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not necessarily god tier, but one of my favorites.

>>558737746
First book I've read in years without being able to put it down.

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Courtesy from /lit/

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>>558737746
My cousin just showed this to me the other day. It looks fucking rad.

also contribooting.

>>558738265
/thread

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>>558738265

Is it better than Ender's Game?

That is the sequel, correct? I've yet to read any of the sequels...

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>>558737746

Abarat

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>>558739897

Sabriel is also awesome.

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>>558739739
That is not a high bar to cross. I did not enjoy Ender's Game much at all. Though I did lol heartily at the idea that a couple of kids with a political blog could take of the world.

My contribution.

>>558739897
>>558740104

I'll check em out, thanks.

My "To Read" list is getting huge. It doesn't help that I usually only read 30-50 pages a day...

>>558739739
The sequels completely fail to live up to the first book. However, they are really interesting as explorations of xenopsychology and philosophy.

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Loved this series.

Old man's war

>>558739739
ender's quartet:
Ender's Game
Speaker for the Dead
Xenocide
Children of the Mind

Speaker for the dead is by far the best book. It has a different tone than Ender's Game. More grown up. My favorite in the series followed close by Ender's Game. I didn't find the last two to be nearly as good.

>>558740330

Really? It was boring and repetitive at times, but the ending made up for it in my opinion.

>Snow Crash

I've seen that recommended before, I'll check it out. What genre would that be?

is there a way to speed up my reading speed?

demian by herman hesse

>>558737746
Read this the other day, it's like sword art online meets national treasure and snow crash with pop culture references.
10/10 book

Best series I've ever read, first 5 are the original series books. Written perfectly to me

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>>558740940
Snow Crash is Cyberpunk. It's Nanotech pseudo-sequel Diamond Age: Or a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer is also pretty dang good.

I would not call it god-tier but the pictured Obsidian and Blood trilogy was nifty as well. They are Aztec magical mysteries starring a priest of the god of death.

>>558737746
OP I fucking love you
>The Captain conceals the Jade Key
>In a dwelling long neglected
>but you can only blow the whistle
>Once all the trophies are collected

>>558738521
Looks like a lot of snooty bullshit.

>>558740964

Read more, that's all I can think of.

I didn't start reading as a hobby until about 2 months ago. I was never really into reading...

Since I started, my speed has increased drastically.

>>558741353

Yeah. It had me hooked from beginning to end.

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>>558740940
Cyberpunk.

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>>558741746

>>558741881
I don't like many of the books in the chart, but there are many god tier classics too.
Moby Dick, Anna Karenina and Count of Monte Cristo are truly awesome, for instance.
Don't let Infinite Jest being #1 deceipt you.

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>>558737746

Question guys.....

What's with all of the hate on Ayn Rand?

I just finished reading Anthem, and while I wouldn't call it "God tier", I enjoyed it very much.

I feel like people hate her work for no real reason in particular, the same way /b/ hates the movie Drive.

>inb4shitstorm

It was a good movie.

>>558742681

Isn't The Count of Monte Cristo like 1,000 pages long? Is it REALLY worth it? I've been debating on whether or not to read it...

I hate reading long, unsatisfying books...

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This book is what got me into science fiction

>>558742827
People hate Ayn Rand because she wanted some sort of social darwinistic society and ended up filing for welfare, the exact thing she was thought was wrong because everyone could pull themselves up by their bootstraps.

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What happens in a future where Africa is a pioneer in space exploration? Given the love of blacks here on /b/, this is a mind expanding novel for most.

>>558743234
It's probably one of the books I enjoyed the most in all my life.
Totally worths it. When you finish it you'll wish it had another 1000 pages.

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>>558743285

So people just hate her as a person, not a writer?

I did think the end of Anthem was very...uh, I don't really know what I'm trying to say. She seems to be a very greedy person.

>>558743859
Many people criticize her writing as well, but I have never read her works, the usual objections is her pretty retarded philosophy and that her characters are boring twats.

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>>558744324

While I enjoyed Anthem, I didn't enjoy it enough to read any more of her works....

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I prefer sci-fi even though it should be apparent with the books I'm posting.

>>558743592
How the fuck does Africa suddenly become more developed than the rest of the world in that book?

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>>558737746
The Dresden Files

I read a lot, i mean A LOT and The Dresden Files are by far my favorite series. As it has progressed throughout the series it has become so packed with action and the story lines of different characters are so well written that you can re-read the series at pick up on things that you either have missed or forgotten and its like you were reading the book for the first time again. I'd suggest you sincerely look into this series.

There are 15 books in the series so far with still more to come. He just released Skin Game back in May.

They made a tv show for one season out of this book. You can check it out, but it is pretty horrible compared to the books. I wouldn't judge the books based on the show. But if you've read some of the books and watch it, you'll enjoy it.

>>558742232
I really wanted to like Metro, but I found it way to long, nothing happened. The climax was in the library.
It also felt like they used google translate to translate it to english

>>558740964
Spritz I think it's called

>>558745893
Read any dune?

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Dune

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God emperor

>>558746219
>>558746556

When i was younger i read some of the first book, but i don't think i was mature enough to really appreciate it. I should revisit it.

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>>558745481
this right here.

Also Arthur C Clark's Childhood's End

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Heretics

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How does The Lord Of The Rings trilogy compare to The Hobbit?

I enjoyed every last second of The Hobbit....

>>558746117
Yeah, I have heard the English translation is weak, I read it in Norwegian and I didn't really notice anything wrong with the language in it.
Metro is really hard to define, but generally it is about the why of man and how we are massive dicks to each other for stupid reasons, it is not about action sequences like the game is.

catch-22
its a comedy about a world war 2 air force squadron

>>558746908
I already posted this here
>>558743606

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Sup bro, I got a present for you. It's a rather fetching chair. I hope it reminds you of your sister.....it really should.

>>558745697
>Wut is science fiction

Jesus Christ your racism doesn't need to extend into reading as well

>>558737746
Ready player one is one of the best books I've ever read.
The book I read right after it is "Freedom" by Jonathan franzen. That book destroyed me. I didn't pick up another book for about a week.

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Most productive thread of the day

>>558738539

its not actually that good. its a good idea that is poorly implemented

After reading the thread I have to say that /b/ has excellent taste in reading material. I doubt any of you faggots can read, but still excellent taste.

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>>558747380
Why would you not post the first book in the series?

>>558745036
on youtube there's a god-tier audiobook of this narrated by Ellison

>>558748164
You replied to the wrong peckerhead, peckerhead.

>>558746762
You might as well stop after Dune Messiah. I'm at God Emperor right now and it's long entered pseudo-fanfiction territory by this point.

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Good book if you like fantasy but are fed up with everything reading like LOTR

>>558747793
You would still need to explain how Africa developed past the rest of the world unless this book exists in a universe where Africa always had the lead in development, but that would require you to figure out the world without the middle easterners and greeks for example and making african versions of those.
Development does not happen by chance or because one set of people are way smarter than others, it is a long chain of cause and effect.

>>558748721

Thanks, haha. I've been drinking a little bit....

>>558747793

I don't think that was racism. Africa is just so undeveloped...it always has been.

He was asking how, in the book, does Africa all of a sudden become developed. Or is it set in a world where Africa is already developed?

>>558737746
Starship Troopers
A Stranger In A Strange Land
How to Make Love Like a Pornstar

>>558748386
If we can't read, how would we solve the captcha?

>>558749216
Lol. Drink moar. You'll eventually get back where you started.

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>>558737746
One of my favorite authors too.

>>558739739
After trying to read the whole series, this is my opinion.
Ender's Game is legendary. One of my favorite books ever. I would recommend it to anybody.
Speaker for the Dead was good, although it was kind of a drag at certain points towards the end, and the mystery of the alien race proved more interesting than its explanation. "Thought-provoking" is the operative word.
Xenocide was awful. I couldn't get through 3 chapters before I dropped it. That being said, I didn't even try to read the last book in the quartet.

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>>558748591
Just.......NO.

>>558749301
One of the mysteries of the multiverse.

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Favorite book I've ever read.

>>558749216
Africa has T-O-N-S of mineral wealth. Their situation is actually very similar to the Persian Gulf before the emirates started getting their shit together, with some political stability sub-saharan Africa could be printing money

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I fucking love this book

>>558749638
mineral wealth =! knowledge on how to exploit those resources

>>558749818

That is my girlfriends favorite movie. She made me sit through that shit...it was decent for an animated movie, I guess.

Is the book better?

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>>558747380
Also, the best book ever written about a board game.

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Mai fav

>>558749638
This is true.
There's a sad documentary out there about illegal gold miner's in South Africa.
If they stopped feuding and killing each other, they could probably pool enough resources to legally open the mine and start making bank.
But nope, goddamned in-fighting and blaming the white man for being exploited is holding them back

>>558737746
Kafka for chaos/nightmarish/unearthed aura
E.A.Poe for misterious/awesome aura

My two favourites

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>>558745893
I second this.

The only warning I'll give is not to judge them based on the first 2-3 books. His writing wasn't nearly as polished then as it is now.

His other series, Codex Alera is really good too.

My other recommendation would be pic related. Currently my favorite Sci-fi author.

I'd like to submit a few.
Anything by junichiro Tanizaki, but especially "Some Prefer Nettles"
"If on a winters night a traveler" by Italy Calvino
Everything Terry Pratchett ever wrote.

>>558742232
>DEN SISTA TILLFLYKTEN
>POSTAPOKALYPS

NU SKA VI LÄSA BOK GRABBAR

>>558749016
No it's not. It was weird at first, but he lays down some real shit in that book. He examines aspects of humanity that I haven't experienced elsewhere. He examines humans from the broadest perspective I've seen in any literature.

It also sets up the last two books which are the best part of the series

>>558738539
I love this book. Very trippy.

>>558750043
Fuck I meant "The Player of Games".

>>558747202
finnes den på norsk? ante jeg ikke

I did like playing the game again though. The story may not be 100% the same, but you could tell that they had used many of the stories banter that was in the book. You could hear people in the background talk about it

>>558743259
good one. Movie coming from what I hear...

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Not god tier but a pretty interesting read

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>>558747380
Spoiler alert.

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the Gaea trilogy is one of my favorites.

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>>558747105
>Mfw I bought a copy today
>Mfw I'm gonna go far innawoods and hike for 3 days
>Mfw I'm gona read the hell out of it

It's gonna be so comfy

>>558749908
A few decades ago Dubai and Qatar didn't know how either, now they do. Learning how to mine isn't some unattainably-complex thing, if anything Africa has an advantage by already having an obscenely-lucrative mining industry that is marred by largely servicing the black market. Again, the issue is political more than anything else, break the chain of corrupt leadership to direct that wealth to legitimate sources and the resources are there to make Africa an economic powerhouse

Hyperion

>>558737746
Mah Nigga

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>>558737746
Read this. Best book I've read in years.
Also Ready Player One was THE SHIT!! Loved that.

Dune.
Best god damn books ive ever read.
Shit blew my mind.

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niggers, punching and piss

you faggots will love it.

>>558749107
YES, so much, I can't find anyone who seems to have read it other than myself. Are you Hype for Doors of stone?

>>558737746
OP

Is Ready Player One worth it?

It's been sitting on myself for a few months

>>558750713
I'm really not seeing it, even by Children of Dune it feels like Herbert is just throwing in stuff off the top of his head

>>558743259
Did it convert you to become homosex?

>>558750819
Ifølge han jeg lånte boka av, var det den siste boka til ett døende forlag en venn av han hadde startet, tror ikke det er mange kopier og finne.
>>558751219
This is true, but I don't see the whole political system in Africa suddenly working properly, also, the big powers in the world want it that way because cheap resources.

>>558751359
mah nigga

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Pic related, and the Altered carbon series.

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The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie.

This book got Rushdie nearly assassinated several times, and the translator was killed for this. Read it.

>>558752000
>Ifølge han jeg lånte boka av, var det den siste boka til ett døende forlag en venn av han hadde startet, tror ikke det er mange kopier og finne.
Are you talking about Jo nesbo?

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Post-apocalyptic dystopian society shit. It's great.

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A long forgotten book from 1974. Seems stupid to start with , but I read this 20 years ago and it's one of the most memorable things I've ever read.

My reading queue is as following

>Heart of Darkness
>Greatest Show on Earth
>Under the dome
>The shining
>Hunchback of notre-dame
>Sult
>Soldier Svejk
>Hamlet

And after this thread

>Ready Player One

Thoughts?

I'm currently reading Dantes Inferno. So much to read, so little time

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I'm enjoying the Charlie Parker series. Private Eye investigating seriously fucked up crimes. Think True Detective.

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>>558738521
Harry Potter... welp im done with this bullshit

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This was a pretty good 4 book series.

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If you happen to be a fan of historical fiction I really recommend Count Belisarius. Obviously I, Claudius is the more well-known book but I actually found this one more interesting just because of the time period being this odd crossroads that is past antiquity but isn't yet medieval.

Memoirs of Hadrian is another great one. Very 'slow' and reflective but beautifully written.

>>558752323
You could have just used google translate to find that while I am speaking in Norwegian, I am not talking about Jo Nesbø who writes crime fiction which I find boring and trite.

>>558751845
Not OP, but its great
The story is a cautionary tale of a utopia/distopia that looks more and more likely. Great characters, great humor. 10/10

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>>558740579
I have read two of them when I was like 8 or 10. Is there more?

>>558752932
But that would have been difficult. Doing it my way, I got the answer plus I learned that you are a bit full of yourself.

Shogun-Clavell
Duncton Wood-Horwood
The Stand-King

Anything by John Varley
Anything by Daniel Suarez
Anything by Gary Jennings


If you havent read the classics of sci fi, like Heinlein, Niven, or Azimov, start there, it will keep you busy for a couple of years.

One of my all time favorite books is "Silverlock", by John Meyers Meyers, but you have to be a lit fag to understand why it's so good.

Mark Twain is always a good idea.

Anything by William Gibson
Anything by Bruce Sterling
Anything by Neal Stephenson

Early Stephen King, if you havent.
Huge fan of Peter Straub, Ghost Story and Shadowland are a must

Umberto Ecco is excellent, Foucault's Pendulum is amazing, really enjoyed Name of the Rose (the movie sucked, the book is really good)
Mark Helprin is very good, Winter's Tale is amazing, again, the movie sucked ass. Soldier of the Great War is excellent.

Hunter S. Thompson is a must, all of his books. Start with Hells Angels and follow that with The Great Shark Hunt, then dive into the rest.

Any good Steampunk fantasy?

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Story was thoroughly interesting, but I think it's the writing that makes it so good.

>>558750020
The book's much different than the movie. And I do like it more.

>>558753017
It never felt like a cautionary tale to me since the society is absurdly specific to make way for one epic heros journey.

>>558747105
They are really different types of reading. Hobbit is a light novel and LotR is more like a history compendium. Enjoyed both thou, in different ways.

>>558745036
Isnt there a video game about this

>>558753308
Good and steampunk do not go together.

>>558753218
I just find Jo Nesbø so goddamn boring, it's like if the only thing I knew about your culture is the most mainstream and ultimately boring thing about it.

>>558753858
There is. It's also excellent.

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>>558750328
Reynolds is one of the best.

My picture is a very good one. And it's getting better in the second book. I'll buy the third soon.

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>>558737746
I'm starting to read more often. Half way through this series. Any recommendations after this? I really liked the sense of espionage. Something a little more widely respected would be nice.

>>558752353
Wait a minute, that's not the book I meant to post. Does any one know what I'm talking about. I'm sure it's called "The Healer".

It's about a guy in the future who gets infected with a non sentient symbiotic alien which attaches itself to this guys brain and it becomes intelligent. It can change the structure of the hosts body. Grows a second heart and shit. Eventually they realise it can change the structure of other beings it touches and goes on to cure a galaxy wide plague?

I've been looking for this book for fucking years.

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All of Genghis Aitmatov's books. He was the best. Trust me I real A LOT of books.

>>558751126
THIS book right hear, I got the audio book so I could listen while working. One of the best Sci-Fi books I have read in the last 4 years

>>558753648
The collapsing society of the real world, driven by corporate greed and a failing earth is the cautionary tail
That it was seamlessly woven in with the main story just means the author knew what he was doing.

>>558753991
I'm just funkin with you. I'm not a nesbo fan. But I do like Jennings mankell

>>558754052
I liked The Long Earth, and didn't realize there were sequels to it. I'll have to check those out.

daemon and freedom are both very good.

I'm reading the Expanse series right now, on Cibola Burn and in love with series

>>558753858
At first I was like "GTFO, video game, lol", but there actually is one even though with how the book is, the video game would either be really shit or the story would be changed so much that there would be the set pieces left.

>>558754587
Auto correct. Henning

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Haven't a seen anyone mention this. It's my favourite book by Gaiman (although Neverwhere was really good) and one of my favourite novels overall.
The Night Angel Trilogy is also good as a fantasy series.
And The Dark Tower. It gets weaker in the last few books when King introduces himself as a character, but his writing is just too good to stop reading.

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>>558753308
The Leviathan Series is the only one iv read, but its pretty good.

WW1, but with giant robots, airships and biological air ships.

Is H.P Lovecraft recomended?

>>558754587
Here is all scandi crime novels in a nutshell: alcoholic\dark personality middle aged man fucks a lot more than he would irl (in the case of Stieg larssons books, Hugh Hefner levels of getting laid), is generally the smartest asshole in the room and just wins all the time, but is still depressed as fuck. They are like male versions of twillight.

>>558755219
If you like his type of horror (and by horror, I mean the exact opposite of modern slasher horror) Then he is great.
er. most of his stuff is great.
The Cthulhu mythiose stories are great, and so are some of his other stories, but some of them are just really bland

>>558754478
True, but in all (good) cyberpunk the society is a dystopia.

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>>558737746
Funny I was about to buy this book a few weeks ago. I was deciding either that or "1945 What If Japan hadn't surrendered in WW2". Still not regrets but next time I hit the book store that's on my list.

I would say this one right here is God tier material. First book I picked up for my own pleasure and has been my favorite ever since

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Had a few friends brow beat me into reading this. It's supposed to be a scifi masterpiece but it left me blah. Felt like prince and princess meet some smart/stupid aliens.

>>558756165
Hey, I read that just recently. C+ work imo.