recent books or writers caught your eye that may loosely fit the term or are similar to works of the above authors? C... | atomo | https://lemmy.world/u/atomo | 2026-07-21T19:45:27.311151Z | 77 | 91 | 79 | 2 | false | true | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ||
lemmy.dbzer0.com | books | Books | The End of Reading Is Here | 49,464,162 | https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/08/reading-crisis-postliterate-age/687618/ | https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/72299860 | https://archive.ph/FyuI0 | themachinestops | https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/u/themachinestops | 2026-07-15T06:29:36.858668Z | 6 | 14 | 15 | 9 | false | false | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ||
discuss.online | books | Books | What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? July 14 | 49,438,238 | https://discuss.online/post/42609065 | https://discuss.online/post/42609065 | Reading [When Moon Hits the Eye](https://www.librarything.com/work/32111115) by John Scalzi.
I am still in the start, but the premise is hilarious. Looking forward to how everything unfolds.
What about all of you, what have you been reading or listening to lately?
---
Check [Official Bingo Challenge Post](https://... | dresden | https://discuss.online/u/dresden | 2026-07-14T15:57:57.570960Z | 2026-07-14T15:58:36.427979Z | 49 | 66 | 49 | 0 | false | false | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | |
lemmy.world | books | Books | Why It's OK Not to Think for Yourself | 49,436,544 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/125062870-why-it-s-ok-not-to-think-for-yourself | https://lemmy.world/post/49436544 | Recently finished this one. This is a pop philosophy book on why, epistimologically, it makes sense to just use expert opinion (without checking their reasoning or reasons carefully yourself) generally. It was written just before widespread AI use, with more of a focus on vaccine denial and conspiracy theory. But I thi... | Artisian | https://lemmy.world/u/Artisian | 2026-07-14T15:00:56.122395Z | 11 | 13 | 21 | 10 | false | true | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ||
literature.cafe | books | Books | For a newly created community which book genre should be best for starters? | 49,383,060 | https://literature.cafe/post/33602715 | https://literature.cafe/post/33602715 | For a newly created bookish social media, which genre you will propose to push more? | LibDragon | https://literature.cafe/u/LibDragon | 2026-07-13T09:13:58.132482Z | 12 | 5 | 14 | 2 | false | false | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ||
programming.dev | books | Books | Do you normally read books with less than 4 stars? | 49,376,885 | https://programming.dev/post/53437806 | https://programming.dev/post/53437806 | I struggle with this a bit. Even if the book is 3.98 stars, i view that as not passing lowest bar. I consider most 4 stars books to not be there time, but rather the number of stars is how i filter out bad books
Also, how do you use your stars? Do you change your rating often?
For me, it generally goes like this:
- 1... | cactus_head | https://programming.dev/u/cactus_head | 2026-07-13T05:18:23.958281Z | -13 | 34 | 12 | 25 | false | false | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ||
lemmy.world | books | Books | Any good erotic books for women (can't believe I am asking this) like roamance or I guess sexual romance or series like that? Trying to fill up a usb of 20gb of books for my moms birthday next month. | 49,356,605 | https://lemmy.world/post/49356605 | https://lemmy.world/post/49356605 | Patnou | https://lemmy.world/u/Patnou | 2026-07-12T16:48:31.964429Z | 55 | 38 | 61 | 6 | false | true | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | |||
piefed.blahaj.zone | books | Books | Bloom by Delilah S Dawson | 49,327,276 | https://thedevilslibrary.libsyn.com/episode-15-bloom-by-delilah-s-dawson | https://piefed.blahaj.zone/c/books/p/862832/bloom-by-delilah-s-dawson | Latest Devil's Library [podcast episode](https://thedevilslibrary.libsyn.com/episode-15-bloom-by-delilah-s-dawson) is now live in which we talk about Delilah S. Dawson's sapphic horror 'Bloom'. An odd novella, Dawson can clearly write well but its all a bit of a mess.
As always, no ads, no sponsors, no genAI and av... | leraje | https://piefed.blahaj.zone/u/leraje | 2026-07-11T22:21:43.073791Z | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | false | false | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ||
discuss.online | books | Books | What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? July 07 | 49,149,222 | https://discuss.online/post/42278611 | https://discuss.online/post/42278611 | I am reading mangas these days. Read first 4 volumes of [Attack on Titans](https://www.librarything.com/nseries/4587/Attack-on-Titan), but since I am reading these through 3-in-1 omnibus, going to read till 6th volume at least. Will decide the next book after that.
What about all of you, what have you been reading or ... | dresden | https://discuss.online/u/dresden | 2026-07-07T14:13:59.272644Z | 44 | 80 | 45 | 1 | false | false | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ||
lemmy.world | books | Books | Book reviews are an endangered species. So this independent bookstore decided to start publishing its own. | 49,119,455 | https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/06/book-reviews-are-an-endangered-species-so-this-independent-bookstore-decided-to-start-publishing-its-own/ | https://lemmy.world/post/49119455 | ElfWord | https://lemmy.world/u/ElfWord | 2026-07-06T20:14:52.613177Z | 91 | 5 | 91 | 0 | false | true | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | |||
literature.cafe | books | Books | Recommend me books on Sumerian history and culture | 49,056,972 | https://literature.cafe/post/33351262 | https://literature.cafe/post/33351262 | Karl | https://literature.cafe/u/Karl | 2026-07-05T10:51:56.093612Z | 34 | 2 | 35 | 1 | false | false | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | |||
infosec.pub | books | Books | From Public Flogging to Flock Cameras: How the U.S. Justice System Evolved Over 250 Years [list of books as a syllabus] | 49,034,015 | https://www.themarshallproject.org/2026/07/04/independence-day-250-criminal-justice | https://infosec.pub/post/48968964 | > As the nation celebrates two and a half centuries of independence, we put together a syllabus of some essential criminal justice reading.
>
> I think of this following list of books as a syllabus — the kind of reading sequence I’d build for a class on the first 250 years of the U.S. justice system.
>
> The point i... | CubitOom | https://infosec.pub/u/CubitOom | 2026-07-04T18:23:35.226417Z | 2026-07-04T18:24:21.535230Z | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | false | false | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | |
feddit.org | books | Books | Looking for books where an alien/ancient/unexplainable structure is explored | 49,017,001 | https://feddit.org/post/32168873 | https://feddit.org/post/32168873 | I am looking for books similar to "At the Mountains of Madness" by H.P. Lovecraft(ive pretty much read everything from lovecraft), "Eversion" by Alastair Reynolds, "Das Eulentor" by Alexander Gruber (dont know if this book ever released in another language), "The Hollow Places" by T. Kingfisher, I also tried reading "A... | viertesauge | https://feddit.org/u/viertesauge | 2026-07-04T11:37:27.482467Z | 79 | 64 | 80 | 1 | false | false | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ||
lemmy.world | books | Books | Grim Literary Classics with Hidden Whimsical Moments | 49,010,139 | https://listverse.com/2020/10/05/top-10-grim-literary-classics-with-hidden-whimsical-moments/ | https://lemmy.world/post/49010139 | Servomoore | https://lemmy.world/u/Servomoore | 2026-07-04T06:45:14.470421Z | 14 | 0 | 15 | 1 | false | true | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | |||
lemmy.world | books | Books | Reply with your most recent book store haul | 48,989,209 | https://lemmy.world/post/48989209 | Today's pickups, I nearly shat myself in the aisle when I saw Land's *Fanged Noumena* on the shelf for $12.50. Love him or hate him, that is an insane price that I could otherwise flip and pay for the rest of the haul several times over, and Land's contributions to cyberpunkism as a legitimate branch of posthumanism ar... | PP_BOY_ | https://lemmy.world/u/PP_BOY_ | 2026-07-03T17:01:35.107339Z | 40 | 12 | 40 | 0 | false | true | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | |||
lemmy.world | books | Books | sci-fi series recommendation | 48,914,483 | https://lemmy.world/post/48914483 | https://lemmy.world/post/48914483 | I've finished the "Old Man's War" series from John Scalzi. It was great!
Can you recommend any other good sci-fi series playing in space for my next read? | spacehedgehog | https://lemmy.world/u/spacehedgehog | 2026-07-01T22:28:24.330805Z | 80 | 91 | 81 | 1 | false | true | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ||
reddthat.com | books | Books | A Better World Is Not Possible | Los Angeles Review of Books | 48,817,257 | https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/dangerous-dirty-violent-young-ayers-dohrn-weather-underground/ | https://reddthat.com/post/68440639 | TheReturnOfPEB | https://reddthat.com/u/TheReturnOfPEB | 2026-06-30T01:41:39.836599Z | 18 | 4 | 19 | 1 | false | false | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | |||
lemmy.world | books | Books | A review on A Court of Thorns and Roses | 48,797,866 | https://lemmy.world/post/48797866 | Crossposted from https://lemmy.world/post/48797836 | cannedtuna | https://lemmy.world/u/cannedtuna | 2026-06-29T14:38:56.348830Z | 264 | 82 | 268 | 4 | false | true | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | |||
lemmy.world | books | Books | Thoroughly enjoyed my first Dick! | 48,757,156 | https://lemmy.world/post/48757156 | Anyone else here read *Time out of Joint* by Philip K. Dick?
I thought this was a nice, concise, and original read, and my first real attempt at an American SF story. I went into it with very little background, only a brief blurb written in Mark Fisher's *The Weird and the Eerie* about Dick's description of the uncan... | PP_BOY_ | https://lemmy.world/u/PP_BOY_ | 2026-06-28T15:14:50.300014Z | 2026-06-28T15:18:43.627774Z | 66 | 13 | 69 | 3 | false | true | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ||
literature.cafe | books | Books | How difficult is Malazan? | 48,713,151 | https://literature.cafe/post/33115007 | https://literature.cafe/post/33115007 | The most difficult books I've read would be The Road by cormac maccarthy and Dune.
How difficult is it compared to these? Is it more difficult or less difficult? | Karl | https://literature.cafe/u/Karl | 2026-06-27T14:30:08.805796Z | 2026-06-27T14:30:45.256193Z | 20 | 13 | 21 | 1 | false | false | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | |
piefed.social | books | Books | "I Kill Characters if I Don't Like the Voice" | Matt Dinniman & Jeff Hays on Dungeon Crawler Carl | 48,680,306 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOMge0NU4BA | https://piefed.social/c/books/p/2168475/i-kill-characters-if-i-don-t-like-the-voice-matt-dinniman-jeff-hays-on-dungeon-crawler | Hope its ok to post this video. I love hearing people talk about Dungeon Crawler Carl. It got a LOT of people reading again. | mesamunefire | https://piefed.social/u/mesamunefire | 2026-06-26T17:51:38.169848Z | 13 | 2 | 15 | 2 | false | false | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ||
sh.itjust.works | books | Books | Any books where the villains plans fall hilariously apart on their own? | 48,670,739 | https://sh.itjust.works/post/62442949 | https://sh.itjust.works/post/62442949 | Curious if anyone could recommend any books where the bad guys fail more by just repeatedly shooting themselves in the foot, then anything the protagonist does to try to stop them. | Corkyskog | https://sh.itjust.works/u/Corkyskog | 2026-06-26T14:22:06.251710Z | 13 | 7 | 14 | 1 | false | false | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ||
lemmy.world | books | Books | I'm currently reading the 1911 novelization of Peter Pan, and was completely unprepared for this passage in a children's book | 48,636,385 | https://lemmy.world/post/48636385 | fireweed | https://lemmy.world/u/fireweed | 2026-06-25T17:39:55.047737Z | 68 | 8 | 70 | 2 | false | true | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ||||
lemmy.world | books | Books | Reviews you wrote for books you didn't like. | 48,601,656 | https://lemmy.world/post/48601656 | https://lemmy.world/post/48601656 | We spend a lot of time reading books. Some of them, maybe a disproportionate number, we like. Others, not so much.
Disproportionate because, at least for me, it's difficult to get through 500 pages of something I dislike.
This is one of those occasions where you are encouraged to be constructive in your criticism.... | eightpix | https://lemmy.world/u/eightpix | 2026-06-24T23:54:57.612954Z | 46 | 31 | 47 | 1 | false | true | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ||
discuss.online | books | Books | What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? June 23 | 48,540,468 | https://discuss.online/post/41627870 | https://discuss.online/post/41627870 | Finally got some reading time and finished [Rosemary and Rue](https://www.librarything.com/work/8103463/) by Seanan McGuire (first book in her October Daye urban fantasy series)!
It's a very quick book, which is kind of ironic for me to say, since I took months to finish it, but finished the last third or so of the bo... | dresden | https://discuss.online/u/dresden | 2026-06-23T15:05:23.115824Z | 39 | 50 | 39 | 0 | false | false | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ||
lemmy.world | books | Books | Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers | 48,446,886 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/327.Why_Zebras_Don_t_Get_Ulcers | https://lemmy.world/post/48446886 | BlueTea2 | https://lemmy.world/u/BlueTea2 | 2026-06-21T09:13:04.809060Z | 14 | 0 | 15 | 1 | false | true | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | |||
lemmy.world | books | Books | The Status Game: On Social Position and How We Use It | 48,446,882 | https://thecriticalthoughtlab.com/the-status-game-on-social-position-and-how-we-use-it/ | https://lemmy.world/post/48446882 | BlueTea2 | https://lemmy.world/u/BlueTea2 | 2026-06-21T09:10:40.941335Z | 4 | 0 | 6 | 2 | false | true | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | |||
literature.cafe | books | Books | Suggest me novels like "The stars my Destination" | 48,316,301 | https://literature.cafe/post/32824694 | https://literature.cafe/post/32824694 | What I liked about it:
1.The story
2. How simple the writing is.
3. The space themes
| Karl | https://literature.cafe/u/Karl | 2026-06-18T08:37:38.888013Z | 17 | 6 | 18 | 1 | false | false | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ||
discuss.online | books | Books | What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? June 16 | 48,255,698 | https://discuss.online/post/41309480 | https://discuss.online/post/41309480 | What have you been reading or listening to lately?
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Check [Official Bingo Challenge Post](https://lemmy.world/post/46300888) and the accompanying [Recommendations Post](https://lemmy.world/post/46300898) for our Bingo for 2026! | dresden | https://discuss.online/u/dresden | 2026-06-16T19:38:27.113972Z | 71 | 78 | 71 | 0 | false | false | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ||
lemmy.vg | books | Books | Does anyone have any info on the Kobo <-> TSG integration? | 48,235,412 | https://lemmy.vg/post/7054429 | https://lemmy.vg/post/7054429 | Such as when it's launching? They said june, and we're already halfway through June, so I'm just wondering if anyone has any info on it?
TIA | osanna | https://lemmy.vg/u/osanna | 2026-06-16T09:15:48.856330Z | 10 | 6 | 10 | 0 | false | false | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ||
piefed.blahaj.zone | books | Books | The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks | 48,188,958 | https://thedevilslibrary.libsyn.com/episode-14-the-wasp-factory-by-iain-banks | https://piefed.blahaj.zone/c/books/p/816897/the-wasp-factory-by-iain-banks | New episode is [out now here](https://thedevilslibrary.libsyn.com/episode-14-the-wasp-factory-by-iain-banks), or wherever you get your podcasts from. This time we talked about Iain Banks' debut 1984 novel The Wasp Factory, which is simultaneously a very well written book and also difficult to get through at times due t... | leraje | https://piefed.blahaj.zone/u/leraje | 2026-06-15T07:16:52.522973Z | 20 | 2 | 20 | 0 | false | false | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ||
discuss.online | books | Books | What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? June 09 | 47,996,849 | https://discuss.online/post/41015868 | https://discuss.online/post/41015868 | What have you been reading or listening to lately?
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lemmy.ml | books | Books | Favorite read of the year? Favorite recently discovered author? Recent book surprisingly made you DNF? | 47,886,084 | https://lemmy.ml/post/48435455 | https://lemmy.ml/post/48435455 | cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/48430665
> I tore through *The Faith of Beasts* by JSAC, really loving the new universe they've developed. Very much looking forward to rereading *TMoG, Livesuit* and *TFoB* very soon and the show being developed.
>
> I'm reading book 4, *Children of Strife* by Tchaikovsky an... | EntheoNaut | https://lemmy.ml/u/EntheoNaut | 2026-06-07T20:29:47.485044Z | 2026-06-08T14:14:31.151452Z | 30 | 10 | 30 | 0 | false | false | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | |
lemmy.world | books | Books | Why has no one updated Dante's Inferno to make current people or past 20th century people be in the rings of hell? | 47,849,898 | https://lemmy.world/post/47849898 | https://lemmy.world/post/47849898 | Patnou | https://lemmy.world/u/Patnou | 2026-06-06T22:10:59.233643Z | 7 | 13 | 10 | 3 | false | true | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | |||
literature.cafe | books | Books | What is your personal opinion on Red Rising? | 47,837,106 | https://literature.cafe/post/32463485 | https://literature.cafe/post/32463485 | Do you think it's overrated or perfectly rated?
I've heard it said once that it's prose is awful. Is it poorly written? Atleast, does it have a good story? | Karl | https://literature.cafe/u/Karl | 2026-06-06T16:12:27.460246Z | 18 | 15 | 20 | 2 | false | false | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ||
reddthat.com | books | Books | The White Pedestal: How White Nationalists Use Ancient Greece and Rome to Justify Hate. A book review. | 47,761,657 | https://www.workingclassicists.com/zine/book-review-the-white-pedestal-how-white-nationalists-use-ancient-greece-and-rome-to-justify-hate | https://reddthat.com/post/66917557 | TheReturnOfPEB | https://reddthat.com/u/TheReturnOfPEB | 2026-06-04T19:25:15.777561Z | 34 | 3 | 36 | 2 | false | false | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | |||
literature.cafe | books | Books | What's the least popular book you've read and liked? | 47,748,747 | https://literature.cafe/post/32394808 | https://literature.cafe/post/32394808 | I'm talking about books that have like 10 reviews on Goodreads or storygraph (if they even show up when you search for them). | Karl | https://literature.cafe/u/Karl | 2026-06-04T13:28:40.443437Z | 22 | 7 | 23 | 1 | false | false | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ||
discuss.online | books | Books | What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? June 02 | 47,701,085 | https://discuss.online/post/40683422 | https://discuss.online/post/40683422 | What have you been reading or listening to lately?
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Check [Official Bingo Challenge Post](https://lemmy.world/post/46300888) and the accompanying [Recommendations Post](https://lemmy.world/post/46300898) for our Bingo for 2026! | dresden | https://discuss.online/u/dresden | 2026-06-03T10:17:04.472127Z | 36 | 39 | 36 | 0 | false | false | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ||
sh.itjust.works | books | Books | Platform Decay - Martha Wells | 47,617,925 | https://sh.itjust.works/post/61128159 | https://sh.itjust.works/post/61128159 | 8/10 - needed more arguing with ART. | Apytele | https://sh.itjust.works/u/Apytele | 2026-06-01T11:48:53.151482Z | 23 | 3 | 24 | 1 | false | false | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ||
lemmy.world | books | Books | My take on The Brothers Karamazov | 47,545,632 | https://hermitage.utsob.me/reading/books/read/the-brothers-karamazov-by-fyodor-dostoevsky/ | https://lemmy.world/post/47545632 | Consider one of your senses, not even the most important one— vision, but a minor one like smell, gone! Imagine a world of smell barred from you. Not reading Dostoevsky is just like that, not developing a sense.
And, his final novel, his magnum opus— *The Brothers Karamazov*, branches out new senses and intellectual c... | uroybd | https://lemmy.world/u/uroybd | 2026-05-30T16:51:50.520533Z | 8 | 3 | 12 | 4 | false | true | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ||
lemmy.blahaj.zone | books | Books | Reading "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Le Guin, did she forget about the singular "they" while writing this? | 47,401,727 | https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/43250026 | https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/43250026 | It just seems incredibly odd for there to be so many lines in a book about gender insisting that there is no way to refer to someone (in the English language, at least) without implying gender. She even mentions the possibility of using „it“ at one point!
I’m liking the book otherwise, but every time the narrators pon... | belluck | https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/u/belluck | 2026-05-27T07:44:59.746643Z | 2026-05-27T09:20:52.433064Z | 26 | 52 | 38 | 12 | false | false | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | |
discuss.online | books | Books | What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? May 26 | 47,387,994 | https://discuss.online/post/40324554 | https://discuss.online/post/40324554 | No reading done this week. Lots of things going on.
What about all of you? What have you been reading or listening to lately?
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lazysoci.al | books | Books | A partial shelfie... | 47,238,176 | https://pxlfd.ca/p/ZDL/963682046772450328 | https://lazysoci.al/post/48107211 | These are some of my favourite books: collections of Chinese minority folk tales in vernacular Chinese and English.
They're a far cry from the "ancient Chinese folk tales" you tend to find written by (usually) British authors who bowdlerize and Anglicize the tales to the point of being unrecognizable. | ZDL | https://lazysoci.al/u/ZDL | 2026-05-23T06:14:45.673812Z | 27 | 2 | 29 | 2 | false | false | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ||
feddit.uk | books | Books | International Booker Prize Goes to a Love Story Out of Taiwan | 47,104,703 | https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/books/international-booker-prize-taiwan-travelogue.html?unlocked_article_code=1.jlA.wsem.YHMxhuqzZDIx | https://feddit.uk/post/49409943 | Wudi | https://feddit.uk/u/Wudi | 2026-05-20T12:52:33.958486Z | 9 | 0 | 10 | 1 | false | false | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | |||
lemmy.zip | books | Books | Michael J Sullivan blogpost (by his wife/manager) regarding Audible royalties and potential future audiobook availability. | 47,092,517 | https://riyria.blogspot.com/2026/05/an-important-announcement-for.html | https://lemmy.zip/post/64664350 | > ...
This is going to be a bit long winded, so I'll do a TL:DR version: If you enjoy Michael's stories, and you like Tim's narration, and if you use Audible.com - you may want to take immediate action. Go to your Audible library and make sure that every single title is currently in it. If not, either buy credits, use... | MagnificentSteiner | https://lemmy.zip/u/MagnificentSteiner | 2026-05-20T07:30:14.091885Z | 2026-05-20T08:23:07.811056Z | 8 | 0 | 9 | 1 | false | false | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | |
discuss.online | books | Books | What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? May 19 | 47,071,888 | https://discuss.online/post/39982460 | https://discuss.online/post/39982460 | Had a busy week, so couldn't get much reading done. So still at pretty much the same place in [Rosemary and Rue](https://www.librarything.com/work/8103463/) by Seanan McGuire (first book in her October Daye urban fantasy series).
What about all of you? What have you been reading or listening to lately?
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Check [O... | dresden | https://discuss.online/u/dresden | 2026-05-19T18:36:05.603848Z | 65 | 107 | 67 | 2 | false | false | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ||
fedia.io | books | Books | Recieved a book as a gift through Amazon | 47,028,946 | https://fedia.io/m/books@lemmy.world/t/3895521 | https://fedia.io/m/books@lemmy.world/t/3895521 | Has anyone ever had this happen to them?
Someone who's name I never heard of sent me a book as a gift. The book is about 200 pages, but the content could have easily fit in 100 pages or less. Also, page 3 says "printed in the USA", but the last page says "printed in Germany by Amazon distribution". The text is very ge... | zout | https://fedia.io/u/zout | 2026-05-18T17:46:49Z | 19 | 21 | 21 | 2 | false | false | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ||
piefed.blahaj.zone | books | Books | The Wax Child by Olga Ravn | 47,025,354 | https://thedevilslibrary.libsyn.com/episode-13-the-wax-child-by-olga-ravn | https://piefed.blahaj.zone/c/books/p/769770/the-wax-child-by-olga-ravn | In [this episode](https://thedevilslibrary.libsyn.com/episode-13-the-wax-child-by-olga-ravn) we discussed Olga Ravn's Booker Prize longlisted novel The Wax Child which has a very Satanic theme of the utter insanity of the European witch-persecution of the 17th Century, it being a fictionalised account of real events. H... | leraje | https://piefed.blahaj.zone/u/leraje | 2026-05-18T16:09:12.031265Z | 8 | 0 | 9 | 1 | false | false | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ||
reddthat.com | books | Books | "Some More Birthdays": some of the older works of the Folger catalog | 46,992,653 | https://www.folger.edu/blogs/collation/some-more-birthdays/ | https://reddthat.com/post/65821646 | >This year, the United States is commemorating the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. From now until August 2nd, you can check out Shakespeare and the American Story at the Folger, which highlights objects that explore how Shakespeare has always been part of the American story,... | TheReturnOfPEB | https://reddthat.com/u/TheReturnOfPEB | 2026-05-17T18:52:14.189961Z | 15 | 0 | 16 | 1 | false | false | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ||
piefed.blahaj.zone | books | Books | Piranesi by Susanna Clarke | 46,906,375 | https://thedevilslibrary.libsyn.com/episode-127-piranesi-by-susanna-clarke | https://piefed.blahaj.zone/c/books/p/764229/piranesi-by-susanna-clarke | This is the final podcast episode from before Devil's Library existed as a separate thing. In this one, my Satanic sibling Ligeia and I talk about Susanna Clarke's prize winning fantasy novel, Piranesi - Ligeia had never read any Clarke before and I think she fell in love with this a bit :)
[It's here](https://the... | leraje | https://piefed.blahaj.zone/u/leraje | 2026-05-15T15:31:28.795009Z | 28 | 3 | 29 | 1 | false | false | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ||
lemmy.world | books | Books | Kick-started: Wheel of Time board game | 46,903,226 | https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/direwolfdigital/war-of-the-dragon-the-wheel-of-time | https://lemmy.world/post/46903226 | I have nothing to do with this kickstarter, but I've become aware of it, and I'm sure (seeing as we are on Lemmy) there is a decent crossover between WoT readers and board game players. I mean that in the beat way possible of course.
*This is obviously not a book, so feel free to ban me.* | Dozzi92 | https://lemmy.world/u/Dozzi92 | 2026-05-15T14:29:18.373703Z | 11 | 0 | 12 | 1 | false | true | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ||
lemmy.world | books | Books | Five great short stories for each genre - A free resource | 46,881,850 | https://www.libraryofshortstories.com/genres | https://lemmy.world/post/46881850 | RandolphCarter | https://lemmy.world/u/RandolphCarter | 2026-05-15T02:23:02.266932Z | 35 | 1 | 36 | 1 | false | true | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | |||
slrpnk.net | books | Books | The 100 best novels of all time | 46,819,963 | https://www.theguardian.com/books/ng-interactive/2026/may/12/the-100-best-novels-of-all-time | https://slrpnk.net/post/37765750 | cross-posted from: https://lemmy.wtf/post/42580057 | hanrahan | https://slrpnk.net/u/hanrahan | 2026-05-14T00:38:59.723865Z | 2 | 12 | 16 | 14 | false | false | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ||
sh.itjust.works | books | Books | What fiction should I read next? | 46,758,019 | https://sh.itjust.works/post/60054904 | https://sh.itjust.works/post/60054904 | I have taken almost a year long break from reading fiction to focus on non-fiction. I am ready to start reading fiction again, but after such a long break I have no idea where to start.
Here are some books I have enjoyed in the past:
- Dragon's Egg (Robert L. Forward)
- The Damned Trilogy (Alan Dean Foster)
- Mage E... | Corkyskog | https://sh.itjust.works/u/Corkyskog | 2026-05-12T17:17:34.673982Z | 39 | 48 | 41 | 2 | false | false | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ||
discuss.online | books | Books | What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? May 12 | 46,757,223 | https://discuss.online/post/39644943 | https://discuss.online/post/39644943 | Reading [Rosemary and Rue](https://www.librarything.com/work/8103463/) by Seanan McGuire (first book in her October Daye urban fantasy series). About halfway through the book, things are getting interesting, mainly because we are learning more of the world and how it works, still no solution to actual problem though, b... | dresden | https://discuss.online/u/dresden | 2026-05-12T16:58:27.575241Z | 50 | 73 | 51 | 1 | false | false | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ||
literature.cafe | books | Books | Are all Sherlock Holmes books like 'A Study in Scarlet'? | 46,697,168 | https://literature.cafe/post/31613919 | https://literature.cafe/post/31613919 | I read that one and thought it was only mildly amusing because of the setting. The mystery itself wasn't that interesting. Is the first book the runt of the litter or are all of them like that? | Karl | https://literature.cafe/u/Karl | 2026-05-11T10:43:54.391387Z | 2026-05-11T10:44:19.723328Z | 23 | 8 | 24 | 1 | false | false | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | |
infosec.pub | books | Books | Edition of Book With Wrong ISBN Printed? | 46,641,859 | https://infosec.pub/post/46201798 | https://infosec.pub/post/46201798 | While cataloging our books my wife mentioned she had an ISBN she couldn't find online. Figured I'd take a shot at it and after diving in for an hour or two, I've got nothing official to point to. If anything it seems like a mis-print or possible double-assignment. I'm not expecting anyone here to do the work to find it... | ApocolypticGopher | https://infosec.pub/u/ApocolypticGopher | 2026-05-09T22:54:14.937987Z | 14 | 3 | 15 | 1 | false | false | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ||
lemmy.world | books | Books | Great Job, Internet!: Complete your bookshelf with a copy of Infinite Jeffs | 46,627,349 | https://www.avclub.com/great-job-internet-infinite-jeffs | https://lemmy.world/post/46627349 | Not kidding, found it on Amazon. +1, as advertised, 776 pages of Jeff.
("Jeff jeff, jeff jeff jeff Jeff. +Jeff, jeff jeff, JEFF jeff jeff Jeff.") | jordanlund | https://lemmy.world/u/jordanlund | 2026-05-09T14:50:26.815383Z | 2026-05-09T19:54:39.129125Z | 14 | 3 | 16 | 2 | false | true | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | |
piefed.social | books | Books | Jazz In Haruki Murakami Novels Mix【 THE NTS GUIDE TO… 】 | 46,599,520 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsqyGaCT9wc | https://piefed.social/c/books/p/2046378/jazz-in-haruki-murakami-novels-mix-the-nts-guide-to | Planning on reading some Murakami soon and this playlist showed up on my feed. Thought it was interesting and wanted to share.
I'll probably have this on in the background while I read his books. :) | billionsandbillions | https://piefed.social/u/billionsandbillions | 2026-05-08T19:56:37.226965Z | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | false | false | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ||
lemmy.world | books | Books | Thank you all for the suggestions, the haul from our book fair. $4 a book for the most part. $107 total. | 46,596,901 | https://lemmy.world/post/46596901 | SchmidtGenetics | https://lemmy.world/u/SchmidtGenetics | 2026-05-08T18:44:55.404628Z | 158 | 37 | 161 | 3 | false | true | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ||||
lemmy.world | books | Books | I didn't like animal farm that much | 46,574,786 | https://lemmy.world/post/46574786 | https://lemmy.world/post/46574786 | My biggest complaint was how thin the allegory was. Like, Orwell didn't have to use animal farms at all, it read like a history lesson for most parts. I felt between chapter 3 to chapter 8 were mostly just boring and pigs Doing a power capture slowly. Did chapter 3 to 8 help create the impact of chapter 9 and 10? Absol... | cinoreus | https://lemmy.world/u/cinoreus | 2026-05-08T07:50:29.503014Z | 33 | 22 | 36 | 3 | false | true | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ||
discuss.online | books | Books | Out Law Now Available! [Dresden Files Novella] | 46,574,785 | https://www.jim-butcher.com/posts/2026/out-law-now-available | https://discuss.online/post/39438248 | dresden | https://discuss.online/u/dresden | 2026-05-08T07:48:51.934337Z | 12 | 1 | 12 | 0 | false | false | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | |||
lemmy.world | books | Books | Recommend some series or authors please! There's a big massive book fair in my city tomorrow. | 46,560,484 | https://lemmy.world/post/46560484 | https://lemmy.world/post/46560484 | I’m planning on grabbing some more Asimov books and grab most of Martha’s MurderBot series, as well as Hugo and Nebula collections.
Any other sci-fi type stuff you guys recommend? I’m not a huge fan of the more fantasy stuff, although I agree Star Wars falls into that catagory. | SchmidtGenetics | https://lemmy.world/u/SchmidtGenetics | 2026-05-07T22:11:05.387125Z | 41 | 28 | 41 | 0 | false | true | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ||
lemmy.ca | books | Books | Any books that read like The Hobbit? | 46,543,706 | https://lemmy.ca/post/64495579 | https://lemmy.ca/post/64495579 | I'm trying to get back into reading, and for a few weeks have been reading a chapter (or half) of the Hobbit before bed.
Does anyone have recommendations for similar books? I'm not up to reading LOTR yet.
What I'm looking for are relatively chill books that don't stress you out before bed, something that I can just... | panda_abyss | https://lemmy.ca/u/panda_abyss | 2026-05-07T13:07:40.935660Z | 2026-05-07T13:11:55.200304Z | 59 | 57 | 61 | 2 | false | false | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | |
piefed.blahaj.zone | books | Books | Just picked up Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson | 46,542,213 | https://piefed.blahaj.zone/c/books/p/735818/just-picked-up-snow-crash-by-neal-stephenson | Any recommendations on what to read after this one? I also have Piranesi Susanna Clarke on my backlog, but would like something in a similar technological fashion as Snow Crash | Keshara | https://piefed.blahaj.zone/u/Keshara | 2026-05-07T12:17:40.516995Z | 197 | 63 | 204 | 7 | false | false | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | |||
lemmy.world | books | Books | Recommend me your favorite horror | 46,542,164 | https://lemmy.world/post/46542164 | https://lemmy.world/post/46542164 | Without going into specifics so the creature/entity/plot is given, I'm looking for horror that is keep-you-up-at-night level. A good wendigo or poltergeist or even disease epidemic book would be greatly appreciated.
I loved books like Pet Sematary, the Troop, The Quiet Boy (short story), Contagion. I try to go into ho... | boopickle1310 | https://lemmy.world/u/boopickle1310 | 2026-05-07T12:16:35.776375Z | 28 | 35 | 30 | 2 | false | true | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ||
literature.cafe | books | Books | Suggest me some history books. | 46,533,236 | https://literature.cafe/post/31485176 | https://literature.cafe/post/31485176 | My knowledge in history is very poor. I want to know some basic history. Please recommend some books that don't dwell on a single incident or period but rather gives an overview. Preferably, books on medieval history. It would be a plus if the book has beautiful prose.
Thank you. | Karl | https://literature.cafe/u/Karl | 2026-05-07T07:24:21.656127Z | 40 | 28 | 40 | 0 | false | false | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ||
lemmy.world | books | Books | Anthony Horowitz Says He Uses ChatGPT in Writing - Kirkus | 46,508,655 | https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/anthony-horowitz-says-he-uses-chatgpt-in-writing/ | https://lemmy.world/post/46508655 | Imagine being proud and ignorant enough to come out and admit to using AI to write for you. Incredible. | JoshsJunkDrawer | https://lemmy.world/u/JoshsJunkDrawer | 2026-05-06T15:06:51.083072Z | 37 | 8 | 42 | 5 | false | true | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ||
feddit.online | books | Books | Standard ebooks Fundraising Campaign | 46,488,914 | https://feddit.online/c/books/p/1657641/standard-ebooks-fundraising-campaign | Standard eBooks is running a campaign to raise money, and get a chance at an award of $1000.
A one time #donation in any amount will give them an extra entry into the Fractured Atlas campaign. So far they only have 97 entries, and three days left to get as many entries as possible.
If you love #ebooks, the #p... | Unattributed | https://feddit.online/u/Unattributed | 2026-05-06T04:06:42.783644Z | 32 | 3 | 33 | 1 | false | false | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | |||
discuss.online | books | Books | What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? May 05 | 46,467,198 | https://discuss.online/post/39307874 | https://discuss.online/post/39307874 | Our Bingo for 2026 is Live! You can check [Official Bingo Challenge Post](https://lemmy.world/post/46300888) and the accompanying [Recommendations Post](https://lemmy.world/post/46300898).
Big thanks to [@JaymesRS@literature.cafe](https://literature.cafe/u/JaymesRS) and [@misericordiae@literature.cafe](https://literat... | dresden | https://discuss.online/u/dresden | 2026-05-05T16:00:42.391494Z | 53 | 54 | 54 | 1 | false | false | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ||
discuss.online | books | Books | What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? April 28 | 46,163,202 | https://discuss.online/post/38964949 | https://discuss.online/post/38964949 | Back to reading [Rosemary and Rue](https://www.librarything.com/work/8103463/) by Seanan McGuire (first book in her October Daye urban fantasy series). Only read couple of pages, but things are setting down so should be getting back to reading more.
What about all of you? What have you been reading or listening to lat... | dresden | https://discuss.online/u/dresden | 2026-04-28T12:43:57.991359Z | 65 | 58 | 65 | 0 | false | false | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ||
startrek.website | books | Books | Independent Bookstore Day: Bookshop.org founder on how small retailers are taking on Amazon | 46,122,330 | https://www.fastcompany.com/91529634/independent-bookstore-day-bookshop-org-founder-on-how-small-retailers-are-taking-on-amazon | https://startrek.website/post/38738274 | **After 20 years of declining numbers, indie booksellers in the U.S. have come ‘roaring back,’ says Andy Hunter.**
"There are about 70% more bookstores now than there were six years ago in the United States," says Andy Hunter, the founder/CEO of Bookshop.org. Fast Company checks in on his site, which gives over 80% of... | IcedRaktajino | https://startrek.website/u/IcedRaktajino | 2026-04-27T11:22:33.510933Z | 51 | 1 | 52 | 1 | false | false | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ||
lemmy.world | books | Books | Im looking for a book or an essay, I forget the title and author tho. It is about a failing economy and the only recourse is to eat the childeren. I want to say its Swift but can't remember can u help | 46,058,897 | https://lemmy.world/post/46058897 | https://lemmy.world/post/46058897 | Patnou | https://lemmy.world/u/Patnou | 2026-04-25T18:17:23.724778Z | 21 | 6 | 21 | 0 | false | true | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | |||
literature.cafe | books | Books | Here Are the Finalists for the 2026 Hugo Awards | 45,902,226 | https://reactormag.com/2026-hugo-awards-finalists/ | https://literature.cafe/post/30993095 | transscribe9468 | https://literature.cafe/u/transscribe9468 | 2026-04-21T18:44:38.583491Z | 42 | 13 | 42 | 0 | false | false | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | |||
piefed.blahaj.zone | books | Books | Need help remembering a time-travel based short story.... | 45,879,444 | https://piefed.blahaj.zone/c/books/p/706716/need-help-remembering-a-time-travel-based-short-story | https://piefed.blahaj.zone/c/books/p/706716/need-help-remembering-a-time-travel-based-short-story | So, when we were recording the last episode of the podcast there was a bit that reminded me (on the spot, so no time to do research) of an old sci-fi story I read a long time ago. I cannot for the life of me remember the name of it, or the author and there is a small part of me that thinks it might even have been a Twi... | leraje | https://piefed.blahaj.zone/u/leraje | 2026-04-21T08:07:36.600941Z | 14 | 4 | 14 | 0 | false | false | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ||
lemmy.world | books | Books | Blaze it. Happy 420 c/books | 45,871,651 | https://lemmy.world/post/45871651 | SchmidtGenetics | https://lemmy.world/u/SchmidtGenetics | 2026-04-21T01:34:45.549123Z | 48 | 9 | 56 | 8 | false | true | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ||||
programming.dev | books | Books | A rant about the second sentence of Prophet Song | 45,822,782 | https://programming.dev/post/49091762 | https://programming.dev/post/49091762 | I just finished Prophet Song and loved it but I want to rant about the second sentence. Here are the first three:
> The night has come and she has not heard the knocking, standing at the window looking out onto the garden. How the dark gathers without sound the cherry trees. It gathers the last of the leaves and the l... | nik9000 | https://programming.dev/u/nik9000 | 2026-04-20T00:38:34.796997Z | 12 | 2 | 12 | 0 | false | false | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ||
piefed.world | books | Books | Dracula Daily | 45,681,489 | https://draculadaily.com/ | https://piefed.world/c/books/p/1042906/dracula-daily | I’m a sucker for gimmicky things some times around reading, and this is probably one that I enjoy the most. I thought I would share it here in case you wanted to join me.
Bram Stoker’s Dracula, is written in an epistolary style, as though it were journal entries, news articles, and letters. Five years ago, Matt Kirkl... | JaymesRS | https://piefed.world/u/JaymesRS | 2026-04-16T13:59:16.011104Z | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | false | false | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ||
lemmy.world | books | Books | Official Turn In Post for Bingo 2025! | 45,679,392 | https://lemmy.world/post/45679392 | https://lemmy.world/post/45679392 | ### Congratulations, and thank you for participating in the 2^nd^ Annual Book Bingo for c/Books@Lemmy.World!
If the existence of this bingo is a surprise to you, or you want to revisit the guide, [see this link](https://lemmy.world/post/28953205).
If you would like to join us for 2026 bingo, we'll be posting informat... | JaymesRS | https://lemmy.world/u/JaymesRS | 2026-04-16T13:11:20.448502Z | 2026-04-16T13:43:45.039666Z | 17 | 16 | 18 | 1 | false | true | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | |
literature.cafe | books | Books | Spotify Partners With Bookshop.org to Offer Physical Books | 45,641,934 | https://bookriot.com/spotify-partners-with-bookshop-org-to-offer-physical-books/ | https://literature.cafe/post/30796531 | Bookshop.org now partners with the evil company so I guess now we just go directly to the publisher's website to buy. | transscribe9468 | https://literature.cafe/u/transscribe9468 | 2026-04-15T18:09:53.518377Z | 22 | 4 | 22 | 0 | false | false | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ||
discuss.online | books | Books | What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? April 14 | 45,601,563 | https://discuss.online/post/38310408 | https://discuss.online/post/38310408 | Another week where I didn't get to read anything.
What about all of you? What have you been reading or listening to lately?
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For details on the c/Books Bingo, check the Midpoint check-in post. | dresden | https://discuss.online/u/dresden | 2026-04-14T18:13:12.400423Z | 67 | 81 | 68 | 1 | false | false | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ||
piefed.blahaj.zone | books | Books | Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky | 45,539,010 | https://thedevilslibrary.libsyn.com/episode-12-roadside-picnic-by-arkaday-and-boris-strugatsky | https://piefed.blahaj.zone/c/books/p/691682/roadside-picnic-by-arkady-and-boris-strugatsky | This month we read and talked about the Strugatsky brothers influential sci-fi classic 'Roadside Picnic'. We all really enjoyed this one and its not difficult to appreciate why it became a classic and has inspired countless authors, movie makers (Tarkovsky's movie 'Stalker' is based on the novel) and game developers (S... | leraje | https://piefed.blahaj.zone/u/leraje | 2026-04-13T08:41:19.346957Z | 23 | 0 | 23 | 0 | false | false | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ||
lemmy.world | books | Books | I found out that the series I just started has 8 books and I ditched out. | 45,482,459 | https://lemmy.world/post/45482459 | https://lemmy.world/post/45482459 |
Proud moment for me:
I made it through the second of 8 absolutely delightful, engaging, and extremely PLEASURABLE novels in a series about a topic I love.
But the first book ended POORLY... because they knew that fans like me would be the second. It’s like it LITERALLY had zero ending. Meaning there was this absurd ... | wowwoweowza | https://lemmy.world/u/wowwoweowza | 2026-04-11T20:01:43.519868Z | 41 | 49 | 55 | 14 | false | true | post | jcQ8P7TSZbpyoAl9r | iQpquD67p1ysgPfca | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
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